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Jane Vance Butler (Gilbert)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Frederick County, Colony of Virginia, British Colonial America
Death: 1782 (64-73)
Cedar Creek MM, Frederick, Virginia, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Capt. Nathaniel Gilbert and Mary Gilbert
Wife of Thomas Butler; Unknown Vance and Thomas Butler, I
Mother of Joseph Butler; Mary Palloe Queen; Mary Tipton; Thomas Butler, II; Richard Butler and 2 others

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About Jane Vance Butler

Thomas Butler was killed by indians in Cedar Springs, Maryland or Virginia. The story goes that he was in the kitchen when the indians came in the front door. His wife had gone out to the garden, she hid and survived.


Killed by Indians on his farm on Cedar Creek, Shenadoah Co, at the commencement of the Revolutionary War. This was in a letter to Lyman Draper from the son of Col. John Tipton, Jonathan Tipton about 1842-43.*(Grandfather Thomas Bulter)

At his death his wife and son James were taken prisoners by the Indians. His wife escaped the second night, but James was kept 18 mo, when he was released by treaty.

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Jane Vance Butler's Timeline

1713
1713
Frederick County, Colony of Virginia, British Colonial America
1725
1725
Loudon County, Virginia Colony, British Colonial America
1732
1732
Cedar Creek, Shenandoah County, Virginia
1733
1733
1737
1737
1742
1742
Frederick County, Virginia, British Colonial America
1747
May 6, 1747
Frederick County, Virginia
1757
1757
1782
1782
Age 69
Cedar Creek MM, Frederick, Virginia, United States
1782
Age 69