Account of William Swords
Document 1795Certification of service and settlement of pay for William Swords, late private in the 6th South Carolina Regiment.
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The United States in [undecipherable] with William Swords [undecipherable]
To his pay from 1st of June [undecipherable] 1779
To [undecipherable] pay 1780 or 2 — 39 Months & [undecipherable] days
[undecipherable] per Month 248 —
248 —
[undecipherable] Due
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United States with William Swords private date of [undecipherable] Caroline C[undecipherable]
By nominal pay from 1st [undecipherable] to the [undecipherable] of [undecipherable]
Resolves for 6 months 6 days in the [undecipherable]
1777 $2 88 1/90 Per one — 23.36
22.03
Due of Pay 1778, 83 dollars & 22½ per one
Bl: of pay to 1 Jany 1779 12½ = 13.33
Bl: of the Militia from 1 March 79
to 14 July 1780 11 months & 6 [undecipherable] days 93.33
Ditto additional of the State Army
Sept 1st 1779 to 1st July 1784
5 months & [undecipherable] days per month
117.16
$ 16 78 for 1 one
6.88
By balance to be [undecipherable] on Interest 16 13
from the 1st of August 1780 — $2 48
[undecipherable] of [undecipherable]
Accountant Office
[undecipherable] 2d 1795
Settled under Act of Congress of March
27 1790 [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] amount
[signature]
Type
Document Signed
Description
Certification of service and settlement of pay for William Swords, late private in the 6th South Carolina Regiment.
Date
06/27/1795
Author
Recipient
Sent from
New York
Document number
1795062721010
Note
Recipient not specified, but likely Richard Harrison, Auditor of the Treasury
Notable persons
William Swords
William Simmons, Accountant
Notable locations
Department of War Accountants Office
South Carolina
Treasury Office
United States
Notable items
Account
nominal pay
dollars
cents
balance to be certified on interest
settled in under Act of Congress of 27th March 1792


