United States Freedmen's Bureau, Freedmen's Court Records Coverage Table - FamilySearch Historical Records
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| State | Bureau Office or Locality | DGS_NUMBER | FIRST_IMAGE | LAST_IMAGE | DESCRIPTION | Publication Number |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Livingston | 7636371 | 1109 | 1149 | Roll 20, Court records, 1866-1867 | M1900 |
| Alabama | Huntsville (subassistant commissioner) | 7636376 | 762 | 798 | Roll 15, Docket of trials, Jan-Mar 1866 | M1900 |
| Arkansas | Camden (Ouchita County) | 7636386 | 347 | 473 | Roll 7, Affidavits and depositions, Jan 1866-May 1868 | M1901 |
| Arkansas Arkansas | South Bend (Arkansas County) | 7636364 | 386 | 393 | Roll 22, Proceedings of cases, Nov 1867-Apr 1868 | M1901 |
| Arkansas Arkansas | Monticello (Southeastern District of Arkansas) | 7636366 | 687 | 738 | Roll 17, Court papers and reports, 1865-1866 | M1901 |
| Arkansas Arkansas | Jacksonport (Upper White River District) | 7636381 | 578 | 611 | Roll 11, Court papers and vouchers, 1866-1867 | M1901 |
| Arkansas Arkansas | Jacksonport (Jackson County) | 7636382 | 74 | 311 | Roll 12, Letters sent, reports, affidavits, and court papers, Aug 1865-Jan 1867 | M1901 |
| Arkansas Arkansas | Batesville (Independence County) | 7636385 | 1017 | 1053 | Roll 6, Court writs, summons, and other legal papers, 1866-1868 | M1901 |
| Arkansas Arkansas | Little Rock (Pulaski County) | 7636413 | 230 | 509 | Roll 15, Leases, Misc court papers, reports, 1865-1868 | M1901 |
| Georgia | Atlanta (subassistant commissioner) | 4139659 | 834 | 903 | Roll 45, Miscellaneous court papers and reports sent to the assistant commissioner, 1865-1868 | M1903 |
| Georgia | Atlanta (subassistant commissioner) | 4139659 | 904 | 922 | Roll 45, Charges and specifications against freedmen and white citizens, Sep 1865-Mar 1866 | M1903 |
| Georgia | Cuthbert (agent) | 4139683 | 696 | 1134 | Roll 59, Orders received, contracts and miscellaneous court papers, 1865-1868 | M1903 |
| Georgia | Fort Gaines (agent) | 4139687 | 855 | 899 | Roll 63, Registers of cases tried in freedmen's court, Jul 1867-Apr 1868 | M1903 |
| Georgia | Perry (agent) | 4139859 | 727 | 1193 | Roll 74, Labor contracts and miscellaneous court papers, 1866-1868 | M1903 |
| Kentucky | Bowling green (chief subassistant commissioner) | 7641580 | 148 | 191 | Roll 91, Registers of cases tried, Jun 1866-Jun 1867 | M1904 |
| Kentucky | Burksville (subassistant commissioner) | 7641582 | 110 | 120 | Roll 93, Registers of cases in freedmen's court, Oct 1866-Oct 1867 | M1904 |
| Kentucky | Columbus (superintendent and subassistant commissioner) | 7641582 | 636 | 649 | Roll 93, Proceedings of freedmen’s court, Apr-Jul 1866 | M1904 |
| Kentucky | Louisville (superintendent and subassistant commissioner) | 7641743 | 376 | 436 | Roll 119, Proceedings of freedmen’s court (Minutes of daily proceedings), Jan-Nov 1867 | M1904 |
| Kentucky | Paducah chief superintendent, chief subassistant commissioner) | 7641751 | 154 | 345 | Roll 132, Complaints, affidavits, and evidence relating to court cases, Apr-Dec 1866 | M1904 |
| Louisiana | Provost Marshal general of freedmen | 7641596 | 251 | 322 | Roll 7, Registers of proceedings in freedmen’s court, Nov 1864–Oct 1868, vol 1 | M1905 |
| Louisiana | Provost Marshal general of freedmen | 7641596 | 323 | 367 | Roll 7, Registers of proceedings in freedmen’s court, Sep 1865–Mar 1866, vol 2 | M1905 |
| Louisiana | Algiers (agent and assistant subassistant commissioner) | 7641633 | 240 | 377 | Roll 57, Proceedings before provost court, Aug-Nov 1865, May-Dec 1867 | M1905 |
