Samuel
Butt, b. 1/14/1777
Many
years ago while visiting Johnstown, Ohio and Green Hill Cemetery I noticed this
grave. This picture was taken a couple of years ago. At the time I
first saw it, the stone in the middle was still there and readable. It
said:
Senan Butt
Son of Sam and Mary
d. 2-14-1828
Age 1 yr 2m
I
had no idea who Senan Butt might have been.
The
stone on the left is for Samuel Butt, b. 1/14/1777. I had no idea who this
Samuel Butt might have been either.
However,
the stone on the far right is that of Gracey Marley and I was somewhat familiar
with her and the name Marley. Gracey Marley was the first wife of John
Butt, b. between 1/1/1788 and 6/30/1788, the guy who most believe was the
"nephew" John Butt named in the 1810 Berkeley County, VA/WV will of
Richard Butt. But of more significance to me at the time was that I knew
Bazil and Mahala Butt had a son named Reason Marley Butt. So this grave
stuck in my mind.
This
is another view of the stone of Samuel Butt, b. 1/14/1777.
Here's
another view of the stone of Gracey Marlay.
Much
later while visiting R. M. Green in Florida, I asked him about this grave.
We discussed in then but a few months later as I recall I received a letter from
him that included the following:
As
discussed when you were here, tied into this problem is another, that
while not as important, is just as intriguing. One Samuel Butt, my #3. I
know all about him, except who he was and who his first wife was.
He
shows up with Col William Darke and all those who later came to the
Johnstown, Ohio area, after the Fallen Timbers debacle, so we know he was in
Berkeley Co. then. He was born, according to his stone in Green Hill Cem. at
Johnstown, O. on Jan. 14, 1777. Where?
I'm not sure. He was in Fairfield Co. O. in the later 1790s. By Jan. l4,
1819 he was back in Shepherdstown, Berkeley Co. Va. where his daughter Mary
was married to a Phillip Horn, and old Samuel was their suretor. Mary had
been born ca 1806. By the 1820
census for Licking Co. O., Samuel was back in Licking Co. a single man, but
a Landowner.
In 1823, his daughter Mary and her husband
Phillip Horn were on their move from Berkeley Co. to Ohio, for Mary's oldest
child, a son named John Horn, was born in Marrietta, O. They settled in
Licking Co. up near the Deleware Co. line.
Also in 1823, old Samuel Butt #III, married
in Licking Co. a woman
named
Fanny Brake, who was either the sister of, or the daughter of, Abraham
Brake, an early Licking Co. settler from Hardy Co. Va. (now W.Va.)
To this union a new family of eight children, three boys, Basil
Samuel, Moses and Samuel M.D. Butt, and five girls, Lydia, Sarah, Nancy D.W.,
Mary Jane, and Margaret Ann, were born. The only ones traced so far are
Basil Samuel, who moved to Allen Co, Ind, and his brother Samuel M.D. who
married a Mary Priest and moved to Franklin Co. O. where they are buried in
Maplewood Cemetery at New Albany, O.
Samuel Butt #III died on April 17, 1845 and
is buried in Green Hill Cem. on the same plot in Green Hill as is Gracey
(Marlay) Butt, the first wife of John Butt, who later married Sarah Huston.
Gracey had died in 1828, so there just had to be a very close relationship
between John Butt and Samuel #III, but how the two were connected, is still
to be learned. Just another Butt family problem I need to find time to dig
into. On the same plot in Green Hill with Samuel #III and Gracey, is the
grave of a young boy named Senan Butt. The story as I now have it is, that
yet another Samuel Butt who had married a woman named Mary Vanschoik and
lived in Belmont
Co.
Ohio. They were moving to, as I recall, Union Co. O. and had gotten as far
as Johnstown, when their son took sick and died.
According to the headstone this happened on Feb. 24, 1828. John
Butt's first wife, Gracey, had died on July, 30, 1828, so who actually owned
the cemetery plot. John Butt and his second wife Sarah Huston are buried on
a different plot.
No. You wouldn't have heard of Demas
Hoover, but he was one of the earliest genealogists of the Green and or,
Butt family. He moved to Texas long before I became interested in
"family" but I did know his brother Stanton.
Their "problem” was I suppose, learning whether their grandad,
Jonathan Hazel’s name was Green or Butt.
Jonathan
Hazel was the oldest son of Charles Green, a brother of my
George
Green, and had moved into Monroe twsp. along with his three brothers George,
Regnal Jr. and Hezekiah. Jonathan Hazel was a Vet. of the War of 1812, and
always was known around Johnstown as Jonathan Fazel Green. He was married as
a Green; he paid his taxes as a Green, and is buried in Green Hill as a
Green. Yet, his enlistment papers are for Jonathan Hazel Butt, AKA -
Jonathan Hazel Green.
Family
lore had it that Charles Green had been married twice. the first wife was a
Louisa Butt, who had died when Jonathan Hazel was born in July 27, 1792.
