Account of William Bird
Document 1794Certification of service and settlement of pay for William Bird, late corporal in the 1st and 6th South Carolina Regiments
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[N° 68 A
Willm Bird
Capt 6th y 1st Regt. S.C.
March 27th 1794 —]
Dr The United States in Account with William Bird Capt 6th y 1st Regt South Carolina
For his pay as Private from 16th June 1777 to the 8th March 1779. 20 Months 26 days @ 6 2/3 drs ℗ Month — 139. 44
" his ditto as Corporal from the 8th March 1779 to the 1st July 1781. 27 Mos 23 days @ 7/3 drs ℗ Month — 203. 29
Dolls 342. 73
The 1st July 1781 was the day of the last Exchange —
(signed) [undecipherable]
The Auditor of the Treasury —
By nominal pay recd. for 6 Mos 22 days in the Year 1777 of the State of South Carolina
40/100 dollars @ 100 for one — 26. [undecipherable]
" ditto of ditto for the Year 1778. 83 drs
@ 3. 62
100 drs for one — 22. 13
" ditto of do for [undecipherable] 8 July 71 — 13. 83
" ditto of the United States from
1st March 1779 to 1st [July?] [17]81
80 — 11 Mos @ 8 [undecipherable] 7/3 drs 77. 33
" ditto ditto of the State from 1 [undecipherable]
Sept 79 to 5th July. 80 — 35
5 Mos @ 7 drs ℗ Mo — 126 & 16 7. 62
By balance to be Certified on Interest 286. 26
— from the 1st July 1781.
Dolls 342. 73
War Department
Accountants Office
March 27th 1794
The claim is not foreclosed —
(signed) G. [undecipherable]
Type
Copy of Signed Document
Description
Certification of service and settlement of pay for William Bird, late corporal in the 1st and 6th South Carolina Regiments
Date
03/27/1794
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department Accountants Office
Document number
1794032721501
Notable persons
William Bird
Joseph Howell
Richard Harrison
Auditor of the Treasury
Notable locations
War Department Accountants Office
South Carolina
Treasury Office
Notable items
Account
nominal pay
dollars
cents
balance
certified
interest
January
February
1779
1 March 1779
1 February 1780
1 September 1779
10 June 1777
8 March 1779
1 July 1781
general exchange
1778
claim
not foreclosed

