Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands , usually referred to as simply the Freedmen's Bureau ,[1] was a U.S. federal government agency established in 1865 to aid freedmen (freed slaves) in the South during the Reconstruction era of the United States, which attempted to change society in the former Confederacy.The Freedmen's Bureau Bill, which established the Freedmen's Bureau on Marc...
This project is for those who are buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Bureau, Bureau County, Illinois. Find a Grave Bureau County Genealogical Society