Mary Richardson Buck (1792-1823)

Mary Richardson Buck was born on December 10, 1792 in Virginia to Charles Buck II and Mary Richardson.  She married William Mountjoy Bayly on May 25, 1814.  He was a doctor, the son of Pierce Bayly and Mary Payne born October 10, 1796.

Apparently, Mary was called “Polly”.  Sometimes “Bayly” is spelled “Bayley”.

William Mountjoy Bayly and Mary Richardson Buck had the following children:

• Richard Beverage Bayly (1817- 1844); married Elizabeth Mauzey Blakemore; died in Virginia. 
• Charles B. Bayly (1818-1880); married Matilda Russell; died in Missouri.  A farmer.
• Jane Letitia Bayly (1820-1898); married Marcus Blakemore Buck; died in Virginia. A farmer.

Mary Richardson Buck Bayly died in Virginia in 1823 at the age of 31.  William Mountjoy Bayly died in 1830.

Charles Buck III (1788-1870)

Charles Buck III was born on February 18, 1788 to Charles Buck II and Mary Richardson.  Charles Buck III and Lucy Chilton Bayliss were married in 1817 in Virginia. Lucy Chilton Bayliss, daughter of William Bayliss and Elizabeth Turner was born on April 10, 1798 in Virginia.

He called himself "the third" and so he was in direct lineage, although his cousin Charles, the son of John Buck I, was older. 

                                                               -- notes of H. N. Buck

Sometimes Charles Buck III is referred to as Charles Bayly Buck III but this is probably not correct.  Charles Bayly Buck (1808-1858) was the son of Samuel Buck whose wife was Mary Bayly.  The surname of Lucy Chilton Bayliss is sometimes spelled Baylis, Bayles or Bayless.

Charles Buck III appears to have travelled from his birthplace in Virginia to Kentucky then Mississippi then Louisiana and then returned to Vicksburg, Mississippi.

At the time of the 1850 census, Charles Buck III was a merchant in Vicksburg, Mississippi.   Lucy C. Buck was included in the household.  Their son, Richard Buck, age 17, lived with them and was a clerk – probably in their store.   In a nearby house, another of their sons, John W. Buck, lived with his wife Mary, age 26.  She was born in Kentucky and their son, also named Charles, age 1, was born in Mississippi.  John W. Buck was also shown to be a merchant. 

By the 1860 census, Charles and Lucy are living in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana with J. R. McEvers who was age 27 and born in Louisiana.  His wife was E. J. McEvers who was age 22 and born in Louisiana in Terrebonne Parish.  In the same house was H. R. Buck, age 33, born in Kentucky, a physician, his daughter Annie, age 4 and Lucy C. age 2 both born in Mississippi.

Charles Buck and Lucy Chilton Bayliss Buck had the following children:

• John William Buck (1819-1916); born in Virginia; married Mary Sutton, Kentucky; died of “hypostatic pneumonia” in Kentucky.  A farmer.
• Charles Lundsford Buck (1824-1862); born in Kentucky; married Maria Isabel Barnett, 1852; died in Mississippi.  He was a prominent attorney in Vicksburg and a legislator in the Mississippi Senate.
• Horace Richardson Buck, (1826-1912); married (1) Ellen Herbert, 1855; (2) married Mary Easton, 1859.  Died in Louisiana.  A physician.
• Richard Sutton Buck (1833-1892); born in Virginia; married Juliana Scott Randolph; died in Mississippi.  An attorney and District Attorney in Vicksburg.
• Marion Buck (1840-1847); a son born and died in Mississippi.

Charles Buck III died on October 12, 1870 at the age of 82 in Vicksburg, Mississippi only a few days after his wife, Lucy Chilton Bayliss died on October 5, 1870 at the age of 72 in Vicksburg.

Samuel Buck (1783-1841)

Samuel Buck was born July 12, 1783 to Charles Buck II and Mary Richardson. Samuel Buck and Mary P. Bayly were married in 1806. Mary P. Bayly, daughter of Pierce Bayly and Mary Payne, was born in 1789.

