Account of Samuel Johnston
Document 1794Certification of service and settlement of pay for Samuel Johnston, late sergeant in the 1st South Carolina Regiment.
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Dr William Henderson late 2d Dpty Paymast[er] Gen[era]l [undecipherable] Cr
By commutation [pay received] of the State [of] [undecipherable] Dollars
Earnest [?] [months] on 77—79 Dollars [undecipherable]
12 Dollars for one [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] of the United States from 1 of May
to 1st of Nov[ember] 79 3 Months @ [undecipherable]
Dollars [undecipherable] Months
D[itto] of the State from 1 Sep[tember] to 20 [undecipherable]
1 [undecipherable] 79 2 months @ 20 [undecipherable]
93.83
[undecipherable] 19 oo Dollars for one
to 1 July 1781
By balance due as Interest from
the 1 July 1781
45.81
27.98
7.63
204.72
235.85
Department of War
Accountant's Office
Dec. 1, 1790
[undecipherable] in pursuance [undecipherable] the above [undecipherable]
the 27 [undecipherable] March 1792 [signed] W[m] Simmons
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Dr The United States in a/c with William Henderson 2d
For his pay as private from the 1st of [August?] [177?] to the 25th of [August?] [months] @ [undecipherable] Dollars p Month . . . 32
his Ditto as Corporal from the 25th [undecipherable] to the [undecipherable] [year] to the [undecipherable] [months] Say 27⅓ Dollars p Month 12 Months . . . 84.95
his Ditto as Private from [undecipherable] [year] to [undecipherable] 12 Months @ [undecipherable] Dollars p Month . . . 80
[undecipherable] 78 to 1st Sep[tember] 79 12 Months @ [undecipherable] Dollars p Month . . . 84
[undecipherable] Months . . . [undecipherable]
Dollars 235.18
I certify the foregoing [account] [undecipherable]
Note: [undecipherable] I have [undecipherable] he was [entered?]
[undecipherable] to the [Auditor] of the Treasury
[signed] [undecipherable]
Auditor of the Treasury
Type
Document Signed
Description
Certification of service and settlement of pay for Samuel Johnston, late sergeant in the 1st South Carolina Regiment.
Date
07/09/1794
Author
Recipient
Sent from
New York
Document number
1794070921010
Notable persons
Samuel Johnston
William Simmons, 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 to Act of Congress of the 27th March 1792
General Exchange
private

