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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 Alabama in charge of James F McGogy SAC for the Month of February 1868, [in accordance with order contained in Circular No. 5, Bureau R.,F., & A.L.]

1.  Name of your Sub-District?  Talladega

2.  Whole number of Refugee or Freedmen's Schools in the District?  4
Day?  2
Night?  5
Sabbath?

3.  Location of Schools?  Talladega childersburg Columbiana Carried  bone Sabbath School at Mardensville  one night School at Talladega  one at childersburg    

[[stamp]] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES [[/stamp]]

4.  Whole number of Teachers?  6
White?  1
Colored?

5.  Names and post-office address of Day-School Teachers?  Henry E. Brown  William O. Gilbert  Mrs C W Hopson  Miss Pheebe Berba Talladega Ala  Miss E. S Thompson Columbiana Shelby county Ala   Miss E Bradford Talladega, (teaches at Parries) Clisby Johnson Colored at Childersburg        

6.  Whole number of School-houses for Freedmen in your District?  5
Their condition, capacity, value, and by whom owned?  one owned by American Missionary Association capacity 600 pupils value $8000 being repaired  one by freed people capacity 100 pupils value $250 fair condition  one at childersburg capacity 75 pupils value $300  one Columbiana capacity 150 pupils value $500 owned by pupils value $600 owned by Baptist Church private & individuals  one at Mardesville capacity 250 & 

7.  Number of your visits to Schools?  0
Day?  1
Night?  4
Sabbath?   

8.  Number of educational meetings held by you during the month?  1
Where?  At residence of Rev H. E. Brown Talladega Ala 

9.  Number and names of places, now destitute, in which Day-Schools might be organized?  Syllacauga  Munford  Mardersville  Jacksonville  Alexandria Gadsden  Centre  Ashville  Harpersville  Montevallo            

10.  Number of pupils (estimated) who would attend such Schools?  600

11.  Amount which would probably be raised by the Freedmen, for school purposes, in each destitute neighborhood?  Twenty dollars

12.  What efforts are you making to secure the support of schools by pupils, parents, boards of education, or the State government?  Instructing parents i Industry and economy and encouraging them to educate as fast as possible.  Owing to unsettled stat of affairs I have made no efforts to obtain assistance from State Govt 

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

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

15.  To what extent would help from without be needed in such cases?  Partial pay of [[crossout]] a [[/crossout]] teachers

16.  What is the public sentiment as to the education of the Freedmen and Poor Whites?  Beying [[beginning]] to be favourable among the more intelligent But no effort is made to encourage it. 

17.  Are Night-Schools for Adults needed in your District?
In what way could they be carried on?  By a little assistant from without

18.  What more can this Bureau do for educating the children of Refugees (or Poor Whites)?  By encouragement to all and assistance used with discretion

19.  How long will Northern charitable aid be needed for Freedmen and Refugee Schools of your District?  Until the county becomes prosperous

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.

J F McGogy
Sub-Asst. Com., Bureau R.,F., & A.L.

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