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Zachariah BUTLER

29 MAY 1782 - 29 JUL 1822

  • BORN: 29 MAY 1782, Mecklenburg Co. VA
  • DIED: 29 JUL 1822, Shelby Co. AL

Father: James BUTLER This is my direct ancestral line. Click "myline" for more information.

Mother: Sally ? This is my direct ancestral line. Click "myline" for more information.

Notes

William Nixson stabbed and murdered Zachariah. There being no jail in the frontier area of Shelby Co. at that time, William was transported to the jail in Huntsville, AL. He was later brought back for trial, and was hung for murder on Nov. 8, 1822, between the hours of noon and 4:00 p.m.

Pedigree

                                                                   __
                                                                  |  
                                             _Christopher BUTLER _|__
                                            | (1716 - ....)          
                       _Zachariah BUTLER ___|
                      | (1736 - 1792)       |
                      |                     |                      __
                      |                     |                     |  
                      |                     |_____________________|__
                      |                                              
 _James BUTLER _______|
| (1758 - 1841)       |
|                     |                                            __
|                     |                                           |  
|                     |                      _Henry BOWE , Jr.____|__
|                     |                     |                        
|                     |_Sarah (Sally) BOWE _|
|                       (.... - 1770)       |
|                                           |                      __
|                                           |                     |  
|                                           |_Sarah FITZPATRICK __|__
|                                                                    
|
|--Zachariah BUTLER 
|  (1782 - 1822)
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|                      _____________________|
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|                     |                     |_____________________|__
|                     |                                              
|_Sally ? ____________|
                      |
                      |                                            __
                      |                                           |  
                      |                      _____________________|__
                      |                     |                        
                      |_____________________|
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