Thursday, August 21, 2008

CAINS AND BUTLERS

TEXT: This excerpt concerning Cains was sent by Betty S. Drake, Ph. D.,> Genealogy Reference Librarian.>> CAIN>> The first known ancestor in the Butler family in the CAIN line was JOHN> CAIN, born in South Carolina June 24, 1770. He died in Amite County,> Miss. in August 1851. His wife was Martha Johnson of South Carolina.>> They moved to Hancock County, Ga., and had a large family of boys and> girls, all born in Georgia. He and his family moved to Amite County in> 1807 and settled on the west prong of the Amite River, some 6 miles north> of Liberty, near where the Gloster road intersected the Liberty-Natchez> Road, close to Zion Hill.>> Their children were as follows:> SARAH, born July 1790; died July 12, 1811.> JANE, born Sept. 6, 1792; married Moses Seale Feb. 12, 1811.> ELIZABETH, born Feb. 26, 1794; married Meredith Bonds.> WILLIAM, born Dec. 6, 1795; died Aug. 30, 1819.> ANDREW, born Aug. 16, 1797; died Sep. 8, 1881; married (1) Eunicy Day who> died early; (2) Mary Ann McGehee, born June 3, 1825; died March 24,> 1903.> MARGARET, born Dec. 12, 1799; married Nov. 4, 1819, Rev. Rowland> Wilkinson.> ELIJAH, born Dec. 8, 1801; died before 1851.> NANCY, born Feb. 18, 1804; died June 27, 1842.> ============================================================>

2 comments:

Regan Butler said...

I wonder if you may have visiting any Butler relations on your trip to Cleburne, Texas. My husband's father, Nathaniel Garrow Butler was born in Cleburne? You must be from the Colorado Butlers they talk about.

lbutler said...

Nathanielo Garrow Butler, my uncle Garrow, was born in Amite County Mississippi. His mother, my grandmother, moved to Cleburne and latter Uncle Garrow moved there before moving to California. My dad, David Homer and my uncle Lester and my uncle Harrel also moved to Colorado.
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