Butler, Pierce Mason, 1798-1847
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Butler, Pierce Mason
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Butler, Pierce Mason
Butler, Pierce, 1794-1850.
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Butler, Pierce Mason, 1796-1847.
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Butler, Pierce M., d. 1847.
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South Carolina banker, U.S. Army officer, and South Carolina governor. Pierce Mason Butler spent much of his military service at Fort Gibson, Oklahoma, and in 1838 was named agent to the Cherokees.
Governor of South Carolina and army officer.
South Carolina banker, politician, and U.S. Army officer.
Governor of S.C. (1836-1838); 2nd Lt. (1818), 1st Lt. (1822), and Captain (1825), U.S. Army; Lt. Col. in S.C. Militia during Seminole War; signer of Nullification Ordinance, 1832; appointed trustee, S.C. College, 1833; president of the State Bank of S.C.; U.S. Agent to the Cherokees, 1838-1846; Col. of Palmetto Regiment during Mexican War; killed at the Battle of Churubusco, Mexico, 22 Dec. 1846.
Native of Edgefield District, S.C.; son of Revolutionary War soldier and U.S. Representative William Butler (1759-1821) and Behethland Foote Moore Butler (1764-1853); brother of Andrew Pickens Butler (1796-1857); husband of Miranda Julia Duval.
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Cherokee Indians
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Mexican War, 1846-1848
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South Carolina--Columbia
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South Carolina
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Fort Gibson (Okla.)
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United States
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South Carolina
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Oklahoma
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Columbia (S.C.)
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