Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S.12375, George Butler, Conn. Mass.

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Butler, George
S. 12375
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27094 Massachusetts George Butler 27094 of Berkshire in the State of Mass who was a private in the Comp y . comd by Captain Noble of the Reg t comd by Col Patterson in the Mass. * line for. 9 Months private
Mass. and Conn. *
Records completed Nov. 8/35.
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass at the rate of 30 Dollars — Cents per ann to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th day of Jan y 1834 and sent to Hon o J. N. Briggs Sec. Representativ
Arrears to the 4th of Sep r 1833 $ 75. Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 th Mar 34 — 15
$ 90
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by George Taylor Clerk Book 6 Vol. 2 Page 12

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Berkshire, ss.
ON this twenty fifth day of September A. D. 1832 personally appeared in open Court, before the Honorable WILLIAM P. WALKER, Judge of the Court of Probate, within and for said County of Berkshire, now sitting, George Butler a resident of the town of Pittsfield in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged eighty three years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. In April A.D. 1775. I resided in Pittsfield, in the county of Berkshire & state of Mass. and before that time, I had attached myself to a Volunteer company of Grenadier-Minute men; commanded by Capt. David Noble, and in the Regt. of Col. John Patterson, Lieut. Col. Reed, & Major Cady. Some five or six days after the Lexington Battle, we marched to Cambridge, Mass., and I went in said Noble's Company & under his command. I remained under the command of said Noble as a minute man, as near as I can recollect one month; when said Noble had orders to enlist men. I then enlisted with said Noble for seven months. The company officers were Capt. David Noble, Lieut. — Welsh, & Ensign Josiah Wright. After serving between four & five months from the time of enlisting, I became sick with what was then called a slow fever; in consequence of this, I hired a man by the name of Loverman, & I think Elisha Loverman, to serve the remainder of my time, & paid him for the same, and I returned to Pittsfield the same year, in the month of September. A part of the above time I spent in the Hospital, and was nursed & assisted in taking care of the sick. In February A.D. 1777, I drove a Govt. team from Lanesborough, in the county of Berkshire, & state of Mass., to Bennington, Vermont, one or two weeks, under the command of Col. Smith, of Lanesborough, & a Capt. Smith, I then went to Skeneborough, and was there about six weeks, taking care of the provision casks, I then being a Cooper by trade; and according to my best recollection while at Skeneborough, I was with a Commissary by the name of William Farnsworth. I think I was with him about six weeks. I was discharged about the last of March at said Skeneborough. As near as I can now recollect, I spent February & March in teaming & with the Commissary at Skeneborough, as above stated. After being discharged I went to Glastonbury, Connecticut. I was there drafted, in the fall, to serve one month, and

I then marched from Glastonbury to Fishkill, under the command of Capt. Benoni Smith, Lieut. Joseph Miller & the Ensigns name I cannot now recollect, I served out my month & returned to Glastonbury. Sometime after my return to Glastonbury, and about one year, as near as I can now remember, I was again drafted for one month, I marched from Glaston Weathersfield, Connecticut, under the command of Capt. — Pomeroy of Suffield, Connecticut, Lieut. George Stanley, — the Ensigns name is not now recollected, I was taken sick in Windham, (Con) & remained sick about six weeks, & the company was discharged & had returned home before my health admitted of my return to Glastonbury. I have no documentary evidence of my service, and the annexed dispositions & papers are all that I have thus far been able to obtain.
I was born in Weathersfield, Connecticut — and have resided in Pittsfield ever since the Revolutionary War. —

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
George Butler
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
W.P. Walker J. Probate
We Robert Green a Clergyman, residing in the town of Pittsfield and residing in George Butler hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with George Butler who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be Eighty Three 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. Robert Green
Sworn and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
W.P. Walker J. Probate
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories, prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Robert Green who signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman, resident in the town of Pittsfield in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts and that George Butler who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Pittsfield in the County of Berkshire and is a credible person, and that their  his statement is entitled to credit.
W.P. Walker J. Probate
I, HENRY W. BISHOP, Register of the Court of Probate within and for the County of Berkshire in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of George Butler for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office of said Court of Probate, this Twenty 24 th day of September in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty two .
Henry W. Bishop. Register of Probate

