Generation No. 1
1. John BUCKNER was born Abt. 1631 in Oxfordshire, England, and died Abt. 1695 in Essex County, Virigina. He married Debroah FERRERS July 10, 1661 in London, England by the Vicar of Canterbury, daughter of Unknown FERRERS and Marie TURNER.
Notes:
In the London Register of the Harleian Society is the entry: "John
Buckner of St. Sepulchres; citizen and salter; bachelor age about 31, married
July 10, 1661 to Deborah Ferres of West Wickham, Buckinghamshire, Spinster
about 19; with consent of her mother, widow, now wife of Andrew Hunt of
the same, at West Wickham." John was a landed proprietor and vestryman
of Petsworth Parish; a member of the House of Burgesses 1683-1692, and
a clerk of Gloucester county. In 1667 he patented 194 acres in Gloucester
County. ( History of Ellis - Buckner and Allied Families in America by
Winifred Ellis Suman, Washington, DC. 1973. Library of Congress CS 71.E47)
Children of John BUCKNER and Deborah FERRERS are:
1. Elizabeth BUCKNER.
2. John BUCKNER Jr. was born: St. Paul's Parish,
Essex Co. Virginia;
He died: Abt. 1748, King George
Co. Virginia.
3. Maj. William BUCKNER, died: May 01, 1716, Yorktown,
York Co. Virginia.
4. Richard BUCKNER was born: 1662-1667; He died: 1733.
5. Thomas BUCKNER was born: Abt. 1692. He died: Abt.
1755.
Generation No. 2
Richard BUCKNER was born 1662-1667, and died 1733.
He married Elizabeth COOKE Abt. 1689, daughter of Hon. COOKE
and Frances IRONMONGER.
Children of Richard BUCKNER and Elizabeth COOKE are:
1. Elizabeth BUCKNER, was born in 1690 and died in 1770;
She married Mordecai COOKE III
in 1706.
2. Richard BUCKNER Jr. died: December 14, 1777 in Caroline
County, VA
He married Elizabeth
AYLETT.
3. William BUCKNER was born : Abt. 1699 in "The
Neck" Caroline Co. VA.
He died: Abt. 1760.
4. Philip BUCKNER was born: Abt. 1702;
He died: August 10, 1762, Louisa
County, VA.
5. John BUCKNER was born: Abt. 1710 in VA.
Generation No. 3
John BUCKNER was born Abt. 1710 in Virginia. He married Sarah BUCKNER, daughter of Thomas BUCKNER and Sarah MORGAN.
Children of JOHN BUCKNER and SARAH BUCKNER are:
1. John BUCKNER was born 1735 in Virginia;
He died : December 1820
in Jones County, Georgia..
2. Thomas BUCKNER was born: March 09, 1738/39
in Curratuck Co. North Carolina;
He died: January 05,
1779.
3. Jesse BUCKNER was born: Abt. 1740 in
Virginia;
He died: Abt. 1826, Chatham
County, North Carolina.
4. Solomon Benjamin BUCKNER was born: Abt. 1743
in Virginia;
He died: July 1830 in
Putnam Co. Georgia.
5. Henry BUCKNER was born: Abt. 1745.
6. Philip BUCKNER was born: May 13, 1747 in Caroline
County, Virginia;
He died: October 24,
1820, Bracken County, Kentucky.
Generation No. 4
John BUCKNER was born: 1735 in Virginia, and died December 1820 in
Jones Co., GA.
He married Mary M. BROWN Abt. 1764.
Notes:
He served in the American Revolution.
1811 Jones Co. Tax list 202
1/2 Acres adjacent to Harris Watercourse
In Capt. Thomas Gordon's Dist.
Children of John BUCKNER and Mary BROWN are:
1. Mary BUCKNER died: 1820. She married
John C. MADDOX.
2. Monroe BUCKNER.
3. Elizabeth BUCKNER was born: Abt. 1765.
4.William BUCKNER was born: 1766; He died: Abt.
1799 in Hancock Co. GA.
He married: (1) Rebecca MORRIS;
He married: (2) Tabitha MONK.
5. Joel BUCKNER was born: Abt. 1767 in Brunswick Co.
Virginia;
He died: Abt. 1814, Hancock Co.
Georgia.
6. Wiley BUCKNER was born: January 07, 1779 in North
Carolina;
He died: November 17, 1866, Talbot
Co. Georgia.
7. John BUCKNER was born: Virginia; He died 1839
in Putnam Co. GA.
8. Benjamin BUCKNER was born: 1785.
Generation No. 5
Benjamin BUCKNER was born: 1785.
