• Georgia (M798) Descriptive Pamphlet – Assistant Commissioners
  • Records of many state Assistant Commissioners and superintendents of education were filmed in previous years and should be researched for more information on activities at the local level.

• Georgia (M1903) Descriptive Pamphlet – Field Offices

  • Descriptive pamphlets are important when researching the Freedmen’s Bureau records because they typically provide detailed indexes and explanations of the contents within a coll . ection of historical records

In the same record group, RG 105, and related to records of the Bureau’s field offices for Georgia, are those of the Bureau headquarters in Washington, DC, and previously microfilmed records of the Assistant Commissioner and the superintendent of education for Georgia and South Carolina. 

• M742 – Headquarters, Selected Series of Records Issued by the Commissioner of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872 
• M752 – Headquarters, Registers and Letters Received by the Commissioner of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872 
• M799, Records of the Superintendent of Education for the State of Georgia, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1870 
• M803. – Headquarters, Records of the Education Division of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1871 
• M869, Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of South Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1870

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• Rolls 1-37: Records of the Assistant Commissioner
  • Records of many state Assistant Commissioners and superintendents of education were filmed in previous years and should be researched for more information on activities at the local level.

Georgia – Freedmen’s Bureau Office or Subordinate Field Office Location

1. 004139659 – Roll 45

   • Atlanta (Subassistant Commissioner), Atlanta (Superintendent of Education)

2. 004139683 – Roll 59 

   • Cuthbert (Agent)

3. 004139687 – Roll 63

   • Dorchester (Agent, see Hinesville), Eatonton (Agent, see Milledgeville), Forsyth (Agent, see Dawson), Fort Gaines (Agent)

4. 004139859 – Roll 74

   • Perry (Agent)

1. 004139638 – Roll 29

   • Surgeon in Chief

2. 004139639 – Roll 30

   • Surgeon in Chief

3. 004139640 – Roll 31

   • Surgeon in Chief

4. 004139641 – Roll 32

   • Surgeon in Chief

5. 004139642 –  Roll 33

   • Surgeon in Chief

6. 004139653  – Roll 39 

   • Albany (Agent), Albany (Dispensary), Americus (Agent)

7. 004139654 – Roll 40

   • Americus (Agent), Americus (Dispensary)

8. 004139665 – Roll 46

   • Atlanta (Freedmen’s Hospital), Augusta (Subassistant Commissioner)

9. 004139669 – Roll 49

   • Augusta (Agent), Augusta (Asst. Superintendent of Educ., Augusta (Freedmen’s Hospital)

10. 004139674 – Roll 54

    • Brunswick (Dispensary), Butler (Agent), Campbellton (Agent), Carnesville (Agent)

11. 004139681 – Roll 57

    • Columbus (Agent), Columbus (Asst. Superintendent of Educ.), Columbus (Dispensary), Crawfordsville (Agent)

12. 004139855 – Roll 70

    • Macon (Asst. Superintendent of Educ.), Macon (Freedmen’s Hospital)

13. 004139858 – Roll 73

    • Newton (Agent), Newton (Dispensary)

14. 004139871 – Roll 86

    • Savannah (Lincoln Hospital) , Smithville (Agent, see Dawson), Stockton (Subassistant Commissioner)

1. 004139646 – Roll 37

   • Subordinate Field Offices Albany (Subassistant Commissioner)

2. 004139654 – Roll 40

   • Americus (Agent)

3. 004139659 – Roll 45

   • Perry (Agent)

4. 004139669 – Roll 49

   • Augusta (Agent), Augusta (Asst. Superintendent of Educ.), Augusta (Freedmen’s Hospital)

5. 004139688 – Roll 64

   • Fort Valley (Agent), Greensboro (See Crawfordsville), Griffin (Subassistant Commissioner), Griffin (Agent)

6. 004139859 –  Roll 74

   • Perry (Agent)

7. 004139861 – Roll 76

   • Rome (Agent)

8. 004139867 – Roll 82

   • Savannah (Subassistant Commissioner)

9. 004139868 – Roll 83

   • Savannah (Subassistant Commissioner)

1. 007676444 – Roll 36

   • Subordinate Field Offices Albany (Subassistant Commissioner)

2. 004139870 – Roll 85

   • Savannah (Subassistant Commissioner)

