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20  FREEDMEN'S AFFAIRS IN KENTUCKY AND TENNESSEE

In the Henderson district. - One at Henderson; one at Hopkins's Farm.
In the Paducah district. - One at Hickman.
In the Bowling Green district. - One at Bowling Green; one at Drake's Creek; one at Edmonton; one at Green River; two at Burksville, (1 day and 1 night;) one at Hadensville.
Fifteen schools were closed during the month as follows:
In the Lexington district. - One at Tiger and one at Mount Sterling.
In the Louisville district. - Eleven in Louisville; one at Simpsonville.
In the Bowling Green district - One at Casey Creek.
The school house at Paducah is framed, and will go up during the month.  There was some little delay on account of the title of the lot I had bargained for proving defective.  Another lot, however, just as good, being offered, I directed Colonel Swaine to purchase it, as the subscription money was placed in his hands.
I have had no time during the month to visit any of the schools, but the work has no doubt been well done by Chaplain T.R. Noble, chief superintendent freedmen's schools. 
I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
BEN. P. RUNKLE,
Brevet Colonel U.S. Army, Chief Superintendent, & c. 
Brevet Brigadier General Sidney Burbank,
Assistant Commissioner, & c., Louisville, Kentucky. 

Louisville, Kentucky, May 13, 1868.
Respectfully forwarded to Major General O.O. Howard, Commissioner, Washington, D.C. for his information.
S. BURBANK,
Brevet Brigadier General U.S.A.
Assistant Commissioner State of Kentucky.

Official copy:  E. WHITTLESEY, A.A.A.G.

State of Kentucky, County of Jefferson:
On this 12th day of May, A.D. 1868, personally appeared before me, a United States commissioner, State of Kentucky, Edwin W. High, who being duly sworn, says that on Saturday, May 9, 1868, about 1 1/2 o'clock p.m., a colored man, calling himself Henry White, presented himself before me, a clerk in disbursing office Bureau Refugees, Freedman and Abandoned Lands, State of Kentucky, making inquiries of his bounty, & c.  Colonel Runkle being absent, I instructed him to call again in an hour or so, when he (Colonel Runkle) would probably be in office.  About 4 p.m., same day, he returned and was told that his claim was unsettled, upon which he made statement, concluding by wanting to borrow $10.  Further, that Colonel Runkle was not in office at any time when said Henry White was present, and, in fact, was not in office at any time when said Henry White was present, and, in fact, was not in the office during the afternoon of the day named above named.
EDWIN W. HIGH

District of Kentucky:
Sworn and subscribed before me, this day, by Edwin W. High.  Witness my signature and seal of the office this 12th day of May, 1868.
[SEAL]  A.J. BALLARD,
United States Commissioner.