Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 23,724, Stephen Butler, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Butler, Stephen Cata
N. 23,724
CONTENTS

Reported
Let. O. B. Fullen
Mar 27/55 Examined with Orig. Rolls Aug. 1883 M.S.
174 New York Albany Leah Butler widow of Stephen Butler Conn. who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of July 1848. and sent to Hon Henry Rex Hoff
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 9 Vol. 4

6585
Cata Butler N.Y.
act 7 July 38
m92d12
on Rolls-
3 years
acomd
2 yrs pri
80 $
No deduction
Jonathan Mason Canandaigua N.Y.

State of New York } Vates County } }
On this Eighteenth day of November 1839. personally appeared before the circuit court of the seventh district in the state aforesaid, being a court of Record, at a circuit court, held by Daniel Morely Logan, circuit Judge of said district, at the court House in the village of Penn Yan, in and for the County of Yates, on the third Monday in November 1839. Cata Butler, a resident of the town of Benton in the County of Yates, aged seventy six years, who, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 7. 1838. entitled "An act granting half pay and pension, to certain widows". That she is the widow of Stephen Butler, who was a private soldier in the army of the Revolution. has always understood her husband, in his life time, to say, that he enlisted into the army of the Revolution, in the early part of the year 1777. into the Company commanded by Captain Abbey, in Col. Willes' Regiment, in Genl Parsons Brigade. that her husband used to say he had a brother named Benjamin Butler, now dead, who belonged to the same company with him. that her husband, the said Stephen Butler, in his life time, used to say that he enlisted in the town of Enfield in the County of Hartford in the state of Connecticut. that previous to his joining the army, he was sent to the Pest House or Hospital at Hartford, when he was unmanacled for, and had the small Pox. always understood him to say, that he had the small Pox in the spring of 1777. or in the early part of the summer of the same year. Her husband used to say that he first enlisted for three years. served in all five years. and first joined the army of Genl Washington near New York. that he was in the battle of Monmouth, & that he was wounded in the thigh a little above the knee, the scar she has frequently seen, and thinks

sick while he was with the army in New Jersey and that he was attended, during his sickness by his brother Israel Butler who was in the army with her husband - that he was regularly discharged at Morristown New Jersey at the expiration of his first Enlistment - that he had lost his discharge - that he was discharged in the year 1780. and that he resided, in the town of Stafford in the county of Polland, when he first enlisted has frequently heard her husband say, that part of the time he was in the army of the Revolution, he held a Sargents warrant. She has frequently heard her husband say that his brother Israel Butler, was in the army with him, tho' not in the same Regiment. And she further says, that she has in her possession no documentary evidence of her husband's service in the Revolutionary Army, and that she knows of none, unless the evidence of his service be found in the Muster Rolls or some other Records in the war Department.
She further says and declares that she was married to the said Stephen Butler on the Eighteenth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety two - in the town of Argyle in the county of Washington in the state of New York. that her maiden name was Parker - that her husband the aforesaid Stephen Butler died on the thirtieth day of October in the year one thousand Eight Hundred and twelve - that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January seventeen hundred and ninety four (viz) at the time above stated.

Sworn & Subscribed on the day & year above written - Cate Butler
State of New York } Yates County ss }
I Abner Woodworth Clerk of the circuit court in and for the County of Yates Do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Cate Butler widow of Stephen Butler deceased for a pension - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this Eighteenth day of November 1839 Seal of county - A Woodworth Clerk

State of New York } Ontario County } ss:
Cata Barden being duly sworn says that she resides in the town of Benton in the County of Yates in the State aforesaid - is thirty nine years of age is the daughter of Stephen Butler and Cata Butler. that Stephen Butler, her father, died on the 30th day of October 1812 - that Cata Butler, her mother having survived him, and having been named the widow of Stephen Butler, ever since his decease - that Cata Butler, this deponents mother is now a widow - that the said Stephen Butler this deponents father, in his life time, kept a Family Record - that the said Record so made by him, was made & kept in a small Bible, which, since the death of this deponents father has been, as now is, in the custody of Cata Butler this deponents mother. This deponent further says, that the original Family Record so kept by her father in his life time, is annexed to Betsy P. Fullams affidavit, and is wholly in the hand writing of Stephen Butler her father, - and that she is well acquainted with his hand writing. And this deponent further says, that she has often seen the said Family Record, annexed as aforesaid, before and since the death of her father, and knows it to be the original Family Record of Stephen Butler, this deponents father - and this deponent further says, that the said Record annexed as aforesaid, has always been recognized by all the children of the said Stephen Butler as his family Record, and as such Family Record has been always referred to for the dates therein contained by all her father's family - and further saith not.
Subscribed & sworn
Cata Barden

I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Cata Bardam, who has subscribed and sworn to the within affidavit, and know him to be a person of good character, and whose statements are entitled to full credit and belief - George Leonard Justin of the Peace
State of New York Putnam County Clerk's Office I Thomas Hall Clerk do hereby certify that George Bardam Esq. whose name is subscribed to the foregoing affidavit and Certificate was on the day of the date of the same a justice of the Peace in and for said County duly elected & qualified & authorized to take the same - And that his signature subscribed to the above affidavit & Certificate are genuine. The Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said County this 9 th day of January 1845 Thomas Hall. Clerk

