DESCENDANTS
OF
ADDISON
AND ELINOR BUTT
OF
Thomas
King Butt
March 1, 2004
Table
of Contents
Butts and Glenns in Botetourt County, Virginia
Settlement of Botetourt County
Addison Butt Land Transactions in Kentucky
Death of Addison Butt and Settlement of Estate
APPENDIX A - BOTETOURT COUNTY BUTTS
APPENDIX B - BOTETOURT COUNTY GLENNS
APPENDIX D – WILLIAM BUTT LINE
APPENDIX I – ARCHIBALD BUTT LINE
Introduction
Addison
Butt[1]
(about 1782-1844) and Elinor Glenn[2] (exact birth and death date unknown) were my
great-great-great grandparents. They were married in
Butts and Glenns in Botetourt County , Virginia
It
is not clear who
There were several Butt and
Glenn families in
The
information available on Elinor’s family seems to indicate that they migrated
from
Figure 1
Settlement of Botetourt County
When
European settlers came to the
The
first meeting of the founding fathers of Botetourt was held
In
1794, the Botetourt County Virginia Personal Property Tax List[5]
listed 782 white males 16 and over. Census data compiled by the Library of
Virginia shows 2,247 white males over 16 in 1790[6]
and a 1790 total population of 10,524.[7] By 1800, the population was 10,422. In 1810,
the Botetourt population was 13,301 with 2,275 slaves.[8]
By 1860, it had dwindled to 11,516.[9]
There
is no record of a Butt in
The
first record of a Butt owning or purchasing land in Botetourt occurs in 1804.
Deed Book 8, Page 377, shows Jacob Butt buying from John Jordan (and
Catherine, his wife) 40 acres on the east side of the James River, adjacent to
There
is no documentation that connects Conrod Butt, John Butt or Jacob Butt with
Addison Butt.
Marriage – Addison and Elinor
The first and only record of
Addison and Elinor in
Know all men by these
presents that we Addison Butt & James Glenn are held and firmly bound to
his Excellency James Monroe, Esqr. Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia for
the time being in the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars to which payment
well and truly to be in & to the said governor and his successor in office
for the use of the Commonwealth we bind ourselves, our executioners and
administrators jointly and severally, ____ by these sealed with our seal and
dated 19th day of May, 1802. The condition of the above obligation is such
that ___ there is a marriage shortly
intended to be had and solemnized between the above bound Addison Butt and
Elinor Glenn, daughter of the above bound James. Therefore there be no lawful
cause ___ to obstruct said marriage then this obligation to be void, otherwise
to remain in full force. Signed and sealed _____Archibald Butt (with an
"X"" his mark") for Addison Butt. James Glenn. (A copy
teste, George E. Holt, Jr., Clerk, Botetourt County Circuit Court, by Shirley
Chamblin, Deputy Clerk, copy provided by Dorothy Bragg (Butt)).
The
Return of Marriages, 1803 filed by Rev.
John Helms[14]
on
The
August
2002. August 2002. A good place to stay
in an 18th Century building is The Fincastle Gallery,
Return of Marriages by Methodist
Minister John Helms in Marriage bond for
Children Born in Virginia
Sara
The first child of Addison and Elinor was Sara F.
BUTT, born 1803 in
Jesse and Sara’s
son, Rev. Jesse Lee WEEKS was born 1848 in Casey Co., KY, died 1922 in
Robinson, IL, buried at Sandborn, IN. His son Rush Corbin WEEKS, SR., lived at
William
Addison
and Elinor’s second son, William BUTT was born about 1807 in
This following
information is from the 1850
Butt, William 43 M Farmer 800 Va
Mary 42
F Ky
Eli 19
M Ky
Henry 17
M Ky
John 11
M Ky
Jane 9 F Ky
Sarah 7
F Ky
Mary 5
F Ky
Relocation to Kentucky
Addison Butt,
presumably with his family, came to
Addison
and Elinor probably followed the customary migration route to
The
promise that drew many of these early frontier families to
The
early colonists heard all manner of tales about the western frontier. They
heard these accounts from land speculators who were motivated by the need to
encourage settlement into the area and thus profit financially from heavy
demand for their lands. They heard from adventurers and early exploration
parties about fertile land for farming, virgin forests, and animal herds that made
hunting sound like child’s play. They heard even taller tales about hidden
treasures, lost silver mines, gold, and the abundance of other valuable
minerals. Later, they heard from their own families and friends about the
advantages of the new lands.
Early settlers of
The
southern Wilderness Road route was taken by a majority of pioneers who came to
In
frontier times, the Wilderness Road was a southern loop for connecting pioneer
roads reaching from the Potomac River in
After
Children Born in Kentucky
Thomas
The first child born in
Above,
1810 Census page 126,
The 1810 Census shows two
males less than 10 years (that would be William, 3, and Thomas, less than 1
year), one male less than 26 (
Nancy
The next daughter was Nancy
BUTT, born
Reuben
Reuben BUTT was
born about 1817 in
This following information is
from the 1850 Pulaski County, Kentucky census book, compiled and published by
the Pulaski County Historical Society, Library Building, Main Street, Somerset,
Kentucky 42501: From page 162/163 District #2 and living in household number
180[27]:
Butt,
Reuben 33 M Farmer 350 Ky
Margaret 40 F Ky
William 12 M Ky
Martha 10 F Ky
Ann
6 F Ky
Thomas
4 M Ky
Ellen 3 F Ky
Juretta 1 F Ky
Delila
Delila BUTT was
born about 1819 in
Delila’s obituary:
Delila Gragg (late Delila But), who, the tenth day
after, followed her companion to the regions of eternal day. She had been for
many years a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, evidencing to the world
that she had been with God, and was still walking in all his holy commandments
blameless. Her disease was complicated and very severe, producing mental
derangement for two or three days previous to her death; at which time it was
the house of mourning, it is true; but it was the house of rejoicing, also. The
surrounding friends looked forward to that happy period, when those who have
lived faithful to the end shall meet to part no more. Hiram Gragg.[30]
June 28 - Of pulmonary consumption, Washington R.
