Account of Elijah McGuire
Document 1794Certification of service and settlement of pay for Elijah McGuire, late sergeant in the 3rd South Carolina Regimen.
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Dr The United States in Account with Elijah M'Guire late S. Dects. So Carolina
For his pay as Private from 1st June 1777
to 1st Dec. 1779. 30 Months @ 6⅔
dollars ꝑ Month — — — — — — — — — 200 —
his ditto as Sergeant from 1st Dec.
74 to 1st July 1781 14 Months @ 10
drs ꝑ Month — — — — — — — — — 140 —
Dolls — 390 —
Note. The 1st July 1781 was the day of
the General Exchange —
The Auditor of the Treasury
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By nominal Pay rec. of the State of South
Carolina for 7 Months in 1777 — 87/100
dollars @ 100 for one — — — — — — — 50 87
" ditto for the Year 1778 — 150 dollars @
" 100 dolls for one — — — — — — — — 41 43
" ditto of ꝑ for Jan & July 79 —
" ditto of the United States from
1st March 1779 to 1st Feb.y 80 — 80 —
11 Mo.d @ 6⅔ $10 drs ꝑ Mo.s
" ditto ded. of the State from 1st
Sep. 79 to 1st July 80 — 5 Mo.s 38 —
@ 6 $10 drs ꝑ Mo. — — — — — — — 8 52
@ 16⅔ Ca. 100 ꝑ one — — — — — — 143
By balance to be certified on interest
from the 1st July 1781 — — — — — — 289 18
War Department
Accountants Office
March 24th 1794
390 —
Settled under Act of Congress of the 27th
March 1792.
Nyuel N. Howell
Type
Document Signed
Description
Certification of service and settlement of pay for Elijah McGuire, late sergeant in the 3rd South Carolina Regimen.
Date
03/24/1794
Author
Recipient
Sent from
New York
Document number
1794032421010
Notable persons
Elijah McGuire
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 under Act of Congress of the 27th March 1792
General Exchange
private

