Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21094, John Butterworth, R.I.

SERVICE
R. I.
NUMBER
S. 21094
Butterworth, John
CONTENTS

273 74 Rhode Island
John Butterworth
Cumberland in the State of - No 1.
who was a private in the Comp y commanded by Captain Weatherhead of the Reg t commanded by Colo Brown in the No 1 line for
18 Months
Inscribed on the Roll of No 1. the rate of 60 Dollars _____ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 th day of May , 1831 and sent to Benjamin Gowell Esq. Providence No 1.
Arrears to the 4th of Mar. 1831 $180 Semi-ant. allowance ending 11 th Sep 30
$210
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by George Taylor Clerk, Book Q Vol. 2 Page 138
John Butterworth May 21. 1840.

County of Providence
On this 22 day of April AD 1834 personally appeared in open court being the Municipal Court of the City of Providence John Butterworth of Cumberland in said County aged 74 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 viz - He intendo the War of the Revolution and served as follows In answer to the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department he answers & says to 1 st He was born in Cumberland December 17, 1759
2 d His birth is recorded in the towns Clerks office in said town
3 d He lived in Cumberland when he was first called into service & has always lived there both before & since the War & now resides in said town

4 He was drafted as herein stated
5. He served under General Sullivan Col Barton Major Fiske Captains Enoch Matthews & George Peck & also Col. Chad Brown
6. He never Recd any written discharge
7. William Fickett Olice Ply. Amaziah Matthews And the said John further declares that in the Month of December AD 1776 being enrolled as a private in said Captain Matthews Company of Militia he was drafted for a month to go to Bristol to guard against the attacks of the enemy and he avers he went to said Bristol and served out his time & came home & he avers that immediately afterwards sometime in January, ac- cording to his best recollection AD 1777. He was again drafted in said Company to go to Providence and he

avers that he went to Providence & served out his time & he further avers that in either April or May following he was again drafted to go to Patuxet in same company for a month & he avers he went & served out his time accordingly In these three drafts he was a private & his company was attached to the Regiment of Col Chad Brown altho he believes that when at Bristol Major Fisk had the command - And the said John further declares that about June 1777 he volunteered & joined a company of Minute men which was raised in Lumberville & Smithfield & commanded by Captain George Peck. said company was an independent company chartered by an act of the Legislature & agreeably to its rules & regulations it was always to be in readiness to march at a moments warning and this applicant avers that during this and

the two following years, this Company was in active service one half of the time. He continued a member of said Corps until the end of the war. as a private. But at this distant period of time it is impossible for him to particularize all the times or places in rotation. During these years, they were employed in guarding the shores of Narragansett Bay against the incursions of the enemy who then had possession of Newport sometimes on the Western shore & sometimes on the Eastern according to his last recollection he served one half of the time and he avers that between said June and December 1777. he served three months at least and he further avers that in the year 1778 between January & December he served six months at least & in 1779 he served five months at least. After the British evacuated Rhode Island. we had not much service to perform

yet he remembers that when the French fleet came into Newport in the summer of 1780 he marched to Rhode Island in said Company & served a month on the Island, - He says he served Eighteen Months at least in all and all as private for which he claims a pen- =sion He has no documentary evidence of his services, but he produces testimony of witnesses who were with him - He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension & declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any State, John B. Waterworth
1834 April 22      Sworn to in open Court by said John.                      Alured D. Stryker Clerk

Resolution
21094 INVALID.
am
File No. 21,094
John Buttermilk
Pr. Rev War
Act: June 7 th 82 nd
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 56
[Arrangement of 1870.]

 John Butterworth in the case of Eunice Clark Oct. 77 - last check (check? Co) Spencer expedition pri 1. fall after " " " " Horse Neck 1.12 May & June 78 " " " " guards shoes fall River - 2. Aug " " " " Sullivan's expedition 1. first part of 79 - " " " " 1. Aug 80 " " " " 1. 

Providence April 23 1834
Sir
I have the honor herewith to send to the pension office the applications of John Alnason & John Butterworth for pensions under the act of June 7 1834
I am Sir respectfully & servt Benja Lowell
J. L. Edwards Esq

I Oliver Bly of Lumbuland in the State of Rhode Island being now 74 years of age on oath do testify and say that I am well acquainted with John Buttsworth of said Lumbuland who is now present before me. - And I further testify that I remember well of serving a month with him in Capt. Enoch Weatherhead Company of Militia in December 1776 at Bristol & afterwards another month at Providence  Bristol said John was a private in said Company & served out his time. - And I further testify that about May 1777. I joined a Company of Minute Men commanded by Capt. George Pack & continued in it until the end of the War and I

well remember that said John joined the same Company soon after I did. After this our services were arduous & I should think we were on duty one half of the time at least as long as the enemy were in possession of Rhode Island which they continued to hold until the latter end of the year 1779. Said John according to my best recollection always performed his duty in said Company as a faithful soldier. Oliver Bly
Providence R.I. Providence this Nineteenth day of April 1834 Sworn to before me. and I further Certify that Oliver Bly is a credible Witness - Joseph Hodge Jus. Peace

