Andrew Jackson Butts, Sr

1812 - 1870  (57 years)

• Name	Andrew Jackson Butts
  Suffix	Sr
  Birth	12 May 1812	Missouri
  Gender	Male
  Census	1839	Platte Co, Missouri
  	tax list
  	Name: Jackson Butts State: MO County: Platte County Township: No Township Listed-Tax List Year: 1839 Database: MO 1830-1839 Census Index
  Property	1 Apr 1846	Plattsburg, Platte Co, Missouri
  	160 acres
  	Name: Jackson Butts Issue Date: 1 Apr 1846 State of Record: Missouri Acres: 160 Accession Number: MO4420__.011 Metes and Bounds: No Land Office: Plattsburg Canceled: No US Reservations: No Mineral Reservations: No Authority: April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566) Document Number: 1636 Legal Land Description: Section 22 Twp 54-N Range 36-W Meridian 5th PM Counties Platte
  		Butts, Andrew Jackson - land purchase 160 acres 1 Apr 1846 (d)
  Religion	28 Mar 1849	First Christian Congregation of Victoria
  	church formed
  	Victoria, Crossroads of So TX, (1982), FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF VICTORIA, TEXAS In Deed Book 4, page 145, Victoria County Courthouse, the following entry was made 28 March 1849 "We the undersigned, entertaining the same views of Christian Doctrine, Practice & Church Government as those held by the Denomination usually called Christians, do hereby organize Ourselves into a corporate body as contemplated by an act of the Republic of Texas, approved Jan. 20th 1845. Do authorize the appointment of Trustees in Certain Cases and adopt the name of 'The First Christian Congregation of Victoria'. In order that we may recieve the benefits of said act we hereby constitute and appoint Felix B. Webb, Mayberry M. Jones, James Lovelady, Ann Allie and their successors in Office a board of trustees to take & hold such property both real and personal for the use & benefit of said Congregation, as may hereafter be conveyed to the same. In testimony whereof, we hereunto Affix our names this 28th day March A. D. 1849." Signed, Nancy Lovelady James Lovelady Felix B. Webb Sarah Jones M. M. Jones Jackson Butts Ann Allie
  Census	21 Aug 1850	Victoria, Victoria Co, Texas
  	(wife Catherine)
  	residence 55 (pg 7) Saml Middleton 44 1806 South Carolina Mary Middleton 34 1816 Missouri Elizabeth Middleton 15 1835 Texas William C Middleton 12 1838 Texas John Middleton 10 1840 Texas Frank Middleton 8 1842 Texas Amanda Middleton 3 1847 Texas residence 16 (pg 3) Butts Jackson 38 1812 Missouri Butts Cathrine 21 1829 Tennessee Butts Margaret 13 1837 Missouri Butts John W 9 1841 Missouri Butts A J 7 1843 Male Texas residence 5 (pg 1) Seber John 37 abt 1813 Male Germany Seber Catharine 39 abt 1811 Female Germany Residence 6 (pg 1) Jones M M 30 abt 1820 Male Kentucky Jones Sarah 30 abt 1820 Female Missouri Jones G W 9 abt 1841 Male Missouri Jones Mary N 7 abt 1843 Female Texas Jones Susan M 4 abt 1846 Female Texas Jones Nancy J 2 abt 1848 Female Texas Bonum Richd 22 abt 1828 Male Missouri Seber Catharine 9 abt 1841 Female Germany
  Residence	17 Jul 1854	Victoria Co, Texas
  	per letter
  	Letter from his daughter Margaret, addressed to Bear Den Post Office, Texas. Wishes her mother and grandfather to read the letter and write her back. "Mother" has to be Susan Bounds Butts, as her birth mother Jane Lovelady had passed when Margaret was only 10 years old. Grandfather would be James Lovelady.
  		Letter - 1854, 07/17 from Margaret Ann Butts Cooley to her father, Andrew Jackson Butts, Sr. linked to: Susan Evaline Bounds, (foster?) (I8850) Andrew Jackson Butts, Sr (I1463) Margaret Ann Butts, (DNA-circle-g) (I2492) Easter Jane Cooley (I1393) Harband Cooley, (DNA-Circle-g) (I28797) James* Lovelady (I1020)
