A post office was first established here, March 10, 1903, in the home of postmaster and namesake, Payton J. Jeffrey/s (1865–1926), and his wife, Ella (Arterburn) Jeffrey/s, which was later moved to their general store.[2] Their daughter, Nola (Jeffrey/s) Simmons, was the last postmaster and one of the schoolteachers at the local rural school known as "Mud Slash" (1911–1967).[3] Jeffrey's post office was discontinued March 31, 1937. Payton Jeffrey/s also operated a grist mill located across from his store on Peter/s Creek, succeeded as miller by his son-in-law, George Simmons.[4][5]
Argil Black, Joe Bowman, William Joseph Burks, Finley Quinn, Leslie Samson, John Bedford Smith, and J. T. Turner were also merchants in this community. William T. Whitehead briefly operated a steam-powered sawmill on Kate Miller Branch of Peter/s Creek nearby. The Ulysses Quinn Family later operated another grist mill on Peter/s Creek located at the intersection of Stringtown-Flippin Road and Bethlehem Church Road nearby.[2][6]
Jeffrey's general stores and Mud Slash School and mills are gone. Fairview/Mud Slash Baptist Church (est. 1890) remains an active local congregation.
