PUBLIC "-//Library of Virginia//TEXT (US::Vi::vi04731::A Guide to the Virginia Auditor of Public Accounts - Half Pay Claims for the Revolutionary War, 1783-1851)//EN" "vi04731.xml" A Guide to the Virginia Auditor of Public Accounts - Half Pay Claims for the Revolutionary War, 1783-1851 Virginia Auditor of Public Accounts - Half Pay Claims for the Revolutionary War APA 203 Renee M. Savits Library of Virginia © 2021 By The Library of Virginia. All Rights Reserved. Machine-readable finding aid created in EAD by Renee M. Savits, 12 January 2021 Description is in English A Guide to the Virginia Auditor of Public Accounts - Half Pay Claims for the Revolutionary War, 1783-1851 A Collection in the Library of Virginia APA 203

Library of Virginia 2021 LVA Staff Library of Virginia Descriptive Summary The Library of Virginia Virginia Auditor of Public Accounts - Half Pay Claims for the Revolutionary War, 1783-1851 APA 203 .90 cu. ft. (2 boxes) English Virginia. Auditor of Public Accounts (1776-1928) Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Virginia. Auditor of Public Accounts (1776-1928). Half Pay Claims for the Revolutionary War, 1783-1851. Accession APA 203, State government records collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition Information

Transferred from the Auditor of Public Accounts in 1913.

Biographical Information

During its session begun in May 1779 the General Assembly granted half pay for life to officers who served to the end of the revolutionary war, or who, if their unit was reorganized, were thereby rendered supernumerary officers subject to recall. In 1780 the General Assembly granted half pay for seven years to the widows and orphans of officers. Virginia defaulted on its half pay cliams, however, and by an act of Congress passed 5 July 1832 the United States government assumed these obligations.

Scope and Content

Records, 1783-1851, including accounts, claims, correspondence, and reports relating to half pay granted to Virginia officers who served in the Revolutionary War. The claims contain copies of court records that often include the name of heirs and the service record of the soldier. Some claims also include copies of wills, powers of attorney, bonds, judgements, and statements proving the claims. The claims are a good source of genealogical information and are listed alphabetically. The correspondence, 1831-1833, are another good source of information as they often relate to specific claims by soldiers. The correspondence is mainly between Louis McLane, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, and James E. Heath, Auditor of Virginia, regarding claims and providing background of various claims. Also included are reports, 1832-1851, listing names of soldiers whose claims were settled or paid out.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged alphabetically by folder title.

 Contents List Accounts, 1833-1834 1 1 Claims: Armistead, William [Also: Campbell, Wiilliam; Savage, Nathaniel S.; Tinsley, Samuel; Russell, John; Hoffler, William; Brough, Robert, and Digges, Dudley], 1791 1 2 Claims: Banks, Henry, 1795-1798 1 3 Claims: Barron, Richard, 1833 1 4 Claims: Boush, Robert, 1791 1 5 Claims: Brodie, Ludowick, 1792 1 6 Claims: Brown, Windsor, 1791 1 7 Claims: Carter, Thomas, 1792-1794 1 8 Claims: Clark, George Rogers, 1833, 1848 1 9 Claims: Coleman, Wyatt, 1791 1 10 Claims: Cowne, Robert, 1833 1 11 Claims: Crockett, Joseph, 1826 1 12 Claims: Crump, Abner, 1791 1 13 Claims: Dalton, Valentine Thomas, 1843 1 14 Claims: Davenport, Opea, 1792 1 15 Claims: Digges, Dudley, 1791 1 16 Claims: Dixon, Anthony T., 1830-1833 1 17 Claims: Ewell, Thomas Winder, 1837 1 18 Claims: Forsythe, Robert, 1832 1 19 Claims: Fox, Nathaniel, 1797 1 20 Claims: Galt, John Minson, 1848 1 21 Claims: George, Robert, 1835-1847 1 22 Claims: Gibbs, Churchill, 1792 1 23 Claims: Gibson, George, 1833 1 24 Claims: Girault, John, 1833 1 25 Claims: Graham, Walter, 1833 1 26 Claims: Graves, Ralph, 1835 1 27 Claims: Graves, William, 1791 1 28 Claims: Creer, Charles, 1833-1846 1 29 Claims: Harper, James, 1791 1 30 Claims: Herbert, Thomas, 1792 1 31 Claims: Hoffler, William, 1792-1794, 1834 1 32 Claims: Hudson, John, 1833 1 33 Claims: Hughes, Pratt [Also Roane, Christopher and Thompson, William], 1791-1793 1 34 Claims: Johnston, Gideon, 1833 1 35 Claims: Kautzman, John V., 1791 1 36 Claims: Kemp, Peter, 1833 1 37 Claims: Kerney, John, 1833 1 38 Claims: Lipscomb, Yancey, 1833 1 39 Claims: Livingston, Judge, 1792 1 40 McClurg, James [Also Dixon, Anthony], 1791 1 41 Magill, Charles, 1783, 1833 1 42 Claims: Mann, David, 1791-1792 1 43 Claims: Markham, James, 1792 1 44 Claims: Marshall, James Markham, 1833, 1842 1 45 Claims: Marshall, Thomas, Jr. and Sr., 1833 1 46 Claims: Marston, John, 1846 1 47 Claims: Maupin, Gabriel, 1791 1 48 Claims: Meriwether, James, 1834 1 49 Claims: Meriwether, Thomas, 1833 1 50 Claims: Montgomery, John, 1833 1 51 Claims: Moore, Peter, 1843, 1847 1 52 Claims: Murray, William, 1791 1 53 Claims: Muter, George, 1783 1 54 Claims: Oliver, William, 1792 2 1 Claims: Quarles, James, 1792-1794 2 2 Claims: Quarles, Thomas, 1792 2 3 Claims: Quarles, William, 1833 2 4 Claims: Quirk, Thomas [Also Quarles, Thomas], 1791-1792 2 5 Claims: Rice, Nathaniel, 1791 2 6 Claims: Roberts, Benjamin, 1833, 1842 2 7 Claims: Saunders, Joseph, 1833, 1842 2 8 Claims: Scott, Walter, 1783 2 9 Claims: Slaughter, George, 1833 2 10 Claims: Slaughter, William, 1791 2 11 Claims: Spencer, John, 1833 2 12 Claims: Spiller, William, 1833 2 13 Claims: Thompson, William, 1833 2 14 Claims: Thruston, John, 1833 2 15 Claims: Tinsley, Samuel, 1791 2 16 Claims: Todd, Robert, 1833 2 17 Claims: Turner, John, 1792, 1834 2 18 Claims: Valentine, Jacob, 1792 2 19 Claims: Vaughn, John, 1792 2 20 Claims: Vawler, William [Also Williams, John and Woodson, Frederick], 1791 2 21 Claims: Vogleson, Amand, 1795 2 22 Claims: Voules, Henry, 1833 2 23 Claims: Walls, George, 1833-1836 2 24 Claims: Walls, Thomas, 1846 2 25 Claims: Warnick, Frederick, 1792-1796 2 26 Claims: White, William, 1833 2 27 Claims: Wiatt, Cary, 1791 2 28 Claims: Williams, Jarret, 1834 2 29 Claims: Young, Thomas, 1833 2 30 Correspondence, 1831 2 31 Correspondence, 1832 2 32 Correspondence, 1833 January-February 2 33 Correspondence, 1833 March-September 2 34 Reports of payments of Half Pay Claims, 1832-1851 2 35 Wrappers and fragments, undated 2 36