Account of John Colby
Document 1793Certification of service and settlement of pay for John Colby, late private in the 4th South Carolina Regiment.
100%
⇣
No human transcription currently available for this document.
This transcription was generated by machine using Anthropic's Claude Code (model sonnet 4.6). It may contain errors or inaccuracies. Please verify against the document image. Learn more about our generative AI methodology.
Dr. The U.S. with Jas Colbey [undecipherable] late [undecipherable] in 4th So. Carolina Regt. Cr.
For his pay from 9 August 1778 to 1 July 1781
34 Months 22 days @ 83⅓ p[er] [undecipherable] $ 220 46
By Nominal pay received from the State of So. Carolina for 4 Mos 23 days on 1778. 3.2[undecipherable]
at 4.33 for one 6 82
By D[itt]o for Jan[uar]y feb 8 Mos [undecipherable] 1779 20.75 [undecipherable]
By D[itt]o of U.S. for 9 Mos on [undecipherable] 7 60
By S[tate] of So. Carolina for
Adj[usted] Bill $200 & Dec[ember]
24 — 110.75 at 16 to
By bal[ance] to be certified on Int[erest] from 1 July
1781 274 67
$ 280 45
War Department
Accountants Office
Nov[ember] 12. 1793
Settled in pursuance of an Act of the first [session?] of [Congress?] of the United States, passed the 27 March last
[Signature: Joseph Howell [undecipherable]]
The Auditor of the Treasury
Type
Document Signed
Description
Certification of service and settlement of pay for John Colby, late private in the 4th South Carolina Regiment.
Date
03/12/1793
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Document number
179303122110
Notable persons
John Colby
Joseph Howell, Accountant
Richard Harrison, Auditor of the Treasury
United States
matross
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