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It would not have been West Augusta, which was dissolved in 1776.
By the mid 1780s, when the war pay was really due and the depreciation certificates issued, the Mason-Dixon line had been drawn, old Yohogania Co. and Monongalia Co. no longer existed or (in Monongalia's case) covered part of Fayette, and Fayette, Washington and Greene Counties were established with their own Courts (Fayette not until 1783 when set off from Westmoreland as far as PA was concerned).
Since your man seems to think the suit was in Washington, it would be worth while looking at Washington Co. estate/court records for letters of administration issued to Flowers, but you must have done this. A Thos Flowers was enumerated for 1790 in Washington Co, PA.
But I know that a Lambert Flowers was in Fayette before he moved up to Harrison Co, (West) VA, so maybe any of the three Counties are a possibility.
The Monongalia Co. Court records that burned in 1796 were not in Morgantown; it was John Evans' shed that burned, which was in the NE section of Cass District, on the W. side of the Monongahela River from Morgantown. There are some interesting disputes between the Court Justices and Evans; they made him thenceforward keep the records in the Courthouse, but for a while he insisted on putting some of them on top of a post that could only be reached by a ladder. They thought, perhaps rightly, that he did not want them to see what he was collecting in recordation and perhaps other fees.
Good hunting!
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