Freedmen's Bureau Records: Thomas P. Jackson to
Garrick Mallery, June 3, 1867
Summary:
Jackson notes that most trials in Augusta County have been fair and
impartial.
Bureau Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands
Office 4th Division 9th
Sub-District
Virginia
Captain Garrick Mallery 43rd
United States Infantry
Acting Assistant Adjutant General
Richmond (Through Headquarters 9th
District
Virginia)
June 3 1867
Staunton Virginia
Captain
In compliance with requirements of Circular 10 Series 1866 (Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands) I respectfully report that I have been present at several examinations of Freedmen before Mayor N. K. Trout and other magistrates and in every case the action of the presiding justice has been impartial. Before the County court the only case tried of the same character was Commonwealth v. [unclear: Hill] for the theft of Corn which resulted in conviction of Bell> to be imprisoned for 60 days in the County jail. Of this case the Defendant's counsel informs me that although the circumstances hardly warranted the severity of the sentence still the court acted with the utmost impartiality.
Your obedient servant
Thomas P. Jackson
Agent
