• Virginia (M1048) 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.

• Virginia (M1913) 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 Virginia are available in National Archives Microfilm Publication M1048, listed below. In the same record group, RG 105, and related to records of the Assistant Commissioner for Virginia, are records of the Bureau headquarters in Washington, DC, and field office records of the District of Columbia. 

• 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 
• M1053 – Records of the Superintendent of Education for the State of Virginia, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1870 
• M1055 – Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the District of Columbia, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1869 
• M1056 – Records of the Superintendent of Education for the District of Columbia, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872 
• M1875, Marriage Records of the Office of the Commissioner, Washington Headquarters of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1861–1869 
• M1902, Records of the Field Offices for the District of Columbia, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1870

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• Rolls 1-67: 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.

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

1. 004151380 – Roll 127

   • Fort Monroe  (Subassistant Commissioner, 5th District)

2. 004151415 – Roll 145

   • Norfolk (Subassistant Commissioner, 1st District)

3. 004151416 – Roll 146

   • Norfolk (Subassistant Commissioner, 1st District)

4. 004152421 – Roll 169

   • Richmond (Subassistant Commissioner)

5. 004152430 – Roll 178

   • Warrenton (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner), Warsaw (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

1. 004151310 – Roll 64
   • Burkesville (Nottoway County, Assistant Subassistant Commissioner), Charlotte Courthouse (Charlotte County, Assistant Superintendent)

2. 004151180 – Roll 67

   • Charlottesville (Albemarle County, Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

3. 004151192 – Roll 70

   • Culpeper Courthouse (Culpeper County, Assistant Subassistant Commissioner), Culpeper (Assistant Superintendent, 4th Education Subdistrict), Cumberland Courthouse (Cumberland County, Assistant (cont.) Superintendent)

4. 004151195 – Roll 73

   • Drummondtown (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

5. 004151295 – Roll 89

   • Fredericksburg (Assistant Superintendent, 1st Division, 6th Subdistrict), Front Royal (Warren County) (2nd Division, 9th Subdistrict), Goochland (Assistant Superintendent, 2nd Division, 4th Subdistrict)

6. 004151325 – Roll 96
   • Gordonsville (Superintendent, 4th District)

7. 004151305 – Roll 99

   • King William Courthouse (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner, 3rd Division, 3rd Subdistrict), Lawrenceville (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

8. 004151339 – Roll 109

   • Lynchburg (Subassistant Commissioner, 7th Subdistrict of Virginia), Lynchburg (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner), Lynchburg (Assistant Superintendent, Subdistrict of Amherst County)

9. 004151380 – Roll 127

   • Fort Monroe (Subassistant Commissioner, 5th District)

10. 004151383 – Roll 130

    • Fort Monroe (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

11. 004151415 – Roll 145

    • Norfolk (Subassistant Commissioner, 1st District)

12. 004152408 – Roll 158

    • Petersburg (Subassistant Commissioner)

13. 004152409 – Roll 159

    • Petersburg (Subassistant Commissioner)

14. 004152424 – Roll 172

    • Richmond (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner), Salem (8th Educational Subdistrict, See Wytheville)

15. 004152427 – Roll 175

    • Staunton (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

16. 004152430 – Roll 178

    • Warrenton (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner), Warsaw (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

17. 004152432 – Roll 179

    • Waverly (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner), Wilson’s Landing (Assistant Superintendent)

18. 004152445 – Roll 192

    • Winchester (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner), Woodstock (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

19. 004152449 – Roll 193

    • Woodstock (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner), Wytheville (Subassistant Commissioner)

20. 004152458 – Roll 202

    • Yorktown (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

1. 004151165 – Roll 52

   • Alexandria (Superintendent)

2. 004151176 – Roll 59

   • Barhamsville (See New Kent Courthouse), Bowling Green (Caroline County, Assistant Subassistant Commissioner), Boydton (Mecklenburg County, Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

3. 004151177 – Roll 60

   • Boydton (Mecklenburg County, Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

4. 004151178 – Roll 61

   • Boydton (Mecklenburg County, Assistant Subassistant Commissioner), Buckingham Courthouse (Buckingham County, Assistant Superintendent)

5. 004151179 – Roll 62

   • Buckingham Courthouse (Buckingham County, Assistant Superintendent), Burkesville  (Nottoway County, Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

6. 004151180 – Roll 67

   • Charlottesville (Albemarle County, Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

7. 004151193 – Roll 71

   • Cumberland Courthouse (Cumberland County, Assistant, Danville (Pittsylvania County, Assistant Superintendent) (cont.) Superintendent)

8. 004151194 – Roll 72

   • Danville (Pittsylvania County, Assistant Superintendent), Dinwiddie Courthouse (Dinwiddie County, Assistant Superintendent)

9. 004151196 – Roll 74

   • Drummondtown (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

10. 004151296 – Roll 90

    • Goochland (Assistant Superintendent, 2nd Division, 4th Subdistrict), Gordonsville (Superintendent, 4th District)

11. 004151325 – Roll 96

    • Gordonsville (Superintendent, 4th District)

12. 004151326 – Roll 97
    • Gordonsville (Superintendent,  4th District), Gordonsville (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner,  1st Division) (See Louisa Courthouse),  Halifax Courthouse (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner,  4th Subdivision, 11th District),  Hampton (See Fort Monroe), Harrisonburg Division (See Staunton),  Heathsville (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner, 5th Division,  6th Subdistrict), Jerusalem (Southampton County), Subassistant Commissioner,  4th Division,  1st Subdistrict )

13. 004151327 – Roll 98

    • Jerusalem (Southampton County) Subassistant Commissioner, 4th Division, 1st Subdistrict ), King George Courthouse (King George County) (Subassistant Commissioner), King William Courthouse (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner, 3rd Division, 3rd Subdistrict)

14. 004151305 – Roll 99, 
    • King William Courthouse (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner, 3rd Division, 3rd Subdistrict), Lawrenceville (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

15. 004151307 – Roll 101

    • Leesburg (Loudoun County) (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner, 3rd Division, 10th Subdistrict), Lexington (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

16. 004151308 – Roll 102

    • Lexington (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner), Liberty (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner), Little Washington 

17. 004151329 – Roll 104

    • Louisa Courthouse (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

18. 004151330 – Roll 105

    • Louisa Courthouse (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

19. 004151339 – Roll 109

    • Lynchburg (Subassistant Commissioner, 7th Subdistrict of Virginia), Lynchburg (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner), Lynchburg  (Assistant Superintendent, Subdistrict of Amherst County)

20. 004151340 – Roll 110

    • Madison Courthouse (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner), Manassas (See Fairfax Courthouse)

21. 004151356 – Roll 115

    • Fort Monroe (Department of Negro Affairs, 1863–65) Departments of Virginia and Virginia and North Carolina

22. 004151419 – Roll 149

    • Norfolk (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner), Norfolk (Assistant Superintendent, See Princess Anne), Onancock,  Orange Courthouse (Assistant Superintendent)

23. 004152410 – Roll 160

    • Petersburg (Assistant Superintendent), Pittsylvania Courthouse (See Danville), Princess Anne (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

24. 004152411 – Roll 161

    • Princess Anne (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

25. 004152424 – Roll 172

    • Richmond (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner), Salem (8th Educational Subdistrict, See Wytheville)

26. 004152425 – Roll 173

    • Smithfield (Assistant Superintendent), Staunton (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

27. 004152428 – Roll 176

    • Staunton (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner), Staunton (Superintendent), (See Winchester, VA, Subassistant Commissioner)

28. 004152429 – Roll 177

    • Staunton (Superintendent) (See Winchester, VA, Subassistant Commissioner), Tappahannock (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

29. 004152445 – Roll 192

    • Woodstock (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

30. 004152455 – Roll 199

    • Wytheville (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner), Yorktown (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

31. 004152459 – Roll 203

    • Yorktown (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

1. 004150370 – Roll 37

   • Offices of Staff Officers Quartermaster and Disbursing Officer 

2. 004150371 – Roll 38

   • Offices of Staff Officers Quartermaster and  Disbursing Officer 

3. 004150372 – Roll 39

   • Offices of Staff Officers Quartermaster and Disbursing Officer 

4. 004150373 – Roll 40

   • Offices of Staff Officers Quartermaster and Disbursing Officer,  Subordinate Field Offices Abingdon (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner, 2nd Division, 8th, Alexandria (Superintendent) Subdistrict) 

5. 004151164 – Roll 51

   • Alexandria (Superintendent)

6. 004151339 – Roll 109

   • Lynchburg (Subassistant Commissioner, 7th Subdistrict of Virginia), Lynchburg (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner), Lynchburg (Assistant Superintendent, Subdistrict of Amherst County)

7. 004151341 – Roll 111

   • Manchester (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner), Marion (Assistant Superintendent), Martinsville,  Marysville (See Farmville)

8. 004151356 – Roll 115

   • Fort Monroe (Department of Negro Affairs, 1863–65) Departments of Virginia and Virginia and North Carolina

9. 004151380 – Roll 127

   • Fort Monroe (Subassistant Commissioner, 5th District)

10. 004151416 – Roll 146

    • Richmond (Subassistant Commissioner)

11. 004151417 – Roll 147

    • Norfolk (Subassistant Commissioner, 1st District)