Sunday Stephen Butler was Married to Vesta Barker on the 18 th of 1792 in Douglas County Tenn.
Betsy Butler was Born Nov 21 st 1790 in Tazewell
She was Married at 65 in the 11th year
Stephen Davis Butler was Born in Seneca in the County of Ontario & State of New York April 13 th 1798. about 11 o'clock at night. Friday
Caleb Butler was Born April 11 1804 in the County of Seneca of Ontario & State of New York about half past 7 o'clock P.M. it being on Saturday

State of New York Monroe Co. ss
Betsy P. Fullam being duly sworn according to law says that she resides in the town of Pennington in the County of Monroe in the State aforesaid, is forty six years of age, is the daughter of Stephen Butler and Cata Butler. that Stephen Butler, her father died on the 30th day of October 1872. that her mother, Cata Butler, having survived him, and having remained his widow, ever since the death of her father the said Stephen Butler - is now the widow of Stephen Butler deceased. That Stephen Butler, her father, in his life time, kept a Family Record - that the said Family record so by him kept, was made on a blank leaf in a small Bible, which, since the death of her father, has been, and now is, in the custody of Cata Butler this deponent's mother. This deponent further says that the said Family Record, so kept as aforesaid, by the said Stephen Butler, is herunto annexed, and is in the hand writing of the said Stephen Butler, this deponent's father, and also, that she is well acquainted with his hand writing - And this deponent further says, that she has often seen the Family Record, which is herunto annexed, both before and since the death of the said Stephen Butler, this deponent's father, and knows the same to be the original Family Record of Stephen Butler deceased. And this deponent further says, that the said Family Record, which is herunto annexed, has always been recognized as such, by all the children of the said Stephen Butler deceased, and as such Family Record, has always been referred to for the dates therein contained. and this deponent further says, that leaf containing the said Family Record of Stephen

in her presence, and annexed to this her affidavit by her direction and at her request - and further the deponent saith not -
Subscribed & sworn _____ Betsy P. Fullam
this 9th day of November
A.D. 1839 Before me
Gershon Dunham _____ Justing of the Peace
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Betsy P. Fullam, who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing affidavit, and know her to be a person of good character, and one whose statements are entitled to full credit as a belief -
Gershon Dunham Justing of the Peace
State of New York Monroe County ss I certify that Gershon Dunham Esq. was at the time of taking the above affi- davit, a Justice of the peace in and for said county, and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe that the signatures to the above affidavit and certificate are genuine - Witness my hand & said official seal, this seventh day of January 1840 Ephraim Goss clerk

New York } County of } }
that Butler being duly sworn, says he resides in South Bridge the county and state aforesaid, is eighty years of age, and that he now receives a pension for his services, as a soldier, in the army of the Revolution, from the Government of the United States, of ninety six dollars per annum, under an act of Congress passed in 1818. that he is well acquainted with Cata Butler, that she is the widow of Stephen Butler, youngest Brother of this deponent. that he was present at the marriage of his brother Stephen Butler with the said Cata Butler - that her maiden name was Perkins. that the marriage took place in the town of Argyle in the county of Washington state aforesaid in the fall of the year 1792. that his brother Stephen Butler died in the month of October 1812. that the said Cata Butler is now, and has remained, the widow of his brother Stephen since his death.
This deponent further says, that his brother Stephen Butler was a soldier in the army of the revolution - that his brother Stephen Butler enlisted into the army of the revolution in the spring or early part of summer of 1777. in the town of Enfield in the county of Hartford state of Connecticut, in a company commanded by Captain Abbey, in Colonel Miller's regiment, in General Parsons' Brigade. that at the time he enlisted, resided in the town of Stafford, Windham County, the state of Connecticut. that his brother Stephen, immediately after his enlistment, was sent to Hartford, and put into a Pest House or Hospital, where he was convalescing for, and had the small Pox. that, after he had had the small Pox, his brother Stephen joined the army, which lay near New York, under Genl. Washington. This deponent says further, that he belonged, a part of the time, to the same Brigade, with his brother Stephen. and was with him, when not on duty, almost daily for many months at a time. that his brother was in the battle at Monmouth, which took place in 1778. and that he was in the battle at Long Island and Germantown.

again - that his brother Stephen was wounded a while he was in the service, but this deponent cannot now state time or place - but the wound he received was in the fleshy part of the thigh a little above the knee - This deponent further says, that his brother Stephen was regularly discharged at Morristown in New Jersey in the year 1780. at the expiration of his enlistment which this deponent thinks was for three years - Saw his brother Stephen discharge, at the time he received it - that this deponent was also discharged at the same time and place - that his brother Stephen returned home after he was discharged, but that this deponent still continued with the army with many others, at the request of Genl Washington who publicly addressed those whose time of service then expired, requesting them to continue with the army - This deponent says, that he was with his brother Stephen in the army, in the same Brigade tho' not in the same Regiment, during the most part of three years - that frequently, their respective Regiments lay near each other, when he used to see him every day - This deponent further says that he had another brother named Benjamin who belonged to the same Company with his brother Stephen - thinks his brother Stephen had a Sergeants warrant and did the duty of an orderly sergeant some part of the time while he was in the army - but cannot speak with certainty as to that fact -
Sworn & subscribed
the 24th day of October A.D. 1839 Before me
Israel Butler
(Peter K. Vaux) Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Israel Butler who had subscribed & sworn to the foregoing affidavit and believe him to be a person of good character, and one whose statements are entitled to full credit and belief -
24 Oct 1839
(Peter K. Vaux) Justice of the Peace

State of New York Columbia County Clerk's Office
I Thomas Hall Clerk do hereby certify that Doctor
H. Hawks Esq. whose name is subscribed to the foregoing Affidavit and Certificate was on the day of the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly elected and qualified and authorized to take the same and that his signature subscribed to said above Affidavit & Certificate are genuine
In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand Seal of said County this 9 th day of January 1840 Thomas Hall. Clerk

V.L.M.
Rev WIDOW, &c.
1909 L. 13. 25 Hist. to Mrs. William Graham. 1913 L. 13. 13 Hist. to Louisa B. Copestake. V.L.M.
File No. 23724
Dora Butler
Widow of
Stephen Butler
Ohio River Road
Act. Feb 2nd 1848
Index:—Vol. A , Page 106
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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6585 Jan 14. 1840
for July 7. 1838
Cata Boller mo: of Stephen
52
FRED
Jepus S. Edwards Esq. Commission of Pensions Washington D.C.

