Display Patriot - P-126472 - David BUTLER

David BUTLER

SAR Patriot #: P-126472

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State of Service: CT      Qualifying Service: Corporal
DAR #: A017598

Birth: 17 Jun 1760 Middletown / Hartford / CT
Death: 03 Apr 1815 Granville / / OH

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. Third Regiment, Fourth Company, Major Jonathan Meigs;
  2. Captain Warner, Colonel Wyllys, Continental Line

Additional References:
  1. Official roster: Soldiers of the American Revolution who lived in the State of Ohio. Wilbur R. Branthoover, compiler. Veterans Affairs, Ohio. Reprinted by OHSDAR. 1938
  2. Johnston: Connecticut Men in the Revolution, pg 47, 171, 316
  3. NARA: Series M881: Compiled Military Service Records, Roll# 215

Spouse: Ann Olive Henry
Children: Ann; Henry; Charles; Leverett;
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Burial:
Old Colony (aka Old) Burying Ground (C-0371266)
Location:
Granville / Licking / OH / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
1964655
Grave Plot #:
Section 4 Row 8 Plot 701
Grave GPS Coordinates:
40.065453 / -82.519417
Find A Grave Memorial #:
19618581
Marker Type:
VA stone, Bronze 1776, Granite SAR
SAR Grave Dedication Date:
04 Sep 2021

Comments:
  • First photo by permission: Michael John Blum, OHSSAR
  • The second photo is displayed courtesy of Thomas Hankins, OHSSAR


Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:


Author: Michael B. Gunn
Born June 17, 1760, David Butler served as a Corporal in Colonel Sherman’s Connecticut Regiment.  He married Olive Henry; children: Ann, Charles, Henry, and Leverett.  He died April 3, 1815, and was buried at Old Colony Cemetery, near Granville, Ohio.  His grave has a tombstone and a Revolutionary War marker.
 
References:
 
Official Roster: Soldiers of the American Revolution who lived in the State of Ohio. Wilbur R. Branthoover, compiler. Veterans Affairs, Ohio. Reprinted by OHSDAR, 1938.
 
DAR #A017598
 
Cemetery number: 1964655.   
 
Find-A-Grave Memorial number: 19618581.



Author: Thomas Delbert Hankins Jr.

David Butler was born in 1758 and died in 1815.  He was a private in Colonel Sherman's First Connecticut Regiment.  He enlisted April 27, 1775, when the regiment was formed at Norwich, Connecticut.  The regiment participated in the Siege of Boston, the Invasion of Canada, and the Battle of Trois-Rivieres. The regiment was active from 1775 until it was disbanded in 1776.

 

 




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Additional Information:
  • Additional information on family provided by Compatriot Thomas Hankins (OH) National NSSAR Number 170360
  • Parents: George Butler; 19 Jun 1730 Middletown / Middlesex / CT
  • Children;
    • Leverett Butler; 1794 - 1885
    • Ann Butler; 1787 - 1876
    • Henry Harry Butler; 22 Nov 1800 - 22 Aug 1868
    • Charles William Butler; 16 Jul 1804 - 09 Aug 1886


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