Snapshot: | owned slaves |
Parents: | 428Anthony Butts 429Karan ___ |
Born: | 1760's location unknown |
Died: | before 3 March 1845 probably either Baldwin or Hancock county, Georgia |
Buried: | unknown |
In a later record, 429Karan appoints
Some "genealogists" claim that
The 1820 census shows
His wife 215Elizabeth probably died in the early 1820's, since
By 1830, their children had mostly moved out.
1830:
• | Hancock County: Administrators, Executors, and Guardians Bonds Book O (1830-1856), page 186. |
• | Hancock County: Wills & Estates Book Q (1843-1850), pages
222,
257, and
258. |
1: 1830 U.S. Federal Census. Hancock County, Georgia. Page 145, Azariah Butts household. NARA microfilm publication M19, roll 18. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYB7-D6C?cc=1803958&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AXHPL-F25> and <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYB7-DFB?i=8&cc=1803958>.
2: Norfolk County, Virginia. Wills book for the years 1772-1788, pages 99[b], 100[a], and 100[b]. Library of Virginia, Norfolk County microfilm #48. The book is numbered as sheets, not pages, thus each number actually represents two pages. Page 100[a] is the most relevant for proving
3: Greene County, Georgia. Deeds volume 1 (1785-1792), page 88. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS42-V1MF?i=51&cat=197862>.
4: Baldwin County, Georgia. Ordinary Court. Wills Book A (1806-1832), pages 325, 326, and 327. You may benefit from this transcription.
5: Warren County, Georgia. Marriage book A (1794-1814), page 6. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9BZ3-99B?i=36&cc=1927197&cat=185518>, accessed 10 September 2020.
6: 1820 U.S. Federal Census. Capt. Clayton's district, Hancock County, Georgia. Page 2, Aziah Butts household. NARA microfilm publication M33, roll 7. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YBC-WV2?i=1&cc=1803955&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AXHLW-SKX>. Since the 1820 census often lacks column headers, you may find this template helpful.
7: Hancock County, Georgia. Marriage book 1 (1808-1879), page 49, marriage of Azariah Butts and Edy Jones, dated 27 May 1824. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9BZ6-24G?i=58&cat=214866>.
8: Baldwin County, Georgia. Marriage book B (1835-1881), page 84, marriage of Azariah Butts and Elizabeth Hines, dated 25 November 1838. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99XF-29HR-L?i=89&cc=1927197&cat=231688>.
9: Hancock County, Georgia. Inferior Court, sitting for Ordinary Purposes. Administrators, Executors, and Guardians Bonds Book O (1830-1856), page 186. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G93G-8JK7?i=473&cc=1999178&cat=214887>.
10: Hancock County, Georgia. Inferior Court, sitting for Ordinary Purposes. Wills & Estates Book Q (1843-1850), pages 222, 257, and 258. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-8935-V416?i=449&cc=1999178&cat=214887>, etc.
11: Southern Recorder (Milledgeville, Georgia), 1 July 1845, page 4, column 3, near the bottom of the page. Georgia Historic Newspapers, <https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn82016415/1845-07-01/ed-1/seq-4/>, accessed 27 August 2020.
12: Hancock County, Georgia. Inferior Court, sitting for Ordinary Purposes. Wills & Estates Book Q (1843-1850), page 257. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L935-VW58?i=466&cc=1999178&cat=214887>.