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Welcome
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Butler County
Alabama
Genealogy and History
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Volunteers Dedicated to Free Genealogy
This county is "Up For Adoption"
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Butler County History
Founded December 13, 1819, Butler County was formed from Conecuh
and Monroe Counties. The name of Fairfield was first proposed for this county, but was changed on the passage of
the bill to Butler, in honor of Captain William Butler.
Named in honor of Captain William Butler, who was born in Virginia, fought in the Creek War, and who was killed
by native Americans near Butler Springs on the morning of 20 March 1818.
The earliest settler of no dispute is James K. Benson, who settled in the Flat in 1815, and built the first house
ever erected in Butler County, near where Pine Flat Methodist Church now stands. Shortly after, William Ogly and
John Dickerson came with their families and made a settlement on the Federal Road, about three miles south of where
Fort Dale was later erected. In the fall of 1816, a party from the state of Georgia came to settle in Pine Flat,
including Thomas Hill, Warren A. Thompson, Captain John Watts, and Benjamin Hill.
The county seat is Greenville
Towns and Cities:
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Georgiana
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Greenville
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McKenzie
(part of McKenzie is in Conecuh County)
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ONLINE DATA
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Bible Records
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Biographies |
Births
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Cemeteries
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Deaths
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Marriages
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Military
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Miscellaneous Data
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News Articles
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Obituaries
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Pioneer Families
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History
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Wills & Probates
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Website Updates:
Dec. 2009: Births:
SMITH; Marriages: SMITH-COLEMAN; Misc. Data: Family History:
SMITH;
June 2009: REVOLUTIONARY WAR
Soldiers
Mar. 2009: COUNTY History
Feb. 2009: MATTHEWS -
MILITARY Data
Dec. 2008: Cemetery Index
Oct. 2008: 1853, 1854, 1855
Marriages, LINTON, LITTLE, LLOYD, LOBMAN,
LONG, WAGSTER & WATTS
biographies
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