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[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 12" Sub Dist Fort Bend Co for the Month of August 1868, [in accordance with order contained in Circular No.5, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands.]

1. Name of your Sub-District? Fort Bend Co 12" Sub District.

2. Whole number of Refugee or Freedmen's Schools in the District? 2 Day? 1 Night? 0 Sabbath? 1

3. Location of Schools? Richmond Fort Bend Co.

4. Whole number of Teachers? 1 White? 1 Colored? 0

5. Names and post-office address of Day-School Teachers? Geo. C. Booth Richmond

6. Whole number of School-houses for Freedmen in your District? 1 Their condition, capacity, value and by whom owned? Condition good - owned by Church Trustees

7. Number of your visits to Schools? 2 Day? 1 Night? 0 Sabbath? 1

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? Pittsville, Walker's station Jones' plantation Frost Chapel.

10. Number of pupils (estimated) who would attend such Schools? an average of 40.

11. Amount which would probably be raised by the Freedmen, for school purposes, in each destitute neighborhood? none

12. What efforts are you making to secure the support of schools by pupils, parents, boards of education, or State government? I have continually advised the parents & endeavored to recover from the State Govt., their pro rata

13. Whole number of additional School-Houses, for Freedmen, now wanted in your Sub-District. 4.

14. Could you organize your Sub-District into School Districts, each with a School Committee pledged to carry on schools therein? No.

15. To what extent would help from without be needed in such cases? entire.

16. What is the public sentiment as to the education of the Freedmen and poor Whites? Good.

17. Are Night-Schools for Adults needed in your District? Yes In what way could they be carried on? A night School has been started three times but always failed.

18. What more can this Bureau do for educating the children of Refugees (or Poor Whites)? Establish the four schools above mentioned.

19. How long will northern charitable aid be needed for Freedmen and Refugee Schools of your District? Until these four schools are established and until the people are able to support the teachers

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.
William A Rock
Sub-Asst Com. Bureau R. F. & A. L.

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Questions are all transcribed, just need help on some of the handwritten parts :) Done