• Texas (M821) 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.
• Texas (M1912) 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.

Most of the field office records of the Assistant Commissioner for Texas are available in National Archives Microfilm Publication.

• 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 M821, Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Texas, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1869 
• M822 – Records of the Superintendent of Education for the State of Texas, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1870

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• Rolls 1-32: 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.

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

1. 005412756 – Roll 23
   • Huntsville (Subassistant Commissioner), Jefferson (Subassistant Commissioner), La Grange (Subassistant Commissioner), Liberty (Subassistant Commissioner)

1. 005412745 – Roll 12

   • Subordinate Field Offices Austin (Subassistant Commissioner)

2. 005412748 – Roll 15

   • Columbia (Subassistant Commissioner)

3. 005412758 – Roll 25

   • Palestine (Subassistant Commissioner), Richmond (Subassistant Commissioner), San Antonio (Subassistant Commissioner), San Augustine

1. 005412740 – Roll 7

   • Offices of Staff Officers Quartermaster and Disbursing Officer

2. 005412741 – Roll 8

   • Offices of Staff Officers Quartermaster and Disbursing Officer

3. 005412742 – Roll 9

   • Offices of Staff Officers Quartermaster and Disbursing Officer 

4. 005412746 – Roll 13

   • Bastrop (Subassistant Commissioner), Beaumont (Subassistant Commissioner), Belton (Subassistant Commissioner), Boston (Subassistant Commissioner)

1. 005412744 – Roll 11

   • Offices of Staff Officers Quartermaster and Disbursing Officer

2. 005412745 – Roll 12

   • Subordinate Field Offices Austin (Subassistant Commissioner)

3. 005412746 – Roll 13

   • Bastrop (Subassistant Commissioner), Beaumont (Subassistant Commissioner), Belton (Subassistant Commissioner), Boston (Subassistant Commissioner)

4. 005412747 – Roll 14

   • Boston (Subassistant Commissioner), Brenham (Subassistant Commissioner), Brownsville (Subassistant Commissioner), Bryan (Subassistant Commissioner), Centerville (Subassistant Commissioner), Clarksville (Subassistant Commissioner)

5. 005412748 – Roll 15

   • Columbia (Subassistant Commissioner)

6. 005412751 – Roll 18

   • Columbus (Subassistant Commissioner)

7. 005412752 – Roll 19

   • Columbus (Subassistant Commissioner), Cotton Gin (Subassistant Commissioner), Courtney (See Bryan), Galveston (Subassistant Commissioner)

8. 005412754 – Roll 21

   • Gonzales (Subassistant Commissioner), Fort Griffin (Subassistant Commissioner), Hallettsville (Subassistant Commissioner), Houston (Subassistant Commissioner)

9. 005412755 – Roll 22

   • Houston (Subassistant Commissioner), Huntsville (Subassistant Commissioner)

10. 005412756 – Roll 23

    • Huntsville (Subassistant Commissioner), Jefferson (Subassistant Commissioner), La Grange (Subassistant Commissioner), Liberty (Subassistant Commissioner)

11. 005412757 – Roll 24

    • Liberty (Subassistant Commissioner), Lockhart (Subassistant Commissioner), Marlin (Subassistant Commissioner, Jan.–Nov. 1867), Marlin (Subassistant Commissioner,  Aug. 1867–July 1868; Oct.–Dec. 1868), Marshal (Subassistant Commissioner), Matagorda, Meridian (Subassistant Commissioner), Millican (See Bryan), Navasota (See Bryan)

12. 005412758 – Roll 25

    • Palestine (Subassistant Commissioner), Richmond (Subassistant Commissioner), San Antonio (Subassistant Commissioner), San Augustine

13. 005412759 – Roll 26

    • Seguin (Subassistant Commissioner), Sterling (Subassistant Commissioner), Sumpter (Subassistant Commissioner), Tyler (Subassistant Commissioner)

14. 005412760 – Roll 27

    • Tyler (Subassistant Commissioner), Waco (Subassistant Commissioner), Woodland (See Cotton Gin)

15. 005412761 – Roll 28

    • Wharton (Subassistant Commissioner)