Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12398, Allin Butler, Continental Mass.
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SERVICE Continental Mass. CONTENTS Butler, Allin or Allen NUMBER S. 12398 carded
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20314207314, New York Allen Butler of Steuben in the State of N York was a private in the Comp commanded Captain Cadwell of the Regt commanded Col. Shepan in the Mass continental for 6 months. Inscribed on the Roll of N York at the rate of 20 Dollars - Cents per annum, is commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 day of Aug 1833 and sent J. G. Mathen Bath 
$40 $10 Arrears to the 4th Mar Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep.  $ 50 Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. 
Recorded by C Stile Vol. 4 Page 4 Clerk,
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Street County State New York 
I Abe Switzer deputy clerk of said county do herby certify that these papers fraped the court which they frequent to have fraped in the forms attached as they are now. In testimony whereof I have set my hand of seal of office this third day of June 1833. Abe Switzer. 

In the matter of Allen Butler applicant for a pension Declaration 1895 Adend Emore 20 Write to Joseph G. Master Batte Steuben Co N. Y.
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State County declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress paped June 7th 1832- of Our Lord of Steuben on this sixteenth day of October in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty two penned  appeared in open Court before the Judges ┃ of the Court of Common pleas of Steuben County Allen Butler a resident of the town of Bath in the County and Steel aforesaid aged Seventy eight years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make 4 following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress haped June 7th 1832. That he entered the service of the United Sates under the following and officers and served as herein stated That he was born in the town of Wester in the State of Rhode Island on the fourteenth day of April in the year 1754. That when about five years age he removed with his face is to Stafford in the State of Connecticut That when about twelve years of age he arrived with his parents from afford aforesaid to Monson in the State of Massachusetts . That he residid at Monson but a short time when he with his parents again removed to Wilbraham in the said State of Massachusetts . That he was residing at Wilbraham aforesaid at the time he enlisted in the service of the United States. That he ● enlisted in the face of the year 1776
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the month he does not account) for the time of three months in Captain Daniel Cadwin, Company in Colonel Shepard, Regiment that he does not remember the christian name of said Shepard; That he marched with said Company immediately to Exact Charter in the State of New York where the joined the Army. That soon after they arrived at said Charles the battle at ● Trogs Pointe the army was fought in which Co. Repards regiment & Captain Cadwell's company were engaged- The day before the battle took place be repaid regiment or a portion of it even engaged throwing up a great work. On the morning of the battle forty man we sat down to work upon the great work and as they were marching down towards the Breant work they discovered the British marching over the in the forty men fired upon the British which the Britt Jane Chare when the forty men returned to the law bind which lay Vol. Shepards regiment. That the battle then ended. That on the moning of this battle this depo nent was ordered to cook the rec sent and the consequently he took no part in the action. That he in the progress of the action and remembers seeing General Washing tending back & forth in the rear of the American Army, looking through any gle towards the battle - Have remember
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seeing Colonel Shepard standing on a stump and giving out the word of command. In this in gageet be. Shepards regiment only were engaged as he this was expected that another regime of the American Army cooned join them on the left but it did not arrive in time to go in the action, hear the close of the battle Col. Shepards regiment treated from the wall to Valentine Hill, and then their retreat they were pursued by the British part or nearly the whole is time - That the American forces staid all night at Valentine Hill and the next day Col. Shepards regiment to which he had all the time and still belonged, marched for White Plains at White Plaine another action took place but Capt. Cadwell's company we not engaged in it. That after remaining at White Plains a few days Col. Shepards regiment marched to North Castle - That he remained at North Castle until the time for which he and his company enlisted had expired Captain Cadwell, company was ordered to march together to a single point in the direction of Massachusetts the place not bed for the greater safety at which place he and the rest of the company were to occibly changed - that he did
