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TEXT from census records for Carroll Co., Tennessee, Carroll Co., Arkansas and Stone Co., Missouri.
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DATE 1830
PLAC Carroll County, Tennessee
CENS
DATE 1850
PLAC Carroll County, Arkansas
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CENS
DATE 1860
PLAC Hickory Twsp., Carroll Co., Arkansas
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DATE 1870
PLAC James Township, Stone Co., MissouriJohn Boyd shows his name as Jonathan Neely Butler.
A family file on Ancestry shows his name as Nathaniel Cornelius (Neely) Butler.
1830 census for Carroll County Tennessee, page 151:
Butler, Neely
Males     1 5-10
3 10-15
1 30-40
Females:
3 0-5
1 5-10
1 20-30
1840 census for Prairie Township, Carroll County, Arkansas, page 49:
Butler, Neely
Males     2 under 5
1 5-10
1 16-20
2 20-30
1 40-50
Females:
1 under 5
1 10-15
1 15-20
1 40-40
1850 census for Prairie Township, Carroll County, Arkansas, dwelling #393:
Butler, Neely, 54, farmer, born N.C., farm value $450.
, Anna, 51, born N.C.
, John Q. A., 19, farmer, born Tennessee
, Joel O, 16, farmer, born Tennessee
William O., 12, born Arkansas
, Anna A., 8, born Arkansas
, Neely T., 7, born Arkansas
1860 census, Hickory Township, Carroll County, Arkansas:
Butler, Nealy, 64, farmer, born NC
, Amy, 62, born NC, "can't read or write"
, William O., 21, born Missouri (1850 census gives place of birth as Arkansas), farmer
, Amy A., 19, born Arkansas
, Neely T., 18, born Arkansas
1870 census for James Township, Stone County, Missourim dwelling #71:
Butler, Neoly, 80, North Carolina
Butler, Emma, 75, North Carolina (Is this Amy Irene?)
Are Amy and Anna the same child (see 1860 and 1870 census)? Some family sheets show an Amy Adeline and an Anna Arina.  The 1850 census only shows the one female child, as does the 1860 census.
"Stone County Families"  Nealy Butler was born in North Carolina January 15, 1796.  In early manhood, he married Amy Ogier and a few years later, moved to Tennessee where he resided for nearly 10
years.  About 1836, he removed with his family to Carroll County, Arkansas, where he continued farming until shortly after the Civil War began.  "A Reminiscent History of the Ozarks" thus explains
his later movements.  He reared a large family, was an industrious and God-fearing citizen, a man devoted tohis family and loyal to his convictions and somewhat of an individualist.
"A Reminiscent History of the Ozarks" by Goodspeeds Publishing.  Article is written about Elbert H. Butler, grandson of Nealy Butler.
"Neely Butler, the grandfather of our subject, was a native of North Carolina, where he grew to mature years and married Miss Amy Osier, also a native of that State, where he lived for serveral
yearsuntil he moved to Tennessee, from where he came West with his family, locating in Stone County, Missouri, some years prior to the Civil War.  Subsequently he moved to Carroll County, Arkansas,
where he remained until the secession of the State from the Untion.  Being substantially in favor of the Union of States, it became necessary for the protection of his life and property to migrate
to the North, which he did, but returned soon after the close of the war to Stone County, Missouri, where he made his home until his death in 1880, in which county his wife, the grandmother of our
subject, also died but a few years previous, both being quite aged."
The remainder of the article is continued under notes on Elbert and his father, Wilson S. Butler.
BLM land records indicate the sale of 42 records to a Nealey Butler on Sept 1, 1848, and an additional 40 acres on Nov. 15,  1854.