Elizur Butler

AKA: Dr. Elizur Butler
Released
Race:White
Era:1800s
State:Georgia
Time Imprisoned:
1 Year 4 Months 14 Days
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Biography

Dr. Elizur Butler was a physician and ABCFM missionary in the Cherokee Nation. Convicted with Samuel Worcester on September 15, 1831 for residing there without a Georgia license, he refused the clemency terms and served at hard labor in the Georgia Penitentiary at Milledgeville until his release on January 14, 1833, following the Supreme Court's decision in Worcester v. Georgia. His treatment by the Georgia Guard was notably brutal.

Cases

Georgia Penitentiary
Charges: Residing within the Cherokee Nation without a license from the Governor and without taking the oath of allegiance to the State of Georgia, in violation of Georgia's act of December 22, 1830.
Incarcerated: Sep 15, 1831
Released: Jan 14, 1833
Sentence: Four years at hard labor. Refused the clemency terms and was committed to the penitentiary at Milledgeville; released January 14, 1833 by Governor Wilson Lumpkin's discharge order following Worcester v. Georgia. Verdict as recorded: Yes — convicted September 15, 1831.
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Georgia
Camp Gilmer
Charges: Residing in the Cherokee Nation without a Georgia license (July 1831 arrest by the Georgia Guard).
Arrested: Jul 7, 1831
Incarcerated: Jul 7, 1831
Released: Jul 23, 1831
Sentence: Treated with particular severity: a chain was padlocked around his neck and attached to a guard's horse as he was forced to walk after dark; later chained by the ankle to a bedstead and carried to Camp Gilmer. Released on bond July 23, 1831. Verdict as recorded: No — released on bond to appear at the September 1831 court term.
Convicted: No
Institution State: Georgia

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