429Karan ___ may have been born circa 1740.*

She is mentioned several times in the will of her father-in-law 856Anthony Butt, dated 25 October 1776. The will describes 429Karan as a widow and insinuates that her deceased husband was 428Anthony Butt.1 Their marriage is affirmed in a later court record.2

This paragraph from 856Anthony Butt's will suggests that 429Karan may have been married to an Anthony Butt. Full page.1

As of 1 October 1792 429Karan was living in Greene County, Georgia.2 This is the last record I've found of her. (Helpfully, the record mentions her son 214Azariah and either her husband 429Anthony or father-in-law 856Anthony, so we can be confident that this is the same 429Karan mentioned in 856Anthony Butt's will.1)

This record proves that 429Karan Butts of Greene County, Georgia is the same woman named in 856Anthony Butt's will. Full page.2

Footnote:

Sources Cited:

1: Norfolk County, Virginia. Wills book for the years 1772-1788, page 100[a]. Library of Virginia, Norfolk County microfilm #48. The book is numbered as sheets, not pages, thus each number actually represents two pages.

2: 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>, accessed 3 November 2021. Notice the phrase "Karan Butts widow and Relict of Anthony Butts, decd" on the third line from the bottom of the page.

3: 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>.