Records relating to the issue of supplies to freedmen

Reports of numbers of persons who were issued rations, clothing, and medicines are in two series: retained copies of monthly reports. June 1866-October 1868, sent by the Assistant Commissioner to General Howard: and reports received by the Assistant Commissioner from the sub-districts. 1865-Sept. 1868, from which the reports in the former series were complied. Each series is arranged chronologically.

Reports of freedmen’s homes and institutions, Aug.-Oct. 1865, June-Oct. 1867, and June-Oct. 1868 are arranged chronologically. These weekly and tri-monthly reports document the issuance of rations at freedmen’s homes. Refugees’ and freedmen’s hospitals, and Orphan’s asylums. These reports also contain information regarding the activities and general status of the institutions:

Entries in the register of outrages, Oct. 1865-July 1868, are unarranged. Reports of outrages, riots, and murders, Jan. 15, 1866-Aug. 12, 1868, are arranged chronologically. Many of these reports were submitted on a monthly basis from the field offices to the Assistant Commissioner.

Affidavits relating to outrages, March 1866-Aug. 1868, are arranged alphabetically by initial letter of surname of person submitting the affidavit. The affidavits consist of sworn eyewitness accounts of outrages, often given by the injured parties. Included in this series is a report with affidavits concerning the Memphis riot of May 1866:

Miscellaneous Records

These records include correspondence, June 1865-Oct. 1868, concerning the requisitioning of supplies, petitions, and instructions to district officials relating to such matters as burials. In addition, there are reports relating to the Freedman’s Savings and Trust Co., reports relating to the conduct of agents and officers, and a report of buildings constructed by the Bureau.

Selected Records of the Tennessee Field Office of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872. T142. 73 rolls.

Arranged alphabetically by county and thereunder chronologically. There are contracts for the counties of Dyer, Fayette, Gibson, Hamilton, Hardeman, Haywood, Hempstead, Madison, Robertson, Shelby, Tipton, and Wilson. Copies of some of these contracts and additional contracts for Dyer County may be found under Dyersburg, and for Gibson County under Trenton. Registers of the contracts for Hardeman County may be found under Bolivar for
Wilson County under Lebanon. Contracts for other counties are under Charlotte for Dickson County. under Winchester for Franklin County, and under Wayne County for Wayne County. Additional registers of contracts may be found under Springfield for Cheatham County, under Pulaski for Giles County, and under Decaturville for Decatur County:

Dyersburg, Tenn.

Labor Contracts for Dyer County. Dec. 1865-May 1866. 2 vols. (Nos. 102 and 103). Arranged somewhat chronologically. Volume 103 also contains amnesty oaths, August to November 1865, for Dyer County.

Trenton, Tenn.

Contracts for Gibson County. Dec. 1865-Mar. 1867. 4 vols. (Nos. 213-216). Unarranged. Volume 213 also contains a register of marriages, October 1 865-April 1866: