James M. Butler, 1813–1900?> (aged 87 years)
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Jim Butler
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Source: Janice Ilene Butler Turner, PhD
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Death of a father
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Source: 1850 Census
Citation details: Shelby Co. AL Text: died after 1850 census. |
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Source: Headstone
Text: Supreme Woodman of the World |
Marriage
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Source: Marriage License, Coosa Co. AL
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Birth of a son
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Source: Death Certificate
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Source: 1900 census
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Death of a mother
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Source: 1860 census
Citation details: Fayette Co. AL Text: died after 1860 census |
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Text: William Herman, JP |
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Text: John Walston, M. G. |
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Marriage of a daughter
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Citation details: 42 Text: P. Ivy, M. G. |
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Citation details: 14 Text: J. H. Altom, J. P. |
Marriage of a son
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Citation details: 14 Text: Geo Harrell, M. G. |
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Citation details: 46 Text: Thomas Hay, M. G. |
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Citation details: 14 Text: J. G. Burks, M. G. |
Marriage of a son
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Source: Family Bible
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Marriage of a son
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Citation details: page 14 Text: Thos Hay, M. G. |
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Citation details: 14 Text: J. A. Long, M. G. |
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Source: Headstone
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Marriage of a daughter
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Citation details: 61 Text: Wm W. Butler, M. G. |
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Text: "ceremony by J. P. Bartholomew" |
INDI:_PHOTO
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Death
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father |
1786–1860
Birth: about 1786
27
— probably Mecklenburg Co. VA Death: between 1850 and 1860 — Coosa Co. AL |
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mother |
1792–1860
Birth: about 1792
— North Carolina Death: after 1860 — Fayette Co. AL |
Marriage | Marriage — January 8, 1809 — Elbert Co. GA |
1 year
elder brother |
1809–1871
Birth: December 22, 1809
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17
— Elbert Co. GA Death: October 3, 1871 — Shelby Co. AL |
2 years
elder brother |
1812–1881
Birth: April 7, 1812
26
20
— Elbert Co. GA Death: August 3, 1881 — Coosa Co. AL |
21 months
himself |
1813–1900
Birth: about 1813
27
21
— probably Elbert Co. GA Death: between 1891 and 1900 — Decatur Co. TN |
8 years
younger sister |
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4 years
younger brother |
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3 years
younger sister |
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3 years
younger brother |
1822–1901
Birth: October 1822
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30
— Shelby Co. AL Death: June 2, 1901 — Cullman Co. AL |
4 years
younger brother |
1826–1908
Birth: August 12, 1826
40
34
— Shelby Co. AL Death: May 18, 1908 — Wayne Co. TN |
10 years
younger brother |
himself |
1813–1900
Birth: about 1813
27
21
— probably Elbert Co. GA Death: between 1891 and 1900 — Decatur Co. TN |
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partner |
1815–1854
Birth: about 1815
45
— South Carolina Death: between 1852 and 1854 — Winston Co. MS |
son |
1837–1900
Birth: about 1837
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22
— Alabama Death: between 1880 and 1900 |
4 years
son |
1840–1916
Birth: September 3, 1840
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— Alabama Death: August 13, 1916 — Paragould, Greene Co. AR |
4 years
daughter |
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3 years
son |
1846–1907
Birth: June 1846
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31
— Alabama Death: before 1907 — St. Francis, Clay Co. AR |
4 years
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21 months
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2 years
son |
1852–1924
Birth: October 8, 1852
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37
— Winston Co. MS Death: June 19, 1924 — District 6, Crockett Co. TN |
himself |
1813–1900
Birth: about 1813
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— probably Elbert Co. GA Death: between 1891 and 1900 — Decatur Co. TN |
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wife |
1828–1910
Birth: September 1828
— Alabama Death: between 1900 and 1910 — Decatur Co. TN |
Marriage | Marriage — August 1, 1854 — Coosa Co. AL |
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1851–1936
Birth: February 11, 1851
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— Coosa Co. AL Death: April 15, 1936 — District 4, Decatur Co. TN |
4 years
son |
1855–1920
Birth: July 2, 1855
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— Alabama Death: August 2, 1920 — Decatur Co. TN |
19 months
son |
1857–1918
Birth: January 21, 1857
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— Walker Co. AL Death: April 19, 1918 — Decatur Co. TN |
3 years
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1859–1889
Birth: December 23, 1859
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— Walker Co. AL Death: February 18, 1889 — Decatur Co. TN |
2 years
daughter |
1862–1944
Birth: January 8, 1862
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— Tuscumbia, Franklin Co. AL (now Colbert Co. AL) Death: October 27, 1944 — Memphis, Shelby Co. TN |
Marriage |
Source: Marriage License, Coosa Co. AL
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Shared note
