Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the District of Columbia Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1869
National Archives Microfilm Publication M1055 Roll 21
"Monthly Reports of Bureau Tenants"
Report of Tenants Occupying Tenements under charge of the Bureau Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, District of Columbia, at Seward Barracks, Alexandria, Va. for the seven months ending July 31st, 1866
Name of Head of Family |
Occupation of Head of Family |
Number of Males in family |
Number of Females in family |
Total number in family |
No. of Barracks |
No. of rooms |
Amt. paid per mo. |
Original entry as tenants |
Amt. in arrears date of last report |
From what date paid |
To what date paid |
Amount paid |
Amount in arrears date of this report |
Remarks |
Thornton Hyatt |
Farmer |
- |
- |
- |
167 |
1 |
$4 |
Jan. 1, 1866 |
|
Jan. 11/66 |
Feb. 28/66 |
$28 |
$19 |
Vacated April 15th, 1866 |
Anthony Tooms |
Laborer |
1 |
2 |
3 |
1, 2, & 3 |
3 |
$2.50 |
May 1, 1866 |
|
May 1/66 |
June 30/66 |
$5 |
$2 |
|
Ann Battle |
Laundress |
- |
4 |
4 |
4 & 5 |
2 |
$4 |
May 1, 1866 |
|
|
|
|
$10 |
|
Samuel Corbin |
Laborer |
2 |
2 |
4 |
6 & 7 |
2 |
$3 |
March 1, 1866 |
|
March 1/66 |
July 31/66 |
$12 |
$0 |
|
Murray Whirley |
Unknown |
- |
- |
- |
8 |
1 |
$3 |
Jan. 1, 1866 |
|
Jan. 1/66 |
Jan. 20/66 |
$2 |
$4 |
Vacated March 5th, 1866 |
Matilda Alexander |
Unknown |
- |
- |
- |
9 |
1 |
$3 |
Jan. 1/ 1866 |
|
Jan. 1/66 |
Jan. 3/66 |
$0.50 |
$5.50 |
Vacated March 23rd, 1866 |
Phillip Butler |
Laborer |
3 |
1 |
4 |
10 |
2 |
$5 |
Jan. 1, 1866 |
|
Jan. 1/66 |
Jan. 5/66 |
$0.50 |
$10 |
Vacated March 23, 1866 |
Peyton Gilison |
Laborer |
1 |
1 |
2 |
10 |
2 |
$2 |
June 1, 1866 |
|
|
|
$0.00 |
$3 |
|
Henry Willis |
Laborer |
- |
- |
- |
11 |
2 |
$5 |
Jan. 1, 1866 |
|
|
|
|
$10 |
Vacated March 3rd, 1866 |
Louisa Pinkerton |
Unknown |
- |
- |
- |
12 |
1 |
$2 |
Jan. 20, 1866 |
|
Jan. 20/66 |
Feb. 15/66 |
$1.50 |
$1.20 |
Vacated March 6, 1866 |
Henry Ross |
Laborer |
1 |
2 |
3 |
12 |
1 |
$2 |
March 31, 1866 |
|
|
|
|
$7 |
|
Jacob Ransom |
Farmer |
1 |
5 |
6 |
13 |
2 |
$5 |
Jan. 1, 1866 |
|
Jan. 1/66 |
Feb. 28/66 |
$10 |
$22 |
|
Eliza Davis |
Laundress |
- |
4 |
4 |
15 |
1 |
$3 |
Jan. 5, 1866 |
|
Jan. 5/66 |
Jan. 20/66 |
$1.50 |
$18 |
|
John Ford |
Laborer |
1 |
3 |
4 |
16 |
2 |
$4 |
Jan. 1, 1866 |
|
Jan. 1/66 |
March 25/66 |
$11 |
$17 |
|
Newton Whitten
Lieut. and Ass't Superintendent
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