Canaanargua Clinton County January 9th 1840
S. L. Edwards Esqr
Enclosed are the papers of Cata Butler on her application for a pension -
Stephen Butler, her husband, died in 1812. His brother Israel Butler, whose affidavit is annexed, says that Stephen Butler's name will be found on the Records at Washington - that his name was found (Israel's) on his application for a pension, & is confident his brother Stephen's name will be found, as they were in the same Brigade -
I remain Respectfully
Yours &c
Jonathan Mason

5125
2. 9th
Albany New York
Beta Butler
widow of Stephen Butler dec'd
who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 30th October 1812 of Yates Co. in the State of N.Y. who was a Private in the Comp'y. commanded by Captain Abbott of the Reg't. commanded by Col. Willis in the Brig. line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany N.Y. at the rate of 80 Dollars ————— Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 4th day of March 1840 and sent to M. Canandaigua N.Y.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1840 $320.00 Semi-annual allowance ending Sept. " 40.00 $360.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by W. G. G. Dison Clerk, Book 2 Vol. 2 Page 49
Sec. 4 (March) r.p. to L. Adams

Pirinton March 20 th 1853
Hon. G. P. Waldo,
Please inform me by letter if Eatie Butler who drew a pension under the Act of Feb y 2 nd 1848 and is recorded in the Pension Office in the Roll of Pensioners. Page Nine Vol. four, who drew a Pension of Eighty Dollars per Annum, is entitled to or has recd an increase of Pension.
Yours Respectfully
Olis B. William
G. P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Direct to Fairport Monroe Co. N.Y.

Patricia
3574
New-York  Albany
Hata Butler
widow of Stephen Butler
who was a Private
in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars ————— Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22nd day of Dec. 1843 and sent to
L. Adams Rochester, N. York.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book Q Vol. 1 Page 102

3604 In the matter of Cata Butler Application for a Pension under the Act of 3 rd March 1913 -
$80 per an
L. Adams agent Rackham N.B.
3604

State of New York County of Monroe } Ys.
On this Tenth day of August in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty three personally appeared before me a justice of the peace in and for said county, Cata Butler a resident of the town of Pinton in the county and state aforesaid aged eighty years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 3 rd March 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Stephen Butler who was a private in the army of the Revolution. And that the annual amount of the pension which she received under the act of July 7. 1838 was the sum of eighty Dollars. She further declares that she is still a widow. Sworn to and subscribed Cata Butler on the day & year above written William Welch Justice of the Peace
State of New York County of Monroe } Ys. I hereby certify that the declarant Cata Butler named in and who subscribed the above declaration is personally known to me to be the same person named in and who subscribed said declaration Wm Welch Justice of the Peace

State of New York,
Monroe county ss. I certify that William Welch Esqr. is a Justice of the peace in and for said county, and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe that the within signature purporting to be his is genuine.
Witness my hand and seal of office this eleventh day of August 1843. James W. Smith clerk.
State of New York,
Monroe County ss. I certify that William Welch Esqr. is a justice of the peace in and for said county, and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe that the heretofore signature to the foregoing certificate purporting to be his is genuine. Witness my hand and seal of office this Eleventh day of December 1843.
James W. Smith Clerk of Monroe County

DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of 2d February, 1848, entitled "An Act making further provision for surviving widows of the soldiers of the Revolution."
STATE OF New York Morroe COUNTY. } ss.
On this Eighth day of July 184 8
personally appeared before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said county, duly authorized by law to administer oaths, Mrs. Cata Butler a resident of Perrinton in the county of Morroe
State of New York , aged 85 years, who
being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed the 2d February, 1848, granting pensions to the widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war; that she is the widow
of Stephen Butler who was a soldier in Col. Willis' Regiment
in the war of the Revolution, and that she has drawn a pension at the rate of Eighty dollars _____ cents,
per annum, under the Act of 17th June, 1844. She further declares that she is still a widow.
E W T  Butler
SWORN TO AND SUBSCRIBED on the day and year above written, before me
Gerhorne Burham Justice of the Peace.
I certify that the declarant is personally known to me, and that she is the same individual she represents herself to be in the foregoing affidavit.
Gerhorne Burham Justice of the Peace.
Handwritten notes: 1/2 1/2 1/2

State of New York Monroe County - ss.
I hereby certify that Gustavus Danham, Esquire, was at the time of taking the Certificate of Proof or acknowled- gement of the within instrument in writing a Justice of the Peace in the said County, duly authorized to take the same, that I am well acquainted with him at the time of signing, and truly believe that the signature to said Certificate is his true and lawful signature.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said County this Eighth day of July 1848
John C. Nash Clerk of said County
Rev Henry Davis P.O. Box 100
Sealed
99 3574

JK
TREASURY DEPARTMENT Office of the Auditor for the Interior Dep't, November 10, 1913.
Respectfully referred to the Commissioner of Pensions and the writer so advised.
J. W. Wavell Auditor.
EM

24 Hill Street, Morristown, N. J., Nov. 6, 1913.
Mr. R. Woolley, Washington, D. C. Dear Sir,
The Adjutant General has sent me the enclosed slip, in reply to a request for information concerning Benjamin  Butler and Stephen Butler , Revolutionary War soldiers in Capt. Abby's Company, 3d Connecticut Regiment under Col.

