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A Guide to the Literary Fund Records of the Auditor of Public Accounts,1794-1869 (bulk 1811-1850)

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Accession Numbers APA 146, APA 147, APA 148, APA 149, APA 150, APA 151, APA 152


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Accession Numbers
APA 146, APA 147, APA 148, APA 149, APA 150, APA 151, APA 152
Title
A Guide to the Literary Fund Records of the Auditor of Public Accounts, 1794-1869 (bulk 1811-1850)
Physical Characteristics
3.87 cu. ft. (12 boxes and 6 volumes)
Language
English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

There are no use restrictions.

Preferred Citation

Virginia. Auditor of Public Accounts (1776-1928), Literary Fund Records, 1794-1869 (bulk 1811-1850), [Cite Specific Accession Number]. State government records collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition Information

Details of acquisition unknown.

Biographical Information

The Commonwealth of Virginia set aside money for public education for the first time in its history in 1811. The General assembly passed the bill that formally established the literary fund for education, first on January 24, 1810 in the House, and in the Senate February 8, 1810: "Be it enacted; that all escheats, confiscations, fines, penalties and forfeitures, and all rights in personal property accruing to the Commonwealth, as derelict, and having no rightful proprietor, be, and the same are hereby appropriated to the encouragement of learning. That the aforesaid fund shall be appropriated to the sole benefit of a school or schools, to be kept in each and every county  next hit within this Commonwealth." (House Journal, Feb. 2, 1810, Chap. 14, p. 15). Revenues derived from fines (except milita fines) and the sale of land escheated for unpaid taxes were deposited in the Literary fund and the money was used to build schools and educate the lower income children in the state.

As such, this allowed for the Second Auditor of the State Treasury, at the time James Brown Jr., to open an account with the Treasurer to be known as the Literary Fund to, "..be divided and appropriated as to the next legislature sees best adapted to the promotion of literature … Its direction is cast into the "Act to provide for the education of the Poor," in which is made a "solemn protest" against any future legislature's misapplying the Literary Fund to any other purpose than that of the education of the Poor. The President and the Directors of the Fund shall, as soon as sufficient funds be provided, establish schools for the education of the poor in each and every previous hit county  next hit and shall appoint an agent in every previous hit county  next hit to look after the returns to the fund and to prevent misappropriation." (Acts of Virginia Assembly, Feb. 12, 1811, Chap. 8, pp. 8-9. ).

The directors of the Literary Fund were formally designated to include the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, Treasurer, Attorney General, and the President of Court of Appeals.

In 1818, the state legislature passed an act to appropriate a portion of the fund annually for the support of a state university (the University of Virginia) as well as for the education of the poor. (Acts of Virginia Assembly, Feb. 21, 1818, p. 14). Some of the other higher education institutions that received funding from the act were the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, and the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond.The literary fund is still in existence today and provides services such as low-interest loans for school construction, grants under the interest rate subsidy program, debt service for technology funding, and support for the state’s share of teacher retirement required by the Standards of Quality.

Scope and Content

This is an artificial collection of multiple accessions from the Auditor of Public Accounts concerning the Virginia Literary Fund. The collection consists of seven (7) series of records housed in various boxes and volumes. The collection includes ledgers for fines, various receipts and vouchers (including for cash, bonds, surety debts, and other judgment). Given that the Literary Fund was financed by money from fines, land and property forfeitures, penalties, confiscations, escheats, and repayment of the debt for the War of 1812, this collection documents the financial histories of Virginians across various localities.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged in the seven following Series:

Series I: Receipts and Vouchers, 1794-1851, 1854-1862, 1864 (APA 146) Series II: Cash Receipts and Disbursements Ledger, 2 February 1810-21 June 1811, 4 July 1818-4 April 1821 (APA 147) Series III: List of Lands Belonging or Escheated to the Commonwealth and Sold, 1814-1869 (APA 148) Series IV: List of Lands Forfeited to the Literary Fund in 1816, ca. 1816 (APA 149) Series V: Records of Cash Receipts, 1843-1847, 1850 (APA 150) Series VI: List of Fines Returned as Insolvent, Not Found, Etc., 1820 (APA 151) Series VII: Lists of Lands Vested in the President and Directors of the Literary Fund, 1832 (APA 152)

Contents List

Series I: Receipts and Vouchers, 1794-1851, 1854-1862, 1864 (Accession APA 146) .
3.85 cu. ft. (11 boxes).

This series consists primarily of vouchers for disbursements from the fund and receipts issued by the second auditor and treasurer. This series includes the following types of records: Second Auditor's Receipts, Treasurer's Receipts, Redemption of Land, Vouchers for Disbursements, and General Records.