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BRIEF in the case of 60 of Berkshire
George Butler in the State of Mass (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? open court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 83.  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Upine Then In 1775 volunteered enlisted served 4 or 5 months Private Col Noble Col Patterson   1777 employed 10 or 12 weeks Haggoneer Col Smith   Then employed as a guard (about 6 weeks) Booper under Comd. Farnsworth   Left drafted Private Col Smith   again and was 1 6 weeks " Col Pomeroy  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None Mentioned  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Berkshire Mass  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional two living witnesses 
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? The papers are not attached properly neither periods or length of service are specified The witnesses are not certified as credible
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
George Taylor
Examining Clerk.
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February 13, 1939
Mr. Blaine R. Butler P.O.Box 54 Johnstown, New York
BA-J/AWF George Butler S. 12375 am
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of George Butler, born Wethersfield, Connecticut, in 1749, died 1837, in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.
The data furnished herein were obtained from the papers on file in claim for pension, S. 12375, based upon service of George Butler in the Revolutionary War.
George Butler was born in Wethersfield, Connecticut, date not given, nor were the names of his parents stated.
While residing in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, George Butler, early in 1775, belonged to a "volunteer company of Grenadiers and minute men commanded by Captain David Noble and Colonel John Patterson", and about five days after the battle of Lexington, the company marched to Cambridge, Massachusetts, was there about one month, when George Butler enlisted and served seven months as private in Captain David Noble's company, Colonel John Patterson's Massachusetts regiment. He served one year in February, 1777, two weeks as teamster; and six weeks at Skeensborough, under Commissary William Farnsworth. He went to Glastonbury, Connecticut, and enlisted in the fall of 1777, served one month under Captain Benoni Smith and one month under Captain Pomeroy, with the Connecticut troops.
He was allowed pension on his application

executed September 25, 1832, at which time he was eighty-three years old, and living in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.
The papers on file in this claim contain no discernible data in regard to family.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, this city, and furnish the following data-
George Butler Certificate # 27094 Issued January 18, 1834 Rate $30.00 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act of June 7, 1832 Massachusetts Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Burham
12345 INVALID.
1927 Feb. 4 - Hist. to Mrs. George W. McClellan awg.
1931 Apr. 9 - Hist. to Mrs. Geo. W. McClellan. T. Fin. Div. notified to be refunded unc.
1939 Feb. 13 - Hist. to Elaine R. Butler awg.
File No. 12,375-
George Butler Prin. Rel. man
Act: June 1 st 1832
Index: — Vol. A , Page 52
[Arrangement of 1870.]

13898.
George Butler
Mass
It having been lately as- certained that there are rolls of service of the Militia of Mass. in the office of E. D. Bangs. Eng. Brig. of the State of Mass. Mr. Butler must make application to that office for evidence of his services. He must be more particular in his statements in regard to his service which is set forth in his annu- al declaration. Each par- ticular term of service must be set forth, when
& when performed. -- His service as a wagoner will not be admitted unless it can be clearly shown that he was detached from the line of the army to drive a wagon.
Pension Office Augt 13 1893
H. W. Bishop & Lenoir Mass

Sir
I send you the papers of the matter of Mess —
Yours with interest
G N Wright
14 Jan 34
Hon J D Rains
Per C

I, George Butler of Pittsfield, being desired to make a further statement of my services on oath, depose & say, that in regard to the time mentioned in my first statement of "driving team in 1777 for two weeks, and of spending about six weeks taking care of the provisions & cask at P'keepsieborough" I have no recollection of interesting, & therefore think I was hired and not detached from the line. I further depose & say, that from the extreme length of time, old age & loss of memory, I am unable to state more fully than I have stated — George Butler.
Berkshire ss. Pittsfield Dec r 4 th . 1833.
Sworn to before me M. R. Lanchton. Justice of the Peace
Berkshire ss. Pittsfield, Dec r 4 th 1833.
I certify that I have long been acquainted with Mr. George Butler the above deponent and have no hesitation in saying that he is a man of undoubted truth & veracity & full faith & credit ought, in my opinion to be given to his statements — M. R. Lanchton, Justice of the Peace.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Berkshire, ss. I, HENRY W. BISHOP, Register of the Court of Probate in and for said County, do hereby certify that M c Lanchton Esquire, before whom the annexed deposition was taken is one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County, duly and regularly appointed, and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and have no doubt that the Signature annexed to said deposition is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this nineteenth day of Decemba A. D. 1833. Henry W. Bishop Register Probate

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Nov r 19 th 1833.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of "Jorg Butler" is borne on a Roll of Capt. David Noble's Company in Col. Patterson's Regiment, who marched on the Alarm at Lexington, and is there allowed for "seven days service," commencing April 22. 1775—
The name of "George Butler" is also borne on another Roll of Capt. David Noble's Company, in Col. Patterson's Regiment, where he is allowed for service as a private "three months, nine days service," commencing April 29. 1775.
This roll is in what is called the eight months service of 1775 — but none of the rolls of this Company or any of the Companies in that service, are to be found later than the first week in August 1775, altho' it is known they continued in service certainly to the close of the year.
There are no papers to show the service claimed

by George Butler as a Wagoner or in the Commissary De- partment. There are no regular rolls for such services - and it is therefore difficult to prove them by the docu- ments in this office. —
The services claimed by Butler under Capt. Benoni Smith and Pomeroy, appear to have been in the Connec- ticut Service. The rolls are not found in this office.
The state of the Rolls is very imperfect & incomplete.
Edward D. Bangs. Secy

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Berkshire, ss. I, HENRY W. BISHOP, Register of the Court of Probate in and for said County, do hereby certify that R. M. Lanchow Esquire, before whom the annexed deposition was taken is one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County, duly and regularly appointed, and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and have no doubt that the Signature annexed to said deposition is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this fifteenth day of June
A. D. 1832
Henry W. Bishop. Register of Probate.

I, George Butler of Pittsfield, in the county of Berkshire & State of Massachusetts Depose and say, in addition to what I have formerly deposed upon the subject of my service, that by reason of old age, ill health and the consequent loss of memory, I cannot swear positively as to the precise length of my service, but according to the best of my recollection, I served not less than the period mentioned below, and in the following grade, viz - One Year, as a private; and for such service I claim a pension. I wish however to be understood, that said year, abovenmentioned, includes the time when I was sick in service; and not that I was able and actually performed military duty for one year — and further the deponent saith not. George E. Butler
Berkshire ss. June 12th, 1833.
I hereby certify that the above named George Butler, subscribed and swore to the foregoing affidavit, before me this day. And I also further certify, that the said George Butler is a man of good character for veracity, and that his statement is entitled to full credit. — M. R. Lanchton Justice of the Peace
I, M. R. Lanchton, further certify, that, on the 24th day of September, last past, Josiah Lawrence , whose affidavit is hereto attached, made oath to the truth of his said affidavit. And I further certify that, said Lawrence is to me well known, & that he is a man of good character for truth & veracity & that his statement is entitled to full credit — Pittsfield June 12th 1833. M. R. Lanchton Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Berkshire ss.
I hereby certify and declare that so far as my information extends, I know nothing to the contrary but that Pitman called Cook who deposed before me 8 th August 1832 as to the revolutionary services of George Butler — is a man of truth & veracity —
John B. Root Justice of the Peace

I Pitman Collins Cook of Pittsfield in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age do depose and say that in the summer of the year of our Lord 1775. I was well acquainted with one George Butler (now of said Pittsfield) who was at that time an enlisted soldier in the same Company to which I belonged, it being commanded by Captain David Noble; said Company was attached to the Regiment commanded by Col. Patterson and stationed near Boston in said Commonwealth; further the deponent saith not —
Pitman C Cook
Berkshire ss. Pittsfield August 6. 1832. Then personally appeared Pitman C. Cook the signer of the above Deposition and solemnly affirmed under the pains & penalties of perjury in such cases made & provided That the facts therein contained is the truth before me John B. Root, Justice of the Peace
This certifies that I have been personally acquainted with Mr George Butler of this Town about twenty years have always considered him & still do a man of fair moral character now upright and faithfull in all his intercourse with mankind
Berkshire County. ss. Pittsfield
Josiah Bissell,
August 16 th 1832
Berkshire ss. Aug t 29. 1832 — Then personally appeared Josiah Bissell Esq, the signer of the above certificate, and made oath that said certificate is true — before me Ezra Root Justice of the Peace
Berkshire ss. I Joshua Danforth of Pittsfield in the County of Berkshire, do depose and say that I have been personally acquainted with Mr George Butler,

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Berkshire, ss. I, HENRY W. BISHOP, Register of the Court of Probate in and for said County, do hereby certify that John B. Root Esquire, before whom the annexed deposition was taken is one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County, duly and regularly appointed, and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and have no doubt that the Signature annexed to said deposition is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this twenty fifth day of September A. D. 1832. Henry W. Bishop Register of Probate
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Berkshire, ss. I, HENRY W. BISHOP, Register of the Court of Probate in and for said County, do hereby certify that Ezra Root Esquire, before whom the annexed deposition was taken is one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County, duly and regularly appointed, and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and have no doubt that the Signature annexed to said deposition is genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this twenty fifth day of September A. D. 1832. Henry W. Bishop Register of Probate

This certifies that I have been personally acquainted with Mr George Butler of this Town about twenty years have always considered him & still do a man of fair moral character more upright and faithfull in all his intercourse with mankind
Berkshire County. ss Pittsfield
Josiah Bissell,
August 16 th 1832
Berkshire ss. Aug t 29. 1832 - Then personally appeared Josiah Bissell Esq, the signer of the above certificate, and made oath that said certificate is true - before me Ez el Root Justice of the Peace
Berkshire ss. I Joshua Danforth of Pittsfield in the County of Berkshire, do depose and say that I have been personally acquainted with Mr George Butler, of Pittsfield, for forty eight years last past and have always considered him & still do, as a man of fair moral character, upright and faithful in all his intercourse with mankind and of undoubted truth & veracity -
Pittsfield Aug t 29. 1832
Joshua Danforth
Berkshire ss Aug t . 29. 1832 Then personally appeared Joshua Danforth Esq, the signer to the above certificate and made oath that said certificate is true -
before me - Ez el Root Justice of the Peace

George Bullen Pittsfield Mass Application for Pension Sept. 25 1832
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Hon. Genl Briggs

I, Josiah Lawrence, of Pittsfield, in the County of Berk- shire & State of Massachusetts, yeoman, of the age of twenty eight years; being duly cautioned before say, that three days after the battle of Lexington, I marched from what is now called Dalton, in the county of Berkshire, in the Regt of Col. John Pat- terson, & that George Butler, then a man of Pitts- field, in this county, marched with us in said Regt. & I believe in a Company of Grenadiers, Commanded by Capt David Noble, to Cambridge, near Boston. We left home in April, & I remained there until the month of January after. I have no doubt said Butler was a soldier I was at Roxbury &c, during the summer; but at what particular time he returned to Pitts- field, I cannot at this time determine. The Regt was commanded by John Patterson Col, Lt Col Read Lint, Col Jeremiah Cady Knight & the following Capt, viz, David Noble, Charles Dibble, Nathan Watkins, Samuel Sloan, Thomas Williams, John M c Kinstry, Wm Wymann, & a Capt Goodrich commanded some of the Stockbridge Indians that were attached to the Regt. I further depose that I am well ac- quainted with said Butler, & have seen him many times in each year since AD 1775 - & that he is a man of good reputation, and a member of the Presbyterian Church, of which I have heretofore acted as  been a Deacon, and that full faith & credit, ought in my opinion, to be given to all things stated by said Butler. & further the deponent saith not - Josiah Lawrence Berkshire ss. Sept 24th, 1832.
and a solemn oath made to the truth of the fore statement, made before me M. R. Garlickton, Justice of the Peace

and the following Capt's, viz, David Noble, Charles Dibble, Nathan Watkins, Samuel Sloan, Thomas Williams, John M c Kinstry, Wm Wyman, & a Capt Goodrich commanded some of the Stockbridge Indians that were attached to them
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Berkshire, ss.
I, HENRY W. BISHOP, Register of the Court of Probate in and for said County. do hereby certify that Matthias R Sancton Esquire, before whom the annexed deposition was taken is one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County, duly and regularly appointed, and that I am well ac- quainted with his hand writing, and have no doubt that the Sig- nature annexed to said deposition is genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affix- ed the seal of said Court this twenty eighth day of September A. D. 1832. Henry W. Bishop - Register of Probate

Blaine R. Butler, P.O.Box 54 Johnson, New York.
Return Address:-

Dept. of Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs:-
Will y u kindly furnish as soon as possible whatever information you may have on your records of the following person:
Private George Butler, wife Chloe Bedwell , Married 1776. Born Wethersfield, Conn. 1749 Died 1837--Berkeshire Co. Pittsfield, Mass. Claimed pension 1831.
(over)

Chicago Ill.
April 3, 1931
United States, Dept. of Interior Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C. Rev. and 1812 Wars Section Gentlemen;
Check #6312 - $2.00
Will you please send me a copy of the Pension of George Butler, Private ; I think his Pension Claim is S.12375, he was born at Weathersfield Conn.
He was allowed pension on his application executed Sept. 25, 1832, I also have a notation that he was pensioned Berkshire Co. Mass., March 26, 1834.
Should also like a copy of pension of Private William McClellan, if one was allowed him; He served in the Rev. in Lieutenant Joseph Littles Co. Colonel Marsh's Regiment of Vermont Militia, discharged Oct. 5, 1778, he afterward lived in Charlotte , or Washington Co. New York.
If I am Not sending the right amount, please let me know
Very Truly
Mrs George W. McClellan 1529 Touhy Ave. Chicago Ill.

