The last several posts I have been writing about Butler's Barracks, located in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada. I mentioned that Butler's Barracks were named after a Loyalist officer by the name of John Butler (1728-1796).
Well, who was he?
Essentially, an enemy of the new country the Patriots were trying to establish.
He was an American-born military officer, merchant, landowner and colonial official in the British Indian Deparment. During the American Revolution he was a prominent Loyalist who led the provincial regiment Butler's Rangers on the frontiers of New York and Pennsylvania.
Born in Connecticut, he moved to New York. To say he was a thorn in the side of Americans would be an understatement. In thanks for his services, Britain was given a land grant in the Niagara region. This eventually became Butler's Barracks.
I'll write about him in my Cooter's History Thing blog later.
--Brock-Perry
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