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18 Paymasters Office Atlanta Ga Apr. 2nd 1868 Respectfully referred to Major C T Watson Dist. Officer of Freedmans Bureau and attention called to the endorsements o Col J.F. Meline. G.I.R. and Chief Civil Affairs. E.D. Judd Paymaster U.S.A. Bureau R.F.& A.L. Office A.A.Q.M.& Chf D.O. Atlanta GA. Apr. 3rd 1868 Respectfully referred to the Asst Commissioner Bureau R F & A.L. State of Alabama C.F. Watson. State of Ala. B R F & A.L. Montgomery April 6th 1868 Respectfully referred to R D Harper Supt of Education B.R.F & A.L. State of Ala By order of Col & Bvt Brig Gen'l Shepherd Geo Shorkley Capt 15th Infty - Bvt Major USA A.A.A. Gen'l Office Supt Education Bu Ref F & A.L. Montgomery April 8th 1868 Respectfully referred to H.H. Burton Asst Sub. Asst Com'r Enfaula for his action and recommendation R.D. Harper Supt Education 19 33. Office of Supt. of Education B.R.F. & A.L. Montgomery Ala. Apr. 11. 1868. Respectfully returned to D.C. Rugg Sub. Asst. Com. Huntsville, Ala, with information that papers of Maria Harrington were placed in hands of Col.Beecher, Dist. Officer, Mch. 3rd. 1868. R.D. Harper Supt. of Education Office Sub. Asst. Com. B.R.F. & A.L. Sub. Dist. of Huntsville Ala. Huntsville April 8. 1868. Respectfully referred to R.D. Harper, Supt. of Education, Mont. Ala with the information that those papers were forwarded to H.M. Bush Sup't &c after Miss Harrington had signed them. D.C. Rugg Sub. Asst. Com. 34 B.34. Endorsement on Letter of H.H. Burton State of Ala. B.R.F. & A.L. Montgomery, Ala, Ap. 11. 1868 Respectfully referred to R.D. Harper Supt. of Education Bureau &c, State of Ala, for remarks. By order of Col. & Bvt. Brig. Genl O.L. Shepherd. George Shorkley Capt. 15th Infy & Bt. Maj. U.S.A. A.A.A.G. Office Supt. of Education B.R.F. & A.L. Montgomery Ala. Ap. 13. 1868. Respectfully recommends that an approriation [[appropriation]] of $600. be made for building a school House at Glennville Ala. R.D. Harper Supt. of Education B.R.F. & A.L.
Transcription Notes:
"The Daily Intelligencer" on July 30, 1867, lists the Military Officers there in Georgia, and states "Colonel J.F. Meline, Chief of Bureau of Civil Affairs, General Inspector of Registration for 3rd Mil. Dist." So it is "G.I.R." and "J.F. Meline."
Geo. Shorkley, not Sharkley.