Zebulon Butler D.S., Camp, August 12th 1782 : to Committee P. Table, Hartford

Zebulon Butler D.S., Camp, August 12th 1782 : to Committee P. Table, Hartford

Certificate of service

Camp [Pilipsburg, New York?] 1782

[2] p. ; 35 cm. (fol.)

MSS L1990.31.2 M

Twenty-four men's signatures or marks: Ahimaaz Punderson sarg.t; Samuel Barker, sarg.t; Saml Collins Serg.t; Isaac Parker Serg.t; Stephen Hall srg.t; Abra.m Parker corpl; Benj. Todd, corpl.;John Davenport corpl; Ezra Foot; Amos Frost; Mose: Hall; Israel Dogg his mark; Moses Potter his mark; John Parker; Thadeus Todd; Abel Stockwill; Joseph Aby [Abby in Rolls of Connecticut men], his mark; Henry Baly; Asa Beach, Isaac Munson; Damon M[... illegible], his mark; Jesse Grayham [i.e., Graham? who was a drummer]; Nathaniel Parker; and Joel Johnson|"Please to deliver my state notes for service in ye 4th Conn.t Regiment for the year 1781 to Lieut. John Sherman PM on this order which we the underwriters acknowledge to have signed and this shall be your voucher."|This certifies that the above named soldiers served in the 4th Conn.t Beg.t before Jany 1781 ... [signed] Zeb.n Butler Col|On verso: 7th comp.y / Return for state notes. Also on verso: Certificate to hand the Committee Pay Table Hartf.d|For a similar document but for the year 1780, see MSS L1990.31.1 M. It contains some of the same men, but fewer names.|Among the new names that appear in this document but not on the one mentioned above and also appear in Rolls and lists of Connecticut men in the Revolution, pp. 108-112 are: Stephen Hall of Fairfield; John Davenport of New Milford; Joseph Aby of Windham; Henry Baly of Stratford, Jesse Graham of Saybrook, and Joel Johnson of Guilford|Butler and Sherman were original members of the Connecticut Society of the Cincinnati.

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