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On 15 Aug 1637, William Reynolds was granted 200 acres of land in Charles River County, VA., which became York County in 1642, for the transportation of four persons; John Butterum, Morris Jones, Richard Pew and Ann Banks, to this country from England.
By 23 Jan 1671 a Nicholas Butterum showed up in Calvert Co., MD. where he was prominent for the next 15 years. In 1686 he died, leaving a widow and an unknown number of children. Nicholas Butterum was possibly the son of John Butterum who had come to this country with William Reynolds in 1637. There are no records that support this possibility but the spelling of the name, the time frame and the general area seem to fit.
Between 1637 and 1730, there were many traces of the Butterum and/or Buttram families in the area. During the first eighty or so years that the Buttram’s were in Eastern MD., they can be traced from Calvert Co. in the south to Cecil Co. on the Pennsylvania border, next to Lancaster Co. This is important because it seems that William Buttram, who went to Pittsylvania, Co., PA. in 1739, came form Pennsylvania.
The Butterum name was changed to Buttram and the numerous other variations during the time these people were in MD. In fact, Nicholas Butterum was known as Nicholas Buttram in some of the later records in MD. The Butterum spelling was used less, and Buttram was used more and more during the time these people were in MD. Nicholas Butterum had a son named William Buttram who made a will in 1692. in Charles Co., MD. This William Buttram died before 14 Aug 1713. I believe this William was the father of John Buttram who was a prominent in the years between 1714 and 1727.
Between 1701 and 1727, there were at least 12 listed transactions in Eastern MD. that have the name John Buttram associated with them. Johns last name was spelled Butterum 4 times, Buttram once, Buttrum twice and Burtram five times in those 12 transactions.
John Butteram first married Elizabeth Westbury and they had at least one child, William Butteram, born in 1706. On 7 May 1714, Elizabeth died and one month later, in June of 1714, William Butteram, aged 8, was bound to Daniel Scott, the younger, and his wife Elizabeth, in Baltimore County, Maryland, with the consent of his father John. William remained with the Scott family and by 1743 they all were living in Pittsylvania Co., Virginia. By 1715 John Butteram married Jane Mayer and by 1727 the records indicate that they were in Cecil Co., MD., where they remained for the rest of their lives.
About 1735 a third William Buttram, referred to as William Sr., was born and it is thought that he may be the son of the elder William Butteram who was born in 1706. The exact date that William Sr. and his wife Margaret Buttram, arrived in Rowan County, North Carolina, is not known, but records document them as being there by at least the 1750's. A deed from Lord Granville to Joseph Tate on Jacobs Creek of the Daniel River, including Butrums's Camp, was written 17 Dec 1761.
Until his death in 1763, Lord Granville, who lived in England, owned all of Rowan County, except for a small portion which was owned by Henry McCullough. The people who settled on vacant land own by Lord Granville, paid him rent, which was collected by Granville's agents.
The 1778 Rowan County tax list shows William Buttram Sr. as owning land valued at 169 pounds. No record has been found showing how he obtained or disposed of this land. On 12 Feb 1780, William Buttram Sr. was replaced by Jacob Brumel as overseer of roads for a part of Rowan County. Civil service such as this is recognized by the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) as patriotic service during the Revolutionary War. Descendants of William who can document their lineage are eligible to become members of the DAR or the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) by virtue of his civil service, which is recorded in the Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Row
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