He married: Mariah SAUNDERS Abt. 1812, daughter of Peter SAUNDERS.
Children of Benjamin BUCKNER and Mariah SAUNDERS are:
1. Martha Ann BUCKNER was born: 1813 in Georgia;
She died: 1866 in Rusk Co. Texas.
2.Thomas J. BUCKNER was born: 1816, Georgia.
3. Fatima Mariah BUCKNER was born: Abt. 1820;
She died: Abt. 1854.
Generation No. 6
1. Martha Ann BUCKNER was born: 1813 in Georgia;
She died: 1866 in Rusk Co. Texas.
She married Mumford S. FREEMAN Abt. 1834,
son of Noah FREEMAN & Julian
ROGERS.
Notes:
Martha and her family left Henry County, Georgia shortly after the
birth of their 7th. child
about 1848. They settled in Rusk County, Texas where only 2 years
later Martha's husband
Munford S. Freeman, died leaving her to raise the children and one
on the way, alone.
He did not leave a will. When John S. Buckner was appointed Administrator
of the Estate, he identified himself and stated that his brother-in-law,
M. S. Freeman, had died on December 1, 1850.
Martha Buckner Freeman left a will, but due to a fire in the Rusk
County Courthouse, no record of it exist.
Mumford and Martha's burial place is unknown.
Children of Martha Ann BUCKNER and Mumford S. FREEMAN are:
1.) Joseph P. FREEMAN was born: 1835 in Henry Co., Georgia.
He died: Date & Place unknown
He married: Srah Jane Marchant Sept. 23,
1855 in Rusk Co., TX
2.) Noah Thomas FREEMAN was born: 1838 in Henry Co., Georgia;
He died: Abt. 1889 in Texas or Louisiana.
He married: Jenny Amanda Hill June 21,
1867 in Rusk Co., TX
3.) Sarah Ann FREEMAN was 1840 in Henry County, Georgia.
She died: Date & Place
unknown
She married: William Elias
CLINTON
Nov. 25, 1858 in Rusk County, Texas
4.) Mary "Mollie" Ann Mariah FREEMAN was born: 1844 in Henry Co.
Georgia
She died: Date & Place unknown
She married: Francis B. WEAVER, August
27, 1863, Rusk County Texas.
5.) David Mosley FREEMAN was born: 1846 in Henry Co., Georgia
He died: Date & Place unknown
6.) Lydia Drucilla FREEMAN was born: 1847 in Henry Co.,
Georgia
She died: Date & Place unknown
She married Greenbury BOYD: Abt.
1870 (No record located)
7.) Julia Ann E. FREEMAN was born: 1848 in Henry Co. Georgia
She died: Date & Place unknown
She married: Kinyon J. MURCHISON, October
18, 1863, Rusk County, Texas.
8.) Lucy Jane FREEMAN was born: October 01, 1851 in Rusk County,
Texas;
She died: September 28, 1885, probably
in Nacogdoches Co., Texas
and is buried: Linn flat Cemetery in Nacogdoches
Co., Texas
She married: William Archibald Hamilton
April 10, 1870 in Nacogdoches Co., TX
2. Thomas J. BUCKNER was born: 1816 in Georgia.
He married Temperance RUSH: December 21, 1837 in Upson
Co., Georgia,
daughter of James RUSH and Elizabeth BUCKNER.
Notes:
They are listed on the 1850 Coosa County, Alabama Census, where
he is listed as a Wagon Maker.
By 1860 he and his family were living in Panalo County, Texas.
Children of Thomas BUCKNER and Temperance RUSH are:
1.) James BUCKNER was born: 1839 in Georgia.
2.) Elizabeth BUCKNER was born: 1842 in Alabama.
3.) John F. BUCKNER was born: 1844 in Alabama.
4.) Frances BUCKNER was born 1847 in Alabama;
She married: J. W. CHAPMAN, October
10, 1866.
5.) Amanda BUCKNER was born: 1853 in Alabama.
3. Fatima Mariah BUCKNER was born Abt. 1820, and
died Abt. 1854.
She married (1) Eli SNELLGROVE; 1841 in Talbot County, Georgia.
She married (2) John Calvin CALHOUN Abt. 1849.
Children of Fatima BUCKNER and Eli SNELLGROVE are:
1.) Benjamin Eli SNELLGROVE was born: Abt. 1847.
2.) Mariah Wesley Ann SNELLGROVE was born: 1843 and died:
1914.
Children of Fatima BUCKNER and John CALHOUN are:
1.) John Calvin CALHOUN Jr. was born: Abt. 1851.
2.) James Duncan CALHOUN was born: 1853.