Charles then married Louisa's sister Maxie (or Massie) Butt. Thus Jonathan
Hazel's name was Green. Then this AKA thing comes up so we haven't got it
all figured out yet. Possibly that is what Demas was also trying to figure
out. In some way, old Samuel Butt #III is also mixed up with Maxie (Butt)
Green. They were approximately the same age, and Old Rignal Green married a
Sarah Butt in Berkeley Co. for his 2nd. - 3rd - or 4th wife, who knows, on
Jan. 15th. 1788. We still don't know if she was a Miss Butt or a Mrs. Butt
when he married her, so she could have been the mother of all these
Butts. And you think genealogy is just writing down names and dates, as you
find 'em.
Most of Jonathan Hazel's children and his wife
Susanna (Mullen) Green moved to Whiteside and Carroll Co’s Ill. after
Jonathan died in Johnstown, really it was near Croton, O., on Aug. 9, 1841.
As I said, he had always been known as "Hazel Green” around
Johnstown, but was buried as Jonathan.
I must have looked for over a year for a Jonathan before I realized
this was Hazel.
Yet, Demas Hoover, an early BUTT/GREEN family biographer believed
that Samuel Butt, b. 1/14/1777, John Butt, b. 1788 and Bazil Butt, b. 3/13/1797,
all from VA/WV, and all buried in Green Hill Cemetery in Johnstown, Ohio were
brothers.
Below is a letter from Demas to Elsie Longshore, which states
this specifically. We know from DNA that these three men were "very closely
related" genetically.
Elsie
(Butt) Longshore was the daughter of Hazel Rignal Butt and wife Nancy Ann
Tippett.
You
will note the marriage records of some of the other Buttstown people on this
list as well. This list is of vital importance to all BUTT family
researchers.
The
above mentioned book "That Dark and Bloody River" by Eckert is
replete with discussions about an Andrew Van Swearingen who was born in 1742 and
died 12/2/1793. I have not been able to determine if this guy was related
to Elizabeth Swearingen, nor have I been able to make a connection between any
of them and the Van Swearingen Butt who married Ellen Souder, a grand daughter
of the Richard Butt who founded Buttstown.
It
must be mentioned here in passing that there is a well known controversy that was started by Eckert when he
made the claim that Blue Jacket, the Shawnee War Chief, who was the victor at
St. Clair's defeat, was in fact, Marmaduke Van
Swearingen. Van Trees took this claim on head-on and with a vengeance, and
with DNA was able to make a convincing argument that Eckert's claim was dead
wrong. Yet, Eckert is no fool!!! He is among the most prolific writers
of our time and for his work was awarded the Pulitzer. To my knowledge, Eckert
has never commented on the work of Van Trees. In any event, my
information, much of which I gleaned from a "Van Swearingen Family"
Web Site, is that this Marmaduke Van Swearingen was Elizabeth Swearingen's
brother and that their mother was Mary Ray. In the end though, the
controversy that surrounds all this makes me very skeptical about it all.
Here's
what R M Green had to say about all this.
"I've
heard all about Blue Jacket and the Swearingens. Supposedly, Blue Jacket was
from Berkeley Co. Va., but how he lived so long with neighbors such as
William Darke, Peter Williamson, Charles Bilderback, Samuel Butt, Vatchell
Metcalf, and Jacob Baker, I still haven't figured out."
R.
M. Green referred to William Darke, Peter Williamson, Charles
Bilderback, Samuel Butt, Vatchell
Metcalf, Jacob Baker and perhaps others as well as "The Berkeley County
Warriors". This Jacob Baker could be the one who is elsewhere in this
document referred to as "Captain Jake Baker". It is well
documented that both William Darke and Peter Williamson were at the battle known
as "St. Clair's Defeat". Williamson was wounded there.
Darke was the only White hero at that battle. He lost a son there.
This
list of "neighbors" is a
very important list of people. They surrounded Bazil Butt. They all
had to know Bazil Butt and who his parents were. We know now from DNA that this Samuel Butt and
Bazil were very closely related genetically. And here's that name Jacob Baker again. We know quite a
lot about some of these men and not much at all about the others. There is
a gold mine here in this list of names and it needs to be thoroughly explored.
Also buried here is a boy named Senan Butt.
What remains of his stone is only the base which can be seen just to the right
of the stone of Samuel Butt. The inscription on this stone was:
Senan Butt
Son of Sam and Mary
d. 2-14-1828
Age 1 yr 2m
Accordingly,
Senan's birth date was 12/1826. Until May, 2008, some believed the father of this Senan Butt was not genetically
related to Samuel Butt, b. 1/14/1777, but rather to the Norfolk Butt family,
which we know from DNA is not genetically related to Samuel Butt, b. 1/14/1777.
Here's
an excerpt from a letter I received from R. M. Green about the boy Senan Butt.
"The
story as I now have it is, that yet another Samuel Butt who had married a
woman named Mary Vanschoik and lived in Belmont
Co.
Ohio. They were moving to, as I recall, Union Co. O. and had gotten as
far as Johnstown, when their son took sick and died.
