A Guide to the Virginia Auditor of Public Accounts - Wolf scalp bounties records, 1776-1818
Virginia Auditor of Public Accounts - Wolf scalp bounties records
APA 691
A Collection in the Library of Virginia
Accession Number APA 691
Library of Virginia
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Virginia. Auditor of Public Accounts (1776-1928). Wolf Scalp Bounties Records, 1776-1818. Accession APA 691, State government
records collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.
Acquisition Information
Transferred from the Auditor of Public Accounts in 1913.
Beginning in 1632 the General Assembly permitted localities to pay rewards to persons who killed wolves. Throughout the seventeenth
and eighteenth centuries these laws were amended, repealed, and reenacted. An act passed by the General Assembly during its
session begun in October 1778 made the auditor of public accounts responsible for reimbursing localities for destruction of
"Noxious Animals," which included wolves.
The Wolf Scalp Bounties Records, 1776-1818, are arranged alphabetically by county name with oversized materials arranged in
the second box. The records include accounts and receipts containing the names of persons to whom payments were made, the
amounts, and the dates paid for the wolf scalps. The accounts and receipts were usually certified by the local county clerk.
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