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Name | Andrew Jackson Butts | |
Suffix | Jr | |
Birth | 29 Sep 1844 | Dewitt Co, Texas [1] |
Gender | Male | |
Education | May 1855 | Manahuilla Minnuvee Creek at Buzzard Roost Country, Dewitt Co, Texas |
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Letter - 1855 05/16 From James Lovelady, in his handwriting, to Jackson Butts, his son in law (husband of his daughter Jane) regarding grandsons Andrew Butts and John Butts, who are staying with the Loveladys to attend school. Loveladys are living Manahula, Dewitt County, Texas, and Jackson Butts is in Lavaca County. linked to: Manahuilla Minnuvee Creek at Buzzard Roost Country, Dewitt Co, Texas Andrew Jackson Butts, Jr (I1371) Andrew Jackson Butts, Sr (I1463) John William Butts (I1415) Nancy* Linville (maybe), (dau?) (I1031) James* Lovelady (I1020) |
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Residence | 15 Jan 1856 | Victoria Co, Texas |
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Letter - 1856, 01/15 from Mary M Jones to her aunt, Susan Bounds Butts. Mentions some friends, one being that Susan received a letter from Aurela Seal. Aurela. a child at this time, was the same age as Susan (b 1846), and was the daughter of John Seal, a blacksmith, and his wife Eliza. They were from Mississippi and living in Victoria (1850 census). Mabra worked as a blacksmith, as well, in Victoria; so quite likely he was a co-worker and family friends. linked to: Manahuilla, Dewitt Co, Texas Alfred Alonzo Lee Allee (I1539) Eliza Ann Bosworth (I32832) Susan Evaline Bounds, (foster?) (I8850) Andrew Jackson Butts, Jr (I1371) John William Butts (I1415) Margaret Ann Butts, (DNA-circle-g) (I2492) Cyrus Young Jones, Sr. (I637) George Washington Jones, Dr (I604) Mabra* Madden Jones, Rev (I583) |
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Residence | 7 Aug 1856 | Victoria Co, Texas |
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Letter - 1856, 08/07 Mary M Jones to her aunt and uncle, Susan Bounds and Andrew Jackson Butts, Sr., and cousins, tells of camp meeting where she, her sister Susan and her friend Aurela Seal from Victoria, brother George, and cousin John Butts (son of Susan and Andrew Jackson), John and Charlie Middleton, her cousins she says, and many others (47 total) joined the church. This would be the Christian church, pastor is her grandfather, James Lovelady. She also mentions "Grandma (Nancy Lovelady) is not well." linked to: Yorktown, Dewitt Co, Texas Susan Evaline Bounds, (foster?) (I8850) Andrew Jackson Butts, Jr (I1371) Andrew Jackson Butts, Sr (I1463) John William Butts (I1415) Margaret Ann Butts, (DNA-circle-g) (I2492) Andrew Moses Cooley (I1424) Easter Jane Cooley (I1393) Cyrus Young Jones, Sr. (I637) George Washington Jones, Dr (I604) |
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Residence | 14 Dec 1856 | Victoria Co, Texas |
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Letter - 1856, 12/14 from Mary M Jones to aunt and uncle, Andrew Butts and Susan Bounds and cousins linked to: Yorktown, Dewitt Co, Texas Alfred Alonzo Lee Allee (I1539) Eliza Ann Bosworth (I32832) Susan Evaline Bounds, (foster?) (I8850) Andrew Jackson Butts, Jr (I1371) Andrew Jackson Butts, Sr (I1463) John William Butts (I1415) George Washington Jones, Dr (I604) Mabra* Madden Jones, Rev (I583) Mary Madden Jones (I615) |
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Residence | 6 Feb 1860 | Victoria Co, Texas |
Letter - 1860, 02/06 from Mary M Jones to Aunt Susan Bounds and cousins. Told of how cold it was, and that Poppa preached at a house nearby, and coming back they ran into some people and they went to Dr. Throckmorton's and had dinner on the Cabeza; but Poppa went the other way. (d) Note: "Dr. Throckmorton" was listed in the Goliad County census the following July. He's listed as John, a physician, age 35, but he didn't know where he was born. He had a wife and six kids ranging from 16 to 6, born in Arkansas and Texas. He also was a slave owner, as listed in slave schedule. George (Mary's brother) was studying to be a doctor in Goliad County. Can't help but wonder if Dr. Throckmorton somehow assisted him in his studies. linked to: Susan Evaline Bounds, (foster?) (I8850) Andrew Jackson Butts, Jr (I1371) Berry Alexander Butts (I9060) John William Butts (I1415) Susan Delanie Butts (I9061) George Washington Jones, Dr (I604) Mabra* Madden Jones, Rev (I583) Mary Madden Jones (I615) John Augustine Throckmorton, M.D. (neighbor) (I40983) |
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Residence | 11 Jul 1860 | Hallettsville, Victoria Co, Texas |
