Account of Edward Ellis
Document 1794Certification of service and settlement of pay for Edward Ellis, late private in the 3rd South Carolina Regiment.
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Dr The United States to the Estate of Edward Ellis [Province?] late [undecipherable] [undecipherable] | Dolls | Cts
The United States in Acc[oun]t with the Estate of [undecipherable]
For his Pay from the 24th July 1777
to the 1st July 1783 — 4[undecipherable] 7 days
@ 6⅔ Dollars P[er] Month[s]
3[undecipherable]4[undecipherable] 80
By numerals [undecipherable] pay, rice of the State of
So[uth] Carolina for 5 atto[?] 3 days in
1777 65/100 Dollars [undecipherable] [undecipherable] 100 Dollars for [undecipherable]
35 20
[undecipherable] p[er] p[?] 1779 — 150 D[o]s @ 3/100 per one 11 43
[undecipherable] Jan[uary] 5 Feb[ruary] 79 — 25 —
[undecipherable] of the United States [undecipherable]
17[undecipherable] July 30, 11 M[onths] 6 [undecipherable] 73.33
[undecipherable] Add[?] of the State from 1[undecipherable]
of July 79 to 1st July 80, 5 M[onths] 38 128.33 7[undecipherable] 65
@ 6 do[?] 8 Months — [undecipherable] 128.33
@ all [undecipherable] to one [undecipherable]
By balance due to be Certified on
Interest from the 1st July 1781 — 230[undecipherable] 230 6[undecipherable]
3[undecipherable]1[undecipherable] 3[undecipherable]
War Department Accountants Office October 30th 1794
Settled in pursuance of an Act
of the United States passed [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] 1792.
[signed] [undecipherable signature]
Note. The 1st of July 1783
was the day of the Gen[era]l Exchange[?]
[signed] [undecipherable] Howell[?]
Auditor of the Treasury
Type
Document Signed
Description
Certification of service and settlement of pay for Edward Ellis, late private in the 3rd South Carolina Regiment.
Date
10/30/1794
Author
Recipient
Sent from
New York
Document number
1794103021012
Notable persons
Edward Ellis
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 passed the 27th March 1792
General Exchange

