Account of Henry Covington
Document 1795Certification of service and settlement of pay for Henry Covington, late private in the 3rd South Carolina Regiment.
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Statement of [the]
Henry Covington
claim as a private of
So[uth] Carolina Regt[ment]
[Large diagonal cross drawn across the text]
entered on the Register as
presented by Simeon [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] [signature]
D[r] The United States m[undecipherable] [to] Henry Covington [private?] So[uth] Carolina [undecipherable]
By nominal Payments [undecipherable] of the [undecipherable]
South Carolina for 8 days in the
month of February 1779 — 3.93
" [undecipherable] of the United States from
the 1st March 79 to 1st [undecipherable]
1790. 11 Months [undecipherable] 73.33
" the Value of the State from
1st [undecipherable] 79 to 1 July 80 6 Mo[nths] 30 [undecipherable]
Ca 6 [undecipherable] Month — [undecipherable]
C 18 [undecipherable] for one — [undecipherable]
106.68
By balance to Companion [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
from the 1st [undecipherable] Dollars [undecipherable]
For his Pay from the 21st February 1779 to the —
[undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] months [undecipherable] days
[undecipherable] months 8 days [undecipherable] months
[undecipherable] Dollars [per?] month
98.22
48.[undecipherable]
[stamp: National Archives, United States]
[stamp: Settling [undecipherable], United States]
Department of War
Accountants Office
Dec[ember] 5 1795
Settled in pursuance of the [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] the [undecipherable] Congress of the United
States [undecipherable] March 1792.
[signature]
the Auditor of the Treasury
The [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] the
[undecipherable] of the General [undecipherable]
Note [undecipherable] only [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] the time he was [undecipherable]
Type
Copy of Signed Document
Description
Certification of service and settlement of pay for Henry Covington, late private in the 3rd South Carolina Regiment.
Date
12/05/1795
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Document number
1795120521010
Notable persons
William Simmons
Richard Harrison, Auditor of the Treasury
Henry Covington
Notable locations
Department of War Accountants Office
South Carolina
Treasury Office
Notable items
Account
nominal pay
dollars
cents
balance
certified
interest
settled act of the First Session of the Second Congress of the United States
27 March 1792