Gragg, son of John and Elizabeth A.B. Gragg, at his residence in
Four
generations of Butts, from left to right: William Alvin Butt (1843-1934), Archibald Butt (1820-1904), John
Kenneth Butt (1902-1949), Festus O. Butt (1875-1972)
Archibald
Archibald
D. BUTT, the youngest and last child of Addison and Elinor, was
born
The
Pulaski County, KY, 1820 Census (Roll M_27, Page 62, Image 88) shows Adison
Butt with 2 males under ten years (Reuben 3, and Archibald, 1), two males under
16 (Thomas, 10, and William, 13), one male 26-45 (Addison), two females under
10 (Nancy, 5, and Delila, 1) and one female 26-45 (Elinor). There are three
“foreigners not naturalized.”
The
Pulaski County 1830 census (Roll M19_41, Page 37, Image 76) shows Addison Butt
with one male 5-10 (Archibald, 9), one male 10-15 (Reuben, 13), one male 20-30
(Thomas, 20), one male 50-60 (Addison), two females 15-20 (Nancy, 15 and
Delila, 11) and one female 50-60 (Elinor).
Addison
is not indexed in the 1840 Census, but apparently died in 1843 or 1844, because
his estate was inventoried on
By 1850 most of Addison's children moved west - Thomas
to
When
Addison Butt died, his wife Elinor, went to live with their son Thomas, then
when Thomas and his family left for
Some
old letters written by Nannie Butts Lockhart states that she visited the grave
of Addison Butt at the site of his old home place on the Mt. Zion Road. Nannie
had visited
Nannie also tells of visiting Mrs. Lena Bone and Mrs.
McReynolds who were cousins in
Addison
Butt Land
Transactions in Kentucky
The
following, provided by the Kentucky Secretary of State, explains the procedure
for patenting land in early
Land Patenting
Process
"Patenting"
refers to the system of land appropriation used to transfer land from the
Commonwealth to an individual or group of individuals. The patent process
consists of four steps: (1) Warrant(s) -- authorizing surveys to be made (2) Entries
-- reserving land for patenting (3) Survey -- actual field survey describing
metes and bounds, and (4) Governor's Grant -- finalizes patent and conveys
title to the individual.
After a grant
is issued, subsequent conveyances of the property are filed with deeds and
wills on the county level. There is no central registration of deeds in
Kentucky, although the Kentucky Department for Libraries & Archives, Coffee
Tree Road, Frankfort, KY 40601, makes a concerted effort to microfilm county
records.
This
patenting process was introduced by King George III of England in his
Proclamation of 1763 as a method of paying veterans of the French & Indian
War. The same system of awarding bounty land to veterans was adopted
after the Revolutionary War.
The Virginia
Land Law of 1779 expanded the land patent system to include warrants other than
those issued for military service. In totality, military warrants comprise only
a small percentage of Kentucky land patents. Other patents were authorized by
such warrants as Treasury Warrants, Certificates of Settlement, and Preemption
Warrants, Acts of the General Assembly, etc.
As mentioned
earlier, to patent (or acquire) land, all four of these steps must be followed:
1. Warrant(s) authorizing a survey to
be made. Warrants are the first step in the land patenting process. Warrants do
not convey title nor do they define a specific tract location. They identify
how much land may be surveyed, the reason for the warrant's issuance, the date
of issuance, and the name of the warrant purchaser or recipient. Warrants do
not identify land location. Warrants may be sold, traded, or reassigned in
whole or in part. They may be divided to authorize more than one survey of
unappropriated land.
2. Entry
in the county surveyor's book. The Secretary of State does not always have
evidence of entries. Once a warrant is obtained, a filing is made in the county
surveyor's Entry Book reserving the land for patenting. Marginal notations
listed the date of entry. The entry included the name of the person, the type
of warrant used, the location of the land to be surveyed, including the closest
watercourse, if known.
3. Survey
depicting the tract.
The third step in land patenting is the survey. The survey certificate includes
a plat drawing and a description of the property. Surveys could be traded,
sold, or reassigned any time during the patenting process. Researchers should
check the back of the survey document for possible assignments. The Jackson
Purchase is the only area in Kentucky mapped in ranges, townships, and
sections. The remainder of the state used the metes and bounds system. 'Metes'
defines distance, usually in poles. 'Bounds' defines the next corner or point.
Trees, stakes or rocks are frequently cited in the survey description. Each
survey includes the following information:
- Name of person having survey made
- County in which land is located
- Type and identification number of warrants along
with previous owner of warrant, if applicable.
- Nearest watercourse
- Metes & Bounds description, often includes
adjacent property owners (joiners)
- Date of survey
- Signature of surveyor (DS = Deputy Surveyor; SFC =
Surveyor Fayette Co.)
- Names of surveying party (CC or CM = Chain
Carriers or Chainmen Mk = Marker of trees or corners; Hk = Housekeeper);
Director or Pilot of Survey (usually the Housekeeper)
- The back of the survey may include assignments,
the patent number, and the date of grant issuance.
