Here are some interesting Items of interest.

A Poem by Wm. Butt

At one time the BUTT surname was very common.  In the words of Tom Butt of Richland, California, the East Coast at one time was "crawling with Butt people".  Tom and I are not related.  Here's a clipping my father found somewhere.  I have no idea at all who this Wm. Butt might have been.

Another Mrs. Dennis Butt.

The first indication I had that there was more than one BUTT family on this continent came in 1967 when a Mrs. Dennis Butt went to work at the same place I was working.  Here we are together along with a caption about it all.

How many people share your name?

Here's an interesting exercise.  There are at this moment (8:00 P M Central Time, August 30, 2008) 305,015,425 people in the U.S.  There are 7,168 with the last name BUTT.  Butt is the 5,041st most popular last name.  Being so low on the list it might also be considered the 5,041st most unpopular name as well.

You might want to check to see how popular or unpopular you might be.

The Butt Brothers Knife.

Recently, a distant cousin who reviewed this site indicated to me that she and her husband had a knife that has etched on its blade the words "BUTT BROS".  They purchased the knife at a flea market there in Central Ohio where they live.  I was extremely excited about that and offered to purchase the knife from them.  I collect old knives, among other things, and in particular, anything and everything that has to do with family.  They indicated that they had no interest in selling the knife.

A month or so later, this couple contacted me and told me that they had decided to give me the knife!!!!!!!  I couldn't believe the kindness and generosity of this couple.  It was a gesture that few people in this World would make.  They knew I would have purchased the knife.  They knew also that the price would not have been an issue. 

So, I want to give a special thanks here and now to Paul Birmelin and wife Barb.  Barb is a descendant of John Butt and second wife Sarah Houston.  From DNA we know that this John Butt was very closely related to my gr gr grandfather Bazil Butt.  Many believe in fact, that John and Bazil were brothers or, perhaps, cousins.  So, it's almost certain that in this way, Barb and I are cousins of some order.  But in addition, Sarah Houston whose parents were Andrew Houston and Elizabeth Green, was a sister to my gr gr grandmother, Isabella Jane Houston whose husband was Rolla Green.  This makes Barb and me cousins for certain.

Below are three pictures of the knife.  The knife is the size of a steak knife.  When I was very young, some hardware, grocery and other such stores sometimes gave away things like bowls, spoons, etc., that had on them the name of the store.  I have several such items.  This knife reminds me of that kind of item.  Indeed, it was not intended to be used as a knife.

I have done a Google search on "BUTT BROS".  I found a Butt Bros (Fish Salesmen) Ltd. and a Butt Bros & Cooke Ltd. both in the UK.  I don't know what the latter does.  I also found a Butt Bros Tobacco Co. in New York.  I found the site of a person who collects cigarette packs.  That collection includes a Butt Bros pack.  I have contacted the person who has the collection and asked what that person might be able to tell me about this company.  I have not received a reply to my inquiry.  And lastly, I found a Butt Bros. in New Zealand about which I know nothing more.  Beyond all this I know nothing about this knife.  What an incredible find this is.  If anyone knows anything about this knife, I sure would appreciate having the information.  What a treasure it is.  It will be impossible for me to ever thank Paul and Barb enough.

One more note on this:  There is a grocery chain in Texas called H-E-B.  It is run by a BUTT family to which I am not genetically related.  It has been suggested that this knife may have been a "give-away" by that company.

Richard Butt Pottery.

There were archaeological digs done in Washington D C in the early 2000's.  Here are some excepts from a tour brochure of the City.  If you're familiar with Washington D C, you'll recognize the little map with the square marking the spot to the digs.  Along the lower left side of the little map is the Potomac River.

I include this here because it discusses a Richard Butt who made pottery in that area in the early 1800's.  Many of the ancestors of the BUTT and GREEN people who are discussed here lived in this general area.  I have no idea whatsoever who this Richard Butt was.  Perhaps one of you who read this will. 

BUTT-BURNETT POTTERY

at 8th and “Eye” Sts, NW

Gallery Place/Chinatown

GAUGING THE MARKETPLACE

Standing in this neighborhood in 1850, you hear the thudding

of horses along the unpaved and rutted streets, passing

grocery stores and homes. Perhaps it is the wagon you’ve

been waiting for to deliver a cord of wood so that you can

fire this kiln loaded with your new merchandise. As a potter

in the middle of the 1800s you would be faced with a number

of challenges. Competition from English potters was

increasing and you would have to decide how to respond.

What could you produce to compete with the fine English wares?

Enoch Burnett took over Richard Butt’s successful pottery

here in 1843 and made American salt-glazed stoneware

crocks, jugs, and beer bottles until 1862. Such items were

used and reused for preserving and storing food and their

broken remains are found on sites throughout the city.

 

Here is some information about this pottery from a recent auction.

R. Butt, Washington, DC Stoneware

Brandt Zipp

R. Butt stoneware jar, to be sold in our July 11, 2009 auction.

Stoneware signed with the mark of Washington, DC pottery owner Richard Butt is very sought after, and has been for as long as I can remember. It certainly appeals to collectors of stoneware made in nearby Alexandria, Virginia (once itself a part of the District of Columbia)–but as the most well-known, and some of the most aesthetically-pleasing, stoneware produced in our nation’s capital, products of Butt’s manufactory also draw interest from a wide variety of stoneware collectors who ordinarily focus their collections elsewhere.

Not much is known about the unfortunately named Richard Butt. Even less was known until two years ago when a unique piece of stoneware surfaced and was sold in our May 2007 auction. The email we received about the jar mentioned a hard-to-decipher maker’s mark that began with “R. BUTT” and ended in “Md.” We assumed the consignor had misread Butt’s “R. BUTT / W. City, D.C.” mark, but were shocked when the photos revealed a completely unknown and very exciting stamp: “R.  BUTT / Monty Co. Md.”

The only known piece of stoneware marked "R. BUTT / Monty Co. Md." Sold for $9,200 in our May 2007 auction.

The discovery of a piece of Richard Butt stoneware with a Montgomery County, Maryland, maker’s mark revealed some important clues about this barely-documented pottery owner. Together with scant Washington, DC city directory and census listings, the following skeletal synopsis of Butt’s pottery career can be drawn.

Butt probably opened his Montgomery County pottery in the late 1820’s. The single extant jar from this manufactory appears to have been made about that time, and by the early 1830’s Butt had moved on to the District of Columbia. The first firm date for the existence of Richard Butt’s Washington, DC pottery is 1834, when he appears in the Washington city directory, as follows:

Butt R. Stone and Earthen ware manufactory, w side 8 w, btw H and I n–Intendent (sic) of Washington Asylum

(Note that no city directories exist for the years 1831-33, making an exact starting year for Butt’s pottery problematic.)

Butt’s status as intendant (administrator) of Washington Asylum–an almshouse and penitentiary–led some to speculate that the inmates assisted in making the ware at his shop, but this seems like loose conjecture, at best. Some of the indigent may have been employed by Butt as menial laborers, but no large-scale, systematic employment of residents of Washington Asylum is likely.

One thing that we can be reasonably certain of is that Richard Butt was not a potter. The inconsistency in style and quality of the vessels, different maker’s marks, and Butt’s status as a DC bureaucrat all point to a situation most often seen in American merchant shops of the time period–Butt was an entrepreneur, and he owned his pottery while others made the ware for him.

We have been able to identify two primary marks on Butt’s DC ware. The most common (though still quite rare) mark is, “R. BUTT / W. City, D.C.” Slightly more difficult to find is the cruder “R. BUTT / W.” The W. City mark looks like a finished, proper maker’s mark made out of metal letters permanently affixed to a wooden or metal handle or slug. In general, most pieces stamped with one mark or the other carry stylistic similarities between examples.

R. BUTT / W. City, D.C. stoneware jar sold for $2,970 in our October 2004 auction.

I believe the W vessels were made before the W. City ones. While the cruder stamp does not necessarily date them to an earlier period, their decorations resemble very much those seen on Alexandria stoneware made in the early 1830’s. The same can be said of stoneware manufactured by the very mysterious Washington, DC potter John Walker, whose mark appears on about a dozen extant pieces. Walker apparently did pot for Butt for at least a brief period; he appears in the 1834 Washington city directory as a potter working near 8th and I Streets NW.

While the specific decorations seen on the W pieces are various, by the time the W. City mark was in use, probably by the late 1830’s, the cobalt designs seen on Butt’s stoneware had assumed a more standard decoration that has come to be associated with his pottery’s work–a “wing-and-flower” motif invented in Baltimore in the 1820’s. DC area stoneware potters used derivative versions of this Baltimore design very frequently, as did many other Virginia and Pennsylvania potters. But as a pottery that probably employed several different master potters over its lifetime, deviations from the norm most certainly occur. For instance, the decoration on a beautiful jar with the W. City mark, sold in our October 2004 auction, looks nothing like that seen on the bulk of R. Butt pottery.

Slip-trailed 'R. Butt' stoneware jar, sold for $13,225 in our July 2008 auction.

A slip-trailed stoneware jar that sold in our July 2008 auction is inscribed in cobalt beneath each handle, “R. Butt.” Discovered about four years ago in the Hagerstown, MD area coated in gold paint, this remarkable piece is the only known piece of Richard Butt stoneware signed in this way, or any way other than a maker’s stamp. Its discovery raises several questions: Where and when was it made? Was it made in Montgomery County? If so, does the absence of a maker’s mark indicate that it was made around the very beginning of Butt’s career as a pottery owner? Was it made in DC? Who made the jar, and why was slip-trailing used instead of the normal brushed decoration? I, of course, do not know the answer to any of these questions, but my feeling is that it was made either shortly after Butt opened his Montgomery County pottery or his Washington, DC pottery.

