Freedmen's Bureau Alabama Field Office Personnel
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Information on this page pertains to the Historical Records collection, Alabama, Freedmen's Bureau Field Office Records - FamilySearch Historical Records.
The following table is a list of known Freedmen's Bureau personnel located in the preliminary inventory and microfilm pamphlet M1900 for Record Group 105 National Archives. Additional rosters will be located in the images of United States, Freedmen's Bureau Records of the Assistant Commissioner, 1865-1872 Alabama. FamilySearch Library film 1612359 (DGS 7677416), target 1, State rosters of bureau personnel, Sept 1865-May 1869; target 2, Sub-district rosters of bureau personnel, July 1865-Dec 1868.
| Subordinate Field Offices | Name | Office | Dates Served |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashville | |||
| Athens (see Huntsville) | |||
| Bluffton (Opelika District) | |||
| Cahaba | |||
| Claiborn | Subassistant Commissioner | ||
| Demopolis | Capt. A.C. Haltonstall | Subassistant Commissioner | August - December 1865 |
| Demopolis | Bvt. Maj. C.W. Pierce | Subassistant Commissioner | January 1866 - February 1868 |
| Demopolis | Lt. A. J. Bennett | Subassistant Commissioner | February - May 1868 |
| Demopolis | C. L. Drake | Subassistant Commissioner | June 1868 |
| Demopolis | R. A. Wilson | Subassistant Commissioner | July - December 1868 |
| Elyton | |||
| Eufaula | |||
| Eutaw | |||
| Garland (Freedmen's Hospital) | |||
| Girard | |||
| Greenville | A. L. Brown | Subassistant Commissioner | September - November 1865 |
| Greenville | T. W. Mostyn | Subassistant Commissioner | November 1865 - June 1866 |
| Greenville | J. F. McGogy | Subassistant Commissioner | June 1866 - February 1867 |
| Greenville | Samuel Gardner | Subassistant Commissioner | February - June 1867 |
| Greenville | William H. Peck | Subassistant Commissioner | June - September 1867 |
| Greenville | Samuel Gardner | Subassistant Commissioner | September - November 1867 |
| Greenville | J. A. Hart | Subassistant Commissioner | November - December 1867 |
| Greenville | Samuel Gardner | Subassistant Commissioner | December 1867 - July 1868 |
| Greenville | J. F. McGogy | Subassistant Commissioner | August - December 1868 |
| Haynesville | |||
| Hunstville | T. M. Goodfellow | Subassistant Commissioner | September 1865 - January 1866 |
| Hunstville | J. B. Callis | Subassistant Commissioner | January 1866 - January 1868 |
| Hunstville | Robert Harrison | Subassistant Commissioner | January - February 1868 |
| Hunstville | D. C. Rugg | Subassistant Commissioner | March - November 1868 |
| Huntsville and Athens | J. W Wilis | Claims Agent | April - September 1868 |
| Huntsville and Athens | John Wager | Claims Agent | September 1868 - January 1872 |
| Huntsville (Freedmen's Hospital) | |||
| Jacksonville | Robert Harrison | Subassistant Commissioner and Agent | May - August 1866 |
| Jacksonville | William McKibbin | Agent | August 1868 |
| Livingston | |||
| Mobile | George Harmount | Assistant Superintendent of Freedmen for Mobile and vicinity in the Bureau of Free Labor | April-July 1865 |
| Mobile | George Harmount | Subassistant Commissioner | July-August 1865 |
| Mobile | George Robinson | Subassistant Commissioner | October 1865-April 1866 |
| Mobile | G.A. Washburn | Subassistant Commissioner | April - May 1866 |
| Mobile | L. J. Whiting | Subassistant Commissioner | May - August 1866 |
| Mobile | Joseph Logan | Subassistant Commissioner | September - October 1866 |
| Mobile | George Tracy | Subassistant Commissioner | November 1866 - September 1867 |
| Mobile | James Gillette | Subassistant Commissioner | September 1867 - August 1868 |
| Mobile | John Hyde | Subassistant Commissioner | August - September 1868 |
| Mobile | E. H. Weirman | Subassistant Commissioner | September - November 1868 |
| Mobile | Frank Towle | Subassistant Commissioner | November - December 1868 |
| Mobile (Freedmen's Hospital) | |||
| Mobile | Claims Agent | ||
| Montgomery | George A. Harmount | Subassistant Commissioner | October 1865 - December 1866 |
| Montgomery | L. J. Whiting | Subassistant Commissioner | December 1866 - August 1867 |
| Montgomery | J. C. Hendrix | Subassistant Commissioner | August 1867 - December 1868 |
| Montgomery (Freedmen's Hospital) | |||
| Montgomery (Home Colony Hospital) | |||
| Opelika | R. T. Smith | Subassistant Commissioner | June 1867 - June 1868 |
| Opelika | John Bannister | Subassistant Commissioner | July - August 1868 |
| Opelika | D. B. Smith | Subassistant Commissioner | August - September 1868 |
| Opelika | G. W. Kingsbury | Subassistant Commissioner | September - October 1868 |
| Opelika | D. B. Smith | Subassistant Commissioner | October - December 1868 |
| Selma | Samuel S. Gardner | Subassistant Commissioner | March - June 1866 |
| Selma | F. D. Ogilby | Subassistant Commissioner | June - July 1866 |
| Selma | Samuel S. Gardner | Subassistant Commissioner | July - August 1866 |
| Selma | George Shorkley | Subassistant Commissioner | August 1866 - January 1868 |
| Selma | Charles C. Bartlett | Subassistant Commissioner | January - December 1868 |
| Selma (Freedmen's Hospital) | |||
| Talladega | D. P.C illery | Subassistant Commissioner | October - November 1865 |
| Talladega | T. Humphrey | Subassistant Commissioner | December 1865 - April 1866 |
| Talladega | R. Theune | Subassistant Commissioner | April 1866- February 1867 |
| Talladega | J. F. McGogy | Subassistant Commissioner | February 1867 - June 1868 |
| Talladega | George P. Sherwood | Subassistant Commissioner | June - Decmeber 1868 |
| Talladega (Freedmen's Hospital) | |||
| Tuscaloosa | Jesse W. Cogswell | Subassistant Commissioner | January - April 1866 |
| Tuscaloosa | W. H. Peck | Subassistant Commissioner | April 1866 - April 1867 |
| Tuscaloosa | Robert Blair | Subassistant Commissioner | April 1867 - December 1868 |
| Tuscumbia | Henry Sweeney | Subassistant Commissioner | May - June 1868 |
| Tuscumbia | W. H. Heilman | Subassistant Commissioner | June - August 1868 |
| Tuscumbia | John Raines | Subassistant Commissioner | August 1868 |
| Tuskegee | Andrew Geddes | Assistant Superintendent | September - November 1865 |
| Tuskegee | Spencer Smith | Assistant Superintendent | November 1865 - April 1866 |
Sources
- Elaine Everly and Willna Pacheli. comps., Preliminary Inventory of the Field Offices of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands (Record Group 105) Part 1 Alabama - Louisiana. National Archives and Records Service. General Services Administration, 1973 Alabama pp. 8-37.
- Pamphlet Describing M1900 Records of the Field Offices for the State of Alabama, Bureau of Refugees,Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872. (Washington, D.C.:2002) Appendix, pp. 39-41.