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Office Sub-Assistant Commissioner, Bureau Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, Sub-District, Georgetown, S.C. Georgetown, S.C. November 8th 1867 Bvt Major Edwd L Deane U.S.V. Actg. Asst. Adjt. General Head Qr's Asst Com S.C. Major - I have the honor to report the following in answer to the order of the Asst Comr, to investigate into the manner of the collection of taxes from the Freedmen in this Sub. District. In Corry District I found the following as the assessment of taxes. Asst. as Poll tax by Legislature $1.00 Asst. as tax by Commissioners of Poor .37 1/2 Asst. as tax for Public Buildings .05 _________ $1.42 1/2 Execution .54 Sheriffs Entry fees .25 _________ $2.21 1/2 No instance of sale of any property belonging to Freedmen has occurred in
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