| Louisiana | Algiers (agent and assistant subassistant commissioner) | 7641633 | 378 | 487 | Roll 57, Register of court trials, Feb 1866-Nov 1868, vol 1-2 | M1905 |
| Louisiana | Baton Rouge (assistant subassistant commissioner) | 7641651 | 735 | 782 | Roll 62, Court papers, Oct 1866, Jun 1867 | M1905 |
| Louisiana | Bayou Sara (agent and assistant subassistant commissioner) | 7641655 | 250 | 260 | Roll 66, Monthly reports of Cases Tried and Fines Imposed, Sep-Dec 1866 | M1905 |
| Louisiana | Bayou Sara (agent and assistant subassistant commissioner) | 7641655 | 261 | 522 | Roll 66, Miscellaneous court records and complaints, Sep 1865-Nov 1868 | M1905 |
| Louisiana | Donaldsonville (agent) | 7641660 | 1104 | 1138 | Roll 71, Reports of cases tried and fines imposed, Mar-Oct 1866 | M1905 |
| Louisiana | Donaldsonville (agent and assistant subassistant commissioner) | 7641662 | 576 | 610 | Roll 73, Court cases, Nov 1866 | M1905 |
| Louisiana | Donaldsonville (agent and assistant subassistant commissioner) | 7641662 | 611 | 825 | Roll 73, Miscellaneous records relating to court cases, Apr 1866-Feb 1868 | M1905 |
| Louisiana | Franklin (agent and assistant subassistant commissioner) | 7641666 | 828 | 952 | Roll 77, Court records, Jul 1864-Nov 1867 | M1905 |
| Louisiana | Hammond Station (agent and assistant subassistant commissioner) | 7641668 | 337 | 376 | Roll 79, Court cases settled, Apr 1866-Aug 1867 | M1905 |
| Louisiana | St Joseph (agent and assisstant subassisstant commissioner) | 7641670 | 119 | 187 | Roll 100, Court records, Sep 1865-Feb 1868 | M1905 |
| Louisiana | Millikens Bend (provost marshal and assistant subassistant commissioner) | 7641683 | 156 | 203 | Roll 87, Court records, May-Dec 1864 | M1905 |
| Louisiana | Lake Providence (assistant subassistant commissioner) | 7641688 | 967 | 1179 | Roll 82, Records relating to court cases, Feb 1866-Mar 1867 | M1905 |
| Mississippi | Columbus (subassistant commissioner) | 7630054 | 422 | 439 | Roll 15, Register of cases tried by the provost marshal, Aug-Nov 1865, Mar 1866 | M1907 |
| Mississippi | Davis Bend | 7630055 | 330 | 337 | Roll 16, Journal of Freedmen's Court at the home colony. Jun-Dec 1865 | M1907 |
| Mississippi | Natchez (southern district of Mississippi) | 7630073 | 785 | 861 | Roll 34, Court records, 1864-1865 | M1907 |
| North Carolina | Franklinton (assistant commissioner) | 7497924 | 122 | 304 | Roll 15, Records relating to court cases and complaints, 1866-1867 | M1909 |
| North Carolina | Greensboro (subassistant commissioner) | 7497930 | 81 | 951 | Roll 21, Records relating to court cases, Feb 1865-Dec 1868 | M1909 |
| North Carolina | Henderson (assistant subassistant commissioner) | 7497932 | 1145 | 1216 | Roll 23, Transcripts of cases tried, Jul 1867-Apr 1868 | M1909 |
| North Carolina | Henderson (assistant subassistant commissioner) | 7497933 | 81 | 91 | Roll 24, Register of civil cases, Jun 1868 | M1909 |
| North Carolina | Henderson (assistant subassistant commissioner) | 7497933 | 92 | 989 | Roll 24, Records relating to complaints and court cases, 1867-1868 | M1909 |
| North Carolina | Hillsboro (agent) | 7497935 | 677 | 1076 | Roll 26, Records relating to cases tried and destitute freedmen, 1868 | M1909 |
| North Carolina | Oxford (assistant superintendent) | 7497957 | 309 | 331 | Roll 48, Contracts and transcripts of court cases, Nov 1866-Apr 1867 | M1909 |
| North Carolina | Oxford (assistant superintendent) | 7497957 | 332 | 495 | Roll 48, Records relating to court cases and complaints, Mar-Aug 1866 | M1909 |