  Residence	16 May 1855	Victoria Co, Texas
  	per letter
  		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)
  Residence	18 Jun 1856	Victoria Co, Texas
  	per letter
  		Letter - 1856 06/18 Letter from Nancy Lovelady, in her handwriting, to Jackson and Susan Bounds Butts telling of camp meetings and encouraging them "to attend to Christianity." The Loveladys are living in Manahula, Dewitt County Texas, and the Butts are living in Lavaca County. linked to: Dewitt Co, Texas Susan Evaline Bounds, (foster?) (I8850) Andrew Jackson Butts, Sr (I1463) Nancy* Linville (maybe), (dau?) (I1031) James* Lovelady (I1020)
  Residence	7 Aug 1856	Victoria Co, Texas
  	per letter
  		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)
  Residence	14 Dec 1856	Victoria Co, Texas
  	per letter
  		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)
  Possessions	1860	Lavaca, Lavaca Co, Texas
  	slave owner
  	23 Female Black 16 Female Black 2 Male Mulatto
  Census	Jul 1860	Hallettsville, Lavaca Co, Texas
  	agriculture
  	Butts, Jackson 38 1822 Georgia Susan 26 1834 Mississippi Berry 7 1853 Texas Susan 2 1858 Texas John Butts 19 1841 Missouri Andrew Butts 15 1845 Texas next door to Alexander Upchurch 1829 TN Mary 20 1840 Alabama William 5 1840 Alabama Thomas 3 1857 Texas Jesse 1 1859 Texas
  Death	12 Apr 1870	Lavaca Co, Texas
  	Surname: Jackson Batts Year: 1870 County: Lavacca CO. State: TX Age: 58 Gender: M (Male) Month of Death: Apr State of Birth: GA ID#: MRT197_18019 Occupation: FARMER Cause of Death: MEASLES
  Burial	Salem Cem, Ezzell, Lavaca Co, Texas
  		Salem Cemetery - Butts, Andrew Jackson and Susan Bounds Ezzell, Lavaca County, Texas
  		Salem Cemetery - Ezzell, Lavaca County, Texas Located south of Hallettsville on Highway 77. turn left onto FM 531 and go about two miles toward Ezzell. Cemetery is on the left. Salem Cemetery "This is a large well kept cemetery in the Salem community and next to the Salem Baptist Church. There were 1063 markers with two of them having a death date of 1861. They were J.R. Martin who died April 16, 1861 and L. Nelson in 1861. The cemetery was surveyed by Sammy Tise on September 15, 1985 and October 26, 1985. A sign in front of the church shows it was established July 14, 1857. A sign over the front gate of the cemetery reads: In memory of Mr. and Mrs. A. harless. A marker inside the cemetery reads: Dedicated to the memory, valor and generosity of Joel Ponton, Jr., 1842-1927; son of the Lavaca County pioneer settler, physician and minister, Joel Ponton, Sr.; Veteran Co. D, 2nd Texas Calvary, and its campaigns. Donor, March 31, 1881; tract of two acres for cemetery, Salem Cemetery." (source unknown)
  Notes	son of James Henry Butts and Susan. Possibly born in Georgia. Karl gives death date as 12 Apr 1870 Lavaca Co. per email posted to Ancestry: Sat, October 23, 2010 11:19:25 PM Subject: RE: Salathiel Butts Salathiels' brother Andrew, who lived in Texas, recorded the names of his parents in the family Bible. They were Henry James Butts and his wife Susan. Susan died in Missouri about 1847. I have heard from other Cousins that Henry also died and is buried in Missouri. I do not know the date. The Butts family went to Georgia in 1844. I often wonder if it was to visit relatives. There were quite a few members of the UPCHURCH family living in Henry Co., Ga. From: rmkett1, To: tuttrc http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/8229593/person/694047699/story/afb23b9e-15cc-4b69-8621-a3b49e9b485d?src=search 1850 Georgia slave census: H.T. Butts Henry T. Butts Henry Butts Peter S. Butts
  Person ID	I1463	Roots
  Last Modified	18 May 2011