Surveying Measurements:
1 pole or 1 rod = 16.5 feet or 25 links
1 link = 0.66 feet or 7.92 inches
1 chain=100 links, 4 rods or 66 feet
80 chains = 1 mile, 320 rods, 1760 yards or 5280 feet
1 acre = 10 sq. chains, 160 sq. rods, 4840 sq. yards, or 43,560 sq. feet
1 square mile = 1 section of land or 640 acres
Township = 36 sq. miles (36 mile sq. sections)
4. Governor's Grant finalizing the
transaction. Issuance of the governor's grant finalizes the land patenting
transaction. The document names the person receiving the patent, previous
assigns, the type of warrant used, warrant number, date of survey, exact
location, grant date, and the governor's name.
The
Commonwealth officially conveys title with the issuance of the grant. The
landowner receives a signed and sealed document from the Commonwealth and a
copy of the grant is recorded in the Land Office Grant Book. Subsequent
conveyances, or deeds, are filed with county clerks' offices.
The first
governor to issue a grant for land in Kentucky was Thomas Jefferson. While
Jefferson was governor of Virginia, the Virginia General Assembly passed the
Land Law of 1779 pertaining to Kentucky territory. This act had many
provisions, including the establishment of a military district in Kentucky for
Virginia veterans of the Revolutionary War, authorization of certificates of
settlement and other warrants, and appointment of a land commission to settle
title disputes.
The Virginia
Series of Kentucky land patents includes several grants approved and signed by
Governor Thomas Jefferson, Governor Patrick Henry and Governor Benjamin
Harrison. After the 1792 separation from Virginia, the first patent issued by a
Kentucky governor was signed by Governor Isaac Shelby.
The grants that were
acquired by Addison Butt were part of the South of Green River Series (Grants
from 1795 forward) -- 16,664 surveys (This series opened the Military District
to settlement by non-veterans. County commissioners approved the issuance
of warrants/certificates to residents purchasing no more than 400 acres of
unappropriated land. Applicants had to meet age and residency requirements
and they had to have occupied the land one year prior to application. An
improvement, such as a cabin or a crop, was also required. The original 1795
Act of the General Assembly required the applicants to be 21 years of age or
older. The minimum age was lowered in 1798 to 18. Due to errors in patent
series assignments, a number of patents in the South of Green River Series are
located outside the region. Some are as far north as Pendleton County.)
The Kentucky
My search began by looking for
records of land grants to Addison Butt. Jillson (Willard Rouse Jillson, The Kentucky Land
Grants, Part 1 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1971)
indicates that in 1807, “Adderson” Butt obtained a land grant for 198 acres in
the Clifty Creek watershed, which was surveyed February 20, 1807. It is
recorded on page 149 of Book 18, Grants south of the
While
the land on Clifty Creek was eventually acquired by
On
January Term
1807
On the motion of Samuel Matthews,
satisfactory proof was made to the Court that the said Samuel Matthews is
entitled to fifty acres of land lying and being in the County aforesaid by
virtue of his having improved the same agreeably to an Act of Assembly of the
sate aforesaid for settling the vacant lands of this commonwealth ad located as
follows (to wit) Samuel Matthews enters 50 acres of land beginning on a black
oak tree on Burgis Matthews line running between Burgis’s Matthews line and another
to Naples line for quantity given under my hand as clerk to the County Court of
the county aforesaid this 27th day of January 1807.
Will Fox
Samuel Matthews apparently conveyed
his warrant rights to Addison Butt in 1808, and
I do hereby assign over all my
right & title to the land herein mentioned to Adderson Butt, and the Agents
of the land Office
Witness
Will Fox Samuel
Matthews
Surveyed for Addeson Butt assignee
to Samuel Matthews 50 acres of land in Pulaski County by virtue of a
certificate obtained of said county for the same on the west side of Pitmans
Creek No. 982 Bounded as follows to wit Beginning on Burgess Matthews line on a
Black oak thence N 40 E 188 poles on said line to a poplar crossing the road
leding (sic) from Stanford to Somerset including said Butts House S 148 poles
to a Hickory and Dogwood crossing a Branch thence W on Arthur – Nashes line 124
poles to the Beginning.
James Slown Chaincarrier Jon’n McConnel DS
Burgess Matthews Sworn
Addeson Butt Conductor James
Hardgrove SPC
Rec’d
Recorded & ---
Pulaski
November the 21st 1808 surveyed for
Addison Butt, assignee of Sam’l Mathus 50 acres of land in Pulaski County by
virtue of a certificate obtained of said County Clerk for the same on the west
of Pitmans Creek N. 982 bounded as follows to wit Beginning on Burgus Mathus
line on a Black Oak thence N40 E188 poles on said line to a Poplar crossing the
road heading from Standford to Somerset including said Butts hous (sic)
South 148 poles to a Hickory and Dogwood crossing a branch thence with Arthur
Bonashes line 124 poles to the beginning.
James Glono Chaincarrier Jon’n McConnell
Burges Mathius Sworn James
Hargrove
The 1908
Pulaski County Tax List shows Addison Butt as the “person named charged with
the taxes” with 50 acres in the Pitman Creek “lye,” with Samuel Mathews “in
whose name entered,” and “in whose name surveyed,” as well as “1 white male
above 21” and “3 horses.”[37]
The map
shows the area north of
Records on file at the State Land Office indicate that
I
assign over
all my rite and title to the within plat for value received of him as witness
my hand and seal this
Will Mayfield Adderson
Butt
199-9942
Auditor’s Office,
Received of Atterson Butt asee the
Treasurer’s receipt for nine dollars and thirteen cents, it being thebal in
full on 50 acres of land lying in
D.
