[Administrative notation on wrapper: [undecipherable] Treasurer [undecipherable] / [undecipherable] to 30 Nov / On James D[undecipherable] / Marcus Blank / Sept. 1797] Knoxville October 4^th 1797 Sir, Herewith you will receive a Copy of the Account of the Agent for the Department of [undecipherable] the Month of September 1797 I am, Most respectful Sir your Most Ob^dt [signed] Stephen Hillis Wm Simmons Esquire Accountant Department of War Knoxville September 1^st 1797. Stephen Hillis D^r To Cash For to pay James McGinley of Cap^t Nat^l. Evans C^o Sept. 21 Octo. 30^th 1793. Suirs Expedition . . . dr 30.— For to pay William Moffett atty for sundry services in Suirs Expedition Sept. 26^th Octo. 27^th 1793 . 272.42 302.42 Quarter Masters Department D^r To Cash Paid William Armstrong performing the duties of a pack Horseman to the Commission for running the line 17^th July 26 Aug^t 1 Month 11 days . . . — — 5 41 Contingent Expence D^r To Cash Paid Thomas Hamilton furnages for the public August 28^th 1796. March 26^th 1797 28.50. Ditto May 2 - 16^th . . . - 1.66 27 16 Stephen Hillis D^r To Cash For to pay James Anderson of Cap^t Nat^l Evans Company from Sept. 28^th to Octo. 30^th 1793 30.— For to pay David Murphy. September 26^th Octo 27^th — — 24.— For the payment of Sam^l Lance Cap^t John Beard's services 26^th Sep. 27^th October . . . 24.— 78. [undecipherable] Knoxville September 3^d 1797 Stephen Hillis D^r To Cash For to pay [undecipherable] Suirs atty for Hannah & James McMahon in Cap^t Harrison Comp Aug. 21 Dec 16^th 1793 168 For to pay Major Hugh Kiles Sept. 27 Octo. 27^th . . . - 77.50 For to pay Richard Williams Cap^t Evans C^o 26 Sept. 28^th Octo. . 26.25 271.75 Indian Department D^r To Cash Paid John Rogers furnishing Pack Horses 9 in number and carrying the Creeks presents from the Lookout mountain to his house - March 1797 . . . 100.— Commissoners for running the line D^r To Cash Paid Tho^s Brown his duties as a pack Horseman from 11^th to 28^th Aug^t. . . 10.— Contingent Expence D^r To Cash Paid John Leger for to bear expences being sent to Philadelphia by the Secretary of War and the committee for arresting Gen^l Blount criminal plot . . . 100.— Stephen Hillis D^r To Cash For to pay Cap^t Rob^t Lawson from 17^th Sept to 27^th Octo. 1793 . 130. 42.27 to pay David Dearborn sundry discharges for service of Suirs Expedition in 1793 . 201. 7 [undecipherable] 44 Knoxville September 7^th 1797 Clothing Department D^r To Cash Paid Stephen Duncan for 12 p[air] Shoes @ 2 D[o]. - 241.— Stephen Hillis D^r To Cash For to pay Mason de Kelly January 27^th Apr. 27^th Octo. 1793. 105.60 John [undecipherable] just for sundry powers 87.50 William Flannchio [undecipherable] 26 Sept. 20^th Octo. 26.25 279 16 Contingent Expen^ce D^r To Cash Paid Joseph Hawkins for cleaning 497 Muskets 9 Bay[onet]s @ 1/6 . 207 8 Sundry Accounts D^r To Cash 2^d M[ajo]^r [undecipherable] Berger 4^th Corp Quarter Masters Department For the transportation of Cap^t Richards bagage to S. West point - 18.— Army Department for [undecipherable] paper [undecipherable] for [undecipherable] sparks 2.49 Hospital Department [undecipherable] for [undecipherable] 3.99 Commissary D[ep]^t for com[undecipherable] study [undecipherable] 23.60 Quarter Masters Dep^t for [undecipherable] [undecipherable] 35.25 88 99 Knoxville September 11^th 1797 Quarter Masters Department D^r To Cash Paid William Pepe [undecipherable] for the hire of himself [undecipherable] Boat for transporting a Detachment of the 4^th Regiment under L^t. Valentine to Fort [undecipherable] 7 days — a[t] 2 D[o]. — 14.— Stephen Hillis D^r To Cash and Insage [undecipherable] for [undecipherable] Cap^t Morgan Brown C^o services [undecipherable] 30^th April 1796. 13 82 Contingent Expence D^r To Cash Paid [undecipherable] Chioles [undecipherable] from Knoxville to Nashvilles [undecipherable] from Aug. 21 to 4^th September 24.— Quarter Masters Department D^r To Cash Paid Benjamin Hurley shoeing Horses making Tools D^o . . . 86.— Stephen Hillis D^r To Cash for to pay John Lange range services October 1^st October 27^th 1793 27.— for to pay sundry Persons in Suirs Expedition Richard Gammon . 533.94 John Kelley Jun^r . 273.60 for to pay Francis Berg Cap^t Gr[e]gg C^o 1^st to 25 September 1793. 2.50 810 4 Knoxville September 12^th 1797 Contingent Expence D^r To Cash Paid George [undecipherable] for his services from [undecipherable] 1^st April to 26^th June 1797 . 