I William Follet of Cumberland in the State of Rhode Island being now 76 years of age on oath do testify & say that I am well acquainted with John Butterworth of said Cumberland, I remember perfectly well of serving one month with him in the winter of 1776 at Bristol. I was in Captain Enoch Weatherhead's Company as a private, and I think said John was in the same company but whether in the same company or not, he was there in the same Regiment commanded by Major Fisk as a private — William Follet
Providence ss. In. Providence this eighteenth day of April 1834 — Sworn to before me, and I further certify that William Follet is a credible witness
Joseph Hoxie Jus Penn

State of Rhode Island see Providence ss. I Dexter Randall Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within & for the County of Providence do hereby certify that Joseph Hodges before whom the preceding affidavits were sworn, is a Justice of the Peace in the City of Providence, and authorized to take depositions & administer oaths - and that the signatures to the foregoing certificates are in the proper hand writing of the said Joseph Hodges
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Providence this 22 nd day of April AD 1834
Dexter Randall Clerk

   Names May 4 55 1817 Names Coat of flints     Charles Scott 17   Ichabod Brown 17   Samuel Howard 17   Roger Alexander 17   Henry Ray 17   Abraham Sprague 19   Peter Miller 17   Jeremiah Scott 17   Michael Phillips 17   Gideon Sprague 19   David Finks 17   Levi Wilkinson 17   George Walcutt 17   Oliver Hazzis 17 not Drawed   Capt Setherhead 17   John Fink 17   Peter Hawkins 17   Joseph Boys 17   John Butterworth 17   John Howard 17   George Bradford 17   Abraham Angel 17   William Follett 17   Eleazar Whipple 17   Moses Whipple 17   Joseph Hazzis 17   Simon Whipple 17   David Whipple 17  

I Amariah Weatherhead of Lumberville in the County of Providence being now 77 years of age on oath do testify and say that Captain Enoch Weatherhead was my father & during the War of the Rebellion he commanded a Company of Militia in said Town. He has now been dead 35 years Many of his papers consisting of old Rolls come into my hands after his death and on them I remember of seeing the name of John Buttheworth who was a private in his Company The old paper hereunto annexed is one of said papers - I have no doubt but said John Buttheworth served in his Company as he has stated - Said John has always sustained a good character for truth & veracity & I have not the least doubt he served in Captain Peck's Com- pany also as he has stated. Amariah Weatherhead
1884 April 22
Sworn to in open Court Almond Peck, Clerk

I Ferine Brown of Cumberland in the State of Rhode Island on oath do testify & say that I am well acquainted with John Butternorth who has signed & sworn to the preceding declara- tion & have known him for thirty years. he has always sustained a good character for truth & veracity - More than twenty years ago I heard him speak of his services in the Revolutionary war & of his belonging to Captain Wheaton's & Captain George Peck's company. I have no doubt he served as he has stated
Ferine Brown
1834 April 22
Sworn to in open Court
Allard D. Lathrop

30703 John Buttherworth of Cumberland R.I.
Adm B. M. Smith Capt. Westphalen Capt. Brown
Benj n Powell Esq r Providence R.I.

Amariah Weatherhead of Lunkalund in the county of Providence being now 77 years of age on oath do testify and say that Captain Enoch Weatherhead was my father & during the War of the Revolution he commanded a Company of Militia in said Town. He has now been dead 35 years Many of his papers consisting of old Rolls came into my hands after his death and on them I remember of seeing the name of John Buttheworth who was a private in his Company The old paper hereto annexed is one of said papers - I have no doubt but said John Buttheworth served in his Company as he has stated - Said John has always maintained a good character for truth & veracity & I have not the least doubt he served in Captain Peck's Com- pany also as he has stated Amariah Weatherhead
1834 April 22
Sworn to in open Court Almond Peck, Clerk

I Ferrier Brown of Cumberland in the State of Rhode Island on oath do testify & say that I am well acquainted with John Butternorth who has signed & sworn to the preceding declara- tion & have known him for thirty years. he has always sustained a good character for truth & veracity - More than twenty years ago I heard him speak of his services in the Revolutionary war & of his belonging to Captain Weatherheads & Captain George Peck's company I have no doubt he served as he has stated
Ferrier Brown
1834 April 22
Sworn to in open Court
Allard D. Lillie

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 her states. And the Court further certify that it appears to them that Oliver Bly, William Follett Amaziah Weatherhead and Samuel Brown who have subscribed and sworn to the preceding affidavits, are residents of the state, are all credible persons and their several statements entitled to full credit.
I Allen D. Lusk, Clerk of said Court, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Butterworth for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this Twenty second day of
April A.D. 1884
Allen D. Lusk, Clerk