Title	Monthly Report of Operations and Conditions, April 1868
Record type	report
Creator	Nelson, J. K.
Date of creation	1868-04-xx
Series	Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Tennessee, 1865-1869 M999
Description	The title of this record is: “ Bureau R F and A L Office Sub Asst Commr Nashville May 1, 1868 Judd Geo E Capt VRC and SAC Monthly Report of the Conditions of Freedmen in the Sub Dist of Nashville for the month of April 1868” Rutherford County superintendent J. K. Nelson’s report for April 1868 describes the alleged murder of an African American man named Grier. Grier had assaulted an alleged prostitute and fled the scene, pursued by police. His body was found the next day lying across Lytle’s Creek, near Murfreesboro, with his head on a stump and his face in the water. Nelson states that the official version of the story of events was that Grier tripped as he was running from the police, fell and hit his head on the stump, was stunned by the fall, and drowned as he was unconscious. Nelson remarks that he does not believe the story, noting that Grier was treasurer of a benevolent society and was believed to have had between ninety and four hundred dollars on his person. Nelson believes Grier was murdered and then robbed.
Additional notes	Series M999, Reel 18, [Frame 753-754]
Geographic location	Rutherford County (Tenn.)
Names that occur in the record	George E. Judd Nelson, J. K. Grier Basketto, Bell
Subject (LC)	African Americans--Tennessee African Americans--Tennessee--Social conditions--19th century 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 Assistant Commissioner for the State of Tennessee. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1869. Series M999, [Reel number, Frame number/s]. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
Copyright status	Public domain
Collection name	Freedmen's Bureau Records