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GENERAL BUTLER STATE PARK, KENTUCKY |
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BUTLER LODGE |
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| BUTLER - TURPIN HISTORIC HOUSE |
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COLONEL PERCIVAL
PIERCE BUTLER 1761 - 1821 Colonel Percival Butler was appointed Kentucky's first adjutant general in Governor Isaac Shelby's first term. Born in Pennsylvania, he was with Washington at Valley Forge and Lafayette at Yorktown. Immigrated to Jessamine County, Kentucky. Establishing office in his Carrollton home. Butler served as adjutant general until 1817. |
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In April 1797, Revolutionary War soldier Percival Butler acquired the land that is now General Butler State Resort Park. After the death of Percival and his wife, Mildred Hawkins Butler, the extensive holdings were divided between their children and then consolidated by one of their sons, General William Orlando Butler, for whom the park is named. General Butler later sold 124 acres of the estate to Philip Turpin son-in-law of the brother, Thomas Butler. The Butler Turpin Historic House was completed in 1859 by Philip Turpin and his wife, Mary Eleanor Butler Turpin. The Butler Turpin Historic House is a three bay, two story brick structure of Kentucky vernacular style with Italianate and Greek influences. It is a fine example of mid 19th century farmhouses in Kentucky. Two rooms extend off each side of a central hallway on both floors. A one story stone kitchen is located south of the main house and is connected by a roofed porch. The stately grounds were used for picnics, political rallies, encampments and family cemetery. |
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The Butler - Turpin Historic House, grounds and cemetery are places of remembrance for one of Kentucky's foremost military families from Colonial times through the Revolution, the War of 1812, the Mexican War and the great Civil War. Pierce Percival Butler migrated to the mouth of the Kentucky River in the 1790's when Port William (now Carrollton) was little more than a blockhouse for defense against Indians. The family's two-story log house where he and his wife, Mildred Hawkins raised their five sons and five daughters, stood on the knoll due northeast. |
| THREE GENERATIONS OF "GALLANT BUTLERS"/ |
| PIERCE PERCIVAL BUTLER 1st Adjutant General of Kentucky, American Revolution |
| THOMAS LANGFORD BUTLER Resided at the Butler - Turpin Historic House. Major, Surveyor/Inspector, Aid-de-Comp, Captain, Quartermaster War of 1812. |
| WILLIAM ORLANDO BUTLER Commander-In-Chief and Major General of the Kentucky Volunteers Mexican War, Kentucky Legislature 1817 and 1821, Congress 1839, Major General Aid-de-Comp War of 1812, Vice Presidential Candidate with General Lewis Cass, Peace Convention 1861. |
| RICHARD PARKER BUTLER Assistant Adjutant General of Kentucky War of 1812 Campaign |
| PIERCE BUTLER War of 1812 |
| WILLIAM O BUTLER Captain Civil War |
| RUSSELL BUTLER Mexican War, Lieutenant Colonel Civil War |
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SITE OF
THE BUTLER FAMILY LOG HOUSE General Pierce Percival Butler, 1st Adjutant General of Kentucky and Revolutionary War Hero, settled in Port William in the mid-1790's with his wife Mildred Hawkins and their family. It was on this site that he constructed their log house, the first home built on the Butler Family Farm. The log house served as the office for Kentucky's 1st Adjutant General as well as the family's home. |
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THE BUTLER
FAMILY CEMETERY The Butler Family Cemetery was established in the 1790's. Buried here, war veterans from Colonial times through the Revolution, the War of 1812, the Mexican War and the Civil War. |
| The most well known of the family, Revolutionary War hero and 1st Adjutant General of Kentucky, General Pierce Percival Butler and General William Orlando Butler, War of 1812 and Mexican War. Major Thomas Langford Butler, War of 1812 and resident of the Butler Turpin House, is buried at the Odd Fellows along with the Turpin Family. Odd Fellows Cemetery is located in Carrollton on Seminary Street. |
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