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Norvell, J.T., fl. 1872 [Final statement and pay voucher for Abraham Hill, 10th Cavalry]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07334.01 Author/Creator: Norvell, J.T., fl. 1872 Place Written: Fort Sill, Oklahoma Type: Document signed Date: 12 September 1872 Pagination: 4 p. : Height: 28.5 cm, Width: 22 cm Order a Copy

Signed by Norvell as Captain of the 10th Cavalry. Final statement of Abraham Hill, an African American private in Captain S. J. Norvell's company. States that Hill was enlisted 12 September 1867 in Wilmington, Delaware, to serve for five years. Reports that Hill is owed $64.62 for his service. Docketed by C. R. Ward, 2nd Lieutenant of the 10th Cavalry. Ward states that he forwarded the final statement to J. J. Fisher, possibly employed at the office of the paymaster. Attached to a pay voucher for Hill, signed by Fisher. Reports that Hill received money he was owed by J. W. Nicholls, Paymaster of the United States Army. Both documents are partially printed.

Fisher, J. J., fl. 1872
Norvell, J. T., fl. 1872
Ward, C. R., fl. 1872
Hill, Abraham, 1846-?
Nicholls, James W., fl. 1863-1875
Norvell, S. J., fl. 1872

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