Henry Butler^[1]

1761 - 1858  (97 years)

• Name	Henry Butler
  Born	1761	Maryland   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	1858
  Person ID	I58354	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	10 Oct 2013

  
  

  Father	John Butler
  Family ID	F22077	Group Sheet

  
  

  Children	+ 1. Horatio B. Butler,   b. 29 Oct 1797, Fairfax, Virginia ,   d. 20 Dec 1849, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 52 years) + 2. Jemima Butler,   b. 3 Jan 1807, Virginia ,   d. 22 Aug 1893  (Age 86 years)
  Family ID	F21559	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 1761 - Maryland  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  Moved from Maryland around 1816 and settled in the Middle Creek area of Sevier County, Tennessee. There is a Sarah Butler listed on page 365b of the 1870 Sevier County, Tennessee census age 90 who may have been Henry's wife. Will Book 1 Page 45-46 Will of Henry Butler In the name of God amen. I Henry Butler of the County of Sevier and State of Tennessee being of a sound mind an disposing memory and calling to mind the uncertainty of live and the certainty of Death I do ordain this my last will and testament. I give and bequeath to my Daughter Sarah Butler one half of the land on the side of the creek where the house stands with the orchard and one young mare to dispose of as she pleases after my Decease I give and bequeath Page 46 my daughter Anna Butler the other half that part that runs with Whites line and one horse colt to dispose of as she pleases after my decease. 3rd I give and bequeath to my daughter Jemima Marshall all the land that I possess lining on the west side of the creek with one young horse to dispose of as she pleases after my decease my horned cotten sheep hogs loom and and all the crops that may be of all kinds with all the household an kitchen furniture with all plantation utentials what I have done has been my intention for seven years past that if the the above mentioned children was the longest liver, and was with me at my Decease my will was as above written Witness my hand & seal written with my own hand Henry Butler (Seal) this the cattle sheep hogs household & kitchen furniture and other articles, equally between the above mentioned sisters this 2nd day of June 1847. Test Henry Butler George McCown My negro Ginn I leave her free to live where she pleases as witness my hand and seal this 2nd day at my decease of June 1847 Henry Butler The above written with my own hand Test Geo McCown Proven in open court this 6th July 1858 and ordered to be recorded. B. M. Chandler Clk. Source: Wills for Sevier County Tennessee, Sevier County Public Library

  
  

• Sources

  [S47] Sevier County, Tennessee and its Heritage, Sevier County Heritage Book Committee, (1994, Don Mills, Inc.), 168, 226. [S94] Sevier County, Tennessee Census, family 477, page 419b, line 34, 16 Sep 1850. ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/census/tn/sevier/1850/pg0408b.txt