Rhea County TN Archives Military Records.....Butler, James Revwar - Pension ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/tn/tnfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@gmail.com October 27, 2005, 5:20 pm JAMES BUTLER James Butler applied for revolutionary pention in Rhea County, N. C. in 1777. He moved to South Carolina and enlisted in South Carolina troops under Gen. Francis Marion. He was born in Culpeper County, Va. in 1749. Mrs. Phoebe Butler Ford declares that she is the eldest child of James Butler who died Jan. 12, 1836, leaving a widow, Agnes Butler, whose marriage to the soldier took place in 1785. The widow died March 1, 1846. Phoebe Butler Ford was 57 years of age, Feb. 10, 1852. Her husband Edmund Ford, was also 57 in 1852. Additional Comments: From: SOME TENNESSEE HEROES OF THE REVOLUTION Compiled From Pension Statements PAMPHLET NO. I by Zella Armstrong File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/tn/rhea/military/revwar/pensions/butler19nmt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/tnfiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb