Account of John Nicholson
Document 1794Certification of service and settlement of pay for John Nicholson, late Sergeant in the 1st South Carolina Regiment.
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[Name] Wilkinson Sergt late [?] leg. f. S. Carolina 6 —
By nominal pay rec. of the State of
South Carolina for 6 Mo. 28 Days at 77
[?] Dolls @ 100 — one — 56. 9
Do of S: for 17 Feb 78 Dis @ 3 to 85 [?] — 15. 85
Do of S: for Van [?] July 77 — 27. 67
of the United States from
1 Mar 78 to 1st July 78 11 Mo —
(@ 16 Dls ℗ Month — 110 —
Do adv. of the State from
Sep. 19 to 1 July 80 5 Ms. 50
(@ 16 Dls ℗ Mo 5 Ms. 18 [?]. 67
11. 18
By balance to be certified on
@ 16 100 Dls for one — 354. 85
By interest from the 1st July 1791 — 354. 85
11. D. advan. to Office — 12 Nov. 1794 465. 47
Settlement in pursuance of an act
of the [?] session of the [?]
of the United States March 1792 — [Signed] [undecipherable]
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The United States to [undecipherable] Dr.
For his pay from the 4th June
17 to the 1st June 1778 11
Mo. 28 Days @ [undecipherable] 415 [?]
" his Do from 1st June 1778 [?] @ 37 Dolls @ 10 Dy — 370
July 1791 —
Dollars 465. 4[undecipherable]
[Note:] The 16 [?] of July 18
was the day of the [undecipherable] Yourself
Comptroller of the Treasury
Type
Document Signed
Description
Certification of service and settlement of pay for John Nicholson, late Sergeant in the 1st South Carolina Regiment.
Date
11/12/1794
Author
Recipient
Sent from
New York
Document number
1794111221013
Notable persons
John Nicholson
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

