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Revolutionary War Veteran
William Butler
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Crawford
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Private
Pennsylvania
Line
Was at the
Surrender of Cornwallis |
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Butler was born in Ireland in 1743.
He enlisted as a private in the Pennsylvania Line
and was twice wounded. He fought in many battles in the
New York and Jersey campaigns and served to the surrender
of Cornwallis. He was a pensioner when he died in 1839 in
Crawford County, PA.
Compiled
from several sources:
National Society of the Daughters of the American
Revolution; The Continental Line; pension records
and NARA.
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