Some genealogists say that Samuel Buck’s middle name was “Mountjoy” but others say that Mountjoy was his wife’s family.  However, there does not appear to be a “Mountjoy” surname in either family.  Also, some say that the middle name of his wife, Mary, was “Payne” – her mother’s maiden name -- but other say it was “Pierce” after her father.  It should be noted that the “Pierce” surname appears in the Bayly family as descendants of William Pierce who sailed from England in 1609 on the "Sea Venture" which wrecked off Bermuda.  William Pierce finally reached Jamestown in 1610 aboard pinnaces constructed from the Sea Venture's timbers.  As there does not apply to be any factual basis for using “Mountjoy”, “Pierce” or “Payne” none of those names will be used herein.

Samuel and Mary Buck lived in Leesburg, Virginia where he ran a mill.

Samuel Buck and Mary P. Bayly Buck had the following children:

• Amelia Ann Buck (1807-1854); married Isaac Bronson Cloud, died in Virginia.      
• Charles Bayly Buck (1808-1858); married Mary E. Davenport; died in Virginia.  School teacher.
• Thomas Mountjoy Buck (1811-1894); married Catherine Wooldridge Watkins; died in Virginia.  (“Montjoy” is on his tombstone.)
• Samuel Gardner Buck (1813-1875); married Sarah Hall.  A physician.
• Mary Elizabeth Buck (1815-1905); married Daniel Cloud; died in Virginia.
• William Gilmore Buck (1818-1823).
• Leah Jane Buck (1820-1824).
• John Crowley Buck (1822-1828).

Samuel Buck died on January 6, 1841.  Mary P. Bayly died in 1844 at the age of 55.

The Family of Charles Buck II

A previous post introduced Charles Buck II, son of Charles Buck I and his second wife, Letitia Sorrell, and provided a few details about his life.  The next several posts will focus on his children.  All of the children of Charles Buck II and Mary Richardson were born in Virginia but some moved to Woodford County, Kentucky.  

Here is a summary list of the children of Charles Buck II and Mary Richardson:

• Letitia Buck (1776 – 1850); married George Catlett.
• Thomas Buck Rev. (1777-1862); married Amelia L. Dawson.
• Sarah Buck (1780-1785).
• Samuel Buck (1783-1841); married Mary P. Bayly.
• John Buck (1785-1857); married Sarah Catlett.
• Charles Buck III (1788-1870); married Lucy Chilton Bayliss.
• William Calmes Buck I (1790-1872); married (1) Maria Lewright, 1815 and (2) Isabella Miriam Field; died in Waco, Texas. Perhaps the most renowned member of the Buck family.
• Mary Richardson Buck (1792-1823); married William Mountjoy Bayly.

In his will, Charles Buck II left their house and surroundings to his wife, Mary, and divided the land equally (by value) to his children.  Some of the land had already been sold (“conveyed”) while other sections continued to be farmed by the inheritor.  

Charles Buck II and Mary Richardson had seven children who reached adulthood and forty-eight grandchildren.

Sarah Richardson Buck

Sarah Richardson Buck was born May 29, 1792 in Shenandoah County, Virginia to John Buck and Miriam Richardson.  She married Charles Cotton on January 24, 1819.  Charles Cotton was born on October 3, 1781 in Loudoun, Virginia.

Charles Cotton and Sarah Buck had the following children, all born in Kentucky:

• William Cotton (1819-1863) married Virginia K. Bonney in 1855.
• John Buck Cotton (1821-1845) apparently did not marry. 
• Frances Miriam Cotton (1824-1849) married George I. Graddy in 1845; died of typhoid fever.
• Charles Buck Cotton (1826-1894) married Jennie M. Gallagher in 1855; was a lawyer.
• Sarah Elizabeth Cotton (1830-1849) apparently did not marry.

