John Butler (abt. 1760 - abt. 1835)

Born about 1760 in Greenbrier County, Virginia Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Elizabeth (Dixon) Butler — married 1777 in Virginia

Descendants

Died about 1835 at about age 75 in Wayne County, Illinois, USA [uncertain]

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Biography

Left Virginia with Godfry Smith for Kentucky. Captain in 16th Reg. Kentucky Dec. 11,1796. was 75 years old at death.(https://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1313&id=I263477). Needs extra source to verify.

Father may not be Joshua Peter Butler that was born in 1699 in Virginia. His father could be Peter Butler, born 1710 in Greenbrier, West Virginia. Death: 1816 in Barren Co., Kentucky Note: Was 106 when he died. He may have been born in England or Ireland.

There is a John Butler born in VA about 1760 who served in the Revolutionary War with Robert Rankin in the VA Continental Line. His oldest son William was born in what became Logan County KY in 1786 and the family was in Christian Co KY in the 1810 Census. John and wife Mary Ann Jones moved to Mississippi Territory (AL) in 1815 and he died in Wayne Co MS in 1820. John Butler's children were : William 1786, Ruth 1788, Frances 1790, Susannah 1794, Elizabeth 1798, Landon 1800, Margaret 1802, Burnell 1806, and Martha 1809. Trying to determine which of 5 Virginia Butler families he was part of.

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