  • General Records

    • Box 1 Folder 1
      Accounts and Vouchers, 1818 .
    • Box 1 Folder 2
      Accounts and Vouchers, January, 1819 .
    • Box 1 Folder 3
      Accounts and Vouchers, Jan-March, 1819 .
    • Box 1 Folder 4
      Accounts, 1819 .
    • Box 1 Folder 5
      Accounts, 1823-1824 .
    • Box 1 Folder 6
      Affidavit, 1816 .
    • Box 1 Folder 7
      Affidavit, 1864 .
    • Box 1 Folder 8
      Bonds for Escheated, 1822-1843 .
    • Box 1 Folder 9
      Checks, 1829 .
    • Box 1 Folder 10
      Certificates - James River and Kanawha Company, 1858 .
    • Box 1 Folder 11
      Delinquent Muster Fines List, 1819 .
    • Box 1 Folder 12
      Fines - List, 1820-1859 .
    • Box 1 Folder 13
      Memo of Bank Stock Held by the State (Bank of Virginia), undated .
    • Box 1 Folder 14
      Receipts - Auditors, 1824-1825 .

  • Second Auditor's Receipts

    • Box 2 Folder 1
      Ma (Madison-Matthews previous hit Counties  next hit), 1823-1844 .
    • Box 2 Folder 2
      Me-Mo (Mecklenburg-Monongalia previous hit Counties  next hit), 1823-1843 .
    • Box 2 Folder 3
      Mo-Na (Monroe-Nansemond previous hit Counties  next hit), 1823-1845 .
    • Box 2 Folder 4
      Ne-No (Nelson-Northampton previous hit Counties  next hit), 1823-1844 .
    • Box 2 Folder 5
      No-Pa (Northumberland-Patrick previous hit Counties  next hit), 1823-1844 .
    • Box 2 Folder 6
      Pe-Pr (Pendleton-Prince Anne previous hit Counties  next hit), 1823-1844 .
    • Box 2 Folder 7
      Pr-Pu (Prince William-Pulaski previous hit Counties  next hit), 1823-1843 .
    • Box 3 Folder 1
      Randolph previous hit County  next hit, 1825-1844 .
    • Box 3 Folder 2
      previous hit Rappahannock  next hit previous hit County  next hit, 1825-1844 .
    • Box 3 Folder 2
      Richmond previous hit County  next hit, 1824-1843 .
    • Box 3 Folder 3
      Roanoke previous hit County  next hit, 1840-1844 .
    • Box 3 Folder 3
      Rockbridge previous hit County  next hit, 1823-1843 .
    • Box 3 Folder 4
      Rockingham previous hit County  next hit, 1823-1843 .
    • Box 3 Folder 5
      Russell previous hit County  next hit, 1824-1844 .
    • Box 3 Folder 6
      Scott previous hit County  next hit, 1823-1845 .
    • Box 3 Folder 7
      Shenandoah previous hit County  next hit, 1823-1843 .
    • Box 3 Folder 8
      Smyth previous hit County  next hit, 1832-1844 .
    • Box 3 Folder 9
      Southampton previous hit County  next hit, 1823-1841 .
    • Box 3 Folder 10
      Spotsylvania previous hit County  next hit (Fredericksburg), 1824-1845 .
    • Box 3 Folder 11
      Stafford previous hit County  next hit, 1823-1844 .
    • Box 3 Folder 12
      Surry previous hit County  next hit, 1823-1842 .
    • Box 3 Folder 13
      Sussex previous hit County  next hit, 1824-1844 .
    • Box 3 Folder 14
      Tazewell previous hit County  next hit, 1824-1843 .
    • Box 3 Folder 15
      Tyler previous hit County  next hit, 1823-1845 .
    • Box 3 Folder 16
      Warren previous hit County  next hit, 1838-1843 .
    • Box 3 Folder 17
      Warwick previous hit County  next hit, 1825-1840 .
    • Box 3 Folder 18
      Washington previous hit County  next hit, 1823-1845 .
    • Box 3 Folder 19
      Wayne previous hit County  next hit, 1843 .
    • Box 3 Folder 20
      Westmoreland previous hit County  next hit, 1824-1844 .
    • Box 3 Folder 21
      Wood previous hit County  next hit, 1824-1844 .
    • Box 3 Folder 22
      Wythe previous hit County  next hit, 1823-1845 .
    • Box 3 Folder 23
      York previous hit County  next hit, 1824-1841 .
    • Box 4 Folder 1
      Various Localities, 1823-1864 .
    • Box 4 Folder 1
      Accomack-Augusta previous hit Counties  next hit, 1845-1848 .
    • Box 4 Folder 2
      Barbour-Buckingham previous hit Counties  next hit, 1845-1849 .
    • Box 4 Folder 3
      Cabell-Culpeper previous hit Counties  next hit, 1845-1849 .
    • Box 4 Folder 4