According to the headstone this happened on Feb. 24, 1828. John
Butt's first wife, Gracey, had died on July, 30, 1828, so who actually owned
the cemetery plot. John Butt and his second wife Sarah Huston are
buried on a different plot."
We
know now (May, 2008) from the DNA test results of Gary L. Butte (test arranged by
his sister Linda Essinger) who descends thru father-to-son relationships from
the same male ancestors as does the boy Senan Butt, that this family was indeed,
very closely related to Samuel Butt, b. 1/14/1777, John Butt, b. 1788, Bazil
Butt, b. 3/13/1797, Rignal Butt, b. 1791, along with others whose DNA matches
these men and are mentioned elsewhere
herein.
Below
is a copy of page 116 of "A Branch from The Green
Tree". Don't mind my highlighting, etc. Note John Butt, born Pa., and wife Sarah (?) also b. Pa. Recall that John Butt and
wife Sarah Houston had a daughter named Sarah Noras (Norris) and another named Susan
Lavinia. This may be a clue with respect to where we might find the parents
of John Butt...and perhaps those of Bazil, Samuel, b. 1/14/1777 and
perhaps even the ancestors of Thomas Didimus and the others whose DNA match as well.
The
parents of Sarah Houston were Andrew Houston and Elizabeth (Green)
Houston. Andrew Houston is a mystery man as well. His parents are
unknown as is his birth place. See the "Catherine
Clarissa (Green) (Gould) "Katy" Butt, her parents, the Houston's and Sinkey's."
section of this site. You will note there that the current thinking is
that Andrew was from Pennsylvania.
This Samuel Butt is thought by some, including me, to be the father of the Mary Butt who on January 3, 1819, in
Shepherdstown, VA married Phillip Horn. A Samuel Butt who could have been this Samuel Butt was the Suretor at that wedding.
See below.
However, the Samuel Butt who
was the Suretor at this wedding could have been a brother or some other relative
of Mary Butt. Mary's mother is unknown
to me. If the Samuel Butt who was the Suretor at Mary's wedding was
Samuel, b. 1/14/1777, which is what I believe, then this Samuel was married twice.
Here's
a chart I made up some years ago that might be of interest to others.
This
is the Death Certificate of Nancy D. W. Butt, daughter of Samuel Butt, b.
1/14/1777 and wife Fanny Brake. "Nannie" as she was obviously called, was
married three time, the last being to James B. Childs.
As
I understand it, Nannie (b 8-1837 to Samuel Butt(s) of VA and Fannie Brake of (PA) married in Franklin Co,. Ohio, on December
16, 1853, John Evans who abused her and was sent to the Ohio Pen and the marriage was annulled.
Then on November 9, 1875 Nannie married James Harvey Hafford - she
was his second wife. No dates shown. In the Civil War Hafford served as a Captain in company M of the 10th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry,
was imprisoned at Andersonville. After his death 12 March 1886 in the soldier's home in Dayton (burial was in Fremont, Sandusky Co,
OH), his widow, Nannie drew a pension.
She lost her right to the pension briefly by her marriage on October 3,1893, at Toledo, Lucas, Ohio to James Benton Childs. With Nannie
and J. B. lived his three children from a previous (?) marriage: Tom b. 11-1870, Walter F.
b. 12-1879, and ? H. b. July 1881. Childs died 31 July 1901 in Fremont,
Ohio. Then, she was allowed to draw again on the pension through Hafford's service.
Nannie died of senility in the Ohio Masonic Home in Springfield, Ohio, on April 1, 1927, and was buried April 16, 1927 in Fremont, Ohio,
with step-granddaughter Grace Hafford Ankrom the only one in attendance at her funeral.
Here
the 8th name down is "Nannie D.", wife of "Childs J. B".
I
received this message and photo on July 20, 2009 from Albert Muth, the guy who
provided much of the above information about Nannie Butt. Thank you very,
very much Al!!!!!!!!!
-----Original
Message-----
From: albertmuth@aol.com
Sent: Mon, Jul 20, 2009 9:42 pm
Subject: Re: Nannie D.W. Butt (d/o Samuel and Fannie [Brake])
I found a picture of Nannie Butts Hafford, probably taken in
the early to mid 1880's in Dayton where her then husband
was staying living at the National Soldiers' Home.
Hope you can put it to use.
Al Muth
Below
you will find that on March 21, 1846, Basil (Bazel) Butt was named guardian of
Ellen and James Horn, children of the deceased Phillip Horn, and that George
Green, Bazil's father-in-law (George Green was Mahala's father) along with
Basil, were named as Bondsmen. Phillip Horn's wife was a Mary Butt.
A Samuel Butt was Suretor at that Shepherdstown, VA wedding.
We
know from DNA that Bazil and Samuel, b. 1/14/1777 were very closely genetically
related. This information convinces me that that Samuel, b. 1/14/1777 was
the father of Mary (Butt) Horn and therefore, that Ellen and James Horn were the
grand children of the Samuel Butt, b. 1/14/1777, who is buried next to Gracey
Marlay, the first wife of John Butt and Senan Butt.