45 Stephen Hillis D^r To Cash For to pay John Franklin Cap^t [undecipherable] Company Sept. 21 Octo. 30^th 1793. 30. For to pay William [undecipherable] Cap^t Harrison Company October 21^st December 16^th 1793 . — 84. 114.— Sundry Accounts W^r To Cash Indian Department Paid James [undecipherable] his Salary as from Agent to Chickasaw & Choctaws from 1^st October 1796 to [undecipherable] June 1797 . [undecipherable: probable reading 252.42] Ditto pay John [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Salary as [undecipherable] to the Choctaws from 1^st Sept to 30^th June 1797 [undecipherable] 337 42 Stephen Hillis for sundry [undecipherable] & 1793 [undecipherable] 1794 in the name of [undecipherable] for Mero District . [undecipherable] 23 [undecipherable] in the name of M. [undecipherable] [undecipherable] 30 97 58 Knoxville September 12^th 1797 Sundry Accounts D^r To Cash Paid Christopher [undecipherable] Quarter Masters Department for [undecipherable] repair [undecipherable] @ [undecipherable] Cap^t Van Renseilar July 23 - D^o [undecipherable] Indian Department for the [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] for M^r. Dinsmore . 6. Contingent Expence [undecipherable] Cap^t Thomas [undecipherable] [undecipherable] those in [undecipherable] to the Committee of Comp[liance] . 1.50 [undecipherable] 60 Stephen Hillis D^r To Cash for to pay Duncan Cameron Cap^t Evans Company 27 Sept. 27 Octo. 1793 . 31.— Indian Department D^r To Cash Paid Silas Dinsmore his Salary as [undecipherable] rary Agent to the Cherokees from the 1^st [undecipherable] of Aug^t. 1797 . . 250.— Contingent Expence D^r To Cash Paid Anthony Foster the sum advanced by Sam^l [undecipherable] to David [undecipherable] on [undecipherable] from [undecipherable] to [undecipherable] in October 1795. . 3.— Stephen Hillis D^r To Cash for to pay Anthony Foster for sundry Persons Mero District for 1793 21 [undecipherable] Knoxville September 15^th 1797 Stephen Hillis D^r To Cash for to pay [undecipherable] S. William [undecipherable] in Mero District for the year 1795 . 47 96 Stephen Hillis D^r To Cash for to pay Joseph [undecipherable] atty to sundry persons for services Suirs Expedition 1793 D^o 33.25 For to pay Sam^l Seaman [undecipherable] in Cap^t [undecipherable] in [undecipherable] Suirs Expedition 107.17 190 42 Sundry Accounts D^r To Cash Contingent Account Sale [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] house from [undecipherable] to the [undecipherable] . 52 Alexander [undecipherable] [undecipherable] for [undecipherable] for the Army [undecipherable] & Army 5.33 57.89 Quarter Masters [undecipherable] Paid [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Wall for [undecipherable] [undecipherable] for [undecipherable] [undecipherable] for [undecipherable] 5.50 Indian Department Paid Sam^l Mitchell in a[ddition] as Temp. Agent to the Cherokees agreeably to M^r. [undecipherable] letter of the 13^th September 1797 . 200.— 262 83 Knoxville September 16^th 1797 Stephen Hillis D^r To Cash for to pay John Ray atty to sundry services in Suirs Expedition October 1793. D^o 45.50 Do to pay Stephen Dinsean his own services and atty for John Walker . 51.75 97.25 Quarter Masters Department D^r To Cash Paid Nicholas Bartells for hiring Horses for Cap^t Richard escorting the Commission . 44 [undecipherable] 20^th Stephen Hillis D^r To Cash For the payment of Major [undecipherable] Taylor & George Christian [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Services Sept. 21^st Octo. 1793 . 331.50 For the payment of John Lung [undecipherable] [undecipherable] in Cunninghams in Cap^t [undecipherable] C^o . . . 99.80 For the payment of [undecipherable] for [undecipherable] atty to sundry persons [undecipherable] in . . . 880 [undecipherable] [undecipherable] 42 Stephen Hillis D^r To Cash for to pay both John Scott & Major George Rutledge for services in Suirs Expedition 1793. . 193.40 for to pay [undecipherable] his services . 509.50 for to pay William Blackburn Cap^t [undecipherable] Company . 23.25 776 19 Knoxville September 21^st 1797 Contingent Expence D^r To Cash Paid my expences going to Greenville to get information of Co^l [undecipherable] to collect money from M^r. Harle . 6.