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
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.
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.
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.
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