reverted to the young girl of Saluda with whom his meeting during Green's retreat from Ninety-Six has already been mentioned. Nor had she forgotten the young officer of the cocade and plume, for when the household rejected him, (the stepfather forbade him to visit her), she told him to come, she would see him. They were married the 3d of June 1784.
Miss Behethland Foot Moore, whom William Butler had thus selected as the partner of his life, was a woman of strong, and in many respects remarkable traits of character. She always exercised great influence with her husband and he relied much upon her judgment and advice. He seemed to have inspired her with a deep feeling, almost amounting to a fascination; of itself a high tribute to his memory.
In 1794 William Butler was elected by the Legislature of South Carolina Sheriff of Ninety-six District. He discharged few of the ministerial duties however, leaving them to his brothers, Thomas and Stanmore, who were his deputies; but he always conducted the military escort of the Judge coming into the district and presided as High Sheriff during the sitting of the Court.
The sheriff of that day was an officer of distinction and was generally detailed upon offices of honor. William Butler, as Sheriff of Ninety-Six, received General Washington when upon the southern tour, from
