Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 37796, Stephen Butler, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Com.
Butler, Stephen
S 37796
CONTENTS

Connecticut 170150 Stephen Butler, R Windham Co.: Connect. Private in Col. Durkee's and Col. Wylly's reg'ts - Connect. line 3 years.
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 23. of August, 1820.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6. of Oct. 1820, and sent to David L. Bolles, agent, Brooklyn, Connect.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1820. $ 3.39 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4. March 1821. 48 " Omo: 9/31 } 1821. } $ 51.39 & 4/30.. }
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. } and 1 st May, 1820. }
Examined with Orig. Rolls Aug. 1883 M.S.

District of Connecticut, ss.
At a Court of Common Pleas, holden at Brooklyn within and for the County of Windham, in said district—
ON this 23 rd day of August A.D. 1820, personally appeared in open Court, being a Court of Record for the County aforesaid, [Having the power of fine and imprisonment]
Stephen Butler of Ashford in said County — aged Sixtytwo years, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows, viz : That he enlisted for the term of Thirteen months — about or on the first day of December in the year 1775 — in the State of Connecticut in the company commanded by Captain John Keyes in the regiment commanded by Colonel Duerke in the line of the State of Connecticut on the Continental establishment : that he continued to serve in the said corps until into September 1776 when at Paulus
I took, he received a written permission, which I have lost, from Gen Washington to go home with my father who came after me on account of my sickness, to stay till recovered which did not happen till after the time of my enlistment expired I having been & continuing to be utterly incapable of performing military duty during that term
I enlisted again into the Connecticut line of the Continental Army in March 1778 for three years - I was transferred from one company to another & am broken down with sickness age & infirmity & that means my money funds are very much I cannot make my bed, leaving from time to time, nor even my blankets - I do know I did enlist for three years & served a long time faithfully. I can recollect one summer & one winter & more in the service & I never deserted & was honorably dismissed from the service. I have not the discharge if I had one as I suppose I had - it is lost. I have sent for & got Col Thomas Grosvenor's deposition some time ago & the Controller's Certificate which I sent herewith & I am the true man mentioned in their papers & trust that altho' my memory fails me so that I am hardly competent to do business, yet that these documents will effectually prove my service - I have a wife named Mehitable aged 59 infirm - I have a daughter Almira Butler aged 23 Ashford a long time past attended to by 2 Doctors & now likely to get well I am helped by the neighbors or I could not find bread for my family being in absolute pauper - I do not know more than I am worth
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen ; 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 provisions 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 18th day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen ; 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.
Stephen Butler
A Schedule of the whole estate & income of Stephen Butler of Ashford in the County of Windham & State of Connecticut — viz
  One Cow & Calf, pig - 1 pewter plate 1 pewter plate 21. 25   1 basin 1 Teapot. cooking ware 1. 30   3 knives & forks - 2 candle sticks - 1 shovel & tongs 0. 70   Iron ware - one flat iron one Table three pails 3. 30   1 Wheel seven chains - 3 ticks - yeasts 5. 50 

Am y forso
$32.08
1 Churn 1 keg - 1 bread trough 16 lbs. 3 bottles 2 Wasons 1 tin pail 1 pair of yard - 1 case of drawers 2 beds - 1 mortar 1 axe 1 hoe 1 rake 1 sickle
1.50 1.34 1.83
$36.25
The above schedule contains all my estate since me  Stephen Butler
Windham St. Brooklyn 23 d August 1820.
David Bolles Chief Judge of the County Court for said County aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the Stephen Butler did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy for the term of nine months at one time on the continental establishment, and I now transmit the proceedings & testimony taken & had before me in said Court to the Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the directions of the aforesaid act of Congress - I am also satisfied that he needs the assistance of his Country for support. David Bolles
The above certificate of the Chief Judge is truly copied from the records of the said County Court. Attest. David B. Bolles Clerk
Stephen Butler
Sworn to and declared on the 23 d day of August A. D. 1820, before the Court of Common Pleas, for the County of Windham, in the district of Connecticut.
Attest. David B. Bolles Clerk.
I, David B. Bolles Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Windham, in the State of Connecticut, do hereby certify that the foregoing declaration & the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the records of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opin- ion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule, is Thirty six Dollars, and 77 Cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Court, on this 26 th day of September A. D. 1820.
David B. Bolles Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for Windham County.

