Christopher John Butler (bef. 1733 - 1786)

Born before 8 Jul 1733 in Cedar Creek, Wake, North Carolina

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Descendants

Died Nov 1786 after age 53 in Duplin, North Carolina, United States

Biography

Christopher Butler was a North Carolina colonist.

Christopher Butler was born in North Carolina.

Christopher was presumptively born before 8 Jul 1733 (his mother's death date) in Virginia, the son of Jacob Butler and Mary Catherine Martin.^[1]

In 1753, Christopher was living in Chowan County, North Carolina.^[2]

In 1780, Christopher was living in Montgomery County, North Carolina.^[2] [This may have been Tennessee.]

In 1783, Christopher was living in Duplin County, North Carolina.^[2]

In 1786 Christopher (age about 48) was living in Duplin County, North Carolina, Southerlands District.^[2]

Christopher died at the age of about 69 in 1807 in Duplin County, North Carolina.^[3]

Research Notes

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• There are additional sources with no facts or date. Often these are sources for the baptism or marriage of children that mention the parents or father. This section can just be removed if you will be adding those children and using these sources there.^[1]

Unsourced Family Tree "Facts"

• Unclassified: Author: Edmund West, comp. Title: Family Data Collection - Individual Records Date: 2000,
  

Page: Database online. Birth year: 1758; Birth city: Montgomery Co; Birth state: NC.
Record for Elias Butler.

• Unclassified: Author: Edmund West, comp. Title: Family Data Collection - Individual Records Date: 2000,
  

Page: Database online. Birth year: 1738; Birth city: Montgomery Co; Birth state: NC.
Record for Christopher Butler.

• Unclassified: Author: Edmund West, comp. Title: Family Data Collection - Births Publication: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2001. Citing: Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Elias Butler (accessed before 23 December 2012)

Notes from external profile

Broken link to be checked against the internet archive: freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~b2222b/descent/Elias001.htm
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[His son,] Elias Butler served in the Revolutionary War in 1780. 10 different parcels of land totalling 1190 A. located in Montgomery, NC, between 1779 and 1801 were granted to Elias Butler, but it may not be the same Elias Butler in all cases2. A Butler Mill is found on a Montgomery Co. NC map of 1780; this mill is located on Rock Creek about a mile above its confluence with Little R. and is thought to have belonged to Elias Butler. By 1792, maps show another mill a short distance downstream from the earlier 1780 mill location in Montgomery, NC.

On 4 Jan 1793, an Elias Butler deeded 100 A. on Deep Creek in Duplin Co. NC to Francis Jordan, which land was granted by patent to Christopher Butler in 1786 and became the property of Elias Butler, he being the heir-at-law. The deed was witnessed by Thomas Butler and Joseph Deaton and recorded in Montgomery Co. NC; some sources consider this proof that Elias Butler of Carroll Co. TN is the son of a Christopher Butler, but if the original record says no more than the above, it does not provide definite proof of such a relationship; in fact, the Elias Butler mentioned in this 1793 deed is probably not the Elias Butler who moved to Carroll Co. TN. Review of this and other land records was used by Hon. Edward Butler to help distinguish between the Elias Butler who moved to Carroll Co. TN and another Elias Butler who moved to Rutherford Co. TN.2 Because both Elias Butlers apparently lived in Montgomery Co. NC, care must be taken in basing family relationships on records from that area. Also, Wayne Beeler says Lucy Butler who mar. Daniel Hicks is a sister of Elias, s. of Christopher; no proof of this has been provided to date.

Montgomery County, NC - History - The Regulators: Anson Petition. Exerpt from Montgomery County History. Vol. 2.
ANSON [County] PETITION
In 1769, a petition was presented with 17 demands covering their grievances--
land grant irregularities, improper tax collection, confiscation of property,
injustices in court, dishonest court officials, etc.
The 17th demand was:
"17. That Doctor Benjamin Franklin or some other known Patriot be appointed to
represent the unhappy state of this Province to His Majesty, and to solicit
the several Boards in England."
Dated October ye 9th 1769.
John Jones, Sr. David Smith Wm. Sidden
John Smith Sandhill Benjamin Smith Wm. Coleman
Johnathan Gowers Wm. Jones Shadrack Denson
Joseph Harrison Luke Robinson Thos. Arrington
Stephen Piecock Zacheriah Smith Edward Chambers
William Lucas Thomas Mason, Jr. Edward Morris
William Treneen John Burcham James Williams
John Coleman Henry Burcham Benjamin Hunt
Charles Sowell William Gibson Richard Braswell
William Lucas, Jr. John Skinner Wm. Morris, Jr.
Welcome Ussery Elisha Thompson Goin C. Morgan
Benja. Dumas Joseph White Sylvanus Walker
David Dumas William Benton Thomas Gowers
William Ussery John Morgan James Burcham
Joseph Howlett John Jone Tomas Ussery
Robert Jarman John Smith Van Swearingen
Johnathan Turner John Williams Christopher Butler
William Sowell John Carpenter Francis Jourdon
William Morris Samuel Sowell James Gibson
Joseph Hunt George Braswell Joseph Allen
Lewis Sowell Jesse Wallas Mathew Raiford,Jr.
John Thomson Christopher Christian

Issues to be checked

• Generated by WikiTree AGC. This section should be removed when all issues have been looked at.
• A fact of type 'Residence' had no date but shared a ref with a 'Residence' fact with the date '1786'. So the fact with no date had its date set to that.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Unclassified: Author: Godfrey Memorial Library, comp. Title: American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) Publication: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 1999; NOTE: Godfrey Memorial Library, American Genealogical-Biographical Index, Middletown, CT, USA: Godfrey Memorial Library. Citing: Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Christopher Butler (accessed before 23 Dec 2012).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Residence: Author: Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp. Title: North Carolina Census, 1790-1890 Publication: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 1999. Citing: Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Charistopher Butler (accessed before 23 December 2012)
3. ↑ To be reviewed, particularly for any evidence of spouse being alive or descendants: "North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979," database with images, FamilySearch: 8 Mar 2021, Christopher Butler, 1807; citing Duplin, North Carolina, United States, State Archives, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,955,773.