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Consolidated Monthly Report of County Agents of the Bureau Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands for the Memphis Sub District for the month of March 1867 — Lieut. Col. Fred. S. Palmer Sub-Asst. Commissioner 

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| No | Agents | County | Rations Issued | No. Contracts | No. Laborers | Rate per month | No. of Minors Apprenticed | No. of Teachers | No. of Scholars | No. of Schools | Outrages | Remarks | 
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 
| 1 | Lt. Col. F.S. Palmer | Shelby | 956½ | 2 | 6 |   |   | 30 | 2057 | 12 |   | Three Hundred & twenty-one Rations issued to destitute freedpeople the balance of the rations were issued to the Memphis Cold Orph Asylum |
| 2 | John D. Ussery | Hardiman |   | 21 | 92 |   |   |   |   |   |   | Freedmen doing well. School will be opened next month | 
| 3 | G.E. Green | Madison |   | 18 | 47 |   |   | 1 | 26 | 1 |   | Civil Authorities reluctant to do justice to the freedmen | 
| 4 | W.C. McConnico | Lauderdale |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | Agent reports that he has issued some rations but fails to make a return of the exact amount | 
| 5 | Jesse A. Brown | Henry |   | 12 | 12 |   | 4 |   |   |   |   | County Authorities refuse to assist the colored poor | 
| 6 | Joseph A. Blakemore | Gibson |   | 9 | 32 |   |   |   |   |   | 1 | Affairs of the County in good condition | 
| 7 | Andrew Neely | Carroll |   | 20 | 20 |   |   |   |   |   |   | Condition of the freedmen improved over last year | 
| 8 | R.C. Scott | Haywood |   |   |   |   |   | 1 | 30 | 1 |   | Nothing done by the Agent during the last month | 
| 9 | S.H. Melcher | Fayette |   | 2 | 3 |   |   | 1 | 15 | 1 | 1 | Freedmen in great need of a supply of clothing for the destitute | 
| 10 | J.J. Holloway | Fayette | 450 |   |   |   |   | 2 | 92 | 1 |   | Condition of the Colored People much improved over last year | 
|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | No Reports have been rec'd from McNairy, Henderson, Burton, Weakley, Obion, Dyer, Tipton or Hardin Counties | 
| Total |   | 1406½ | 84 | 212 |   | 4 | 35 | 2220 | 16 | 2 |   | 

Fred. S. Palmer
Lieut. Col. 6" V.R.C.
Sub-Asst. Commissioner