• Kentucky (M1904) 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 collection of historical records.

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

• 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 
• M803 Headquarters, Records of the Education Division of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1870 
• M999 – Assistant Commissioners, Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Tennessee, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1869 
• M1000 – Superintendent of Education, Records of the Superintendent of Education for the State of Tennessee, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1871 
• M1875 – Marriage Records of the Office of the Commissioner, Washington Headquarters of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1861–1869

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These records consist of bound volumes and unbound records, containing materials that include letters sent and received, monthly reports, registers of complaints, labor contracts, and other records relating to freedmen’s claims and bounty payments. These records are part of the Records of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, Record Group (RG) 105.

Roll 1-133

Locations:

1. LOUISVILLE Chief Medical Officer
2. BOWLING GREEN Chief Subassistant Commissioner
3. BOWLING GREEN Superintendent and Subassistant Commissioner
4. BRANDENBURG Superintendent and Subassistant Commissioner
5. BURKSVILLE Subassistant Commissioner
6. COLUMBUS Superintendent and Subassistant Commisioner
7. COVINGTON Superintendent
8. DANVILLE Superintendent and Subassistant Commissioner
9. GREENSBURG Superintendent and Chief Agent
10. HENDERSON Chief Subassistant Commissioner
11. HENDERSON Superintendent and Subassistant
12. LEXINGTON Chief Superintendent and Chief Subassistant
13. LEXINGTON Superintendent and Subassistant
14. LOUISVILLE Superintendent and Subassistant Commissioner
15. PADUCAH Chief Superintendent and Chief Subassistant Commissioner
16. PADUCAH (McCracken County) Superintendent, Chief Agent, and Subassistant Commissioner
17. PARIS Agent
18. RUSSELLVILLE Subassistant Commissioner
19. SMITHLAND Agent
20. WINCHESTER Superintendent

1. 007641580 – Roll 91

   • Bowling Green  (Superintendent and Subassistant Commissioner)

2. 007641582 – Roll 93

   • Columbus  (Superintendent and Subassistant Commissioner), Covington  (Superintendent)

3. 007641743 – Roll 119

   • Louisville  (Superintendent and Subassistant Commissioner)

4. 007641751 – Roll 132

   • Paducah  (Superintendent, Chief Agent, and Subassistant Commissioner, McCracken County)

1. 007641570 – Roll 81

   • Chief  Medical  Officer 

2. 007641571 – Roll 82

   • Chief Medical Officer 

3. 007641572 – Roll 83

   • Chief Medical Officer 

4. 007641573 – Roll 84

   • Chief Medical Officer 

5. 007641574 – Roll 85

   • Chief Medical Officer 

6. 007641575 – Roll 86

   • Chief Medical Officer 

7. 007641576 – Roll 87

   • Chief Medical Officer 

1. 007641553 – Roll 64

   • Other Records Rosters of Officers and Civilians on Duty A-D

2. 007641554 – Roll 65 –

   • Other Records  Rosters of Officers and Civilians on Duty E-M

3. 007641555 – Roll 66

   • Other Records  Rosters of Officers and Civilians on Duty N-Y

4. 007641556 – Roll 67

   • Other Records Rosters of Officers and Civilians on Duty A-Q

5. 007641582 – Roll 93

   • Burksville  (Subassistant Commissioner)

6. 007641586 – Roll 97

   • Henderson (Chief  Subassistant Commissioner), Henderson  (Superintendent and Subassistant Commissioner), Hodginsville  (Agent), Lebanon  (Subassistant  Commissioner)

7. 007641760 – Roll 123
   • Maysville  (Superintendent and Subassistant Commissioner, Mason County)
8. 007641758 – Roll 125
   • Maysville  (Superintendent and Subassistant Commissioner, Mason County), Mt. Sterling  (Subassistant  Commissioner)
9. 007641751 – Roll 132
   • Paducah  (Chief Superintendent and Chief  Subassistant Commissioner), Paducah  (Superintendent, Chief Agent, and Subassistant Commissioner,   McCracken  County)
10. 007641750 – Roll 133
    • Paducah  (Superintendent—See Columbus), Russellville (Subassistant  Commissioner), Smithland (Agent), Stanford (Agent), Versailles (Agent), Winchester  (Superintendent)

1. 007641630 – Roll 60
   • Reports of Operations 

2. 007641580 – Roll 91

   • Bowling Green  (Chief Subassistant Commissioner)

3. 007641734 – Roll 110

   • Lexington (Chief  Superintendent and Chief  Subassistant  Commissioner) 

4. 007641735 – Roll 111

   • Lexington (Chief  Superintendent and Chief Subassistant Commissioner) 

5. 007641743 – Roll 119

   • Louisville  (Superintendent and Subassistant Commissioner)

6. 007641759 – Roll 124
   • Maysville  (Superintendent and Subassistant Commissioner,  Mason County)

7. 007641752 – Roll 131

   • Paducah  (Chief Superintendent and Chief Subassistant Commissioner) 

1. 007641550 – Roll 61

   • Reports

2. 0076417151 – Roll 132

   • Paducah (Chief  Superintendent and Chief Subassistant Commissioner),  Paducah  (Superintendent, Chief Agent, and Subassistant Commissioner,  McCracken County) 

1. 007641580 – Roll 91

   • Bowling Green  (Chief  Subassistant Commissioner), Bowling Green (Superintendent and Subassistant Commissioner)

2. 007641582 – Roll 93

   • Burksville  (Subassistant Commissioner),  Columbas  (Superintendent and Subassistant Commissoner),  Covington  (Superintendent) 

3. 007641736 – Roll 112

   • Lexington  (Superintendent and Subassistant Commissioner)

4. 007641743 – Roll 119

   • Louisville  (Superintendent and Subassistant Commissioner)

5. 007641763 – Roll 120
   • Louisville  (Superintendent and Subassistant Commissioner),  Affidavits and Records Relating to Complaints C-S
6. 007641762 – Roll 121
   • Louisville  (Superintendent and Subassistant Commissioner),  Affidavits and Records Relating to Complaints T-Y
7. 007641761 – Roll 122
   • Louisville  (Superintendent and Subassistant Commissioner),  Affidavits and Records Relating to Complaints 1-556
8. 007641759 – Roll 124
   • Louisville  (Superintendent and Subassistant Commissioner),  Affidavits and Records Relating to Complaints
9. 007641751 – Roll 132
   • Paducah (Chief  Superintendent and Chief Subassistant Commissioner),  Paducah  (Superintendent, Chief Agent, and Subassistant Commissioner,  McCracken County)

10. 007641750 – Roll 133

    • Paducah (Superintendent—See Columbus) Paris  (Agent), Russellville  (Subassistant Commissioner),  Smithland (Agent),  Standford (Agent), Versailles (Agent), Winchester  (Superintendent)