Title	Monthly Report, March 1866
Record type	report
Creator	Seage, John
Date of creation	1866-04-02
Series	Records of the field offices of the state of Tennessee
Description	Monthly Report for March 1866
Additional notes	Series T142, Reel 40, frame unknown.
Excerpt from record	"Bureau R. F. and A. L. Murfreesboro Tenn. April 2, 1866. Seage John Suptsc. Rutherford Co Tenn Monthly Report March 1866 As per cir. S-- -- A general quiet prevails + industry + thrift mark the character of --- --- people. Monthly Report of John Seage Supt. FB of AL Rutherford County Tennessee for the Month of March 1866 [illegible] Forwarded April 1st 1866 [2nd page:] Bureau R.F.and A.L. Murfreesboro, Tenn April 2nd 1866 Major General C. B. Fisk Asst Comm. Tenn + Kenty. General I have the honor herewith to submit to you my report for the month of March 1866 Received for fines & fees $70.80 70. 80 Expended to indigent poor 27.00 “ Office expenses 22.00 47.00 Funds an ---- & hereby forwarded $ 23 – 80 A general quiet prevails and industry and thrift marks the character of the Colored people. Small pox is abating there being 23 cases in hospital 0 less than on March 1st. Another point connected with the medical department. I respectfully refer you to the report of ____ herewith ___. A case of brutal outrage was committed 24th of March [over] On a colored man by R H Henderson 12 miles distant by Henderson breaking in his skull with a blacksmith hand hammer. The colored man died last night. I put him under bonds as prescribed by the Code of Tennessee of $2000 & 2 ____ of 1000 & sent this morning (Sunday) a __ & six Mounties me to assist & bring the criminal & witnesses who if found will be imprisoned subject to the instructions I may receive from you. All of which is most respectfully submitted, I am General Your Abt. Serv. John Seage Supt F. B. A. L."
Geographic location	Murfreesboro (Tenn.)
Names that occur in the record	Seage, John
Subject (LC)	African Americans--Tennessee African Americans--Tennessee--Social conditions--19th century Murfreesboro (Tenn.) 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	[Document title, date]. Records of the Superintendent of Education for the State of Tennessee. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1870. 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