Title	Monthly Report, September 1866
Record type	report
Creator	Tracy, J. M.
Date of creation	1866-10-01
Series	Records of the field offices for the state of Tennessee, 1865-1872
Description	J. M. Tracy, agent for Rutherford County, reports about the month of September, 1866.
Additional notes	Series M1911, Reel 80, [Frame 61]
Excerpt from record	I have the honor to Submit the following report for the month of Sept. 1866. I obtained a leave of absence on the first of the month, and left this Place on the 2nd and returned on the 24th. during my absence everything passed along smoothly as far as I have been able to learn, no outrages or acts of injustice of any kind have been reported to me. Since my return I have been called on a few times for advice, involving question of minor importance; during this time there has been one trial to my knowledge before a Justice in this Town. I was present at the trial; the case was this. a gentleman employed a colored woman and her children, they worked six months, having each net $75.00, she claimed $28. 00 as still due her. the white man refused to pay the amount claiming that she had violated her contract: She obtained a judgement for $20. 00 , this deduction was made on account of one of the boys failing to do good work, as was proven. and the mother refused to make her son do such work as required by her employer. The freedmen are all employed at this time in picking cotton at good wages: I think there are but few if any idle. Our School is in Successful operation under the supervision of Mr. Buchanan & lady with an average attendance of 150 scholars. I have not received any word from Dr. Nelson yet. some doubts are expressed as to his acceptance of the appointment, but time will tell: Capt. W. N. Doughty, an old Soldier, stands ready to accept the appointment, in case of Nelsons non acceptance: for reference as to Capt Doughty Gen’l Johnson or Chaplain Earnshaw can give all information necessary; the Capt. Goes north for goods tomorrow.
Geographic location	Murfreesboro (Tenn.) Rutherford County (Tenn.)
Names that occur in the record	Tracy, J. M. Groesbeck, J. W. Buchanan, John E. Doughty, W. N.
Subject (LC)	African Americans--Tennessee--Social conditions--19th century Agriculture Murfreesboro (Tenn.) Race relations Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Tennessee--Rutherford County 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 field offices for the State of Tennessee. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872. Series M1911, [Reel number, Frame number/s]. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
Copyright status	public domain
Collection name	Freedman's Bureau Records