C. M.
Geo
Madison Audr
I do hereby assign over all my right and title
to a plat and certificate of a survey registered in my name for fifty acres of
land lying in Pulaski county on the waters of pitmins creek by virtue of the
county court No. 982 registered on issue the patton accordingly as witness my
hand and seal this day of
Attest Daniel
Matthis Adderson
Butt
Thomas
Whitty
Eventually, the 50 acre parcel, after its
warrant passed through Samuel Matthews, Adderson Butt and Burgess Matthews, was
patented to Thomas Crowe by the State of Kentucky on January 1, 1811.
Grants
South of
The following
grant began with warrant # 746 issued to Elkins Hand on January 28, 1805, by
Will Fox, Clerk of Pulaski County. The land was described as “ Beginning on a
branch of Clifty thence with the branch to To’s
(Thomas ?) Kelly line thence with s’d line and enterfaring? Claims/or
quantity given under my hand …”
The land was
surveyed (Survey 7741) On
On
Isaac Shelby, Esq., Governor of the Commonwealth
of Kentucky by to all to whom theses presents shall come greeting know that by
virtue & in consideration of a certificate Number 746 the state
--- --- without interest granted by the County Court of Pulaski in June
1805 agreeably to an act of assembly for letting and improving the vacant lands
of this commonwealth there is granted by the said commonwealth unto Adderson
Butt as’ee (assignee) of Samuel Hand who was ass’ee of Elkins Hand a certain
tract or parcel of land containing one hundred ninety eight acres by survey
hearing date the seventh day of December one thousand eight hundred and seven lying
and being in the County of Pulaski on the waters of Clifty Creek and bounded as
followeth & ---, Beginning on a buckeye and sugartree thence running up the
branch North forty four East one hundred and fifty four poles to a hickory,
thence north fifty eight east sixty eight poles to a hickory and sugartree,
thence south twenty west fifty one poles to a black oak and sugartree, thence
south twenty one east one hundred eighty three poles to a white oak, thence
south sixty nine west eighty poles to a double poplar thence south twenty six
west twenty six poles to a poplar, thence south eighty one west forty six poles
to a birch and hickory, thence north twenty seven west seventy four poles to an
ash and hornbeam, thence north sixty four west twenty seven poles to a white
oak and dogwood, thence north twenty one west fifty six poles to the Beginning
with its appurtenances to have and to hold the said tract, land or parcel with
its appurtenances to the said Adderson Butt and his heirs forever. In
Witnesseth whereof the said Isaac Shelby, Esq., Governor of the Commonwealth of
Kentucky hath hereunto set his hand and caused the seal of the said
Commonwealth to be affixed at Frankfort on the fifteenth day of January
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixteen and of
the Commonwealth the twenty fourth.
By the Governor, Isaac Shelby
M.
din, Secretary.
Clifty Creek at the Old Butt Crossroads Portion of Science Hill, KY 15” Quadrangle,
1961, showing location of Addison Butt’s home and farm as indicated by
Wendell Butte, August, 2003.
An enlarged copy of a picture
postcard. The inscription on the back appears to read: “Addison Butt’s
home in Pulaski Co., Dorothy D. Butt, 
We know that
Addison and his family came to
Deed
Book 3, Page 373 (
Know all
men by these presents that I Addison Butt of the County of Pulaski &
State of Kentucky (as one of the legatees of James Glen dec’d by intermarriage
with the said Glen’s daughter Elinor Glen late of Botetourt County
State of Virginia) for divers causes & considerations do make & appoint
Whitehill Glen of the County of Montgomery State of Kentucky as my true
& lawful attorney in fact for now giving named instead as one of the
legates of said James Glen dec’d by intermarriage as above stated to call on
the administrator said decedents estate of the County of Green & State of
Ohio & receive of them the s’s administrators such proportion of the s’d
decedents estate as I the said Addison Butt as one of the legatees of s’d
decedent in intermarriage of and may be entitled to & to receipt to this
said administrators therefore or for so --- as --- the s’d Whitehill Glen may
receive & Ido hereby ratify & confirm all & every act of my said
attorney in fact that he may deem necessary in the premises for the recovery of
any proportion of s’d decedents estate as one of the legatees as of --- &
the same shall to all intent & purpose be as binding on me as tho I had
been personally present & done the same as my own proper person ---. In
this testimony where of I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal this
12th day of September 1818.
Adderson Butt
In 1818, Elinor’s father, James Glen, apparently died in
Deed
Book 7-I, Pages 236-238 (
Record in
my office given under my hand this 24th day of May A D. 1830
this indenture made & entered into between Wesley Hickson & Margaret
his wife Mathew Hickson & Milton Hickson & Hannah his wife of the State
of Kentucky & Joshua Canaida & Malinda his wife & Samuel Kemp &
Letitia his wife of the State of Indiana of the one part & Addison Butt
of the County of Pulaski & State of Kentucky of the other part witnesseth
that for and in consideration of the sum of two hundred dollars to them
in hand by the said Butt they have bargained sold aliened conveyed & by
theses presents bargain sell alien and convey to the said Addison Butt the
following tract or parcel of land containing 200 acres be the same more
or less lying in the County of Pulaski and State of Kentucky on the waters
of Pitmans Creek and bounded as followeth, to wit, Beginning on three white
oaks thence running south 179 poles to a white oak thence east 179 poles to a
black oak & Black Walnut thence N 179 poles to two small Hickories & a
small white oak thence west 179 poles to
the beginning which land was patented to Matthew Hickson on the 15th
day of December 1827 with its appurtenances to have and to hold the said
tract or parcel of land with its appurtenances to the said Addison Butt &
his heirs forever and the said Matthew Hickson, Wesley Hickson & Margaret
his wife Milton Hickson & Hannah his wife & Joshua Cannada &
Malinda his wife being the heirs of Matthew Hickson deceased that is to say
Matthew, Wesley & Milton Hickson sons of said Matthew Hickson deceased and
Malinda Canada & Telitta Kemp formerly Malinda and Telitta Hickson
Daughters and heirs of Matthew Hickson Deceased do warrant and forever defend
the title of the said land against the claim of all and every claim whatsoever
in Testimony whereof the said Wesley, Matthew & Milton Hickson and the said
Joshua Canada & Malinda his wife and the said Samuel Kemp & Telitta his
wife have hereunto set their hand & seals this 13th day of
January 1830
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In 1841,
Pulaski
This
indenture made the fifteenth day of October in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and thirty, Between Wm. Slowns and James Slowns
of the
William Slown
James Sloan
Nancy Sloan
In 1841,
Pulaski
Surveyor for William Dye ape of Addison Butt who was ape of Charles Cunningham 50 acres
of land by virtue of a Kentucky Land Office warrant of fift7 acres No. 13897
situated lying and being in the County of Pulaski and on the waters of Rock
Lick Creek waters of Fishing Creek beginning on 2 chestnuts & Sowerwood
standing on the edge of a high cliff at A running thence S 27 W 62 poles to a
Maple & White oak at B N 61 W 60 poles to a white oak at C N 49 ½ W 42
poles to a white oak & chestnut N 84 60 poles to a --- & Beach Gum N 60
E 60 poles to a --- maple dogwood & Sowerwood near a branch N 83 E 71 poles
to a stake thence S 45 E 65 poles to the beginning.
