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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

A Guide to the Virginia Auditor of Public Accounts - Half Pay Claims for the Revolutionary War, 1783-1851

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Accession Number APA 203


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Repository
The Library of Virginia
Accession Number
APA 203
Title
Virginia Auditor of Public Accounts - Half Pay Claims for the Revolutionary War, 1783-1851
Extent
.90 cu. ft. (2 boxes)
Creator
Virginia. Auditor of Public Accounts (1776-1928)
Language
English

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Preferred Citation

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

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