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54 6 inches in height full face short curly sandy hair. light eyes & weighs about 150 pounds & has been engaged in Photographing as he informed me at Lauderdale. I am Sir Very Respectfully Your obt Servant Geo. W. Corliss. Bvt Major V.R.C. Sub Asst Comr Bureau of Refugees Freedmen and A.L. Office of Sub Asst Comr Sub Dist of Lake Station Miss Lake Station Miss Dec 3, 1867 71 Moore Mr J. H. Newton County Miss Sir I have the honor to enclose herewith a list setting forth the pro rata allowance of the share of crop raised on your place for the year 1867, to which the laborer is entitled, as computed at this Office, First Class $17.37 Second class $15.74, Third Class $13.39, I am Sir Very Respectfully Your obt Servant Geo. W. Corliss. Bvt Major V.R.C. Sub Asst Comr Bureau of Refugees Freedmen and A.L. Office of Sub Asst Comr Sub Dist of Lake Station Miss Lake Station Miss Dec 3" 1867 72 Sunderland Capt J. W. AAQM and D.O. B.R.F. and A.L. 55 State of Miss Captain I have the honor to acknowledge receipt this day of your check No 69 on Acct Treasury U.S. at St. Louis Mo, for one hundred and ten 96/100 dollars ($110.96) in payment of vouchers for the month of October. Agent $99.17 D.W. Parks $10.00 Postage $1.79 I am Captain Very Respectfully Your obt servant Geo. W. Corliss Bvt Major V.R.C. Sub Asst Comr See L.R. No 24 P8 1867 Bureau of Refugees Freedmen and A.L. Office of Sub Asst Comr Sub Dist of Lake Station Miss Lake Station Miss Dec 3rd 1867 73 Barber Lt M A.A.A.G. B.R.F. and A.L. State of Miss Sir In compliance with Par 1 Genl Orders No 30 C.S. from your office I have the honor to report that an inspection has been made in this Sub Dist as per instructions in said order. In order to arrive at an approximate number of freedpeople at different places with in the Sub Dist at which there is now no schools in operation for the benefit of freedpeople. I beg leave to represent the following information obtained from the records of this "Boards of Registration" for the counties of Scott and Newton Viz number of freedpeople registered in Scott County - Morton 33 - Homewood 68 - Johnsons 38 - Damascus 9 - Forrest 135 - Pulaski 10 - Sherman Hill 38 - Burns 7 - Lake 54 - Hillsboro 100 - add to the above about 1000 large. Newton County - Centerville 58 - New Ireland 19 - Union 12 - Moores Mills 13 - Chunkey 18 -
