Title	Monthly Report, May 1867
Record type	report
Creator	Nelson, J. K.
Date of creation	1867-06-03
Series	Records of the field offices for the State of Tennessee, 1865-1872 T142
Description	Agent J. K. Nelson reporting for the counties of Rutherford and Cannon. Monthly report for the month of May, 1867 regarding W. H. Tilford and Stephen Tilford.
Additional notes	Series T142, Reel 41, [Frames unknown] [(Pages are not numbered; this document can be found in the 8th report on the roll, on the 4th page. Best to search by date.]
Excerpt from record	W. H. Tilford had Stephen Tilford (colored), a deaf-mute, declared insane. Stephen is taken away from his family against his will and sent to live with W. H. to perform labor without pay. Nelson notes that Stephen is able to use signs to tell him that he would "sooner cut his throat" than go back to working for W. H. Nevertheless Stephen is bound to W. H. for twelve months. (Court case can be found in Rutherford County Daily Minutes; Book EE, Pages 435, 446, and 460)
Geographic location	Rutherford County (Tenn.) Cannon County (Tenn.)
Names that occur in the record	Nelson, J. K. Tilford, W. H. Tilford, Stephen Nelson, James K.
Subject (LC)	African Americans--Tennessee--Social conditions--19th century Cannon County (Tenn.) Race relations Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Tennessee--Rutherford County Racism 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 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