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Roster of OFFICERS AND CIVILIANS, ON DUTY IN THE
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and abandoned lands, state of  Texas,
November 1, 1868.

Brevet Major General J.J. Reynolds, Assistant Commissioner,
Headquarters at Austin, Texas.

Staff of Assistant Commissioner.

First Lieutenant Charles A. Vernou, 4th U.S. Cavalry A.A.A. General.
Brevet Captain C.S. Roberts, 1st Lieutenant 17th U.S. Infantry, A.A.Q.M., and Disbursing Officer.
Surgeon Warren Webster, Brevet Lieutenant Colonel, U.S.A., Surgeon in Chief.
Brevet Colonel Wm. H. Sinclair, Inspector.
Rev. Joseph Welch, Superintendent of Education.

[[4 Columned Table]]
| No. Sub-Dist. | SUB-ASSISTANT COMMISSIONERS. | STATION. | COUNTIES COMPRISING EACH SUB-DISTRICT. |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | 
| 1 | John H. Archer, | Beaumont, | Jefferson, Orange and Hardin. |
| 2 | A. H. Cox, | Liberty, | Liberty and Chambers. |
| 3 | Brevet Lieutenant Col. George H. Cram, Captain/17th Inf. | Galveston. | 
| 4 | Arthur B. Homer, | Columbia, | Brazoria and Matagorda, east of the Colorado river. | 
| 5 | Nesbit B. Jenkins, | Wharton, | Wharton and Matagorda, west of the Colorado river. | 
| 6 | Captain F. W. Bailey, 35th Infantry, | Indianola, | Calhoun, Refugio and that portion of Jackson south of Texana, inclusive. | 
| 7 | Hiram Clark, | Victoria, | Victoria, Goliad Bee, DeWitt and Karnes. | 
| 8 | Thomas H. Browning, | Jasper, | Jasper, Newton and Tyler. |
| 9 | Henry C. Lacy, | Crockett, | Houston. | 
| 10 | Fred W. Reinhard, | Centreville, | Leon. | 
| 11 | M. E. Davis, | Houston, | Harris and Montgomery. | 
| 12 | William H. Rock, | Richmond, | Port Bend. |
| 13 | Alexander B. Coggeshall, | Hempstead, | Austin. | 
| 14 | Louis W.Stevenson, | Columbus, | Colorado. |
| 15 | A. K. Foster, | Halletsville, | Lavaca, and that portion of Jackson north of Texana, exclusive. | 
| 17 | Michael Butler, | San Augustine, | San Augustine, Shelby and Sabine. |
| 18 | Charles Schmidt, | Moscow, | That portion of Polk County lying east of Trinity river and Trinity. | 
| 19 | William H. Howard, | Huntsville, | Walker, Madison, and that portion of Polk County lying west of the Trinity river. |
| 20 | Bevet Major James Gillette, Captain, 15th Infantry. | Bryan City, | Brazos, Grimes and Burleson, west of road running north and south through Caldwell, exclusive. | 
| 21 | F. P. Wood, | Brenham, | Washington. |
| 22 | David S. Beath, | Bastrop, | Bastrop and Burleson, west of road running north and south through Caldwell, exclusive. |
| 23 | Thomas H. Baker, | Lockhart, | Caldwell and Hays south of Onion creek. | 
| 24 | C.C. Raymond, | Seguin, | Guadalupe, Wilson, and Gonzales. | 
| 25 | First Lieutenant Henry Sweeney, Fifteenth Infantry. | San Antonio, | Bexar, Comal, Medina, Aatascosa, Bandera and Kendall. | 
| 26 | William Holt, | La Grange, | Fayette. | 
| 27 | First Lieutenant Henry Sweeney, Fifteenth Infantry. | Jefferson, | Marion and Davis. | 
| 28 | J. L. Randall, | Sterling, | Robertson and Milam. | 
| 29 | Brevet Lieutenant Colonel E. Gay, Major, 17th Infantry, | Austin, | Travis, Williamson, Blanco, Burnet and Hays, north of Onion creek. | 
| 30 | Brevet Major Horace Jewett, Captain, 15th Infantry, | Tyler, | Smith, Henderson, Wood, Van Zandt and Cherokee, north of Rusk, inclusive. | 
| 31 | John H. Morrison, | Palestine, | Anderson. | 
| 32 | Charles Haugh, | Cotton Gin, | Freestone, Limestone and Navarro. | 
| 33 | Charles F. Rand, | Marlin, | Falls. | 
| 34 | First Lieutenant Edward C. Henshaw 15th Infantry. | Marshall, | Harrison, Panola, Rusk and Upshur | 
| 35 | First Lieutenant Thomas G. Troxel, 17th Infantry. | Belton, | Bell, Coryell, Hamilton and Lampasas. | 
| 36 | Captain T. M. K. Smith, 26th Infantry. | Waco. | McLennan, Hill and Bosque. | 
| 39 | Thomas C. Griffin, | Kaufman, | Kaufman and Hunt. | 
| 40 | De Witt C. Brown, | Dallas, | Dallas Tarrant, Ellis and Johnson. | 
| 41 | Second Lieutenant E. C. Hentig, Sixth Cavalry. | Sherman | Grayson, Collin, Cook, Denton and Fannin. | 
| 42 | Captain D. M. Sells, 41st Infantry, | Fort Inge, | Uvalde, Kinney, Zavalla, Frio, Maverick and Dimmit. | 
| 43 | First Lieutenant James B. Cole, 4th Cavalry, | Laredo, | Webb, Encinal, Lasalle, Duval, Zaata and McMullen. | 
| 44 | Captain J. H. Bradford, 26th Infantry. | Rio Grande City, | Starr and Hidalgo. | 
| 45 | Brevet Maj. Gen. Alex McD McCook, Lt. Col. 26th Infty, | Brownsville, | Cameron. | 
| 46 | John Dix, | Corpus Christi, | Nucces, San Patricio and Live Oak. | 
| 47 | Brevet Major Wm. W. Clemens, 1st Lieut. 35th Infantry | Camp Verde, | Keer, Gillespie, Kimball and Edwards. |  
| 49 | Brevet Col. S. B.Hayman, Lieut Col. 17th Infantry. | Fort Griffin, | Shackelford, Jones, Stephens, Eastland, Callahan, Taylor, Young, Throckmorton, Haskell, Knox, Baylor, Archer, Wichita, Wilbarger, Hardeman and Greer. | 
| 50 | Alex. Ferguson, | Nacogdoches, | Nacogdoches. Angelina and Cherokee, south of Rusk, exclusive. |
| 51 | Brevet Maj. Goerge Shorkley, Capt. 15th Infantry, | Clarksville, | Red River, Bowie. and Lamar. | 
| 52 | Brevet Lieut Col. W. B. Pease, Captain 17th Infantry. | Sulphur Springs, | Hopkins and Titus. | 
| 55 | Brevet Colnel S. H. Starr, Major 6th Cavalry, | Jacksboro, | Jack, Clay, Montague, Wise, Parker, Palo Pinto, Hood and Erath. | 
| 57 | Brevet Captain Phineas Stevens, 1st Lieut. 35th Infantry. | Fort Mason, | Mason, Llano, Menard, concho, McCulloch, San Saba, Brown, Coleman Runnels and Comanche. |

Official: Charles A. Vernou
First Lieutenant Fourth Cavalry, A. A. A. G. 

J. J REYNOLDS,
Brevet Major General, U. S. A., Assistant Commissioner.

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