Payment to Sergeant Dempsey Williams
Document 1793Certification of service and settlement of pay of $277.33 for Demsey Williams, late Sergeant Major and Sergeant in the 5th and 1st Regiment, South Carolina.
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The United States in A/C with Demsey Williams late Sergt Major listing in the 1st So. Carolina Regt
[Dr.]
For his pay as a Private from 1 April 1777 to 1 September 1779 in the 3 Reg. 29 Months at 6⅔ Dollrs/Month 193|33
Ditto as Sergt. Major on Do from ditto t 1779 to 31 January 1780. 5 Mos & 10 Ds/Month 50|[undecipherable]
For Ditta as Reg. [undecipherable] on 1 Reg. from February to 12 May 1780. 3 mos 12 days at 10 Ds pr Month 34|[undecipherable]
Tot. 277|33
[Cr.]
By nominal pay received from the State of S. Carolina for 9 Mos in 1777 62⅔ $s at 1⅔$ for one 30|39
By Do for the Year 1778 of $o 83 $o at 3⅔$s for one 22|92
By Do for the months of Jany Feb. 1779 of $o 13.83
Before the United States from 1 Mar. to Feb. 1 1779 6 Mos at 6⅔ Ds/Mo 40
~ from the State from 1 [undecipherable] to 31 Decr 1779
as Sergt. [undecipherable] Mos at 13 $s [undecipherable] 52
$s from the United States during the 10|[undecipherable]
above time [135.83?] at 15 $s
By from 2d for Jany 9 Feb 1780. 2 Mos 20 Ds for one 9|70
[undecipherable] 10 for one 30
By balance due certified from January 1781 201|22
for 277|33
War Department
Accountants Office
February 28 1793
Settled in pursuance of an act of the first Session of the second Congress of the United States passed 27 March last.
[Signature: Joseph Howell]
[The Auditor of the Treasury]
Type
Document Signed
Description
Certification of service and settlement of pay of $277.33 for Demsey Williams, late Sergeant Major and Sergeant in the 5th and 1st Regiment, South Carolina.
Date
02/25/1793
Author
Recipient
Sent from
New York
Document number
1793022521010
Notable persons
Demsey Williams
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 last
private


