Account of Johnston Elkins
Document 1794Certification of service and settlement of pay for Johnston Elkins, late corporal and sergeant in the 3rd South Carolina Regiment.
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Dr. The United States in with Johnston Ellis [?] Sergt. late 3d Regt. So. Carolina
For his Pay as Corporal from 6 the of [undecipherable] 1777 to the 9th of November 1778 – 17 Months 3 days @ 7⅓ dollars p Month 125.40
" his ditto as Serjeant from the 9th Nov: 17[78] to the 1st July 1781 – 31 Months 22 days @ 10 Dollars p month –
317.33
By annual pay once. of the State of South Carolina
Bounty for 6 Months in 1779. 85 100
Dollars @ 1100 Dollars for one –
" ditto for 1778. 163 [undecipherable] @ 3100 Ds
" ditto of ditto for [undecipherable]
" ditto for [undecipherable] July & [undecipherable] 19[undecipherable] @ 40 Ds.
" ditto of the United States from [undecipherable]
@ 10 Ds p Month –
Mar 17[undecipherable] to 1st [undecipherable] @ 11 Mo: [undecipherable]
– ditto ditto of the States from [undecipherable]
Sep 79 to 1st Feb 80 – 5 Mo:
@ 10 Dollars p Month
50
200
By balance to be Certified on Interest from 1st July 1781 –
11.92
335.41
Dollars 442.73
War Department Accountants Office
July 11th 1794
Settled in pursuance of an Act of the first Session of the second Congress of the United States for [undecipherable] the 27 March 1792 –
Lynch Joseph Howell
Auditor of the Treasury –
[signature] July [undecipherable] 1794 months
[undecipherable] of Howell [undecipherable]
Type
Document Signed
Description
Certification of service and settlement of pay for Johnston Elkins, late corporal and sergeant in the 3rd South Carolina Regiment.
Date
07/11/1794
Author
Recipient
Sent from
New York
Document number
1794071121010
Notable persons
Johnston Elkins
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

