Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S.37798, William Buttery, Penn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn.
Buttery, William
S 37798
CONTENTS

5195
Connecticut
William Buttery Capt Gray Private
Pennsylvania line In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 2 d of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 of Jan'y 1819 and sent to Hon. Mr. Sherman House of Representatives U.S.
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818 $ 40.79 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 March 1819 48.
$ 88.79
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818 }
three years 44
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Wilton
No. 6. Section about Collector gift 1820 to Pardon Brown, Springfield, Vermont

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District of Connecticut
On this 2 day of April I 1000 William Buttery of Vinton in said District under oath declares before Pierpont Edwards District Judge of the United States for the District of Connecticut in which District the declarant now resides and for more thirty years last past hath resided That in the month of December in the year seventeen hundred and seventy seven he enlisted into the service of the United States as a private in the 6 th company commanded by a captain Gray, Colonel Stephen Moylan Regiment of Light Dragoons in the Pennsylvania Line on the continental establishment of the armies of the United States in the year of the Revolution for the term of three years three years which term of three years the declarant faithfully served out in said company & Regiment in said line on said establishment of said armies in said year when he was from said service honorably discharged but which discharge he hath by time & accident lost And the Declarant further maketh oath that he now is & since the declaration of independence hath been a resident citizen of the United States and that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he is in need of assistance from his support from his country for his support Wm X Bullock mark

District of Connecticut ss April 2 d 1898 the within Named William Buttery came before me & in my presence subscribed the aforesaid declaration & made oath that the same is true
Richard J. Edwards District Judge of District

District of Connecticut
On this 2 d day of April A.D. 1810 before me Pier- pont Edwards District Judge of the United States for the District of Connecticut came Jeremy James and Job Hodges both of Wilton in said District res- pectable citizens thereof being duly sworn ele- pose & say that they well knew the aforesaid elder- and William Brittery while in the service of the United States as in his Declaration foregoing is set forth and have known him ever since the end of the war of the revolution living in the same town with him. And that the facts in his said Declaration in relation to his said service, citizenship, residence that he was not at the time and need of support from his country for his support are true
Jeremy James
Job Hodges
April 2 d 1810 Sworn before me
Pierpont Edwards
District Judge of the District of Connecticut

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William Buttery-
5.195
March 1819
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District and State of Connecticut, ss.
BE IT REMEMBERED, That in the County Court, held in and for the County of Fairfield, in the District and State aforesaid, on this 25 th day of July 1820, the same being a Court of Record, and having a Seal, under the Authority of said State, personally came and appeared in open Court
William Buttery aged Sixty seven years, resident in the Town of Wilton in the County of Fairfield, in said State, and being first duly sworn according to Law, doth declare on his oath, that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows:
Enlisted in the year 1777 under Major Washington at Valley forge Col White Regiment time of service three years in said Regiment and my other services about two years for particulars, reference being had to my original declaration in the War office
that the original Declaration made by him, for the purpose of obtaining a Pension, under the Act of Congress of the 18th of March, 1818, was dated the 2 nd day of April 18 18 that in pursuance thereof
he was entered in the List of Pensioners, and received a Pension Certificate No. 5.195 And I do further solemnly
Swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th 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 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, 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 hereunto annexed, and by me subscribed. And I do
further declare that my occupation is that of a day Labourer but owing to bodily infirmities he is unable to perform at this time much labour
and that I have in my family residing with me my Wife Abigail aged fifty six weakly & unable to labour
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all which is subscribed by me the day and year aforesaid.
Sworn to and declared in the Court aforesaid. Whereupon said Court is, on satisfactory proof exhibited in Court, of opinion that the total amount in value of the property contained in the aforesaid Schedule, is Sixty Dollars and Sixty five Cents, and doth order these proceedings to be entered in the records of said Court.
Attest David Burr Clerk

At a County Court, held in and for the County of Fairfield, in the District and State of Connecticut, on the 25 th day of July 1820, the same being a Court of Record, and having a Seal, by virtue of the Laws of said State.
PERSONALLY APPEARED, in open Court, William Buttery — a resident in the Town of Wilton — in the County of Fairfield, in said State, and exhibited and subscribed the following Schedule, and made — Oath — that the same is a true and perfect Schedule of all his income and property, necessary cloathing and bedding excepted, viz.
2 old Tables — one old Chest — 6 old chairs — Iron pot kettle — tea kettle — 2 trammels — Shovel & Longs — Bellows — frying pan — Axe — 3 milk Pans — 1 Sieve — 2 Hammers — 1 Pail — Jug — 3 hoes — 1 Pitchfork — 2 Platters — 1 Jug — 3 baskets — 1 home Earthen Platter 1 Pewter Plate 6 Knives & Forks — Grind Stone — Bible — Reel — Shaving Knife — Steelyards — Wheel one acre of Land with an old House all valued at $ 60.00 cts
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State of Connecticut, ss.
I DAVID BURR, Clerk of the County Court for the County of Fairfield, in the said State, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the 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 of William
Buttery is sixty Dollars \frac{65}{100}
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Fairfield, this 25 - day of July 1820.
David Burr
Clerk of the County Court for said County of Fairfield,
District and State of Connecticut, ss. Fairfield July 25-1820.
I ROBERT FAIRCHILD, Chief Judge of the County Court for the County of Fairfield, in said State, do certify that DAVID BURR, Esq. is the Clerk of said Court, duly appointed and sworn; and that the said Court is a Court of record, made so by the statute laws of said State; that it proceeds according to the course of the common law, has a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, with the power of fine and imprisonment, and keeps a record of its proceedings.
Robert Fairchild
Chief Judge of the County Court for the County of Fairfield.

37798 INVALID.
Rev
File No. 37798
William Buttery His Rev. son
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index: — Vol. 2 , Page 68
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Wm Butter
The
Honorable John L. Nathan
Secretary of the Department of War
Admitted
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Washington
Hon. W. Sherwood, H. of R.

I Purvis Edwards District Judge of the District of Connecticut do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that William Buttery who made & subscribed the declaration contained in the annexed Schedule did serve in the Revolutionary War against the common Enemy as stated in this said declaration & I now transmit the proceedings & testimony taken & had before me in his case to the Secretary of the department of War pursuant to an Act of Congress in such case made & provided said proceedings & testimony are contained in the annexed Schedule May 20 th 1818
Purvis Edwards