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| name = Samuel Butts<br />
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1777|11|24|mf=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Southampton County, Virginia]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1814|01|27|1777|11|24|mf=yes}}<br />
| death_place = [[Macon County, Alabama]]<br />
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| allegiance = {{flag|United States of America}}<br />
| branch_label = Branch<br />
| branch = [[United States Army]]<br />
| serviceyears_label = Service&nbsp;years<br />
| serviceyears = 1813–1814<br />
| rank = Captain<br />
| unit = [[1st Brigade Georgia Militia|First Brigade of Georgia Militia]]<br />
| battles_label = Conflict<br />
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* [[War of 1812]]<br />
** [[Creek War]]<br />
*** [[Battle of Calebee Creek]]{{KIA}}<br />
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'''Samuel Butts''' (November 24, 1777 – January 27, 1814) was an American militia officer who served in the [[Creek War]].<br />
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Butts was born at his family's farm in [[Southampton County, Virginia]], to parents Martha and Simmons. His ancestors included many veterans of the [[American Revolutionary War]]. The Butts family moved to [[Sparta, Georgia|Sparta]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], when Samuel was young.<br />
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As an adult, Butts moved to [[Monticello, Georgia]], and became a businessman. In 1813, Butts joined the local militia of [[Jasper County, Georgia|Jasper County]] as a private in order to fight in the [[War of 1812]]. He was quickly made captain of his unit, and they fought under the command of [[John Floyd (Georgia politician)|General John Floyd]] in battles at Autossee, Tallasee and Camp Defiance. On January 27, 1814, Butts was killed in [[Alabama]] at the [[Battle of Calebee Creek]] (referred to as Chillabee in some sources).<br />
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In 1825, the [[Georgia General Assembly]] named [[Butts County, Georgia]] in honor of Captain Butts.<ref>{{cite book | url=http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/b.pdf | title=Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins | publisher=Winship Press | author=Krakow, Kenneth K. | year=1975 | location=Macon, GA | pages=29 | isbn=0-915430-00-2}}</ref> A Georgia chapter of the [[Sons of the American Revolution]] is named after him as well.<br />
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==References==<br />
*[[William J. Northen]], [https://books.google.com/books?id=Rg8ZD0XhkRMC&dq=Samuel+Butts&pg=RA11-PA175 ''Men of Mark in Georgia''], A. B. Caldwell, 1912, pp.&nbsp;174–177.<br />
*[http://www.georgiasocietysar.org/gassy_016.php?filename=chapGA18 Capt. Samuel Butts Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution]{{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}<br />
*[http://buttsllamas.georgia.gov/03/home/0,2230,8637590,00.html;jsessionid=CC451C945BB81E23F3F198F23912EE95 Georgia.gov profile of Butts County]{{Dead link|date=April 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}<br />
*[http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-2302 New Georgia Encyclopedia entry for Butts County, Georgia]<br />
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[[Category:People from Southampton County, Virginia]]<br />
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[[Category:People from Sparta, Georgia]]<br />
[[Category:People from Monticello, Georgia]]<br />
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