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117 Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands Hd. Quarters, Asst. Sub Asst. Commissioner, 3rd & 4th Divisions, 8th Sub District, Virginia Christiansburg, Montgomery County Va. December 26th 1868, Bvt. Capt. Will A. Coulter USA AAA Genl Capt, I have the honor to make the following report of the administration of Civil Justice in the counties of Montgomery, Pulaski, Giles, Roanoke, Craig and Floyd (3rd & 4th Divisions, 8th Sub District, Va.) for the month of December 1868. The freedmen as far as I can learn have been fairly and impartially dealt with, both by the courts and civil magistrates, and no cases of injustice by reason of race or color have come to my notice. Very Respectfully Your Ob't Servant CS Schaeffer Asst. Sub Asst. Commissioner