Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 40775, Joseph Butler, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Butler, Joseph
S. 40775-
CONTENTS

15 16 19 Vermont
Joseph Butler
of South Hero - in the state of Vermont who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Burrell of the Connecticut line, for the term of one year 1776.
inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 st of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 th of Oct r 1819 and sent to Benj r Adams Esq r South Hero, Vermont
Arrears to 4th of Sep r 1819 — $ = 127-06
Semi-anl. all'ce ending Oct r 1820 - " 48
1/2 mo 4/30
$185-06
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Date of death not on AB.
Notification sent Nov. 14 th 1820 to Deborah Dole P.O. Bennington

Joseph Butler Revolutionary 15619 Soldier Declaration & Bath Pension Roll March 10/20 Vermont Agency Certificate N o 15619 Filed in open Court September 30 th 1820 Jedidiah Hyde J th Clerk of Grand Isle Court September Term 1820
Con
Communications will please to be directed to the Clerk of Grand Isle County Grand Isle Post Office Vt.

Revolutionary Claim, under Act of Congress,
May 1 st 1820
District of Vermont
Grand Isle County ss
On this twenty ninth day of September 1820 personally appeared in open Court, being the County Court, for the County of Grand Isle and a Court of record for said County. Joseph Butler of South Hero in the County of Grand Isle aged Eighty years resident in South Hero in said County who being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows, that on the first day of February 1776 he enlisted as a Sergeant in Captain Titus Watson's Company in Colonel Charles Burrill's regiment for one year in the Continental service and was in the expedition against Ticonderoga under the command of General Thomas who died at Champlaine in the province of Quebec, afterwards under the command of General Sullivan until the expiration of his service when he was Honorably discharged at Mount Independence on Lake Champlain.
And I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident 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 so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provision of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the revolutionary war" passed on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed, to wit two handsaws $3.00 - 5 Axes $1.00, 10 Gouges & chizzels $1.00, 1 Box rule 50 cents, 4 Gimblets 10 cents one Hatchet, 50 Cents 1 Old draw shave 10 cents Amounting in all to six dollars Twenty cents. - I am by occupation a Wheelwright, by reason of old age and infirmity are not able to do but little labour and have been assisted in my support for years back by the Town of South Hero. My original declaration was dated April 1 st 1818 and the Number of my certificate is 15,619
Joseph Butler
Sworn to and declared on the fortieth day of

September 20 1820 Before me Lewis Soules Judge
District of Vermont Grand Isle County ss
I, Jedidiah Hyde Jr. Clerk of the County Court within and for the County of Grand Isle do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record 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 is six dollars & twenty cents
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court, on this nineteenth day of September 1820
Jedidiah Hyde Jr. Clerk of Grand Isle County Court Vermont District
(Handwritten signature with a circled number 59 in the center)
(Faint, mirrored text from the reverse side of the page, likely bleed-through from the original document.)

Joseph Butler age seventy eight of South Hero
I hereby certify that the within named Thomas Dickson & Joseph Phelps are respectable and creditable witnesses. Bury Adams Judge of G. Iss. C Court

State of Vermont } - South Hero June 13 th A D 1818 Grand Isle County }
I hereby certify that I have been well acquainted with the within named Joseph Butler for a number of years past and verily believe that his the foregoing declaration to be just and true. And that he is wholly destitute of any kind of property not even to a change of garment and from his advanced age unable to support himself and that he is in absolute need of the assistance of Government for support
Bery Adams Judge of Grand Isle County Court
Warrant Inclosed
Joseph Butler
Not Not Contested Notdishonored
Inadmissible.
Adm d
South Hero, Vt.

I Joseph Butler age seventy eight of South Hero in the County of Grand Isle and State of Vermont Testify and say that at Goshen in the County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut on the first day of February One thousand seven hundred and Seventy six I enlisted in Capt Titus Watson's Compa- ny and Col o Charles Burrells regiment for the term of one year and in a few days (the same month) marched with others for Canada and continued our march untill we arrived within a few miles of the City of Quebec after a short time we were ordered to retreat which we did and after marching and counter marching for a considerable time retreated back to Crown Point and from there to Mount Independence where we remained untill the term of our enlistment had expired having served one full year was discharged & also he is in reduced circumstances and needs the assistance of government for support Joseph Butler
State of Vermont Grand Isle ss } South Hero April 1 st A 1818
Personally before me Joseph Butler signer of the above deposition and made solemn Oath that the aforesaid deposition contains the truth and nothing but the truth
Benj r Adams Judge of Grand Isle County Courts

I Thomas Dickson of South Hero in the County of Grand Isle and State of Vermont aged 67 years do hereby testify and say that I belonged to Capt. Jeremiah Swifts Company in Col Charles Burrall's Regiment in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy six and was well acquainted with Serjeant Joseph Butler signer of the above declaration and that he did serve in said Regiment agreeable to his the said Butler's above statement Thomas Dickson
I Joseph Phelps of South Hero in the County of Grand Isle and State of Vermont aged 67 years do hereby testify and say that I belonged to Capt. Titus Watsons Company in Col Charles Burrall's Regiment in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy six and was personally acquainted with Serjeant Joseph Butler the signer of the above declaration and that he did serve in said Regiment agreeable to his the said Joseph Butler's declaration as I belonged to the same mess and tented with him the said Butler Joseph Phelps
State of Vermont } Grand Isle County } South Hero October 4 th A D 1819
Personally appeared Thomas Dickson & Joseph Phelps Esqrs and made solemn Oath that the above depositions by them subscribed contains the truth and nothing but the truth
Before me Ben n Adams Judge of Grand Isle County Court

July 20, 1933
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Mr. Edward Ewer 434 Michigan Avenue Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Joseph Butler, S. 40775 Samuel Griswold, S. 18842 BA-J/MLB am
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter of July 5, in which you request information relative to Joseph Butler, Ebenezer, Samuel and Simon Griswold, soldiers of the Revolutionary War.
Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims for pension and bounty land made to the United States based upon military service of soldiers in that war.
A careful search of the records fails to show such claims on file on account of the Revolutionary War service of an Ebenezer Griswold who was born in 1725 and died in 1810 in Bennington, Vermont; or of any Simon Griswold.
You are furnished herein the records of Joseph Butler and Samuel Griswold, as found in claims for pension based upon their service in the Revolutionary War.
JOSEPH BUTLER, S. 40775
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 40775, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Joseph Butler, the only soldier of that name who served from Connecticut found in the records of this office.
The date and place of soldier's birth and names of his parents are not shown in the claim.
Joseph Butler enlisted February 1, 1776, at Goshen, Litchfield County, Connecticut, served as a sergeant in Captain Titus Watson's company, Colonel Charles Burrall's Connecticut regiment, and was in the retreat from Quebec, length of service one year.

Joseph Butler was allowed pension on his application executed April 1, 1818, at which time he was aged seventy-eight years and a resident of South Hero, Grand Isle County, Vermont; in 1820 he was still living there.
There are no family data on file in this claim.
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SAMUEL GRISWOLD, S. 18642
Samuel Griswold was born March 29, 1759, in Norwich, Connecticut; the names of his parents are not shown in the claim. In 1776 he moved to Bennington, Vermont.
While residing in said Bennington, Vermont, he volunteered early in April, 1777, and served as a private in Captains Samuel Robinson's and William Hutchins' companies, Colonels Herrick's and Warner's Vermont regiments; length of service about six and one half months.
The soldier moved in 1787 from Bennington, Vermont, to Orwell, Rutland County, Vermont.
Samuel Griswold was allowed pension on his application executed August 7, 1832, at which time he was residing in Orwell, Vermont.
No reference was made in the claim to wife or children.
In 1835 the soldier referred to his brother-in-law but did not state his name.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

By Charles Barrall Esq r . Colo of the Reg t of Foot raised for the Defence of the Right of America . . . . .
To Joseph Buttar Greeting
By virtue of the authority from the continental congress to me given Reposing special confidence in your Loyal good Behaviour do appoint you the Joseph Buttar to be a Sergeant in my Reg t and in the company whereof Titus Watson Esq r is Captain you are therefore To observe & obey all such Orders as you shall receive from me or other your Superior officers Whereof this shall be your Sufficient Warrant Given under my hand & Seal at Chumbly this 11 th Day of May D r 1776 Consented to
Charles Barrall Col l

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1908 May 11 Hist. So W. Martin Jones Jr. V.P. 1913 Spring 20 Hist. So Mrs. Charles R. Norton L.M. 1913 Jan'y 23 Hist. So Mrs. Fred Maycott V.P.M. 1914 Feby 11 Hist. So Miss Carlotta B. Capshaw Letter in S. J. 392 5-7 Isaac Butler. 1933 July 20—Hist. to Mr. Edward Ewer (See ltr. in Clu. p. 1884 2, Samuel Druswold) — M.L.B.

information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. Joseph Butler V. I. 40775
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     July 1 1776 1 year Sgt Titus Watson Charles Burrall Conn.                                                   
Battles engaged in, Wadsworth's Retreat from Quebec Residence of soldier at enlistment, Goshen, Litchfield Co. Conn. Date of application for pension, Apr. 1, 1818. His claim was al. Residence at date of application, South Ferris, Grand Isle Co. Vt. Age at date of application, 78 years
Remarks: No data as to family.  The above noted is the only

Callaway, Nebr.
Jan. 16, 1913.
Pension Dept.
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs: One Joseph Butter was pensioned as a Revolutionary soldier, in Vermont in 1818. Can you tell me where he enlisted? Also of any Butters who enlisted from Goshen Litchfield Co., Conn.?
Yours Truly
Mrs. Fred Maryott
Callaway, Nebr.

MRS. CHAS. O. NORTON KEARNEY, NEBRASKA
Kearney, Nebraska.-
Jan 13th 1913-
To the -
Commissioner of Pensions.-
Washington. D. C.
Dear Sir;--
Will you kindly have sent as soon as possible.- record of Pension granted to Joseph Butler- As his children-were born in Goshen Conn,- I assume his Revolutionary War record was also credited to Conn.- though many Conn men served in Mass regiments-
From the Rev record , sent in -by Joseph Butler- to your office, I desire to perfect application papers for entrance to the Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution- so will appreciate as full and complete data as you can give me.-
Thanking you for the assistance I am sure to receive from you, I am.-
Yours most sincerely.-
L. G. Norton
(Mrs. Charles Oliver Norton.-
State Regent. N.S.D.A.R.

Record Division. NO. 1 DIVISION.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
May 6, 1908
Searched by L. D. Lamparter
Original No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Claimant, _____
Soldier, Joel or Joseph Butler
Service, Conn.
Rev. War
Remarks: No claim was above except Inv. #40775 No Rev. B. L.

W. MARTIN JONES, COUNSELOR AT LAW, 41 TRUST BUILDING, ROCHESTER, - - N. Y.
Rochester, N. Y., April 29th, 1908.
Chief of the Department of Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
Joseph Butler, or possibly his first name may have been Joel, was a Revolutionary Soldier, and is supposed to have received Grand Island in Lake Champlain from the Government for services rendered. He was said to have been with Benedict Arnold at the Seige of Quebec. For genealogical purposes I should be glad to get any facts recorded in your office in relation to this person, especially any data regarding his family or relatives.
Any information that you may be able to give will be thankfully received.
Yours very truly,
W. Martin Jones Jr.
AMF.

Sir I return the declaration re of Joseph Butler for a reconsideration as you have lately placed Thomas Dickson on the pension list N o 12159 whose service was similar and no other than that of Butler both being in the same Regiment and at the same time therefore I think there can be no doubt but you will allow Butler his claim. And no one is in greater want being destitute of all kind of Property not even decent wearing apparel almost 80 years of age and very infirm and no doubt within one year he will be in no want of help.
Yours respectfully
Benj n Adams
Oct r 4 th 1819.
The Hon ble John C. Calhoun
Secretary of War
Washington

Country of Grand Isle and State of Vermont testify and say
The Hon. Secretary of War