Person:Jacob Butler (12)

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Jacob Manley Butler
b.6 Aug 1801 Virginia
d.13 Mar 1850 Meigs County, Tennessee
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m. 1 Feb 1789
  1. Elizabeth O Butler - Aft 1854
  2. Henry Butler - Aft 1854
  3. Mahala Butler - Bef 1848
  4. Mariah Butler - Aft 1854
  5. Richard R Butler - Aft 1854
  6. Sally Butler - Aft 1854
  7. Thomas T Butler - Aft 1854
  8. Nancy Butler1790 - Aft 1854
  9. Elias ButlerAbt 1794 - Aft 1870
  10. William A Butler1795 - Aft 1854
  11. Jacob Manley Butler1801 - 1850
  12. Caleb Butler1809 - 1898
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Name Jacob Manley Butler
Gender Male
Birth? 6 Aug 1801 Virginia
Death? 13 Mar 1850 Meigs County, Tennessee

Jacob was a large man with black hair and grey eyes. He prospered as afarmer. He divided his farms in Hardin Valley among his children toprovide each of them with a farm. He then bought a 400 acre farm, knownas the "The Bend Farm," in the bend of Clinch River at the present siteof the Clinch River Breeder Reactor. Jacob bought "The Bend Farm" fromMatthew Davis in 1833 (Book J, Page 464). His heirs sold "The Bend Farm"to Christopher Columbus Smith in 1858 (Book N, Page 157).

Jacob served as a Justice of the Peace in Roane County, Tennessee. Afterhe married his second wife, he moved to her farm in the Ten MileCommunity of Meigs County.

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