Samuel: Wyllys.
Will you kindly tell me if the pension records give any facts concerning these men, especially anything which would help me in tracing their families, or parentage?
There seems to have been two Benjamins and two Stephens, and I should like to get the records of all four. One Stephen was pensioned in Ohio, 1818 and one Benjamin in Connecticut, and the others received no pensions.
I shall be glad to

receive any help you can give me.
Very truly yours. (Miss) Carlotta B. Capshaw
The Adjutant General of Connecticut has told me that the records are all in Washington.

Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Stephen Butler a soldier in the Revolution, supposedly from Connecticut, died in Penfield Monroe Co. New York about 1812. His wife was Catherine Parker. Can you give me his or his widow's pension record.
Very respectfully Mrs. William Graham Graham Farm, Rochester, Mich Jan. 6, 1909

Off July 26. 1821, and sent to S. Day Ravenna, Ohio
7376
Ohio
Stephen Butler
of Portage County in the state of Ohio who was a Sergeant in the regiment commanded by Colonel _____ of the Connecticut line, for the term of 6 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 8 — Dollars per month, to commence the 15 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 of March 19 and sent to Hon. J. King Portage Co. Ohio
Arrears to 4th of March 1819. 10 mo. \frac{16}{30} \frac{4}{31} . 85.29 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sep r . 1819 — 48 —
$ 133.29
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }

Ohio - 3451
Phebe Butler
Stephen Butler
Conn
was a pensioner under the Act of March 18. '15 and who died on the 25 th April 1822
at Portage in the State of Ohio
who was a Sergeant in the comp y commanded
by Captain Hart of the Leg n commanded
by Webb in the Connecticut
for 2 years
Entered on the Roll of Pittsburgh Pa
at the rate of 120 Dollars — Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 th day of July 1839 and sent to Mrs. J. W. Cochran Franklin Mills Ohio
Arrears to the 4th of March $ 360.00
Semi-annual allowance ending
60.00
$ 420.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
by Resin Orme Clerk, Vol. 2 Page 215

Stephen Butler Serj. 77 to 83 300 connect. Pgs.
Admitted

State of Ohio Portage County
Honorable J. A. Cuthron Secretary of War
L S
Personally came Stephen Butler
before me Samuel King for one of the associate Judges of the Court of common pleas for the County aforesaid and made solemn oath that he enlisted during the Revolutionary war on the fourteenth day of March - 1777 into the third Connecticut Regiment and served some time in the 3 d Company and from that to the Light Infantry Company in which company he was in when discharged and that on the eight day of June 1783 he received a discharge signed by his Excellency Genl Washington which discharge is herewith in envelope Stephen Butler
Sworn to and subscribed before me this fifteenth day of April. A D 1818
Samuel King 3 d Associate Judge
State of Ohio } April 15 th 1818 Dr. J. A. Cuthron Personally appeared before me the above

The State of Ohio } Portage County ss } I Seth Day Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Portage do hereby certify and make known that that Samuel Hling Junior Esquire before whom the within deposition was taken and subscribed was at the time of taking the said deposition and now is an Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of said County duly Commissioned and sworn and to whom official acts full faith and credit are due and ought to be given as well in Courts of Justice as thereout — In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Ravenna this seventeenth day of April Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and eighteen (Signature) Clerk

Stephen Butler, 90
7,376 Sept Portage County
1811 Dated Sept 15 th March 1819
John W for W.E.
L. Day Ravenna, Ohio
Seth Day
Due on? July 26 1821 and sent to Seth Day, Ravenna Ohio

State of Ohio      Be it remembered that at a Term Portage County      of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Portage specially holden at the Court house in the Town of Ravenna within and for said County of Portage and State of Ohio before Elias Harmon Nova Day and Augustus Badmer Esquires Associate Judges of said County holding said Court being a Court of Record for said County Officially constituted by Law Proceeding according to the course of Common Law with a jurisdiction Unlimited in point of amount keeping a record of their proceedings and having the power of fine and imprisonment
On the Seventh day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty Personally appeared in open court Stephen Butler aged Sixty one years Resident in town in said County who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, that in the Spring of 1776 one month at New York in a Regiment Com- manded by Mathew Patrott Esq in a Company commanded by John Cashman Esq that in June the same year he enlisted at Saybrook in Connecticut into a Regiment commanded by Samuel Selden Esq into a Company commanded by Silpha Chapman Esq for six months which time expired on the 25 th day of December the same year got home the last of December was in the retreat out of New York and in the battle at White Plains that on the Twentieth day of March 1777