| North Carolina | Smithfield (assistant superintendent) | 7497972 | 1092 | 1109 | Roll 63, Reports of cases tried, Jun 1866-Apr 1867 | M1909 |
| North Carolina | Trent River Settlement, James City, Newberne Subdistrict (assistant superintendent) | 7497973 | 717 | 797 | Roll 64, Proceedings of a court of inquiry convened to investigate charges against Edward Fitz, Apr 1866 | M1909 |
| South Carolina | Marion (subassistant commissioner) | 7492082 | 1109 | 1132 | Roll 86, Complaint summons sent, May-Jun 1866 | M1910 |
| South Carolina | Summerville (subassistant commissioner) | 7492098 | 274 | 280 | Roll 103, Docket of Superior Provost Court at Summerville, May 1866 | M1910 |
| South Carolina | Beaufort (subassistant commissioner) | 7492055 | 1031 | 1201 | Roll 58, Miscellaneous records relating to court cases, 1863-1868 | M1910 |
| South Carolina | Chester (subassistant commissioner) | 7492063 | 386 | 471 | Roll 67, Miscellaneous court cases, 1865-1868 | M1910 |
| South Carolina | Aiken (subassistant commissioner–Edgefield district) | 7492037 | 881 | 952 | Roll 40, Registers of court cases referred to the post commander at Aiken, Aug-Oct 1866, Apr-Dec 1867 | M1910 |
| South Carolina | Marion (subassistant commissioner) | 7492083 | 194 | 297 | Roll 87, Testimony of witnesses at several court cases, 1866-1867 | M1910 |
| South Carolina | Moncks Corner (subassistant commissioner) | 7492085 | 962 | 1251 | Roll 89, Testimony, reports, and other records relating to court cases and complaints, 1866-1867 | M1910 |
| South Carolina | Rice Hope Plantation | 7492093 | 533 | 583 | Roll 98, Register of court cases, Jan-May 1866 | M1910 |
| South Carolina | Orangeburg (acting subassistant commissioner) | 7492101 | 292 | 375 | Roll 95, Register of cases in Superior and Circuit Provost courts, Sep 1865-Mar 1866 | M1910 |
| Tennessee | Nashville (Subassistant Commissioner-Subdistrict of Nashville) | 7641716 | 607 | 674 | Roll 83, Statements relating to court cases, Mar 1867-July 1868 | M1905 |
| Texas | La Grange | 5412756 | 350 | 377 | Roll 23, Evidence in the case of F.D. Ackerman, Sep 1866 | M1912 |
| Virginia | Charlottesville (Albemarle County, assistant subassistant commissioner) | 4151180 | 111 | 155 | Roll 67, Proceedings of freedmen's court, Nov 1865-Aug 1866 | M1913 |
| Virginia | Culpeper (assistant superintendent, 4th education subdistrict) | 4151192 | 1164 | 1178 | Roll 70, Proceedings of freedmen's court, Nov 1865-Apr 1866 | M1913 |
| Virginia | Drummondtown (assistant subassistant commissioner) | 4151195 | 1004 | 1122 | Roll 73, Proceedings of freedmen's court, May 1865-May 1867 | M1913 |
| Virginia | Fredericksburg (assistant superintendent, 1st division, 6th subdistrict) | 4151295 | 111 | 702 | Roll 89, Reports, contracts, indentures, and proceedings of freedmen's court, 1865-1868 | M1913 |
| Virginia | Lawrenceville (assistant subassistant commissioner) | 4151305 | 1086 | 1116 | Roll 99, Proceedings of freedmen's court and court orders issued, Oct 1865-May 1866 | M1913 |
| Virginia | Burkesville (Nottoway County, assistant subassistant commissioner) | 4151310 | 985 | 995 | Roll 64, Register of proceedings of freedmen's court in Lunenburg County, Apr-Oct 1867 | M1913 |
| Virginia | Burkesville (Nottoway County, assistant subassistant commissioner) | 4151310 | 996 | 1001 | Roll 64, Register of proceedings of cases in freedmen's court in Lunenburg County (complainant: Commonwealth of VA), Apr-Oct 1867 | M1913 |
| Virginia | Gordonsville (superintendent, 4th district) | 4151325 | 475 | 520 | Roll 96, Register of proceedings of freedmen's court, Aug 1865-May 1866 | M1913 |