Samuel Butt, b. 1/14/1777 later married Sophonia/Sophronia "Fanny" Brake in Licking County,
Ohio. See the page below from "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." Volume
1, Brant and Fuller in Madison, Wisconsin, 1889. Of the ten children of
Samuel and Fanny (Brake) Butt, I know of only eight; three boys and five girls. The "B.
S. Butts" in the article below is Bazil Samuel Butts, who I have listed as the oldest of the
children of Samuel Butt and wife Fanny Brake. Obviously there is an
inconsistency there to be resolved.
As
mentioned, it seems certain to me that the Mary Butt who married Phillip Horn
was a daughter of Samuel, b. 1/14/1777 and an unknown wife/lady. Deborah
D. Butts, who's research of her husbands family, including Moses C. Butts will
be found below, suggests that perhaps this Mary Butt is being counted as one of
Samuel's children. Adding
Mary to the list of children would make a total of nine for Samuel. This
would lend credence to the notion that Mary was indeed, a daughter of Samuel.
I
have a family history of the Brake family, some of which is included here.
This has the parents of Fanny Brake as Abraham Brake and wife Sarah Green.
This Sarah Green was the daughter of Rignal Green Sr. and "Sarah (?) - wife
2 of Rignal Sr.".
If Rignal Green Sr. was indeed the father of this Sarah
Green and if this Sarah Green was really Fanny's mother, then Fanny and Mahala
Green, Bazil's wife were first cousins.
You
will note here that Abraham Brake, the father of Fanny Brake, was from Hardy
County, VA, now WV. Perhaps, Samuel Butt, b. 1/14/1777 was from there as
well. This needs to be investigated.
You'll
note also that this has only eight children for Samuel Butt, b. 1/14/1777 and
wife Fanny Brake. This would be the case of course. And as mentioned
does not conflict with the notion that Mary Butt who married Phillip Horn, was a
daughter of Samuel from a previous liaison.
Descendants
of Johann Jacob Brake -
probably Brechtel or Brecht in Germany, not Brake
1.
Johann Jacob BRAKE (b.1695/1705-Germany; d.1762 VA)
sp: Mary Margaret?
2: Jacob BRAKE Sr.
(d.1809)
sp: Catherine
STUMP (m.1775)
3. Michael BRAKE (b.1779)
sp:
Elizabeth COOPER
3. Abraham BRAKE (b. 1779-Hardy Co., VA; d. Jan 27, 1864-Monroe
Twsp., Licking County, Ohio)
sp:
Sarah GREEN (b.1781-Berkeley Co, Virginia; d. July 11, 1869-Monroe Twp, Licking
Co., Ohio)
4.
Catherine BRAKE (b.1802)
4. Elizabeth BRAKE (b.1804)
4. Sophronia "Fanny" BRAKE (b. Aug 19 1805)
sp: Samuel Butt (b. Jan 14 1777; m. Apr. 3, 1823; d. Apr 17,
845-Monroe Twsp., Licking County, Ohio)
5. Bazil Samuel BUTT (b. Apr 25 1825;d.Jun 22 1873-Allen County, Indiana)
sp: Hannah LARIMORE
6. James D. BUTT
sp:
Anna Catherine KRONMILLER
7. Harry BUTT
7. Frank A. Butt
sp: Martha FELGER
8. Allen F. BUTT
sp: Elaine?
9. Michael E. BUTT
7. George W. BUTT
sp: Ona?
8. Tommy L.BUTT
8. Richard G. BUT
8. Leo BUTT
sp: Loretta?
8. Harold D. BUTT
sp: Patsy?
7. ? BUTT
sp: Ed STOUDER
7. Kenneth BUTT
5. Moses Clark BUTT (b. Jan 22 1829)
sp: Margaret HEFFNER (m. Jul 3 1852)
sp: Henrietta MERCER (m. Mar 301857)
5. Lydia BUTT (b.1830/1831)
sp:? CLARK
5. Sarah BUTT (b. Abt 1833)
5. Nancy DW BUTT (b. Abt 1835)
5. Mary Jane BUTT (b. 1838)
5. Margaret Ann BUTT (b.1843)
5. Samuel D BUTT (b. Dec 8, 1844;d.May 23, 907)
sp: Mary PRIEST
4. Nancy BRAKE
3. John BRAKE
3.? BRAKE
sp: George JACKSON
3. Jacob BRAKE Jr. - "the captive"
3: Isaac BRAKE (b.1760)
sp: UNKNOWN
2.
Martin BRAKE - returned to Germany
2.
Elizabeth BRAKE
sp:? HOUSE
2.
Catherine BRAKE
sp: Martin GRIDER
2.
Margaret BRAKE
sp: John BATCHELOR
Here's
some information from Deborah D. Butts, who's husband descends from Moses Clark(e)
Butts. This lady has not found what she considers to be absolute proof
that this Moses Clark(e) Butts is the son Samuel Butt, b. 1/14/1777 and wife
Fanny Brake. This proof would be much appreciated by us all.
