Born about in Robeson, North Carolina, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Laws
and Tabitha (Conerly) Laws
Wife of
Obediah Butler
— married
18 Dec 1835 in Lumberton, Robeson County, North Carolina, USA
Descendants 
Died
at about age 68
in Mitchell, North Carolina, United States
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Biography
Mary Laws was born in North Carolina in 1818 and died in 1886. [1] She was living on her family farm in Wilkes, North Carolina in 1820. [2] and in 1830 her family also owned two female slaves. One who was younger than 9, and one between the ages of 24-35. [3]
December 18th 1835 she married Obediah Butler in Robeson, North Carolina. [4] They lived together on Obediahs farm in Robeson in 1840 where they started a large family. [5]
In Fork Mountain, Yancey, NC Mary’s father moved into the family farm. [6] The location of the farm was listed as Harrell, North Carolina in 1870. [7]
Obediah died in 1875. Elizabeth lived on a farm in Harrell, owned by the husband of Mary Polly Carver. Mary Carver was the daughter of Mary Butler. [8]
Sources
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/233189531/elizabeth-butler: accessed April 7, 2024), memorial page for Elizabeth Laws Butler (1818–1886), Find A Grave: Memorial #233189531, citing Butler Cemetery, Mitchell County, North Carolina, USA; Maintained by AFRCD (contributor 46882810).
- ↑ Ancestry.com. 1820 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
- ↑ Ancestry.com. 1830 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
- ↑ "North Carolina Marriages, 1759-1979", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HH8C-S66Z : 5 January 2021), Obediah Butler, 1835.
- ↑ Ancestry.com. 1840 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
- ↑ Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
- ↑ Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
- ↑ Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditions applicable to this site.
See also:
- "United States Census, 1850", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4BG-8R3 : Sun Mar 10 11:22:07 UTC 2024), Entry for Obadiah Butler and Allen Butler, 1850.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mary:
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Carl Gregory 
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~1.56%
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~0.78%
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~0.78%
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~0.78%
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~0.78%
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~0.39%
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Robert Clark MA, MBA
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Laws-1840 and Laws-1463 appear to represent the same person because: These are duplicate profiles. The need to be Merged.
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Rejected matches › Lizzy Lawson (aft.1817-)
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