Pleasant Wesley Lewis
Paterson S.P.C
Charles Wesley
Shadnick Dye
Charles Wesly
Wm Dye
This
indenture made this 5th day of April in the year of our Lord 1841 between
Adason Butt and Elender his wife of Pulaski County and State of Kentucky of
the one part & William Butt of the County & State aforesaid of
the other part Witnesseth that for & in consideration of the sum of two
hundred dollars to --- in hand paid the sd. Adason Butt and his wife hath given
granted bargained and sold unto the sd. William Butt one certain tract or
parcel of land containing 200 acres by survey lying and being in the
County of Pulaski on the North side of Cumberland River on Pitman Creek
a branch of Cumberland River and bounded as followeth, to wit, Beginning on
three white oaks thence running south 179 poles to a white oak thence East 179
poles to a black oak and black walnut thence north 179 poles to two small
Hickories and a small white oak thence West 170 poles to the Beginning with all
its appertenances to have and to hold the sd. Tract of land with its
appertaininces to the sd. William Butt and his heirs forever for which the sd,
Adason Butt and his wife and ther heirs executors administrators doath covenant
with he sd. William Butt and his heirs, executors, administrators the sd. tract
of land with all its appertances to have and to hold for which the sd. Adason
Butt and his wife doath bind themselves and ther heirs executors administrators
the sd. tract of land to warrant and defend from the claim or claims of all,
person or persons, whatsoever, to the sd. William Butt his heirs executors
administrators forever.
Witnesseth
whereof the sd. Adason Butt and Elendar his wife has hereunto set ther hands
and seals the day & year above written.
Adderson
Butt
Elendar
Butt
Pulaski County
Deed Book 11, pages 330-331 (August 28, 1841)
This
indenture made this August 28 in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and forty one between Adderson Butt and Elinor his wife of
Pulaski County State of Kentucky of the one part and John Ashley of the
other part of Casey County and state aforesaid witnesseth that the said
Adderson Butt and Elinor his wife hath this day covenanted bargained and sold
into the aforesaid John Ashley one certain tract or parcel of land lying and
being in the County of Pulaski and state of Kentucky and on the waters of
Fishing Creek the plantation Andrew Ashley now lives on for and in
consideration of one hundred dollars to them paid in hand the receipt whereof
and ajoining the lands of Jeremiah Ingrams Edward Deboard and Elias
Woods and bounded as follows (viz0 Beginning on a sowerwood and dogwood
Edmond Deboard’s corner and said Deboard’s line North 15 W 220 poles to a
double poplar conditional corner to said Deboard thence North 53 W 26 poles to
a hickory North 86 E 40 poles to a hickory and gum S 58 E 26 poles to a beech
to Elias Woods corner thence with said Reynolds line 105 poles to a beech and
black oak Wm. Slownz conditional corner thence with said conditional line to
the Beginning to have and to hold said tract or parcel of land with its
appertanances and the said Adderson Butt and Elinor his wife and heirs, executors
administrators or assigns do warrant and defend said tract or parcel of land
from any person or persons whatever unto the said John Ashley his heirs
executioners executors administrators and assigns forever. Given under our
hands and seal this day and date above written.