The declarant further states that his family consists of himself aged 61 in tolerable health for a man of his age his wife named Phebe a woman of a slender constitution always unwell and in pain a son Lyfender Washington a slender boy about sixteen years of age - and that the acquisition of the declarant is that of a farm that he has a deed of no less has entered with William Wetmore agent for Joshua Stone for one hundred and fifty five acres of land at $3 per acre on which he now lives but has not paid anything towards it and that he is not legally entitled to the following persons exclusive of what he owes for the the land he lives on
  (viz) to William Wetmore $143 00   to George Hartel 28 00   to Guy Walcott 18 00   to Neal Buckley 15 00   to Stewart Gaylord 12 00   to Timothy Brainard 13 00   to Job Harrington 21 00   to John G Gaylord 08 00   to Josiah Piper 20 00   
$278-00
Seems to have subscribed in open court this 7 th day of August A.D. 1829 -
Stephen Butler
Deputy Clerk
The State of Ohio I Beth Day Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said county Portage County, ss do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copies from the records of said court: And I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule after deducting the debts due and owing by the said Stephen Butler is twenty five

Before the 18 th day of March 1878 said that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property securities or contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereunto annexed and subscribed by me This declarant exhibits here in Court the following Inventory of his estate viz
   $ cents     1 horse 45 1 Sheds 18x72 1 barn 2 87 1/2   1 Yoke of oxen 45 10 known and poles 2 25   2 Cows 32 1 Set table spoons 1 25   3 Young cattle 2 year old 30 6 plates 17 1/2 75   2 Young cattle 1 year old 12 6 cups and saucers 62 1/2   2 Calves 6 1 basket & 3 bowls 1 10   1 Sheep 2 4 Glases 60   1 Potan 5 4 tin before 30   1 Drogg 4 3 lion pans 75   2 Chains 5 2 earthen pans 50   1 ax 2 1 barrel of whiskey 13   1 hoe 1 10 Small Hags 13   1 scythe 1 50 horse harness 07   2 pitchforks 62 1/2 debt on the Docket   1 sickle 87 1/2 of Egg warmer 10   1 old table 1 1 old saddle & bridle 06   6 old chains 3 about 40 bushels of   1 spinning wheel 2 wheat in the sheaf 20   1 large wheel 1 about 20 bushels of Rye   1 Reel 75 in the sheaf 05   1 loom drill wheel & knife 6 about 60 lb of oat stalk 4   1 Iron kettle (pot) 1 cast iron 1   269 75 208 75 89 99   25 00 89 00  

he enlisted at Saybrook in Connecticut During the War into a Regiment commanded by Samuel B. Webb in a Company commanded by John Hart Off in the Continental line on the Continental establishment that he was on Long Island when Colonels Webb and Oly were taken that he was in the battle of Roadside under Genl Sullivan and in the battle at James Town in Virginia under the Marquis De La Fayette and at the taking of Lord Cornwallis at York Town in Virginia - and that on the eight day of June 1783 he received a discharge signed by Genl Washington - that this declarant has heretofore on the fifteenth day of April 1818 under the provisions of an act of Congress of the 18 th day of March 1818 made a Decla- ration of his said services and requested his discharge before Samuel King Jr Off then one of the associate judges of said Court and in pursuance thereof has been inscribed on the Pension list of the United States as by his Pension Certificate No 7376 dated the 5 th day of March 1819 and his pension appears. And I do solemnly swear that I was a citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby to so diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the Revolutionary War

4809
Phebe Butten of Stephen Ohio
on sale Capt. B. Webb Capt Hart P. March 14 1777 for loan, Capt. Mann 1780 Sept 17 - Mar 1781, out sale P. for 3 months 1778 to Dec. 31. 1780.
admitted last 2 m 1820 died 25 April 1822 pension discount under act 1 May 1820.
Capt Hart Col S. B. Webb Com line
act 7 July '38
D. M. Cochran Franklin Mills Ohio

The State of Ohio } Portage County, ss }
On this sixteenth day of February A D one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine personally appeared before me Van H. Humphrey President Judge of the third judicial circuit of the State of Ohio. Phebe Butler a resident of the township of Stow, in the County of Portage and State of Ohio, aged seventy six years on the eleventh day of July A D one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight who I do hereby certify, is unable to appear in court, by reason of bodily infirmity, and who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7 th . 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows," that she is the widow of Stephen Butler late of the Township of Stow aforesaid, deceased, who was a soldier in the war of the American Revolution, that her said deceased husband was born at Saybrook in the state of Connecticut on the tenth day of December A D one thousand seven hundred and fifty eight, that he entered the service the first year of the war and in the second year of the same he enlisted

which she believes is now on file at the pension office in the City of Washington. That her said deceased husband some time in the year 1818 or 1819 applied for and obtained a pension which was paid to him for two years which was discontinued in the year 1820 or 1821, by reason as she understood of some change in the law that at the time of his death he had a certificate of the allowance of his pension which was preserved until the fall of the year 1837 when the house in which it was kept was partially demolished by a hurricane and that paper with others was lost. That she has now no documentary evidence of the service of her said husband, nor of his having been a pensioner and knows of none except the said written discharge and the declaration made and other evidence produced by her said deceased husband when he applied for and obtained his pension as aforesaid which papers she believes are now on file in the pension office and to which she begs leave to refer for further proof of the service of her said deceased husband. And she further declares that she was married to the said Stephen Butler at Killingworth in the County of Middlesex in the State of Connecticut on the twenty seventh day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty five, that she lived with him at Killingworth until the month of July 1838 when they removed to Lyndon then in Oneida and now in Lewis

county in the state of New York. thence in the year 1807 they removed to Randolph in the county of Portage and state of Ohio. and thence in the month of January 1809 they removed to Stow in said county of Portage where her husband the said Stephen Butler died on the twenty fifth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty two. That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety four. to wit. at the time above stated. and that she has never been married since -
Abel Butler
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before me
Van R. Humphrey
Portage J. Dist Ohio
The State of Ohio, PORTAGE COUNTY, ss.
I Horace V. Beebe Deputy Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the county of Portage, and State of Ohio, do hereby certify, that Van R. Humphrey Esquire, before whom the foregoing and annexed Deposition - was taken, was at the time of taking the same, President Judge of the Circuit of and county  in and for said county , duly commissioned and sworn, and to all whose official acts as such, full faith and credit are due, and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his, is genuine as I believe.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the

