Title:
Texas Comptroller's Office claims records
Description:
The Office of Comptroller of Public Accounts was initially created by the General Council of the Provisional Government of Texas on December 29, 1835, for the purpose of examining and approving or rejecting any monetary claims presented to him by the Auditor. These functions continued under the governments of the Republic of Texas (1836-1845) and the State of Texas (1845 onwards). These records document the claims (including pensions) that were audited and either accepted or rejected by the government of the Republic of Texas, and by the government of the State of Texas for civil and (especially) military service to the Republic of Texas, as well as for Confederate service, and for service in the Texas Rangers. Types of records include claim files, pension applications files, pension registers and indexes, public debt registers and indexes, drafts for payment, and associated records. They comprise more than 951 cubic ft. of loose records, plus 61 volumes, dating 1835-1990 and undated. A portion of these materials has been digitized and is part of the Texas Digital Archive.
Collection:
Texas Comptroller's Office claims records
Creator:
Texas. Comptroller's Office
Date range of creation:
1835 to 1990, undated
Geographic coverage:
Confederate States of America
Geographic coverage:
Texas
Geographic coverage:
United States
Subject:
Appropriations and expenditures
Subject:
Civil War, 1861-1865
Subject:
Claims
Subject:
Debts, Public
Subject:
Military pensions
Subject:
Payment
Subject:
Politics and government
Subject:
Republic, 1836-1846
Subject:
Revolution, 1835-1836
Subject:
Texas Rangers
Type:
Affidavits
Type:
Application forms
Type:
Certificates
Type:
Correspondence
Type:
Financial records
Type:
Indexes (reference sources)
Type:
Legal documents
Type:
Letterpress copybooks
Type:
Military records
Type:
Registers (lists)
Arrangement:
These records have been organized into 10 series:The records are organized into the following series: Audited Republic claims, 1835-1846, 127.35 cubic ft.; Public debt claims records, 1848-1863, 1866-1867, 1871-1873, undated, 57.73 cubic ft.; Republic pension records, 1870-1920, 38.36 cubic ft.; Unpaid and miscellaneous Republic claims, 1836-about 1879, 10.1 cubic ft.; Confederate audited military claims, 1861-1865, 45.59 cubic ft.; Confederate audited civil claims, 1861-1865, 24.44 cubic ft.; Confederate indigent families lists, 1863-1865, 0.94 cubic ft.; Confederate pension applications records, 1899-1979, 652.71 cubic ft.; Confederate pension payments records, 1899-1905, 1909-1910, 1915-1966, 8.65 cubic ft. (23 volumes); Texas Ranger pensions, 1917-1938, 1959-1990, bulk 1959-1990, 0.94 cubic ft.
Copyright information:
Most records created by Texas state agencies are not copyrighted. State records also include materials received by, not created by, state agencies. Copyright remains with the creator. The researcher is responsible for complying with U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17 U.S.C.).
Copyright information:
In order to help preserve the original records in the Confederate indigent families lists series, researchers are requested to use the transcriptions prepared by Linda Mearse. This publication may be requested through interlibrary loan; please contact your local library for further details.
Access restrictions:
Because Republic of Texas claims are fragile, access to these records is restricted to high-quality microfilmed copies of the documents. An online database provides the reel and frame location of more than 48,500 indexed names. Digital images from the microfilm are being linked to the database. The 35mm microfilm reels are available through interlibrary loan and, to view in person, at the Genealogy Collection of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. There are 130 reels of Audited Republic claims, 69 reels of Republic of Texas public debt claims files, 48 reels of Republic pension files, and 12 reels of Unpaid and miscellaneous Republic claims.
Access restrictions:
Microfilming and indexing for the Republic claims project were made possible by two generous grants from the Summerlee Foundation.
Size or duration:
966.81 cubic ft.
TARO URL:
http://legacy.lib.utexas.edu/taro/tslac/30109/tsl-30109.html
Technical requirements:
Microfilm readers are available at the Lorenzo de Zavala State Archives and Library Building.
