Key Facts

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

214Azariah Butts was born sometime in the 1760's.1 The evidence very strongly implies that his parents were 428Anthony Butt and 429Karan ___, although no record explicitly identifies them as such.2,3 One record does explicitly identify 214Azariah's paternal grandfather, 856Anthony Butt.2

856Anthony Butt's will explicitly identifies 214Azariah as his grandson. The will also strongly implies that 429Caran is 214Azariah's mother. Full page.2

In a later record, 429Karan appoints 214Azariah as her personal representative in Virginia. This further supports the notion that 214Azariah is her son. Full page.3

This record, related to the one shown above and made the same day, lets us extrapolate and suggests that 214Azariah's father is 428Anthony Butts. Full page.3

214Azariah married 215Elizabeth Doles,4 although when isn't entirely clear. Several low-quality "genealogies" allege that they married in Warren County, Georgia on 4 March 1800, but I have been unable to find any such record: The supposed entry in Warren County's Marriage Book A is ruined.5 However, 214Azariah's registration in the 1805 Georgia land lottery suggests that he had a wife and child by 1 March 1804 (since these were two of the requirements to be allowed two draws, which 214Azariah registered for); he registered as a resident of Hancock County.6

These two excerpts from 430Jesse Doles' will, dated 4 January 1826, prove that 214Azariah was married to 215Elizabeth Doles. Full page.4

Some "genealogists" claim that 214Azariah and 215Elizabeth married in Warren County, Georgia on 4 March 1800. If any such county record ever existed, this is what's left of it. Full page.5

1805: 214Azariah Butts, a resident of Hancock County, had registered for two draws in Georgia's 1805 land lottery, which suggests that he had a wife and child by 1 March 1804. The notation "B.B." proves that he won nothing in the lottery. Full page.6

The 1820 census shows 214Azariah's family in Hancock County. The numbers below represent: 2 boys age 10-15, 1 man age 45+, 2 girls age 0-9, 2 women age 16-25, 1 woman age 45+, 4 people engaged in agriculture, 1 male slave age 0-13, 1 male slave age 14-25, 2 female slaves age 0-13, and 1 female slave age 26-44.7

1820: 214Azariah's household in Hancock County, Georgia. Full page.7

His wife 215Elizabeth probably died in the early 1820's, since 214Azariah married his second wife Edy Jones on 27 May 1824, still in Hancock County.8

1824: 214Azariah's and 215Edy Jones' marriage record. Full page.8

By 1830, their children had mostly moved out.1

1830: 214Azariah's family in Hancock County, Georgia. Full page.1

1830: 214Azariah's slaves. Full page.1

214Azariah married his third and final wife Elizabeth Hines on 25 November 1838, this time in Baldwin County.9

1838: 214Azariah's and Elizabeth Hines' marriage record. Full page.9

214Azariah had died by 3 March 1845.10 You can see his estate records via the following links:

•	Hancock County: Administrators, Executors, and Guardians Bonds Book O (1830-1856), page 186.10
•	Hancock County: Wills & Estates Book Q (1843-1850), pages 222, 257, and 258.11 Page 257 lists some of 214Azariah's livestock and also a slave named Will.

214Azariah and his slave Will were mentioned in a Milledgeville newspaper a few months after his death.12 Will ultimately was sold for $500 to Jesse Thomas.13

Sources Cited:

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 214Azariah's ancestry.

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: State list of entitled drawers for the 1805 Georgia land lottery, section for B surnames, Hancock County, registrant #976 Azariah Butts. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKK-LKQQ?i=61&cat=285452>. FamilySearch restricts access to this image, so see a copy here.

7: 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.

8: 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>.

9: 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>.

10: 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>.

11: 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.

12: 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.

13: 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>.