Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17870, Jonathan Butten, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
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Butten Jonathan
S 17870
CONTENTS
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1.800 17800 Connecticut
Jonathan Billings of Ellington in the State of Conn who was a Private in the Conn. Co. commanded by Captain [blank] of the Regt. Co. [blank] by Col. Ferris in the Conn. Troop time for 14 mos.
Inscribed on the Roll of Conn at the rate of 46 Dollars 16 Cents per ann. m. to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 day of Sept 1833 and Act A. Willey Ellington now
Arrears to the 14th of Sept. 1833 $ 11 50 00 Pension allowance ending Mar 14 1834 23 82
$139.98
{ Revolutionary Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by E. D. Beebe Book 60 Vol. 3 P.
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Jonathan Buttrick Declaration
7061.

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress passed June 19 th 1832
State of Connecticut } District of Ellington County of Tolland } Probate Court August 14 th 1832
On this 14 th day of August 1832 personally appeared in open court before said Probate Court now sitting Jonathan Butts a resident of said Town of Ellington in said County of Tolland District of Ellington of State of Connecticut aged 82 years who being first duly sworn under oath to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 19 th 1832 - That he entered the service of the United States the latter part of May or first of June 1776 under the following named Officers viz Capt Samuel Woolcott then of East Windsor in said State Lieut Chester then of said East Windsor now Ellington Ensign Eaton then of Stafford in said State Col Day of Farmington in said State commenced the Regiment who died the same season at New York & General James M acdonald commanded the Brigade all of said Officers are now dead. I enlisted for the term of seven months and served the whole of said term marched from East Windsor to New Haven from thence by Water to New York I served at New York at White Plains and on Long Island was at the Battle at Flat Bush on Long Island. I served as a private Soldier and was discharged but never had a written discharge. He was in the Breast Work on the East River when the British sailed up the East River and fired upon the Breast Work we then retreated from the Breast Work to an Orchard and had a skirmish with the Hessians after 7 months had expired I returned home I further declare and say that in the summer of 1777 the time I do not recollect I was drafted and entered the service of the United States for the term of 2 months in the company commanded by Capt Amasa Loomis of East Windsor in Hartford County in the Regiment commanded by Col Nathaniel Seymour of Enfield in Hartford County we marched to a Place called Crum pond in the State of New York we stayed at Crumpond a few days then marched to East Chester and from thence to Mamaroneck and from thence we came back to Crumpond and then kept Guard and remained until I was discharged which was 2 months from the time I was drafted and joined the Army - I had no written discharge I further declare & say that in the month of July 1778 I entered the United States Service as a substitute for Moses Allen of Enfield for the term of 3 months and served under the following named Officers in the Company commanded by Richard Patten then of East Hartford - Col Chapman of Tolland in said State commanded the Regiment, said

Company marched from East Hartford Meriden to Hartford from thence to New Haven from thence to Fairfield then we turned about 2 Weeks from thence we returned by the way of New Haven to Hartford we then went from Hartford through Pomfret to Providence in Rhode Island and from thence we marched to Bristol crossed the ferry on to the Island and marched to near Newport and then encamped the British then were in possession of Newport we there erected Forts and threw up entrenchments for our defence we remained there about 5 or 6 Weeks according to my best recollection. we then retreated to the North part of the Island and there had a skirmish with the British and at night after the Battle we erected a Bridge made of Boats Plank &c across the Harbour so called and left the Island, when off the Island we tarried 2 or 3 days then marched to Warwicks Rhode Island from thence to Country and at the expiration of 3 Months from the time I joined the Army we marched to Providence & there I was honorably Dischar- ged I received no Written Discharge I know of no person now living that accompanied me during this last tour of service excepting Jonathan Pease whose deposition accompanies this declaration I further declare and say that in August 1779 the day I do not rec- ollect I was drafted and entered the service of the United States as a private Soldier in the Militia and served for said time of 2 Months in the Company commanded by Capt Jonathan Bush of said Enfield the other company Officers were Lieut Warner and Ensign John Albey Col Abiel Pease then of Somers in said State commanded the Regiment I was marched with said Company by the way of Colchester to New London in said State where we were stationed, The British shipping at that time lay off in the sound, we tarried at New London the term for which we were drafted and then were discharged I had no written discharge. I know of no person living whose evidence I can obtain knowing to the service of the last of said tour excepting Mrs Pease whose deposition accompanies this declaration - I have no documentary evidence nor do I know of any to support this my declaration - 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 - Answers to the Questions proposed by the Court I was Born in Stonington in the County of New London and State of Connecticut in the year 1750 - I know of no Friend of my age excepting my Wife

