Account of William Scott
Document 1794Certification of service and settlement of pay for William Scott, late private in the 3rd South Carolina Regiment.
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Dr The United States in Account with the Estate of Willhelm Fortner late of S. Carolina [Cr?]
By nominal Pay &c of the State of South Carolina
for 9 Months in 1777 — 119/100 Dollars @ 100
Dollars for one . . . 6/2 — 71.20
" ditto of d[itt]o for 1778 — 150 Btt[le]s @ 3 for his for one — 11.13
" ditto for Jan[uar]y & Feb[ruar]y 1779 — 25 —
" ditto of the United States from 1 [undecipherable]
79 to 1st July 80 — 8 Months @ 6[2/3ds] — 73.33
" ditto and of the State from 1st Sep[tember] 79 to — 2.30
1st July 80 — 5 M[onth]s @ 6 d[ollar]s p[er] M[onth] — 98.33
@ 16 7/8 Dollars for one — 1.65
By balance to be certified on Interest from
the 1st July 1781 — 214.12
340 —
Dollars —
War Department
Accountants Office
September 6th 1794
Settled in pursuance of an Act of the first Session of the [undecipherable] long...
the United States before the 27th of [undecipherable]
1792 —
[Signed] Joseph Howell
Dr The United States in Account with the Estate of [undecipherable] late of [undecipherable] states &c
For his Pay from the 1st April 1777 to the 1st
of July 1781 — 51 Months @ 6[2/3] Dollars
@ Months — 344
Note The 1st July 1781 was the
day of the General Exchange
The Director of the Treasury
Type
Document Signed
Description
Certification of service and settlement of pay for William Scott, late private in the 3rd South Carolina Regiment.
Date
09/04/1794
Author
Recipient
Sent from
New York
Document number
1794090421011
Notable persons
William Scott
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

