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Bureau Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, H'sd Quarters A.S.A. Comm'r 4th Div. 2d Sub-District, Burkeville, Va., Nov. 30th 1867. B'v't Brig. Gen'l O. Brown Ass't Comm'r Bur R. F & A.L. District of Virginia Richmond, Va. (Thro' Sub-Dist. Head Quarters) General: In compliance with Circular No 10, Series of 1866, Head Qr's Ass't Comm'r State of Virginia, I have the honor to submit the following report for the Counties of Nottaway and Lunenburg, Va. for the month of November 1867. I attended the Courts of both Counties during the month and witnessed the trial of a number of cases in which Freedmen were concerned, but saw no instance of injustice being done, which I attribute, in part, to the fact of my presence: I was not favorably impressed with the Courts or their manner of doing business. Most of the Magistrates in my Sub-Division require constant watching, they exhibit a disposition to evade the examination of charges preferred by negroes against White men, and where it not for the rod held over them by the "Military Commissioner" would, I fear (with some few honorable exceptions), take little notice of such Complaints. I am, General, Very respectfully Your obed't serv't R.G. Rutherford Lieut. 45th U.S. Infantry; A.S.A. Comm'r.