  
  

  Father	James Henry Thomas Butts,   b. 1774, South Carolina d. 1866, Independence, Jackson Co, Missouri (Age 92 years)
  Mother	Susan Upchurch,   b. 1780, Georgia d. 1847, of, Georgia (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1808
  Documents		Texas, Lavaca County, map 2 of 2 (d) Lavaca and Dewitt County maps
  		Texas, Dewitt Colony Land Grants map 1 of 2 (d) Lavaca and Dewitt County maps
  Family ID	F659	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	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   [1]
  	Name: Jackson Butts Marriage Date: 29 Jan 1835 Marriage County: Jackson Spouse Name: Jane Lovelady married by Archibald Stewart, Minister of the Gospel
  Children	1. James Henry Butts,   b. 23 Feb 1836, Jackson Co, Missouri d. 10 Oct 1842, Jackson Co, Missouri (Age 6 years) + 2. Margaret Ann Butts, (DNA-circle-g),   b. 11 Dec 1837, Missouri d. 26 Apr 1903, Wayne Co, Mississippi (Age 65 years)   3. Sarah Jane Butts,   b. 1839, Missouri d. 1845, of, Victoria Co, Texas (Age 6 years)   4. John William Butts,   b. 28 Dec 1841, Missouri d. 28 Feb 1863, Civil War prison camp, Camp Butler, near Springfield, Illinois (Age 21 years)   5. Andrew Jackson Butts, Jr,   b. 29 Sep 1844, Dewitt Co, Texas d. 4 Jul 1864, Banquete, Texas (Age 19 years)   6. Nancy Ellender Butts,   b. 1 Aug 1847, Texas d. 6 Jul 1848, Victoria Co, Texas (Age 0 years)
  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
  Last Modified	16 May 2011

  
  

  Family 2	Catherine Poland,   b. 1829, Tennessee d. Abt 1853, Dewitt Co, Texas (Age 24 years)
  Marriage	24 Apr 1850	Victoria Co, Texas   [2]
  	Name: Jackson Butts Marriage Date: 24 Apr 1850 Spouse: Catharine E. Poland Marriage County: Victoria Marriage State: Texas Source: County Court Records - FHL microfilm # 1010590
  Children	1. Catherine Jane Butts,   b. Abt 1852   d. Aft 1853 (Age ~ 2 years)
  Family ID	F657	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 May 2011

  
  

  Family 3	Susan Evaline Bounds, (foster?),   b. 14 Apr 1834, Jasper Co, Mississippi, or South Carolina d. 1897, Lavaca Co, Texas (Age 62 years)
  Marriage	5 Aug 1852	Lavaca, Lavaca Co, Texas
  	Name: Andrew J. Butts Gender: Male Marriage Date: 5 Aug 1852 Spouse: Susan Bounds Marriage City: Lavaca Marriage State: Texas Source: Texas Marriages, 1851-1900
  Children	+ 1. Berry Alexander Butts,   b. 7 Jul 1853, Lavaca Co, Texas d. 8 Nov 1933, Lavaca Co, Texas (Age 80 years)   2. Susan Delanie Butts,   b. 17 Apr 1858, Lavaca Co, Texas d. 10 Feb 1897, Lavaca Co, Texas (Age 38 years) + 3. Mary Elizabeth "Lizzy" Butts,   b. 15 Jul 1861, Halletsville, Lavaca Co, Texas d. 2 Apr 1935, Halletsville, Lavaca Co, Texas (Age 73 years)
  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	F658	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 May 2011

  
  

• Event Map

  Marriage - 24 Apr 1850 - Victoria Co, Texas Census - (wife Catherine) - 21 Aug 1850 - Victoria, Victoria Co, Texas Residence - per letter - 17 Jul 1854 - Victoria Co, Texas Residence - per letter - 16 May 1855 - Victoria Co, Texas Residence - per letter - 18 Jun 1856 - Victoria Co, Texas Residence - per letter - 7 Aug 1856 - Victoria Co, Texas Residence - per letter - 14 Dec 1856 - Victoria Co, Texas Census - agriculture - Jul 1860 - Hallettsville, Lavaca Co, Texas Death - 12 Apr 1870 - Lavaca Co, Texas Burial - - Salem Cem, Ezzell, Lavaca Co, Texas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Letter - 1970, 07/08 from Mary Viola Lee, granddaughter of Margaret Ann Butts, daughter of Andrew Jackson Butts and Jane Lovelady, his first wife and daughter of our James Lovelady. Mrs. Lee speaks of memories of grandparents and great grandmother, Granny Easter. linked to: Andrew Jackson Butts, Sr (I1463) Margaret Ann Butts, (DNA-circle-g) (I2492) Easter Jane Cooley (I1393) Jane Lovelady (I1042)

  
  

  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.

  
  

• Sources

  [S390] Missouri Marriages Before 1840. [S301] Karl Kiser (KSquared77).