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

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| No | Agents | County | Rations issued | No. of Contracts | No. of laborers | Rate per month | No. of minors apprenticed | No. of Schools | No. of Teachers | No. of Scholars | No. of outrages | Remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |

| 1 | Lieut. Col. F.S. Palmer | Shelby | 1064 |   |   |   |   | 18 | 37 | 2227 |   | Of the rations issued 351 were to destitute persons, the balance to |
|   |   | {Madison |   |   |   |   |   | 1 | 1 | 40 | 2 | the Colored Orphan Asylum |
| 2 | Alvin Allen | {Henderson |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | The civil authorities do not extend that protection to the |
|   |   | {Decatur |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | colored people which circumstances demand | 
|   |   | {Henry |   |   |   |   | 5 |   |   |   |   |   |
| 3 | Jesse A. Brown | {Benton |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | The civil authorities deal justly with the freedpeople |
|   |   | {Weakley |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
|   |   | {Carroll |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
|   |   | {Gibson |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | 3 |   |
| 4 | Joseph A. Blakemore | {Obion |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | In portions of Obion and Dyer Counties it is impossible for the |
|   |   | {Dyer |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | freedpeople to attain their rights under the law |
| 5 | J.J. Holloway | {Fayette | 450 |   |   |   | 8 | 3 | 4 | 115 |   | The minors reported as apprenticed by the County Courts of Fayette |
|   |   | {Hardiman |   |   |   |   | 28 |   |   |   |   | & Hardiman Counties were indentured since Jany 1st. And were reported before. |
|   |   | {Haywood |   |   |   |   |   | 2 | 2 | 75 | 2 | In the western part of Lauderdale & Tipton Counties it is difficult for | 
| 6 | J.L. Porter | {Lauderdale |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | the freedpeople to obtain Justice at the lands of the civil authorities |
|   |   | {Tipton |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| 7 | Fielding Hurst | {McNairy | 450 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | In justice of this district the Civil Authorities are powerless to |
|   |   | {Hardin |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Total |   | 1964 |   |   |   | 41 | 24 | 44 | 2457 | 7 |   |

Fred S. Palmer
Lieut. Col. 1. V.R.C.
Sub - Asst. Commissioner