Settlement of Claims of Major Theus' State
Document 1794It is necessary to suspend the claims of soldiers from Major Theus' State due to a want of information relative to the terms of enlistment.
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on your account— the Treasurer of the UStates has transmitted to the Supervisor of the district of Georgia the sum of Nine thousand nine hundred and eleven dollars for the pay &c of the Troops in Georgia to the 1st of June next, this sum I find will fully complete the pay, subsistence and forage agreeably to a return of Captain Freemans and have a surplus for other purposes, the troops may expect to be paid agreeably for the future—
I am Sir &c
Lieut Fred. Dalcho Joseph Howell
of the Legion of the UStates
W.D. Accountants Office
May 15th 1794
Sir
I am under the necessity of suspending the settlement of many of the claims of soldiers from your State owing to a want of information relative to the term of enlistment— among the papers in my possession is one of the first Regiment which appears an Abstract of the Musters taken by Mr Beston in which I find several who are returned as inlisted
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
It is necessary to suspend the claims of soldiers from Major Theus' State due to a want of information relative to the terms of enlistment.
Date
05/13/1794
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1794051321255
Page start
118
Notable persons
Major Simeon Theus
Joseph Howell
Notable locations
Accountant's Office

