• Tennessee (M999) Descriptive Pamphlet
  • 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.

• Tennessee (M1911) Descriptive Pamphlet

  • 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.

The records of the Assistant Commissioner for Tennessee are available in National Archives Microfilm Publication M999, listed below. In the same record group, RG 105, and related to records of the Assistant Commissioner for Tennessee, are those of the Bureau headquarters in Washington, DC, and previously microfilmed records of 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, 1865–1871 
• M1875 – Marriage Records of the Office of the Commissioner, Washington Headquarters of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1861–1869 
• M1000 – Records of the Superintendent of Education for the State of Tennessee, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1870 Records in other National Archives record groups supplement

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• Rolls 1-34: 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.

1. 004139899 – Roll 24 (T142)

   • Complaint Books of the Freedmen’s Court in Memphis District July 24, 1865 – November 20, 1866 (Volumes 169-172)

   • Knoxville (Subassistant Commissioner)

2. 007641716 – Roll 83

   • Nashville (Subassistant Commissioner–Subdistrict of Nashville)

1. 007641781 – Roll 13

   • Brownsville (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner), Charlotte (Superintendent), Chattanooga (Superintendent)

2. 007641783 – Roll 15

   • Chattanooga (Superintendent)

3. 007641800 – Roll 19

   • Columbia (Agent), Decaturville, Dyersburg (Superintendent), Franklin (Superintendent), Gallatin (Superintendent), Gallatin (Superintendent)

4. 007677363 – Roll 20 (M999)

   • Gallatin (Superintendent)

5. 007641864 – Roll 21 (M999)

   • Humboldt (See Trenton), Jackson (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner), Johnsonville (Agent), Jonesboro (Superintendent), Kingston (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner), Knoxville (Subassistant Commissioner)

6. 007641831 – Roll 22 (M999)

   • Knoxville (Subassistant Commissioner)

7. 007641832 – Roll 23 (M999)

   • Knoxville (Subassistant Commissioner)

8. 007641833 – Roll 24 (M999)

   • Knoxville (Subassistant Commissioner)

9. 007641834 – Roll 25 (M999)

   • Knoxville (Subassistant Commissioner)

10. 007641792 – Roll 27
    • Lebanon (Agent), McMinnville, Memphis (Subassistant Commissioner–Subdistrict of Memphis)
11. 007641821 – Roll 53
    • Memphis (Subassistant Commissioner–Subdistrict of Memphis), Memphis (Subdistrict of Memphis Staff Officers) Assistant Subassistant Commissioner and Agent, Provost Marshal of Freedmen

12. 004139940 – Roll 65 (T142)

    • Memphis (Special Agent of the Treasury Department)

13. 004139941 – Roll 66 (T142)

    • Memphis (Special Agent of the Treasury Department)

14. 004139942 – Roll 67 (T142)

    • Memphis (Special Agent of the Treasury Department)

15. 004139943 – Roll 68 (T142)

    • Memphis (Special Agent of the Treasury Department)

16. 004139944 – Roll 69 (T142)

    • Memphis (Special Agent of the Treasury Department)

17. 004139945 – Roll 70 (T142)

    • Memphis (Special Agent of the Treasury Department)

18. 004139946 – Roll 71 (T142)

    • Memphis (Special Agent of the Treasury Department)

19. 004139947 – Roll 72 (T142)

    • Memphis (Special Agent of the Treasury Department)

20. 007641718 – Roll 88
    • Pulaski (Subassistant Commissioner), Purdy (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner), Shelbyville (See Kingston), Springfield (Superintendent), Trenton (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

21. 007641717 – Roll 89

    • Trenton (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner), Wayne County (Superintendent), Winchester (Agent) 

1. 007641783 – Roll 15
   • Chattanooga (Superintendent)

2. 007641794 – Roll 25

   • Knoxville (Subassistant Commissioner)

3. 007677335 – Roll 26 (M999)

   • Knoxville (Subassistant Commissioner)

4. 007677336 – Roll 27 (M999)

   • Memphis (Subassistant Commissioner–Subdistrict of Memphis)

5. 007677337 – Roll 28 (M999)

   • Memphis (Subassistant Commissioner–Subdistrict of Memphis)

6. 007677338 – Roll 29 (M999)

   • Memphis (Subassistant Commissioner–Subdistrict of Memphis)

7. 007677339 -Roll 30 (M999)

   • Memphis (Subassistant Commissioner–Subdistrict of Memphis)

8. 007677340 – Roll 31 (M999)

   • Memphis (Subassistant Commissioner–Subdistrict of Memphis)

9. 007677341 – Roll 32 (M999)

   • Memphis (Subassistant Commissioner–Subdistrict of Memphis)

10. 004139917 – Roll 42 (T142)

    • Memphis (Subassistant Commissioner–Subdistrict of Memphis)

11. 004139918 – Roll 43 (T142)

    • Memphis (Subassistant Commissioner–Subdistrict of Memphis)

12. 004139919 – Roll 44 (T142)

    • Memphis (Subassistant Commissioner–Subdistrict of Memphis)

13. 004139920 – Roll 45 (T142)

    • Memphis (Subassistant Commissioner–Subdistrict of Memphis)

14. 004139921 – Roll 46 (T142)

    • Memphis (Subassistant Commissioner–Subdistrict of Memphis)

15. 007641693 – Roll 59
    • Rental Agent

16. 007641694 – Roll 60

    • Rental Agent 

17. 007641695 – Roll 61

    • Rental Agent

18. 004139937 – Roll 62 (T142)

    • Rental Agent

19. 004139938 – Roll 63 (T142)

    • Rental Agent

20. 004139939 – Roll 64 (T142)

    • Memphis (Special Agent of the Treasury Department)

21. 004139948 – Roll 73 (T142)

    • Memphis (Special Agent of the Treasury Department)

1. 007641800 – Roll 19 
   • Columbia (Agent), Decaturville, Dyersburg (Superintendent), Franklin (Superintendent), Gallatin (Superintendent), Gallatin (Superintendent)

2. 007641798 – Roll 21

   • Humboldt (See Trenton), Jackson (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner), Johnsonville (Agent), Jonesboro (Superintendent), Kingston (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner), Knoxville (Subassistant Commissioner)

3. 004139914 – Roll 39 (T142)

   • Memphis (Subassistant Commissioner–Subdistrict of Memphis)

4. 007641822 – Roll 54

   • Memphis (Subassistant Commissioner–Subdistrict of Memphis), Memphis (Subdistrict of Memphis Staff Officers) Assistant Subassistant Commissioner and Agent, Provost Marshal of Freedmen