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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.C for the month of July 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?  Day?  Night?  Sabbath? 

3. Location of Schools? 
1 "Laftin's School"- Bainbridge St Montgomery Ala.
2 "Crumps School"- Herron Str  Montgomery Ala
3 "Yankeetown School" Graves Landing Ala River
4 Sales School" near Kingston Autauga Co
5 "Coxs School" - Peacock Tract Montgomery Ala
6 "McDuffies School" Montgomery Ala
7 "Perkins School" Mt Meigg's  Ala
8 "Terrells School" Montgomery Ala
9 "Coles School" Montgomery Ala
10 "Stowers School" Montgomery Ala

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

4. Whole number of Teachers?  White?  Colored? 

5. Names and post office address of Day-School Teachers?
William M Laftin Montgomery Ala
J. D. Crump Montgomery Ala
Richard Stowers Montgomery Ala
Moses Merriweather Montgomery Ala
J. C. Cox, Montgomery Ala
Eliza Cole, Montgomery Ala
J. D. B. McDuffie Montgomery Ala
Solomon Terrell Montgomery Ala
C. H. Slater Graves Landing River Ala
F. C. Slater Graves Landing River Ala
Eldridge Perkins Mt Meiggs Ala
John Sales Kingston, Ala

6. Whole number of School-houses for Freedmen in your District? 10 Their condition, capacity, value and by whom owned? 

1 "Laftins School" condition ordinary, capacity 150 Scholars, value unknown owned by Wm M Laftin.
2 "Crumps School" condition good capacity 50 Scholars, value unknown owned by Thos Banks.
3 "Yankeetown School" condition ordinary, capacity 50 Scholars, value unknown,  owned by Mr J.V. McDuffie.
4 Sales School- condition ordinary, capacity and value unknown, owned by John Sales
5 "Cox's School" condition and value unknown capacity 50 Scholars, owned by J. C. Cox.
6 "McDuffies School" condition ordinary, capacity 75 Scholars, value unknown owned by Chas T. Pollard.
7  "Perkins School condition good, capacity 75. Scholars, value unknown, owned by Chas Lucas, Esq
8 "Terrells School" conditions good, capacity 100 Scholars, value unknown, owned by Cold Methodist Church of Montgomery Ala.
9 "Coles School" condition good, capacity 100 Scholars value unknown owned by Mrs. Jane Arthur.
10 "Stowers School" condition good, capacity 75 Scholars, value unknown, owned by Mt Zion (c) Church

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

8. Number of educational meetings held by you during the month? none 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- one at Haynesville, one at Benton and one at Lownesboro- all 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? no

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)? Supply salaried teachers.
 
19. How long will Northern charitable aid be needed for Freedmen and Refugee Schools of your District? Until the State becomes financially able to establish and provide for 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:
cross-checked with other reports in this file by Hendrix for confirmation on names/spellings etc. ---------- Reopened for Editing 2024-01-04 10:48:04