Sarah Richardson Buck died April 28, 1832 in Versailles, Kentucky.  Charles Cotton died January 9, 1863 in Versailles, Kentucky.

William Richardson Buck

William Richardson Buck was born on August 4, 1790 in Virginia to John Buck and Miriam Richardson.  In 1822, William Richardson Buck and Maria (Flowers) Dalton were married. Maria Flowers was born in 1797 in Louisiana, the daughter of Dr. Samuel Flowers and Mary Carpenter.  She had previously married Samuel Dalton about 1815 by whom she had a son, Samuel Dalton (1817-1843).

William Richardson Buck left Princeton at the outbreak of the War of 1812 to become a midshipman in the Navy.  He was the first man to board to British ship "Epervier" in its capture by the American ship "Peacock", for which he was voted a sword by Congress which is still in the possession of the family.  He moved to Mississippi about 1821 and settled near Port Gibson.  His home, "Magnolia Grove" was near the center of the Battle of Port Gibson - the first battle after Grant’s crossing of the Mississippi river in his campaign against Vicksburg, and was used by the Federal forces as a field hospital.
                                                         -- notes of H. N. Buck, 1965

Magnolia Grove was 5 miles south west of Port Gibson and was actually a small house begun in 1817 and finished in 1820.  It was expanded in 1851 and was still in the Buck family in 1930.  This is from the book "WPA historical research, interview with Mrs. Marion Briscoe Person".

William Richardson Buck and Maria (Flowers) Dalton Buck had the following children:

• William Henry Buck (1831-1896); married Kate Servis, 1778.
• Caroline Buck (1834-1924). She refused to leave "Magnolia Grove" even during the Battle of Port Gibson, although the nearby Magnolia Church had 143 bullet holes put into its walls.  She remained there, a spinster, until her death. "This fine woman lived her life well."  (Jan. 24, 1924 issue of Port Gibson Reveille)  "A lady of great presence"  (Mr. Berry Morgan, of Port Gibson.) 
• Charles Edward Buck, Dr. (1836-1878); married Sarah Letitia Jeffries.
• Miriam Buck (1825-1903); married James W. Watson in 1848.

William Richardson Buck died on October 10, 1853 in Tensas Parish, Louisiana.  Maria (Flowers) Dalton Buck died in 1874.

John Lovell Buck

John Lovell Buck was born on September 27, 1786 in Buckton, Virginia to John Buck and Miriam Richardson. He married Annis C. Buck, daughter of Thomas Buck and Amelia L. Dawson and therefore his first cousin once removed, on September 24, 1822.

Annis C. Buck was born November 2, 1802 in Frederick County, Virginia.  Her name is variously given as Annis, Annie, Anne and Annice with middle initial “C.” or “G.”

John Lovell Buck and Annis C. Buck had the following children in Woodford, Kentucky:

• Thomas Horace Buck, Dr. (1825-1900); Married Elizabeth D. Huston; died in Leetown, West Virginia.  A Captain in Company E, Virginia 7^th Cavalry during the Civil War.

• Amelia Ann Buck (1824-1859); married her second cousin John Newton Buck, Oct. 2, 1849.

John Lovell Buck died after 1827 but at a young age.  Annis C. Buck died October 19, 1827. 

Isabella Miriam Buck

Isabella Miriam Buck was born May 6, 1785 to John Buck and Miriam Richardson. On November 1, 1805, she married Willis Field, son of Ezekiel Henry Field and Elizabeth Field, who was born in 1776.

Willis Field was a large landowner and prominent citizen of Woodford County, Kentucky.  His home, "Airy Mount", near Versailles is included in the National Register of Historic Places listings in Woodford County, Kentucky.  Airy Mount was built about 1796 but has been remodeled and expanded many times.  Airy Mount was named for its location on the summit of a low, wide rise, and has a commanding view of the gently rolling landscape in all directions.