| Virginia | Lynchburg (assistant subassistant commissioner) | 4151339 | 1156 | 1177 | Roll 109, Proceedings of freedmen's court and register of persons arrested, Jan-Mar 1866 | M1913 |
| Virginia | Fort Monroe (subassistant commissioner, 5th district) | 4151380 | 765 | 828 | Roll 127, Register of cases tried in freedmen's courts within the district, Jan-Jul 1867 | M1913 |
| Virginia | Fort Monroe (assistant subassistant commissioner) | 4151383 | 111 | 178 | Roll 130, Register of proceedings of freedmen's court for Elizabeth City County, Dec 1865-Jul 1867 | M1913 |
| Virginia | Fort Monroe (assistant subassistant commissioner) | 4151383 | 179 | 738 | Roll 130, Proceedings of cases before freedmen's court, 1866-1867 | M1913 |
| Virginia | Norfolk (subassistant commissioner, 1st district) | 4151415 | 754 | 878 | Roll 145, Register of proceedings of freedmen's court, Jul 1865-May 1866 | M1913 |
| Virginia | Petersburg (subassistant commissioner) | 4152408 | 458 | 497 | Roll 158, Proceedings of freedmen's court, Nov 1865-Mar 1866 | M1913 |
| Virginia | Petersburg (subassistant commissioner) | 4152408 | 498 | 539 | Roll 158, Register of proceedings of criminal cases tried in freedmen's court, Nov 1865-Mar 1866 | M1913 |
| Virginia | Petersburg (subassistant commissioner) | 4152408 | 540 | 548 | Roll 158, Register of receipts and disbursements at freedmen's court, Feb-Apr 1866, Jun 1866 | M1913 |
| Virginia | Petersburg (subassistant commissioner) | 4152408 | 549 | 573 | Roll 158, Register of summons issued by freedmen's court, Mar-Apr 1866 | M1913 |
| Virginia | Petersburg (subassistant commissioner) | 4152408 | 574 | 1302 | Roll 158, Records relating to freedmen's court (unbound), 1865-1866 | M1913 |
| Virginia | Petersburg (subassistant commissioner) | 4152409 | 111 | 772 | Roll 159, Records relating to freedmen's court, 1865-1866 | M1913 |
| Virginia | Petersburg (subassistant commissioner) | 4152409 | 773 | 876 | Roll 159, Register of proceedings of civil cases tried in freedmen's court, Nov 1865-Apr 1866 | M1913 |
| Virginia | Petersburg (subassistant commissioner) | 4152409 | 877 | 887 | Roll 159, Register of receipts and disbursements on judgments in civil cases in freedmen's court, Feb-Jun 1866 | M1913 |
| Virginia | Rocky Mount (assistant subassistant commissioner) | 4152424 | 997 | 1123 | Roll 172, Contracts, indentures, reports, and records relating to court cases, 1865-1868 | M1913 |
| Virginia | Staunton (assistant subassistant commissioner) | 4152427 | 633 | 647 | Roll 175, Register of cases forwarded to civil authorities, Apr-Nov 1868 | M1913 |
| Virginia | Warrenton (assistant subassistant commissioner) | 4152430 | 807 | 1014 | Roll 178, Bills of lading, indentures, records relating to court cases, school reports, misc records, 1865-1868 | M1913 |
| Virginia | Waverly (assistant subassistant commissioner) | 4152432 | 752 | 936 | Roll 179, Monthly reports forwarded and records relating to court cases, Dec 1866-Dec 1868 | M1913 |
| Virginia | Winchester (assistant subassistant commissioner) | 4152445 | 111 | 162 | Roll 192, Proceedings of freedmen's court, Oct 1865-Mar 1866 | M1913 |
| Virginia | Woodstock (assistant subassistant commissioner) | 4152445 | 992 | 1022 | Roll 192, Proceedings of freedmen's court, Oct 1865-Dec 1867 | M1913 |
| Virginia | Woodstock (assistant subassistant commissioner) | 4152449 | 255 | 513 | Roll 193, Proceedings of cases, contracts, and other records, 1866-1867 | M1913 |
| Virginia | Yorktown (assistant subassistant commissioner) | 4152458 | 860 | 934 | Roll 202, Proceedings of freedmen's court, Dec 1865-Jun 1867 | M1913 |
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