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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  [[blank]] for the Month of November 1868, [in accordance with order contained in Circular No. 5, Bureau R., F., & A.L.]

1. Name of your Sub-District?  Composed of the Counties of Taliaferro, Greene, & Manning 

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

3. Location of Schools? Madison, sugar creek, & Buckhead, Morgan Co. Ga.  Greensboro, Penfield, Union Point, Greene Co. Ga &    Crawfordsville Taliaferro Co. Ga.

4. Whole number of Teachers? 18
White? 9
Colored? 9

5. Names and post-office address of Day-School Teachers? J.A.S. Norman, Madison, Morgan Co. Mittie L. Heyser, Madison Morgan Co. Will Parks, Penfield Greene Co. Ruth Ann Grimes, Union Point, Greene Co. Thomas S. Johnson Crawfordsville

6. Whole number of School-Houses for Freedmen in your District? 6
Their condition, capacity, value, and by whom owned? Capacity 200 average Value, not know, Four owned by Freedpeople, one by E Heyser, & one by J R. Heart.

7. Number of your visits to Schools? 4 
Day? 4 
Night? 0
Sabbath? 0

8. Number of educational meetings held by you during the month? 4
Where? two at Union Point Ga. and two at Buckhead Ga

9. Number and names of places, now destitute, in which Day-Schools might be organized? One at While Plains Greene Co. One at [[strikethrough]] scl [[/strikethrough]] Scull Shoals Factory Greene Co. & one at Baytown Taliaferro Ga

10. Number of pupils (estimated) who would attend such Schools? About 30 or 40 each

11. Amount which would probably be raised by the Freedmen, for school purposes, in each destitute neighborhood? about 50 ct per scholar

12. What efforts are you making to secure the support of schools by pupils, parents, boards of education, or the State government? All in my power 

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

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

15. To what extent would help from without be needed in such cases? about 25 or 30 ct per scholar

16. What is the public sentiment as to the education of the Freedmen and Poor Whites? Indifferent 

17. Are Night-Schools for Adults needed in your District? Yes
In what way could they be carried on? by organizing school Districts and geting competent Teachers to teach both day and night

18. What more can this Bureau do for educating the children of Refugees (or Poor Whites)? by assisting them to build new school houses and repairing old ones

19. How long will Northern charitable aid be needed for Freedmen and Refugee Schools of your District? about one year by that time the colored peopeople will be able able to support their own schools 

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.

John H. Sullivan
Agent

[[strikethrough]] Sub-Asst. Com [[/strikethrough]]., Bureau R., F., & A.L.

Transcription Notes:
Place names checked against maps and web searches. Personal names cross checked against other Freedmen's Bureau forms when possible. ---------- Reopened for Editing 2023-09-20 07:09:11