Georgia:  Morgan County:  Memories of William Henry H. Butts
17 December 1929

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Note: William Henry H. Butts, the son of Jacob Chivers Butts, was born on 
the Butts plantation located on Little Sandy Creek, North of Madison. He 
was born February 27, 1839 and died March 7, 1930. William served in the 
Civil War as part of Co. G of Cobb's Legion. He is buried with a Civil 
War marker in Mallory Chapel Cemetery. These memories were dictated by 
him to his daughter Hallie Butts Allen sometime before he died. 
(transcribed exactly as written with spelling and gramatical errors)

Madison, GA December 17, 1929
Description of Madison Ga. years before the civil war. By W. H. Butts

A man by the name of Corvette killed Smith at what was then called 
Braughtons corner they tried him in court and sentenced him to be hung 
all of the county came to see him hung his wife went to see the 
Presadent, I think Henry Clay was P. then. he pardened him turned him 
loose he and his wife then moved to Ala. wasen't very long before he 
killed a man in Ala. and they hung him in Ala. when I was a little boy my 
Daddy brought me to town I wanted some sugar there were two stores at the 
GA Depot one of them was owned by a man named Winkfield he put me in the 
barrel of sugar there was so much of it I just looked and could not eat a 
bit. there may have been a store then on Braughtons Corner I do not 
remember. The GA rail road was started at Augusta Ga. about 85 years ago. 
got to Rutledge and stoped for a while before they decided where to go. 
had a turn table in Ruthledge trains turned and went back to Augusta then 
they finished the road to Marthasville now Atlanta. they do not have 
railroad tres now like they did then they were wood with a small piece of 
iron on top an iron rod belt them to gather little engines looked like 
coffee pots. traveled about 10 or 15 miles and hour. 

written by Halle Allen
W.H. Butts daughter.
W.H. Butts passed away on March 8, 1930