      Danville-Essex previous hit Counties  next hit, 1845-1849 .
    • Box 4 Folder 5
      Fairfax-Greensville previous hit Counties  next hit, 1845-1848 .
    • Box 4 Folder 6
      Halifax-Jackson previous hit Counties  next hit, 1845-1849 .
    • Box 4 Folder 7
      Jefferson-Lynchburg previous hit Counties  next hit, 1845-1849 .
    • Box 4 Folder 8
      Madison-Nottoway previous hit Counties  next hit, 1845-1849 .
    • Box 4 Folder 9
      Ohio-Pulaski previous hit Counties  next hit, 1845-1849 .
    • Box 4 Folder 10
      Randolph-Sussex previous hit Counties  next hit, 1845-1849 .
    • Box 4 Folder 11
      Taylor-Wythe previous hit Counties  next hit, 1845-1849 .
    • Box 4 Folder 11
      Accomack-Dinwiddie previous hit Counties  next hit, 1849-1851 .
    • Box 4 Folder 12
      Fairfax-Middlesex previous hit Counties  next hit, 1849-1851 .
    • Box 5 Folder 1
      Monongalia-Russell previous hit Counties  next hit, 1849-1851 .
    • Box 5 Folder 2
      Scott-York previous hit Counties  next hit, 1849-1851 .
    • Box 5 Folder 3
      Accomack-Wythe previous hit Counties  next hit, 1851-1852 .
    • Box 5 Folder 4
      Various (Interest on Public Debt, Capitation Taxes), 1857-1861 .
    • Box 6 Folder 1
      Accomack previous hit County  next hit, 1807-1822 .
    • Box 6 Folder 2
      Albemarle previous hit County  next hit, 1810-1822 .
    • Box 6 Folder 3
      Amelia previous hit County  next hit, 1810-1822 .
    • Box 6 Folder 4
      Amherst previous hit County  next hit, 1811-1821 .
    • Box 6 Folder 5
      Augusta previous hit County  next hit, 1806-1822 .
    • Box 6 Folder 6
      Bath previous hit County  next hit, 1806-1822 .
    • Box 6 Folder 7
      Bedford previous hit County  next hit, 1812-1823 .
    • Box 6 Folder 8
      Berkley previous hit County  next hit, 1806-1822 .
    • Box 6 Folder 9
      Botetourt previous hit County  next hit, 1805-1822 .
    • Box 6 Folder 10
      Brooke previous hit County  next hit, 1807-1821 .
    • Box 6 Folder 11
      Brunswick previous hit County  next hit, 1813-1823 .
    • Box 6 Folder 12
      Buckingham previous hit County  next hit, 1801-1822 .
    • Box 6 Folder 13
      Cabell previous hit County  next hit, 1811-1823 .
    • Box 6 Folder 14
      Campbell previous hit County  next hit, 1807-1822 .
    • Box 6 Folder 15
      Caroline previous hit County  next hit, 1806-1819 .
    • Box 6 Folder 16
      Charles City previous hit County  next hit, 1812-1821 .
    • Box 6 Folder 17
      Charlotte previous hit County  next hit, 1807-1822 .
    • Box 6 Folder 18
      Chesterfield previous hit County  next hit, 1803-1822 .
    • Box 6 Folder 19
      Culpeper previous hit County  next hit, 1797-1820 .
    • Box 6 Folder 20
      Cumberland previous hit County  next hit, 1803-1822 .
    • Box 7 Folder 1
      Dinwiddie previous hit County  next hit, 1819-1822 .
    • Box 7 Folder 2
      Elizabeth City previous hit County  next hit, 1822 .
    • Box 7 Folder 3
      Essex previous hit County  next hit, 1803-1822 .
    • Box 7 Folder 4
      Fairfax previous hit County  next hit, 1806-1822 .
    • Box 7 Folder 5
      Fauquier previous hit County  next hit, 1803-1822 .
    • Box 7 Folder 6
      Fluvanna previous hit County  next hit, 1812-1822 .
    • Box 7 Folder 7
      Franklin previous hit County  next hit, 1809-1822 .
    • Box 7 Folder 8
      Frederick previous hit County  next hit, 1806-1822 .
    • Box 7 Folder 9
      Giles previous hit County  next hit, 1808-1822 .
    • Box 7 Folder 10
      Gloucester previous hit County  next hit, 1807-1822 .
    • Box 7 Folder 11
      Goochland previous hit County  next hit, 1810-1820 .
    • Box 7 Folder 12
      Grayson previous hit County  next hit, 1810-1821 .
    • Box 7 Folder 13
      Greenbrier previous hit County  next hit, 1799-1822 .
    • Box 7 Folder 14
      Greensville previous hit County  next hit, 1810-1822 .
    • Box 7 Folder 15
      Halifax previous hit County  next hit, 1805-1822 .