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not received a certificate of his discharge nor did any of the company to his knowledge that after being discharged he-returned to his parents in Wilbraham  aforesaid, and that he con turned to reside in Wilbraham A fore-said until the fall of 1780 he being of the ravages of the ind under the command of Sir John Johnston and Col. Butter upon 4 the line of the Mohawk and in that city, he again enlisted in Capt. Abel Keep, company in Col. Onerely, Regiment and marched to Charie in the State of New York for the purpose of her ing the ravages of the Indians-The they arrived at Schoharie where they remained about four weeks - That ┃ ● there had been, but previous to his and there. That from Choharbor. Surely, regiment of which he was one marched to Albany and there remained, Ola sionally marching out in Leaceparcels daily and returning the 4 same day or evening. That he remained there until the time for which he enlisted had expired to wit three months when he was discharged by Col. Morly X who give him a written certifice come which he has since lost That previous to his second enlist ment and after his first service had enfined he had married and settled at Wilbraham aforesaid that after receiving his second dis charge he returned to his family in Wilbraham where he continued to resided for some seven or eight years when he removed to Landon filed in the said State of Case Clinsett, From Anderfield removed to Green in the County of Chenango in the State of New work and from Green removed to Bath in the County of Stena aforesaid about fourteen years ago and that he has continued certain the said last tioned ever since and until the present time. That his age was registered in his father's family be ble which his father gave him he died. That he after and gave said bible to one of his daughter ┃ That the home in which his land ter resided was burnt and as he has been informed said bible was burned in it. That he has no documenting evidence and knows no person whose testimony he can procure except the of Olicabeth Butler his wife whose affidavit is herto annexed- He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or Annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any State Sworn & Subscribed the day & years Allen Butler first above written in open Court M S Rinesly Dep. Clk Steuben County 16
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One State of New York Steuben County ss. Elizabeth Butter of the town of Bath in the said County being duly sworn deposeth & saith that she is the wife of Allen Butler the petitioner for a pension in the annexed declaration ┃ that she was married to the said Butter at Wilbraham in the State of Massachusetts in the year 1777 that their parents both resided at Wilbraham aforesaid; that she has always understood and at the time of her marriage understood that the said Allen Butler was born on the 14th day of April 1754 - that she knows that the said Allen Butler was engaged in the service of the United States as a soldier in 1776 but the particulars of his service she is only acquainted for information it being previous to her marriage, that after their marriage and in the month of August in the year 1780 the said Allen Butter enlisted in Captain Abel Keep's company from William in Massachusetts aforesaid and that the said company marched to Albany - that the said Allen enlisted for three months- that he was enlisted in Captain Abel Keep's company - that he served the said three months scribed & Sworn 16th 1832 before Elizabeth Butler H. W. Rogers J.P. Mark 3 Henry W. Rogers a Justice of the peace of Steuben County do certify that Elis abeth Butter loane is affixed to the foregoing is a person of good reputation & entitled to impose fidence as a witness A. W. Rogers
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Sworn the 16 of the David Smith a Clergyman residing in the town of Bath in the County Steuben and Amos Fully residing in the same town & County hereby certify that we are well acquainted ┃ with allow Butler who has sub served and sworn to the above declaration , that we believe him to be seventy eight years of age that he is reputed & believed in the neighbor hood where he resides to have had a soldier of the Revolution and that we concien that opinion-subscribed  day of Oct. 1832 McChunley Sep. Clk Steuben County and Smith Amos Tully and the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the he department. That the above named applicant was a Revolution ┃ any soldier and served as he states and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that David Smith who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the said town of Bath - And that who has also signed the same is also a resident in the said town of Bath and is a credible pen and that their statement is entitled to credit- G. C. Payards Henry Williams Ezra Chapin
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I Martin Ramsey deputy Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of their act that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Allen Butler for a pension. And I do certify that Henry W. Ross before whom the foregoing affidavit of Elizabeth Butler was made was at the time of making said affidavit a Justice of the peace of said County of Steuben that I acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice and that the H. W. Rogers Signed in the net of said affidavit is the proper handwriting of said Henry W Rogers In Testimony whereof, I have here unto set my hand and seal of Office this sixteenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and unty two M.S. Rumsey Deputy Clerk Steuben County
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18175 Allin Butler Steuben Co. New York Adm auth at - - Joseph G. Masten Bath, N. York
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Sir: WAR DEPARTMENT. Pension Office, 183 The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. the notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim. Period when the service was Enlisted 1776 Enlis Entered A Statement, shewing the service of Allen Butler, Steub Duration of the claimant's service. 3 ┃ 3 Rank of the claimant. private Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Ewell Capt keep Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Shepard Col Ondrely Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Fray's point I am, respectfully, Country through which he marched East Chester in N. Y. ┃ White Place North Castle Mohawk Your obedient servant, Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period- 78 in Co. N. York ┃ Willrahams Massach J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Evidence by ┃ which the declaration is supported . tradition living witness in applicants wife as to both Pensions.
