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SUB-ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER'S (OR AGENT'S) MONTHLY REPORT on Education of Freedmen and Refugees in Sub-District, State of Alabama, in charge of J.F. McGogy for the month of August 1868, [in accordance with order contained in Circular No. 5, Bureau R., F., & A.L.]

1. Name of your Sub-District? Greenville

2. Whole number of Refugees or Freedmen's Schools in the District? 1 Day? 1 Night? 0 Sabbath? 0

3. Location of Schools? (Buckley Academy) Greenville Ala

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

4. Whole number of Teachers? 2 White? 2 Colored? 0

5. Names and post office address of Day-School Teachers?
Mr. E.S. Gover and Miss Buck Greenville Ala.
 
6. Whole number of School-houses for Freedmen in your District? 2 Their condition, capacity, value and by whom owned? 
1. Good. 2. 100 and 50 scholars - 3. $400. and $250. 4. Bureau & M.E. Baptist Col'd. churches

7. Number of your visits to Schools? 4 Day? 3 Night? 0 Sabbath? 1
Office Sub. Asst. Comr.

8. Number of educational meetings held by you during the month? 1 Where? 

9. Number and names of places, now destitute, in which Day-Schools might be organized? 
Georgiana, Garland, Evergreen, Ruttledge, Burboun Ala.

10. Number of pupils (estimated) who would attend such schools? 
Thirty at each place.

11. Amount which would probably be raised by the Freedmen, for Schools purposes, in each destitute neighborhood? 
Fifteen dollars at each place

12. What efforts are you making to secure the support of schools by pupils, parents, boards of education, or the State government? 
Encouraging Industry, Economy, and the advantage of Education.

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

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? 
About half.

16. What is the public sentiment as to the education of the Freedmen and Poor Whites? 
By no means encouraging

17. Are Night-Schools for Adults needed in your District? Yes  In what way could they be carried on?
By part assistance from the Bureau.

18. What more can this Bureau do for educating the children of Refugees (or Poor Whites)?
Provide teachers and school-houses.
 
19. How long will Northern charitable aid be needed for Freedmen and Refugee Schools of your District? 
Until the political troubles become settled and the country 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.