When I was called into service I lived in East Windsor since then I have lived in the State of Massachusetts about 14 years I now live in Ellington formerly East Windsor -
One term I volunteered or enlisted - 2 Tours I was drafted & one Tour I was a substitute -
I do not recollect the names of any Officers other than those I have named in my declaration nor any more particular circumstances of my service
I had no written discharge
I am known to the following persons in my neighborhood Jonathan Buckland Joseph Abbott and Elijah Leese
Jonathan Button sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Asa Willey Judge
We Jonathan Buckland and Joseph Abbott of Ellington in the County of Tolland hereby certify that we are now acquainted with Jonathan Button who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 82 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 opinion -
Jonathan Buckland Joseph Abbott
sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Asa Willey Judge
And the 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 Jonathan Buckland & Joseph Abbott who have signed the foregoing certificate are residents in the Town of Ellington and are credible Persons and that their statements are entitled to Credit - the Court further certifies that Eleazar Gilbert Jonathan Leese, Hereticus Munnell & Moses Pease who have subscribed the Depositions accompanying this Declaration sustain fair character for truth and that they are entitled to full Credit -
Asa Willey Judge
I Moses B Bull Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Ellington in the County of Tolland and State of Connecticut do hereby certify that the foregoing contains a true copy of the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the

the application of Jonathan Butts for a pension In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 14 th day of August 1832.
Moses B Bull Clerk
State of Connecticut Tolland County ss. I do hereby June 18 th 1833 I Calvin Willey late a Senator of the United States. Certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Moses B Bull whom I certify as Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Ellington is affixed to the foregoing proceedings, and with his hand writing and family believe that on the 14 day of August 1832 he was and now is Clerk of said Court and that the signature to said Certificate purporting to be the signature of said Bull is his own proper hand writing and that the above seal purporting to be his official seal is the genuine seal of said Court of Probate and the only seal used by said Court to authenticate the records of said Court.
Calvin Willey

May 9, 1939.
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Mrs. Wm. C. Jacques, P.O.Box 652, New Haven, Connecticut.
BA-J/CC Jonathan Butten S.17870
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Jonathan Butten who resided in Tolland County, Connecticut in 1837.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in pension claim S.17870, based upon service in the Revolutionary War of Jonathan Butten.
Jonathan Butten was born in the year 1750, in Stonington, New London County, Connecticut, names of his parents are not shown.
While residing in East Windsor, Hartford County (which later was Ellington, Tolland County) Connecticut, Jonathan Butten enlisted in the latter part of May or first of June 1776, served as private in Captain Simeon Wolcott's company, Colonel Gay's Connecticut regiment, was in the battle of Flatbush and a skirmish with the Hessians, length of service seven months; enlisted in the summer of 1777, served two months as private in Captain Amasa Loomiss' company, Colonel Nathaniel Terry's Connecticut regiment; enlisted sometime in July 1778, served as private three months in Captain Richard Pitkin's company, Colonel Chapman's Connecticut regiment, and was in the battle of Rhode Island; enlisted sometime in August 1779, served as private two months in Captain Jonathan Bush's company, Colonel Abiel Pease's Connecticut regiment.
all suggested of which capt & service mentioned in statement of E. Hurlbut was omitted
After his discharge from the service he lived in the state of Massachusetts for fourteen years then moved to Ellington, Tolland County, Connecticut.

