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Last name Butler
First name John
Display name Colonel John Butler
Birth date 1728
Death date 1796
Gender m
Affiliations British Government, anglican
Bio notes Loyalist and British Superintendant for Indian Affairs. Born in Connecticut in 1798. Led Butler's Rangers during the American Revolution. Died in Niagara, Canada, in 1796. Present at negotiations between Indians and settlers (1793) mentioned by William Hartshorne, Jacob Lindley, and Joseph Moore.

Mentioned in:

Jacob Lindley's Account, 1793

Joseph Moore's Journal

Wm. Hartshorne's Journal of Journey to Detroit 1793