Title	Register of Abandoned Property Vol. II, January - May 1865
Record type	register
Creator	unknown
Date of creation	1865-xx-xx
Series	Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Tennessee, 1865-1869 M999
Description	This record is two pages from Vol. II, Registers of Abandoned Property Feb. 1861- May 1868. It contains a variety of information, including the name of the person leasing the land that was determined to be abandoned, the name of the former owner or claimant of the land, a description of the property, the location of the property, the date of the lease, the term of the lease, the cost of the lease (no specific amount per month, year, etc., specified; just a figure), and any additional remarks. It is possible to determine the amount the lease cost per a certain unit of time if looking at the term of lease, especially if the lease is month-to-month. All of the leases on this record are from Jan.- May 1865. The record does note if the lessee or lesser was African American. All of the leases on this record are for properties in Murfreesboro or Rutherford County.
Additional notes	Series M999, Reel 26, [Frame 133]
Geographic location	Rutherford County (Tenn.)
Names that occur in the record	Smith, John B. Ruthledge, Albert Keing [?], James Jones, David M. Kirk, Hugh B. Woodward, A. M. Williams, Elizah Childress, Peter Sarryder[?], William W. Archery, B. H. Jennings, C. A. Byers, Milton Braxton, James Burton, Lavina Phillips, W. J. Sherbrooke, F. Collier, H.
Subject (LC)	African Americans--Tennessee African Americans--Tennessee--Social conditions--19th century Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Tennessee--Rutherford County Rutherford County (Tenn.) United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands--Records and correspondence
Coverage	1860-1869
Contributing institution	National Archives and Records Administration
Medium	Microfilm
Bibliographic citation	[Document title, date]. Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Tennessee. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1869. Series M999, [Reel number, Frame number/s]. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
Copyright status	public domain
Collection name	Freedmen's Bureau Records