Deposition of Betsy Butler taken to be used in the application of Phoebe Butler to obtain a pension pursuant to the Act of Congress passed July 7. 1838 entitled "an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows"
I Betsy Butler of Stow in the county of Portage and State of Ohio, of lawful age being duly sworn do on my oath depose and say, that I am the widow of Henry M c Butler who was a son of Stephen Butler deceased, that I lived in the family of the said Stephen Butler at the time and several years before his death, that I was present at the time of his death which happened on the twenty fifth day of April A D one thousand eight hundred and twenty two in said township of Stow, and that the said Phoebe Butler is the widow of the said Stephen Butler.
I knew that the said Stephen Butler drew a pension for one or two years about the year 1820, I have often seen the certificate of a pension being allowed him, that said certificate with other papers came into my said husband's hands at the death of the said Stephen Butler and was kept by him during his life and after his death it was kept by me till the fall of 1837, when the house, in the garret of which the said certificate was kept in a box with other papers, was roofed in a storm and said certificate was lost,
And further that the Bible from which the last known attached marked A. was the property of the said Stephen Butler and at his death came into the possession of my said husband and at the death of my said husband and...

been in my custody, that the record of the marriage of the said Stephen Butler and Phoebe Gruns is in the hand writing of the said Stephen Butler and the record of the death of the said Stephen Butler is in the hand writing of my said accused husband, that the leaf containing said records was cut out of said Bible by S r W m Cashman the magistrate before whom this deposition was taken,
Betsy Butler
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 14 th day of February A D 1839.
S r W m Cashman Justice of the Peace
I certify that Betsy Butler the witness who made the above deposition is a credible person
S r W m Cashman Justice of the Peace for the County of Portage
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The State of Ohio, PORTAGE COUNTY, ss.
} I Horace G Beebe Deputy Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the county of Portage, and State of Ohio, do hereby certify, that Solomon Cochran Esquire, before whom the foregoing and an- nected Deposition — was taken, was at the time of taking the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said coun- ty, duly commissioned and sworn, and to all whose official acts as such, full faith and credit are due, and that the fore- going signatures purporting to be his, are genuine as I believe.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court at Ravenna, this 20 th day of February A. D. 1839 Horace G Beebe Deputy CLERK.

Stephen Butler owner of this Bible was born
December 10 th 1758 Deceased His life April 25 th 1822 in his 63 rd year Phebe wife of Stephen Butler was born July 11 th 1762 Married Jan'y 27-1785
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Rev. and 1812 Wars Section AWP/eel
January 26, 1929
Francis Butler Falkner Hotel Camden 2nd and Penn Streets Camden, New Jersey
Sir:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W.4908 , it appears that Stephen Butler was born December 10, 1758, at Saybrook, Connecticut.
He enlisted in the spring of 1776 and served one month in Captain John Cochran's Company, Colonel Matthew Talcott's Connecticut Regiment.
He enlisted in June 1776 and served six months in Captain Blisha Chapman's Company, Colonel Samuel Selden's Connecticut Regiment, and was in the battle of White Plains.
He enlisted March 14, 1777 and served as a Sergeant in Captain John Hart's Company, Colonel Samuel B. Webb's Connecticut Regiment, he was in the battles of Rhode Island, Jamestown, and surrender of Cornwallis, and was discharged June 8, 1783.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 15, 1818, while a resident of Stew, Portage County,

Ohio. He died there April 25, 1822.
Soldier married January 27, 1785 at Killingsworth, Connecticut, Phebe Graves, who was born July 11, 1762, place not stated.
She was allowed pension on her application executed February 16, 1839, while a resident of Stow, Ohio.
In 1820, son, Isander Washington, was fourteen years old; and Betsey, widow of son, Henry W., was living in Stow, Ohio, in 1838.9.
There are no further data concerning his family.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

By His Excellency GEORGE WASHINGTON, Esq; General and Commander in Chief of the Forces of the United States of America.
THESE are to CERTIFY that the Bearer hereof Stephen Miller a Serjeant in the Third Connecticut Regiment , having faithful- ly served the United States from the 14 th March 1777 to the date hereof and being enlisted for the War only, is hereby DISCHARGED from the American Army.
GIVEN at HEAD-QUARTERS the Eighth Day of June 1783.
G. Washington
By His Excellency's Command,
John Callender
REGISTERED in the Books of the Regiment,
Jos. Clark Adjutant.
THE above Serjeant Stephen Miller has been honored with the BADGE of MERIT for Six Years Years faithful Service.
Wm. H. Webb Colonel

HEAD-QUARTERS, June Eight 1783.
THE within CERTIFICATE shall not avail the Bearer as a Discharge, until the Ratification of the definitive Treaty of Peace; previous to which Time, and until Proclamation thereof shall be made, He is to be considered as being on Furlough.
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
Stephen Beall Esq. Discharge Light Comp. 3rd Regiment
Stephen Beall Esq. W. L. 1783 London. L. D. 1783

