American Revolutionary War Veteran-one of the famous "fighting Butlers" of Pennsylvania.
Killed at Arthur St. Clair's Defeat in Ohio territory. It is alleged that he was buried separately from the other dead in a coffin; that the burial site was lost; and that the coffin was accidentally found years later in the Town of Ft Recovery Ohio and that it was reburied in Soldiers Monument, Ft Recovery Ohio
Service Record:
Ref: Heitman's register of Officers of the Continental Army during the war of the Revolution April,1775 to December 1783 published 1893 .p.111
"Butler, Richard (PA)
Captain 2d Pennsylvania Battalion 5th January, 1776;
Appointed Indian agent 17th May, 1778, and lost rank in army:
Major 8th Pennsylvania, 20th July, 1776;
Lieutenant-Colonel,12th March, 1777, to rank from 28th September, 1776;
Colonel 9th Pennsylvania, 7th June, 1777;
transferred to 5th Pennsylvania, 17th January, 1781;
transferred to 3d Pennsylvania, 1st January, 1783, and served to 3d November, 1783;
brevet Brigadier-General, 30th September, 1783;
Major-General UNited States Levirs in 1791;
killed 4th November, 1791, in action with Indians near Fort Recovery, Ohio"
Killed at Arthur St. Clair's Defeat in Ohio territory. It is alleged that he was buried separately from the other dead in a coffin; that the burial site was lost; and that the coffin was accidentally found years later in the Town of Ft Recovery Ohio and that it was reburied in Soldiers Monument, Ft Recovery Ohio
Service Record:
Ref: Heitman's register of Officers of the Continental Army during the war of the Revolution April,1775 to December 1783 published 1893 .p.111
"Butler, Richard (PA)
Captain 2d Pennsylvania Battalion 5th January, 1776;
Appointed Indian agent 17th May, 1778, and lost rank in army:
Major 8th Pennsylvania, 20th July, 1776;
Lieutenant-Colonel,12th March, 1777, to rank from 28th September, 1776;
Colonel 9th Pennsylvania, 7th June, 1777;
transferred to 5th Pennsylvania, 17th January, 1781;
transferred to 3d Pennsylvania, 1st January, 1783, and served to 3d November, 1783;
brevet Brigadier-General, 30th September, 1783;
Major-General UNited States Levirs in 1791;
killed 4th November, 1791, in action with Indians near Fort Recovery, Ohio"
American Revolutionary War Veteran-one of the famous "fighting Butlers" of Pennsylvania.
Killed at Arthur St. Clair's Defeat in Ohio territory. It is alleged that he was buried separately from the other dead in a coffin; that the burial site was lost; and that the coffin was accidentally found years later in the Town of Ft Recovery Ohio and that it was reburied in Soldiers Monument, Ft Recovery Ohio
Service Record:
Ref: Heitman's register of Officers of the Continental Army during the war of the Revolution April,1775 to December 1783 published 1893 .p.111
"Butler, Richard (PA)
Captain 2d Pennsylvania Battalion 5th January, 1776;
Appointed Indian agent 17th May, 1778, and lost rank in army:
Major 8th Pennsylvania, 20th July, 1776;
Lieutenant-Colonel,12th March, 1777, to rank from 28th September, 1776;
Colonel 9th Pennsylvania, 7th June, 1777;
transferred to 5th Pennsylvania, 17th January, 1781;
transferred to 3d Pennsylvania, 1st January, 1783, and served to 3d November, 1783;
brevet Brigadier-General, 30th September, 1783;
Major-General UNited States Levirs in 1791;
killed 4th November, 1791, in action with Indians near Fort Recovery, Ohio"
Killed at Arthur St. Clair's Defeat in Ohio territory. It is alleged that he was buried separately from the other dead in a coffin; that the burial site was lost; and that the coffin was accidentally found years later in the Town of Ft Recovery Ohio and that it was reburied in Soldiers Monument, Ft Recovery Ohio
Service Record:
Ref: Heitman's register of Officers of the Continental Army during the war of the Revolution April,1775 to December 1783 published 1893 .p.111
"Butler, Richard (PA)
Captain 2d Pennsylvania Battalion 5th January, 1776;
Appointed Indian agent 17th May, 1778, and lost rank in army:
Major 8th Pennsylvania, 20th July, 1776;
Lieutenant-Colonel,12th March, 1777, to rank from 28th September, 1776;
Colonel 9th Pennsylvania, 7th June, 1777;
transferred to 5th Pennsylvania, 17th January, 1781;
transferred to 3d Pennsylvania, 1st January, 1783, and served to 3d November, 1783;
brevet Brigadier-General, 30th September, 1783;
Major-General UNited States Levirs in 1791;
killed 4th November, 1791, in action with Indians near Fort Recovery, Ohio"
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Richard Butler was the son of Thomas Butler and Eleanor Parker
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