The State of West Virginia,
To Anthony Epling
For services as Private in Captain Cumberland Adkins Home Guards Co 167th Regiment Virginia Kanawha Co. Militia from the 8 day of August 1861, to the 8th day of August 1862 8 months and 10 days at $13 per month $183 33 I certify that the above account is correct and just, an appears from the muster & pay rolls on file in my office
George W. Brown
Col & Q. M G.
Received at Wheeling, W, VA this 22nd day Of September 1866 of Col. George W. Brown Q. M G One hundred and Eighty-three 331oo dollars, in full of the above account.
Witness Henry Keffer
Cumberland Adkins Administrator of Anthony Epling [unreadable]
Transcription by Adam Brown, undergraduate student enrolled in Dr. Billy Joe Peyton's Fall 2010 "Introduction to Public History" at West Virginia State University