^Dr The United States in Account with John Ernest —                                                                                                Ernest Sgt. late 3^d Reg^t. South Carolina — For his pay as Sergeant from 1^st April to the 18 the Dec. 1777 — 8 Mo^s 27 days @ 8 d^rs p^r Month — 71.20 By noncommis pay rec. of the State of South Carolina for 9 Months in the Year 1777 — 179 two dolls @ 1/100 for one — 113.71 \+ his ditto as Private 28 the Dec 77 to the 2^nd November [17]78 — 10 Months 5 days @ 6[undecipherable] dollars p^r Month — 67.78 d^o: ditto for 1773 165 [undecipherable]dolls @ 3/100 for one — 45.70 d^o of d^o January & Feby 79 — 40 " his ditto as Sergeant from 2^nd November 1778 to the 16^th November 1783 — 60 Months 14 days @ [undecipherable] — 60.15 ditto of the United States for 1 Mar 79 to 1^st Feby 80 — 11 M^os @ 10 p^r Month — 110 ditto Add^l of the State from 1^st Sep^t 79 to the 1^st Feby 1780 — 5 Months @ 10 d^rs p^r M^th — 50 Dolls 743.65 2 Incont C.S. No. 284 received of the State 5 Months @ 16 7/100 for one for £50.3.4 Sterl[ing] at 4/8 each — 11.42 By balance to be certified from the 16^th November 1783 — 215 ~ 357.33 Dolls 743.65 Note. The above Man's Gratuity has been settled by George Rice late Assistant Com[missary?] (sign^d) [undecipherable] W.D. & O. April 11^th 1796 Settled under act of Congress of the 27^th March 1792 — (sign^d) [undecipherable] Howell