I found the following description of a book in a 1994 Virginia Genealogical SOciety newsletter. Is this still available from the LIbrary of VCVA anyone know? I did see it in the catalog, but is it still around to purchase? Has anyone ever referenced it? Are the records listed in it listed elsewhere? Thanks John S. Salmon and J. Christian Kolbe, Accounts Inventory softcover; $10.00 plus $1.50 postage. Order from theAuditor of Public(1 992) xvi, 166 pp. ; index; spiral-bound;Publications Department, Virginia State Library and Archives, Richmond, VA 23219-3491. The preface to this volume states that "no other record group in the custody of the Archives contains such rich and varied materials as the auditor of public accounts.. from 1776 to 1928 Virginia." The following sample entries attest to the truth of this statement: Military and Tax Accounts 16 Jly-6 August 1787. 1 volume soldiers and officers for Revolutionary War service, including names, descriptions of service and amounts due; chronological arrangement. [Eastern Va.] Militia Payrolls and Supply Vouchers 1807-1 8 12. 3 inches; includes names of soldiers, dates of service and rates of pay; chronological arrangement. Commutation for Disabled Soldiers. Register 1876- 1880. 1 volume. Alphabetical; includes soldier's name, place of residence, nature of disability. (entries 184-188 also deal with disabled veterans; entries 189-195 are various registers of veterans and pensioners 1888-1928). Correspondence, Rolls and Vouchers. 1785, 1788, 1792-1 800. Primarily muster rolls, payrolls for militia, scouts and rangers and powers of attorney from soldiers to collect their pay for service in defense of the western frontier now southwest Virginia and West Virginia. Delinquent Taxpayers 1781-1809, 1830; 4 feet 2 inches; "Of genealogical significance are the lists that note removals to other counties and states." Land Tax Books 1782-1807, 1809-1863, 1865-1927; approximately 15,000 volumes and 473 reels of microfilm; Free Blacks. Records. 1833-41, 1845, 1849-1860, 1862-3; 10 inches. Overseers of the Poor 1800- 1864, 187 1-8 1, 1884- 1907, 1909, 12 feet 2 inches and 10 volumes 1850s the reports contain the names of the poor and often information on ages, physical condition and morals. The above are individual entries. General categories which have a number of entries include the George Rogers Clark Papers, Military Service Pay, Militia, Pensions, Public Claims, Impressed Property Claims (all Revolutionary War period).. [which]... [controlled] the financial affairs of. . . contains mostly settlements of pay with... by the To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html