Peter C. Butler was born in September 1850 in Winston Co. MS as the sixth child of James M. Butler and Sarah Crawford. Peter's Mother died after his brother, William was born in 1852. In 1857, Peter moved with his father and step-mother Amanda Bishop to Walker Co. AL to live on a land patent purchased by his father. Peter is last found in the 1860 census in Walker Co. AL. Research is continuing to find more information on Peter and his descendants.