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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 September 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 Refugee or Freedmen's Schools in the District? 1 Day? 1 Night? - Sabbath? -
3. Location of Schools? Buckley's Academy - Greenville Ala.

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

4. Whole number of Teachers? 1 White? 1 Colored? -
5. Names and post-office address of Day-School Teachers? E. S. Grover Greenville Ala. [[strikethrough]] Miss Buck Greenville, [[/strikethrough]] 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 to 50 scholars 3 400 & 250 4 Bureau and M. E. & [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] and Baptist Col'd Church
7. Number of your visits to Schools? 1 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? Georgiana, Garland, Evergreen, Rutledge, Benbow.
10. Number of pupils (estimated) who would attend such s
Schools?   Thirty at each place
11. Amount which would probably be raised by the Freedmen, for school 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?   By encouraging Industry and Economy, and by the advantages of Education
13. Whole number of additional School-houses, for Freedmen, now wanted in your 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 extent 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.

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Signature needs review. ---------- Reopened for Editing 2024-01-07 10:09:01 ---------- Reopened for Editing 2024-01-07 10:37:18 its J F McGogy - too many [[?]]s to have been marked for review - pls read instructions