Freedmen's Bureau Records: Thomas P. Jackson to Hein
Rell Porterfield, August 23, 1867
Summary:
Jackson informs Porterfield of Memphis, Tennessee that his sister wishes him to
return to Augusta County where his relatives all live. Jackson advises
Porterfield to apply to the Memphis Freedmen's Bureau for transportation to
Virginia.
Bureau Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands
Office 4th Division 9th Sub-District
Virginia
Porterfield Hein Rell (colored)
Care of Dr. M. C. Luscott
Memphis Tennessee
August 23, 1867
Staunton, Virginia
Your sister, Jane Bethell, brings to this office a letter from you asking help to return to this place, whence you was sold some 10 years ago. Your relatives are well and able to help you much if you could reach here, but like nearly all, have not money to send you to pay your expenses hither. Call upon the officer in charge of the Bureau at Memphis and ask him to procure transportation for you, if your condition renders such application for Transportation proper. Your friends Thomas & Jane Bethell (and others I have not time to mention) are well
Yours
Thomas P Jackson
Agent
