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Butler
County
Historic Marker
Location
of sign - 700 Court Square Greenville, Alabama
Photo
taken February 2000
Photo
courtesy of Jimmy Wayne
Text
of sign:
A
County Older Than The State
Butler
County
Created in 1819 by Act of Alabama Territorial Legislature from
lands ceded by Creek Indian Nation by Treaty of Ft. Jackson,
1814
. Named for Capt. William Butler, soldier of Creek Indian War,
1813- 1814, early settler killed in Creek Uprising, 1818.
Early
settlers from Georgia and S. Carolina came by Federal Road built by
U. S. Army. County seat first at Ft. Dale in 1819, here
at
Greenville since 1821.
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