Texas clan of Bowen
Aquilla Adams was husband to Mary Bowen

: Aquilla Adams :
Texas Frontier Regiment
Discharge papers & pay voucher.
July 1,1862 - February 14,1863

Transcribed By I,Bowen.

Note : Italics represent the handwritten portions of the paperwork.

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I Certify, that the within named Aquilla Adams a Private

of Captain John J. Dix Company (H) of the Texas Frontier Regiment

of State of Texas born in [ Blank ] in the State of [ Blank ]

Aged [ Blank ] Years, [ Blank ] feet, [ Blank ] inches high, [ Blank ] Complexion [ Blank ]

eyes,[ Blank ] hair, and by profession a [ Blank ] was mustered into service

by Capt. John J. Dix at Concrete, Dewitt Co. on the 8 day of

March eighteen hundred and 62 to serve for 1

Year.. and is now entitled to a discharge by reason of Expiration of Service

There is due him as follows:

 

FOR PAY from 1 of July 1862 to 14 of February 1863 being 7 months 14 days at 12 dollars per month...... $ 89.60

FOR USE OF HORSE from 1 of July 1862 to 14 of February 1863

being 229 days @ forty cents per day............................................................................................................................$ 91.60

FOR USE OF ARMS from 1 of July 1862 to 14 of February 1863

being 7 months and 14 days at one dollar per month ............................................................................................... $ 7.47

FOR PAY FOR TRAVELING from place of discharge to place of mustering into service being 180 miles

twenty miles per day equal to 9 days at $24 per month........................................................................................... $ 7.20

For 11 months 8 days CLOTHING @ $25.00 for six months.............................................................................. $ 46.94

He is Indebted to the State of Texas

FOR CLOTHING furnished him in kind ................................................................................................................. .$ 31.20

 

The contract price of the ration at Camp Dix is 45 cents.

Given in Duplicate at Camp Dix this 14 day
of Febry 1863

( signed by ) John J. Dix

Commanding Officer

Note- When a soldier transfers his certificates, the transfer must be made on them, witnessed by the Commisioned Officer, when practicable, or by some other reputable person know to the Quartermaster.

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Voucher No. 63

Paid 12 day of March 1863

___________________________ Aquilla Adams ____________________________
Pay ...............................	$ 89.60
Use of Horse ..................	$ 91.60
Use of Arms ..................	$ 7.47
Travelling ......................	$7.20
Subsistence ....................	$6.75
Clothing ........................	$15.74
Amount ....	$ 218.36

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Aquilla Adams is listed on the Muster Roll of Captain J.J. Dix's Company, in the Texas Frontier Regiment of Mounted Volunteers,
commanded by Colonel James M. Norris.

Called into the service of the State of Texas from the 8th day of March 1862, when mustered, to the 30th day of July 1862 by Governor Lubbock under the Act of the Legislature, approved December 21st, 1861. [ info - link ]

 

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