— Store at Tellico D^r To Cash Paid [undecipherable] Crozier for 127 Bar^s of Lead 12¾ @ 4[s].1.6 126 [lb] Powder 8/6 22.3.7¾ Bag 3 [undecipherable] Linze 7 10.6 28.15.7¾ Paid Mark Bowen for 3 Bar Lead 45^lbs @ 2.8. 2 Kegs Powder 62^lbs @ [undecipherable] 28.7[undecipherable] 2 Kegs — 3/ 1c. 21.1.— Paid Joseph Green for 1 Large Bar Lead [undecipherable] @ 4[s].6[d] Paid James Case for 2 Bar Lead 111^lbs 1/ — 7[s]. 44.8.— 243 93 Contingent Expence D^r To Cash Paid Robert Patterson a Soldier for clearing arms . 3 67 Commissary Account D^r To Cash For payment made Isaac Thomas for Provisions supplied Cap^t Richard & his troops when marching as an Escort to the Commissioners . 24 67 Knoxville September 21^st 1797 Stephen Hillis D^r To Cash for to pay James Charles sundry Persons of atty in Suirs expedition 1793 . 789 [undecipherable] 23 [undecipherable] 22 [undecipherable] Stephen Hillis D^r To Cash for to pay Joseph [undecipherable] sundry services [undecipherable] Cap^t de 1793. — 217 5 To to pay David [undecipherable] Also to sundry persons 887.35 John [undecipherable] — 889.75 Wm Conway [undecipherable] 30[undecipherable] 2017. [undecipherable] 28 [undecipherable] 2093 75 Stephen Hillis D^r To Cash for to pay Alex. Gamble services in Cap^t Harrison Company 28 [undecipherable] Octo. to [undecipherable] Dec^r. 1793. . 20 Contingent Expence D^r To Cash Paid [undecipherable] Dunlap Riding Express carrying Col^l Butler Proclamations to the Frontier . 15 Stephen Hillis D^r To Cash for to pay [undecipherable] Cameron for sundry persons for military service in Suirs Expedition for the year 1793 . 111 75 Knoxville September 23^d 1797. Sundry Accounts D^r To Cash [undecipherable] Alexander [undecipherable] Quarter Masters Department for [undecipherable] bills [undecipherable] Saddles [undecipherable] 227[undecipherable] Clothing Department for [undecipherable] [undecipherable] for the troops . 82 81 78 [undecipherable] Accounts D^r To Cash [undecipherable] Tho^s [undecipherable] [undecipherable] at [undecipherable] for [undecipherable] & [undecipherable] 10.50 Quarter Masters Department for [undecipherable] & [undecipherable] . 13.50 116.— Stephen Hillis D^r To Cash for to pay Stephen [undecipherable] for his services as adjutant in Col^l. [undecipherable] Reg^t. from September 1^st to October 30^th 1793. in Suirs Expedition . — 25 88 Quarter Masters Depart^t D^r To Cash Paid John [undecipherable] for a grind stone 3 [undecipherable] 25^th Stephen Hillis D^r To Cash for to pay [undecipherable] [undecipherable] atty for sundry discharges in Suirs Expedition 179[3] . . 189.— Knoxville September 25^th 1797. Stephen Hillis D^r To Cash for to pay Hugh Dunlap atty for services performed in Suirs Expedition . 93.60 Contingent Expince D^r To Cash Paid John [undecipherable] for ferrying men and Horses over the Bottom . 4 55 Quarter Masters Department D^r To Cash Paid John Lavend[undecipherable] Saddlers bill [undecipherable] 26^th . 11 58 Stephen Hillis D^r To Cash for to pay Edward [undecipherable] services performed in Suirs Expedition . 26.25 Barrack Account D^r To Cash "Paid [undecipherable] Parkins for 3200 [undecipherable] 1½ Inch Plank [undecipherable] 4000 [undecipherable] 1¼ [undecipherable] — [undecipherable] [undecipherable] 20.12.0. D^o 68.66[undecipherable] Waggoning the above Plank — 31 33⅓ 100 The above plank furnished in October & Novem^t. 1795. Knoxville September 26^th 1797 Stephen Hillis D^r To Cash for to pay James [undecipherable] for sundry military Services Suirs expedition in 1793. 277[undecipherable] [undecipherable] Also paid James [undecipherable] atty to [undecipherable] [undecipherable] services April 30^th May 3^d 1794 — 4. [undecipherable] 231 72 Stephen Hillis D^r To Cash for the pay of Joseph Hinda in Cap^t John Beard's Company [undecipherable] Sept. 27 Oct. 1793. . D^o 24 for to pay Thomas [undecipherable] services Sept. 26^th Octo. 17^th Cap^t Kings Company — 24.— As to pay [undecipherable] [undecipherable] of Cap^t Allison C^o 26^th Sep^t Oct. 22 22.50 70 50 for to pay Hugh Kenner [undecipherable] James Kenner [undecipherable] 1^st Nov. 3^d Nov. 1794 . — 3.— Quarter Master Department D^r To Cash Paid Baldwin Harle by an Order of L^t. Davison when on an expence to Philadelphia. the difference for the exchange of a Horse - M^r. Davison [undecipherable] . . . — 50 [undecipherable] D^r to the [undecipherable] for the sum received of Baldwin [undecipherable] for John Bouton division State of Tennessee 115/16