Elizur Butler

AKA: Dr. Elizur Butler
Released
Date of birth:11. 06. 1794
Date of death:04. 02. 1857
Age:62† Deceased
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1800s
State:Georgia
Time Imprisoned:
1 Year 4 Months 16 Days
Support
Indigenous Sovereignty
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Biography

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. (Recorded as Dr. Elizur Butler)

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; discharged following Worcester v. Georgia.
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
Convicted: No
Institution State: Georgia

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