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[ED. FORM, No. 4.]

SUB-ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER'S (OR AGENT'S) MONTHLY REPORT
on Education of Freedmen and Refugees in Sub-District, State of Georgia in charge of R C Anthony for the Month of October 1868, [in accordance with order contained in Circular No. 5, Bureau R., F., & A.L.]
   
1. Name of your Sub-District? Augusta Counties Warren Hancock and Glascock

2. Whole number of Refugee or Freedmen's Schools in the District? 11
Day?  4
Night?  0
Sabbath? 7

3. Location of Schools? 2 Sparta Hancock  1 Powelton  1 Peach Grove
Sabbath Schools  Sparta, Anders Chapell, Reytown  Mt Zion  Greenwood

4. Whole number of Teachers? 34
White? 3
Colored? 31

5. Names and post-office address of Day-School Teachers? Dr JWS Johnson and A N Smith Sparta  Mrs ML Andrews Powelton  Tho B Hopkins Peach Grove

6. Whole number of School-Houses for Freedmen in your District? 5
Their condition, capacity, value, and by whom owned? 2 freedmen  they are good, the other three poor  not worth much

7. Number of your visits to Schools?  3
Day?  3
Night? 0
Sabbath? 0

8. Number of educational meetings held by you during the month? 2
Where? Warrenton

9. Number and names of places, now destitute, in which Day-Schools might be organized? three, Mayfield Nesurys Mill and Lintin

10. Number of pupils (estimated) who would attend such Schools? About 30

11. Amount which would probably be raised by the Freedmen, for school purposes, in each destitute neighborhood? $15 or $20

12. What efforts are you making to secure the support of schools by pupils, parents, boards of education, or the State government? trying to interest parents

13. Whole number of additional School-houses, for Freedmen, now wanted in your Sub-District? five or six

14. Could you organize your Sub-District into School Districts, each with a School Committee pledged to carry on schools therein? I think I can 

15. To what extent would help from without be needed in such cases? the freedmen can support about half the expense

16. What is the public sentiment as to the education of the Freedmen and Poor Whites? the sentiment I fear is not improving except in Hancock there seems a disposition there to assist the freedmen. in this section they are bitter against good teachers

17. Are Night-Schools for Adults needed in your District? yes
In what way could they be carried on? by freedmen alone

18. What more can this Bureau do for educating the children of Refugees (or Poor Whites)? [[strikethrough]] nothing [[/strikethrough]] we want teachers but it would not be safe for northern ones at this time

19. How long will Northern charitable aid be needed for Freedmen and Refugee Schools of your District? I can not say

I hereby certify, on honor, that I have given personal attention to the matters herein named, and that the answers given are, according to my best knowledge and belief, correct.

R C Anthony
Agt BRF and AL
Sub-Asst. Com., Bureau R., F., & A.L.

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