To be exhaustive, I believe we have seen a stoneware jar impressed with the misspelled “R. BTT / W” at some point, but do not have documentation or photographs. I believe that jar was made around or during the same time period as the W pieces.

Sometime circa 1845, Enoch Burnett, a Baltimore potter who had spent time in Philadelphia–had, in fact, helped found the prolific Philadelphia Remmey pottery with Henry Remmey, Jr. in the late 1820’s–came to Washington and took over Butt’s pottery. I don’t know for sure how Burnett assumed ownership of the pottery, and whether or not Butt still owned it when he did so. Burnett would go on to operate the pottery for a few decades.

Given the historical evidence, I would date Richard Butt’s prolific Washington, DC pottery to a 15-year time frame–circa 1830-45. My hope is that this brief sketch helps to better explain a body of work that is essentially completely undocumented, and that I have put the R. Butt marks into their appropriate context. I have been researching Washington, DC stoneware off and on for about eight years now and hope, ultimately, to properly document all of the stoneware potters of our nation’s capital and give them the notoriety they deserve.

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Here's an 1820 Montgomery County census form that includes "a" Richard Butt who was the approximate correct age to have been this Richard Butt.  This is difficult to read.  Richard Butt is 8th from the bottom.  Here's what it says about him.

1 male 26-45

2 females under 10

1 female 16-26

4 foreigners not naturalized, 1 employed in manufacturing

1 male slave over 45

1 female slave under 14

1 free colored male under 14

1 free colored female 14-26

Here are some documents about all this that I received from Howard Butts of Martinsburg, West Virginia.

First is a copy of page iii of the introduction of Bill Richardson's book.  Here you will see in the next to the last paragraph that he did not know the maiden name of Mary (?) (Butt) Metcalf.  Accordingly, henceforth, I will refer to her in this way.

Here are some maps from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service National Conservation Training Center in Shepherdstown, WV.  They have a great site with the history of Shepherdstown, WV, including the Terrapin Neck and Horseshoe Bend area.  I have included a link to this site at the end of this document.

I do not know if the Jacob Baker mentioned by R. M. Green, was the Capt. Jake Baker mentioned in the above "Valley of the Upper Maumee", as having been with General Harrison and Samuel Butt at the Battle of Tippecanoe, nor do I know if this was the same Jacob Baker whose will is included above.  Because of dates, I rather doubt the latter.  

In any event, this guy Samuel Butt, b. 1/14/1777 is an interesting guy to say the least.  Practically all the people he hung out with except Col. William Darke were married to close relatives of Mahala Green, Bazil's wife.

As mentioned earlier, a gentleman who descends through father-to-son relationships from the Richard Butt who founded Buttstown was located.  His DNA was tested and it does not match mine. 

That John Butt and second wife Sarah Houston had a daughter named Sarah Noras (Norris) Butt seems salient.

Below is a graphic representation of some of what has been learned from DNA along with notes I've added.  Note that I have herein the middle name of Charles N. Butt as "Newton" and that De has it as "Norris".  The information in the chart comes from the grand son of Charles N. Butt, the gentleman whose DNA was tested and found to match mine exactly. 

Here's part of a message I received from De Vaughn that clears up this matter.  Thank you very much De!!!!

The above letter about the military service of Archibald Butt, b. 1764-1765 reduces the doubt about whether or not the paternal grandfather of Thomas Didimus Butt was Edward Butt, b. 1745.

I have more material to add to the above graphic.

Below is a graphic that is intended to identify ALL the men who COULD have been the father of Bazil Butt.  It includes all the men I know of whose DNA would match exactly, that of Bazil Butt.

The graphic above includes among others, Thomas Didimus Butt, b. 2/15/1801 and his father Archibald, b. 1775 (which is questionable).  The graphic below then lists the same two men plus all their known male ancestors and all the male descendants of all these men down thru, at least, the generation of which Bazil's father was a member.

To be sure, if I have it right, the DNA of all the men listed in both these graphics would match exactly.  And, again, if I have it right, these are the ONLY known men who COULD have been the father of Bazil Butt.

Again, I have intended to included in the chart below, all the men I KNOW OF who COULD have been the father of my gr gr grandfather Bazil Butt.  If that list of men can be made complete and accurate, then we can know for sure we have the name of Bazil's father.  And then perhaps, we MAY be able to finally determine which of these men was the father of Bazil.

I am agonizingly aware of the cold, hard, stark possibility that there are far more men than these who I am unaware of, who could have been Bazil's father, as well.  I have thought for a couple of decades at least, that either there existed an entire BUTT family about whom we are unaware (R. M. Green's theory, essentially), or that for some reason, Bazil Butt did not want anyone to know who his parents were.  Other highly respected researchers think we are simply looking in the wrong places, and that Bazil's parents CAN be found.  I would not be going to this trouble if I thought the latter was not the case - I'd be having fun with something else right now instead.

In the chart below I've questioned if I have the correct Archibald listed for the son of Edward Richard Butt and father of Thomas Didimus, and, if I have all the correct dates.  I am not taking issue with anyone here.  I just want to be absolutely certain that I have not made a mistake before I proceed with further DNA testing.  Any information about any of the people listed in this chart that anyone can provide will be much appreciated.  As mentioned at the outset, I have no pride in authorship.

This chart (list) of men is at the moment, the very heart of the research into determining who was the father of my gr gr grandfather, Bazil Butt.  The father of the Samuel Butt whose second wife was Fanny Brake will be among these people as well.  And if the four "nephew's" mentioned in the 1810 Berkeley County will of Richard Butt were "traditional nephews", then the father of that Richard Butt will also be among the men listed here.  I must make this list complete and absolutely true and accurate.  Again, the above letter about the military service of Archibald Butt, b. 1764-1765 reduces the doubt about whether or not Edward Butt (aka Edward Richard Butt), b. 1745 - d. 8/19/1779 was the paternal grandfather of Thomas Didimus Butt, b. 2/15/1801.   

Based upon the new information found on October 28, 2007 by Polly Horn in the 1820 Middletown, VA census which is presented above, here is a list of the most important people about whom we know very little and need to know more. 

Richard Butt - who raised the boys - named them and wife Mary in his will - nothing,`don't even know where he's buried.
Mary - named in the will as wife of Richard who made the will - nothing. Now it appears that she was in Middletown in 1820.
John Butt - named in the will - parents unknown - exact birth date unknown, between 1/1/1788 and 6/30 1788.  Birth place unknown.
Rignal Butt - named in the will - parents unknown - probably born April 4, 1790 in VA, probably Berkeley County then probably to Dayton, OH - maybe via Licking County - this Rignal not been proven with DNA to be a blood relative of any of the others on this list.
Richard Butt - named in the will - probably born in 1789 - probably in VA - probably Berkeley County - parents unknown - nothing.
Bazil Butt - named in the will - parents unknown - VA, probably Berkeley County to Licking Co., OH - probably the one who married Mahala Green.
John Williamson - witnessed the Richard Butt will and became executor - nothing more except now we know that he was probably in Middletown in 1820 along with Mary Butt.
John Marlay - witnessed the will - nothing, except now we know that he was probably in Middletown in 1820 along with John Williamson and Mary Butt.  There was a Francis Marlay there too.

Gracey Marlay - her father was John Marlay - was this the John Marlay who witnessed the Richard Butt will?, and was the Francis Marlay who was in Middletown in 1820 her brother?  Bazil and Mahala Butt named a son Reason Marlay Butt.
Martin Bilmire - witnessed the will - nothing more.
Samuel Butt, b. 1/14/1777 - parents unknown - a blood relative to Bazil, John and Thomas Didimus Butt - probably born in VA, then via ? to Licking Co., Ohio - hung out with people who married blood relatives of Mahala Green, the wife of Bazil Butt
Thomas Didimus Butt, b. 2/15/1801 - parents were Archibald and Sarah (Norris) Butt - a blood relative of Bazil Butt, John Butt and Samuel Butt - paternal grand parents unknown.
Samuel Butt father of Senan Butt - probably born in VA, then to ? , then to Belmont to Licking Co., Delaware County, Ohio - Senan buried between Samuel Butt, b. 1/14/1777 and Gracey Marley, first wife of John Butt.  Here's an important line from a letter I once received from R M Green:

"I personally knew and went to school with many of the descendants of both Basil and John Butt, and even the older Butts, claimed any relationship with the other line of Butts."

R M Green did not believe that Senan Butt was a member of the Bazil Butt and genetically related family.  This I'm sure is what he meant by "the other line of Butts".

Thanks again for visiting this site.  Bazil would be happy you did.

Questions that scream out for answers.

Does anyone have any evidence at all, other than what is presented here, that the "Basill" mentioned in the 1810 Berkeley County, VA will of Richard Butt is the Bazil Butt who is the subject of this sketch?

1. Does anyone know who the parents were of this Richard Butt?

2. Does anyone know where this Richard Butt is buried?

3. Does anyone know anything at all about the wife Mary of this Richard Butt?

4. Does anyone know anything at all about the witnesses to this will; viz, Martin Bilman, John Marlay and John Williamson, the latter of whom became the executor of this will?