Jonathan Butten was allowed pension on his application executed August 14, 1832, at which time he was a resident of the said Ellington.
No family data are shown.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of Jonathan Butten, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city and cite the following data:
Jonathan Butten Certificate #17800 Issued September 23, 1833 Rate $46.66 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act of June 7, 1832, Connecticut Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

17 870 INVALID.
File No. 17 870
Jonathan Butten Pri Rev War
Act: June 7 th 89
Index:—Vol. / , Page 54
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Mar. 17-1905 Henry K. Murphy New Haven Conn. Oct. 10, 1905 History to Mrs. Chas. T. Platt, Omaha, Neb. 1916 Mar. 27. Hist. to James Allen Kibbe, P 1939- May 9-7 Hist to Mrs. Wm K (Chloe W) Jacques

No 7061 Jonathan Button
16 th April $26.66
A. Willey Esqf.
Ellington 6 ±
93 32 28 33 110 65-

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Jonathan Button which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned 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? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes - VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes  No

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? Supplied
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? yes, except one except one Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? yes, except one except one
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. 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 the 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 is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
QUERE XIV. 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 claimants 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.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end 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.

Jonathan P. Dyer
for John Button
A. Wilkey Justice
C

I Jonathan Pasco of East Windsor in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut aged 71 years (Deponent say - That in the Month of July 1778 I entered the service of the United States as a substitute for Jonathan Barber of said East Windsor in the company commanded by Richard Pitkin then of East Hartford in said State Colonel Chapman of Tolland in said State commanded the Regiment I entered the service for the term of three months Jonathan Butten of said East Windsor who now resides in Ellington in said State entered said service of the United States in the same company with me under the same Officers at the same time and for the same term of service as a substitute for Moses Allen as I believe we marched from said East Windsor to Hartford from thence to New Haven from thence to Fairfield where we tarried about two Weeks from thence we return by the way of New Haven to Hartford we then went from Hartford through Pomfret to Providence in Rhode Island and from thence we marched to Bristol crossed the Ferry on to the Island and marched to near Newport and there encamped the British then were in possession of Newport we then erected forts and threw up entrenchments for our defence we remained there about 5 or 6 Weeks according to my best recollection we then retreated to the North part of the Island & there had a Battle with the British at Night after the Battle we erected a Bridge made of Boats, planks &c across Howlands Ferry so called and retreated off the Island when off the Island we tarried 2 or 3 days we then marched to Warwick Rhode Island from thence to Coventry in said State and at the expiration of the 3 months we marched to Providence and there were verbally honorably Discharged we received no written dis- -charge the aforesaid Jonathan Butten was my Centinety during the whole of said term of 3 months to the best of my recollection and served the whole of said term and was honorably verbally discharged at Providence with me and further the Deponent saith not (Dated at Ellington this 14 th day of August 1832 Jonathan Pasco

State of Connecticut Tolland County ss. Ellington August 14 th AD 1832 Personally appeared Jonathan Pisco the above named Deponent and made solemn Oath that the above Deposition by him subscribed contains the truth Before me
Asa Willey Justice of Peace
I further certify that the said Jonathan Pisco who subscribed the above Deposition contains a fair character for truth and is entitled to full credits
Asa Willey Justice of Peace

State of Connecticut } County of Tolland } S. S. Clerks office
I Jeremiah Parish Clerk of Tolland County Court do hereby certify that Asa Willey Esq before whom on the 14 th day of August 1832 the foregoing Deposition of Jonathan Pasco was taken & authenticated was at that time and still is a Justice of Peace within & for the County of Tolland, legally appointed and authorized to administer oaths & take depositions — and that the signature to the foregoing certificate purporting to be his are I believe genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 22 nd day of August A D 1832
Jeremiah Parish Clerk

Moses Pease, D.D. for Jon n Batton A Wilby Inst n C

I Moses Pease of Enfield in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut aged 73 years Depose and say
That I am well acquainted with Jonathan Butten formerly of East Windsor in Hartford County now of Ellington in Tolland County & that in August 1779 the day I do not recollect the said Jonathan Butten and myself were drafted and entered the service of the United States for the term of 2 months in the company commanded by Capt Jonathan Brink of said Enfield and served under the following named Officers viz Jonathan Brink Captain. Lieut Warner and Ensign John Alden & Colo Abiel Pease of Somers in said State commanded the Regiment we marched by the way of Colchester to New London in said State. there we were Garrisoned the British Shipping at that time lay off in the Sound we tained at New London according to my best recollection the term for which we were drafted and then were verbally discharged there were no written discharges given we served as private Soldiers in the Militia the said Jonathan Butten was drafted at the same time with me joined the same company served under the same Officer for the same period marched through the same Towns stationed at New London with me and discharged at the same time that I was and I have not a distinct recollection of any other facts in relation to said service and further the Deponent saith not. Dated at Ellington this 15 th day of August 1832
Moses Pease
State of Connecticut Tolland County ss. Ellington 13 th day of August 1832 Personally appeared Moses Pease the above named Deponent and made solemn oath that the facts stated in the above Deposition by him subscribed are true before me Asa Whitney Justice of Peace.

I further certify that M rs Pears who subscribed the aforesaid Deposition sustains a fair character for truth and is intitled to full credit Asa Willey Justice of Peace
State of Connecticut } County of Tolland } s.s. Clerk's office
I Jeremiah Parish Clerk of Tolland County Court do hereby certify that Asa Willey Esq signed of the foregoing certificates on the 15 th day of August 1832 was at that time a Justice of Peace legally appointed and authorized to administer oaths & take depositions and that the signatures to sd certificates purporting to be his are genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 22 nd day of August AD 1832
Jeremiah Parish Clerk

Her. Munroe's Dep for Jan 18 th  1848 A. Willey Justice C

I Herewith transmit of East Windsor in the County of Hartford & State of Connecticut aged 79 years of age and say That Jonathan Button now of Ellington then of East Windsor with whom I have been acquainted many years enlisted into the service of the United States as a private in the Militia or State Troops the latter part of May or 1 st of June in the year 1776 according to my best recollection and served under the following named Officers viz Capt Simon Woolcott then of East Windsor Lieut John Chester then of said East Windsor now Ellington Ensign Eaton then of Stafford in said State Col o Gay of Farmington in said State command- -ed the Regiment he died the same season at New York General James Wadsworth commanded the Brigade said Jonathan Button enlisted for the term of 9 months and served the whole of the time marched from East Windsor to New Haven thence by Water to New York said Button served at White Plains and on Long Island and New York he was at the Battle at Flat Bush on Long Island he was in the Breast Work on East River when the British sailed from East River and fired upon the Breast Work the troops then retreated from the Breast Work and had a skirmish with the Hessians I the Deponent enlisted as a private at the same time with the said Jonathan Button and served with him in the same company under the same Officers and was discharged at the same time the said Button and myself were discharged at North Castle when the Regiment was discharged on the 25 th of December 1776 and further the Deponent saith not Deponed at Ellington this 15 th day of August 1832
Herbick Munnell

State of Connecticut Tolland County ss. Ellington 15 th day of August 1832. Personally appeared Hezekiah Munsell the foregoing named Deponent and made solemn Oath that the facts stated in the aforesaid Deposition by him subscribed are true before me
Asa Willey Justice of Peace I further certify that the said Hezekiah Munsell who subscribed the aforesaid Deposition contains a fair statement of truth and that he is entitled to full credit. Asa Willey Justice of Peace.
State of Connecticut County of (Tolland) S. S. Clerk's office — I Jeremiah Parish Clerk of Tolland County Court do hereby certify that Asa Willey Esq. before whom the foregoing deposition of Hezekiah Munsell on the 15 th day of August 1832 was taken & sworn to, was at that time & still is a Justice of Peace within the Tolland County legally appointed & authorized to administer and take depositions — and that the signatures to the foregoing certificates purporting to be his are (as I believe) genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 22 nd day of August A D 1832
Jeremiah Parish Clerk

7 To Hon Wilby Esq Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Ellington The deposition of Elephaz Murchant to be in an application now pending before the Court of Jonathan Britton for a pension under the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. Taken & read up this 7 th day of Aug t 1832 by me
Lorrain J. Randall Esq

