Account of Samuel Johnston
Document 1794Certification of service and settlement of pay for Samuel Johnston, late sergeant in the 1st South Carolina Regiment.
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The United States in Account with Samuel Johnston late Sergeant [undecipherable] S. Carolina
Drs cts
For his pay as Sergeant from the [29]th June
1777 to the [7]th June 1778 13 Mos
——@ 8 dollars [P]r Month 46 —
" his ditto do from the 1st June 1778
to the 3rd March 1779 9 Mos 2 days
@ 10 dollars [P]r Month 90 67
" his ditto as Private from the 3rd March
79 to the 1st July 17[79] [undecipherable]
28 days @ 6 2/3 dollars [P]r Month 186 22
372 8[undecipherable]
Exchange [undecipherable] Dollars July 1st 178[undecipherable]
[signature]
The Auditor of the Treasury—
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C— cts
By commutals for pay &c of the State
of South Carolina for 7 Mos [undecipherable] o
in 1777. 96 [undecipherable] Drs $100 for one 86 52
" ditto do for 1778 166 Drs @ 3/100 for one — [undecipherable] 45 88
" ditto of the United States from 1 [undecipherable]
Mar[ch] 79 to 1st of Feb[ruary] 80 11 Mos
@ [undecipherable] Drs [P]r Month 90
" ditto of the State from 1 Sep[undecipherable]
" [undecipherable] ditto of the [undecipherable] of the State from 1 [undecipherable]
Ca[sh?] 1st July 1780 — 5 Mos
79 to 1 July 80 @ Drs [P]r Month
Ca 8 Drs [P]r Month
@ 16 2/8 Drs for one — 7[undecipherable] 131 46
By balance to be certified on Interest
from the 1st July 1791 26[undecipherable]
372 8[undecipherable]
War Department Accounts Office
July 9th 1794
Settle to Act of Congress of the 27th
March 1792.
[signature] [undecipherable]
Type
Document Signed
Description
Certification of service and settlement of pay for Samuel Johnston, late sergeant in the 1st South Carolina Regiment.
Date
07/09/1794
Author
Recipient
Sent from
New York
Document number
1794070921011
Notable persons
Samuel Johnston
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 to Act of Congress of the 27th March 1792
General Exchange