1910 Dec. 12 Hirt. to Cynthia Weston V.P.L. 1913 Nov. 13 Hirt. to Carol B. Cookshaw V.P.L. Letter in W.F.L. 3/24 Hirt. Cutler Aug. 14 Hirt. to Carol 1926-Aug. 14 Hirt. to Carol m. Spicer and 1927 Apr. 18 Hirt. to Arthur B. Graham and 1929 Jan. 26 Hirt. to Frank B. Falkner and
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 4908
Phebe Butler Wid.
Stephen Butler Sergt. Conn. Line
Act: July 17/38
Index:—Vol. 64 Page 102

Applicant aged 61 yrs -
Tolerable health -
- wife - slender constitution - age not stated -
- son 14 yrs old -
Has an article for the purchase of 155 acres land, on which he now resides - but has nothing yet for it -
Amount of Sales: $2700 -
Deceased from 1777 till the close of the war -
Not entitled

This is to certify that Henry J. G. Williams Commission Merchant Washington City D.C.

Franklin Mills Ohio June 22 d 1839
Sir
Some three or four months ago I forwarded the Application of Phebe Butler for a pension under the law of July 7. 1838 from which I have received no answer. The old woman is very anxious to learn the determination of the department in the matter, will you therefore have the goodness to inform me.
Your Obedient
S. W. Lovechan
J. G. Edwards Comm ee of Pensions.
No 4809 re d 26 Feb

Feb. 26. 1839
Om 4809
Ohio
July 1838
J. S. G. Charles Crown Prince of Prussia Washington City D. C.
and

Franklin Mills Portage County O. Feb 20. 1839
Sir
I herewith enclose the declaration and proofs in the application of Phebe Buttle for a pension,
Please examine the papers and inform the applicant through me of your determination in the case,
The discharge of Stephen Buttle, the wid d is probably on file in the Pension office. Also his declaration and the depositions (if any) forwarded by him when he applied for his pension in 1818 or 1819.
If the proofs in this case should be deemed deficient in any particular, inform me and it is possible that it may be supplied.
Yours Truly
S. W. Cooshan
J. S. Edwards per Com ee upon Pensions —

Signature of the Magistrate
Elisha Kelsey Justice of the Peace
State of Connecticut
County of Middlesex
John Dike Clerk of the County Court of the County & State aforesaid do hereby Certify that Elisha Kelsey Esq. is a Justice of the Peace in & for the S d County of Mid- dlesex duly Commissioned & qualified. That his Commission is dated the 31 st day of May 1838. & will expire on the 20 th June 1839. & that his signature above written is genuine Given under my Hand & the seal of S d County this 30 th day of Jan y . AD 1839.
J. Dike

Deposition of Ephraim G Swift taken to be used in the application of Phebe Butler widow of Stephen Butler late of Slow, in the county of Portage and state of Ohio, deceased, to obtain a Pension under the Act of Congress passed July 7th 1838, entitled An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows,
I Ephraim G Swift of lawful age being duly sworn do on my oath depose and say, that I am, and have been for more than five years last past, pastor of the 3 d Church of Christ in Tillingworth, in the county of Middlesex and state of Connecticut, that the records of said Church are now in my possession by which it appears that the Rev d Henry Ely (now deceased) was pastor from the year 1783 to the year 1801, and that I find in the hand writing of said Henry Ely on said records a certificate of which the following is a true Copy with the exception of the repetition of the date in letters enclosed within the parentheses, that is to say,
"Were married January 37 th (Twenty seventh day) 1785" (one thousand seven hundred and eighty five) "Stephen Butler and Phebe Graves"
And I further say that the above date is expressed on said record in fair and legible figures.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 28 th day of January AD 1839.
Ephraim G Swift
Elisha Pelsey Justice of the Peace
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 28 th day of January AD 1839.

C O P Y
STATE OF CONNECTICUT ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE HARTFORD.
January 19, 1928.
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
This certifies that the records in this office state as follows:
STEPHEN BUTLER
Enlisted as a private March 17, 1777, in Captain John Hart's company in Colonel Samuel B. Webb's regiment; corporal March 1780; sergeant May 1, 1781, no residence stated.
Corporal in Captain Roger Welles' Light Infantry Company at the Southward with Lafayette, February 1st to March 1, 1781, no residence stated.
Connecticut pensioner in 1818, residing in State of Ohio.
- - - - - In testimony whereof the seal of this office is hereto affixed.
(Signed) G. M. Cole
G. M. Cole, Brig. General, The Adjutant General.

Ans. 4/18/27 ues
ARTHUR BUTLER GRAHAM COUNSELOR AT LAW
JOHN S. DONOVAN
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION BUILDING TWENTY-FIVE WEST FORTY-THIRD STREET NEW YORK CITY
CABLE ADDRESS ARTHAM
April 9, 1927
Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Stephen Butler, Private, March 14, 1777 in Colonel S. B. Webb's regiment, Corporal March 1780, Sergeant, May 1, 1781, received a pension. At one time resided in Ohio.
Can you tell me anything about Mr. Butler? What were his various residences? What was his wife's name? Do you have any data about him?
Thanking you.
Very truly yours,
ABG: S

ARTHUR BUTLER GRAHAM COUNSELOR AT LAW
JOHN G. DONOVAN
CABLE ADDRESS ARTHAM
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION BUILDING TWENTY-FIVE WEST FORTY-THIRD STREET NEW YORK CITY
February 23, 1927
The Pension Bureau Washington, D. C.
Dear Sirs:
In re Stephen Butler, a resident of Ohio, who served during the Revolutionary War, will you kindly tell me whether he left a widow and if so, whether she received a pension, and what was her name. Her address.
I shall appreciate any information you can give me on the above subject.
Yours very truly,
from Connecticut Arthur Butler Graham

Jary N.Y. 712 Strand St.- June 11th, 1926.
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir - I am seeking proof of one Stephen Butler, a soldier of the Revolution, a private and a Connecticut pensioner, acco of 1818, residing in Ohio. Any data will be greatly appreciated
Very Sincerely
Mrs Caroline M. Spicir
Chairman research, Philip Schuyler Chapter D.A.R.

