Freedmen's Bureau Records: Trustee Announcement for
Waynesboro School House, June 1, 1868
Summary:
Six men announce that they will assume the positions of trustees at the
Waynesboro School House.
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands
Office 4th Division, 9th
Sub-District, Virginia.
June 1st, 1868
Staunton, Va.,
We, John G. A. Crawford, Edward Baldwin, Archer Brock, and Isaac Carter and E. Stibling as Trustees of the Freedmans School House, known as the Waynesboro School House, located in the town of Waynesboro, Augusta County, Virginia in the 5th Magisterial district, hereby pledge ourselves, our heirs, assigns, and executors in behalf of the Freedmen of said district our solemn guarantees that said school House shall be from this time henceforth and forever, used for school purposes and shall be for such purposes, under the control of our successors &c for the purposes named.
Witness
X Wm Chapman
J.G.A. X [added: his mark]
Crawford
" X
X Edward Baldwin
Wm Chapman
Archer X [added: his mark] Brock
Wm Chapman
Isaac X [added: his mark] Carter
Wm Chapman
E. X [added: his mark] Stribling
for all