5. Does anyone know who the parents were of Rignal Butt The Hatter?  Can anyone verify that his father was Regnial?

6. Does anyone know who the parents were of Samuel Butt, b. 1/14/1777?

7. Can anyone verify who the parents were of Archibald Butt, the father of Thomas Didimus Butt?

8. Does anyone know where is Fanny Brake is buried?

9. Can anyone verify that Mary (?) (Butt) Metcalf and Vatchel Metcalf were or were not related?

As I understand it, at one time, this plaque read "First White child..." as do many documents.  This was changed as I understand it because many believe Mahala (and the Green's) was Shawnee.  R. M. Green by the way, was not one of them.  Here's what he had to say about that.

"I grew up with many Indian stories floating around, and they still are. When I was gathering material for The Green Tree I was told the story by Earl Dague and by Joy Kasson, about one of the Green sisters, who’s husband was off with Col. William Darke, fighting the Indians at the Battle of Fallen Timbers, becoming so friendly with a son of an Indian Chieftan, that she had two children by him. When I didn't use the story in the book, they jumped allover me.

Now then, there is a story out that the Willison family were somehow tied in with the Shawnee tribe, and that was the only reason the Greens were permitted to buyout the Shawnees in Licking Co. Since Diadema Willison married George Green and were my paternal g-g-grandparents, and her brother Jeremiah Willison married Sarah Stymets and were my maternal g-g-grandparents, if there is any truth in the story, I must have enough Shawnee blood in me to be able to declare myself a Chief of the Shawnees, to declare all of Monroe Twsp., Licking Co., O. a reservation, then place a casino right where the present Town Hall stands in Johnstown. That way I can do good for all of Monroe Twsp. I think everybody will go for that, don't you?

First though, I have to find out if any of these stories have any thing to back them up, except the stories."

I think R. M. Green was mistaken here.  I think he may have meant to say "St. Clair's Defeat" instead of "The Battle of Fallen Timbers".  Col. Wm. Darke was not at the Battle of Fallen Timbers.  I will further discuss this later on.

In any event, saying that Mahala was "the first child" born in Monroe Township is, of course, absurd in the extreme.  That is of course, unless Indigenous people are not considered human. 

As was the case with Eldad Sinkey, practically everyone I knew while I was growing up knew that my dad was "an Indian".  This includes discussions with my father, cousins who were disappointed when they visited because I was not dressed in buckskins and had no feathers in my hair, to neighbors who lived nearby who have asked me within the last 5 years or so to which tribe my dad belonged, to discussions my mother related to me that she had with dad's mother prior to her marrying my father, to discussions I had with my fathers mother, to the fact that some of the off spring of Squire Butt have the tell-tale birth marks, and on and on.  I will not belabor this.  But to make no mention of it at all would be disingenuous.  

Look at this picture.  This looks like it came straight out of Shakespeare!!!!  Look at that dude on the far right!  If that's not a Shakespearian character there never was one.  That looks like Romeo's hat he has on.  These people are NOT INDIGENOUS!!!!!!!!!  

Here's a picture of Nancy Ann "Tidy" (Tippet) Butt.

Some of my fathers brothers and others called dad "Toady" or "Totie".  I've never seen what they called him in writing.  However, the Shawnee word "Totie" means Frog.  All I know for sure about Indigenous heritage is that the talk about it and influence has been ubiquitous all my live.  I have no proof of any kind to offer about this, one way or the other, nor have I ever tried to find any.  It just is what it is.  I just am what I am.  In the end, everyone has to make up their own minds about it.  My hope is that what I say here about all this will be taken as it is meant to be taken and that is that it is simply information that can be used in any way the reader chooses to use it.  Outside a small circle of friends and relatives, I've hid all this most of my life, and even lied about it, but the truth is, it's been the strongest of all my life's influences.  Here's one of the reasons why.

         What Do I Believe?

 

What?, you ask, is my religion.

Would you believe I don’t know?

Everyone is looking for a new Messiah,

…`have been since a long time ago.

The Bible’s an interesting story.

Perhaps a lot was lost in the translation.

But the more you read it, the more you want to.

It could lead you into temptation.

There are many denominations and cults.

But once I heard a learned man say,

you must believe it all or nothing at all,

you also must kneel down and pray.

There has to be a Heaven for the innocent.

But how can any one tell?

If only for just the little children.

But certainly I don’t believe there’s a hell.

I think I would worship Mother Nature,

if I had my pick of the choices.

Some hear the call of the Lord they say.

To me it’s Natures many voices.

I would rather worship something,

that I can look out and see.

Because I believe we are a product of Nature.

I think it’s a part of you and of me.

I have no quarrel with any one praying,

giving thanks for what they receive.

I hope no one thinks I’m imposing my will,

but this is what I think I believe.

 

Toady, 1975  

Henry Morgan Butt, third of the seven sons of Squire George and Hattie Eva Nettie (Wilman) Butt.

Here's a quote from the Shawnee, Tecumseh.  I've always been struck by the similarities between this, my father's and my own beliefs about life.

So live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart. Trouble no one about their religion, respect others in their views, and demand that they respect you and yours. Love your life, perfect your life, and beautify all things in your life. Seek to make your life long and its purpose in the service of your people.

Prepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide. Always give a word or sign of salute when meeting or passing a friend; even a stranger, when in a lonely place. Show respect to all people and bow to none. When you arise in the morning, give thanks for the food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies only in yourself. Abuse no one and nothing, for abuse turns the wise ones into fools and robs the spirit of its vision. 

When it comes your time to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with fear of death, so that when their time comes they weep and pray for a little more time to live their lives over again in a different way. Instead, sing your death song and die like a hero going home.

Tecumseh 
c.1810 

As mentioned, the first wife of this John Butt, b. 1788 was Gracey Marlay.  I do not know if she was related to the John Marlay who witnessed the above 1810 Berkeley County will of Richard Butt.  It is interesting to note that Bazil Butt and wife Mahala named their fourth child Reason Marlay (sometimes spelled "Marley").

Going back now to the above,  "Valley of The Upper Maumee River with Historical Account of Allen County and the City of Fort Wayne, Indiana.  The Story of its Progress from Savagery to Civilization."  There is no other record to my knowledge, of a Capt. Jake Baker nor of a Samuel Butt participating in the Battle of Tippecanoe.  It is my considered opinion that these two along with Col. Wm Darke and perhaps others of whom R. M. Green called "The Berkeley County Warriors" were at the battle known as St. Clair's Defeat and not at the Battle of Tippecanoe as stated here, nor the Battle Of Fallen Timbers as stated elsewhere by R. M. Green.

For reference, the Battle of Tippecanoe was fought on November 7, 1811.

Again, for reasons stated above, I am always on the lookout for a BAKER who could have been related the Bazil Butt, aka, Bazil Baker Butt.

You will note here that Samuel Butt was called "...a native of Virginia...".

Below is a download from the web.  Could this be the "Capt. Jake Baker" referred to in the page above?  Almost certainly not.  But who was this guy's father?!?!?  Any Baker who hung around with Samuel Butt is one who needs to be investigated thoroughly.  There is some reason why my gr gr grandfather was called BAZILBAKERBUTT!!!!!!!!!

Will of Jacob Baker

Monroe Co., OH

13 Nov 1852

 

In the name of God, Amen, I Jacob Baker of Monroe Co. being in tolerable good health of body and of sound mind memory and understanding, thanks be to God for the same, but considering the certainty of death and the uncertainty of the time thereof and being desirous of settling my wordly affairs and therefore be the better prepared to leave this world when it shall please God to call me hence, to therefore make and arrange this my last will and testament in manner and form following:

First, I commit my soul to the hands of the Almighty God who gave it and my body to the earth to be buried in a Christian-like manner direction of my executor hereinafter named, and after my debts and funeral expenses are paid I devise and bequeath as follows, viz: To my four sons, Henry Baker, John Baker, Andrew Baker, and Jacob Baker, I give and devise the quarter section on which I now reside the same being the NE 1/4 S.11, T.7, R.7, the said 1/4 section to be divided into 4 equal parts by right lines running north and south, the said lots to be numbered from east to west, the first or eastern lot to belong to Henry Baker, the second to John Baker, the 3rd to Jacob Baker, and the 4th or western lot to Andrew Baker, each to pay the sum of $125.00 to my 4 daughters and granddaughter hereinafter named, 1/2 to be paid in 2 years and the remaining half within 3 years from my decease.

I give and devise to my 5 (sic) daughters, Eleanor Martin, Sarah Ingraham, Margaret Baker, Elizabeth Reynolds and Mary Ann Stephens, dau. of my dau. Elizabeth Reynolds all my personal property.

To Mary Stephens 1 bed and bedding, a bureau and cow, and all the dresser wares and the remainder of my personal property to my daughters and granddaughter, share and share alike, or to as many of them as may be living at my decease.

John Baker and Andrew Baker to be my executors - dated 13 Nov 1852, and witnessed by James Atkinson and G.H. Hays.

 

(Source: Records of the Court of Common Pleas, Record Book 18, page 362-363 - 4 Sep 1871 found in Fedorchak, unknown volume, page 84-85 - furnished by Ray Alfred Stewart)

____________________________________________________

My ancestor David Baker was a German immigrant arrving at age 3 about 1750. I know nothing about his parents. I assume that it must have been about 1750. He supposedly participated in the Revolution. My first records place him in Berkeley county, Virginia (now west Virginia about 1794. He was married to Elizabeth Wolf and they has 6 sons, at least 4 had chldren. John, Peter, Henry, George, Jacob and William. George is my great, great, grandfather. Are you related to anyone of them? Please contact me if you are. Phone: number is 262-633-1814 if the email address fails. Thanks Harold Baker

Harold L. Baker
www.rootsites.com/baker
hlb923@rootcom.net

Below are two maps that seem salient.   The first is of the original 13 colonies.  The second is of the state of VA during the War of Revolution.  Later, much of the Virginia land in the second map became known as "The Northwest Territory".

