Mary Elliott (Butler) Savage (abt. 1748 - abt. 1789)

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Savage III — married 21 Apr 1767 in Savannah, Savannah, Province of Georgia, British Colonial America

Descendants

Died about 4 Jul 1789 at about age 40 in Bryan, Georgia, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Mary Elliott Butler was born about 19 Aug 1748. She lived in Charleston, SC. Her death was 4 Jul 1789 at Silk Hope Plantation, in Bryan Co, GA Mary was buried in 1789, Richmond Hill, Bryan, Georgia, United States^[1]

Death

Mary Elliott Butler Savage died in 1789. Her will was written on 31 Oct 1786 in Charleston, SC, and proven 28 Jul 1789.^[2]

Plantations

There are a number of plantations named in the will of Mary Elliott Savage.

• Mary gave her property known as The Point Plantation (1/2 part of it) to her son Thomas Savage.
• Sterling Bluff (2 equal parts) to son William
• Silk Hope Plantation to son Benjamin
• Jennis Point

and from her mother, Elizabeth Elliott Butler's will the children are allowed acreage called

• The Back Plantation

• The Thorogood/Savages Cowpen property is mentioned as well.^[3]

Slaves

The names of some of the enslaved, and who they are to be sent to upon Mary's death, are listed in her will.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ <Find A Grave: Memorial #131911895
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990: "Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990"
   Catalog: Estate records, wills, estates, administrations and bonds, alphabetically arranged, 1777-1852 Saffold - Seymour folder 1-68
   Image path: Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990 > Chatham > Administration records, bonds, estates and wills 1777-1852 Saffold-Seymour > image 368 of 1196; Citing Houston County Probate Court Judge, Georgia.
   FamilySearch Image (accessed 14 January 2022)
   • 1786 Will of Mary E. Savage
3. ↑ Writs, 1805-1915: "Writs, 1805-1915"
   Catalog: Writs, 1805-1915 1819-1841
   Film number: 008188933 > image 390 of 488
   FamilySearch Image (accessed 15 January 2022)

• Information about this individual is documented in The South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine in an article titled "Records from the Elliott-Rowand Bible" appearing in volume 11, pages 57 to 71 in January 1910.

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVGT-N256 : accessed 11 February 2016), Mary Elliott Savage, 1789; Burial, Richmond Hill, Bryan, Georgia, United States of America, Savage Cemetery; Find A Grave: Memorial #131911895

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 24 May 2016, 17:09), entry for Mary Elliot Butler(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:K8G7-B86); contributed by various users.