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Charles Buck II was born on October 28, 1750 in Frederick County, Virginia to Charles Buck I and Letitia Sorrel, his second wife. Charles II was the second son of Charles I. He lived all his life in Virginia.
Like his father, Charles II was an ardent sportsman but his life was greatly influenced and he was led into the Baptist faith by the Rev. James Ireland, a pioneer Baptist preacher of early Virginia. Charles II donated land near Buckton for the building of a Baptist church and a residence for Ireland. Charles Buck II and his younger brother, Thomas Buck V, were messengers from the Water Lick Church to the Ketoctin Association in 1795. Two of his sons, Thomas and William, became prominent Baptist ministers.
Family lore is that Charles Buck II was a prisoner of war during the Revolution, aboard a British ship in Charleston harbor, but no record has been found of his military service.
Charles BUCK II married Mary Richardson, daughter of William Richardson and Isabella Calmes, April 3, 1774. Mary Richardson was born on Aug 31, 1752.
Charles BUCK II and Mary RICHARDSON had eight children:
William Calmes BUCK I, born August 23, 1790
Letitia BUCK, born in 1776
Thomas BUCK, born November 15, 1777
Sarah BUCK, born in 1780
Samuel Mountjoy BUCK, born in 1783
John BUCK, born in 1785
Charles BUCK III, born in 1788
Mary Richardson BUCK, born in 1792
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The family lore statement belongs to George Blakemore who served in the American Revolution and was captured and held as a prisoner on a ship in Charleston SC. Three of his children were married to our Buck relatives. William Mason Buck made a comment in his memoirs about his grandfathers dislike of rice after being served so often while he was a prisoner of war in Charleston. He was speaking of his maternal grandfather, George Blakemore. His comment did not tell which grandfather and this is how his paternal Buck grandfather was later connected in error. There is also a Charles Buck who served in the same area during the Revolutionary War but he applied for his pension while living in Ohio, eleven years after the death of our Charles I. You stated correctly there are no documents found where our Charles Buck I ever served in the Military.
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