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2 The following regulations have been adopted: This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia" and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service. Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law: 1. The Regular Troops. 2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers. 3. Persons employed in the Naval service. 4. Indian Spies. As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claimin the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance , make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record. REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832. of On this DECLARATION. In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832. Serior County of day of A.B. a resident (b) of personally appeared (a) before in the county of and State, Territory or District years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provion made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) served in the (e) regiment of the with and Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he enered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.] He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. And then will follow the certificate of the Court. A. B. And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of & c. If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out. Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz: (k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be and C. D. residing in (the same) who has years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that day and year aforesaid. (And then will follow the certificate of the Court. And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after --- putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. I, Clerk of the Court of contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the applicacation of for a pension. do hereby certify that the foregoing In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this Q. day of & c. Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission ; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the serupon the transaction. vices of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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3 will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted ; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case. The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia. 1. Where and in what year were you born? 2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it? war there were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary 4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom? 5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. {To a Soldier, and what has become of it? Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it givyou ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what 7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant. The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates. The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject. Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court. Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature. No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure , taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter. The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will low the rule laid down for his guidance. conforming to the rule. The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned. declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served. continental winter or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every clamant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:--For---year----months, and days, I served as a . For months and days, I served as a ; and for such service I claim a pension It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, in the militia, &c. without specifying the too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years tice, and the highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers that the service. This form of a declaration is the term of engagement; the particular place or place where the service was performed, that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent unpursuit . thority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil The law makes the relinquishment indispensable. The opinion of the Court is always required. The Clerk must give his certificate in every case. The Clerk must fix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no pubpapers . lic seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the Mode of authenticating papers. In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate. Proof of Service. In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses , and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. note applies to continental troops only. notes are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops, The proof required by rule in If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact. The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration. T. J. Bradford
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Mrs. Anna B. Stocking Coudersport Pennsylvania Dear Madam: December 1, 1938 BA-J/AWF Allin Butler S. 12398 Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Allin Butler, born in Rhode Island, in 1754, died in Bath, New York, in 1839. The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in claim for pension, S.12398, based upon the military service of Allin Butler in the Revolutionary War. Allin Butler was born April 14, 1754 in Westerly, Rhode Island. The names of his parents are not shown. When about five years of age, Allin Butler moved, with his parents, to Stafford, Connecticut, and when about twelve years of age, he moved, with his parents, to Monson, Massachusetts, where they reached a short while, and moved to Wilbraham , Massachusetts. While residing in said Wilbraham, with his parents, Allin Butler enlisted in the fall of 1776, served three months as private in Captain Daniel Caldwell's company, and in Colonel Shepard's Massachusetts regiment. He enlisted in the fall of 1780, served three months in Captain Abel Keep's company, Colonel Moseley's Massachusetts regiment, marched to Schoharie to check the ravages of the Indians under Sir John Johnson, and Colonel Butler. Allin Butler continued to live in Wilbraham,
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for seven or eight years, after the expiration of his second tour, then moved to Sandisfield, Massachusetts , then to Greene, Chenango County, New York , thence to Bath, Steuben County, New York. Allin Butler was allowed pension on his application executed October 16, 1832, at which time he was living in Bath, New York, where he had lived about fourteen years. Allin Butler married in the year 1777, in Wilbraham, Massachusetts, Elizabeth; the date and place of her birth and names of parents are not given; her parents were living in Wilbraham, when the said Allin Butler and Elizabeth were married. Elizabeth Butler, wife of the soldier, Allin Butler, was living in 1832 in Bath, New York. Allin Butler died in the month of February, 1839. Reference was made to a daughter, name not given, and a son, Allin Butler, was living in 1851 in Steuben County, New York. The papers on file in this claim contain no further discernible data in regard to family. In order to obtain the name and address of the person who received the last payment of this pension, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and furnish the following data: Allen Butler (as he was pensioned, certificate $20314, issued August 29, 1833, rate $20.00 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, New York Agency. Very truly yours A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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No. 12398 INVALID. 121398 1778 Declist to Mrs. Anna B. Stocking at Allen Butler Pri Rev War - Act June 7th 32 dex: -- Vol. M. Page 52 Arrangement of 1870.)
