Elias Butler

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1775, Virginia

Elias married Deborah Simmons about 1797. Deborah was born about 1780 in Virginia; died about 1837 in Rutherford County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Christopher Columbus Butler was born on 20 Mar 1810 in Montgomery, North Carolina; died on 26 Mar 1858 in Gibson County, Tennessee; was buried in Chapel Hill Church Cemetery, Milan, Gibson, Tennessee.

Notes:

With his mother, he was an executor of his father's will, so he has to have been at least 21 in 1745.

Christopher married Ann before 1744. Ann was born before 1725; died before 1788 in North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"Jacob Butler served as a constable in Chowan County, North Carolina in 1734. In 1738 he was first elected as a member of the Vestry at St. Paul's Church in Chowan County. On 10 July 1742 he submitted to the Vestry a certificate for 8 wolf scalps, wildcat hides and 477 squirrel pelts and 'prayed he might be allowed for the same as the Law Directs.' That year he collected one bounty of 1 pound, 13 shillings for 66 squirrel pelts and an additional 20 shillings for a wildcat hide. [The Descendants of Thomas Pincerna, Progenitor of the Butler Family]

Justice in Chowan County, 1742. Elected church warden, 26 Jul 1743 to 26 Jul 1744.

Jacob married Mary. Mary died after 24 May 1745. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"Mary is mentioned in her husband's will, as his wife and also is shown to be the wife of Jacob Butler in the deposition of David Butler which was attached to the will of Jacob by his son Christopher, when seeking probate of same on 17 January 1745. (Chowan Co., NC County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions Minutes, Jan 1/45; NC Archives Call No. C.024.3000) [The Descendants of Thomas Pincerna, Progenitor of the Butler Family]

Christopher married Sarah Stepney. Sarah (daughter of John Stepney and Mary) died after Jul 1754. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]