Extract of Warrants for David Henley
Document 1797Extract of Warrants issued by Secretary of War in favor of Samuel Meeker, Samuel Meredith, Daniel McMahon, William Chancellor, Alex Cain.
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Extract of Warrants Issued by the Secretary of War — taken from the Warrant Books in the Accountants Office.
| Date | No. | In whose favor | Purposes | Amount Dollars | Cents |
|------|-----|----------------|----------|----------------|-------|
Oct: 11 1797 | 2348 | Samuel Mecker | So full for three bills of exchange drawn by Benjamin Hawkins Esq. viz: 1 dated Nashville May 23d 1797 for — 306.81 / 1 do — ditto — 611.81 / 1 do — Knoxville July 17 — 870 | 1793 | 96
Nov 6 | 2390 | Sam. Meredith | In full for a bill of exchange drawn by ditto dated [undecipherable] 20th 1797 on acc: of his compensation ditto | 1000 | —
25 | 2413 | Sam. Mecker | So full for two bills of exchange drawn by do dated 9th August 1797 for / ac 13 do — 1163.33 | 2163 | 33
28 | 249[undecipherable] | Daniel Mc Mahon | In full for a dite-ditto drawn by ditto dated Hopewell 9th Sept. 1797 | 745 | 37
Decr 11 | 2408 | William Chancellor | So full for do. drawn by David Henley dated Knoxville November 9th 1797 — On account of the pay David Henley as [undecipherable] | 700 | —
25 | 2419 | Sam. Mecker | In full for two bills of exchange drawn by do dated 9th August 1797 for / ac 13 do — 1163.33 | 2163 | 33
28 | 2499 | Daniel Mc Mahon | In full for a dite-ditto drawn by ditto dated Hopewell 9th Sept. 1797 | 745 | 37
Decr 11 | 2408 | William Chancellor | So full for do. drawn by David Henley dated Knoxville November 9th 1797 — On account of the pay David Henley as [undecipherable] | 700 | —
19 | 24[undecipherable] | Alex Cain [undecipherable] | Alex Cain drawn ditto — the [undecipherable] — On account of this pay David Henley — from [undecipherable] to do [undecipherable] | 30 | —
Accountants Office
Department of War
December 13th 1797
[Signatures]
[Endorsement, written sideways:] Extract taken from the Warrant Books — Dav. S. Henley Esq.
1797
Type
Document Signed
Description
Extract of Warrants issued by Secretary of War in favor of Samuel Meeker, Samuel Meredith, Daniel McMahon, William Chancellor, Alex Cain.
Date
12/13/1797
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountants Office
Document number
1797121321101
Page start
1
Notable persons
David Henley
William Simmons
Samuel Meeker
Samuel Meredith
Daniel McMahon
William Chancellor
Alex Cain
Notable locations
Accountants Office

