Notes for George Butler
1799: Jackson Co, Georgia Tax Digest, Capt. Tuttle's Militia District: George Butler paid poll tax $3.31 1/4. Owned no land.
1801: Bought 106 acres on Walnut Creek, Jackson Co, Georgia
1803: Jackson Co, Georgia Tax Digest, Capt. Lindsey's Militia District: owned 80 acres 3rd quality land granted to McFall in Jackson County, waters of N. Oconee River adjoining Mayes.
1805: Georgia Lottery: drew 1 blank and 1 prize (proving he was a married man). Land lot in Bladwin Co, Georga, Lot 159, District 1, surveyed 08 July 1804 by John Kagan.
1810 State Census of Illinois, Schedule of the whole number of Persons within the division:
Fort Massack, line 720:
Butler &c: 2-0-19-16-2/1-0-6-1/1
Free white Males:
2m -10 yrs c1800-10
19m 16-26 c1774-94
16m 26-45 c1765-74
2m 45+ bef 1765
Free white Females:
1f -10 c1800-10
6f 16-26 c1774-94
1f 45+ bef 1765
Other Free Persons, except Indians
1
No Slaves
Note: Could this be George Butler and family enroute from Georgia?
[Illinois Census Returns 1810 and 1818, Edited with Introduction and Notes by Margaret Cross Norton, Illinois State Library, pub Clearfield]
1812: Jackson Co, Georgia Sup Court Deeds, Book F (1812-1818): Deed:
1812 September 05: George Butler of Illinois Territory, Randolph County, sold to John G. Pitman of Jackson County 160 acres on waters of Walnut Creek, Part of McFall survey.
1813 Illinois Territory Militia:
1813 March 13: George Butler, Pvt.; Sgt.; Col. Ferguson's subsequently Maj. Stephenson's Command, Illinois Militia
1813 June: Capt. Owen Evan's Company of Mounted Rangers, Militia of Illinois Territory.
Could this be our George?
Juriah Langford, wife of Joseph Butler, was born in Illinois where her father, Eli, ran a ferry before they moved to Arkansas.
1814-1816: Arkansas Resident
1815 & 1816: Marion Stark Craig: George Butler taxed in Lawrnece County, Arkansas Territory. [As was Samuel Bittick, Daniel and Henry Ashabranner]
1821: Appears in Clark Co, Arkansas Court Records
1821: Justice of the Peace, Clark Co, Arkansas (As did Eli Langford)
In Clark Co, Arkansas he was on the committee to select the County Seat, served on juries, was a Justice of the Peace.
1815 and 1816: Lawrence Co, Arkansas Territory Taxed
1821 December 01: Witnessed deed in Clark Co, Arkansas Territory.
1829 Census of Antoine Township, Clark Co, Arkansas: George Butler
1834 September 27: Texas Land Office, Certificate of Character:
George Butler a native of Georgia of the United States.
1835 Census of Tenehaw (Shelby County, Texas)
Butler George farmer 58
Elizabeth wife 59
Ahira son 19
Mary Ann daughter 8 [gdau?]
James son 5 [gson?]
Beth Schofield said that a son was killed by Indians but did not know his name. This might account for the presence of Mary Ann and James in the 1835 census of Tenehaw above. Daniel Brice of Victoria, Texas in a 1995 letter included a son named George Jr. without any other info. Could this son be the father of Mary Ann and James and the one killed by Indians?
In the Teneha District in Texas he was a Justice of the Peace and Assistant Land Commissioner. He was a delegate to the 1832 and 1833 Conventions of Texas, serving on the committe to petition to make Texas a separate state of Mexico.
Shelby Co, Texas Deed Book F, p332:
1844 May 08: witnessed a deed between Jonathan Bittick to Joseph Rowe in Shelby Co, Texas,
George died between 08 May 1844 and 1850 when he does not appear on the census.
1850 My Subdivision, Smith Co, Texas 24 September 1850, p48b:
#95/95 Thomas Butler 36 m w farmer IL [c1814]
Mary Ann 35 f w Tn
Jerome 13 m w Ar
Crittendon 11 m w Ar
Marion 9 m w Ar
Mary 7 f w Ar
Jasper 5 m w Ar
Sarah 3 f Ar
Martha 2 f w Tx
[Could Thomas be part of the George Butler family? Note the name of Crittendon]
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Courtesy of Dorothy L. Miller:
See Other Documents--Biographical article on Joseph Butler Langley Bittick, A Memorial and Biographical History of the Counties of Merced, Stanislaus, Calaveras, Tuolumne and Mariposa, California, The Lewis Publishing Company, 1892
JOSEPH B. L. BITTICK, one of the oldest settlers now living in Stanislaus county, and a pioneer of California, was born in Shelby county, Texas, June 29, 1828. His parents were Jonathan and Jane (Butler) Bittick, the father born in Tennessee, of Welsh ancestry, and the mother a native of Georgia. They were married in Arkansas, and went to Texas under the Austin treaty. The maternal grandfather of our subject, George Butler by name, was one of the leading men of that section of the country, having been appointed as one of the Government Commissioners to pass upon the head rights under the treaty with Mexico, and having also been a member of the Texas Senate. [Note: George Butler was not a member of the "Senate". He was a delegate to the first and second Conventions of Texas in 1832 and 1833, before there was a senate in Texas.]
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Emigration Speculation:
That George Butler, who had been born in Georgia, lived in Jackson Co, Georgia, where he bought land, till after the birth of Jinsy in 1805. They then moved (possibly by the Catawba and Wilderness Trails to the Ohio River and then by boat) to Randolph Co, Illinois. Because of Indian raids many people left that area. (Several families who settled in Clark Co, Arkansas had been in Illinois, including the Butler's, Robert and Samuel Bittick, Eli Langford, Mary Eden.) While in Randolph Co, Illinois, George sold the land in Georgia on 05 Sep 1812. A George Butler (not proven to be ours) served as 3rd Sgt. In Capt. Owen Evans's Mounted Rangers, Militia of Illinois Territory until June 13, 1813. George was taxed in Lawrence Co, Arkansas in 1815 & 1816. I image they got to their new location by rafting down the Mississippi River. Son, Ahira, was born in Arkansas Territory in 1816. On December 1, 1821, George witnessed a deed in Clark Co, Arkansas Territory. [Dorothy Miller]
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