Account of William Upshaw
Document 1793Certification of service and settlement of pay of $98.22 for the estate of William Upshaw, late a private in 3rd South Carolina Regiment.
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The United States in A/C with the Estate of William Upshaw [undecipherable]
Dr.
For his pay from 19 July 1779 at
28 [undecipherable] incl: 16 days C [undecipherable]
Dolls: [undecipherable] per mo:
ditto from [undecipherable] 1780 incl: the months —
12 [undecipherable] 2 [undecipherable] C [undecipherable] Dolls: [undecipherable] mo:
Cr.
By biannual pay received for 10 days or
Feb: 1779 — 4 the dall'r $ 8 32/100 for one —
from the State —
ditto of the United States from 1 mo:
at 31 Dec: 1779, 10 mo: 00 [undecipherable] D'r: $ 16 45/100
additional pay Received from the State
of Pa: Carolina from Sep: 1 to 31 Dec: 1779
4 mo: C D'r: 24 D'r: $ 23 72/100 for one —
ditto of the U. State for Jan: 1780 —
6 [undecipherable] D'r: 37 75/100 for one —
ditto additional pay from the State
of Pa: Carolina for Jan: 1780 — D'r:
C 37 100/100 D'r: for one —
Balance to be Certified on [undecipherable] from
1 July 1781 —
This man appears by the documents in my
possession to have enlisted on the 19 July 1779 —
[undecipherable] the Certificate of his [undecipherable] therefore it
appears he was taken Prisoner at the fall of
Charlestown, & died before an Exchange of Pris-
oners took place — I then therefore only so-
mitted his pay to the fall of Charleston —
This Pay was [undecipherable] at the rate of 135 [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] to 1 march 1779 [undecipherable] Auditor [undecipherable]
July 24, 1796 —
The Auditor of the Treasury
War Department
Accountant's Office
February 18, 1793
Settled in Pursuance of an Act of the [undecipherable] Session
of the Second Congress of the United States passed [undecipherable] January
[undecipherable]
[Signed:] Joseph Howell [undecipherable]
Type
Document Signed
Description
Certification of service and settlement of pay of $98.22 for the estate of William Upshaw, late a private in 3rd South Carolina Regiment.
Date
02/18/1793
Author
Recipient
Sent from
New York
Document number
1793021821010
Notable persons
William Upshaw
Joseph Howell, Accountant
Richard Harrison, Auditor of the Treasury
Colonel William Thomson
Notable locations
War Department Accountants Office
South Carolina
Treasury Office
United States
Charleston
Notable items
Account
nominal pay
dollars
cents
balance to be certified on interest
settled in pursuance of an act of the First Session of the Second Congress of the United States 27th March 1792
documents in my possession
Certificate of Colonel William Thomson
prisoner
fall of Charleston
exchange of prisoners


