Lieutenant Colonel John Butler

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Lieutenant Colonel John Butler was a Loyalist military officer in the American Revolutionary War, best known for leading the irregular frontier unit known as Butler’s Rangers.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British Army officer
Loyalist military officer
Loyalist military unit
human
militia officer
afterTheWar settled in Upper Canada
allegiance Great Britain
American Loyalists
surface form: Loyalists

Province of New York
birthDate 1728
birthPlace Connecticut Colony
New London, Connecticut Colony
burialPlace Niagara-on-the-Lake
surface form: Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario
child Walter Butler (son)
commander John Butler
conflict American Revolutionary War
American Revolutionary War
French and Indian War (as part of British America)
surface form: French and Indian War
country United Kingdom
surface form: Great Britain
countryOfCitizenship Great Britain
deathDate 1796
deathPlace Newark, Upper Canada
Niagara-on-the-Lake
surface form: Niagara-on-the-Lake, Upper Canada
employer British Indian Department
ethnicGroup Irish descent
familyName Butler
father Walter Butler
givenName John
honorificPrefix Lieutenant Colonel
knownFor leading Loyalist and Indigenous raids on the New York and Pennsylvania frontiers
militaryRank Lieutenant Colonel
militaryUnitCommanded Butler’s Rangers
notableEvent organized Loyalist settlement in the Niagara region
notableFor command of Butler’s Rangers
notableWork organization of Butler’s Rangers as an irregular frontier corps
occupation Indian Department official
farmer
landowner
participatedIn Battle of Wyoming
Cherry Valley raid
surface form: Cherry Valley massacre
propertyConfiscatedBy U.S. state of New York
surface form: State of New York
religion Anglicanism (broadly)
surface form: Anglicanism
residence Mohawk Valley
surface form: Mohawk Valley, Province of New York

Newark, Upper Canada
surface form: Niagara, Upper Canada

Schenectady, New York
surface form: Schenectady, Province of New York
role deputy superintendent in the Indian Department
serviceBranch British provincial troops
Butler’s Rangers
spouse Catherine Bradt
workedWith Iroquois allies
Joseph Brant

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Butler’s Rangers hasCommanderRank Lieutenant Colonel John Butler