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Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Tennessee
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1869
National Archives Microfilm Publication M999 Roll 25
Contracts Jan. 1, 1865 - Jan. 1, 1868

Reports Relating to Bounty Claims and Disbursements
May 18, 1867 - Apr. 30, 1869


Bureau R. F. & A. L.
Sub Dist. of Memphis
Sub. Asst. Comr.'s Office
Memphis, Tenn. March 4, 1868

Lieut. S. W. Groesbeck
A. A. A. Genl.
Nashville, Tenn

Lieut.,

I have the honor in accordance with Circular No. 13, Series 1867, from the Asst. Comr.'s office of the State of Tennessee to submit the following report of the number and kind of claims, and the amount collected and paid in each, paid at this office during the month of February 1868:

Date Name Rank Co. Regt. & Arm of Service Kind of Claim Amount
2-1-1868 Clinton Taylor Bug. F 3rd USC Cav. Arrears of pay & bounty 287.50
  David Towns Pvt. H 61st USCI " 216.38
  Dunn Day " A " " 225.75
2-3-1868 Aaron Callicott " F 3rd USCHA " 213.71
  Harry Hill " C 55th USCI " 239.50
  Peter Monroe " D 61st USCI " 167.50
2-4-1868 Wash Tomlinson Sgt. C 61st USCI " 228.88
  Elijah Broyles Pvt. D " " 254.96
  Alfred Hurd " C " " 215.01
  Henry Copewood " B 55th USCI " 201.50
2-5-1868 David Bird " B " " 174.81
  Henry Clark " B " " 154.81
  Samuel Boone Pvt. E " " 146.07
  Paul Johnson " H " " 231.70
  William Seaman " B " " 134.81
  William Pride Sgt. D " " 234.16
  Boston Austin Pvt. C " " 239.50
  Thomas Wise " C " " 238.50
  Stephen Davis " K 63rd USCI " 9.30
  Wiley Hunt Sgt. G " " 87.50
  Louis Thomas Corp. K " " 99.30
  Willis Kelly Pvt. E 12th USCI " 234.89
  Charles Hawley " A 3rd USCHA " 232.63
  Abram Harrison Pvt. M 3rd USCHA " 189.44
  Jacob Mooney " F " " 138.86
2-6-1868 Isaac Turner " K 63rd USCI " 99.30
  Egbert McLemore Corp. K " " 99.30
  Samuel Downing Pvt. K " " 99.30
  Geary Hall " K 53rd USCI " 235.37
  David Haley " D " " 158.37
  Henry Murry " D " " 235.16
  Wm. Harris Sgt. B " " 265.01
  Wiley Crittenden Corp. C " " 239.50
2-7-1868 Jerry Robb Pvt. G " " 233.00
  Cyrus Grant " K 63rd USCI " 99.30
  Simon Saulsbury " H 55th USCI " 180.91
  Jacob Cornahan " D " " 235.16
  Robert Patterson " C 61st USCI " 268.23
2-8-1868 Charles Counts " B " " 235.81
  Nathaniel Clark " H " " 242.31
  Thomas Riley Corp. C " " 208.50
  Randel Clay " B " " 235.81
  Lawrence Cunningham Pvt. E " " 164.37
  Jack Hester Sgt. E 55th USCI " 235.81
  John Johnson Corp. D " " 235.16
  Carr Grear Pvt. C " " 203.50
  Jeremiah Herrington " C " " 284.50
  James Lafleur " I 3rd USCHA   288.00
  Doc Sullivan Corp. I " " 192.26
  Africa Bailey " K 63rd USCI " 99.30
  Patrick Jones " K " " 99.30
  John Jones " K " " 99.30
  Joseph Jones " K " " 99.30
  Hannah Hardaway, widow of Nelson Hardaway " K " " 211.73
  Hartwell Bailey Corp. K " " 99.30
  Aaron Jones Pvt. K " " 99.30
  Burton Davis " K " " 99.30
  Henry Moody " B " " 28.30
  Milly Gilliam, widow of Washington Gilliam Corp. K 63rd USCI " 130.20
  Harry Smith Pvt. F 55th USCI " 165.37
  Anthony Jones Pvt. E 55th USCI " 154.37
  David Barton " I " " 188.00
2-12-1868 Isaac Gibson " B " " 85.81
  David Reed " B " " 235.81
  John Douglass " F " " 163.37
  Thos. Woodfall " H " " 231.70
  Caleb Conley " B 63rd USCI " 100.30
  Benjamin Davis " K " " 99.30
  James Jackson " I 3rd USCHA " 288.00
  Benny Jackson " I " " 287.50
2-13-1868 William Hamer Sgt. B 63rd USCI " 100.30
  Baldy Guy Pvt. B 55th USCI " 144.81
  Jerre Vincent Sgt. I " " 238.00
  Henry Shaw Pvt. B " " 235.81
2-14-1868 Judas Stubbs " B " " 235.81
2-15-1868 Alfred Armstead " C " " 223.00
  Larkin Lester " K " " 154.37
  Washington Clopton " D " " 286.50
  William Davis Sgt. G " " 188.75
  Elijah Mitchell " B " " 235.81
  Benjamin Brown Pvt. D " " 237.11
  Adam Lusk Corp. D " " 216.50
  Rasmus Freeman Pvt. D " " 158.00
  Abraham Stephens Corp. G " " 210.67
  Isaac Cherry " B " " 235.81
  Doc King Pvt. D " " 243.00
  Alfred Spencer " F " " 154.37
  Charles McDowell " K " " 224.25
  Haywood Lyon " B 61st USCI " 236.25
  Richard Mitchell Sgt. F " " 28.88
  Jefferson Cole Corp. B 63rd USCI " 59.80
  Henny Jones Pvt. B " " 59.80
  Moses Wood " K " " 99.30
  Edward Wood " K " " 87.50
  Ephraim Rocket " B " " 59.80
  Oliver Freeman " M 3rd USCHA " 189.44
2-17-1868 Royal Price " C " " 189.44
  Joseph Furgason " C " " 225.25
  Julia Norfleet, widow of Edward Norfleet " B " " 132.13
  Frank Moore " I 3rd USC Cav. " 288.00
  Anthony Godwin " B 61st USCI " 236.25
  Edward Loyd " B " " 229.38
  James Thompson " B 55th USCI " 181.46
  William Bond " C " " 300.70
  Jackson Robinson Corp. G " " 255.52
  Newton Spight Pvt. D " " 259.00
  Morgan Winchester " B 63rd USCI " 86.50
  Shephard Crawford Corp. K " " 58.80
  Washington Green Pvt. B " " 100.30
  Anthony French " K " " 99.30
  Lafayette Tyler " K " " 47.00
  Monroe Mason " K " " 99.30
  Ned Lake " B " " 59.80
  Thomas Hardaway " B " " 59.80
  Daniel Williams " K " " 99.30
  Benjamin Jackson " B " " 59.80
2-18-1868 Alex Sroitser " K " " 99.30
  Warner Thomas " F 55th USCI " 84.37
  Nelson Cole " I " " 259.00
  Garrison Hammond " C 3rd USCHA " 232.63
  Jesse Bridgford Corp. M " " 189.44
2-19-1868 Mansfield Robinson Pvt. A " " 232.13
  Bowen McCullen " A " " 232.13
  James Madison Corp. E " " 220.71
  Jefferson Chambers Pvt. O 55th USCI " 259.00
  John Nicholson " O " " 172.00
  James M. Egerston " D 60th USCI " 88.50
  Isaac Jackson " B 63rd USCI " 67.00
  Geo. Robinson " K " " 73.80
  Sandy Morton " K " " 99.30
2-20-1868 Samuel Jones " K " " 99.30
  Frederick Kerr " K " " 28.30
  Judge Scott " B " " 59.80
  Isaac Gordon " B " " 59.80
  Cyrus Hardaway " K " " 58.80
  Christmas Hurd " A 61st USCI " 236.25
  Benjamin Good Corp. H 55th USCI " 208.00
  George Cunningham Pvt. K " " 235.37
  Berry Tucker " C 3rd USCHA " 232.13
2-22-1868 Richard Payne " L " " 192.20
  Richard Whorley " M " " 189.44
  Nelson Sherrod " O 55th USCI " 228.00
  Polk Edwards " K " " 235.37
  Sidney Vincent " I " " 259.00
  Richmond Boles Sgt. I " " 259.00
  John Paine Pvt. E 61st USCI " 288.00
  Henry Boyd " H " " 242.09
  Jeremiah Taylor " B " " 178.88
  John Lacy " K " " 287.50
  Joseph Jones 2nd " K 63rd USCI " 99.30
  Frederick Jones " B " " 54.30
  Andy Hays " F 64th USCI " 191.30
2-24-1868 Dennis Wall " K 63rd USCI " 99.80
  Tony Fellon " E 55th USCI " 198.30
  Green Haymer Corp. K 61st USCI " 215.01
  William Williamson Pvt. D 3rd USCHA " 224.06
2-25-1868 Norve McGhee Corp. E 55th USCI " 235.37
  John Dodson Pvt. F " " 154.37
  Warren Stevens " G " " 210.67
  John Watkins Sgt. B 63rd USCI " 19.80
  Henry May Corp. E 61st USCI " 215.01
  Harry Holman Pvt. H " " 215.87
2-26-1868 Jacob Hunt " K 55th USCI " 235.37
2-27-1868 George McRaney " B " " 235.81
  Lew Allen Caesar Sgt. I " " 259.00
  Henderson Cole Pvt. G " " 233.00
  Grundy Barksdale " E 64th USCI " 155.30
  Henry Reynolds " D 1st USCHA " 200.89
2-28-1868 Governor Kane " M 3rd USCHA " 262.59
  Anderson Daly " M " " 137.50
  Washington Armstead " B " " 232.13
  Minnie Hurd, mother of Peterson Hurd " E 61st USCI " 297.50
  Alfred Blige " K 55th USCI " 235.37
2-29-1868 David Williams Corp. G " " 233.00
  David Hogan Pvt. B " " 235.81
  Shadrack Doeng Corp. B 63rd USCI " 100.80
  John Crump Pvt. B " " 100.80
  Andrew Jackson " F 64th USCI " 191.30
  Henry Cole Corp. G 3rd USCHA " 222.81
  William Merril Pvt. M " " 139.65
  Henry Jones Sgt. K " " 196.81
  Albert Eckles Pvt. E " " 220.21
  Calvin Reed " C " " 232.13
  Edward Isbell Sgt. M " " 164.65
         

TOTAL:

$34,869.64

The following claims forwarded from this office (remainder of text too faded to read):

Date Name Rank Co. Regt. & Arm of Service Kind of Claim Amount
2-6-1868 Arthur Brown Pvt. E 11th USCI Arrears of pay & bounty 211.20
2-10-1868 John Chalmers Sgt. G " " 300.00
         

TOTAL:

$511.20

Very Respectfully,
Your Obdt. Servt.
Jno. S. Palmer
Lt. Col. And Sub. Asst. Comr.