Theophilus Hamlin Butler

Title

Theophilus Hamlin Butler

Aliases

Theo Hamlin Butler

Date

7 January 1891-31 March 1927

Description

Regiment: 1st USC Cavalry
Company: H
Rank: Private
Mustered-in date and place: 22 May 1864 in Fortress Monroe, Virginia, United States
Mustered-out date and place: 6 March 1866 in Brazos Santiago, Texas, United States

Other locations listed during time of service: Brazos Santiago, Texas, United States
Comrades mentioned: John T. Gilchrist; Merrett Spratley

Name(s) of spouse(s): Immogine Riggan/Emma Jane Riggan (wife 1); Pocahontas Pokie H. Bailey (wife 2)
Children: Garfield Butler (died at 6 months), 3 unnamed infants (died at birth)

Veteran’s birth date and place: 18 June 1837 in Surry County, Virginia, United States
Plantation(s): Not listed
Enslaver(s): Not listed

Parents of veterans: Wiley Jones; Litha Butler
Other listed family members: Not listed

Wife's date and place of birth: ~1842, Surry County, Virginia, United States; 17 May 1842, Surry, Virginia, United States
Wife’s plantation: Not listed
Wife’s enslaver: Not listed
Wife’s parents: Irvin Riggan and Susan Riggan
Other listed family members: Walter Brown (cousin, wife 2-Pochantas H. Bailey)

Creator

Department of the Interior Bureau of Pensions

Publisher

National Archives and Record Administration

Type

Document

Format

Portable Document Format

Language

English

Coverage

United States of America

Rights

Public Domain | All records should be cited as coming from the Center Family History at the International African American Museum in Charleston, South Carolina, United States.