Saying one was "a native of Virginia" during this time was not being real specific.

In a letter to me, R M Green once wrote:

"This Samuel Butt, according to his headstone in Green Hill Cem, was born Jan. 14, 1777, where I don't know, but he first shows up in Licking Co, about 1790/91 with Col William Darke and fellow Berkeley Countians Peter Williamson, Vatchell Metcalf, Jacob Baker, (see The Green Tree), and took part in the Battle of Fallen Timbers..."

This has always troubled me.  The Battle of Fallen Timbers took place on August 20, 1794.  I can find no other record of Col. William Darke or any of these other men being at the Battle of Fallen Timbers.

St. Clair's defeat (aka "The Battle of the Wabash" and "The Battle of the Wabash River".) took place on November 4, 1791.  The site of that battle was near the Wabash River, near present-day Fort Recovery, Ohio, which is within two miles of the Ohio/Indiana border.  Col. William Darke was at that battle.  This is well documented.  He was one of the few White hero's there.  He lost a son there as well.  And by the way, Blue Jacket was a belligerent of St. Clair and Darke at that battle.  Here's some information from De Vaughn's site.

Peter Williamson (b. 1764 Berkeley County, VA, d. 1/1858 Licking County, Ohio, Burial, Dague Farm SW of Johnstown OH).

Military 16 MAY 1791 Enlisted for 6 months service in Revolutionary War - Hager, Washington Co. MD.
Note:  Nov 1791 survived St. Clair's Defeat; Northwest Territory; was wounded in right hand and leg; served in Company commanded by Captain William Lewis; served in Regiment commanded by Colonel William Darke; stayed in hospital for thirty days.
19 Apr 1851 gave a sworn statement concerning military service
11 Jan 1858 gave a sworn statement concerning military service

You'll note for the above map that Fort Recovery was part of Virginia during the War of Revolution.  By the time of this battle it had become part of Northwest Territory.

Here's an interesting excerpt from page 462 of "A Branch From the Green Tree" by R. M. Green.  It is well documented that Col. William Darke and Peter Williamson were at St. Clair's Defeat.  If the following is correct, Vatchel Metcalf was not yet in the military when St. Clair's Defeat took place.  Again, there is no record of Col. William Darke nor any of the other men listed above were at the Battle Of Fallen Timbers.  I guess I'm doubting the accuracy of some of the information I have about all this.

VACHEL METCALF

When he was 18 years old he enlisted as a Pvt. in the 4th Virginia Regiment, commanded by Col Thos. Butler at Shepherdstown, Berkley County, State of Virginia, April l3th 1793, in the war of the Northwestern Indians, for a term of 3 years. He re-enlisted for a like term at Fort Laramie, and was honorably discharged at South West Point, Tenn., Jan. 20th, 1799.

It was an expedition of Gen. Anthony Wayne which organized at Pittsburgh and drilled for some time at Legionville, about 30 miles below that city on the banks of the Ohio River. When Gen. Wayne's legion descended the Ohio River to Fort Washington (now Cincinnati, Ohio) Pvt. Metcalf accompanied it as a member of a Pa. Company. He went with the army to the Northwest and participated in all the skirmishes until the final contest at Fallen Timbers in '94.

Note: Fallen Timbers, so named because a tornado had heaped uprooted trees, splintered limbs and pulled roots into a tangled mass. -- Indian War of the U. S. Army, 1776-1866, by Fairfax Downey. Fallen Timbers was a two-hour battle.

 

There is a link to a "Biography of Peter Williamson" web site at the end of this document that is consistent with De's information.

Perhaps R. M. Green meant to say that Col. William Darke and fellow Berkeley Countians Samuel Butt, Peter Williamson, and Jacob Baker (and not Vatchell Metcalf) took part in St. Clair's defeat instead of the Battle of Fallen Timbers.  And perhaps, the author of "Valley of The Upper Maumee River" meant to say St. Clair's defeat instead of the Battle of Tippecanoe.  In any event, Samuel Butt would have been 14 and 17 years old respectively when St. Clair's defeat and The Battle Of Fallen Timbers took place.

It is worthy of note here that Peter Williamson's two wives, Keziah Green and Rebecca Green were sisters.  Both were daughters of Rignal Green Sr. and "Sarah (?) - wife 2 of Rignal Sr." making them sisters to George Green, the father of Bazil Butt's wife Mahala Green, or Mahala's Aunt's.  Peter Williamson's two wives Keziah and Rebecca, along with 19 other family members were also buried in unmarked graves on the above mentioned, "Dague Farm" which was on County Road #29, SW of Johnstown, Ohio.

Here's the family of Peter Williamson and wife Rebecca Green.

1. Peter Williamson: (b. abt 1764 or 1765 d. ca. 1859) married Rebecca Green (b. unknown d. unknown) on 29 Jul 1801

2.George Williamson (b. Dec. 1801 d. Feb. 1880) married Sena Cross (b. unknown d. unknown) about 1834 or 1835

3. Mary Ann Evans (step) (b. unknown d. unknown)
3. Unknown Daughter (step) (b. unknown d. unknown)
3. Unknown Son (step) (b. unknown d. unknown)
3. Peter Williamson (b. ca. 1835 d. unknown)
3. Basil Williamson (b. 1837 d. unknown)
3. Rebecca Williamson (b. 1839 d. unknown)
3. George Seaborn Williamson (b. 1841 d. unknown)
3. Matilda Williamson (b. 1843 d. unknown)
3. Asenath (Sena)Williamson (b. 1846 d. unknown)
3. Priscilla Ellen (Ellen Priscilla) Williamson (b. 1849 d. unknown)

It is believed Sena died sometime shortly after Priscilla’s birth and George married his step-daughter Mary Ann Evans abt. 1850

3. Richard E. (Evans) Williamson (b. 1851 d. unknown)
3. John Williamson (b. abt. 1852 d. unknown)
3. Jeremiah (Jerry) Williamson (b. 1854 d. unknown)
3. Mary Viola Williamson (b. Apr 1857 d. unknown)
3. Amanda Captolia Williamson (4 Feb 1860 d. unknown)
3. James Kitchel Williamson (31 Aug 1861 d. 7 Dec 1954)married Alice Hamilton (b. 6 Jul 1859 d. 30 Oct 1926) on 30 Aug 1888.

4. Alice Williamson (b. 1895 d. 1896)
4. Lottie Williamson (b. 1897 d. 1898)
4. Forest Jay Williamson (b. unknown d. 1917)
4. Edna Williamson (b. unknown d. unknown)
4. Philip Oswald Williamson (b. 5 Aug 1900 d. 3 Oct 1975)
married Audrey Wilma Kim (b. 11 Jul 1905 d. 1983) See Philip Williamson below.
4. Madge Williamson (b. 20 Jan 1892 d. 4 Nov 1926) married Otha Baker (b. unknown d. 4 Nov 1918) on 23 Jun 1910

5. Mary Baker (b. unknown d. unknown)
5. Herman Baker (b. unknown d. unknown)
5. June Baker (b. unknown d. unknown)
5. Clarence Baker (b. unknown d. unknown)
5. Unknown Child (b. unknown d. unknown)

After Mr Baker died Madge married Clyde L Converse (b. unknown d. unknown)

5. Unknown Child (died in infancy)

4. Harold Williamson (b. 5 Aug 1894 . d. 1972) never married
4. Lestor Williamson (b. unknown d. unknown)
4. Robert E. Williamson (b. unknown d. 9 Nov 1961) married Vesta M. Foos (b. 28 May 1902 d. 1984) married date unknown.

5. Kenneth Williamson (b. unknown d. Living 1997)
5. Elsie A. Williamson (b. unknown d. unknown) married 1st Dana Hinkle and 2nd ? Lemaster
5. Helen Williamson (b. unknown d. unknown) Married Charles Watts
5. Dorthy L. Williamson (b. unknown d. unknown) Married Lyle Griffen
5. Frances A. Williamson (b. unknown d. unknown) Married James Waldeck

James Kitchel Williamson and 2nd wife Amanda Arnold were married abt. 1920

4. Jeanette Williamson (b. unknown d. unknown) Married 1st Paul Farmer then 2nd to Ross T. Epperson and then back to Mr. Farmer.

5. Leroy J. Epperson (b. 22 May1940 d. living 1997)
5. Wanda L. Epperson (b. 17 Dec 1942 d. living 1997)
5. Philip M. Epperson (b. 20 Aug 1950 d. living 1997)

2. Joseph Williamson (b. Aug 1804 d. 1899) married 1st Hoppie Randolph and 2nd Rachel Hartsock
2. Sidney Williamson (b. 1808 d. 1885) Married Ebenezer Williams
2. James Williamson (b. 1813 d. 1896) Married Malinda Green
2. Jacob Williamson (b. abt. 1814 or 15 d. unknown) Married Nancy Hartsock
2. Rebecca Williamson (b. possibly 1822 or earlier d. possibly 1853)

Here's information I received on 10/25/2007 from Jeanne Eppley, aka Snow Flower, a descendant of John Butt and wife Sarah Houston.

"The unmarked graves on the Dague farm no longer exist.  After [Earl Dague's] death... one of his daughters...Lalah told me that he [Earl] had told her that his [Earl's] Uncle Arthur bought the farm from Peter Williamson.  One of the conditions of the sale was that the cemetery would never be disturbed.  Dague and Williamson had a huge argument and to retaliate, Dague plowed up the cemetery."

