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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 June 1867 - Lieut. Col. Fred. S. Palmer, Sub-Asst. Commissioner [[13 columned table]] | 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 | 1170 | | | | | 16 | 32 | 1720 | | The rations issued to Memphis Colored Orphan Asylum | | | | {Madison | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Alvin Allen | {Henderson | | | | | | 1 | 1 | 40 | 1 | Mr Allen reports suffering from destitution in Henderson & Decauter Co. | | | | {Decatur | | | | | | | | | | | | | | {Henry | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Jesse A. Brown | {Benton | | | | | | | | | | Mr. Brown reports every thing moving along greatly in his district and | | | | {Weakley | | | | | | | | | | the freedmen doing well | | | | {Carroll | | | | | | | | | | | | | | {Gibson | | | | | | | | | 3 | | | 4 | Joseph A. Blakemore | {Obion | | | | | 9 | | | | 1 | As a general thing the freedmen are hard at work with good | | | | {Dyer | | | | | | | | | | prospects of a fair crop | | 5 | J.J. Holloway | {Fayette | | | | | | 5 | 1 | 136 | 1 | The freedmen laboring faithfully and doing well | | | | {Hardiman | | | | | | | | | | | | | | {Haywood | | | | | | | | | | | | | J.L. Porter | {Lauderdale | | | | | | 2 | 2 | 78 | | The freedmen are doing better than they have ever done before | | | | {Tipton | | | | | | | | | | | | | Fielding Hurst | {McNairy | 3930 | | | | | | | | 1 | The rations issued to destitute refugees & freedmen as follows: Whites 105, | | | | {Hardin | | | | | | | | | | blacks 103. Mr. Hurst states it will be necessary to distribute more | | | | | | | | | | | | | | rations until the crops are gathered | | Total | | 5100 | | | | 9 | 24 | 41 | 1974 | 4 | | [[/end table]] Fred S. Palmer Lieut. Col. 1. V.R.C. Sub - Asst. Commissioner