[blam]

"My Daddy claims we are one of the first families of Georgia. Our ancestor came across on the prison ship."

There's some evidence that we may have too. George Oglethorpe's(sp) mission to settle Georgia, I think.

[Shanda]

I think he was only kidding but I really do think "Butler" is an old Georgia name and not just because of Rhett.

[tet68]

If you can make the argument that he was an indentured servant, you can tell that he had a hard life, what kind of diet he had, and that he may be representative of certain people of that time," Luckenbach said.

If, but that might not fit the reality of the event.
Convienient but not proven.

[night reader]

There's some evidence that we may have too. George Oglethorpe's(sp) mission to settle Georgia, I think.

Oglethorpe, you spelled correctly. James Edward, you spelled incorrectly. Usually called "General" today, in 1733, when Georgia was settled, he held a reserve commission as a Colonel. Interestingly, though he served as Governor/Commander of the new colony, he was not authorized by either the Crown or the Trustees to hold any official position. He paid his own way over and just started giving orders. Interesting character. Unabashed Jabobite who nonetheless plotted intrigues with the Honoverians.