Person:Richard Butler (27)
Col. Richard Butler
b.1777 Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States
d.5 Oct 1820 Bay St. Louis, Hancock, Mississippi, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. Abt 1775
  1. Col. Richard Butler1777 - 1820
  2. Rebecca Butler1782 - 1844
  3. Harriet ButlerAbt 1787 - 1830
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Col. Richard Butler1777 - 1820
  • W.  Mary Farrar - 1820
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Facts and Events
Name[6] Col. Richard Butler
Gender Male
Birth[6] 1777 Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States
Marriage (no issue)
to Mary Farrar
Census[8] 1800 Petitioners Twp, Mississippi Territory
Census[8] 1805 Wilkinson County, Mississippi Territory
Property[1][2] 25 Jun 1805 Destrehan, St. Charles, Louisiana, United StatesOrmand Plantation Purchase by Colonel Richard Butler. He bought the plantation home and land from Mrs. d'Trepagnier
Census[8] 1810 Wilkinson County, Mississippi Territory
Census[8] 1816 Wilkinson County, Mississippi Territory
Death[4][6] 5 Oct 1820 Bay St. Louis, Hancock, Mississippi, United StatesYellow Fever Epidemic
Burial[6] Adams County, Mississippi
References
  1. ↑ Ormond Plantation.

    Ormond Plantation
    http://ormondplantation.com/

  2. ↑ Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.

    Ormond Plantation House
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ormond_Plantation_House

  3.   Robert W Tebbs. Photographer to Architects: Louisiana Plantations in 1926. (Louisiana State University Press, 2011)
    Page 37.

    Ormond Plantation
    Col. Richard Butler son of Col. William Butler d. 1789. Richard Butler wife Margaret Farar.

  4. ↑ Louisiana State University. ArchiveGrid.

    Richard Butler Papers 1777-1820
    Richard Butler married Margaret Farar in 1799 and purchased Ormond Plantation, where he grew sugar. He and his wife died childless in an 1820 yellow-fever epidemic.
    http://beta.worldcat.org/archivegrid/collection/data/244004828

  5.   Cathy Reeder. Stuart shop owner returning portrait to historic New Orleans home
    03 Mar 2011.

    Stuart shop owner returning portrait to historic New Orleans home. by Cathy Reeder.

    Painting of Col. Richard Butler
    http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2011/mar/03/stuart-shop-owner-returning-portrait-to-historic/

  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Shaffer family notes (Milhado Lee Shaffer Sr his daughter, Margaret Minor Shaffer).
  7.   United States. Army. Registers of enlistments in the United States Army, 1798-1914. (Washington [District of Columbia]: National Archives. Central Plains Region, 1956)
    Book B, no. 6229, 1798.

    Butler, Richard.
    Lieut, 2nd U.S. Infantry.

    Orders dated Pittsburgh, 29 Dec 1797 - Present.
    1 Jan 1798 - Ordered to command Ft. Fayette.
    18 Feb 1798 - To muster the garrison at Ft. Fayette.
    23 Mar 1798 - Relieved from the command of Ft. Fayette to go on recruiting service.
    25 Mar 1798 - Resigned to take effect on the 28th ultimo.

  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Ancestry.com. Mississippi, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1805-1890.
  9.   Hall, Gwendolyn Midlo. Afro-Louisiana History and Genealogy, 1719-1820.

    Sale of 20 slaves by Richard Butler to Butler & McCutcheon.

    Seller is from St. Charles [Parish]. Sale is made in consideration of the covenants & stipulations entered into by the parties contained in the act of 7th Aug. 1809, and 10 Jun 1812, an agreement to join two sugar plantations in St. Charles Parish.

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