Account of John Bird
Document 1794Certification of service and settlement of pay for John Bird, late sergeant in the 1st and 6th South Carolina Regiments
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[No 58
John Bird
Sergt 6th y 1st Regt S.C.
March 27th 1794.]
Dr The United States in Account with John Bird Sergt late 6th & 1st Regts N. Carolina
For his Pay as Corporal from the 20th [undecipherable]
1777 to the 5th August 1779, 25 Months
12 days @ 7/3 dollars pr Month —
" his ditto as Sergeant from 1st August
1779 to the 5th July 1781 23 Months
@ 10 drs pr Month —
| drs | cts |
|-----|-----|
| 186 | 27 |
| 230 | — |
| 416 | 27 |
By nominal pay recd of the State of N. Carolina
for 6 Mos 12 days in the year 1777 52 [undecipherable]
73 dollars @ 1/100 for one — 62
" ditto of do. for the Year 1778 110 drs @ 3/100
" ditto of do. for Jany & Feby 79 — 18— 33
" ditto of the United States from
1st March 79 to 1st July 80
11 Mos @ 7/3 & 10 drs pr Mo. 96. 69
" ditto Advce of the State from
1st Sept 79 to 1st July 1780 50
5 Mos @ 10 drs pr Month $165 — @ 16 [undecipherable] for one
By balance to be Certified on Interest
from the 5th July 1781 —— Dollars
| drs | cts |
|-----|-----|
| 32 | 78 |
| 30 | 39 |
| | |
| | 46. 83 |
| 343 | 27 |
| 416 | 27 |
Ditto
War Department
Accountants Office
March 27th 1794
This claim is not founded —
Ditto
General Exchange Appd [undecipherable] Howell
The Auditor of the Treasury
Note: The 1st July 1781 was the day of the
Type
Copy of Signed Document
Description
Certification of service and settlement of pay for John Bird, late sergeant in the 1st and 6th South Carolina Regiments
Date
03/27/1794
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department Accountants Office
Document number
1794032722501
Notable persons
John Bird
Joseph Howell
Richard Harrison
Auditor of the Treasury
corporal
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
20 June 1777
1 August 1779
1 July 1781
general exchange
1778
claim
not foreclosed

