PUBLIC "-//Library of Virginia//TEXT (US::Vi::vi06030::A Guide to the Public Guard records of the Virginia Auditor of Public Accounts, 1801-1868)//EN" "vi06030.xml" A Guide to the Public Guard records of the Virginia Auditor of Public Accounts, 1801-1868 Public Guard records of the Virginia Auditor of Public Accounts APA 199 Renee M. Savits Library of Virginia © By The Library of Virginia. All Rights Reserved. Machine-readable finding aid created in EAD by Renee M. Savits, 12 June 2024 Description is in English A Guide to the Public Guard records of the Virginia Auditor of Public Accounts, 1801-1868 A Collection in the Library of Virginia APA 199

Library of Virginia Renee M. Savits Library of Virginia Descriptive Summary The Library of Virginia Public Guard records of the Virginia Auditor of Public Accounts, 1801-1868 APA 199 2.6 cu. ft. (3 boxes and 9 oversize folders) English Virginia. Auditor of Public Accounts. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

Virginia Auditor of Public Accounts. Public guard records, 1801-1868. Accession APA 199. State government records collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition Information

Transferred prior to 1913.

Biographical Information

The public guard was established in 1802 for the protection of public property in Richmond, Virginia. From 1802 through 1822 the guard was quartered on Capitol Square in the Bell Tower; after 1822 the guard was stationed at the Virginia Manufactory of Arms. The public guard was abolished in 1869.

 Scope and Content

Records, 1801-1868, including accounts, muster and payrolls, provision returns, receipt rolls, and vouchers of the Public Guard. The accounts and vouchers were for clothing (hats, shirts, shoes, vests), thread and cloth, monies paid to the guard, cords of wood, rations of spirits, food (tea, lamb, chicken, sugar, oysters, lamb, beef, veal), payments to the hospital to care for sick guards, and other miscellaneous costs. Of note are the muster and payrolls which list the name, rank, date of appointment, expiration of service, amount of pay, and number of days worked by the public guard.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged into two series by size and then chronologically within each series.

 Contents List Series I: Accounts and vouchers Accounts and vouchers, 1801 March-May 1 1 Accounts and vouchers, 1801 June-August 1 2 Accounts and vouchers, 1806, 1808 1 3 Accounts and vouchers, 1812 April-May 1 4 Accounts and vouchers, 1812 June-September 1 5 Accounts and vouchers, 1812 October-December 1 6 Accounts and vouchers, 1813 January-June 1 7 Accounts and vouchers, 1813 July-December 1 8 Muster rolls and reports, 1813-1815 2 1 Accounts and vouchers, 1819 2 2 Accounts and vouchers, 1824 2 3 Accounts and vouchers, 1826 2 4 Accounts and vouchers, 1844 2 5 Accounts and vouchers, 1858, 1861 2 6 Accounts and vouchers, 1864 2 7 Accounts and vouchers, 1865-1866 2 8 Series II: Accounts, muster, pay, and receipt rolls [oversize] Account of rations, spirits, quartermaster and hospital stores furnished, 1801 May 23-June 22 3 1 Account of rations, spirits, quartermaster and hospital stores furnished, 1801 June 23-July 22 3 1 Account of rations, spirits, quartermaster and hospital stores furnished, 1801 July 23-August 22 3 1 Account of rations, spirits, quartermaster and hospital stores furnished, 1806 February 3 1 Muster rolls, 1801 April-May 4 2 Muster rolls, 1801 June-July 4 2 Pay rolls, 1801 February-April 4 2 Pay rolls, 1801 April-May 4 2 Pay rolls, 1801 June-July 4 2 Pay rolls, 1812 April-December 3 3 Pay rolls, 1813 January-December 3 4 Muster rolls, 1815 3 4 Pay rolls, 1825 September-1826 January 3 5 Receipt rolls, 1826 February-July 4 6 Muster rolls, 1826 June-July 4 6 Pay rolls, 1826 June-July 4 6 Receipt rolls, 1858 August-September 4 7 Receipt rolls, 1862 October-November 4 7 Receipt rolls, 1863 4 7 Muster rolls, 1864 August-1865 January 4 8 Pay rolls, 1864 August-December 4 8 Receipt rolls, 1864 June-November 4 8 Muster rolls, 1865 February-March 5 9 Pay rolls, 1864 December-1865 March 5 9 Receipt rolls, 1864 December-1865 May 5 9 Account for spirits due the public guard, 1866 February-1866 October 31 5 10 Receipt rolls, 1866 September 5 10 Receipt rolls, 1866 October 5 10 Receipt rolls, 1866 November 5 10 Receipt rolls, 1866 December 5 10 Receipt rolls, 1867 January 5 11 Receipt rolls, 1867 February 5 11 Receipt rolls, 1867 March 5 11 Receipt rolls, 1867 April 5 11 Receipt rolls, 1867 May 5 11 Receipt rolls, 1867 June 5 11 Receipt rolls, 1867 July 5 12 Receipt rolls, 1867 August 5 12 Receipt rolls, 1867 October-November 5 12 Receipt rolls, 1867 December-1868 January 5 13 Receipt rolls, 1868 February-March 5 13 Receipt rolls, 1868 April-May 5 13 Receipt rolls, 1868 June-July 5 13 Receipt rolls, 1868 October-November 5 13 Receipt rolls, 1868 December 5 13