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Jonathan Butler (Butler County, Kentucky, tavern keeper and Justice of the Peace)

b. 1830-03-16 d. 1865-05-04

Butler County, Kentucky, tavern keeper and justice of the peace. Indiana native. Son of Abel Butler and Mildren Butler. Married to Erinda A. Rone Butler in Warren County, Kentucky, on September 24, 1855. Father to James Leonidas Butler. Farmer in Perry County, Indiana, in 1850. Tavern keeper in Morgantown, Kentucky, in 1860. Appointed justice of the peace in District 1 in Butler County in 1862. Distiller in Butler County in 1863. Died in Butler County in 1865.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Indiana, Perry County, Troy Township, p. 366B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Butler County, Morgantown, p. 1006.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Warren County Marriages, Film #000339890, p. 29.

Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1911-1964), KDLA, Roll #7017543, Boyle County Deaths, File #23239.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865), NARA RG 110, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865 (Civil War Union Draft Records), Butler County, KY, July and August 1863, p. 509 (accessed via Ancestry.com).

Kentucky, Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989, Kentucky County, District, and Probate Courts, Butler County Administration Bonds, 1830-1869; Vol 19-20, 1970-1975, p. 327.

Find A Grave, "Jonathan Butler (1830-1865)," Memorial #13148983, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13148983 (accessed May 11, 2021).

Citation

Butler, Jonathan. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32197079 (November 12, 2026).

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