Seventh Generation

8. William BUTRAM was born on JULY 18, 1759 in Salisbury, Rowan Co NC. He died in NOVEMBER 1853 in White Co. TN. He was buried in NOVEMBER 1853 in White Co TN. William is buried on the Calfkiller River just south of Putnam County in White County. The cemetery is in an pasture that is grazed by cattle. He has a marker that was placed by the DAR. William fought in a champaign against the Cherokee Indians. He was a private with the North Carolina Militia in the Revolutionary War. It has been handed down that he was with Washington at Valley Forge. He volunteered as a lighthorse man against the British.

William BUTRAM and Sarah PATTERSON were married on JANUARY 29, 1780 in Salisbury NC. William BUTRAM and Sarah PATTERSON had the following children:

+19	i.	Nicholas BERTRAM.
+20	ii.	William BUTRAM.
21	iii.	Jacob BERTRAM was born in 1785 in Chatham Co., NC.
22	iv.	John BERTRAM was born in 1786 in Chatham Co., NC.
+23	v.	Cornelius BERTRAM.
+24	vi.	Elijah BUTRAM.
+25	vii.	James BUTTRAM Rev..
+26	viii.	Andrew BUTRAM.
+27	ix.	Emsley A. BERTRAM.
+28	x.	Willis BUTRAM.
29	xi.	Catherine "Katy" BUTTRAM3 was born in 1805 in Iredell Co., North Carolina. She died after 1870 in White Co., Tennessee.
+30	xii.	Nancy BERTRAM.