Family History

 

The Butler Story        Henry Jordan Butler was a Cherokee Indian, born in 1853. He was a tall man. He died in 1925. Resy Hamilton Butler was from the West Indies. She was a short woman with long hair down to her waist. She was born in 1849 and died in 1938. Henry and Resy married in 1875 and had nine children, each child represents a branch of the family tree. Mary Butler Anderson Harris 1875 - 1968 Obie Butler 1876 - 1940 Cora Butler Anderson Harris 1880 – 1960 Cary L. Butler 1882 – 1959 Rebecca Butler Zigler 1885 - 1963 Lommie Butler Randolph 1889 - 1963 Emma Butler Campbell 1890 - 1992 Portis Butler 1896 - 1967 Henry Butler 1899 - 1996 During the spring of 2021 LaRhonda Pears, BFR Historian, discovered the following information in the 1870 Census: • Parents of Henry Butler   Willis Butler Year of Birth (Est.) 1818 - Maryland    Mary Butler - Birth Year (Est.) 1823- South Carolina • Parents of Resy Hamilton Butler   Frank Hamilton Year of Birth (Est.) 1810 - South Carolina   Phillis Hamilton Year of Birth (Est.) 1827 - South Carolina