AsT
3-871.
RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by A. New D. 6/12/10
Claim No. ....
Certificate No. ....
Res. Ohio State Ohio
Soldier Stephen Butler
Service le our.
Additional Service Res. of Stow Ohio
No. .... claim, State records. .... , 191 ..
No claim, combination records. .... , 191 .. Ins. 377 96 } years at Stow Ohio Ins. 123 50 } no other below 40000 REMARKS: no mention of Stow Ohio
No Fm. any service from 49 000
11 Wid. " " except
Res. of Stow Ohio in 1818 Wed. 7. 49 08 (Conn; Ohio)
not of Stow Ohio 11 7. 23. 72 4 (Conn; N.Y.)
No Reg. at all

December, 2, 1910.
Akron, Ohio.
Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:- Will you kindly send Pension record of Stephen Butler who served in the Conn. Line as private and corporal under Col. Samuel B. Webb, also under Murguis De la Fayette. Conn. pensioner of act 1818 residing in Stow Ohio.
Sincerely
Cynthia Weston
91 Kirkwood St.
Akron, Ohio.
Also of Henry Van Hining who was born in Conway N.Y. 1738 and who served in Col. Van Righter's regiment of N.Y. Militia, Albany County regiment. Died in Norton Ohio 1828 aged 102.

ELEVENTH, TWELFTH & S. STS. N.W.
HOTEL HARRINGTON
EUROPEAN PLAN.
FIREPROOF.
WASHINGTON, D.C.,
HARRINGTON MILLS, PRESIDENT. FRANK MAYER, MANAGER
Jan 25 1929
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions,
Sir:-
I have the honor and that I be furnished with a complete record of Service of my Great-Grandfather - Stephen Butler . Am sending, herewith, Copy of Certificate from Adjutant General's Office, Hartford, Conn showing military Service during Revolutionary War. Would appreciate all data you have in the case - date and place of death and place of burial if it is shown by records.
Appreciating your Courtesy I am, Very Respectfully
Francis Butler, Father
"Home Comrade" 2nd Floor 1000 11th St. N.W.

Mr Yale's friend's his request

Rev. and 1812 Ware Section.
Ans
April 18, 1927
Arthur B. Graham National Asso. Bldg 25 W. 43d St New York City.
Sir:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 4908, it appears that Stephen Butler was born December 10, 1758 at Saybrook, Connecticut.
He enlisted in the spring of 1776 and served one month in Captain John Cochran's Company, Colonel Matthew Talcott's Connecticut Regiment.
He enlisted in June 1776 and served six months in Captain Elisha Chapman's Company, Colonel Samuel Selden's Connecticut Regiment, and was in the battle of White Plains.
He enlisted March 14, 1777 and served as a Sergeant in Captain John Hart's Company, Colonel Samuel B. Webb's Connecticut Regiment, he was in the battles of Rhode Island, Jamestown, and surrender of Cornwallis,

and was discharged June 8, 1783.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 15, 1818, while a resident in Stow, Portage County, Ohio. He died there April 25, 1822.
Soldier married January 27, 1785 at Killingsworth, Connecticut, Phebe Graves, who was born July 11, 1762, place not stated.
She was allowed pension on her application executed February 16, 1839, while a resident of Stow, Ohio.
In 1820, son, Lysander Washington, was fourteen years old; and Betsey, widow of son, Henry W., was living in Stow, Ohio, in 1838. There is no further data on file as to  concerning family.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

August 14, 1926
Mrs. Caroline M. Spicer 712 Grand St Troy, N. Y.
Madam:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 4908, it appears that Stephen Butler was born December 10, 1758 at Saybrook, Connecticut.
He enlisted in the spring of 1776 and served one month in Captain John Coohran's Company, Colonel Mathew Talcott's Connecticut Regiment.
He enlisted in June 1776 and served six months in Captain Elisha Chapman's Company, Colonel Samuel Selden's Connecticut Regiment, and was at the battle of White Plains.
He enlisted March 14, 1777 and served as a Sergeant in Captain John Hart's Company, Colonel Samuel B. Webb's Regiment, he was at the battles of Rhode Island, Jamestown, and surrender of Cornwallis. — was disch June 9 1783
He was allowed pension on his application ex-

outed April 15, 1818, while a resident of Stow, Portage County, Ohio. He died there April 25, 1822.
Soldier married January 27, 1785 at Killings- worth, Connecticut, Phebe Graves, who was born July 11, 1762, place not stated.
She was allowed pension on her application ex- ecuted February 16, 1839, while a resident of Stow, Ohio.
In 1820, son, Lysander Washington, was fourteen years old; and Betsey, widow of son, Henry W., was living in Stow, Ohio, in 1838. No further data on file as to family.
Respectfully,
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner.