Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15,024, William Butler, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Butler, William
815024
CONTENTS
Carded

o Pen. Apr. 2. Nov. 1837
Alabama 22444.
William Butler.
Courthouse in the State of Alabama. was a Private in the Captain Williams of the Regt comm. Col. Collins in the Virginia time for 12 months.
* Lawrence County -
Enscribed on the Roll of Alabama at the rate of 43 Dollars 33 Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 th day of March 1833 and sent to J. K. Woope Courthouse. - Lawrence Co Alabama.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1833 108.33 Pension allowance ending Sept 24. 21.67
$130.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by M. Palmer Clerk Book 6 Vol. 8 Page 43.
240864

The State of Alabama Lowndes County
On this day of December in the year 1852 personally appeared me James B Walters judge of the County Court of said County and David Hall Henry Gregg Dennis Lindsey and George Stephens Esquires Commissioners of Revenue & Roads Commissioners of Roads & Revenue for the County foremost in open Court held for Roads & Revenue for said County the same being a court of law William Butler a resident Citizen of said County State aged 78 years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the fol- lowing declaration in order to obtain the benefit of an 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
I William Butler state that I have no record of my age but from the account received from my father was born in Oct 1754 in Halifax County Virginia where I lived when I first entered as a volunteer in a company com- manded by Capt John Williams Col. Nelson of Drays and Col. Stevens of Col. Nelson's command and the troops from Drays, Frazier and Col. Nelson rendezvoused at Col. Nelson's headquarters - A few days after we got into camp we were ordered by our superior to Williamsburg and arrived here after Gov. Dunmore had left that place for Norfolk After being at Williamsburg some time, the mounted men were discharged and the single men were marched to Norfolk - I was then in the latter class and transferred into another Company commanded by Capt John Lammerman Col. Smith commanding - On the way our troops had a skirmish with the

nothing of consequence occurred except that on the 2nd day succeeding they commenced the truce and set fire to it and the conflagration extended to all the houses except some we occupied which were also burnt when we left that place - We marched to Suffolk and were discharged without order after being out I think about six months - Sometime afterwards how long I cannot recollect I was called on again and marched to Williamsburg from which place we were sent to Old Point Comfort and after staying there a few months we were nearly taken sick and allowed to go home to recruit - The next time was as a militia man under Capt Mangle or Burke commanding, we were marched into Pennsylvania and joined Gen Washington army - this was after the British had taken Philadelphia - We remained in the army one time and were marched back home - To the continental Regiment with Gen Washington at that time I cannot be specific but I was acquainted per- sonally with Col Long, and Col Stevens. Capt Sawin was the same mentioned before and Capt Billings - He was attached as a subaltern from my father into Albemarle as a guard upon prison- ers taken from Gen Burgoyne's army - and remained a few weeks - I was called out for the last time previous to the siege of York under Capt Gurney. Col Barbour started but left us at Williamsburg - We were marched to Little York and commenced the siege - I remained with the army until the capitulation and a short time afterwards I was discharged and returned home but had no written discharge - At the siege of York I was in Gen Stevens Brigade - At the time I was in actual service I think it was about sixteen months but when I volunteered in the first instance it was for twelve months and we were at all times subject to a call of duty I lived in Gwynn County after the Revolution

until the year 1888 when I removed to Lawrence County Alabama where I now live - I never had any commission during the war - I can at present refer to no person living who can prove any service but in the hope that my name may be found on the rolls of the war Department transferred from the State of Virginia I submit my claim for a pension to the justice of my country - and refer to Alexander Lake
as my neighbors to State facts to the court - I hereby relinquish my claim to a pension except the present and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State I am to subscribe the day of year aforesaid
William Butler
We Alexander Lake a clergyman and Jacob K. Swoope, both residing in Lawrence County Alabama do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with the said William Butler who subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be 78 years that he is respected and beloved in the neigh- borhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion and we further certify that the said William Butler has sustained an in- reproachable character for truth and integrity since our acquaintance
Alexander Lake Jacob K. Swoope

and the said Court do hereby declare their opinions after an investigation of the matter and after fulling the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served in the State, and the court further certify that the said Alexander Luke is a chuggman residing near to said applicant in same county of Lawrence and that the said Jacob H. Hester resides in the same county and that they are both highly respectable persons with credits and their statements are entitled to full credit
James B. Walker Judge of Court. David Hall Henry Gregg Daniel Sweeney George Stevens
Commissaries
C.C. Allen
Wm. Butler 20450
I John Gregg clerk of the County Court of Lawrence County do hereby certify the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of William Butler for a pension on the testimony of John Hester and Alexander Luke hand and affixed my seal for office the 30th day of November John Gregg Clerk

State of Alabama Lawrence County Personally appeared before me Abraham M. D o Graffunder an acting Justice of the Peace for the County aforesaid William Butler, Who being, duly sworn, deponeth 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 mention d below and in the following grades — 1 o Unit
6 months in the Minute service at Williamsburg, and Norfolk in the years 1775 & 1776 as a private soldier in Capt. John William s Company, which Company marched from Gallipolis to House Virginia, to Williamsburg. at Williamsburg was transfer d to Capt. John Sammons Company, and march d to Norfolk. Making in all the above service of six months.
2 o — In 1777 he marched from Gallipolis Court House as a private under Capt. John Billingson, to Williamsburg from Williamsburg we then marched as a Guard to James Town, at which Place a number of us were taken sick. serving as well as my recollection serves me not less than three months, when we returned home —
3 o In 1778 he march d under Capt. M c Hugh of the Militia as a private into Pennsylvania, where we found Gen l Washington s Army, and served as well as my recollection serves me not less than two months —
4 th In 1781 he marched from Gallipolis to House as a private

discharged, making a term of sixty two days— and for such service I claim a pension—
Given under my hand Seal this 28th day of September 1833 One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty Three.
Abel Coffin (Seal)
State of Alabama,
Sauvage County ss I John Gregg clerk of the county Court of said County do hereby certify that A. M. G. [unclear] = read therein whose signature appears to the foregoing affidavit was on the day of the date thereof an acting Justice of the peace for said county duly commissioned and sworn and that full faith and credit are due all his official acts as such
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed my seal of office at office the 5th day of October 1833
John Gregg Clerk

Know all men by these presents that I William Butler of the county of Law- rence Alabama have constituted and ap- pointed and by these presents do consti- tute and appoint Clement C. Clay of the county of Madison in said state my true and lawful attor- ney for me and in my name to apply for and receive any money that may be coming to me as a pension under the law of the United States passed in the year 1832 under which law I am at this time an applicant for a pension, and I hereby author- ise my said Attorney to execute in my name any receipt or receipts that may be required at the time he may receive for me any money that may be due me at any time within twelve months from the day of the date hereof. And I hereby ratify and confirm all things that my said attorney may do in the premises. In testimony whereof I do hereunto set my hand and seal the 19 th day of November 1832
William Butler
At a commissioners court held  held  for  for Lawrence County in the state of Alabama said court being a court of Record the following acknowledgment was taken and order made (To wit).
That the power of attorney was this day presented in open court executed on the 19 th day of November 1832 by William Butler of Lawrence County Alabama to Clement C. Clay of Madison County in said state and thereupon came the said William Butler in open court and acknowledged that he signed the

and deliver said power of attorney to said Edmund 6 Blay on the day of the date thereof for the purpose therein expressed it is ordered that the same be certified accordingly
State of Alabama 2
Lawrence County 3 I John Gregg Clerk of the county court do certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the acknowledgment of William Butler in the Common Pleas Court of Lawrence County in the State of Alabama at the November Term of said court in the year 1832 as taken from the minutes of said court
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed my seal at office at office the 20th day of November 1832
John Gregg Clerk

July 3, 1940.
Miss Clarice Scott 6830 Normal Boulevard Chicago, Illinois.
BA-J/ILL William Butler S. 15024 aw
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of William Butler, who was a pensioner of Laurence County, Alabama.
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 15024, based upon service of William Butler in the Revolutionary War.
William Butler was born in the month of October 1754, in Culpeper County, Virginia, and lived there during the period of the Revolutionary War; the names of his parents were not given.
William Butler volunteered in 1775, served as private in Captains John Williams' and John Jamieson's companies, Colonels Taliaferre's and Scott's Virginia regiment, was in the battle of Great Bridge and at the burning of Norfolk, length of said service six months. He enlisted in 1777 and served three months as private in Captain John Gillison's company; sometime after the surrender of General Burgoyne, he served as guard at Albemarle Barracks, which service was rendered as substitute for his father. He enlisted in 1778 and served two months as private in Captain Waugh's company, Colonel Rucker's Virginia regiment. He enlisted in the fall of 1781 and served sixty-two days as private in Captain Lewis Yancey's Virginia company, during which he was in the siege of Yorktown.
This soldier returned to Culpeper County, Virginia, and continued to reside there until 1818, when he moved to Laurence County, Alabama.
William Butler was allowed pension on account of his service

in the Revolutionary War on his application executed November 20, 1833, at which time he resided in Lawrence County, Alabama.
William Butler stated that he was a single man at the time he first entered service in the Revolutionary War. He made no reference to wife or children. He died previous to October 16, 1837. In 1837, it was stated that he died without wife or children.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name 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:
William Butler Certificate #22444 Issued November 4, 1833 Rate $43.33 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act of June 7, 1832 Alabama Agency.
Very truly yours,
A. D. MILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

15024 INVALID.
File No. 15.024
William Butler
Priv. Rev. War
Act: June 5th 1832.
Index: — Vol. 1 , Page 52
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1928 - mch 12 - Hilt. to Mrs. Stephen V. Brann see letter in William Butler 16671 cury. 1930 - July 3 - Hilt. to Mrs. D. B. Hollingsworth. See letter - S 16674 James Butler - B.R. 1940 - Feb. 7 - Hilt. to Mrs. John P. Moore - Hilt. 1940 - July 3 - Hilt. to Mrs. Clarice Scott - Hilt.

Mr Evans
Oct 30.
FREE
J. Edwards Esq Commission of Pleas City of Washington

Mr. of the H. of the State of Ill. Decatur 16 October 1837
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir
I enclose voucher for arrears of pension due William Rutledge Esq. I ask permission for its payment - The case being on the list of which has not been before presented at this a gency I beg you will suggest as far as convenient the form the voucher should be placed in if the accompanying one is incorrect - The pensioner died as I understand with out wife or children -
Horace Green
Pen Agt.

24.440 22.444
William Butten Alabama
Adm 1 yr & 1 month $42.23
 43.82 \frac{1}{2}  86.66  21.67  108.33 
Hon. C. C. Clay Washington City J. K. Serropez Bourtland North Alabama

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.              
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers; ) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 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.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 
6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
(a) The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
(b) The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
(c) The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
(d) The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
(e) Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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, deposes 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 each 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,' in too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their services. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
(f) The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
(g) The opinion of the Court is always required.
(h) The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
(i) The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends 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.
Proof of Service.
(j) 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 claimant's 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.
The notes from (a) to (i) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note (j) applies to continental troops only.
(k) This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
(l) If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
(m) The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration:

6850 Normal Blvd. Chicago, Illinois May 21, 1940
Veteran's Administration Washington D. C.
Mrs. Leidel
Dear Sir,
Please send me a copy of the pension William Butler of Laurens Co. Ala. received for Revolutionary services. Thanking you, I am
Yours very truly, (Miss) Clarie Scott

Twickenham Cotton Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution Huntsville, Alabama
Mrs. John P. Moore, Regent
Jan. 24, 1948
Veterans Administrative Washington 42, D. C.
Dear Sir,
✓ Please give Revolutionary War service of Samuel Butler of Virginia and North Carolina, + Ala. also of William Butler of Lawrence Co. Ala who fought in La militia.
Revolutionary Pension Roll in Vol 14 Sen. Doc. 5-14. 23 Congress 1st session 1833-34 If Samuel Butler was not a Revolutionary Soldier if in any way give service.
Thanking you.
Very sincerely
Mrs John P Moore

February 7, 1940.
Mrs. John P. Moore Huntsville Alabama.
BA-J/ILL William Butler S. 15024
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Samuel Butler, of Virginia, North Carolina and Alabama, also, the record in that same war of William Butler, who served from Virginia and resided in Lawrence County, Alabama.
A search of the Revolutionary War records of this office has been made and no claim for pension or bounty land found based upon service of any Samuel Butler. The record of William Butler is furnished herewith, pension claim-S. 15024.
Very truly yours,
A. D. MILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

February 7, 1940.
Mrs. John P. Moore Huntsville Alabama.
RA-J/ILL William Butler S. 15024
Dear Madam:
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 15024, based upon service of William Butler in the Revolutionary War.
William Butler was born in the month of October 1754, in Culpeper County, Virginia, and lived there during the period of the Revolutionary War. The names of his parents were not given; however, his father was living at the time the prisoners of General Burgoyne's Army were confined at Albemarle Barracks. This is shown in next par.
William Butler volunteered in 1775, served as private in Captain John Williams' and John Jamieson's companies, Colonels Taliaferro's and Scott's Virginia regiments, was in the battle of Great Bridge and at the burning of Norfolk, length of said service six months. He enlisted in 1777 and served three months as private in Captain John Gillison's company; sometime after General Burgoyne's surrender, he served as guard at Albemarle Barracks, which service was rendered as substitute for his father. He enlisted in 1778, and served two months as private in Captain Waugh's company, Colonel Rucker's Virginia regiment. He enlisted in the fall of 1781, and served sixty-two days as private in Captain Lewis Yancey's Virginia company, during which he was siege of Yorktown.
This soldier returned to Culpeper County, Virginia, and continued to reside there until 1818, then moved to Lawrence County, Alabama.
William Butler was allowed pension on account of his service

in the Revolutionary War, on his application executed November 20, 1832, at which time he resided in Lawrence County, Alabama.
William Butler made no reference to wife or children. He was not married when he first entered service in the Revolutionary War. He died previous to October 16, 1837. It was stated in 1837, that he died without wife or children.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name 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:
William Butler Certificate #22444 Issued November 4, 1833 Rate $43.33 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act of June 7, 1832 Alabama Agency.
Very truly yours,
A. D. MILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section AWT/ILL
July 3, 1930.
Mrs. D. B. Hollingsworth Box 275 Edgefield, South Carolina.
Dear Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 18024, it appears that William Butler was born in October 1754 in Gulpeper County, Virginia.
While residing in Gulpeper County, he enlisted and served as a private with the Virginia troops as follows:
1778 In 1775 and 1776, six months in Captains John Williams' and John Jameson's Companies, Colonels Taliaferre's and Scott's Regiments, and was in the battle of Great Bridge and at the burning of Norfolk; in 1777, three months in Captain John Gillison's Company; in 1780, two months in Captain Waugh's Company, Colonel Rucker's Regiment; and in 1781, sixty-two days in Captain Yancey's Company, was at the Siege of York.
He stated that he was a single man when he first served in the Revolution, and that a part of his service was as a substitute for his father, whose name is not given.
He was allowed pension on his application executed November 20, 1822, while a resident of Lawrence County, Alabama, where he had moved in 1818.
On October 18, 1827, soldier is referred to as being deceased, also that he died without "wife or children".
There are no further family data.
Very truly yours,
H.W. MORGAN, Acting Commissioner.

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section.
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March 12, 1938
Mrs. Royden V. Brown Bingham Maine
Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 15024, it appears that William Butler was born in October 1754 in Culpeper County, Virginia.
While residing in said Culpeper County, he enlisted and served as a private with the Virginia Troops, as follows-
In 1775 and 1776, six months in Captains John Williams' and John Jameson's Companies, Colonels Taliaferro's and Scott's Regiments, and was in the battle of Great Bridge and at the burning of Norfolk; in 1777, three months in Captain John Gillamson's Company; in 1778 1778, two months in Captain Waugh's Company, Colonel Rucker's Regiment; and in 1781, sixty-two days in Captain Yancey's Company, was at the Siege of York.
He stated that he was a single man when he first

served in the Revolution, and that a part of his service was as a substitute for his father, whose name is not given.
He was allowed pension on his application executed November 20, 1832, while a resident of Lawrence County, Alabama, where he had moved in 1818.
On October 16, 1837, soldier is referred to as being deceased, and that he died without "wife or children." There are no further data as to family.
Respectfully
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.