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Papers from files of New York Allen Butler No 20314 Mr Cole July 26 1837 Nancy Jameson a Peter Parsall- David Dunton - 12 18 ┃ Hassler 87 Ottomer all those cases by the above agt Aug of
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Washington City D C Nov in 1832 4 July 25th 1837 orable J E Heath Commissioner of Pens I enclose the Power of attorny for examination of the papers of Revolutionary Pensioners Allen Butler Peter Parsell of New York A James Jamison David Dunton E or respectfully F E Hassler
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WAR DEPARTMENT. Revolutionary Claim. ● I certify that informity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, enter of the State who was a private in the Revolutionary Army is entitled to receive Twenty dollars and cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year ● GIVEN at the War Ofice of the United States , this August 29 day of one thousand eight hundred and thi three Lee Cap Ac Examined and Countersigned. Geo. Wm Crump King Commissioner of Pensions Bath Steuben Co. has 10 years 4 March 1839 27 Seneca Co State of New York the Secretary of War.
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Allen Butler For payments to be made 142 York at New by Jesus M Agent for paying Pension ers, in the Agency of N. S. Recorded in the Pension of fice, in Book E. Vol. 4 Page 47 by blestily Clerk. the to in according to L⌨ before me Allen Butler and
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Butler State of New York ss Steuben County Came before me Allen Butler and and made the following oath according to Law that his Father Allen Butler was a Revolutionary Soldier and pensioner. That he died about February 1839- that he died twenty dollars per year, his certificate is number 20. 214 ned to him by Lenas Secretary of War dated 29 August 1838 & the original Certificate hereunto attached with a wafer. That he not appoint F.E. Haplee Genl Agt at as Washington City the evidence on file and after tain of he had his full allowance & of Pension sworn and Subscribed this 19th July 1857 Justice of the said X Allen N. Sawyer State of New York County of Steuben I to wit I Philo T. Hubbell Clerk of the County of Steuben and State of New York do hereby certify that Nathan Sawyer Esq before whom the foregoing declaration was made was at the time thereof a Justice of the peace in and for the County and State of said, and duly authorized to administer oaths for general In testimony whereof I have hereunto ┃ Signed my name and affixed my Seal this 19th July 1851 P. P. Hubbell Clerk of the County Court hoses.
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Pension Bureau Washington. D.C The History of Steuben Co N.Y. by "near" page 360 gives the Rev. service of "Allin Butler" who was born in R.I. 1754, and died in Bath, N.D. 1839. A Rev. Pensioner I would very much like the data on his pension certificate as he is an ancestor. I would like the name of his wife, dates of Marriage - Names of children, their ages and every thing that can help in establishing this line or that may be of interest to the family Thank you for trouble Sincerely (Mrs) Anna B. Stocking Condersport a