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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 A. Com'r for the month of June 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 Refugees or Freedmen's Schools in the District? 29  Day? 20 Night? 1 Sabbath? 8

3. Location of Schools? 
1 "Swayne School." Montgomery Ala
2 "Laftuis School." Montgomery Ala
3 "Crumps School" Montgomery Ala
4 "Yankeetown School." Graves Landing Ala
5 "Turners School." Wetumpka Ala
6 "Sales School:" Autauga Co. Ala
7 "Burrels School. Lowndes Co Ala
8 "Kendalls School" Mont'y Co Ala
9 McDuffies School Mont'y Co Ala
10 Coles School Mont'y Co Ala
11 "Tharins School." Montgomery Ala
12 "Perkins School" Mt Meiggs Ala
13 "Terrels School." Montgomery Ala
14 "Cox's School." Montgomery Ala
15 "Stevens School" Montgomery Ala
16 "Ackles School" Montgomery Ala


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

4. Whole number of Teachers? 27  White? 19 Colored? 8

5. Names and post office address of Day-School Teachers? C. H. Adams, M. V. Adams, C. D. Adams, J. Wanzen, J. S. Fitch, A B Ackle, Wm M Laftuis, J. D. Crump, Rich'd Stowers. M Merriweather. Jno. C. Cox. J. D. B McDuffie. Eliza Cole, D. C. Harris. Solomon Terrell. M. E. Burrell. Caroline Suford. all addressed at Montgomery Ala C. H. Slate and F. C. Slate at Graves Landing Ala River Wm. V. Turner Wetumpka Ala. John Sales. Kingston Autauga Co Ala. Eldridge Perkins. Mt Meigg's Montgomery Co Ala
 
6. Whole number of School-houses for Freedmen in your District? 16 Their condition, capacity, value and by whom owned? "Swayne School" conditions good capacity 200 Scholars, value unknown, owned by Barnett Micon & Co. "Laftuis School" conditions ordinary, capacity 150 Scholars, value unknown, owned by Wm M Laftuis. "Crumps School" conditions good. capacity 50 Scholars value unknown owned by Hon. Banks. Yankeetown School. condition and value unknown capacity 50 Scholars owned by J. V. McDuffie. "Turners School" condition good, capacity 200 Scholars, value unknown owned by the Cold. Meth. Church of Wetumpka Ala. Sales School condition ordinary, capacity and value unknown owned by Jno. Sales Esq. Burrells School condition ordinary, capacity 75 Scholars value unknown owned by Wm M. Buckley. Kendalls School condition ordinary, capacity 50. Scholars, value unknown owned by Chas. Kendall McDuffies School condition ordinary, capacity 75. Scholars value unknown owned by C. J. Pollard. Coles School condition good, capacity 100 Scholars value unknown owned by Mrs Jane Arthur. "Harris School" conditions ordinary, capacity 75 Scholars value unknown owned by D. C. Harris Esq. "Perkins School" conditions ordinary, capacity 75 Scholars value unknown, owned by C. C. Lucas. "Terrells School." conditions good. capacity 100 Scholars. value unknown. owned by the Cold Methodist Church of Montgomery Ala "Cox's School" condition, value unknown capacity 50 Scholars owned by Jas C. Cox. "Stevens School" condition good value unknown capacity 75 Scholars owned by Mt Zion Church Peacock tract Montgomery Ala. "Ackleys School." conditions good capacity 75 Scholars. value unknown owned by Barnett Macon & Co.

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

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 Schools 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? 

13. Whole number of additional School-houses, for Freedmen, now wanted in you Sub-District? Three.-at Haynesville, Benton and Lowndesboro in Lowndes Co Ala

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

15. To what extend would help from without be needed in such cases? 

16. What is the public sentiment as to the education of the Freedmen and Poor Whites? That they be educated

17. Are Night-Schools for Adults needed in your District? Yes   In what way could they be carried on? In the supply of Teachers

18. What more can this Bureau do for educating the children of Refugees (or Poor Whites)? To supply a teacher at Montgomery Ala
 
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.

Transcription Notes:
Swayne School --> later Swayne College, Mont. AL Mt Meiggs --> Mt Meigs Peacock tract --> historic black community in Montgomery I changed Harris School to Tharins school because the "H" did not match the Hs in other locations within the document and the "T" did match other capital Ts. ---------- Reopened for Editing 2024-01-03 14:15:57