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[Ed. Form, No. 4.] [[stamp]] The National Archives of the United States [[/stamp]] Sub-Assistant Commissioner's (or Agent's) Monthly Report on Education of Freedmen, and Refugees in Montgomery Sub-District, State of Alabama in charge of J. C. Hendrix, Sub Asst Comr for the Month of March 1868, [in accordance with order contained in Circular No. 5, Bureau R.,F., & A.L.] 1. Name of your Sub-District? Montgomery 2. Whole number of Refugee or Freedmen's Schools in the District? 22 Day? 11 Night? 9 Sabbath? 2 3. Location of Schools? 1 "Swayne School" on Market St Montgomery Ala controlled by A'm Miss Ass'tion 2 "Loftin School" on Corner of Randolph & Bainbridge Sts Montgomery Ala 3 "Crumps School" on Herron St. Montgomery Ala 4 "Yankee Town School" at Graves Landing (Ala River) Lowndes C, Ala 4. Whole number of Teachers? 10 White? 9 Colored? 1 5. Names and post-office address of Day=School Teachers? Chas H. Adams, L. J. Day, Mrs E. Adams, J. Wanzer, Mrs A. B. Ackley, J S Fitch, Miss M. V. Adams and Miss L. H. Orwall (addressed, "Teachers Home" at Montgomery Ala. William U. Loftin and J. D. Crump (Col'd) at Montgomery Ala. C. H. Slater and Mrs F. C. Slater at Graves Landing (Ala River) Lowndes Co. Ala. The names and addresses of the Col'd Teachers are unknown 6. Whole number of School-houses for Freedmen in your District? 5 Their condition, capacity, value, and by whom owned? "Swayne School" condition ordinary capacity 200 Scholars, Value unknown, owned by Barnett [[?]] & Co. "Loftin School;" condition ordinary capacity 150 Scholars, value and owner unknown. "Crumps School" condition unknown capacity 50 Scholars value and owner unknown. Yankeetown School at Graves landing (Ala River) Lowndes Co. condition unknown - capacity 50 Scholars owned by J. V. McDuffie of Lowndes Co Ala. "One School Building" at Mt Meiggs Montgomery County Alabama condition good; capacity 100 Scholars value Six hundred and fifty Dollars $650 00 owned by the Bureau RF & AL State of Alabama 7. Number of your visits to Schools? 2 Day? 2 Night? 0 Sabbath? 0 8. Number of educational meetings held by you during the month? Where? 9. Number and names of places, now destitute, in which Day-Schools might be organized? 10. Number of pupils (estimated) who would attend such Schools? 11. Amount which would probably be raised by the Freedmen, for school purposes, in each destitute neighborhood? 12. What efforts are you making to secure the support of schools by pupils, parents, boards of education, or the State government? Schools have been established in several neighborhoods which are supported entirely by the Pupils and Parents. (Will be reported as soon as possible) 13. Whole number of additional School-houses, for Freedmen, now wanted in your Sub-District? 6. At Hayneville, Benton and Lowndesboro in Lowndes Co, Prattville in Autauga, and at Wetumpka Elmore Co. At Mt Meiggs in Montgomery Co. there is a school Building belonging to the Bureau and one at Athens Montgomery Co. owned by Freedmen. All the require to have schools, is the supply of Teachers. 14. Could you organize your Sub-District into School Districts, each with a School Committee pledged to carry on schools therein? No 15. To what extent would help from without be needed in such cases? The support of Teachers 16. What is the public sentiment as to the education of the Freedmen and Poor Whites? It is desired generally that they be educated 17. Are Night-Schools for Adults needed in your District? In what way could they be carried on? Supplying of Teachers 18. What more can this Bureau do for educating the children of Refugees (or Poor Whites)? To supply a Teacher at this place 19. How long will Northern charitable aid be needed for Freedmen and Refugee Schools of your District? Until the State becomes financially able to provide for and Establish 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. J. C. Hendrix Sub-Asst. Com., Bureau R., F., & A.L.
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