I Elphalut Hurlbut of Sandisfield in the County of Berkshire State of Massachusetts formerly of Enfield in the State of Connecticut of lawful age Depose & say that before and during the Revolutionary War I was well acquainted with Jonathan Button then of Enfield now of Ellington in the County of Litchfield State of Connecticut that in the Summer of the year 1777 the said Button was in the Service in a Company of Volunteers Commanded according according the best of my recollection by Capt Richard Abby of Enfield. Said John Abby of the same place that the Fort of Sarai was about Cram & Pond & East Chester on the lines near New York that he served there according to my best recollection about there soon the that Col. Vathaniel Sary of Enfield Commanded the Regiment to which he belonged that I served with said Button during the whole time of further the Deponent saith not
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The Deponent was unable attempt to write his name.
Opened in open Court
Attest Moses B Bull Clerk

State of Connecticut County of Hartford } Enfield June 7 th 1832
Then personally appeared before me Lorain T. Pease Esq. Justice of Peace for said County Eliphalek Hurlburt who in my presence subscribed his name to the foregoing deposition & made oath to the truth of the same. The foregoing deposition taken at the request of Jonathan Button to be used on his application for a pension under the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 before Asa Wiley Esq. Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Ellington
Lorain T. Pease Justice of Peace
State of Connecticut County of Hartford } Enfield June 11 th 1833
I hereby certify that Eliphalek Hurlburt who hath subscribed his name to the foregoing deposition is a credible person & that his statement is entitled to full credit
Lorain T. Pease Justice of Peace
State of Connecticut, County of Hartford ss. Clerk's Office
I, David Griswold, Clerk of the County Court for said County of Hartford, do hereby certify, that Lorain T. Pease Esq., signor of the foregoing certificate was, on the 7 th day of June A.D. 1832, & ever since has been, & now is, a Justice of the Peace for said County of Hartford, duly commissioned & sworn, with full authority to administer oaths, & take Depositions; & that the respective signatures, purporting to be his, are genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, & affixed the seal of said County Court, this 17 th day of June A.D. 1833
David Griswold, Clerk

Chloe Webster Jacques, Registrar.
Five Lear Chapter, D. A. R. New Haven, Connecticut
March 17, 1939
The U. S. Pension Bureau, Washington, D.C.
Will you send me all the information you have regarding the soldier in the American Revolution, Jonathan Button , who is given in the Conn. Men in the War of the Revolution as residing in Tolland County, Conn. in 1837?
I want to know where he was born, married and died and when, whom he married, where and when she was born and died, and the names and births of his children.
As I want to use this information in filling out Application Blanks, will you please reply as early as possible, and oblige,
Yours sincerely,
Mrs. Wm C. Jacques P.O. Box 652 - New Haven Conn.

over
Omaha, Neb - 310 N. 22 St -
Commissioner of Pensions - Dear Sir;
Will you kindly send me a copy of the Pension Record of Johnathan Button who was a soldier during the Revolutionary War from Conn. Also state the year pension ceased - and address -
OCT 6 1902 FILES. B.
Mr. Chas. T. Platt 310 N. 22 Street Omaha Neb -

Warehousa Point Conn. March 16. 1916
Dear Sir,
Rev Sec
Kindly send me the record of Jonathan Button, a pensioner residing in Tolland County Conn. in 89 1732.
I am very anxious to know when he was born.
Yours truly James Allen Kibbe Warehousa Point Conn.,
Jonathan Button

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Jonathan Butten , a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     May or June 1776 7 mos. Private Simson Wolcott Gay Conn.   Summer 1777 2 mos. Amasa Loomis Nathaniel Terry   July 1778 3 mos. Richard Pitkin Chapman   Aug. 1779 2 mos. Jonathan Bush Abiel Pease  
Battles engaged in, Fletchuck & Rhode Island
Residence of soldier at enlistment, East Windsor, Conn.
Date of application for pension, Aug. 14, 1832.
Residence at date of application, Ellington, Tolland Co., Conn.
Age at date of application, born in 1750 at Stonington, Conn.
Remarks: This claim was allowed.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Butten, Luke GRADE Private LINE Virginia
WARRANT NUMBER 11922 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED July 14, 1792 To Robt. Means, assignee
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.