Title	Monthly Report, October 1867
Record type	report
Creator	Welsh, M. D.
Date of creation	1867-11-04
Series	Records of the field offices for the State of Tennessee, 1865-1872 T142
Description	Report of operations of the Bureau in the Nashville Sub District during the month of October, 1867. Assistant Commissioner Walsh reports for the general feeling of the entire Nashville Sub District and notes Rutherford County as an exception.
Additional notes	Series T142, Reel 41, [Frame unknown] [Pages are not numbered; this document can be found in the 39th report on the roll, on the 13th page. Best to search by date.]
Excerpt from record	"Assistant Commissioner Walks reports a general good feeling of the entire Nashville Sub District but notes Rutherford as an exception along with Montgomery County to a "continued state of good feeling and harmony" between whites and Freedmen in the district due to the the murder of W. Nelson by Cicero Layhew. Regarding this murder, Walsh plans not to take action until the Grand Jury meets in the county. He does not believe justice will be served in from of local Magistrates."
Geographic location	Nashville (Tenn.) Rutherford County (Tenn.)
Names that occur in the record	Nelson, W. Layhew, Cicero Walsh, M. D. Rice, Thomas J.
Subject (LC)	African Americans--Tennessee--Social conditions--19th century Rutherford County (Tenn.) United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands--Records and correspondence Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Tennessee--Rutherford County Race relations
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