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The Freedmen's Bureau Online

Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Arkansas
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, 1865 - 1869
National Archives Microfilm Publication M979 Roll 52
"Monthly Rosters of Officers and Civilians Submitted by Subordinate Officers"


Report of Civilians Employed at Refugees & Freedmen's Hospital, Fort Smith, Arkansas, October 1st, 1867

Name How employed Where born From what state employed Annual Compensation Remarks
Thomas J. Jones Actg. Hosp. Steward Illinois Arkansas $480 White, date of Contract May 4, 1867
Thomas Sweeney Actg. Ward Master Denegal "Co." Ireland Arkansas $240 White, date of Contract June 1st, 1867
Henderson Blair Cook Cherokee Nation Arkansas $360 Black, date of Contract October 1st, 1867
Louisa Blair Laundress Cherokee Nation Arkansas $120 Black, date of Contract October 1st, 1867
Amanda Gray Female Nurse Missouri Arkansas $120 Black, date of Contract September 23rd, 1867

I certify on honor that the above Report is corrrect and true ot the best of my knowledge and belief.

J. Bennett
A. A. Surgeon US Army
in charge of Hospital