PUBLIC "-//Library of Virginia//TEXT (US::Vi::vi05085::A Guide to the Virginia Auditor of Public Accounts - Militia Fine Fund: Lists of Claims, 1809-1865)//EN" "vi05085.xml" A Guide to the Virginia Auditor of Public Accounts - Militia Fine Fund: Lists of Claims, 1809-1865 Virginia Auditor of Public Accounts - Militia Fine Fund: Lists of Claims APA 153 Renee M. Savits Library of Virginia © 2022 By The Library of Virginia. All Rights Reserved. Machine-readable finding aid created in EAD by Renee M. Savits, 30 November 2022 Description is in English A Guide to the Virginia Auditor of Public Accounts - Militia Fine Fund: Lists of Claims, 1809-1865 A Collection in the Library of Virginia APA 153

Library of Virginia 2022 LVA Staff Library of Virginia Descriptive Summary The Library of Virginia Virginia Auditor of Public Accounts - Militia Fine Fund: Lists of Claims, 1809-1865 APA 153 2.7 cu. ft. (6 boxes) English Virginia. Auditor of Public Accounts (1776-1928) Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

Virginia. Auditor of Public Accounts (1776-1928). Militia Fine Fund: Lists of Claims, 1809-1865. Accession APA 153, State government records collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition Information

Transferred from the Auditor of Public Accounts in 1913.

Biographical Information

On 2 December 1793 the General Assembly passed an act requiring that the money derived from militia fines be deposited in the treasury and used to pay officers' salaries and purchase equipment for the militia.

Scope and Content

This series consists of lists of claims against the militia fine fund, 1809-1865, that were allowed by regimental courts. Each list contains the names of the claimants, the amounts claimed, the regimental number and county, and the purposes of the expenditures. The series is arranged chronologically and by militia regiment within years.

Claims include payments for attending as provost martial or adjutant, payments to drummers and fifers, attendance to courts of inquiry or training, and payments to clerks, among others.

These records are part of Auditor of Public Accounts. Administration of State Government: Funds - Militia Fine Fund.

 Arrangement

This collection is arranged chronologically.

 Contents List Allowances, 1809 1 1 Allowances, 1816 1 2 Allowances, 1817 1 3 Allowances, 1821 1 4 Allowances, 1st-28th Regiment, 1823 1 5 Allowances, 30th-59th Regiment, 1823 1 6 Allowances, 60th-79th Regiment, 1823 1 7 Allowances, 80th-99th Regiment, 1823 1 8 Allowances, 100th-128th Regiment, 1823 1 9 Allowances, 1st-29th Regiment, 1825 1 10 Allowances, 30th-59th Regiment, 1825 2 1 Allowances, 60th-89th Regiment, 1825 2 2 Allowances, 90th-110th Regiment, 1825 2 3 Allowances, 111th-130th Regiment, 1825 2 4 Allowances, 1st-29th Regiment, 1829 2 5 Allowances, 30-59th Regiment, 1829 2 6 Allowances, 60th-79th Regiment, 1829 2 7 Allowances, 80th-109th Regiment, 1829 3 1 Allowances, 113th-132nd Regiment, 1829 3 2 Allowances, 1st-29th Regiment, 1832 3 3 Allowances, 30th-59th Regiment, 1832 3 4 Allowances, 61st-99th Regiment, 1832 3 5 Allowances, 100th-140th Regiment, 1832 3 6 Allowances, 1st-19th Regiment 1839 3 7 Allowances, 20th-39th Regiment, 1839 4 1 Allowances, 40th-69th Regiment, 1839 4 2 Allowances, 70th-89th Regiment, 1839 4 3 Allowances, 90th-119th Regiment, 1839 4 4 Allowances, 120th-139th Regiment, 1839 4 5 Allowances, 140-156th Regiment, 1839 4 6 Allowances, 1847 4 7 Allowances, 1st-29th Regiment, 1848 4 8 Allowances, 30th-59th Regiment, 1848 5 1 Allowances, 60th-79th Regiment, 1848 5 2 Allowances, 80th-99th Regiment, 1848 5 3 Allowances, 100th-129th Regiment, 1848 5 4 Allowances, 130th-159th Regiment, 1848 5 5 Allowances, 160th-180th Regiment, 1848 5 6 Allowances, 1849 5 7 Allowances, 1859-1860 5 8 Allowances, 1st-49th Regiment, 1861 5 9 Allowances, 52nd-98th Regiment, 1861 6 1 Allowances, 102-133rd Regiment, 1861 6 2 Allowances, 144th-198th Regiment, 1861 6 3 Allowances, 4th-129th Regiment, 1862-1863 6 4 Allowances, 133rd-192nd Regiment, 1862-1863 6 5 Allowances, 1864-1865 6 6 Allowances, Unpaid claims, 1858-1862 6 7