Military: Pvt. North Carolina Militia, Revolutionary war, 1779, first entered service as substitute for his fater. Served more than two years, served in the company commanded by Capt. Quinn, of the regiment commanded by Col. O'neal, on the South Carolina line. When not in active service, he was kept as a guard at the public store house. Abraham is found to be in Wilkes county, Georgia in 1786, 1787, & 1790-1793. About 1794 we find Abraham with his brother-in-law Thomas Seale in Hancock county, Georgia. In 1798 the heirs of Charles Seale (Lydia's father) give 50 acres to Daniel Seale. Signed by Lydia and Abraham in Hancock county, Georgia 19 Oct 1799. It appears that Abraham and Lydia moved to Warren county in 1804 and then from Georgia to the Alabama territory around 1818 or 1819. The region we know as Butler county, Alabama was occupied by the Creek nation until the Creek war of 1813 - 1814. After their defeat by General Andrew Jackson, the Creeks deeded the central portion of present-day Alabama to the United States in the treaty of Fort Jackson. A large area of land centered on the current Georgia-Alabama state line remained under Creek control, although the Creeks gave the whites the right to pass through this region on the Federal road. Whites poured into present-day Butler & surrounding counties in 1817, many from Fairfield district, South Carolina. In fact, so many former residents of that area moved into central Alabama that the name Fairfield was originally chosen as the county name. However, this was changed following the Indian attacks of 1818. A group of renegade Indians attacked the Ogly & Stroud families in their cabin on 18 Mar 1818, shooting Mr. Ogly, tomhawking Mrs. Stroud, and butchering five young children. The neighborhood families rushed to the newly constructed Fort Bibb for protection, and on 20 March, a group of five men, including Capt. William Butler left Fort Bibb for Fort Dale, then under construction. They were attacked, with Capt. Butler brutally killed, scalped, and his body mutilated. During the growing season of 1818 the area families lived under fear of more Indian attacks, but by Oct the Indians had left the area. The citizens chose Butler as the name of the county in honor of the bravey exhibited by Captain Butler. ("History of Butler County," by John Buckner Little.) It is possible that Abraham & Lydia experienced this bit of history. Abraham participated in the first election of Butler county on the first Monday in Aug 1820. The election was for sheriff. After Abraham's death, Thomas Peavy served as estate administrator. According to his military pension record, there are his children: Nancy, Vicy, Eli, Davy, Hilvy, Mchail, Hiram, and Thomas. Note the spelling of Mchail is later spelled Michael. Michael & Abraham obtained land in Butler county in Township 7, Range 14, very close to one another. A land office was set up in Milledgeville, Georgia for the sale of land in the Alabama territory. This is documented in "Old Cahaba Office Records & Military Warrantes 1817-1853," compiled by Marilyn Davis Hahn. Others who acquired land in the same area are Daniel Peavy, Charles Peavy, Isaac Peavy, & Asa Peavy.Abraham married Lydia Seale Sep 1784 in Fairfield County, South Carolina. Lydia, daughter of Charles & Lydia Muse Seale, was born 1771 in Fairfield County, South Carolina. She died 13 Oct 1845 in Butler County, Alabama.