Dennis,
I've done quite a lot of research on the family and the following is what I've
found and verified. If I don't have verification I've so noted. (00)
indicates the source for the information found and follows the narrative.
Hope this helps you know more about Moses C. Butts.
MOSES CLARK(E) BUTTS was born in Ohio on January 22, 1829. Some census
records show that his parents were both born in New Jersey so it is assumed that
at least his grandparents were in America. (1) His first marriage may have
been to Margaret Heffner on July 3, 1852 in Montgomery County, Ohio. (12) He married
HENRIETTA MERCER, his second wife, in Piqua, Ohio on March 30, 1857. (2) HENRIETTA was the daughter of
SAMUEL and EUSTACIA MERCER of Virginia. MOSES had at least one son by his first wife, and six children with
HENRIETTA. (3) The family home was in Muncie, Indiana in 1862 when Harry Edwin was born. (4) There are
records in Delaware County, Indiana which verify that MOSES BUTTS was a Sergeant of Company I, of the One
Hundred and Eleventh Regiment, (Minute Men) during the Civil War. Governor Morton called for troops when
General John Morgan and his Confederate Raiders crossed the Ohio River into Indiana and moved on
Corydon. Morgan was apprehended so quickly by the Indiana troops to the south that the Minute Men of
Delaware County were organized and mustered into service on July 12, 1863 and mustered out three days
later on July 15, 1863. (5) In 1872, the family moved to Wyandotte County,
Kansas, where it is said that MOSES was a wagon maker. He listed himself as a cooper by trade. (6) One
family story indicates that MOSES was a Kansas City Police Judge during this time, however, there is no
verification at this time. The 1876 tax records show that MOSES owned three
lots on Wood Street in Kansas City, Kansas. They resided there until 1878 when they moved to Paris
Township, Linn County, Kansas. (4) MOSES BUTTS was one of the leading farmers and
citizens of Linn County, and his influence was often felt in the direction of public affairs. He was a
good and honest man, firm in his convictions of right and wrong, true to his friends, and a valued citizen
and neighbor. It was always a pleasure to meet him. Politically he was a Republican, and he served his
country faithfully. At the time of his death, he was the member from his township of the Republican County
Central Committee and a member of the Odd Fellows Lodge. (7)
MOSES BUTTS "surrendered to the Grim Messenger" at his home in Paris Township on May 2, 1889. He is
buried at Brooklyn Cemetery in Linn County. The immediate cause of his demise was a congestive chill,
but for some time previous he had been in ill health. HENRIETTA died on April 12, 1911 in Kansas City and is
also buried in Brooklyn Cemetery. (7)
HARRY EDWIN BUTTS was born to MOSES and HENRIETTA in Piqua, Ohio on August 31, 1862. When only a few days
old his mother returned with him to the family home in Muncie, Indiana. He came to Kansas with his parents
at the age of ten, and to Linn County in 1878. He was united in marriage to EVALENA LINGWOOD at the Lingwood
Family home on March 20, 1895. They established their home on his farm in Oak Grove district at the old "Jim
Parent" ford, a mile south of his parental home. He bought the place about three years after the death of
his father and had been farming for two years before he married. His new wife never had the opportunity to
meet his father. (8) HARRY EDWIN and EVALENA raised three sons and four daughters to adulthood. Carl,
their first child, died in infancy. H. E. was a pioneer of Linn County. He plowed his land with teams
of oxen, and worked on the farm for fifty-four years before moving to LaCygne, Kansas in the late 1940's.
When our ancestors arrived in Linn County, the forests were the glory of this country. The grandeur
of the trees was sublime, but practical men had to clear the land for crops. There
was in this township, one giant walnut tree that stood just above the banks of Big Sugar Creek at the "Jim Parent" ford. This
magnificent tree was sold in June 1902 for the sum of $300. It measured six feet in diameter at the base
and was fifty-eight feet long. HARRY EDWIN BUTTS was one of the neighboring farmers who helped cut and
prepare the great tree for shipment. After being exhibited at the St. Louis World's Fair, it was then
shipped to Germany where its timber was used in some of the most beautiful homes in Europe. In 1926, HARRY
EDWIN sold a walnut tree on his own place for $250, this last tree being only two feet in diameter. (9)
Although he was blind and almost totally deaf, HARRY EDWIN BUTTS, or "Uncle Jim" as he was known to his
nieces and nephews (8), enjoyed good health even in his advanced years and until his last few days was
keenly interested in his family and world affairs. In his last few years, his grandchildren remember him
sitting in his hammock enjoying the summer mornings. He would go inside every day to listen to the noon
news and would have the radio turned up so loud everyone else would have to leave the room or go
outside. He died at the age of 95, at the home of his daughter, Lucille, in LaCygne the afternoon of Monday,
July 7, 1958. He is buried at Brooklyn Cemetery in Linn County. His wife, EVA, who died July 28, 1961,
is buried next to him. They had been married for sixty-three years. He enjoyed a long life, well
lived. His integrity, honesty, and loyalty were woven into his everyday life, and became the well known
pattern that he fixed as his standard of living. (4)
References and Writings for the BUTTS FAMILY History
(1) 1880 Census, State of Kansas, Linn County, Paris Township.
