Freedmen's Bureau Records: Henry H. Peck to Thomas
P. Jackson, August 31, 1867
Summary:
Peck informs Jackson that the Overseers of the Poor are prepared to help indigent
blacks in Augusta County, but only those who were residents of the county at the
end of the war.
To Thomas E. Jackson
Agent of Bureau Ref.F.Men & A. Lands
Staunton
Aug 31/67
Dear Sir
The written papers having been referred to me as President of the Board Overseers of the Poor of Augusta County, by the County Court of Augusta at August term. Would report that the overseers of the Poor of Augusta County have put up additional buildings at the Poor House of the County with a view to receiving Colored Paupers of the County and we are prepared to support all Colored Paupers belonging to the County, but would beg leave to call [deleted: your] [added: the] attention of the Bureau to the fact that there is a large number of Freedmen in our county who have come in amongst us since the Surrender who do not belong to the County and who we could not be expected to support.
Yours respectfully
H. H. Peck
Pres. Board of Overseers
Poor of Augusta Co.
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