Pierce Butler
Kingdom of Ireland
Pierce Butler was a Major in the British Army, a US Senator, plantation owner and an American Founding Father. - AsNotedIn
Pierce Butler was a Major in the British Army, a US Senator, plantation owner and an American Founding Father. - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
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| 1744/07/11 | Pierce Butler is born in Ballintemple House (razed 1917, fragment remains), near Tullow, County Carlow, Ireland to Sir Richard Butler, 5th Baronet, of Cloughgrenan and his wife Henrietta Percy. | Born | Province of Leinster | Republic of Ireland | |||
| 1771/01/10 | Mary Middleton marries Pierce Butler | Groom | Marriage of Mary Middleton and Pierce Butler | ||||
| 1787/00/00 | Pierce Butler proposes the Fugitive Slave Clause (Article 4, Section 2) in the US Constitution. Persons "held to service" in one state who escapes to another, shall be "delivered up on claim of the party to whom such service or labour may be due". | Author | Constitution of the United States | Independence Hall | Philadelphia, PA | Constitutional Convention | |
| 1787/09/17 | Federal Convention adopts the US Constitution. | Signer, Representing South Carolina | Constitution of the United States | Independence Hall | Philadelphia, PA | Constitutional Convention | |
| 1791/05/02 | At Prioleau's wharf, GW is met by Gov Pinckney, Lt Gov Isaac Holmes, intendant Arnoldus Vanderhorst, Sen Pierce Butler and Sen Ralph Izard, wardens of Charleston, Cincinnati, a Company of Fusiliers and shouts of joy from a large concourse of citizens. | Digitary | The Vendue Hotel | Charleston, SC | George Washington's Southern Tour | ||
| 1793/00/00 | Enslaved African Americans work Pierce Butler's 300 acre rice plantation on Butler Island. | Owner | Butler Island Rice Plantation | Altamaha Wildlife Management Area | |||
| 1804/08/25 | Aaron Burr arrives at Pierce Butler's Hampton Plantation, St Simon's Island where he will sojourn for a month. | Host | Hamilton Plantation Slave Cabins | St Simons Island | Alexander Hamilton Duel | ||
| 1822/02/15 | Pierce Butler dies in Philadelphia, PA. He is buried in Christ Church. | Died | Christ Church Burial Ground | Philadelphia, PA | |||
| 1824/00/00 | Butler's 10 room main house at Hamilton Plantation is destroyed by a hurricane. | Home | Hamilton Plantation Slave Cabins | St Simons Island |
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