(2) Records from Family History Center, Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints, Topeka, Kansas
and Miami County, Ohio marriage record of Moses Butts to Henrietta Mercer, 30 March 1857.
(3) Information provided by Lottie Butts Zongker's records.
(4) Obituary of Harry Edwin Butts.
(5) History of Delaware County, Indiana, Volume I, Editor, Kemper, Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago, 1908,
p. 394-396.and History of Delaware County, Indiana with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches, Kingman
Brothers, Chicago, 1181, p. 104, 105.
(6) 1875 Census, State of Kansas, Wyandotte County, Shawnee Township.
(7) Obituaries of Moses Clarke Butts and Henrietta Mercer Butts.
(8) Information provided by Iva Butts and Hazel Curnow, oral interview, June 1993.
(9) Linn County, Kansas, A History, William Ansel Mitchell, 1928, p. 154, 324 & 325.
(10) Obituary of Harry Buford Butts.
(11) Obituary of Frank Butts
(12) Montgomery Co., Ohio marriage record of Moses Butt to Margaret Heffner, 3 July 1852. (This is the
only Moses Butt(s) of the correct age in Ohio at this time.)
The information from Lottie Butts Zongker is from family history research she had gathered when she
applied for membership in the D.A.R. Information obtained from Glenn Treglown consisted of the above
information from Lottie Zongker on the Butts family and also considerable information on the Lingwood
family.
Information found at the Kansas State Historical Research Library on Moses Clarke Butts.
[Since the obituary for Harry Edwin Butts (Moses' son) mentioned that he and his mother returned to the
family home in Muncie, Indiana following his birth in Piqua, Ohio on August 31, 1862, I began searching
books and records from Delaware County, Indiana. The
following is what was found.]
History of Delaware County, Indiana, Volume I, Editor, Kemper, Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago, 1908, p.
394-396.
Morgan's Raid Regiment
"The invasion of our state by the Confederate command of Gen. John H. Morgan in July 1863, will always
remain a prominent feature of our history. It aroused the martial spirit of the people, so that within two
days after Governor Morton issued his call for troops, 65,000 men tendered their services. Thirteen
regiments were organized and mustered within less than one week and prepared for active services. The One
Hundred and Tenth Regiment contained two companies from Delaware Co. The One Hundred and Eleventh
Regiment (Minute Men) contained four companies....The
Regiments 110 and 111 were not called into the field and were mustered out July 15, 1863, two or three days
after they were mustered into the service." Company I: Captain: Jacob Wysor
First Lieutenant: Daniel Place Second Lieutenant: Joseph Edmonds Sergeants: O.L. Elliott, Frank Addington, Thomas
Jones, Benjamin Place, Moses Butts.
History of Delaware County, Indiana with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches, Kingman Brothers, Chicago,
1181, p. 104, 105.
Morgan's Raid Regiments (Minute Men) "July 8, 1863 - Late at night word was brought to
Indianapolis that about 6000 cavalry with four pieces of cannon had crossed the Ohio River and were moving
on Corydon. Governor Morton at once called for troops and within 48 hours, 65,000 men had tendered their
services. Thirteen regiments and one battalion were organized immediately for the emergency. One regiment
was formed July 9, six were mustered July 10, five regiments on July 12, and one on July 13. The
regiments were numbered One Hundred and Second to One Hundred and Fourteenth, inclusive...."The One Hundred and Eleventh, organized July 12,
1863 with 733 men, and mustered into service the same day, Col. Robert Conover, in command, mustered out
July 15, 1863...."The One Hundred and Tenth Regiment contained two companies from Delaware Co. Company E - 92 men, and
Company F - 65 men...."The One Hundred and Eleventh Regiment (Minute Men) contained four companies from Delaware Co. Company A
- 88 men, Company D - 58 men, Company F - 47 men, and Company I - 68 men."
One Hundred and Eleventh Regiment (Minute Men) Company I: Captain: Jacob Wysor, First Lt.: Daniel Place,
Second Lt.: Joseph Edmonds, Sergeants: O.L. Elliott, Frank Addington, Thomas Jones, Benjamin Place, Moses Butts.
[Doing some research on John Hunt Morgan and this raid, the following information was found in the World
Book Encyclopedia.]
"During the Civil War (1861-1865), the only recorded fighting in Indiana took place at Corydon in 1863.
General John Hunt Morgan had led his Confederate cavalrymen, called the Morgan Raiders, across the Ohio
River from Kentucky. They raided Corydon, and then rode across eastern Indiana into Ohio." Vol. 10, p.
163, 1978 Edition.
"John Hunt Morgan (1825-1864), a Confederate General, led the daring Morgan Raiders during the Civil War.