I don't know if this Peter Williamson was related to the John Williamson who was one of the "Subscribers" to, and eventually the Executor of the 1810 Berkeley County, VA will of Richard Butt.  However, my information is that the parents of this Peter Williamson were a John Williamson and wife Peggy Aunin.  I have no dates or any further information about this couple.  Assuming a normal span between birth dates of fathers and sons, this John Williamson would have been born in ~1740.  This would have made this John Williamson 70 years old when the Richard Butt will was witnessed.

There was a David Williamson who was born in Carlisle, Pennsylvania in 1752 who became both famous and infamous in his military career.  In March, 1782 this Williamson along with Captain Charles Builderback (Bilderback) (One of "The Berkeley County Warriors" mentioned above by R. M Green and elsewhere herein) whose wife was Ruhama/Rhuhama, and others were responsible for the infamous Gnadenhutten Massacre where ninety-six Moravian-Christian Indian men, women, and children were murdered.  It's interesting to note that there were more people killed here than were at the Ft. Dearborn massacre.

This Col. David Williamson is discussed at great length by Eckert in "That Dark and Bloody River" as well.  This Williamson survived the Col. Crawford defeat at the Battle of Sandusky in June, 1782.

Captain Charles Builderback and wife Rhuhama had a daughter named Martha who married William Green.  This William Green was a son of the above mentioned couple, Rignal Green Sr. and "Sarah (?) - wife 2 of Rignal Sr.".  He was a brother to the above mentioned sisters Keziah and Rebecca Green who were wives of Peter Williamson.  This William Green was also a brother of George Green, Mahala's father and, therefore, Mahala's uncle.  And if I have it right, this William Green was my 3rd great grand uncle and Keziah and Rebecca were my 3rd great grand aunt's.

The Vatchell Metcalf R. M. Green refers to as one of "The Berkeley County Warriors", was born in 1775 in Berkeley County, VA and was the son of Amos.  This Vatchell Metcalf, on October 22, 1799, first married Dianna Green, daughter of Rignal Green Sr. and "Sarah (?) - wife 2 of Rignal Sr.".  His second wife was Deborah Green, daughter of Rignal Green Sr. and Sarah Butt - wife 3 of Rignal Sr..  The half-sisters, Dianna and Deborah Green were full and half-sisters respectively of George Green, Mahala's father and therefore, Mahala's aunt's.  This Sarah Butt was a grand daughter of Samuel Butt and wife Elizabeth Swearingen.  She was also a second cousin, once removed to Bazil's wife Mahala Green.  And, if I have it right, this Vatchell Metcalf was MY 6th great grand uncle.  There are a dozen or so pages in R. M. Green's book about this Vatchell Metcalf and his relatives.

Here's some information about the Metcalf's that can be found in R. M. Green's book:

In 1755, a Vatchel Metcalf obtained a patent on a tract of land on the Potomac River, in what is now Berkeley Co., W. Va. adjacent to the land owned by William Green I, which he had settled on in 1751. [I have not been able to determine the exact location of this William Green I property.  See more below.  My information is that his property amounted to 297 acres.] The land was obtained from Thomas Lord Fairfax, but the purchase was contended in court by Joist Rite and Robert Green.  The Virginia courts upheld Rite's prior ownership claim to the land, and Metcalf was required to vacate a portion of his land.  Vatchel Metcalf eventually sold the land to his brother George Metcalf, from whom it descended to George's heir, Allen Metcalf.

Allen Metcalf's heirs were;

1.      Priscela Israil Metcalf, m - Benjamine Biggs.

2.      Margery Metcalf, m - Benjamine Beaths.

3.      Lucy Metcalf,  m - Owens, had son David Owens.

4.      George Metcalf.

5.      John Metcalf.

6.      Allen Metcalf Jr.

7.      Andrew Metcalf.

8.      Thomas Metcalf.

Allen Metcalf Sr. was an Ensign in the Berkeley militia May, 15, 1781.

Old Vatchel Metcalf had a son Amos Metcalf who also lived in Berkeley Co., Va., and was the father of the following Chn.

1.     Vatchel Metcalf II.,b - Berkeley Co. Va. 1775, d ­Ashland Co. 0.,1874. m #1, Dianna [Ann] Green, Berkeley Co. Va. Oct. 22,

        1799,(dau. of Regnal Green Sr. and probably Sarah Duncan [who I am calling "Sarah (?) - wife 2 of Rignal Sr."]). m - #2,

        Deborah Green, (dau. also of Regnal Green Sr. and probably Sarah Duncan [again who I am calling "Sarah (?) - wife 2 of Rignal

        Sr."]), in Fairfield Co. O. [This is the Vatchel Metcalf who ran around with Col Darke, Samuel Butt, b.

        1/14/177 and the others mentioned by R M Green.] [Below is the grave of Sarah (Metcalf) Cutter, daughter of Vatchel and

        Dianna.]

2.     Drusilla Metcalf, m - Peter Snyder in Washington Co. Pa. had Daniel Snyder, b - Mar. 8, 1808, Washing­ton Co. Pa.

        Peter and Drusilla moved to Monroe Twsp. Richland Co. O. in 1815.

3.     Edward Metcalf, b - Aug.5, 1783, d - 1856, Ashland Co. O. Known Chn.

        (1) – John  Metcalf.

        (2) - Vatchel Metcalf, III

        (3) - Daniel Metcalf.

        (4) - Julia Metcalf.

        (5) - Nancy Metcalf.

        (6) - Rachel Metcalf.

4. Thomas Metcalf, m - Nancy Durbin, Washington Co., Pa., June 1818. Chn.

        (1) - Drusilla Metcalf.

        (2) - Rachel Metcalf.

        (3) - Maria Metcalf.

        (4) - Eliza Metcalf.

        (5) - Sarah Metcalf.

This is from the French Grove, Illinois, Millbrook Township, Sec. 32, cemetery web site.

Cutter, Isaac, Jan. 22, 1805 (Jefferson co., NY) - Sep. 22, 1843 (Brimfield, IL); aged 38 yrs 9 mos;  husband of Sarah Metcalf Cutter, married Nov. 2, 1825; son of Barnabus & Hanna Comstock Cutter. (SS-Photo; KH-Info)

Cutter, Sarah Metcalf, Jan. 1, 1804 (OH) - Jul 25, 1863 (French Grove, IL); aged 59 yrs 8 ms 20 d; wife of Isaac Cutter, married Nov. 2, 1825; dau of Vachell & Dianna Green Metcalf (SS-Photo; KH-Info).

Here a posting from the web:

From: "Sharon Cline" < cline@chartertn.net>
Subject: Metcalf VA Taxpayers, 1782
Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2003 12:22:25 -0500

I found a book at our local library (VA Taxpayers, compiled by Augusta B. Fothergill) that was a "reconstructed" census, using the taxpayers lists from the various counties in VA. All of the counties listed below used the 1782 tax lists. For each entry, there are two numbers. The first is the free males, and the second the slaves. Perhaps some will find of interest.

Metcalf, Allen 1-0 Berk
Metcalf, Amos 1-0 Berk
Metcalf, John 1-6 Fau
Metcalf Margaret 0-0 Berk
Metcalf, Thomas 2-8 K&Q
Metcalf Vachell 2-0 Berk
Metcalf, William 1-0 Fau
Medcalf, Thos 1-0 Henry

I believe that for the Berkeley County bunch, that Margaret is Margaret Massom Metcalf, wife of George (George has died by this date), and that the other three (Allen, Amos, and Vachell) are the sons of this couple. One other son of this couple, John, died in the Revolutionary War (15 Jul 1778). The last son, Massom, was not found in this compilation, but he may be the other free male living with Vachell as my information indicates that he was the youngest son.

In the 1810 VA census, a Masham Madcalf is found in Jefferson County. Jefferson County was formed from Berkeley County in 1801. This may be a son of Amos or Vachell (I do not know any of their offspring), but Allen does not have a son Massom, and the Massom not found in the 1782 taxpayers list is in PA or OH by that time (and likely his son Massom is there also).

Here's another that indicates among other things that the maiden name of Mary Metcalf was not Metcalf.  I have one note that says her maiden name may have been Swearingen or Odell.

Here are some documents about all this that I received from Howard Butts of Martinsburg, West Virginia.

First is a copy of page iii of the introduction of Bill Richardson's book.  Here you will see in the next to the last paragraph that he did not know the maiden name of Mary (?) (Butt) Metcalf.  Accordingly, henceforth, I will refer to her in this way.

Here are some maps from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service National Conservation Training Center in Shepherdstown, WV.  They have a great site with the history of Shepherdstown, WV, including the Terrapin Neck and Horseshoe Bend area.  I have included a link to this site at the end of this document.

I do not know if the Jacob Baker mentioned by R. M. Green, was the Capt. Jake Baker mentioned in the above "Valley of the Upper Maumee", as having been with General Harrison and Samuel Butt at the Battle of Tippecanoe, nor do I know if this was the same Jacob Baker whose will is included above.  Because of dates, I rather doubt the latter.  

In any event, this guy Samuel Butt, b. 1/14/1777 is an interesting guy to say the least.  Practically all the people he hung out with except Col. William Darke were married to close relatives of Mahala Green, Bazil's wife.

As mentioned earlier, a gentleman who descends through father-to-son relationships from the Richard Butt who founded Buttstown was located.  His DNA was tested and it does not match mine. 

That John Butt and second wife Sarah Houston had a daughter named Sarah Noras (Norris) Butt seems salient.

Recently I received this information from Amy Patterson who is a distant cousin.  Thank you very much Amy!  First, in Amy's words, here is "...the 9-page pension application for Archibald Butt (made in 1819). It mentions his children and his wife - but not her name, darn it!

The following these 9 pages are again, in Amy's words, "...the Revolutionary Pension file for Thomas Butt, with petition records of both Thomas and his wife, Mary (Polly) Taylor. An added bonus is a letter from an A.D. Hiller, who is listed only as "Assistant Administrator" - likely with the Pension Office of the War Department or National Archives in Washington to one of our apparent cousins from 1934 who's tracing the family genealogy."

Above is Archibald, below is Thomas.

Here is the Will of Thomas Butt dated Sept 12, 1832, two pages; a Maryland Land Warrant for Thomas Butt; a Missouri Land Warrant for Mary Butt, widow of Thomas Butt of the Rev War; a State of Illinois, Widows Pension for Mary Butt, widow of Thomas Butt of Rev War, dated December 16, 1854; a letter from Edward S. Butt to Mary dated Jun 2, 1914; and a letter dated 6/26/1797 from the Governor of VA regarding Land Grant # 21943 issued on 12/24/1783 granting 100 acres in Greenbriar County, VA to Thomas Butt.

The DNA of Steven Butts of Missouri has been tested and found to match mine exactly.  It is known that Steven descends thru father-to-son relationships from Thomas Butt (Rev War), b. 9/18/1763.  Accordingly, the earliest known BUTT ancestor of those of us whose DNA matches exactly was this Thomas Butt; he being born 9/18/1763. 

This one is for Edward Butt.  Again, from Amy.

Below is a graphic representation of some of what has been learned from DNA along with notes I've added.  Note that I have herein the middle name of Charles N. Butt as "Newton" and that De has it as "Norris".  The information in the chart comes from the grand son of Charles N. Butt, the gentleman whose DNA was tested and found to match mine exactly. 

Here's part of a message I received from De Vaughn that clears up this matter.  Thank you very much De!!!!

The above letter about the military service of Archibald Butt, b. 1764-1765 reduces the doubt about whether or not the paternal grandfather of Thomas Didimus Butt was Edward Butt, b. 1745.

I have more material to add to the above graphic.

Below is a graphic that is intended to identify ALL the men who COULD have been the father of Bazil Butt.  It includes all the men I know of whose DNA would match exactly, that of Bazil Butt.

The graphic above includes among others, Thomas Didimus Butt, b. 2/15/1801 and his father Archibald, b. 1775 (which is questionable).  The graphic below then lists the same two men plus all their known male ancestors and all the male descendants of all these men down thru, at least, the generation of which Bazil's father was a member.

To be sure, if I have it right, the DNA of all the men listed in both these graphics would match exactly.  And, again, if I have it right, these are the ONLY known men who COULD have been the father of Bazil Butt.

There is a widely reported "wagon incident" story about the father of the four boys who were raised by the Richard Butt who in his 1810, Berkeley County will referred to them as "...my four nephews that I raised".  The story is essentially, that the father of the four boys was a Rignal Butt Sr., and that he, Rignal Butt Sr. was killed in a fight on a road in 1785.  This Rignal Sr. lived in Berkeley County, VA.  Below is the information about Richard Butt, b. 1787 (one of the four nephews), De Vaughn has posted on her site.

About BUTT, Richard, b.1787
A letter dated March 11, 1987, from James R. Dixon, Valley View, Joplin, MO, 64804, to the Montgomery County, Maryland, Historical Society states: `One of the older relatives (now dec.) believed that Richard was the son of Rignal Butt Sr. (Rognal and other spellings). The relative stated that the family story was that Rignal Sr. was killed in a fight circa 1785 on a public road. He was supposedly killed by a man with a whip. The fight started because both men`s wagons became entangled. Rignal was believed to have lived in Berkley Co. (?) Rignal had a brother Richard who raised the four boys of Rignal. Their names were supposed to be Richard, Rignal Jr., Bazil and John. Rignal Sr.

This is a totally believable story, particularly to any of us who grew up around the BUTT men I did.   This could very well have happened to any one of them...and...any one of them could very well have been the one who did the whipping.  There is a story in my family that is that the reason Morgan Green Butt left Ohio for Iowa was that he'd been in a fight with a man in Ohio and that Morg had kicked the guy in the jaw and killed him.  Given this scenario Morg's trek to Iowa would better be described as a run from the law.  There is simply no way to know if such stories are true.

As described above, Jackson County, Iowa and in particular The Big Woods where Morgan Butt ultimately settled, was a haven for those sorts of people when Morg came here...it still is.  Could there be some kind of similar story about Andrew Houston that explains why he came to Iowa and settled in The Big Woods???  In the 1800's when these men came here, one had to have a REAL good reason to even enter The Big Woods, let alone live there.

I do not discount these stories in the least.  These stories are far different from the one's told elsewhere herein about and by Morgan and Squire Butt.  Those were "Southern humor" or "West Virginian colloquialisms", as Rosheim put it.  I have no doubt whatsoever that these fights occurred in some way, shape or form.

However, with respect to the wagon fight, the four Butt boys who were raised by Richard are thought to have been born in 1788, 1789, 1790 and 1797, all well after the fight occurred.

R M Green was well aware of this "wagon fight" story.  In a letter to me he once wrote:

"The story of their [the four boys] father Rignal Butt having been killed in a wagon incident just doesn't pan out...".

I agree, the story does not pan out...not yet anyway.  Indeed, I still do not discount this story.  Why would a man say flat out that the father of the four boys was a man named Rignal Butt Sr., etc.????  Why would any one simply "make up" a story like that?

Where there's smoke, almost inevitably there's fire.  To ignore this story would be tantamount to ignoring the reality that the name BAKER is significant with respect to Bazil Butt.

Again, I have intended to included in the chart below, all the men I KNOW OF who COULD have been the father of my gr gr grandfather Bazil Butt.  If that list of men can be made complete and accurate, then we can know for sure we have the name of Bazil's father.  And then perhaps, we MAY be able to finally determine which of these men was the father of Bazil.

I am agonizingly aware of the cold, hard, stark possibility that there are far more men than these who I am unaware of, who could have been Bazil's father, as well.  I have thought for a couple of decades at least, that either there existed an entire BUTT family about whom we are unaware (R. M. Green's theory, essentially), or that for some reason, Bazil Butt did not want anyone to know who his parents were.  Other highly respected researchers think we are simply looking in the wrong places, and that Bazil's parents CAN be found.  I would not be going to this trouble if I thought the latter was not the case - I'd be having fun with something else right now instead.

In the chart below I've questioned if I have the correct Archibald listed for the son of Edward Richard Butt and father of Thomas Didimus, and, if I have all the correct dates.  I am not taking issue with anyone here.  I just want to be absolutely certain that I have not made a mistake before I proceed with further DNA testing.  Any information about any of the people listed in this chart that anyone can provide will be much appreciated.  As mentioned at the outset, I have no pride in authorship.

This chart (list) of men is at the moment, the very heart of the research into determining who was the father of my gr gr grandfather, Bazil Butt.  The father of the Samuel Butt whose second wife was Fanny Brake will be among these people as well.  And if the four "nephew's" mentioned in the 1810 Berkeley County will of Richard Butt were "traditional nephews", then the father of that Richard Butt will also be among the men listed here.  I must make this list complete and absolutely true and accurate.  Again, the above letter about the military service of Archibald Butt, b. 1764-1765 reduces the doubt about whether or not Edward Butt (aka Edward Richard Butt), b. 1745 - d. 8/19/1779 was the paternal grandfather of Thomas Didimus Butt, b. 2/15/1801.   

Below is an illustration of my direct BUTT/GREEN family tree as best I can determine, on back to the time my ancestors came to this continent.  I will be interested in any errors anyone might find therein.  I have recently received from Lorie Kerns a large amount of relevant information about my ancestors.  It will eliminated certain doubts I currently have stated.  I will get that material posted here soon.

The birth dates I have for Richard Butt and wife Sarah Green, the couple who founded Buttstown are not normal.  She would have been 6 years his senior.

The dates Snow Flower has are Sarah, b 1744 and Richard, b. 1746.  R M Green had "no dates available" for this Sarah.  See page 97 of "A Branch from The Green Tree".  He also pointed out to me that he had never seen her with the middle name Ann and thought she may have been confused with the Ann Butt who with her husband founded Greensburg, VA.

Here's the information De Vaughn has posted on this couple.  Richard's death date here agrees with that of Don C. Woods above.

GREEN, Sarah Ann                                    BUTT, Richard, b.1736

b. 1730                                                         b. Nov 11 1736
Prince George`s Co., MD                              Queen Ann Parish, Prince George`s Co., M

d. 1800                                                         d. Jun 24 1799
Berkeley Co., VA                                          Berkeley Co., VA

m. BUTT, Richard                                         m. GREEN, Sarah A.

ABT 1757                                                    ABT 1757

Berkeley Co., VA                                         Berkeley Co., VA
d. Jun 24 1799                                              d. 1800

We know this Sarah was a hell of a woman.  Maybe older men just couldn't handle her or, perhaps, my information with respect to this Richard Butt and wife Sarah Green is faulty in some way.

