General Notes

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TITL Robert Allen Webpage - downloaded Sept. 2000
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TITL Laquita Armstrong, Geocities
TITL Robert Allen Webpage - downloaded Sept. 2000
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DATE 1830
PLAC Carroll County, Tennessee
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DATE 1840
PLAC Carroll Co., Tenn.Son of Elias Butler, he was one major administrator of his father's estate.  In 1833 he sold a slave named winny and the following year a slave named Vicey and her two children
for $600 (Carroll County Deed Book C, pp 92, 144).  He apparently used the money, in 1834, when he bought land from Henry Smith on Maples Creek near Sandy River and built a watermill which he ran
for many years.  In 1840 he was appointed Justice of the Peace for the 14th District of Carroll County, and served until 1843.  He kept no slaves in the years immediately before the Civil Ware and
his sons fought for the North.  He was in charge of building the wooden bridge across the Sandy River and Garrettsburg and died without finishing the job. (Source Robert Allen webpage)
The 1850 census for Carroll County, shows Joshua living with his family, on land valued at $1000.  His brother, John (born 1783) is living with the family, as is a James Boyd (born abt 1822) whose
occupation is listed as a shoemaker.
According to Sherman Boyd's notes, Joshua was a Justice of the Peace in Carroll County.
1850 census for 17th Civil District, Carroll County, Tenness (from notes by Patricia Mohney):
Butler, Joshua, 48, land value $1000, born North Carolina
--- Drucilla, 39, Tennessee
---, Adaline, 18, Tennessee
---, Lovey, 16, Tennessee
---. Judy. 14. Tennessee
---, Sarah, 12, Tennessee
---, Henry H., 10, TN
---, Franklin J., 8, TN
---, Elias G., 6, TN
---, Elizabeth D., 4, TN
---, Eliza P, 2, TN
---, John, 67, North Carolina
Boyd, James, shoemaker, 28