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Consolidated Monthly Report of County Superintendents' of the Bureau Refugees Freedmen and Abandoned Lands for the Memphis Sub=District for the Month of January 1867 - Lieut Col. Fred S. Palmer Chief Superintendent

[[18 columned table]]
| No. | Superintendent | County | Issued  Rations | Issued Clothing | Issued Medicines | No. of contracts made | No. of Laborers | Rate per Mo | No. of Fines | No. of Forfeitures | No. of Minors apprenticed | No. of Teachers | No. of Scholars | No. of Schools | No. of outrages committed by whites on blacks | No. of arrests made for outrages committed on blacks by whites | Remarks of County Superintendent |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |

| 1 | Lt Col F. S Palmer | Shelby | 744 |   |   | 17 | 101 | ½ crop 1.75 |   |   |   | 29 | 1667 | 12 | 1 | 1 | Numerous complaints by fredmen being defrauded out of their wages for last year |

| 2 | J. J. Holloway | Fayette |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | Freedmen making their new contracts without consulting the Agent |

| 3 | J.G. Hester | Weakly |   |   |   | 6 | 6 | $7.00 |   |   | 1 |   |   |   |   |   | Freedmen getting along well. Whites generally paying them up for their services |

| 4 | G.E. Green | Madison |   |   |   | 53 | 178 | 12.50 |  
 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |

| 5 | S. H. Melcher | Fayette |   |   |   | 14 | 28 | share of crop |   |   |   | 1 | 25 | 1 |   |   | Freedmen are generally indisposed to make contracts before the Bureau |

| 6 | Jesse A Brown | Henry |   |   |   | 10 | 10 | 10 to $15 |   |   | 5 | 1 | 30 | 1 |   |   | The Bureau states that he cannot do any good for the freedmen as Agent, and asks to be relieved if thought advisable |

| 7 | W.C. McConnico | Lauderdale |   |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | Nothing has transpired since my last report worth notice |

| 8 | Joseph A. Blakemore | Gibson |   |   |   | 72 | 130 | 7 to 12 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | But little interest is exhibited by the freedmen on the subject of education |

| 9 | Andrew Neely | Carroll |   |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | Matters are going tolerably well. Contracts are more liberal this year than last |

| 10 | R.C. Scott | Haywood |   |   |   | 150 | 400 | ½ of crop |   |   | 3 |   |   |   |   |   | Civil Courts are not disposed to give the freedmen justice in suits between the, & the whites  |

| 11 | J.D. Ussury | Hardiman |   |   |   | 82 | 258 | 100 to 200 year ⅓ to ½ crop |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | State of affairs are as good in this County as any in the South |

| 12 | R.P. Haley | Burton |   |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | No Report received |

| 13 | W.H. White | Obion |   |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | No Report received |

| 14 | J.R. Bledsoe | Tipton |   |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | No Report received |

| 15 |   | Henderson |   |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | No Agent |

| 16 |   | Dyer |   |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | No Agent |

| 17 | Thos Maxwell | Hardin |   |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | No Report received |

| 18 | Houstin Roberts | Decatur |   |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | No Report received |

| 19 | Fielding Hurst | McNairy |   |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | No Report received |

|   | Total |   | 744 |   |   | 404 | 100 |   |   |   | 9 | 31 | 1722 | 14 | 2 | 1 |   |

Fred S. Palmer
Lieut Col 6th Regt V.R.C. and Chief Supt.

Transcription Notes:
The writing on the bottom right corner is giving me trouble. Other than that, there are only a few words here and there (most of them names) that I couldn't read.