Adderson
But
Elinor
Butt
Death of Addison Butt and Settlement of Estate
Addison Butt
must have died before
Pulaski County
Page
666
At a
County Court held for Pulaski County at the Courthouse in
Page 667
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One
Rifle gun |
12 |
00 |
|
One
clock |
10 |
00 |
|
One
Bed and furniture |
10 |
00 |
|
One
set of Winsor chairs |
7 |
00 |
|
One
set of split bottom chairs |
2 |
50 |
|
Threshed
wheat |
8 |
50 |
|
One
straw Bed tick and two sacks |
1 |
00 |
|
Four
yds damus |
2 |
50 |
|
Two
Cover lids |
8 |
00 |
|
Two
Bed covers |
3 |
50 |
|
Two
Bed Covers more (worn) |
1 |
00 |
|
Two
sheat and table cloth |
1 |
50 |
|
Three
Buckets – two pails and cards and fruit |
1 |
25 |
|
One
churn |
|
75 |
|
One
lot of crocks |
1 |
00 |
|
One
gum and tobacco |
1 |
00 |
|
Two
rat traps and two more traps |
|
75 |
|
One
flat iron and cropping hackle |
|
62 ½ |
|
Thirteen
lbs wool not picked |
2 |
50 |
|
Ten
dozen candles |
1 |
00 |
|
One
lot of tin ware and candle stick |
1 |
50 |
|
Two
coffee pots |
|
62 ½ |
|
One
set of plaits and one lot of tea cups and saucers; One pitcher and glass
plaits |
2 |
50 |
|
Three
bottles and one pound of resin |
|
50 |
|
One
lot of cupboard ware |
2 |
00 |
|
Another
lot of cupboard ware |
1 |
25 |
|
|
124 |
99 |
|
Razor
and straps and box |
|
50 |
|
One
lot of books |
|
37 ½ |
|
One
Dictionary and brush |
1 |
00 |
|
Holy
Bible |
1 |
00 |
|
Six lbs of Tallow |
|
37 ½ |
|
One
pair of stilliards[38] |
1 |
50 |
|
Tongs
and fire shovel |
1 |
50 |
|
One
coffee mill |
|
50 |
|
Bread
ray and basket |
|
50 |
|
Two
pair of sheep shears |
1 |
00 |
|
|
|
|
|
Continued
on Page 668 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Powder
horn and --- |
|
37 ½ |
|
Three
looking glasses |
1 |
50 |
|
One
Dulcimer |
1 |
50 |
|
One
Bedsted and cord and hackle and --- |
2 |
00 |
|
One
walking staff |
|
6 ¼ |
|
One
mans saddle |
7 |
00 |
|
One
pair of saddle Riders? |
1 |
00 |
|
One
Bridle |
|
37 ½ |
|
One
horse collar and one chain |
|
37 ½ |
|
One
Dresser and table |
1 |
50 |
|
Two
Potracks |
2 |
50 |
|
One
pair of fire irons |
1 |
50 |
|
One
Big pot |
2 |
00 |
|
One
oven and lid |
1 |
25 |
|
One
diner pot |
1 |
25 |
|
One
skillet |
|
37 ½ |
|
One
washing tub |
|
50 |
|
Do
and Barrel |
1 |
12 ½ |
|
Iron
wedge |
|
50 |
|
One
Rawhide |
1 |
62 ½ |
|
One
grine stone |
|
50 |
|
One
Barrel and vinegar |
1 |
50 |
|
|
40 |
6 ¼ |
|
One
sythe Blade and apparatus |
|
62 ½ |
|
One
Doubletree and single tree |
1 |
25 |
|
One
mattock and spade |
2 |
00 |
|
One
hoe |
|
37 ½ |
|
Olde
ax and sickle and iron |
1 |
00 |
|
Olde
Barrel and gums |
|
50 |
|
Two
bells and collars |
1 |
00 |
|
Handsaw
Drawing Knife and two augers |
2 |
25 |
|
Big
Onions and Cloves |
|
50 |
|
Riddle
and gouge |
|
50 |
|
Screws
and taps |
|
50 |
|
One
half bushel |
|
37 ½ |
|
|
|
|
|
Continued
Page 669 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Eight
Bedsteads |
8 |
00 |
|
One
Bridle |
|
50 |
|
Sixteen
head of sheep |
10 |
50 |
|
One
flas? Break |
|
25 |
|
Chickens
at fifty cents per dozen |
|
|
|
Two
Bull calves |
1 |
50 |
|
21
head of hogs |
25 |
00 |
|
Big
red Bull |
4 |
00 |
|
White
Bull |
3 |
00 |
|
One
yoke of oxen and --- |
15 |
00 |
|
One
Brindle Steer |
4 |
50 |
|
Two
little steers |
5 |
50 |
|
One
red cow |
4 |
00 |
|
|
111 |
25 |
|
One
note on T.----- $55.37 ½ cents due August the 29th day of 1859 |
|
|
|
One
note on Reuben Butt $20. due October the first day 1840 |
|
|
|
One
speckeled heifer |
3 |
00 |
|
One
big speckled cow |
7 |
00 |
|
Wheat
in the straw fifty cents per bushel |
|
|
|
One
young horse |
18 |
00 |
|
One
wheat fan |
15 |
00 |
|
|
1 |
25 |
|
Fodder
at 87 ½ cents per hundred |
|
|
|
Sheaf
oats one dollar per hundred |
|
|
|
One
lot of plank 150 feet |
|
87 ½ |
|
One
padlock |
|
6 ¼ |
|
One
field of corn |
15 |
00 |
|
Field
at the end of the lane |
7 |
50 |
|
Great
coat |
3 |
00 |
|
One
umbrella |
|
75 |
|
One
cross cut saw |
2 |
00 |
|
One
curry comb |
|
25 |
|
Two
pewter plaits |
|
25 |
|
One
claw hammer |
|
25 |
|
Sheep
in the woods fifty cents per head |
|
|
|
Cash |
96 |
00 |
|
|
170 |
18 ¾ |
|
Total $521.86 ½ |
|
|
I
Washington R. Gragg administrator of the estate of Addison Butt do certify that
the foregoing list is a true
Continued
Page 670
inventory
of all the personal estate that have come into my hands of said estate. Given
under my hand this the 30th day of January 1844.
We the
undersigned being appointed by the Pulaski County Court as appraisers of the
estate of Addison Butt dec’d being first sworn proceeded and appraised all the
property presented to us of said estate and we certify that the foregoing is a
true inventory and appraisement of said estate. Given under our hand this the
30th day of January 1844.
Thomas
Burk
Hardin
Nevell
William
Baugh
State of
At a
County Court held for the
Att Will
Fox Clk
Sale Bill
of Addison Butt’s Personal estate as follows ______
|
Property |
Names |
$ |
cts |
|
One Bedsted
& Cords |
Barney
Young |
4 |
37 ½ |
|
1
Bureau |
Wm.