37796 Rev  INVALID.
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File No. 37796
Stephen Butler Rev Rev 1822
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index: Vol. L , Page 65
- [Arrangement of 1870.]

17,458.
Stephen Butler, Windham Co: Conn t .
23. Aug t . 1820.
Col: Durkee's regim t . Decem r : 1775, to Sept. 1776. Col: Wylly's regim t both of the Connec t . line March, 1778 to Jan y . 1781. Adm d
Service proved by the testimony, on oath, of two persons, certified to be credible witnesses, and the Certificate of the Comptroller of the State of Connecticut.
worth $ 36. 77.
David C. Bolles, agent, Brooklyn, Connec t . 4. October, 1820.
Returned for the original declaration, or a certificate of the judge, of the day, month, and year, when it was made, and sworn to by the applicant.

Gentlemen
"Please to order to the bearer of this my Notes for the Balance that is found due to me for my Service as a Soldier in the late 3 d Connecticut Reg t in the year 1780. — yours Humble Servt Camp Octo r 15 th 1782 To the Committee of Pay Table State of Connecticut Stephen Butler
This may certify that Stephen Butler the bearer of the above Order was a Soldier in the late 3 d Connecticut Reg t the year 1780 & discharged his Time expiring near the close of the year & now serving for 6 M th in the present 5 th Reg t & signed the above Order in my presence Camp Octo r 15 th 1782 — The Grosvenor Lieut Col l & commandg officer of the late 3 d Reg t To the Committee of Pay Table State of Connecticut

the year 1818 and was furnished with the within certificate by the amount to the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars for the depreciation of the within said money paid here as wages and further with not dated at Bennington the fifteenth day of March A.D. 1819 Thos Grosvenor
State of Connecticut, Windham County to Bennington March 8 th 1819 -
Personally appeared Hon ble Thomas Grosvenor, signer to the foregoing disposition by him, subscribed & made solemn oath to the truth of the facts therein stated -
Before Me Lewis Grosvenor Justice of the Peace
David C. Bolles Clerk of the County Court within & for the County of Windham in the State of Connecticut do certify that Lem o Grosvenor Esq r before whom the above affidavit was made was during the year 1819, & still is, duly qualified as a Justice of the Peace within said County that the above signature is in his handwriting & full faith and it is to be given this act as such - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Publick Seal of Court at Brooklyn in said County this 27 th Dec r 1820 David C. Bolles

This may certify whom it may concern that we Sylvanus Conant and Benj te Bugbee both of the Town of Mansfield in Windham County and State of Connecticut were members of Capt te John Boys Company attached to the Twentieth Regiment in the Continental Service commanded by Colonel John Durkee during the revolutionary war - and that Stephen Butler of Ashford enlisted into the aforesaid Company and Regiment on or about the 5 th December 1775 for the term of thirteen months, and that he continued to do duty in said Company in the service of his Country from that time to about the first of September 1776 when on account of sickness he left the army at Paulers hook in New Jersey and returned home on furlow — witness our hands — Mansfield December 28 th 1819
Sylvanus Conant Benjamin Bugbee
Windham County ss Mansfield Dec r 28 th 1819 — Personally appeared Sylvanus Conant and Benjamin Bugbee signers of the above certificate and made solemn oath that the facts therein contained relative to the said Stephen Butler are the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth — I also certify that the said Conant and Bugbee are men of credibility Before me Salmon J. Hovey Justice of Peace

David C. Bolles Clerk of the County Court within & for the County of Windham in the State of Connecticut do certify that Salmon Storrs Esquire, before whom the within affidavit hath been made, is duly enrolled as a Justice of the Peace within & for said Windham County. That the signature of his named thereto, is in his hand writing & full faith & credit ought to be
given to his acts as such —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Publick Seal of Court at Brooklyn in said County this 27 th September Anno Domini 1820
David C. Bolles
Testimony of Salmon Storrs Esquire

State of Connecticut Comptroller's Office Hartford Feb'y 24. 1819
On examination of the Books of this Office it appears that Stephen Butler served as a Private in Colonel Samuel Wyllys Regiment in the Connecticut Line of the Continental Army in the Revolutionary War from the third day of March 1778. until the first day of January 1781. and that his pay was made up in the Regimental Pay Roll. was paid by this State & charged the United States and by them allowed on the settlement of the Claims of this State for the expenses of said Revolutionary War
Certified by
Ebenezer Sill Compt. of Public Accounts