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Missionary physician Elizur Butler served the Cherokees near Rome; jailed with Samuel Worcester for defying Georgia's law against living in the Nation, his case helped produce the Supreme Court ruling Worcester v. Georgia. His wife Esther died in 1829.
Dr. Elizur and Esther Butler, Missionaries to the Cherokees is a historical marker in Coosa, Floyd County, erected in 1967. It is one of 31 historical markers documented in Floyd County, among 160 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 34.2517, -85.3622 near Coosa. The nearest cataloged historic site is Butler Cemetery (cemetery), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Pisgah Cemetery, Sardis Presbyterian Church and Cemetery, and Sardis Presbyterian Church & Cemetery.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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