Butler, Walter

  • DICTIONARY OF CANADIAN BIOGRAPHY ARTICLE: David A. Charters, “BUTLER, WALTER,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 4, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed June 12, 2025. https://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/butler_john_1796_4E.html#citations
  • DCB profile notes:
    • Army officer; b. 1752 at Butlersbury (near Johnstown, N.Y.), eldest son of John Butler (1728–96) and Catalyntje Bradt (Catharine Bratt); d. unmarried, 30 Oct. 1781, at West Canada Creek, N.Y.
    • “After Oriskany, Walter led a party of soldiers and Indians down the Mohawk valley, under a flag of truce but recruiting for the crown as they went. Captured on 12 or 13 August, he was tried by court martial and sentenced by Major-General Benedict Arnold to be hanged as a spy. Several American officers who had known him as a law student interceded, and he was merely interned in Albany. There he was eventually transferred to the home of Richard Cartwright, a loyalist sympathizer.”
  • Not in Loyalist Directory: Requires Follow up.
  • Find a GRAVE: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42271841/walter-butler