His troops, a group of volunteer cavalrymen, raided public property, burned bridges, took horses, and
captured railroad supplies. They also caused severe losses among Union troops. Morgan never commanded
more than 4,000 men, but it is said he captured as many as 15,000 soldiers.
"In 1863, Morgan was ordered to invade Kentucky and draw General William S. Rosecrans' army from
Tennessee. Morgan went farther than he was ordered. He broke through federal lines in Kentucky and crossed
the Ohio River into Indiana. A flood caused the river to rise, and Morgan could not return to Confederate
territory. He was captured in July, 1863, and was imprisoned in Columbus, Ohio.
"Morgan escaped the next November and continued his raids. He was defeated in Kentucky, in June, 1864.
He went to Greeneville, Tennessee where he was surrounded and shot by Union troops in September,
1864. Morgan had led his men on many successful raids behind Union lines." Vol. 13, p. 660, 1978 Edition.
[After reading about Morgan and his raid of Corydon, we see that the Indiana troops closer to Corydon
captured Morgan quite quickly. Delaware County is farther north, so one can surmise that the "emergency"
was taken care of before they could even get there. This could explain why they were mustered in and out
in three days time.]
September 30, 1993 - found in tax records at Wyandotte County Historical Society:
1876, M.C. Butts owned lots 147, 149, and 151 on Wood Street in Kansas City, Kansas, Shawnee Township,
School District 3.
Regarding the family story that Moses Butts was a Kansas City Police Judge during this time there is no
verification to date. The following is all that has been found at the Wyandotte County Historical Society.
Taken from Summary of Material, K.C.K. Police History, Rough Draft, by Loren L. Taylor.
In 1872 Kansas City, Kansas was incorporated and held its first elections.
The first police judge on record in Kansas City, Kansas was Judge James Kennedy, elected in 1872.
During the 1870's Judge Kennedy was one of the colorful figures in law enforcement.
The original jail burned and in 1872 the County rented a stone barn on the corner of 4th and Armstrong
to convert to a jail. This area of Kansas City, Kansas (in Shawnee Township) was between the Kansas River and the
Missouri River and was known as the bottoms. It was a wild and diverse area consisting of the stockyards,
railroads and numerous saloons. There were, however, a few churches located along Wood Street at the time.
Law enforcement in Wyandotte County had a very violent beginning. Vigilante hangings and shootings were not
uncommon. The stockyards and railroads are still at this location in present day Kansas City.
1850 STATE OF OHIO CENSUS, Montgomery County
Butt, Moses, b. in Ohio, age 22, Montgomery Co., Mad River Twp, occupation-laborer.
[This is not verified as our Moses Butts, however, this is the only one I have found in Ohio at this
time. The age matches and the location is somewhat close. Mad River Township is in the Dayton, Ohio
area. Moses was working as a laborer on the David
Kemp place.] p.87 1187/1187
Heffner, Margaret, b. in Ohio, age 18, Montgomery Co., Mad River Twp [She was working for John and Rebecca
Waltz and family.]
Montgomery County, Ohio Marriage Record: Moses Butt to Margaret Heffner, 3 July 1852.
Since I found Moses Butt, age 22 on the 1850 census, I wrote to the Montgomery County Clerk for any
information they might have. They sent the record of this marriage. John Wesley was born Feb 1853 so this
could be his mother. I asked Aunt Hazel and Uncle Kenneth but neither one knew if his first wife's name
was Margaret. There is also some question as to which wife is the mother of Frank as his birth is given in
his obituary as 13 February 1857 which would be a month and a half before Moses and Henrietta were
married. (11)
1860 STATE OF OHIO CENSUS, Miami County
Butts, Moses, b. in Ohio, age 30, Miami Co., Piqua Twp., City of Piqua, occupation-cooper, value of
personal property-$50. Butts, Henrietta, wife, b. in Ohio, age 25.
son, John W., b. Ohio, age 7
son, Franklin, b. Ohio, age 3
daughter, Osa E., b. Ohio, age 7 months
Darr, Ustacy, b. Ohio, female age 14
[Moses Butts is not listed in the 1860 Census Index. I found him listed at the same dwelling place, #538,
as Samuel Mercer. Samuel Mercer is the father of Henrietta and is listed in the census index.] p. 72,
538/551
1870 STATE OF INDIANA CENSUS, Delaware County
Butts, Moses C., b. in Ohio, age 40, Delaware Co., Center Twp., (PO Muncie, Indiana), occupation-farm
laborer, value of personal property-$500.
Butts, Henrietta, wife, b. in Ohio, age 38, occupation-keeping house
son, John, b. Ohio, age 17, farm laborer
son, Frank, b. Ohio, age 12, farm laborer
son, Harry E., b. Ohio, age 8
daughter, Osa, b. Ohio, age 10
son, Grant, b. Indiana, age 6
[There was no index for 1870 Indiana. I just started through Delaware County, page by page. The order of
the children is listed as it was on the census.] p. 31, 224/226
1875 STATE OF KANSAS CENSUS, Wyandotte County
Butts, Moses, b. in Ohio, age 47, Wyandotte Co., Shawnee Twp., occupation-cooper, value of real
estate-$600, value of personal property-$250, came from Indiana to Kansas.
