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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 Gregory Barrett 26 US. Infantry 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? 30th
2. Whole number of Refugee or Freedmen's Schools in the District? 3 Day? 3 Night? 0 Sabbath? 1
3. Location of Schools? Tyler, Smith Co Txs: Garden Valley, Smith Co Txs: and one about ten miles S.E. of Tyler in Smith Co
4. Whole number of Teachers?... White?... Colored?...
5. Names and post-office address of Day-School Teachers? Mary [?], Tyler. Smith Co 2y: Guilford Murphy Garden Valley, Smith Co Txs: Sherry Black, Tyler, Txs 
6. Whole number of School-houses for Freedmen in your District? 1 Their condition, capacity, value and by whom owned? Conditions Good: Capacity, sufficient for locality: Value, Unknown: owned by John Mc Clay: The other schools are held at the houses of the teachers
7. Number of your visits to Schools? 8 Day? 4 Night?... Sabbath? 4
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? Canton, Vanguard Co, Athens, Henderson Co and [?], Mood Co Texas
10. Number of pupils (estimated) who would attend such Schools? Not Known
11. Amount which would probably be raised by the Freedmen, for school purposes, in each destitute neighborhood? Not Known
12. What efforts are you making to secure the support of schools by pupils, parents, boards of education, or State government? I am using proper exertions to secure support of schools by pupils and parents: 
13. Whole number of additional School-Houses, for Freedmen, now wanted in your Sub-District. 2
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? To the full extent
16. What is the public sentiment as to the education of the Freedmen and poor Whites? Very bad
17. Are Night-Schools for Adults needed in your District? Yes In what way could they be carried on? By the Bureau renting buildings and employing teachers 
18. What more can this Bureau do for educating the children of Refugees (or Poor Whites)? Nothing 
19. How long will northern charitable aid be needed for Freedmen and Refugee Schools of your District? As long as the government fails to give aid

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.
Gregory Barrett 
[1Lr26?] US. flag Sub-Asst Com. Bureau R. F. & A. L.