Race and Slavery Petitions Project

Details for
BUTLER, William Lazarus in Petition 20978302

Name:BUTLER, William Lazarus
Petition:20978302 filed in Maryland, 1783
Role in Petition:
Color and Gender:mulatto male
Status:slave
Identified Immediate Family:BUTLER, Mary - daughter
BUTLER, Mary - granddaughter
BUTLER, Eleanor ([Butteler] {Nell] [Irish Nell] [Elenor]) - Family Head
BUTLER, Eleanor ([Butteler] {Nell] [Irish Nell] [Elenor]) - grandmother
BUTLER, Eleanor ([Butteler] {Nell] [Irish Nell] [Elenor]) - mother
Charles ([John]) - husband
BUTLER, John ([Jack]) - son
BUTLER, Sarah - daughter
BUTLER, Catharine ([Kate]) - daughter
BUTLER, Abigail ([Elizabeth] [Abby]) - daughter
BUTLER, Abigail ([Elizabeth] [Abby]) - Family Head
BUTLER, Moll - daughter
BUTLER, Nan - daughter
BUTLER, Ned - grandson
BUTLER, Pegg - granddaughter
BUTLER, Pegg - mother
BUTLER, Jack - grandson
BUTLER, Jenny - granddaughter
BUTLER, William - grandson
BUTLER, William - husband
BUTLER, William - son
BUTLER, Mary ([Moll]) - Family Head
BUTLER, Mary ([Moll]) - great-grandaughter
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Plantations
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Urban?:
Runaway?:
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Term Slave:
Freedom:Sued for freedom in 1770. Origins of freedom: descended from a white woman.