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Bureau of Refugees Freedmen and A Lands 
Head Quarters asst Sub Asst Comr 2d Div 8th Sub Dist Va
Abingdon Va. July 25th 1867.

Bvt Brig Gen O. Brown
Asst Comr Richmond Va.

General,
I have the honor to make the following report of the Administration of Civil Justice in my Sub Dist Comprising the Counties of Washington Russell Buchanan Scott Lee and wise for the month of July 1867.  As follows.

Civil Justice is administered impartially to both white and colored.  The only cases in which white and colored were parties to in my Div this month were three.

Very Respectfully
Your Obedient Servant 
John O. O'Neill
Capt V.R.C.
A.S.A.C.

Transcription Notes:
---------- Reopened for Editing 2024-05-07 11:42:57 Changed the signature line. A Capt. John Owen O'Neill was commissioned to the Veteran's Reserve Corp. at the end of the Civil War. I believe this is the same person.