Viewing page 143 of 334

This transcription has been completed. Contact us with corrections.

[ED.FORM, NO. 4.]
SUB-ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER'S (OR AGENT'S) MONTHLY REPORT
on Education of Freedmen and Refugees in Sub-District, State of Texas in charge of F P Wood. 
for the month of April 1868, [in accordance with order contained in Circular No. 5, Bureau R., F., & A.L.]

1. Name of your Sub-District? No 21 Washington & Austin Counties
2. Whole number of Refugee of Freedmen's Schools in the District? 1 Day? 3 Night? 2 Sabbath?
3. Location of Schools? Brenham Chappell Hill Washington & Hempstead
4. Whole number of Teachers? 1 White? 5 Colored?
5. Names and post-office address of Day-School teachers? Names unknown Post Office as above stated
6. Whole number of School-houses for Freedmen in your District? None Their condition, capacity, value, and by whom owned?
7. Number of your visits to Schools? 1 Day? 1 Night? 0 Sabbath?
8. Number of educational meetings held by you during the month? 0. Where?
9. Number and names of places, now destitute, in which Day-Schools might be organized? IndependAnce? and in thickly settled communities and on larger plantations
10. Number of pupils (estimated) who would attend such Schools? 400
11. Amount which would probably be raised by the Freedmen, for school purposes, in each destitute neighborhood? Nothing
12. What efforts are you making to secure the support of schools by pupils, parents, boards of education, or the State government? Awaiting visit of General Supt of Schools to adopt a plan of support
13. Whole number of additional School-houses, for Freedmen, now wanted in your Sub-District? 6 for present schools & as many as may be established
14. Could you organize your Sub-District into School Districts, each with a School Committee pledged to carry on schools therein? Not without receiving help from the Genl Government
15. To what extent would help from without be needed in such cases? Chief support of schools needed
16. What is the public sentiment as to the education of the Freedmen and Poor Whites? favorable
17. Are Night-Schools for Adults needed in your District? yes In what way could they be carried on? By day Teachers taking them in changes
18. What more can this Bureau do for educating the children of Refugees (or Poor Whites)? Furnish Books & funds
19. How long will Northern charitable aid be needed for Freedmen and Refugee Schools of your District? Not known at present

I hereby certify, on honor, that I have given personal attention to the matters herein named, and that the answers given are, according to my best knowledge and belief, correct. 
F.P. Wood
Sub-Asst. Com., Bureau R., F., & A.L. 

Transcription Notes:
Reviewed associated Texas Assistant Commissioners and Field Office Staff List from papers to verify name - looks like HR or JR Wood, but staff list reflects F.P. Wood as the Sub-Asst Com. at the time, adjusted name in document.