The 2nd South Carolina Regiment Paybook, 1775, is a bound volume that was kept for the 2nd South Carolina Regiment. The paybook primarily consists of receipts that recorded the wages paid to the regiment’s officers. The paybook was kept by the regiment’s paymaster, Thomas Evance, from July to October of 1775, and most of the receipts were signed by the officer receiving his pay. Consequently, the paybook contains the signatures and pay information of many officers who served in the 2nd S.C. Regiment, including William Moultrie, Francis Marion, Isaac Motte, Peter Horry, Thomas Moultrie, and Charles Motte. A page towards the end of the book also contains genealogical information about the descendants of Thomas Evance.
Copy of a letter between Elias "Wambaw" Ball and Elias Ball III at Limerick Plantation discussing Thomas Gaillard and payments, apprehension of purchasing bills using credit, a rampant fever that has affected family at Kensington Plantation, the overseer named Comings, the sale and purchase of "Fishpond by the Harlestons," a notation regarding fifteen enslaved persons, rice crops and the belief of another revolution or war within the United States.
Copy of a letter between Elias "Wambaw" Ball and Elias Ball III at Limerick Plantation discussing a bill of exchange for "Manning & Vaughan," Thomas Gaillard and payments, Elias "Wambaw" Ball settling in London, the return of "Mr. Laurens & his son," the overseer named Comings at Backriver Plantation and a wedding within the family.
A letter from Eleanor Ball at Kensington Plantation to Henry Smith discussing her brother Elias Ball III in England, and an account of payments between Henry Smith and Eleanor Ball for her schooling and board. Also attached is a list of eighteen enslaved persons received by Elias Ball to deliver to Benjamin and Thomas Smith overseas. Includes the statement "the dangers of the sea & death excepted."
