Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L. Wt. 261-300, Lawrence Butler, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
va
Butler, Lawrence
B.L. Mt. 261-300-Capt.
Issued May 22, 1789
No papers
CONTENTS

Va.
Butler, Laurence.
N. L. W. 261-300 - Bapt Issued May 22, 1789 - no papers.

Waltham Ma March 16 th /31
Veterans Administration Bureau of Pensions Washington D.C.
Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir - Will you please send me any records you may have - the officers of the Pennsylvania only one named Lawrence Butler of Virginia - I think one of them was a

Medical Officer & the others Served in the Virginia State Troops - I would like to have any genealogical records of them also.
Yours truly
R. B. S. Fleming
Blue Ridge Summit Pa
Aug 23 -
The above address will soon be mine -

B L W, # 261 - 300 acres. Capt
April 16, 1931.
R. B. L. Fleming Box #23 Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania.
Rev.& 1812 Wars Section MMHF:ILL Am
Dear Madam:
You are advised that from the records of this bureau it appears that Warrant Number 261 for three hundred acres of bounty land was issued May 22, 1789, on account of the services of Lawrence Butler , Captain in the Virginia Line, War of the Revolution.
There are no further data relative to his services, and none whatever pertaining to his family, due to the destruction of papers in such claims when the War Office was burned in 1800.
The above history is that of the only soldier named Lawrence Butler, found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau.
Very truly yours,
E. W. MORGAN, Acting Commissioner.

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section
MMHF/HMM
April 19, 1930.
Hon. John L. Cable House of Representatives Washington, D. C.
My dear Mr. Cable:
In response to your letters of April 16, 1930 in behalf of Miss Georgiana Ferguson of 3217 - 46th Street, N.W., this city, I have the honor to advise you that this bureau is unable to furnish the history of a soldier of the Revolution unless a claim for pension or bounty land has been made to the United States on account of his services.
A careful search of the records fails to show such claims on file on account of the services of either Thomas Butler as described by you, or of Samuel Mounts.
In order to identify the record of a particular soldier of that war named William Patton, as much as possible of the following data is essential: approximate dates of birth and death, places of residence at enlistment and after service and given name of widow.
The histories of the only soldiers named John Quaintance and Lawrence Butler, found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau are as follows:
From the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 22945, it appears that John Quaintance, while a resident of Fauquier County, Virginia, enlisted in January 1777, served as a private in Captain Charles Porterfield's Company, Colonel Morgan's Virginia Regiment and was in the battles of Brandywine and Germantown and was discharged in September or October 1778.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 21, 1832, at which time he was a resident of East Fallowfield Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, aged nearly seventy-six years.
He wrote - 7 - one for each soldier
I had a letter from Miss Ferguson, ready to send, on my death when Mrs. Cable's atty. came, so called by phone & found that his request was in behalf of Miss Ferguson

He died January 22, 1835.
The soldier was survived by his aged widow to whom he was married "some years" after the close of the war. Her name not given.
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From the records of this bureau it appears that Warrant Number 261 for three hundred acres of bounty land was issued May 22, 1789, on account of the services of Lawrence Butler, captain in the Virginia Line, War of the Revolution.
There are no further data relative to his services, and none whatever pertaining to his family, due to the destruction of papers in such claims when the War Office was burned in 1800.
Very truly yours,
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner.

JOHN L. CABLE 4TH DISTRICT OHIO
OFFICE: 494-A HOUSE OFFICE BLDG.
COMMITTEES:
IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION ELECTION OF PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT COINAGE, WEIGHTS, AND MEASURES
Congress of the United States
House of Representatives
Washington, D. C.
16 April 1930
Honorable E. W. Morgan, Bureau of Pensions, Department of the Interior, Washington, D. C.
In re: Butler, Lawrence (Lance) Frederick & adjoining counties, Virginia.
Dear Mr. Morgan:
Will you please advise as to the pension record of the above-named, who was a lieutenant in the Revolutionary Army, and oblige?
Sincerely yours,
JLC:RM

3217 - 46" St., N. W., Washington, D. C. Feb. 10, 1930.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
I would appreciate any information you may be able to give me regarding the pensions for service in the Revolutionary War of the following:---
not Con'l. Thos. Butler , of Virginia. (Frederick Co. probably)
✓ Lieut. Lance (Lawrence) Butler, of Virginia. Same County
Drummer Thos. Butler, of Virginia. Same County. not
Samuel Mounts , of Virginia. (and W. Va.) no S.M. under any other name Frederick Co. Va. Berkley Co. W. Va.
John L. Quaintance , of Virginia and Penna.
Probably Frederick Co. Va. Chester Co. Pa.
Wm. Patton , of Cumberland Co., Pa. (Va Line) more
Thanking you in advance, I am,
Yours truly,
(Miss) Georgiana Ferguson. G