    • Box 7 Folder 16
      Hanover previous hit County  next hit, 1817-1820 .
    • Box 7 Folder 17
      Harrison previous hit County  next hit, 1807-1822 .
    • Box 7 Folder 17
      Hampshire previous hit County  next hit, 1806-1823 .
    • Box 7 Folder 18
      Hardy previous hit County  next hit, 1803-1823 .
    • Box 7 Folder 19
      Henrico previous hit County  next hit, 1806-1822 .
    • Box 7 Folder 20
      Henry previous hit County  next hit, 1810-1823 .
    • Box 8 Folder 1
      Nansemond previous hit County  next hit, 1813-1823 .
    • Box 8 Folder 2
      Nelson previous hit County  next hit, 1809-1820 .
    • Box 8 Folder 3
      New Kent previous hit County  next hit, 1800-1822 .
    • Box 8 Folder 4
      Nicholas previous hit County  next hit, 1819-1822 .
    • Box 8 Folder 5
      Norfolk previous hit County  next hit, 1810-1822 .
    • Box 8 Folder 6
      Northampton previous hit County  next hit, 1804-1821 .
    • Box 8 Folder 7
      Northumberland previous hit County  next hit, 1808-1822 .
    • Box 8 Folder 8
      Nottoway previous hit County  next hit, 1805-1822 .
    • Box 8 Folder 9
      Ohio previous hit County  next hit, 1811-1823 .
    • Box 8 Folder 10
      Patrick previous hit County  next hit, 1812-1823 .
    • Box 8 Folder 11
      Pendleton previous hit County  next hit, 1796-1823 .
    • Box 8 Folder 12
      Pittsylvania previous hit County  next hit, 1810-1823 .
    • Box 8 Folder 13
      Powhatan previous hit County  next hit, 1811-1822 .
    • Box 8 Folder 14
      Preston previous hit County  next hit, 1820 .
    • Box 8 Folder 15
      Prince Edward previous hit County  next hit, 1806-1821 .
    • Box 8 Folder 16
      Prince George previous hit County  next hit, 1807-1822 .
    • Box 8 Folder 17
      Prince William previous hit County  next hit, 1806-1822 .
    • Box 8 Folder 18
      Princess Anne previous hit County  next hit, 1816-1822 .
    • Box 9 Folder 1
      Randolph previous hit County  next hit, 1813-1822 .
    • Box 9 Folder 2
      Richmond previous hit County  next hit, 1811-1822 .
    • Box 9 Folder 3
      Rockbridge previous hit County  next hit, 1797-1823 .
    • Box 9 Folder 4
      Rockingham previous hit County  next hit, 1803-1822 .
    • Box 9 Folder 5
      Russell previous hit County  next hit, 1808-1823 .
    • Box 9 Folder 6
      Scott previous hit County  next hit, 1817-1822 .
    • Box 9 Folder 7
      Shenandoah previous hit County  next hit, 1803-1822 .
    • Box 9 Folder 8
      Southampton previous hit County  next hit, 1811-1821 .
    • Box 9 Folder 9
      Spotsylvania previous hit County  next hit, 1803-1821 .
    • Box 9 Folder 10
      Stafford previous hit County  next hit, 1812-1822 .
    • Box 9 Folder 11
      Surry previous hit County  next hit, 1805-1822 .
    • Box 9 Folder 12
      Sussex previous hit County  next hit, 1812-1822 .
    • Box 9 Folder 13
      Tazewell previous hit County  next hit, 1811-1823 .
    • Box 9 Folder 14
      Tyler previous hit County  next hit, 1817-1823 .
    • Box 9 Folder 15
      Warwick previous hit County  next hit, 1806-1821 .
    • Box 9 Folder 16
      Washington previous hit County  next hit, 1807-1822 .
    • Box 9 Folder 17
      Westmoreland previous hit County  next hit, 1807-1821 .
    • Box 9 Folder 18
      Wood previous hit County  next hit, 1803-1823 .
    • Box 9 Folder 19
      Wythe previous hit County  next hit, 1807-1823 .
    • Box 9 Folder 20
      York previous hit County  next hit, 1814-1822 .
    • Box 10 Folder 1
      Various Localities, 1794-1801 .
    • Box 10 Folder 2
      Various Localities, 1801-1809 .
    • Box 10 Folder 3
      Various Localities, 1810-1823 .
    • Box 10 Folder 4
      Various Localities, 1811-1822 .
    • Box 10 Folder 5
      City of Richmond, 1811-1822 .
    • Box 10 Folder 6
      Stock Interest, 1813-1817 .
    • Box 10 Folder 7
      Stock Interest, 1817-1820 .
    • Box 10 Folder 8
      Stock Interest, 1820-1823 .