Butt |
8 |
00 |
|
1
Table |
Jesse
Weeks |
3 |
-- |
|
1
Cupboards |
W.
R. Gragg |
14 |
25 |
|
1
Small Table |
Harry
Burk |
|
50 |
|
1
Rifle Gun |
Wm.
Butt |
12 |
00 |
|
1
Large Block |
Elisha
Dungings |
4 |
00 |
|
1
Bed & Furniture |
Peter
Burket |
9 |
6 ¼ |
|
1
Set ------Chains |
Thomas
Burk |
3 |
62 ½ |
|
5
Bushels Of Wheat |
David
Dutton, Jr. |
2 |
75 |
|
5
Bushels Do |
Wm.
Hines, Jr. |
2 |
50 |
|
5
Bushels Do |
------ |
---- |
---- |
|
1
Set Of Bedding Stable ---- |
W.R.
Gragg |
1 |
56 ¼ |
|
1
|
Jesse
Weeks |
1 |
87 ½ |
|
1
Churn |
Henry
Baugh |
|
75 |
|
1
– Of Tobacco |
Hardin
Newell |
|
81 ¼ |
|
1
|
Jesse
Weeks |
|
56 ¼ |
|
Iron
And --- |
Henry
Baugh |
|
81 ¼ |
|
1
Sack Of Wood |
Oliver
P. Kelly |
3 |
00 |
|
10
Dozen Candles |
Thomas
Butt |
|
93 ¾ |
|
1
|
Elisha
Dugins |
|
87 ½ |
|
2
Coffee Pots |
W.D.
Buchannon |
|
37 ½ |
|
1
|
Sidney
Mayfield |
2 |
68 ¾ |
|
2
Bottles And Ink & --- |
Hardin
Newell |
|
25 |
|
1
|
W.R.
Gragg |
1 |
62 ½ |
|
1
|
Thomas
Burk |
|
87 ½ |
|
|
|
97 |
54 ½ |
|
Shaving
Tools |
Instant Lay, jr. |
|
37 ½ |
|
1
|
Aiden
Jones, Esq. |
|
81 ¼ |
|
1
Brush And Book |
Wm.
Baufg |
|
75 |
|
1
Bible |
Reuben
Butt |
4 |
43 ¾ |
|
6
Lbs. Tallow |
Andrew
Naught |
|
37 ½ |
|
1
Pair Stilliards |
Jesse
Weeks |
2 |
31 ¼ |
|
Shovel
And Tongs |
Thomas
Burk |
1 |
50 |
|
Coffee
Mill |
Hardin
Newell |
|
31 ¼ |
|
1
Tray And Basket |
Aiden
Jones |
|
31 ¼ |
|
Sheep
Shears |
Wm.
Baugh |
|
43 ¾ |
|
“Do”
(Ditto) |
Thomas
Butt |
|
50 |
Dulcimer & Wire
|
Wm.
S. Buchannan |
1 |
6 ¼ |
|
Powder
Horn |
Elisha
Dungier |
|
6 ¼ |
|
1
Looking Glass |
Jesse
Labes |
|
93 ¾ |
|
2
“Do” (Ditto) |
Wm.
Culliss |
|
75 |
|
1
Keg Of Honey |
J.
B. Curd |
3 |
50 |
|
2
Calves |
J.
B. Curd |
1 |
68 |
|
8
First Choice Of Sheep |
John
Adams |
6 |
31 ¼ |
|
8
Other Sheep |
Andrew
Vaught |
3 |
81 ¼ |
|
1
Colt |
Peter
Cline |
15 |
00 |
|
5
Hogs First |
Peril
Condiff |
6 |
87 ½ |
|
5
Second Choice Hogs |
Peril
Conndiff |
5 |
6 ¼ |
|
11
“Do” (Ditto) Last Choice |
Peril
Conndiff |
6 |
56 ¼ |
|
1
Red Bull |
J.
B. Curd |
3 |
12 ½ |
|
1
White Bull |
Thomas
Burk |
2 |
35 |
|
1
Yoke Of ------ |
Jonathan
Bishop |
14 |
25 |
|
1
Brindle Steer |
J.B.
Curd |
3 |
62 ½ |
|
2
Little Steers |
J.B.
Curd |
-- |
12 ½ |
|
1
Red Cow |
Instant
Lay, Jr. |
3 |
12 ½ |
|
1
Speckled Heifer |
J.B.
Curd |
2 |
12 ½ |
|
1
Speckled Cow |
Tandy
James |
6 |
25 |
|
Wheat
fan |
W.R.
Gragg |
8 |
25 |
|
Casy
plow |
John
Lloyd |
|
62 ½ |
|
|
|
114 |
22 |
|
500
Bundles of oats |
Oliver
Kelly |
5 |
00 |
|
“Do”
(ditto) |
Reuben
Butt |
5 |
00 |
|
“Do”
(ditto) |
Wm.
S. Buchannon |
5 |
00 |
|
One
lot oats 4 hundred 47 bundles |
W.R.
Gragg |
4 |
47 |
|
5
hundred bundles fodder |
W.R.
Gragg |
3 |
43 ¾ |
|
“Do”
(ditto) |
Thomas
Butt |
3 |
75 |
|
Fodder |
Thomas
Butt |
|
12 ½ |
|
1
|
Wm.
S. Buchannon |
2 |
20 |
|
1
|
Aiden
Jones |
|
87 ½ |
|
1
field of corn by the barn |
Thomas
Butt |
7 |
50 |
|
1
Nob field of corn |
W.R.