There's also a difference in the information I have about the birth date of Dinah Darke Butt.  R M Green has it as "probably 1692", see page 61 of "A Branch from The Green Tree". De Vaughn has it as follows:

BUTT, Dinah 'Darke'

b. Feb 05 1706
Queen Ann Parish, Prince George`s Co., MD

d.1802
Shepherdstown, Berkley VA

m. GREEN, William
ABT 1724
Shepherdstown, Berkley VA
d. ABT 1779

I have used De's information below.  In any event, Rignal Green Sr. could not have been her son.

Above I included information I received from Mary Hicks about Rignal Green Sr.  Some of that information said the first wife of Rignal Green Sr. was MARY MAXWELL/ MAUDE TOTTEN, and that his second was not Sarah Duncan who I am callilng "Sarah (?) - wife 2 of Rignal Sr.".

This information comes from the same document I received from Mary Hicks.

GREEN TREE: by Robert Green

Felt that William Green's parents were from Pennsylvania, but based his idea partly on an error in interpreting Richard Butt's will.  The will mentions Richard's daughters, "between my five daughters.....

Susannah and Ruch each to have...my daughters Dinah Darke and Mary each"....Robert took Dinah's name to be Dinah Darke, as in a married name or middle name, passed down from a previous generation.  That interpretation would mean only 4 daughters were named, rather than 5 as the will indicates.  Whether Darke is the name or nickname (maybe short for Dorcas?) she is a separate person from Dinah.

This is from R M Green's book:

Will Book 3, P 243 16 April 1799 Will of Richard Butt

my wife Sarah to have one third

all my land in this county to go to my three sons, Isaac

Butt, Archibald Butt and Richard Butt.  

Daughter Ruth four head of' cattle. Daughter Susannah 4

head cattle

My five daughters to share as follows: Susannah and Ruth

to have one fifth part, Daughter Dinah Darke and Mary each

one fifth part of the residue of my estate not disposed of

in the store goods

                       Son, Isaac to be executor

                                                            Richard X Butt

Anthony Turner, Jr.                         

Thomas Swearingen

George Franceway, Junr.

John Strode

Here is the will of "Old" William Green, courtesy of Howard Butts, of Martinsburg, WV.  The high-lightings are his.

Here's the will of Dinah (Butt) Green from "A Branch from The Green Tree".

Will Book 3, pp 492-494 Berkeley County Court, Martinsburg, W.Va.

 

IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN, this 6^th day of June 1800, I, DINAH GREEN_, widow of William Green, deceased, do make and ordain this to be my last will and testament. First it is my will that my body be buried in a decent Christian like manner at the discretion of my Executors, hereafter named. As to such worldly Estate as I may be possessed after the time of my death, I dispose in the following manner, viz. It is my will and desire that my daughter Sarah Butt, widow of Richard Butt deceased, have full two thirds of estate after my debts and funeral charges are ­paid and discharged, to her and her heirs. It is my will and desire that my daughter Dinah Dean wife of Joseph Dean have one half of the remainder my estate on condition that she comes herself for it to her and in case of her decease before mine to be equally divided between my daughter Sarah Butt and my son Rignal Green. This my will that my granddaughter Dinah Butt be paid ten pounds penn’y money out of the residue of my estate to her and her assigns. It is my will and desire that my two granddaugh­ters Susanna Butt and Ruth Butt to have the residue of my estate to be equally divided between them, to them and their assigns. I do hereby appoint my grandson Isaac Butt whole and sole Executor of this my last will and testiment ratifying and confirming this and no other, therefore made to be my last will and testament. IN TESTIMONY whoereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal the day and year above written.

 

                                                                                                  her

Interlined before signed                                         DINAH  X  GREEN   LS

Signed Sealed and published                                             mark

In the presence of

Mapy X Ray

         mark

 

                     his

Swearingen  X  Ray

                    mark

Richard Butt

Tho. Swearingen

 

At a court held for Berkeley County the 21st day of February 1803.  This last will and testament of Dinah Green dec'd was proved by the oaths of Swearingen Ray and Richard Butt, two of the witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded.  And on the motion of Isaac Butt the Executor therein named who made oath thereto according to law, Certificate is granted him for obtaining a probate thereof in due form giving Security Whereupon he together with Mathias Nichols and Archibald Butt his Securities entered into and acknowledged bond conditioned as the law directs.

                                                                                     Teste

                                                                                           H. Bedinger C.B.C.

 

Teste" A true copy. Given under my hand and Seal this 22nd day of June 1973.

                                                                                       Christine Bergen

                                                                                       Expires Jan. 8, 1974

This is a posting I downloaded about this subject.

Sarah Green married Richard Butt, the son of Samuel Butt and Elizabeth Swearingen. This Richard is the one who left the will referred to by Jeanne Eppley. He named a daughter Dinah Darke, however, Dinah and Darke are 2 different sisters. Darke, Darkey or Darcus was a not an uncommon first name at that time. We have an indenture of Mary Medcalf [I am referring to this lady as Mary (?) (Butt) Metcalf.] (she was married first to Richard Butt and they had a daughter Dinah in 1706). Mary Medcalf [Again, I am referring to this lady as Mary (?) (Butt) Metcalf.] left her daughter, Dinah Green, dresses and a candle mold in this indenture.

Prince George's County Land Records 1739-1743 (TLC):
Page 379. Mary Metcalfe [Again, I am referring to this lady as Mary (?) (Butt) Metcalf.] of Prince Georges, widow, for the love I have for my children and grandchildren, and for other good and valuable considerations, I give them as follows, viz., to Susan Metcalfe, my daughter, 1 feather bed and furniture, 1 cow, a warming pan, 1 iron pot, a box of iron and heaters, a gray mare, a spinning wheel, a breeding sow, a pewter candle mold. And to my son George Metcalfe, a heifer, 1 pair of mill stones, a large iron pot, 2 sows and a barrow, 1 frying pan. And unto my son Vachell Metcalfe, a sorrel horse colt with a bald face, 3 barrows, 1 iron pot, and 1 5 foot chest. And unto my son Nicholas Butt, 1 iron pot. And unto my daughter Dina Green, a pewter candle mold, a calcmanco gown, and a quilted petticoat, and a chellico gown. And unto my grandson Archibald Butt, 1 bay horse branded AR. And unto my grandaughter Lidia Butt, 1 breeding sow. Signed Aug 5, 1741 - Mary (M her mark) Metcalfe. [Mary (?) (Butt) Metcalf.] Wit - John (+++ his mark) Lockland, Elizabeth (E her mark) Webb, Amey (| her mark) Charleton, Joseph Chapline. (Memorandum. The true intent of the within deed is that none of the within gifts is to be good until after the death of the giver. Recorded Sep 2, 1741.

Mary Medcalf  [Mary (?) (Butt) Metcalf.] was still alive in 1767 when she made this indenture:
1767 26 Oct "Mary Medcalf widow formerly relict of Richard Butt the Eldest deceased" for good will and love for her grandsons, Richard Butt and Thomas Butt and also for 5 shillings conveyed them "Batchelor's Delight", being a portion of "Darnall's Grove" (indicates her son Richard was dead as the will of Richard Butt Sr. called for him to receive the land). Signed Mary (M) Metcalf - Maryland Hall of Records, Vol. BB #2, pages 65-66.

Mary started having children in 1702 so her birth would be around 1785. This would make her 82 in 1767 which was a very long life in those times. It is certainly believable that her Dinah would make it to 95.

Here's a biography of Rignal Green provided me by Lorie Kerns.

Not yet finished with this.  Keep checking back.  I'll get it done.  I have a library of information yet to go thru.

So, what is to be believed?  Some errors have been perpetuated over the years.  I may well have been a part of all that.  This chart may include some errors as well.  As I gather information, which I intend to continue to do, I'm sure what is included here will improve many times yet to come.

I will mention in passing that the name "Darke", whether it be a nick name or not is the same as that of the Col. Willman Darke mentioned above.  I think the name "Darke" derives from the French name/word D'ark.  Perhaps there is some unknown significance here...and...perhaps there is not.  In any event, this chart is the best I can do at the moment.  I'm always looking for ways to improve it.

One comment before moving on.  As noted above, I do not believe the maiden name of the wife of Richard Butt - 1, b. 1680 listed below was Metcalf.  I have been and will continue to refer to her as "Mary (?) (Butt) Metcalf".  It could even be that this Mary, b. 1681, could have been married to a Metcalf both prior to and after her marriage to Richard Butt, b. 1680.  As mentioned above, it is possible too that Mary's maiden name may have been Swearingen or Odell.  I am not able to make a connection between Mary (?) (Butt) Metcalf, b. 1681, wife of Richard Butt, b.1680 and the Vatchel Medcalf/Metcalf/Metcalfe/Medcalfe who had land surveyed on November 27, 1752 in Terrapin Neck.  There may be none.

I have not included in this chart, Samuel Butt, b. 1/14/1777.  It's too crowded to do so.  Please note though from his birth date that he would also, along with Archibald, the father of Thomas Didimus, and the father of Bazil Butt, be in the same row of 6 starting with Diadema Willison and ending with Martha "Patsy" Butt.  Indeed, as mentioned, the birth dates make it possible for this Samuel to have been Bazil's father.

Further, if we assume that two of the four boys mentioned in the 1810 Berkeley County will of Richard Butt were indeed, the John and Bazil Butt who settled in Licking County, Ohio, and, take this Richard Butt will at face value, then the Richard Butt who raised the four "nephews" was also a blood relative of all those we've connected with DNA testing.

I have some seemingly conflicting information about William Butt.  De Vaughn has this:

Here's a chart made by Bill Richardson along with the two pages of corresponding explanations.

