Account of Peter Chambliss
Document 1794Certification of service and settlement of pay for Peter Chambliss, late of the 5th Regt. South Carolina.
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Dr The United States in Account with Peter Chambliss from the Regt: So. Carolina Troops
For his pay as Private from 15th June 1778 to 2d Nov: 78 4 Months 18 days @ 6⅔ drs p Month | dolls 30 | cts 67
" ditto as Sergeant from [2?] November 1778 to 1st [?] Dec. 1779 [undecipherable] Mo [undecipherable] days @ 10 dollars p Month | 129 | 67
" his ditto as Private from 1st Decemb 1779 to the 31st Dec: 1781 Inclu 25 Mos @ 6⅔ drs p Mo | 166 | [undecipherable]
— For his Pay for the year 1782 | 327 | [undecipherable]
— For his Pay from the 1st Jany to the 16th Novemb 83 — 10½ Mo @ 6⅔ drs p Mo | 70 | [undecipherable]
Note. The Mustr Rolls of the Field & Staff not being in my possession could not [ascertain] when he was promoted to orderly Sergeant[?] I therefore have only allowed Private's pay —
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By nominal Pay received of the State of South Carolina for 6 Mo 28 days in 1778 — [undecipherable]/100 dollars @ 100 for one | dolls | cts 13.89
" ditto of do for [undecipherable] Jany 79 — dollars — do 455 — 41.50 | 86 | 67
" ditto of the United States for 9 months in 1779 — | [undecipherable] | [undecipherable]
" ditto Addl of the State from 1st Sept. 79 to 1st Jany: 80 [undecipherable]
1 Mo [undecipherable] | [undecipherable] | [undecipherable]
By balance to be Certified on Interest from the 1st January 1782 | 302 | [undecipherable]
— By bala to be Certified on Interest from the 1st January 1783 | 327 | [undecipherable]
By bala to be Certified on Interest from the 16th November 1783 | 80 | [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] | 20 | [undecipherable]
War Department
Accountants Office
January 21, 1794
Settled in pursuance of an Act of the second Congress of the United States passed the 27th March 1792
(Signed) Jo: Howell
the Auditor of the Treasury
Type
Document Signed
Description
Certification of service and settlement of pay for Peter Chambliss, late of the 5th Regt. South Carolina.
Date
01/21/1794
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Document number
1794012121010
Notable persons
Peter Chambliss
Joseph Howell, Accountant
Richard Harrison, Auditor of the Treasury
Notable locations
Accountants Office
South Carolina
Treasury Office
United States
Notable items
Account
nominal pay
dollars
cents
balance to be certified on interest
settled act of the First Session of the Second Congress of the United States
27 March 1792
General Exchange
pay as private
pay as sargeant
Muste Rolls of the Filed Staff

