Account of John Smith
Document 1794Certification of service and settlement of pay for John Smith, late Sergeant in the 1st South Carolina Regiment
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D[r] The United States in acct with John Smith late 1st Ag[ent] of S[outh] Carolina —
To his pay as Private from 7 May to
9 and June 1777 — 26 days @
6 2/3 Dollars p[er] Month
" this Do as Serg[ean]t from 2d to June [17]77
the
to 9 Mar [17]79: 9 Mo: 7 days @
8 Dollars p[er] Month
" his Do as Private from 9 Mar
" this Do to 1st July 1781 — 3[9] Months
73 to 1 — a 6 2/3 Drs p[er] Month
22 days @ [undecipherable] p[er] Month
By annual pay rec. from the State for
7 Months 18 days in [17]77: 102 [undecipherable] Dollars
44
41 months for one — ~ 6/
do of U.S. for 1778 9 Months @ 3 [s.] p[er] one
" do for Jan[uar]y & Feb[ruar]y [17]79 — 13.83
" do of the United States from
1st Mar [17]79 to 1st July [17]80
11 Mo @ 6 2/3 Drs p[er] Mo
ditto Acc[oun]t of the State from [30]
1st July [17]79 to 1st Feb[ruar]y [17]80
5 Mo @ 6 2/3 [?]
" ditto Y No 1138 Acc[oun]t of the State
for £20: 8. 10 May[?] his 4/9 each
By balance to be Certified
Interest from 1st July 1781
War Dep[artmen]t adce Nov[ember] 27th 1794
attested in pursuance of an order [undecipherable] of [undecipherable]
of the sum do [undecipherable] of the United States for [undecipherable]
the 27th Mar 1792: [signed] [undecipherable]
The above sums rec[eive]d from
the State for pay up to the [undecipherable] and [undecipherable]
the Auditor of the Treasury [signed] [undecipherable]
Type
Document Signed
Description
Certification of service and settlement of pay for John Smith, late Sergeant in the 1st South Carolina Regiment
Date
11/27/1794
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Document number
1794112721010
Notable persons
John Smith
Joseph Howell, Accountant
Richard Harrison, Auditor of the Treasury
Notable locations
War Department Accountants Office
South Carolina
Treasury Office
United States
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
indent
private

