Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L.Wt. 1073-100, Zachariah Butt, Md.

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_Butt, Zachariah_

SERVICE 
_Md._

NUMBER 
_B.L.Wt. 1073-100

Papers are on file under Edward Butt-B.L.Wt.107-100

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March 27, 1939
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Viola M. Butts
Veterans Administration
U. S. Veterans Hospital
Indianapolis, Indiana

[handwritten] Her letter in

Edward Butt
B.L.Wt.1072-100
[handwritten]Zacharaiah Butt
B.L.Wt.1073-100
Ba-J/MCD

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your request for information relative to Edward and Zachariah Butt of Maryland who served in the Revolutionary War.

The data which follow were obtained from papers in bounty land claim on file under Edward Butt, Wt.1072-100, and based on the Revolutionary War service of Edward and Zachariah Butt.

The dates and places of birth of these soldiers (who were brothers) and the names of their parents are not shown.

Edward Butt enlisted March 28, 1778, as fifer in Captain Williams' Company in the Second Maryland Regiment and was killed March 15, 1781, in the battle of Guilford Court House. Zachariah Butt enlisted March 28, 1778, as private in Captain Williams' Company in the Second Maryland Regiment and was killed August 16, 1780, in the battle of Camden. Zachariah who was older than Edward, also rendered service earlier in the Revolution than the enlistment beginning on March 28, 1778, but no details of the service are given. Their residence at enlistment is not shown.

On October 15, 1823, Thomas Butt of Greenbrier County, Virginia, one of the heirs-at-law of Edward and Zachariah Butt (relationship and names of other heirs not given) applied for bounty land due on account of the Revolutionary War service of these soldiers. on January 3, 1824, Warrant 1072 for 100 acres of bounty land was issued on account of the service of Edward Butt and on that date Warrant 1073 for 100 acres of bounty land was issued on account of the service of Zachariah Butt for the benefit of Thomas Butt and the other heirs of the said soldiers.

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In order to obtain information relative to the location of the land granted on account of the service of Edward and Zachariah Butt, it is suggested that you address the Commissioner of the General Land Office, Interior Department, this city, giving the warrant numbers, the the acreage and the date the warrants were issued.

One Barruck Butt (relationship not given) testified in support of said claim, in Berkeley County, Virginia.

The papers in said claim contain no further data relative to the family of these soldiers.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator