Title	Monthly Report of the Superintendent of Education, November 1866
Record type	Report
Creator	Burt, D.
Date of creation	1866-11-xx
Series	Records of Superintendents of Education M1000
Description	Educational form no. 1 is a chart.
Additional notes	Series M1000, Reel 6, [Frames 118-120]
Excerpt from record	"REPORT OF SCHOOLS, STATE SUPERINTENDENT State of Tennessee November 1866 Copy! Forwarded Dec 8th, 1866 STATE SUPERINTENDENTS MONTHLY SCHOOL REPORT To Bureau R. F. & A.L. for the month of May, 1867, ____ District, State of Tennessee" [This document records, in chart form, information concerning Freedmen’s Schools in Tennessee. The monthly report lists the communities with Freedmen’s Schools, societies that support them, and teacher and student demographics by school. The document concludes with statewide statistics and faded state official’s comments.] [Murfreesboro School had one day school and one Sabbath School with 200 pupils. The patron is listed as PTRA [?] There were five teachers, three white and two ‘colored.’ The school had 112 male students and 171 female students who were enrolled. During the month of November, 9 students left and 75 new students enrolled. Average attendance is listed at 208 with 169 students always present. Thirteen students were over 16 years of age. The document further lists 107 advanced readers. One hundred and twenty-six students could spell and read easy lessons. None of the pupils were free before the Civil War. Report signed by D. Burt]
Geographic location	Murfreesboro (Tenn.) Rutherford County (Tenn.)
Names that occur in the record	Burt, D.
Subject (LC)	African Americans--Tennessee African Americans--Tennessee--Social conditions--19th century Freedmen’s schools and textbooks Murfreesboro (Tenn.) Race Relations Racism 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 Superintendent of Education for the State of Tennessee. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1870. Series M1000, [Reel number, Frame number/s]. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
Copyright status	Public domain
Collection name	Freedmen's Bureau Records