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[Ed. Form, No. 4]

SUB-ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER'S (OR AGENTS) MONTHLY REPORT 
on Education of Freedmen and Refugees in Sub-District, State of no 23 Texas in charge of Thos H Baker for the Month of November 1868, [in accordance with order contained in Circular No. 5, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands.]

1. Name of your Sub-District? 23 Caldwell & Hays Cos. South Onion Creek 

2. Whole number of Refugee or Freedmen's Schools in the District? 5 Day? 5 Night? 0 Sabbath? 1

3. Location of Schools? Lockhart. Plumb Creek. Prairie Lea. San Marcos & Blanco. Hays County. 

4. Whole number of Teachers? 5 White? 4 Colored? 1

5. Names and post-office address of Day-School Teachers? Henry French Lockhart, Nancy Kavanaugh, Plumb Creek, Jacob Glen San marcos, Mary Patterson, Prairie Lea, Walter Cossly San marcos, Texas 

6. Whole number of School-houses for Freedmen in your District? Their condition, capacity, value and by whom owned? 4. one owned by freedmen 1 liced. others not paid for  all in bad condition

7. Number of your visits to Schools? Day? 1 Night? 0 Sabbath? 0
 
8. Number of educational meetings held by you during the month? 1 Where? Hays County 

9. Number and names of places, now destitute, in which Day-Schools might be organized? If the teachers would all do their duty this Sub dist could do with what they have. Several others might be organized

10. Number of pupils (estimated) who would attend such Schools? 75

11. Amount which would probably be raised by the Freedmen, for school purposes, in each destitute neighborhood? 20$ per month at this season of the year

12. What efforts are you making to secure the support of schools by pupils, parents, boards of education, or State government? I have talked to the freed people on the Subject until I have about Seven

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

14. Could you organize your Sub-District into School Districts, each with a School Committee pledged to carry on schools therein? 
I could not. 

15. To what extent would help from without be needed in such cases? about every thing 

16. What is the public sentiment as to the education of the Freedmen and poor Whites? no Objection to poor Whites, & not much said as I am aware against the Education of freed children 

17. Are Night-Schools for Adults needed in your District? not much. In what way could they be carried on? I doubt whether the freed people would attend even if they had a suitable house

18. What more can this Bureau do for educating the children of Refugees (or Poor Whites)? Build School Houses and assist in paying Teachers

19.How long will northern charitable aid be needed for Freedmen and Refugee Schools of your District? for all time to come in my judgment.

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. 

Thos H Baker
Sub-Asst. Com. Bureau R. F. & A. L.

Transcription Notes:
South Onion Creek Texas confirmed via google added words up the right side of page in #9