

Tennessee - M1911
Freedmen's Bureau Records
Descriptive Pamphlet
Tennessee (M1911) Descriptive Pamphlet – Field Office 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.



Tennessee - M1911
These records were created by the Bureau’s local field offices and provide detailed insights into the lives of formerly enslaved individuals, free African Americans, and impoverished white Southerners. 1865-1872
Film No. | Description | Roll |
007641716 | Nashville (Subassistant Commissioner–Subdistrict of Nashville) | 83 |
Film No. | Description | Roll |
007641781 | Brownsville (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner), Charlotte (Superintendent), Chattanooga (Superintendent) | 13 |
007641783 | Chattanooga (Superintendent) | 15 |
007641800 | Columbia (Agent), Decaturville, Dyersburg (Superintendent), Franklin (Superintendent), Gallatin (Superintendent), Gallatin (Superintendent) | 19 |
007641792 | Lebanon (Agent), McMinnville, Memphis (Subassistant Commissioner–Subdistrict of Memphis) | 27 |
007641821 | Memphis (Subassistant Commissioner–Subdistrict of Memphis), Memphis (Subdistrict of Memphis Staff Officers) Assistant Subassistant Commissioner and Agent, Provost Marshal of Freedmen | 53 |
007641718 | Pulaski (Subassistant Commissioner), Purdy (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner), Shelbyville (See Kingston), Springfield (Superintendent), Trenton (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner) | 88 |
007641717 | Trenton (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner), Wayne County (Superintendent), Winchester (Agent) | 89 |
Film No. | Description | Roll |
007641800 | Columbia (Agent), Decaturville, Dyersburg (Superintendent), Franklin (Superintendent), Gallatin (Superintendent), Gallatin (Superintendent) | 19 |
007641798 | Humboldt (See Trenton), Jackson (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner), Johnsonville (Agent), Jonesboro (Superintendent), Kingston (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner), Knoxville (Subassistant Commissioner) | 21 |
007641822 | Memphis (Subassistant Commissioner–Subdistrict of Memphis), Memphis (Subdistrict of Memphis Staff Officers) Assistant Subassistant Commissioner and Agent, Provost Marshal of Freedmen | 54 |