Knoxville July 3^d. 1797 Sir, Herewith you will receive a Copy of the Waste Book of the Agent for the Department of War for monies paid by him from the 1^st day of May to the 30^th day of June 1797. — I am with Respect Sir your very Humb^le William Simmons Esquire          Stephen Hillis D.W. Accountant                                   Storekeeper Department of War [Endorsement on wrapper: Hillis, Stephen / Ag't & Storekeeper / 1797] [Endorsement on wrapper: filed / [undecipherable: probable reading: Knoxville, May 1797] / "Waste Book" / May & June, 1797] [Endorsement on enclosure wrapper: To James — [undecipherable] / [undecipherable] Section 3 [undecipherable] / July 1797 / rec'd [undecipherable] / ans'd — June [undecipherable]] Knoxville May 1^st 1797 Commissary Department D^r To Cash paid Tho^s. Dorman, Harmon Sanders & Tho^s Dining for Carrying corn from the Barracks to Commissary Store — 3 — Army Department D^r To Office Delivered Capt. William Richard 1 Quire paper & 6 Quils Contingent Expence D^r To Cash paid Alexander Cunningham for Ferrages as per Account from Feb^y 16 to April 29^th at the Holston — 3 58 Office Expence D^r To Cash paid Hezekiah Lane for one load wood for the use of the Office — 1 — Indian Department D^r To Cash Advanced Dennis Murphey to defray his expences going after two Indian Prisoners in Buncum & Burke County N. Carolina — D^s 100.25 Bill made out & returned 50 day into my hands 2[0] — 80 25 Knoxville May 2^d 179[7] Stephen Hillis D^r To Cash For to pay sundry Militia for Services in 1793 & 1794 — — 29 5 Store at Tellico — 3^d D^r To Cash paid George House for 83⅔ y^ds Linsey @ 3/6 p^r y^d — 68 12 Contingent Expinces 5^th D^r To Cash paid James Haskins for 20 halters for the Commissary pack Horses — 3 33 Stephen Hillis D^r To [Cash] For to pay Militia Services for the years of 1794 & 1795 — 401 69 Charles Wright A.M. Pro. Tem D^r To Cash paid him for to discharge James Anderson from the 1^st Jan^y 18^th Apr^l Ditto Clothing — 14.30 28 77 Charles Masters D[epartmen]^t 6^th D^r To Cash paid Lurus [undecipherable] for 2 ploughs for Capt. Sparks & Glade — 19 75 Samuel Goodrick express to Tellico 5[0/100] advanc[ed] Knoxville May 8^th 1797. Barrack Account D^r To Cash Paid W^m Baldee for Sundries done to the Barracks — 10 33 Stephen Duncan D^r To Commissary Department For 15 Hides 348¾ @ 6[¢] & 8.14[¼] 1 Do Damage — 6. 910¼ — 30 2 8^th Quarter Master Department D^r To Cash paid Richard Campbell & Co for Pack Horses for Commissary — D^s 115. Sundry tools — 5.37 120 37 9^th Office Expence D^r To Cash paid John Hennington writing at different times Fifty to day — 20 . 10^th Stephen Hillis D^r To Cash paid him to pay a Militia man for Services in 1793 — 2 30 Contingent Expinces D^r To Cash paid James Anderston for ferages for the Commissioners and Escort — 8 33 Knoxville May 11^th 1797. Store at Tellico D^r To Cash paid Michael Hanifa for 292 y^ds Linsey — @ 3/6 — 170 33 Quarter Masters Department D^r To Cash paid John Hunter for a flat Bottomed Boat — 70 . Indian Department D^r To Cash paid Stephen Hines for a Set Harness and [undecipherable] for Mr. Lismore — 25 . Cherokee Yearly Stip[end] D^r To Cash paid W^m Shelly for bringing 3 Horses from Tellico to Knoxville & returning 1 75 12^th Quarter Masters Department D^r To Cash Paid Michael C. Swetman for sundry Buckets, Pails, & [undecipherable] delivered to Capt Wade & Richard & D^r Tho^s A. Claiborne — 10 58 Stephen Hillis D^r To Cash Paid him for to pay two men of Cornet Luke Hendrias Detachment for forage & Rations which they found themselves between the 22^d & 30. June 1795 Inclusive — 4 — Knoxville May 13^th 1797. Contingent Expence [undecipherable] D^r To Cash paid John Lander for work as a Sadler for the Commissary Pack Horses and Capt. Sparks Saddle — 12.83 Paid John Webb going to West Point with waiter — 1.75 14 58 David Healy D^r To [Indian] Department For a Bag — 1 Army Department D^r To Office Deli[vere]d Capt. Richard for the use of the Com- manding Officer 2 Quires paper 1 [undecipherable] Quils 1 Box wafers [/] after [undecipherable] [undecipherable] 9^th Quarter Master Department D^r To Cash Paid Michael C. [undecipherable] for a washing Tub Deli[vere]d D^r [undecipherable] [undecipherable] — 1 25 Sunday [undecipherable] D^r To Cash paid at Tellico Indian Department Paid [undecipherable] for [undecipherable] going the fleet with Cherokee presents from [undecipherable] to [Tellico]. — 3 . Expence Office Paid the Agent expences going and at Tellico and returning to [Knoxville] June 6 days [undecipherable] 7 [undecipherable] Knoxville May 23^d. 1797. Hospital Department D^r To Cash Paid John Snapp in full bringing on 34 Kegs & 1 Trunk of Medicine & Hospital Stores from Philadelphia to Knoxville weighing 3241 @ 12 D^rs per Hundred — 294 92 100 D^rs was paid by John Haw[kins] Comm^y of Military Stores at Philadelphia. Paid John [undecipherable] bringing 3 Bb[l]s 21 Kegs & 3 Boxes medicine & Hospital Stores 2561 @ 12 d[ollars per] — 207 32 100 D^rs was paid by John Hawk[ins] Comm[issary of] Military Stores in Philadelphia — Cash D^r To Bonds & Notes To this sum Rec^d of King & [undecipherable] being in full of their Note dated the 11^th of April 1797 — 500 . Thomas M. Julloch D^r To Cash paid him toward Plank for Barracks Tellico — 30 — Knoxville [June] May 26^th 1797. Sundry Accounts D^r To Cash Cherokee Yearly Stipend Paid Jab[ez] Cowan [undecipherable] for to pay for a quantity of Goods due D^r John Taylor and [undecipherable] two Cherokee Chiefs [undecipherable] the John McKey temporary Agent — 3[00]. Contingent Expence Paid William Hamilton John Dun- woodys Waggoner as an advance for bringing [undecipherable] & Hospital Stores & Cherokee presents — 150. 450 — Advanced Erg^t McLand going to Cumberland express Five Dollars to the Commissioners — Indian Department D^r To Cash paid Thomas A. Claiborne for [undecipherable] Indians as p[er] ac[count] — 14 — Knoxville May 29^th 1797. Sundry Accounts D^r To Cash Office Expinces paid for a load wood — 1. — Contingent Expince paid William Baldee for making a Coffin for a Soldier and work as a Carpenter for D^r Claiborne 10. 11 . Cash D^r To the Treasurer For this sum [rec^d] of [undecipherable] Parkins Collector for the Revenue and Agent for John [undecipherable] Supervisor for the district of Tennessee — D^s 3[8]0 3[8]0 Quarter Master D^r To Cash For as much paid for the Postage of two letters from M^r [undecipherable] — 1 — Army Department D^r To Office Deli[vere]d Lieu^t A. M. [undecipherable] ½ Quire paper — Knoxville June 1^st 1797. Commissary Department D^r To Cash paid Ludwell Grymes in full for his Salary 1 Jan^y 31^st March 1797 @ 400 — 100 . Office Expince D^r To Cash paid Thomas Hofen for getting Whittling Locks on a Desk — 9 92 5^th Quarter Master Department D^r To Cash Paid Christopher Hains for 46 Axes 54 Mattocks @ 2 3/4 [per] — 250 . Sundry Accounts D^r To Cash Quarter Masters Department paid Benjamin Hickey his Bill Shoeing Horses &c — 45.92 Contingent Expince paid Jona Trimble ferrying the troops escorting the Commissioners — 17.13 [undecipherable] 53 5 Knoxville June 5^th 1797. Contingent Expince Amount D^r To Cash Paid James White in full for the Magazine from 1^st Sept 179[6] to 31 May 1797 — 37 50 Army Department D^r To Office deli[vere]d Captain William Richard 2 Quires Writing paper 1 [undecipherable] Quills and one paper [undecipherable] for the use of the Commanding Officer Cash D^r To the Treasurer For this sum rec[eive]^d of Baldwin Hale Collector for the Revenue and Agent to John Dexter Supervisor for the district of Tennessee — 210 — 10^th Stephen Hillis D^r To Cash Forty pay Robert Rigby [undecipherable] sundry [undecipherable] 193 — Contingent Expence D^r To Cash Paid John Lander Sadler for repairing Saddle for M^r Hunter express from the Natchez from M^r [undecipherable] — 9 . Knoxville June 12^th 1797. Army Department D^r To Cash Paid Henry Bridges for a Horse supplied Cornet McDermott detach[men]^t of Dragoons with the Commissioners — 80 . Quarter Master Department D^r To Cash Paid Thomas Ficks for making a pack Saddle for Ser^gt Guard going to Fort Blount — 1 — 8^th Army Department D^r To Cash Paid John [undecipherable] for a Bay Horse for the troop under Cornet McDermott 80 . Indian Department D^r To Cash paid Thomas Smith going with Goods to the Creek Nation 1^st Apr[il] June 2^d 1797 10 33⅓ Contingent Expince D^r To Cash Paid Capt. [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] traveling several times to meet the Citizens, as also for their going to Nashville with the Commissioners — 56 78 Knoxville June 14^th 1797 — Indian Department D^r To Cash Paid Mrs Hindman making Shirts & Overalls for Indian John — 2 . Quarter Masters Department D^r To Cash paid Nathaniel Swan for a Chestnut Sorrel horse that was deli[vere]^d N. Hunter express from the Mr. Elliott, from the Natchez to Philadelphia — 133 33 Contingent Expince D^r To Cash paid George Roulston in full to this day Advertising &^c [undecipherable] Black weights for Mr. Hillis — 45 65 16^th Sundry Accounts D^r To Cash Stephen Hillis paid him for to pay two men of Corn^t Luke Hendrias Detachment 4. Indian Department paid David Beard for Beating Indian presents 2 to 13 May 30 [undecipherable] — 3.60 7 60 Knoxville June 16^th 1797. Quarter Master Department To Cash paid Richard Campbell for 25 Eight Gallon [undecipherable] 1 Stock lock 3 Door Latches @ 2/6 for the use of the [Armory] — [undecipherable] 8 . 11^th Indian Department D^r To Cash paid David Beshannon as advance bringing on the Cherokee presents — 100 . 19^th Army Department D^r To Cash paid [undecipherable] Hunt for [undecipherable] bringing in William Johnson a Deserter from Captain Richards Company — 10 — Contingent Expince D^r To Cash Paid a [undecipherable] going to Tellico with letters to the Agent War Department 0.50 [undecipherable] John [undecipherable] 0.75 1 25 20^th Indian Department D^r To Cash Paid B. Ellington as a Labourer building boat for [undecipherable] Dinsmore — 5 . [undecipherable] Stephen Hillis D^r To Cash for to pay [undecipherable] Thomas [undecipherable] for Services 28 July 11 August 1794 — 20 . [undecipherable] Knoxville June 20^th 1797. Stephen Hillis D^r To Cash for to pay Militia Services who Dues at Tellico 20^th May — 11 66 22^d Quarter Master Department D^r To Cash paid [undecipherable] for a House occupied for the troops at Southwest Point, per Capt. Wales letter April 26^th 1797. — 40 . Hospital Department D^r To Cash paid Mary M[c]Kis washing for the Sick 1 50 Quarter Masters Department D^r To Cash Paid John Wallace for a Set of Blacksmiths tools for the Garrison at Tellico Commanded by Capt. Richard Sparks 100 . Contingent Expinces D^r To Cash paid Capt. Joseph Brock for his expinces from Knoxville to Fort Blount on public Busines — 5 75 Knoxville June 22^d 1797. Contingent Expince D^r To Cash paid Lieu^t Samuel R. Davison going express for Capt. Sparks to Philadelphia 100 — 23^d Sundry Accounts D^r To Cash Stephen Hillis paid him for to pay Joseph McRainey a discharged Soldier from 1 Jan^y 6 19 May 1797 30.72 Quarter Masters Account paid Alexander [undecipherable] for 2 loads wood — 2. — 32.72 24^th Army Department D^r To Cash For this sum to pay George Phillips a discharged Soldier in Capt. Richards Company from 1 [undecipherable] 1795 to 30^th April 1796 [undecipherable] his pay and balance of Clothing — 44 62 Knoxville June 23^d 179[7] Quarter Master Department D^r To Cash paid Thomas Hule handling Spades &^c 2 75 David Healy D^r To Indian Department For a Bate [undecipherable] — 60 . 25^th Indian Department D^r To Cash paid Moses White for Blank [undecipherable] to cover Boat that went with the Cherokee presents, which Blank was deli[vere]^d to [undecipherable] Strother and Nicholas Byers — 13 36 Sundry Accounts D^r To Cash [undecipherable] Department paid [undecipherable] Tyler party of 9 men from [undecipherable] to Tellico 7 days @ [undecipherable] 9.18 paid Capt. [undecipherable] party of [undecipherable] men [undecipherable] days @ [undecipherable] [undecipherable] 18.6 Army Department paid Peter [undecipherable] for [undecipherable] for Capt. Richardson [undecipherable] [undecipherable] 99 81