Account of William Parrah
Document 1794Certification of service and settlement of pay for William Parrah, late private in the New Hampshire line.
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The United States in account with William Fariah Privt late [undecipherable] Regt New Hampshire [undecipherable]
Dr Cts
for his pay as private from 31 Decr 1777 to the 31
[Dec]ember 1778 Inclusively 12 Months
1 day @ 6⅔ dollars pr Month . . . . . . . . . 80.22
[undecipherable] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31.27
[undecipherable] for the year 1781 . . . . . . . . . . . 100 —
[undecipherable] for [th]e year 1782 . . . . . . . . . . 100 —
[undecipherable] from [th]e [undecipherable] 1782 to [undecipherable]
6th Jany 1783 [undecipherable] Month[s] 5 days
[undecipherable] pr Month . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 —
[undecipherable] for enlisting for [undecipherable] to the
end of the War
Dol 30—
Dol 151—
By amount to pay recd from 31st December
1777 to the 31st December 1779 — 12 Months
1 day @ 6⅔ dolrs pr M[onth] [undecipherable] @ 5 [undecipherable] . . . 175.51
By balance to be Certified on Interest
from the 1st January 1781
[undecipherable] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.91
[undecipherable] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.22
The bal[ance] entered on Abstract from 1 Jany 82 120—
Bal[ance] to be [undecipherable] . . . Jany from 1 Jany 83 120—
[undecipherable] on [undecipherable] from the 6th [undecipherable] 1783 181 —
War Department Dec[ember] 181—
Accountant's Office
April 6th 1794
Settled under the act of the [undecipherable] March 1792
Signed J [undecipherable: Howle?]
[N° 202
William Farish
[undecipherable: Ser]g[ean]t
[undecipherable] New Hampshire
April 11th 1794]
William Farish enlisted on the 31st December 1777 for the
war promoted to Sergeant 12th Jany 1780, taken Prisoner on
Jany 1st 1781 the State has settled with him for the years 79
and 1780, therefore have not included those periods
in this Account in consequence of his being a prisoner
was omitted in the Settlement by the [undecipherable] agent for the State
of New Hampshire
Type
Document Signed
Description
Certification of service and settlement of pay for William Parrah, late private in the New Hampshire line.
Date
04/11/1794
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Office of Army Accounts
Document number
1794041121002
Page start
1
Notable persons
Joseph Howell
Sergeant William Parrah
1st New Hampshire Regiment
Prisoner
Private
accountant
congress
auditor of treasury
Notable locations
Office of Army Accounts
New Hampshire
Notable items
pay
enlistment
Revolutionary War
War for Independence
certified
interest
settlement
Act of Congress