Chicago Ill.
Jan. 12, 1926
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions;
Dear Sirs,
Will you please send me a copy of the pensions of the following men
1 Justus or Justice Plank , served from May 26, 1777 to Jan. 9, 1778, in Capt. Josiah Childs Company, Col. Phillips Burr Bradleys 5 reg. Conn. Line; Also engaged at Battle of Germantown Oct. 4, 77, and assigned at Huntings Brigade and mustered at Valley Forge 77-8 Justus Plank, B. Feb. 5, 1762, Died Dec. 8, 1815 ( I think D. at Pownell Vt. ) 2 John Plank ; the same dates, places, enlistment, service and discharge 3 William McClellan , served as private in Lieutenant Joseph Littles Company, Col. Marsh's Reg. of Vermont Militia, time of engagement, Aug. 16, discharged Oct. 5 Pay roll dated Springfield Oct. 10, 1778, Service 1 mo. 21 days. 4 George Butler ; Private, Capt. David Nobles Co. Col. John Pattersons ( 26th ) regiment; marched to Cambridge April 22nd, 1775, and served six months; also same Co. and Regiment; muster roll dated Aug. 1st. 1775, enlisted April 29th 1775, service three months nine days; also Company returns dated Oct. 6, 1775. 5 Daniel Butler 2nd Lieut. Capt. Micah Hamblens Co., Col. Jonathan Reeds ( 1st ) regt. of guards ; muster roll for May, 1778, dated Cambridge; appointed April 2, 1778; engagement 3 months 6 Peter Renne - Roberts in N. Y. in Rev. P. 250, Land Bounty Grants, Duchess Co. 6th Reg. Record of Military Service for 1778, Colonel Johnsons Regiment, Capt. Clarks Comp.
I will be glad to send the amount when you tell me how much I owe for this information, and will you kindly send me the blanks to use in asking for this help.
Sincerely
Bessie Butler McClellan
Mrs George W. McClellan
1529 Touhy Ave. Chicago Ill.

April 9, 1931
Mrs. George W. Mc Clellan 1529 Touhy Avenue Chicago, Illinois
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section AWF:MLB
Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 12375, that George Butler was born at Weathersfield, Connecticut, date not stated.
While a resident of Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, he was a minuteman and enlisted April 22, 1775 in Captain David Noble's company, Colonel John Patterson's Massachusetts regiment, and served as a private until in September, 1775.
From February, 1777, he served two weeks as teamster; and six weeks at Skeensborough, under Commissary William Farnsworth.
He went to Glastonbury, Connecticut, and enlisted in the fall of 1777 and served one month under Captain Benoni Smith, and one month under Captain Pomeroy in the Connecticut troops.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 25, 1832, while a resident of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, aged eighty-three years.
There are no data on file as to family.
The Revolutionary War records of this bureau fail to afford any information in regard to a William Mc Clellan who served with the Vermont troops.
No charge is made for furnishing this information, and $2.00, the amount of your enclosure, will be refunded in due time.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section.
February 4, 1927
Mrs. George W. McClellan 1529 Touhy Ave Chicago, Ill
Madam:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 12375, it appears that George Butler was born at Weathersfield, Connecticut, date not stated.
While a resident of Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, he was a minute-man, and enlisted April 22, 1775 in Captain David Noble's Company, Colonel John Patterson's Massachusetts Regiment, and served as a private until in September 177 5 .
From February 1777, he served two weeks as teamster; and six weeks at Skeensborough, under Commissary William Farnsworth.
He went to Glastonbury, Connecticut, and enlisted in the fall of 1777 and served one month
Did not give names of capt. Gilbert & Colo. Smith as he said he was hired to do this service -
Ascd by Miss Wilson

under Captain Benoni Smith, and one month under Captain Pomeroy in the Connecticut Troops.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 25, 1832, while a resident of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, aged eighty-three years.
There is no data on file as to family.
Herewith is returned your five two cent stamps.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.