Butts, Minnie [Henrietta], wife, b. in Ohio, age 40, came from Indiana to Kansas.
son, John W., b. Ohio, age 22, cooper
son, Frank, b. Ohio, age 19
daughter, Rosa, b. Ohio, age 15 [Osa Eva]
son, Henry, b. Ohio, age 13 [Harry]
son, Grant, b. Indiana, age 11
son, Charley, b. Indiana, age 4 [Carl]
daughter, May, b. Kansas, age 2 mos. [Stella Mae]
1880 STATE OF KANSAS CENSUS, Linn County
Butts, Moses C., b. in Ohio, age 52, Linn Co., Paris Twp., father b. N.J., mother b. N.J.,
occupation-farmer.
Butts, Henrietta, wife, b. in Ohio, age 44, father b. Va., mother b. Va., housekeeping.
son, John W., b. Ohio, age 27, farm help.
daughter, O'sea, b. Ohio, age 18, attended school. [Osa Eva]
son, O'hara, b. Ohio, age 17, farm help, school. [Harry]
son, Grant, b. Ohio, age 15, farm help, school.
son, Carl, b. Indiana, age 10, attended school.
daughter, Estelle, b. Kansas, age 5.
1885 STATE OF KANSAS CENSUS, Linn County
Butts, M.C., b. in Ohio, age 60, Linn Co., Paris Twp., occupation-cooper, married, from Indiana to Kansas.
Butts, Henrietta, b. in Ohio, age 51, from Indiana to Kansas.
son, H.E., b. in Ohio, age 22, single, farmer
son, Grant, b. in Indiana, age 20, single, farmer
son, Carl, b. in Indiana, age 14, single, farmer
daughter, Stella, b. in Kansas, age 9
1895 STATE OF KANSAS CENSUS, Linn County
Butts, H., b. in Ohio, age 60, female, Linn Co., Paris Twp., occupation-farmer, from Indiana to Kansas.
son, Carl, b. Indiana, age 24, served in Co. B, 21st Reg. Inf., Nebraska, US Regulars, Honorable discharge.
daughter, Stella, b. Kansas, age 20
Butts, H.E., b. in Ohio, age 32, Linn Co., Paris Twp., occupation-farmer, from Indiana to Kansas.
Butts, Eva, wife, b. in Kansas, age 25.
Farm Statistics, ending March 1, 1885:
M.C. Butts owns 160 acres fenced with 320 rods rail, 320 rods wire, value of real estate-$3000, value of
equipment-$75. 12 acres winter wheat, 50 acres corn, 20 acres oats, 1/2 acre Irish potatoes, 6 acres
millet, 400 bushels corn on hand, 30 bushels wheat on hand, 1 acre timothy grass, 5 acres prairie, 13 tons
of hay cut, 10 tons of prairie cut, 600 lbs. butter made. 9 horses, 4 milk cows, 18 other cattle, 25
swine, 2 dogs. Non-bearing trees: 25 apple, 40 peach,
15 cherry, 1/5 acre raspberries, 5 stands of bees, 50 lbs of honey produced.
Farm Statistics, ending March 1, 1895:
Henrietta Butts owns 160 acres, 80 cultivated, 160 acres fenced with rail and wire, value of real
estate-$3000, value of equipment-$40. 40 acres corn, 1/4 acre Irish potatoes, 200 bushels corn on hand, 5
acres timothy grass, 4 acres meadow, 10 tons hay cut, 5 tons prairie cut. $30 poultry and eggs sold. 7
horses, 4 milk cows, 23 swine, 1 dog, $100 value of animals sold or slaughtered. Non-bearing trees: 30
apple, 12 pear.
H.E. Butts owns 95 acres, 50 cultivated, 60 acres fenced with wire, value of real estate-$1800, value of
equipment-$30. 40 acres corn, 10 acres oats, 1/4 acre Irish potatoes, 250 bushels corn on hand. 3
horses, 7 swine, $75 animals sold or slaughtered. Bearing trees: 25 apple; Non-bearing trees: 30 apple,
12 pear, 12 cherry. 1/2 acre raspberries.
Recently
I received the following from Fay Templeton. I have contacted the Dorothy who made the "John Kile..."
posting and she is providing further information. Fay Templeton lives here in Jackson County,
Iowa. He descends from
Alonzo Templeton and wife Emma Green, daughter of Elijah and Diana (Green) Green.
Elijah was son of Allen Green. In his own words, here's how Fay connects.
"Martha " Patsy " Butt
married George Green Sr. 1774 to 1860. They had a daughter
Diana Green who married Elijah Green. Elijah had a daughter Emerilla or Emma.
She married
Alonzo Templeton who is my gr gr grandfather."
So,
it's not at all clear who the mother was of Fanny Brake.
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
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.
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.
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