Freedmen's Bureau Records: Thomas P. Jackson to John
A. McDonnell, March 6, 1868
Summary:
Jackson relates the ongoing efforts to Henry Alexander heirs to sue the estate of
J. McPhetus McCutchen.
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands,
Office 4th Division, 9th
Sub-District, Virginia.
John A. McDonnell
Sub Assistant
Commissioner
Winchester
March 6, 1868
Staunton, Va
Captain
I have the honor to transmit herewith enclosed paper in reference to claim of Henry Alexander's heirs colored against estate of J. McPhetus McCutchen, deceased, asking the matter be referred to Military Commissioner 14th Division for investigation. Benjamen Moten came here from Fredericksburg but found legal expenses too much for him to prosecute the claim and further he could not absent himself from his business at Fredericksburg. The other claimants who live here are too poor to sue in court. The estate is solvent, and the adminstrators a loyal honorable man who will admit the claim if proper proof is furnished, and a receipt given which will be admitted as a valid voucher in his settlement of accounts with the estate.
Very Respectfully
Your Obedient Servant
Thos P. Jackson
Assistant Sub Assistant Commissioner
