Title	George Williams to C. E. Compton, September 10, 1869
Record type	Correspondence
Creator	Williams, George
Date of creation	1869-09-10
Series	Records of Superintendents of Education M1000
Description	This letter discusses the reappearance of the Ku Klux Klan and inquires about aid for erecting a school building.
Additional notes	Series M1000, Reel 5, [Frames 360-362]
Excerpt from record	“1869 L.R. 1314 Tenn. Murfreesboro, Tenn. Septbr 10th- 1869 Williams, Geo. W. Teacher Transmits Reports for July and Aug. Writes in regard to the reappearance of the K.K. – and wished to be informed what action, if any, has been taken on an application for aid in erecting a Public School Building at Murfreesboro, said application has been forwarded by him with Copy of Deed during the month of June 1869. [?] Wrapper of One Enclosed Arrived and [?] to Washington Sept 13 1869 Murfreesboro, Tenn Sept. 10th. 1869. Col E.C. Compton Asst. Com. Bureau of R. F. & A.L. Sir, I have the honor [illegible] good report of Schools under my charge for the months of & August. Owing to the severe illness & subsequent death of a member of my family I did not make a report for July of community happenings [illegible] both [illegible]. Although the K. K. Klan have been very [illegible] in this community for the last [illegible] month [illegible] been interested, except that by [illegible] made some hard thoughts, [illegible] armed men came into my school about two weeks time after one of my scholars, but he had left Fourth past before they came in, now safe in [illegible]. In regard to the outrage committed… [continued on next page] [Transcriber’s Note: The second page of the letter was extremely faded. The bracketed question marks denote words and sections that are completely illegible. All words transcribed were done so to the best of the transcriber’s ability and as such should be considered at best, an educated guess.] …on the colored men of this county by lawless bands of white men, I have seen no [illegible] statement of them that [illegible] the circumstances, or that half reveals the inhuman [illegible] of the masked villains who in their [illegible] outrages have [illegible]. Sometime during the month of June last [illegible] your office an application for [illegible] Cole Broron William [illegible] and others [illegible] for an appointment for the purpose of expecting a suitable public school building for the benefit of the Col’d people of this town & vicinity, together with the copy of Deed of [illegible] Will you please inform me what action has been [illegible] on the application? Very Respectfully Your Obt Servt Geo. W. Williams”
Geographic location	Murfreesboro (Tenn.) Rutherford County (Tenn.)
Names that occur in the record	Williams, George Compton, C. E. Ku Klux Klan
Subject (LC)	African Americans--Social conditions African Americans--Tennessee--Social conditions--19th century Freedmen's schools and textbooks Race relations Racism Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Tennessee--Rutherford County. Ku Klux Klan (1866-1869)
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 M1000, [Reel number, Frame number/s]. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
Copyright status	Public domain
Collection name	Freedmen's Bureau Records