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Britton BUTTRILL

Male 1842 - 1862  (19 years)


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  • Name Britton BUTTRILL 
    Birth 14 Jun 1842  Brazos County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Military Britton enlisted in the Eutaw Cavalry of Limestone County, Texas, 4th Regiment, Texas Dragoons, 19th Brigade, Texas State Troops on 7 Sep 1861 at Eutaw. He was mustered into service on 13 Sep 1861 at Camp Beauregard in Ellis County. He served 1 month and 15 days before being discharged at Camp Hebert near Hempstead, Texas. On the same day, he was enrolled for a one year period as private in Company B, 12th Texas Cavalry. This was simply a technicality of changing the Texas State Troops into a Confederate unit. Britton was admitted to a General Hospital at Houston on 19 Feb 1862 for an eye infection. He was returned to duty on 27 Feb 1862. He died 7 Jun 1862 from an unknown cause, though it was probably illness. He was then in Arkansas where there was little fighting but much illness. He is buried seven miles from Little Rock, Arkansas. 
    Death 7 Jun 1862 
    Burial near Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I556  Kessie and Jackson
    Last Modified 26 Jul 1994 

    Father William B. BUTTRILL,   b. Abt 1802, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1855, Leon County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 53 years) 
    Mother Mary FOLDS   d. Abt 1845, Brazos County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 12 Jun 1825  Henry County, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F226  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart