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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 November 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 Glasscock

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 Co.
1 Powelton
1 Peach Grove Warren Co.
Sabbath Schools  Sparta Anders Chappell Reytown Mt. Zion  Greenwood and Warrenton

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

5. Names and post-office address of Day-School Teachers? 
Dr J W S Johnson Sparta and A N Smith  
Mrs M L Andrews Powelton  
Thos. 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 owned by freedmen they are good, the others 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? 3 Mayfield Nisings Mills and at Litner

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 to $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 and secure good teachers

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?

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

16. What is the public sentiment as to the education of the Freedmen and Poor Whites? is not improving, the Whites are very 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

18. What more can this Bureau do for educating the children of Refugees (or Poor Whites)? Assist in procuring good teachers

19. How long will Northern charitable aid be needed for Freedmen and Refugee Schools of your District? cannot answer

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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