Willis Field and Isabella Miriam Buck had the following children:

• Elizabeth A. Field (1806-).
• John Buck Field (1808-1833).
• Isabella Miriam Field (1809-1852); married William Calmes Buck I, June 30, 1829, in Woodford County, Kentucky; died in Nashville, Tennessee.  Emma Buck, granddaughter of William Calmes Buck and Isabella Miriam Field, wrote that Isabella Miriam Field was “a woman of beauty, fine intellect and saintly character”. William Calmes Buck I was to become a noted Baptist preacher, author, editor and publisher.
• Emmaline M. Field (1811-1836); married Major Humphrey Jones, 1830; died in Kentucky.
• Ezekiel H. Field (1813-1851).
• Ann Helm Field (1815-).
• Thomas Field (1816-1823).
• Willis Field (1818-); married Ellen Craig, 1842.
• Sarah Isabella Field (1819-1835).
• Charles William Field (1821-1823).
• Martha Amelia Field (1824-); married Richard White, 1843.
• Thomas McClanahan Field (1825-1908); married Susan M. Higbee, 1850.
• Charles William Field (1828-1892); married Monimia Mason, 1855.  He was a Major General in command of the First Corps, Army of Tennessee during the Civil War. 

Isabella Miriam Buck Field died on August 8, 1849.  Willis Field died on February 2, 1837 in Kentucky.

Peter Catlett Buck

Peter Catlett Buck was born in 1779 to John Buck and Miriam Richardson. Peter Catlett Buck and Miriam Price were married in 1811 in Fayette, Kentucky.  Miriam Price was born in 1793, the daughter of Samuel Price and Elizabeth Richardson.  About 1830, they moved from Woodford County, Kentucky to a farm in Montgomery County, Tennessee.

Peter Catlett Buck and Miriam Price Buck had the following children:

• Mary Elizabeth Buck (1812-1861); married Henry C. Catlett, 1832.
• Martha Ann Buck (1813-1850); married Samuel Dawson Buck, 1832.
• Rebecca Price BUCK (1815-1891); married John Buck Helm, 1865.
• John Richardson Buck (1817-1848); married Sarah Cowan, 1845.
• Eliza Margaret Ann Buck (1820-1868); married Peter N. Marr, 1840.
• Sarah Price Buck (1822-1859); married S. J. Leavell, 1844.
• Lucy Belle Buck (1824-1895); married John William Blanton, 1851.
• Annie Russell Buck (1826-1855); married William Robinson, 1846.
• Samuella P. Buck (1828-1891); married Joseph Keith, 1847.
• Charles Peter Buck (1835-1915); married Letitia Churchill, 1858; died in Mississippi County, Arkansas.

Peter Catlett Buck died in 1860 at the age of 81. Miriam Price died in 1862.  They were buried in Montgomery County, Tennessee.

Charles Buck (1774-1831)

There are so many Charles Bucks that it is difficult to keep track of them.  This is about the Charles Buck who was born in January 25, 1774 in Virginia, the son of John Buck and Miriam Richardson.  This is not about Charles Buck III (1788-1870), son of Charles Buck II, who also lived in Woodford County, Kentucky.

Charles Buck (1774-1831) married Mary (Polly) Price (1778-), the daughter of Samuel Price and Elizabeth Richardson on October 12, 1799 in Frederick, Virginia.  Polly Price was the granddaughter of William Richardson and Isabella Calmes whose daughters Ann, Miriam and Mary married the three sons of Charles Buck I.  Therefore, Charles Buck (1774-1831) and Polly Price were first cousins.

Although some sources have the wife of Charles Buck (1774-1831) as Isabella Price, this is not correct.  H. N. Buck noted that “Some records have the name as Isabella (the next oldest sister to Mary) but other records show that Isabella married William Samuels. Churchill M. Buck writes "My father always spoke of her (Charles Buck's wife) as ‘Aunt Polly'".

Charles Buck was one of the first merchants of the town of Versailles, Kentucky. Later he moved to Franklin County, having bought a mill on the Elkhorn river, and was buried there.     