12. 004152409 – Roll 159

    • Petersburg (Subassistant Commissioner)

13. 004152424 – Roll 172

    • Richmond (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner), Salem  (8th Educational Subdistrict, See Wytheville)

14. 004152445 – Roll 192

    • Woodstock (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

15. 004152454 – Roll 198

    • Wytheville (Subassistant Commissioner)

16. 004152458 – Roll 202

    • Yorktown (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

1. 004151164 – Roll 51

   • Alexandria (Superintendent)

2. 004151173 – Roll 56

   • Amelia Courthouse (Assistant Superintendent), Amherst Courthouse (See Lynchburg), Appomattox Courthouse (Assistant Subassistant Superintendent)

3. 004151177 – Roll 60

   • Boydton (Mecklenburg County, Assistant Subassistant Commissioner) 

4. 004151178 – Roll 61

   • Boydton (Mecklenburg County, Assistant Subassistant Commissioner), Buckingham Courthouse (Buckingham County, Assistant Superintendent)

5. 004151179 – Roll 62

   • Buckingham Courthouse (Buckingham County, Assistant Superintendent), Burkesville (Nottoway County, Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

6. 004151310 – Roll 64

   • Burkesville (Nottoway County, Assistant Subassistant Commissioner), Charlotte Courthouse (Charlotte County, Assistant Superintendent)

7. 004151311 – Roll 65

   • Charlotte Courthouse (Charlotte County, Assistant Superintendent), Charlottesville  (Albemarle County, Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

8. 004151180 – Roll 67

   • Charlottesville (Albemarle County, Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

9. 004151181 – Roll 68

   • Christianburg (Montgomery County, Assistant Superintendent), City Point (Prince George County, Assistant Superintendent)

10. 004151191 – Roll 69

    • City Point (Prince George County, Assistant Superintendent), Clarksville (See Boydton), Columbia (See Palmyra), Culpeper Courthouse (Culpeper County, Assistant Subassistant (cont.) Commissioner)

11. 004151192 – Roll 70

    • Culpeper Courthouse (Culpeper County, Assistant Subassistant Commissioner), Culpeper (Assistant Superintendent, 4th Education Subdistrict), Cumberland Courthouse (Cumberland County, Assistant (cont.) Superintendent)

12. 004151193 – Roll 71

    • Cumberland Courthouse (Cumberland County, Assistant, Danville (Pittsylvania County, Assistant Superintendent) (cont.)

13. 004151196 – Roll 74

    • Drummondtown (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

14. 004151280 – Roll 81

    • Farmville (Subassistant Commissioner)

15. 004151281 – Roll 82

    • Farmville (Subassistant Commissioner), Farmville (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner), Fredericksburg (Superintendent)

16. 004151287 – Roll 88

    • Fredericksburg (Superintendent), Fredericksburg  (Assistant Superintendent, 1st Division, 6th Subdistrict)

17. 004151326 – Roll 97 
    • Gordonsville (Superintendent, 4th District), Gordonsville (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner, 1st Division) (See Louisa Courthouse), Halifax Courthouse (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner, 4th Subdivision, 11th District), Hampton (See Fort Monroe), Harrisonburg Division (See Staunton), Heathsville (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner, 5th Division, 6th Subdistrict), Jerusalem (Southampton County), Subassistant Commissioner, 4th  Division, 1st Subdistrict 

18. 004151305 – Roll 99

    • King William  Courthouse (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner, 3rd Division, 3rd Subdistrict), Lawrenceville (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

19. 004151308 – Roll 102

    • Lexington (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner), Liberty (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner), Little Washington 

20. 004151330 – Roll 105

    • Louisa Courthouse (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

21. 004151339 – Roll 109

    • Lynchburg (Subassistant Commissioner, 7th Subdistrict of Virginia), Lynchburg (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner), Lynchburg (Assistant Superintendent, Subdistrict of Amherst County)

22. 004151341 – Roll 111

    • Manchester  (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner), Marion (Assistant Superintendent), Martinsville,  Marysville (See Farmville)

23. 004151356 – Roll 115

    • Fort Monroe (Department of Negro Affairs, 1863–65) Departments of Virginia and Virginia and North Carolina

24. 004151415 – Roll 145

    • Norfolk (Subassistant Commissioner, 1st District)

25. 004152411 – Roll 161

    • Princess Anne  (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

26. 004152424 – Roll 172

    • Richmond (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner), Salem (8th Educational Subdistrict, See Wytheville)

27. 004152427 – Roll 175

    • Staunton (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

28. 004152454 – Roll 198

    • Wytheville (Subassistant Commissioner)

29. 004152455 – Roll 199

    • Wytheville (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner), Yorktown (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

30. 004152459 – Roll 203

    • Yorktown (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)