Balance of the Georgia militia
Document 1795Encloses to the War Secretary the estimate of the pay and forage of the militia of the state of Georgia. Concludes that there is a balance to be remitted of 22,505 dollars in order to satisfy the above claims.
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Estimate of the pay &c of such part of the Mi[litia] and Scouts of the State of Georgia as were autho[rized] by the President of the United States, as ap[proved] by the letters of the Secretary of War to the Govern[or] of that State Vizt
Amount of the Pay Roll of Cap.t Jonas Fauche's Compa[ny] of Militia Cavalry called out by the Governor of Geo[rgia] and acceded to by the Secretary of War in his letter[s] of the 25th September 1794 Amount of the pay and Subsistence of the Officers and the pay of the men from 25th July to 31st October 1794 agreeably to the Act of Congress of 5th March 1792 -- 6,651
Amount of Forage and Rations furnished by Cap.t Fauche to his Troop, agreeably to the orders of the Governor of Georgia, and which do not exceed the allowance granted by the above Act for those purposes ........ 1,830
8,1[undecipherable]
Amount of the pay due those Militia Cavalry under command of Major Gen.l Twiggs between the 30th August and 29th September 1794 who were employed to remove Gen.l Clarke and his adherents from the South Side of the Oconee, called out by the Governor and acceded to by the Secretary of War p.r his letters of 25th Septem.r and 20th Novem.r 1794 -- 1,302
Amount of the Pay Rolls of the Scouts or Spies who were called out by the Governor of Georgia in consequence of the Secretary of War's letter of the 30th May 1793 for the protection of the frontiers between the 1st July 1793 and 1st July 1794 ........ 7,011
Carried forward Dol.rs 16,846:26
Amount Paid Forw.d 16,846:26
To which add the amount of the following Estimates received from the Agent of the War Department in Georgia, without muster or Pay Rolls, the same being retained by him for the purpose of adjusting him in making the payments Vizt
Estimate of the pay of Cap.t Armstrong's Roll for services from 1st June (the day they were last paid to from this Office) to 31 December 1794 authorized by the Secretary of War's letter of 30th May 1793 they being considered the hundred Horse mentioned therein -- [undecipherable: probable reading 11,855]:00
Estimate of the Pay due to the Detachm.t of Militia in the State of Georgia which have been called into service by the Governor of said State for the defensive protection of the frontiers under the authority of the President of the United States p.r the late Secretary of War's letters of the 14 May & 20 November 1794 for services from 1 March to 31 Decem.t 1794 inc. ........... 8,550:00
Ditto-- Ditto from 1st January to 31 August 1795 -- 7,957:50
Ditto of the Spies or Scouts from 1st July to 31st December 1794 being in continuation of those charged in consequence of the Secretary of War's letter of 30th May 1793 6,130:33 39,658:83
From which deduct the sum of 34,000 Dollars, Doll.rs 56,505:09 remitted on account of the above to the Agent of the War Department in Georgia p.r the hand of James Seagrove Esq.r p.r Receipts of said Agent 34,000:00
Dollars -- 22,505:09
Type
Letterbook
Description
Encloses to the War Secretary the estimate of the pay and forage of the militia of the state of Georgia. Concludes that there is a balance to be remitted of 22,505 dollars in order to satisfy the above claims.
Date
12/14/1795
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Accountant's Office
Document number
1795121521055
Page start
345
Notable persons
William Simmons
Jonas Fauche
Captain Armstrong
[Timothy Pickering]
Secretary of War
Georgia militia
Governor of Georgia
officers
congress
militia cavalry
scouts
agent
accountant
Notable locations
War Accountant's Office
Georgia
Notable items
pay
forage
claims
rations
subsistence
act of congress
estimate
rolls
services
protection of frontier
balance

