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Report of Assaults committed upon Freedmen with intent to murder them in the Sub. District of Albany Ga during the year 1867.
2d Lieut O.H Howard 5th Artillery S A. Com'r Bureau R.F. & A.L. 

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| No. | Date and Place of Assault | Names of parties assaulted | Extent and Nature of Injury | Cause of Assault | Names and Color of parties inflicting injuries | By whom arrested | Nature of punishment | Names of those at large and their probable whereabouts |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |

| 1. | Lee County  March 11th | Asbury | Pistol shot, wound in back, near spine; dangerous. | Refusal to obey orders promptly | Silas Doby/ white / Overseer | No arrest. Doby left 24 hours after the assault unmolested | None | Silas Doby, unknown, belongs in Atlanta Ga. |

| 2. | Lee County  March 17th | Joseph Swanson  cold. | Assaulted, beat and with a gun shot at, with intent to kill | All efforts to ascertain the cause have been unsuccessful | George T. Robinson  white | Referred to Civil Authorities | All efforts for the desired information unsuccessful.  None | George F Robinson / white / resides at Lee County  At large |

|   | Lee County  March 17th | Joseph Swanson  cold. | Assaulted, beat and with a Knife cut at; with intent to kill, injury slight | All efforts to ascertain the cause have been unsuccessful | John Harrall | Referred to Civil Authorities | All efforts for the desired information unsuccessful.  None | John Harrall did reside in Lee Co. present whereabouts unknown |

| 3. | Worth County  April 18th. | Jackson Crawford  cold. | No injury inflicted, the legal charge was shooting at another. | Crawford defended his wife from an assault, when Adams interferred and shot at him, but missed him | Thomas Adams  white | Civil Authorities, at the instance of O.H. Howard, Agent. B.R.F. & A.L. | Prosecution stopped by prosecutor, settled by the parties | Thomas Adams resides in Worth Co. |

| 4. | Dougherty County  May 1st | Littleton Young  cold. | Slight wound with a Knife and shot at, with intent to kill | No cause whatever, done while Lumbkin was intoxicated | Robert Lumbkin  white | Civil Authorities at the instance of O.H. Howard, Agent B.R.F. & A.L. | None. When Lumbkin was arrested, he was beastly intoxicated, or figured to be so, and was permitted by James J. Magee sen'r bailiff of Dougherty Co. Ga. to remain in his room, under guard of one Posse, standing on the outside of the door. Lumbkin made his escape in the evening | Robert Lumbkin, did reside in Augusta Ga. but is now supposed to be in Brazil, is at large |

| 5. | Dougherty County  May 11th. | Buch Linton  cold. | Beat and shot at, with intent to Kill injuries very slight | Linton attempted to recross the Albany bridge, without paying five cents, having paid the toll both ways, when he first crossed, when told he could not cross, without the money he attempted to run over, when he was caught by Holcomb and beat and shot at. | Robert Holcombe  white | Civil Authorities at the instance of O.H. Howard, Agent. B.R.F. & A.L. | Prosecution stopped by the prosecutor, settled by the parties | Robert Holcombe, resides one mile north of Albany Ga, is at large |

| 6. | Dougherty County  May 13th. | Larry Thomas  cold. | Assaulted, beat and with a Knife cut at, with intent to Kill. Injuries slight | All efforts to ascertain the cause have been unsuccessful | La Fayette Warren  white | It can not be ascertained whether any action in this Case has been taken or not. |   | La Fayette Warren, resides 16 miles west of Albany, is at large. |

| 7. | Dougherty County  May 15th. | Peter Jackson  cold. | Assaulted, beat and with a pistol shot at, with intent to Kill, Injuries slight | Being a d--d nigger | Ewbanks Tompkins  white | Civil Authorities at the instance of O H Howard, Agent. B.R.F. & A.L. | Prosecution stopped by the prosecution, settled by the parties | Ewbanks Tompkins resides 12 miles west of Albany. At large. |

| 8. | Dougherty County  May 20th. | Washington Holt  cold. | Assaulted, beat and shot at, with intent to Kill | Protecting his wife from being whipped by Eliza Holt. | Eliza Holt  cold. | Referred to Civil Authorities by O.H. Howard, Agent B.R.F. & A.L. | No records of this Case could be found at the Court House | Eliza Holt, cold, lives in Dougherty County At large |

| 9. | Dougherty County | May 23d. | Charles Powell  cold. | Cut with a Knife | Refusal to obey orders promptly. | N Hempkill  white | Affidavit taken by O.H. Howard and referred to Civil Authorities | Unknown, wounded party did not return to Agents office | N Hempkill At large |

| 10. | Dougherty County.  June 13th | Abner Bill  cold. | Cut with a Knife | Unknown | Frach T. Mayo | Affidavit taken by O H Howard and referred to Civil Authorities | Unknown, wounded party did not return to Agents office | Frach Mayo. Dougherty County |

| 11. | Dougherty County  June 14th | Edward Bryan | Cut with a Knife | Hoy forcibly took from Bryan a watermelon, and Bryan told him, he had no right to do it | Alfred Hoy. / white / a desperado | Affidavit taken by O H Howard and referred to Civil Authorities | Gave bonds to appear before the Superior Court and Grand Jury failed to find a bill | Alfred Hoy Worth County. |

| 12. | Sumter County Americus Ga month of June. | Samuel Hawkins  cold. | Assaulted, beat and shot at, with intent to murder. | Unknown | Sparks Clayton  white | Made his escape before he could be arrested. |   | Sparks Clayton, supposed to be in Havanna |

| 13. | Sumter County  June | Washington Cole  cold. | Assaulted, beat and shot at, with intent to murder | Unknown | Robert Elliott  white | Made his escape, although extraordinary efforts were made by Military and Civil Authorities |   | Robert Elliot, Unknown |

| 14. | Sumter County  June | Hall Johnson  cold. | Killed | Unknown | David Mitchel  cold | None, because the Grand Jury could not find a true bill against him as the evidence which would have convicted him, was suppressed. | Civil Authorities and imprisoned | David Mitchel / cold / Sumter Co. Ga |

| 15. | Dougherty County  July 4th | Maria Jesse  cold. | Shot at with pistol, but not wounded | Unknown | Madison Basely  white | Affidavit taken by Agent O.H. Howard and referred to Civil Authorities | Not Known | Madison Basely / white / unknown. |

| 16. | Lee County  July 4th | Ellis Campbell | Ordered shot by white man, named Davis Gun shot wound in legs serious | Went to see his own wife, was ordered to leave premises, refused to go. | David Moreman  cold. | Affidavit taken by Agent O.H. Howard and referred to Civil Authorities | None | Davis and David Moreman are both in Lee County. |

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