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From: "Brendon" <>
Subject: [BUTLER-L] Butler in W.V. 4 Ignatious hunters
Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2004 02:48:21 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time)

http://www.polsci.wvu.edu/ccawv/ahistory/history.html
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http://www.wvculture.org/history/journal_wvh/wvh1-2-4.html

Virginia Frontier Defenses 1719-1795
By Roy Bird Cook
Volume I, Number 2 (January 1940), pp. 119-130

BUTLER
A small fort erected about 1774 at the mouth of Roaring Creek, on the east
side of Cheat River, Preston County.

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http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~bbrooks/WestVa/prestonhis.htm

West Virginia Journal
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Preston County History
Preston County was visited by several trappers and hunters during the
early 1700s, but their names were not recorded. In 1752, Samuel and Thomas
Eckerlin (or Eckarly) became the first English settlers in present day
Preston County. They were members of a monastic religious order that did not
approve of violence, war or military service. They first settled along the
Monongahela River and then moved to what has since become known as Dunkard
Bottom, along the Cheat River. In 1756, Thomas Eckerlin was killed by
Indians. After burying his brother, Samuel left the county.
In 1766, Thomas Butler became the first, permanent resident of present day
Preston County. He was soon joined by Thomas Chipps, Jacob Corzel, John
Scott, James Clark and John (or Jacob) Judy. In 1767, the surveyors Charles
Mason and Jeremiah Dixon, ran their famous boundary line along the northern
edge of Preston County. Other early settlers in the county included Samuel
Worral and his son, Samuel, David Frazee and Richard Morris. They were all
living in the county by 1770.
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http://www.ls.net/~newriver/va/vathom.htm
Thomson's Mercantile and Professional Directory - Virginia - 1851
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