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0225
Month Report of John H Morrison Sr, Assistant Commissioner of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, for the State of Texas Anderson County of Abandoned or Confiscated Lands in his possession in the State of Texas, during the month ending September 30th, 1868.

[[14 columned table]]
| * NAME OF FORMER OWNER. | LOCATION. COUNTY OR PARISH. | LOCATION. OTHER BOUNDARIES. | ALTERATIONS SINCE LAST REPORT. GAINED. Date. | ALTERATIONS SINCE LAST REPORT. GAINED. How. | ALTERATIONS SINCE LAST REPORT. LOST. Date. | ALTERATIONS SINCE LAST REPORT. LOST. How. | HOW HELD, (ABANDONED OR CONFISCATED.) | DESCRIPTION. CULTIVATED. | DESCRIPTION. ACRES UNCULTIVATED. Acres woodland. | DESCRIPTION. ACRES UNCULTIVATED. Acres cleared. | DESCRIPTION. TOTAL NO. ACRES. | DESCRIPTION. BUILDINGS. | REMARKS. |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |

| Wm. T. Brewer | Anderson | Situated on the waters of Mound Prairie Creek | May 31st 1867 | By Seizing as abandoned by the C.S. Government |   |   | Abandoned | 60 | 56 | 100 | 156 5/10 | One Factory building and fifteen Small Houses | There are fifteen or twenty Freedmen living on these tracts of land and are self supporting |

| Wm. T. Brewer | Anderson | Situated on the south of Mound Prairie Creek | May 31st 1867 | By Seizing as abandoned by the C.S. Government |   |   | Abandoned |   | 225 4/10 | 19 | 244 8/10 | One Sawmill building and two cabins |   |

| Wm. T. Brewer | Anderson | Situated on the south of Mound Prairie Creek | May 31st 1867 | By Seizing as abandoned by the C.S. Government |   |   | Abandoned |   | 240 |   | 240 |   |   |


| K.J. Rawlings | Anderson | Situated on the waters of Mound Prairie Creek |    | By Seizing as abandoned by the C.S. Government |   |   | Abandoned |   |   | 3 1/2 | 3 1/2 |   |   |

NOTES——1. In the column of Remarks will be stated the number of Refugees or Freedmen on each farm or tract of land, how they are employed, and whether they are self-supporting; also such other facts in relation to farms as may be of interest.
2. If more than one blank is necessary in making this Report, they will be attached together by proper fasteners on the left-hand margin, as indicated by the * * *.
3. The back of the Reports may be used for Remarks, in addition to the proper column on the face.


Station: Palestine
Date: September 30th, A.D. 1868
John H. Morrison
Sub Assistant Commissioner.