From: "The North Carolinian - Fayetteville, N.C." .. Feb 5, 1848 - Vol 8  No 468:

"Died - In Cumberland County, on the 25th ult , Mr. John Butler, in the
64th year of his age. Mr. Butler was generally beloved by numerous
acquaintances and friends, for his many excellent qualities. He probably
went down to the grave without an enemy and certainly with the prayers of
many for his future peace."

[A copy of the above mentioned newspaper is on microfilm in the
Cumberland County Library, Fayetteville, NC. John Butler was the s/o
Samuel and Mary Gray Cooper Butler of Gray's Creek Twp. and the husband
of Sarah Ann Elwell Evans and Mary Newberry]