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Letter - 1860, 07/11 from Mary to Aunt Susan Bounds Butts, referencing her new bro, Andrew (my g-gf), and other family news. Written in Dewitt Co, mailed from Helena, Texas. "Mr. Bean" referred to in this letter was Russell Bean, a 30 yr-old gentleman from Alabama, with a wife and two small children. She states Mr. Bean had bought Uncle "Alec's property and had a wonderful well, sustaining 4 families thru a drought. She states that he had been hurt in an explosion while blasting a well for George Jacobs who was son of Andrew Jacobs. A.J. Jacobs and Bean were neighbors with only one residence between them. George Jacobs was connected to the Jones family by marriage as his sister-in-law Julie Wilcox was 2nd wife of Alfred Allee, who was widower of Ann Lovelady, daughter of James and Nancy Lovelady. George was living next door to the Loveladys. Thanks to Geneva Garrett's voluntary search, she found the transaction where Russell Bean bought 252 acres from A. Allee, etux (Book J pg 239) A. Allee must be Alfred Allee, who was indeed Mary's uncle, but odd that he would be referred to as "Uncle Alec." She also states "Pap and Grandma talks of going to the mountains they have sold their cattle." (Pap=James Lovelady; Grandma=Nancy) She also mentions of Ann Bosworth's marriage: "I was surprised to hear of Ann’s wedding. I think she is quite young." Linked to: Dewitt Co, Texas Hallettsville, Texas Alfred Alonzo Lee Allee (I1539) Eliza Ann Bosworth (I32832) Susan Evaline Bounds, (foster?) (I8850) Andrew Jackson Butts, Jr (I1371) John William Butts (I1415) George W. Jacobs (I32535) Andrew* Prather Jones (I1209) Cyrus Young Jones, Sr. (I637) Russell Bean "Findagrave Memorial #11364534" (d) |
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Residence | 11 May 1861 | Victoria Co, Texas |
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Letter - 1861, 05/11 from Margaret Butts and Moses Cooley from Wains Co, Mississippi, to her brothers, John and Andrew Butts linked to: Wayne Co, Mississippi Andrew Jackson Butts, Jr (I1371) John William Butts (I1415) Margaret Ann Butts, (DNA-circle-g) (I2492) Moses C. Cooley, Sr. (DNA-circle-g) (I1382) |
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Residence | 14 Aug 1861 | Hallettsville, Lavaca Co, Texas |
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Letter - 1861, 08/14 from Mary M Jones to Aunt Susan Bounds, news they moved into their new home (Middletown, Goliad Co, Texas) and are closer to her aunt, can now "come easy in a day." Aunt Susan lived in Halletsville, Lavaca Co. linked to: Susan Evaline Bounds, (foster?) (I8850) Andrew Jackson Butts, Jr (I1371) John William Butts (I1415) Andrew* Prather Jones (I1209) Cyrus Young Jones, Sr. (I637) Henry M. Jones (I660) Mabra* Madden Jones, Rev (I583) Mary Madden Jones (I615) Stephen Lovelady Jones (I648) Susan Maria (or Mariah) Jones (I626) |
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Death | 4 Jul 1864 | Banquete, Texas [1] |
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Person ID | I1371 | Roots |
Last Modified | 10 Feb 2011 |
Father | Andrew Jackson Butts, Sr, b. 12 May 1812, Missouri d. 12 Apr 1870, Lavaca Co, Texas (Age 57 years) | |
Mother | Jane Lovelady, b. Between 1815 and 1818, White Co, Tennessee (prob) d. 31 Aug 1847, Victoria Co, Texas (Age ~ 32 years) | |
Marriage | 29 Jan 1835 | Jackson Co, Missouri [2] |
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Documents | Texas, Dewitt Colony Land Grants map 1 of 2 (d) Lavaca and Dewitt County maps | |
Texas, Lavaca County, map 2 of 2 (d) Lavaca and Dewitt County maps | ||
Family ID | F451 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Albums | Mabra Madden Jones and James Lovelady Families (70) Mabra Jones and wife Sarah Lovelady, daughter of Rev James Lovelady and Nancy Linville (maiden name unproven) - this family settled in Dewitt and Lavaca counties area of Texas before 1850, eventually spreading out to places like Waco and Beaumont and Palestine. This album is dedicated to that family unit. Letters written by some of these family members, mostly Mary Jones, are included. These letters span a time from 1855 on through in the 1920s. They were transcribed and supplied to me by Leonard Meyer in the late 1990s. He was from Halletsville and a descendent of the Butts, Bounds, Coolie families. James Lovelady's daughter Jane died with a young family of her own. Her husband, Andrew Butts, stayed a "son" to the family, even after he remarried Susan Bounds. Susan became the beloved Aunt to the Jones children who most of these letters were written to. While the Jones children were still young, Sarah Lovelady, daughter of James, and sister to Jane, died at an early age. Mabra remarried Martha Ponton and had several more children. But it's through these letters that we get a good view of the whole family and indeed brings them all to life and allows us to share their memories. |
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