Gragg |
10 |
75 |
|
1
Over coat |
W.
Butt |
4 |
25 |
|
1
Padlock & |
Soloman
Young |
1 |
31 ¼ |
|
1
Bed std ------ |
Joseph
Acre |
2 |
8 ¼ |
|
1
Barrel of Vinegar |
Jesse
Weeks |
|
75 |
|
1
Hoe |
Reuben
H. Butt |
|
62 ½ |
|
1
|
Jesse
weeks |
|
75 |
|
2
Bells and Collar |
Reuben
H. Butt |
|
87 ½ |
|
Auger
and drawing knife |
W.R.
Gragg |
|
87 ½ |
|
Handsaw
and Auger |
Joseph
Acre |
1 |
37 ½ |
|
One
Riddle and tools |
David
McClure |
|
31 ¼ |
|
S---
and Currycomb |
Reuben
H. Butt |
|
56 ¼ |
|
2
Small Kegs |
L---
Ashly, Jr. |
|
37 ½ |
|
Plow
molde |
Hardin
Newell |
1 |
31 ¼ |
|
1
|
Henry
Bryant |
|
68 ¾ |
|
Tin
Boso – Last & - |
Wm.
Baugh |
|
12 ½ |
|
1
Crosscut Saw |
Wm.
Butt |
1 |
56 ¼ |
|
One
--- beak |
W.R.
Gragg |
|
25 |
|
One
Dozen chickens |
Thomas
Burk |
|
37 ½ |
|
“Do”
(ditto) |
Hardin
Nevell |
|
37 ½ |
|
“Do”
(ditto) |
Hardin
Nevell |
|
37 ½ |
|
Eight
“Do” (ditto) |
W.R.
Gragg |
|
25 |
|
“Do”
(ditto) |
W.R.
Gragg |
|
37 ½ |
|
|
|
67 |
02 ¾ |
|
Glass
and bottle |
Reuben
Butt |
--- |
--- |
|
Plaits
and dish |
Jesse
Weeks |
|
37 ½ |
|
Half
Bushel and cloves |
Hardin
Newell |
|
87 ½ |
|
One
Set of Fire irons |
Thomas
Butt |
2 |
56 |
|
One
pair of Saddle --- |
Jesse
Weeks |
1 |
12 ½ |
|
One
Mans Saddle |
Thomas
Butt |
7 |
75 |
|
One
Chain and Collar |
Thomas
Butt |
|
43 ¾ |
|
One
Dresser and Table |
Thomas
Butt |
2 |
25 |
|
One
Pot Stand |
W.R.
Gragg |
1 |
37 ½ |
|
“Do”
(ditto) |
Wm.
Butt |
1 |
37 ½ |
|
One
Big pot |
Thomas
Himes, Jr. |
2 |
56 ½ |
|
One
little pot |
Instant
lay, Jr. |
|
31 ¼ |
|
One
Oven |
Thomas
Butt |
1 |
12 ½ |
|
Skillet
--- and Pothooks |
Horatio
Burns |
|
37 ½ |
|
One
Washing Tub |
James
Higgins |
|
50 |
|
“Do”
(ditto) |
W.R.
Gragg |
|
25 |
|
One
rawhide |
Thomas
Butt |
1 |
62 ½ |
|
One
bedstand |
W.R.
Gragg |
|
25 |
|
“Do”
(ditto) |
Thomas
Butt |
1 |
00 |
|
“Do”
(ditto) |
Thomas
Butt |
1 |
62 ½ |
|
“Do”
(ditto) |
Jesse
Tuber |
1 |
25 |
|
“Do”
(ditto) |
W.S.
Buchannon |
|
31 ¼ |
|
“Do”
(ditto) |
David
McClure |
1 |
00 |
|
“Do”
(ditto) |
Thomas
Butt |
1 |
75 |
|
2
Gums |
W.D.
Buchannon |
|
31 ¼ |
|
|
|
37 |
07 ½ |
|
Two
Gums |
Thomas
Butt |
|
12 ½ |
|
One
Side Saddle |
Reuben
H. Butt |
13 |
6 ¼ |
|
One
Iron Wedge |
John
Higgins |
|
50 |
|
One
grind Stone |
Wm.
R. Gragg |
|
50 |
|
One
Grubbing hoe |
David
McClure |
|
62 ½ |
|
One
Spade |
Wm.
Butt |
1 |
12 ½ |
|
One
Reap hook |
Aiden
Jones |
|
18 ¾ |
|
One
Meat ax |
Thomas
Butt |
|
75 |
|
One
Piece of Iron |
Wm.
Hines |
|
56 ¼ |
|
Scythe
and Cradle |
Thomas
Butt |
|
25 |
|
One
double tree |
Wm.
Young |
|
62 ½ |
|
|
Total |
514 |
61 ½ |
The
foregoing is a true list of all the property that has come into my hands as
administrator of the estate of A. Butt dec’d given under my hand this 19th day
of February, 1844.
W.R.
Gragg Ad.
Page 674
State of
At a County
Court held for
This
Account of sales of the Personal property of Addison Butt dec’d was produced to
the Court and being examined and approved by the Court was ordered to be
seconded, and the same is done accordingly.
Att Will
Fosseck
The
undersigned two of the Commissioners of Accounts for Pulaski County at the
Courthouse on Wednesday the 17th day of September 1845 met Washington R. Gragg
Administrator of the Estate of Addison Butt dec’d for the purpose of making a
settlement with him as such – present – Thomas Butt one of the heirs of said
Addison Butt dec’d and Eleanor Butt the widow of said decedent –
We find
the Administrator indebted and so charge the sum of – as showen by sale Bill $327.25
Cash on
hand at the decedents death 96.00