Title	Monthly report from J. K. Nelson, February 1868
Record type	report
Creator	Nelson, J. K.
Date of creation	1868-02-29
Series	Records of the field offices for the State of Tennessee, 1865-1872 T142
Description	J. K. Nelson, Agent for Murfreesboro Tenn., report of operations of the Bureau in the Nashville Sub District during the month of February, 1868. Includes outrages on Freedmen, Ku Klux Klan activities and political meeting riots.
Additional notes	Series T142, Reel 41, [Frame unknown] [This document can be found in the 71st report on the roll, on the 1st page]
Excerpt from record	"There were numerous petty outrages on the Freedmen during the month and a few of greater magnitude. Henry Hix, a drinking, worthless, reckless rebel has made a practice of disarming colored men when meeting them... On Saturday 23rd inst Dr. James G. Jordan of this county knocked down with a chair wife of Jerry Delbridge col'd for getting his breakfast too early... The "Ku Klux Klan" have effected our organization in Rutherford and Cannon Counties but as yet have perpetrated no outrages that I have head of under covers of their masks... A public meeting was held today in Murfreesboro by the Republican candidates for County Offices. Speeches made by Senator Elliot and Rep. Bosson to audience of perhaps one thousand mostly colored people, seventy-five or one hundred rebels were present for the purpose as was evident from the beginning of breaking up the meeting... "
Geographic location	Murfreesboro (Tenn.) Rutherford County (Tenn.)
Names that occur in the record	Nelson, James K. Nelson, J. K. Hix, Henry Jordan, James G. Delbridge, Jerry Williams, Dr.
Subject (LC)	African Americans--Tennessee--Social conditions--19th century Ku Klux Klan (1866-1869) Racism Race relations Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Tennessee--Rutherford County United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands--Records and correspondence Rutherford County (Tenn.) Murfreesboro (Tenn.)
Coverage	1860-1869
Contributing institution	National Archives and Records Administration
Medium	Microfilm
Bibliographic citation	[Document title, date]. Records of the field offices for the State of Tennessee. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872. Series T142, [Reel number, Frame number/s]. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
Copyright status	Public domain
Collection name	Freedman's Bureau Records