  • Redemption of Land

    • Box 10 Folder 8
      Cabell previous hit County  next hit (West Virginia), 1820 .
    • Box 10 Folder 8
      Randolph, 1816-1823 .
    • Box 10 Folder 9
      Various Localities, 1816-1819 .
    • Box 10 Folder 10
      Various Localities, 1817-1818 .
    • Box 10 Folder 11
      Various Localities, 1819-1823 .

  • Vouchers for Disbursement

    This subseries arranged chronologically.

    • Box 11 Folder 1
      Thomas Jefferson (University of Virginia), 1821-1822 .
    • Box 11 Folder 2
      1819 .
    • Box 11 Folder 3
      January-February, 1820 (1 of 2).
    • Box 11 Folder 4
      January-February, 1820 (2 of 2).
    • Box 11 Folder 5
      July, 1821.
    • Box 11 Folder 6
      August, 1821.
    • Box 11 Folder 7
      September, 1821.
    • Box 11 Folder 8
      October, 1821.
    • Box 11 Folder 9
      November, 1821.
    • Box 11 Folder 10
      December, 1821.
    • Box 11 Folder 10
      January, 1822.
    • Box 11 Folder 11
      February 1-5, 1822.
    • Box 11 Folder 12
      February 6-14, 1822.
    • Box 11 Folder 13
      February 15-23, 1822.

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Series II: Cash Receipts and Disbursements Ledger, 2 February 1810-21 June 1811, 4 July 1818-4 April 1821 (Accession APA 147) .
Extent: 1 volume (1 box).

This volume contains a variety of accounts as part of the ledger: list of cash receipts for the Literary Fund; accounts with school commissioners; other receipts, and disbursements ranging from February 1810 to April of 1821.

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Series III: Literary Fund List of Lands Belonging or Escheated to the Commonwealth and Sold 1814-1869 (Accession APA 148) .
1 volume

This volume contains names of landowners, quantities, and locations of land, when sold, and for what price, and to whom.

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Series IV: List of Lands Forfeited to the Literary Fund in 1816 ca. 1816(Accession APA 149) .
1 volume

This volume contains names of taxpayers, quantity of land, amounts of taxes due, and for which years delinquent. Includes only the following previous hit counties  next hit: Bath, Grayson, Greenbrier, Lee, Lewis, Randolph, Russell, Scott, Tazewell, and Wythe.

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Series V: Literary Fund Records of Cash Receipts 1843-1847;1850 (Accession APA 150) .
2 in. (1 box).

This series consists primarily of vouchers for disbursements from the fund and receipts issued by the second auditor and treasurer. This series consists of the following types of records: Second Auditor's Receipts, Treasurer's Receipts, Redemption of Land, Vouchers for Disbursements, and General Records.

  • Notices for Judgments

    • Box 1 Folder 1
      1843-1844 .
    • Box 1 Folder 2
      1845-1847 .
    • Box 1 Folder 3
      June, 1849 .
    • Box 1 Folder 4
      A-C, 1850 .
    • Box 1 Folder 5
      D-L, 1850 .
    • Box 1 Folder 6
      M-W, 1850 .
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Series VI: Literary Fund. Fines Returned as Insolvent, Not Found, Etc. List, 1820 (Accession APA 151) .
1 volume

This volume contains the names of delinquent taxpayers, amounts owed, and dates of executions of court orders by sheriff.

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Series VII: List of Lands Vested in the President and Directors of the Literary Fund, 1832 (Accession APA 152) .
1 volume

This volume contains lists of land in Grayson, Greenbrier, Lee, Mason, Monroe, Randolph, Scott, Tazewell, Wood, and Wythe previous hit counties . Lists include names of landowners, numbers of acres, years for which delinquent, amounts of taxes owed, and remarks.

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