Title	Monthly report from J. K. Nelson, August 1867
Record type	Report
Creator	Nelson, J. K.
Date of creation	1867-09-06
Series	Records of the field offices for the State of Tennessee, 1865-1872 T142
Description	J. K Nelson, Agent for Cannon and Rutherford County, reports on the operations of the Bureau in the Nashville Sub District and the outrages committed here in during August, 1867.
Additional notes	T142, Reel 41, [Frame unknown] [This document can be found in the 31st report on the roll, on the 6th page]
Excerpt from record	[Freedmen are happy to vote, but were tricked into voting for Democratic ticket by men who would secretly swap their color-coded ballots for one with the Democratic candidate's name on it while they were in line. Also, fights and discrepancies between white and Freedmen covered.]
Geographic location	Murfreesboro (Tenn.) Rutherford County (Tenn.)
Names that occur in the record	Nelson, J. K. McLaughlin Sherbrooke Martin, Sarah Fletcher, Ann Nelson, James K.
Subject (LC)	African Americans--Tennessee--Social conditions--19th century 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	[Monthly report from J. K. Nelson, August 1867]. Records of the field offices for the State of Tennessee. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872. Series T142, [41, unknown]. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
Copyright status	Public domain
Collection name	Freedman's Bureau Records