Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Trigg County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of Zachariah Butt and Elizabeth Butt. Married to Sarah E. Kennedy Butt in Trigg County, Kentucky, on January 1, 1857. Father of W. R. Butt and R. C. Butt. Farmer in Caldwell County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farm manager is Trigg County in 1860.

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Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 360B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Trigg County, p. 65.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Trigg County Marriages, Film #000321335, p. 182.

"William Washington Butt (1831-1897)," Find A Grave, Memorial #54982140, accessed July 20, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54982140.

Citation

Butt, William. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32204534 (November 12, 2026).

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George D. McGowan et al. to Beriah Magoffin

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