Compiled by Howard Butler, transcribed by Ginny Pitts, sources: Bible of J.K.T. Butler in possession of Katherine Bohanna Bjork; Graves at Bosley Cemetery; Ina Mae Butler Sanders Abernathy.
He volunteered at the age of 16 and served with the Confederated Army in the Civil War. After the war he came to Texas from Coosa County, Alabama and married Susan Antoinette Waters Allen.