Account of John C. Adams
Document 1794Certification of service and settlement of pay for John C. Adams, late Corporal in the 3rd South Carolina Regiment.
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N° 4
John C. Adams
1st & Corpl. 3rd
Regt. S. Carolina
July 9th 1794
Dr The United States in Account with John C. Adams Private & Corpl. 3d Regt. S. Carolina Br[igade] Cr
For his pay as Private from the 15 of May
1778 to the 31st July 1782 50 Months
16 days @ 8⅔ d[olla]rs p[er] Month —
* his ditto as Corporal from the 31st July 1782
to the 16th November 1783 15 Mo[nths]
16 days @ 7/5 d[olla]rs p[er] Month —
336 89
113 91
By monumental pay rise for 7 Months 17 days
in 1778 94/100 Doll[ars] @ 4 [undecipherable] dol[lars] for one
ditto for January & July 79 — 25
" ditto of the United States from 1st
Mar. 79 to 1st July 80 M[onths] 13 83
@ 6⅔ D[olla]rs p[er] Month —
" ditto Octo[ber] of the State from 1st
Sep[tember] 79 to 5th Feb[ruary] 1790 — 5 30
$128.33
Mo[nths] @ 6 d[olla]rs p[er] M[onth]
Indent W.H. [undecipherable] received of the State for one
@ 16 100 D[olla]rs for one
£69.12.2 [undecipherable] Listing d[olla]rs 4[?] each —
29[undecipherable] 32
By balance to be Certified on Interest
from the 16th November 1783 — $122.14
Dollars 450 80
War Department Accountants Office
July 9th 1794
Settled agreeably to Act of Congress of the
27th March 1792 — [signed] J. Howell [undecipherable]
The Auditor of the Treasury —
Type
Copy of Signed Document
Description
Certification of service and settlement of pay for John C. Adams, late Corporal in the 3rd South Carolina Regiment.
Date
07/09/1794
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department Accountants Office
Document number
1794070926501
Notable persons
John C. Adams
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
settled
act of congress of 27 March 1792
January
February
1779
1 March 1779
1 February 1780
1 September 1779
15 May 1778
31 July 1782
16 November 1783
indent
pounds sterling