Here's the above Richardson chart with notes I've added based mainly upon information gleaned from DNA testing.  Research of this chart continues.  We are all very lucky Mr. Richardson did all this work.

Here's an array of documents from the Goodland, Kansas, Public Library about the family of Thomas Butt, b. September 18, 1763, Rev. War veteran, that is outlined in the above documents by Wm. Richardson.

I have other information that indicates that William Butt was born in England, see below.  I'm not convinced I know where this William Butt was born.

Then I have this interesting note to add about William Butt as well.  I am referring to the Mary Medcalf mentioned below who was married to Richard Butt, b. 1670, as "Mary (?) (Butt) Metcalf". 

The Butt Family

William Butt was born in England about 1637 and came to Armerica and settled in Prince George County Maryland. His wife was Elizabeth and they had one known son, Richard Butt born 1670 in Queen Anne Parish, Prince George County Maryland. He married Mary Medcalf. The St. Barabas Church Register Prince George County Maryland shows the following children of Richard and Mary: Richard Butt born December 11, 1703, Thomas Butt born December 29, 1705, Dinah Butt born February 5, 1706, Mary Butt born March 2, 1708, Samuel Butt born October 10, 1712, Nicholas Butt born October 20, 1714

Samuel Butt, son of Richard and Mary MEDCALF Butt was born October 10, 1712 in Queen Ann Parish, Prince George County Maryland and died October 10, 1786. Samuel married August 1, 1734 in Prince George County Maryland Elizabeth Swearingen born July 4, 1715 and died May 12, 1796. Samuel and Elizabeth had the following children: Mary Butt, Keziah Butt, Swearingen Butt, Richard Butt, Samuel Butt, Ann Butt, Lidia Butt, Elizabeth Butt, John Butt, Aaron Butt, Bazil Butt, Ruth Butt, Rigenal Butt and Hazel Butt.

Swearingen Butt, son of Samuel and Elizabeth SWEARINGEN Butt was born in Prince Geroge County Maryland about 1740. Swearingen took the Oath of Alegiance in Maryland in 1777 at the beginning of the Revolutionary War. After the War Swearingen migrated to Rockingham County North Carolina and settled on Little Rockingham Creek near Wentworth where he bought 345 acres of land. It is not known who he married but he had three known children: Hazel Butt, Nancy Butt and John Swearington C Butt

John Swearington C Butt, son of Swearingen Butt was born October 5, 1791 in Virginia and died April 2, 1875 in Simpson County Kentucky. He is buried in the Pirkle Cemetery in Simpson County Kentucky. John married September 15, 1809 in Rockingham County North Carolina Nancy Wright born February 6, 1794 in Rockingham county North Carolina and died January 28, 1876 in Logan County Kentucky, and the daughter of Frances and Sarah WINLOCK Wright. Nancy is buried in the Stevenson Church Cemetery in Logan County Kentucky. John and Nancy owned land on Little Rockingham Creek near Wentworth in Rockingham county North Carolina. About 1830, John and Nancy migrated to Sumner County Tennessee and settled north of Portland near the Kentucky-Tennesse border. John and Nancy had the following children: Elizabeth Johnson Butt born August 10, 1810 married Alexander Prikle, William Alfred Butt born July 20, 1812 married Emily Boren, Hazel Green Butt born April 26, 1814 married Mary Barker, Ruebin Pinkney Butt born September 9, 1817 married Susanna Mayes, Richard Calvin Butt born August 16, 1820 married Elizabeth Henton, John Frances Butt born October 28, 1822 married Cyrena Bush, Johnson Croford Butt born November 5, 1824, Elisha Swearington Butt born Janauary 16, 1828 married Amelia Groves, Nancy Butt born August 10, 1831 married John Hendricks Mayes.

(For more on Nancy Butt see the John Hendricks Mayes Family)

Here's a 1650 map of the European Colonial Settlements to show what this continent looked like when William Butt, b. 1637 and George Green, b. 1645 came here.

Here's a marked up map of Maryland for reference.  Pennsylvania is just off the top of his map.  The current Delaware Counties at one time were known as lower Pennsylvania.

Goto  Top of the page

The links below will take you directly to any of the 28 pages in this site.  Clicking the "Back" button in your browser will always take you back to where you came from.

Goto Summary

Goto  NEWS 

Goto  Table Of Content

Goto Who Was Bazil Butt?

Goto Berkeley Journal; " Buttstown" Article

Goto Berkeley Journal; " Smoketown and Greensburg" Article

Goto John Butt, b. between 1/1/1788 and 6/30/1788

Goto  Rignal Butt, b. ~4/1/1790

Goto  Rignal Butt, The Hatter, b. 8/10/1802

Goto  Thomas Didimus Butt, b. 2/15/1801

Goto  Samuel Butt, b. 11/13/1797, father of Senan Butt, b. 12/14/1827

Goto  Samuel Butt, b. 1/14/1777

Goto  Thomas Butt, b. 9/18/1763 - Rev War veteran

Goto  Butt Family Reunion Minutes, Obituaries, Death Certificates and U S Census form

Goto Descendants of Isaac Mitchell, son-in-law of John Blamer and wife Mary "Polly" Houston

Goto  Additional Photo's, Newspaper Articles, Maps, etc.

Goto  Barrack Butt, b. 1755

Goto  A Trip From My Father "Toad" back to Bazil

Goto  Writings of my father, Henry Morgan "Toad" Butt

Goto "Toad's Book", Dad's book in it's entirety

Goto All About my Great Grandmother Catherine Clarissa "Katy" (Green) (Gould) Butt

Goto  Andrew Houston and family

Goto  Family Groups Sheets

Goto Miscellaneous Items of Interest

Goto The DUKE Family of Shepherdstown, VA

Goto  Introduction

Goto  My Theory About My BUTT/GREEN ancestors

Goto A Timeline Of The History Of This Content From 1450 - 1909 That Includes My Ancestors

Here are some sites that may be of interest.

DeLories "De" Vaughn, my distant cousin, along with her uncle Bill Richardson, have contributed much to our knowledge of my BUTT family.  If you are interested in the BUTT/BUTTE/BUTTS and related families, and have not visited De's site, you will do yourself a huge favor by doing so.  I cannot thank De enough for all her efforts to create and maintain this site.

Here it is:  http://www.tribalpages.com/tribes/butts.

As mentioned in the above, I have had my DNA tested by FamilyTreeDNA in Houston, Texas.  My test results are on file there as are those of many others, including those whose results match mine and those who do not.  I have discussed those that match mine above.

DNA testing has resulted in the knowledge that there were at least three genetically different BUTT families who at about the same time in the mid- to late-1600's, came to this continent from England.  Efforts to learn which families each of us belong to continue.

I mentioned Howard E. Butts above and that he believes that he is not genetically related to any of the Butt families whose DNA has been tested.  If he's correct in his belief, then there are at least four BUTT families that are not genetically related.

Here's a link to the FamilyTreeDNA site:  http://www.familytreedna.com/default.aspx.

Here's a link to a page at the FamilyTreeDNA site that provides some interesting history of the various BUTT/BUTTE/BUTTS/BUTZ families.  This page is contributed by Tom Butt and Peggy (Butt) Hutchinson, the co-administrators of the FamilyTreeDNA BUTT Group.  They are not genetically related to one another, nor am I related to either of them.  As noted above, Tom Butt has contributed immeasurably to our information about these families.  You can find links to his other sites here. 

http://www.familytreedna.com/(nkzb0zuc52ilw2453gbyfaqf)/public/buttdna/index.aspx.

Here's a link to Hickory Grove Cemetery, Jackson County Iowa:

http://iowagravestones.org/cemetery_list.php?CID=49&cName=Hickory+Grove

Here's a link to the Newark, Ohio Genealogical Library where the book "A Branch from The Green Tree; 1978; Gateway Press, Inc.  111 Water Street, Baltimore 21202" by R M Green can be acquired.

http://www.newarklibrary.info/history.aspx?cid=42

Peter Williamson Biography.

http://www.angelfire.com/oh2/williamson/peterbio.html

Streets Cemetery, Farmers Creek Township, Jackson County, Iowa

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=96435&CScn=Streets&CScntry=4&CSst=14&

Here's the link to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service National Conservation Training Center in Shepherdstown, WV.  Here you will find a history of the Shepherdstown, WV area including Terrapin Neck.

http://training.fws.gov/history/PropertyHistory/index.html

Here's the link to the U S Supreme Court Historical Society.

http://www.supremecourthistory.org/04_library/subs_volumes/04_c20_e.html

I had the following included in the Summary Section prior to the time I knew about the DNA of Clarence Julian "Sonny" Butt Jr.  It is here only so I can have it available.

Readers should disregard it.

I will start with the following chart.  It is necessarily large.  When you click on the thumbnail below,

you will be presented with a larger version.  You can click on the larger version to make it full size.  This chart makes it ever more clear that my gr gr grandfather Bazil Butt, b. 3/13/1797 and the 7 others whose DNA match his are not members of any BUTT family of which we are currently (07/08/2009 ) aware.

This chart is made up of information I have collected over many, many years from a variety of sources.  The information I have in my files is NOT ALL CONSISTENT!!!!  I have used here, the information that seems most reasonable to me.  I am fully aware that some of the information I have included here is probably incorrect; this because of what we've learned from DNA testing.  I am interested in any corrections anyone can make to this chart, and all other information that might enhance the chart.  I am fully aware also that there is information on this chart that, weather correct or not, is irrelevant with respect to The Quest to Identify the Parents of Bazil Butt, b. 3/13/1797.