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Butler County was formed from
Conecuh County, Alabama, and Monroe County, Alabama, by an act
passed December 13, 1819, by the Legislature while in session at
Huntsville. This was the first session of the Legislature of
Alabama as a State. The name of Fairfield was first proposed for
this county, but was changed on the passage of the bill to
Butler, in honor of Captain William Butler.
The exact date of the first settlement made by white people in
the limits of Butler County is not exactly known. Some records
have it as early as 1814, but the earliest settler of no dispute
is James K. Benson, who settled in the Flat in 1815, and built
the first house ever erected in Butler County. It was built near
where Pine Flat Methodist Church now stands, and was made of
logs. Shortly after, William Ogly and John Dickerson came with
their families and made a settlement on the Federal Road, about
3 miles (5 km) south of where Fort Dale was later erected. In
the fall of 1816, a party from the state of Georgia came to
settle in Pine Flat, including Thomas Hill, Warren A. Thompson,
Captain John Watts, and Benjamin Hill. In 1817, many more
settlers arrived. |
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