Revolutionary War

Veterans'

Applications for Pension

This group of papers contains letters written for Revolutionary War Veterans so they could obtain their pensions under Acts of Congress of 1818 and 1820. Most of these letters contain at least a partial list of the commander(s) the veteran served under and some of the battles that he participated in. Some had been wounded, others told of their time spent as prisoners of war.

Some veterans list their wife’s name and age, while others just state that they had a wife and give the year she died, a few name a child or two and a couple state that they have no family at all. One veteran had an orphaned girl living in the household and one man’s wife was blind.

Copies of these rare records are only available by sending the order form to the Butler County Historical Society. Each copy you order will include all the pages in the file on legal sized paper.

Great information to help complete your family history!

	SURNAME	GIVEN	DATE WRITTEN	AGE	TOWNSHIP	# OF PAGES	NOTES
1	BELL	James	4 Jan 1825	70		3
2	BURNSIDE	James	7 Apr 1828	57		4
3	BUYERS	George	7 Apr 1823	67		3
4	DAVIS	John	2 Oct 1820	65	Middlesex	3
5	GRAHAM	Daniel	4 Jul 1820	72	Connoquenessing	4
6	GREEN	John	3 Oct 1820	67	Clearfield	3
7	HARBISON	William	5 Oct 1824	68		4
8	JAMISON	John	3 Apr 1826	76		4
9	KINNEY/McKINNEY	Peter	5 Jul 1821	56		4	*
10	McLEOD	John	2 Oct 1821	62	Connoquenessing	4
11	PORTERFIELD	Samuel	2 Jul 1825	72	Venango County	5
12	RANKIN	John	6 Jul 1830	76		4
13	RENISON	John	3 Jul 1821	71	City of Butler
14	RUDOLPH	Jacob	4 Jan 1825	76		3
15	SLAYTOR	John	7 Jul 1828	67		3	**
16	SLEATOR	John	6 Jan 1824	63	Donegal	3	**
17	STEVENSON	Nathaniel	3 Jan 1821	78	Center	3	***
18	STEVENSON	Nathaniel	2 Apr 1827	76		3	***
19	WELSH	John	4 Jan 1825	76		4

* The papers in this file have the surname spelled both ways. We believe the papers all pertain to one individual.

** The papers in these two files seem to be of the same man. He only makes a mark and the clerk who signed his name spelled it Slaytor in both cases. It is spelled Sleator in 1824 in the opening statement.

*** The signature in both of these files looks the same. But the age of Nathaniel doesn't match up between the two dates.

DWI