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James M. "Jim" Butler was born about 1813 probably in Elbert Co. GA. He was the son of Christopher Columbus "Kit" Butler and Mahala Cole. Kit and Mahala moved their family to Shelby Co. AL about 1819 and a short distance to Coosa Co. AL in 1832. The first record that we have of Jim is the 1850 census in Winston Co. MS. Jim married Sarah Crawford about 1835 and they had seven known children. Jim and Sarah lived in Alabama until about 1847 when they moved to Winston Co. MS. Sarah died after their son, Billy, was born in 1852. Following Sarah's death, Jim returned to Coosa Co. AL at least long enough to marry Amanda Bishop in 1854. Amanda was an orphan or a widow with a three year old daughter, George Anne, when she married Jim. Amanda is living in the Samuel Pruett household in the 1850 census in Coosa Co. In 1857, Jim purchased a land patent in Walker Co. AL. Jim and Amanda and their combined family moved there and acquired an adjoining tract of land from John Cargile. They did not stay in Walker Co. very long. In 1861, they sold their total land holdings to Noah and Mary Ann Pariss and moved to northern Alabama. Their youngest twin children were born near Tuscumbia in 1862. Jim and Amanda had five known children in addition to Amanda's daughter, George Anne. By 1870, the family had made its way to Decatur Co. TN. Family tradition is that they were on their way west to Arkansas and stopped along the way in Decatur Co. and decided to stay. Thomas, John, James and Billy, sons from Jim's first marriage to Sarah Crawford, made the trip to Decatur County along with Jim and Amanda's five children. Jim and Sarah's sons, John and James showed up later in Arkansas so they may have continued the trip after the rest of the family stopped in Decatur Co. Jim and Mandy and their sons farmed near Point Pleasant, TN but did not own any land. They seem to go from cotton crop to cotton crop with several liens showing up through the 1870's and 1880's in Decatur Co. TN. Their son, Columbus, was the first Butler land owner with a deed recorded in 1883. They seem to live a difficult life with Jim borrowing money in 1887 at age 74 with his gray horse and cotton crop as collateral. Jim died some time in the 1890's. Mandy combined households with her youngest daughter, Virgie after Jim's death and the death of Virgie's husband. They were living in Henderson Co. TN near Scotts Hill in the 1900 census. Mandy died before 1910. Winston Co. MS was formed from Choctaw Cession in 1833. 1854 - Marriage - Coosa County Alabama James Butler to Amanda Bishop Coosa County AL was created in 1832 from lands ceded in the Creek Indian Treaty of Cusseta and from parts of Montogomery County. It is named for the Coosa River which forms the county's western boundary. The county seat is Rockford. During the 1870 and 1880's groups from Coosa County and other parts of Alabama settled in the Cleburne County Arkansas area. Stories in the Butler family indicate that the James Butler family was traveling to Arkansas when they decided to settle in Decatur County, Tennessee. History of Walker County, Its Towns and Its Peoples, John Martin Dombhart, published 1937, Cayce Publishing Company, Thornton, Arkansas "In 1855 a new Federal land law was enacted which made government lands available at twelve and a half cents per acre. This law caused another great migration into Walker, and almost as many settlers came into the county in 1855 as came in during the flush times of 1836." 1858 - Land Patent - Walker County Alabama Accession/Serial #: AL3860__.182 Walker County was created by the Alabama legislature on 1823 Dec. 26, and was named for U.S. Senator John Williams Walker. The county is located in the northwestern part of the state, and is bordered by Winston, Cullman, Blount, Jefferson, Tuscaloosa, Fayette, and Marion counties. Walker County is exceeded only by Jefferson County in the production of coal. The county is drained by the Black Warrior River and Mulberry and Sipsey Forks. The county seat is Jasper, named for William Jasper, a hero of the American Revolution. Other towns and communities include Carbon Hill, Corona, and Cordova. Fires at the courthouse occurred in 1865, 1877, 1886, and 1932. 1876 - Lien on Cotton Crop - Decatur County Tennessee Point Pleasant Tennessee 1884 - Lien on Gray Horse - Decatur County Tennessee Know all men by these presents that I J. M. Butler have this day bargained and sold and transferred and conveyed unto R. L. Keeton one gray horse about 15 hands high from 8 to 12 years old the only horse of this color that I own at present and my entire cotton crop the consideration herein after mentioned to have and to hold all my right title and claim to himself his heirs and assigns forever. I further covenant with the said R. L. Keeton that I am lawfully possessed of said property have a good right to convey it and that the same is unencumbered but this transfer is for the purpose or following purpose and no other or nothing else. That is to say that I am indebted to J. L. Jones due by acct. in a sum of $34.30 and am to get merchandise to an amount not to exceed $15.00 more and am desirous to secure said J. L. Jones in the payment of said sum due and whatever sum I may get from him not to exceed $15.00 more if I should pay said sums by the 15th of Nov next then this transfer is to be null and void but if I should fail to pay said R. L. Keeton sums due at said time 15th of Nov next then the said R. L. Keeton after giving 10 days notice in writing in public places in Decatur County Tennessee will expose said property to sale to the highest bidder for cash and apply the proceeds first to the payment of costs of said sale, secondly to the payment of debt incurred, lastly the balance to me if any this May the 28th, 1884. J. M. Butler In 1845, citizens of the portion of Perry County which lay on the west side of the Tennessee River petitioned for a new county. An act of the General Assembly in November, 1845, created Decatur County. It included all the parts of Perry County which were located on the west side of the Tennessee River. This new county was named for Commodore Stephen Decatur who had served in the United States Navy with distinction during the War of 1812. Compiled by Jerry Butler, sources Trust Deed Book, Decatur Co. TN. |
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