Claiborne County Louisiana Archives Biographies.....Butler, Jethro 1761 - April 9, 1841
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Jethro Butler was born in Bertie County, North Carolina in 1761.  He 
moved to South Carolina when he was very young and was living in the 
Salem District when he enlisted at the beginning of the Revolutionary 
War. A note in his file at the National Archives and Records 
Administration in Washington, DC indicates that Jethro Butler gave his 
enlistment date as August 7, 1776, but as he was able to give minute 
details of the battle of Fort Johnson which took place in September 
1775, his enlistment date was probably earlier than stated.  This would 
mean he probably became involved in the American Revolution around the 
age of 14.

He served as a private, spy, and fifer in the South Carolina Troops 
under Lieutenant William Fishburne, Captain James McDaniel, Captain 
Daniel Mazyck (or Maysick), and Captain (later General) Francis Marion.  
He also served under Colonel Isaac Motte, Colonel O'Ree, Colonel (later 
General) Isaac Huger, and General Robert Howe.

Jethro fought in the battles of Fort Johnson, South Carolina in 
September 1775, and Fort Moultrie (formerly Fort Sullivan) on Sullivan 
Island, South Carolina in June 1776.  In 1778 under General Robert 
Howe, he went on an expedition to East Florida, was taken prisoner by 
the British, and was held for three months in a dungeon in St. 
Augustine.  After his release, he fought in the battle of Stono Ferry, 
South Carolina, in June 1779 and the Siege of Savannah, Georgia in 
September 1779.  He was discharged on December 6, 1779, but then he re-
enlisted as a private in the South Carolina Militia.  He then fought in 
the battles of Monk's (Monck's) Corner, South Carolina in April 1780 
and Quinby's Bridge, South Carolina in July 1781.  He was commissioned 
as a Captain of the Four Hole Company of militia in the Western 
Regiment for the Charleston District, South Carolina on July 4, 1794.  
He served in the militia until the end of the war.

After the Revolutionary War, Jethro was given Bounty Lands of 350 acres 
in South Carolina.  Later, he moved to Georgia and then Mississippi 
before ending up in Louisiana.  He and his family settled farms in 
Sections 22 and 23, Township 20, Range 6 of Claiborne Parish.  He is 
shown on both the 1830 and 1840 censuses residing in Claiborne Parish.  
He applied for a Revolutionary War Soldier's Pension in 1835, which was 
granted.  He received $80 per year from September 4, 1835 until his 
death for a total for $448.

He died on April 9, 1841 and was buried  near Summerfield in Claiborne 
Parish, Louisiana.  He was survived by his children: Ransom, Britton, 
William R., Isaac, Samuel, Richmond, Mary, Eliza, and Ann.  The land on 
which he was buried passed to his son, William, who donated it in 1848 
to the Mt. Hebron Baptist Church for their sanctuary and cemetery.

Additional Comments:
Sources:  
United States Revolutionary War Pension Records from the NARA in 
Washington DC, Historic Claiborne '69, a publication of the Claiborne 
Parish Historical Association, 
Land Records from the Bureau of Land Management, 
Marriage and Probate Records from the Claiborne Parish Clerk's Office, 
United States Census Records

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