Account of Edward Nickens
Document 1798Certification of service and settlement of pay for Edward Nickens, late 6th and 10th North Carolina Regiments
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N° 538
Edward Nickens p.
[late] 6[.] & 10th Regt [N. Car.]
January 18th 98
Dempsy Burge fo[r]
Dr The United States In Account Current with [The Esta[te of Edward Nickens]]
For his pay from 5th Augt to 31st December 1777 —
4 Mos 27 days @ 6 2/3 dollars pr Month —— 32 67
For his ditto from 1st January 1778 to 1st of
August 1780 — 31 Months @ 6 2/3 d[ollar]s
pr Month ———————————— 206 66
Dollars 239 33
The claim of Edward Nickens is allowed agreeably
to the Act of Congress of the 8th June 1784 and the instructions
hereunto —
The Auditor of the Treasury.
Edward Nickens p[vt] late 6 & 10 Regt N. Carolina Cr.
By nominal pay recd in 1777 — 32 67/100 dollars
@ 4 dollars for one ———————————— 8 17
By nominal pay received for 1778 — 80 Dolts
@ 5 [undecipherable] Dollars for one ———————— 15 75
By ditto for 1779 — 80 D[ollar]s @ 21 [undecipherable: probable reading 92/100] D[ollar]s for one 3 65
By ditto for January, February and
March 1780 — 20 Dolts @ 40 dolts
for one —————————————— .50
By Balance on Interest from 1st Augt
1780 —————————————— 211 26
Dolts 239 33
Department of War
Accountants' Office
January 18th 1798
Settled in pursuance of an act
of the first Session of the Second Congress of
the United States passed the 27th of
March 1792 —
Signd Wm Simmons
Acct. Dep. War.
Type
Copy of Signed Document
Description
Certification of service and settlement of pay for Edward Nickens, late 6th and 10th North Carolina Regiments
Date
01/18/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department Accountants Office
Document number
1798011822201
Notable persons
Edward Nickens
William Simmons
Auditor of the Treasury
United States
Notable locations
War Department Accountants Office
North Carolina
Notable items
account
pay
Act of Congress
nominal pay
balance on interest
settled