1. 004139605 – Roll 21

   • Offices of Staff Officers Chief Quartermaster and Disbursing Officer

2. 004139606 _ Roll 22

   • Offices of Staff Officers Chief Quartermaster and Disbursing Officer

3. 004139607 – Roll 23

   • Offices of Staff Officers Chief Quartermaster and Disbursing Officer

4. 004139608  – Roll 24

   • Offices of Staff Officers Chief Quartermaster and Disbursing Officer

5. 004139609 – Roll 25

   • Offices of Staff Officers Chief Quartermaster and Disbursing Officer

6. 004139689 – Roll 65

   • Halcyondale (Agent), Hawkinsville (Agent), Hinesville (Agent), Irvinton (Agent), Isabella (Agent), Jackson (Agent)

7. 004139875 – Roll 90

   • Washington (Agent), Watkinsville (Agent), Woodville (Agent)

1. 004139659 – Roll 45

   • Perry (Agent)

2. 004139665 – Roll 46

   • Atlanta (Freedmen’s Hospital), Augusta (Subassistant Commissioner)

3. 004139855 – Roll 70

   • Macon (Freedmen’s Hospital), McDonough (Agent)

1. 004139609 – Roll 25

   • Offices of Staff Officers Chief Quartermaster and Disbursing Officer

2. 004139654 – Roll 40

   • Americus (Agent)

3. 004139656 – Roll 42

   • Americus (Agent)

4. 004139659 – Roll 45

   • Perry (Agent)

5. 004139668 – Roll 48

   • Augusta (Subassistant Commissioner)

6. 004139669 – Roll 49

   • Augusta (Agent), Augusta (Asst. Superintendent of Educ.), Augusta (Freedmen’s Hospital)

7. 004139671 – Roll 51

   • Bainbridge (Agent), Bainbridge (Asst. Superintendent of Educ.), Bairdstown (Agent), Barton (Agent)

8. 004139674 – Roll 54

   • Brunswick (Dispensary), Butler (Agent), Campbellton (Agent), Carnesville (Agent)

9. 004139675 – Roll 55

   • Carnesville (Agent), Carrollton (See Dawson), Cartersville (Agent), Columbus (Subassistant Commissioner)

10. 004139682 – Roll 58

    • Crawfordsville (Agent), Cumming (Agent), Cuthbert (See Subassistant Commissioner, Albany), Cuthbert (Agent)

11. 004139683 – Roll 59

    • Cuthbert (Agent)

12. 004139684 – Roll 60

    • Dahlonega (Agent), Dalton (Agent)

13. 004139686 – Roll 62

    • Dawson (Agent)

14. 004139687 – Roll 63

    • Dorchester (Agent, see Hinesville), Eatonton (Agent, see Milledgeville), Forsyth (Agent, see Dawson), Fort Gaines (Agent)

15. 004139688 – Roll 64

    • Fort Valley (Agent), Greensboro (Agent), Greensboro (See Crawfordsville), Griffin (Subassistant Commissioner), Griffin (Agent)

16. 004139689 – Roll 65

    • Halcyondale (Agent)

17. 004139851 – Roll 66 – Jonesboro (Agent), LaFayette (Agent), LaGrange (Agent), Lexington (Agent)

18. 004139854 – Roll 69

    • Macon (Subassistant Commissioner)

19. 004139855 – Roll 70

    • Macon (Asst. Superintendent of Educ.), Macon (Freedmen’s Hospital), McDonough (Agent)

20. 004139856 – Roll 71

    • Marietta (Subassistant Commissioner), Marietta (Agent, see Cumming), ) Marion (Agent), Milledgeville (Agent)

21. 004139857 – Roll 72

    • Milledgeville (Agent), Monroe (Agent), Newman (Agent)

22. 004139858 – Roll 73

    • Newton (Agent), Newton (Dispensary)

23. 004139860 – Roll 75

    • Quitman (Agent), Riceboro Agent (See Hinesville), Rome (Agent)

24. 004139861 – Roll 76

    • Rome (Agent)

25. 004139862 – Roll 77

    • St. Marys (Agent), St. Simons Island (Agent), Sandersville (Agent), Savannah (Subassistant Commissioner)

26. 004139867 – Roll 82

    • Savannah (Subassistant Commissioner)

27. 004139869 – Roll 84

    • Savannah (Subassistant Commissioner)

28. 004139874 – Roll 89

    • Thomasville (Subassistant Commissioner), Warrenton (Agent)

29. 004139875 – Roll 90

    • Washington (Agent), Watkinsville (Agent), Waynesboro (Agent), Woodville (Agent)