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About Thomas Butler, I
Not the same as Thomas Butler, I, Patriarch, "The Fighting Butlers"
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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Thomas Butler, I's Timeline
1710 |
April 6, 1710
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Frederick, Virginia, United States
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1725 |
1725
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Loudon County, Virginia Colony, British Colonial America
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1732 |
1732
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Cedar Creek, Shenandoah County, Virginia
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1733 |
1733
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1737 |
1737
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1742 |
1742
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Frederick County, Virginia, British Colonial America
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1747 |
May 6, 1747
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Frederick County, Virginia
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1757 |
1757
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1776 |
October 11, 1776
Age 66
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Cedar Creek, Shennandoah Co., VA
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