The Butler Massacre - Forest Home, AL
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N 31° 50.308 W 086° 52.949
16R E 511119 N 3522537
Replacement marker describing the history of the naming of Butler County and its namesake.
Waymark Code: WMHYPD
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 08/28/2013
Views: 6
Inscription:
On March 20, 1818, Capt. William Butler, Capt. James Saffold, William Gardener, Daniel Shaw and John Hinson left Fort Bibb to meet Col. Sam Dale. They were attacked near Pine Barren Creek by Savannah Jack and his warriors. Gardener and Shaw were shot dead; Butler and Hinson wounded. Saffold and Hinson escaped on horseback to Fort Bibb, but Capt. Butler, thrown from his horse and left on foot, was killed by the Indians. Butler County was named in his honor.
Marker Name: The Butler Massacre
Marker Type: Rural Roadside
Addtional Information::
Erected by the Butler County Historical Society.
See also: The Massacres - http://www.newtonfolk.com/brannon.htm
Date Dedicated / Placed: 2012
Marker Number: Not Listed
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