Abstract:
Richard Lemuel Butt, b. 1856 in AL, was a son of Richard Lemuel Butt, Sr. and Eliza Charlotte Leonard; and grandson of Alston Butt and Mary Priscilla Ranks, of Meriwether Co., GA, The Butts settled near Tar River, NC from Wales about 1760. Moses Butt, the father of Alston, served in the Revolution and Moses Butt, Jr., served in the War of 1812.