                       

Charles Buck and Polly Price Buck had six unnamed children who died in infancy, a daughter named Miriam who died in infancy, as well as the following who survived to adulthood:

• Elizabeth Buck married John Harris
• Annie Buck ( -1863) married F. Reese.
• Charles Buck, no information available
• Walter Alvis Buck (1824-1870), married (1) Ann Cassandra Hale, (2) Sarah Sneed Harris in 1864.
• Isabella Buck (~1810-~1880) married George Blackburn
• John Price Buck, no information available

Although the death of Charles Buck is shown herein as being November 3, 1831, this may not be correct.  Some sources give his death as being in 1824.  However, there is a record of probate for a Charles Buck in Kentucky for 1832.  Information on the death of his wife, Mary (Polly) Price is not available.

Elizabeth Buck

Elizabeth Buck was born in 1772, the first child of John Buck and Miriam Richardson.  She married (1) William Walden in 1790 and (2) Thomas Erskine Helm in 1797. Thomas Erskine Helm was born in 1768. 

Elizabeth Buck Helm and Thomas Erskine Helm had the following children:

• John Newton Helm (1798-1871); married Helen M. Timberlake, 1824.
• James Hervey Helm (1798-1822).
• Isabella Fields Helm (1801-1849; married Thomas Washington Catlett, 1821.
• Amanda Margaret Helm (1803-1856); married James Bates Walker.
• William Helm (1805-); married Sarah M. Citchen, 1829.
• Hulda Laura Helm (1807-1893), married Frederick Stanton, 1827; died in Natchez, Mississippi.
• Sarah Ann Helm (1809-1879); married George Monroe Pinckard, 1828.
• Elizabeth Helm (1811-); married James McCutcheon.
• Thomas Erskine Helm (1813-1893); married Sarah Biggs, 1836.
• Joseph Doddridge Helm (1816-1872); married Mary Logan.

Elizabeth Buck Helm died in 1851 at the age of 69.  Thomas Erskine Helm died in 1849 at the age of 81.

The Family of Colonel John Buck

A previous post introduced John Buck, son of Charles Buck I and his first wife, Anna Sorrell Earle and provided a few details about his life.  The next several posts will focus on his children.  All of the children of John Buck and Miriam Richardson were born in Virginia but spent much of their lives in Woodford County, Kentucky. 

Here is a summary list of the children of John Buck and Miriam Richardson:

• ·        Elizabeth Buck, (1772-1851); married Captain Thomas Helm, 1797.
• ·        Charles Buck, (1774-1831); married Mary (Polly) Price in 1799.
• ·        Anne Buck, (1775-1860); married Meredith Helm in 1794.
• ·        Miriam Buck was born and died in 1777.
• ·        Peter Catlett Buck, (1779-1860); married Miriam Price, 1811.
• ·        Isabella Buck was born and died in 1780.
• ·        Isabella Miriam Buck, (1784-1848); married Willis Field, 1805.
• ·        John Lovell Buck, (1786-1827); married Annis C. Buck, 1822.
• ·        William Richardson Buck, (1790-1853); married Maria (Flowers) Dalton, 1822.
• ·        Sarah Richardson Buck, (17921832), married Charles Cotton, 1819.

Of the eight children of John Buck who reached adulthood, two married into the Price family, two into the Helm family and one into the Buck family.  The Price family was connected to the Richardson and Calmes families as were the Bucks.  The Helm family was also connected to the Buck family.

John Buck and Miriam Richardson had eight children who reached adulthood and fifty-two grandchildren.  Future posts will more details on these children and grandchildren.

Rebecca Richardson Buck (1792 – 1878)

Rebecca Richardson Buck was the eighth child of Thomas Buck V and Anne Richardson.  She was born on Feb. 13, 1792 and died on Aug. 6, 1878 at the age of 86.  She was said to be "a woman of great amiability and charm” in the notes of H. N. Buck, 1965.

Rebecca Richardson Buck and William Richardson Ashby were married on Apr. 3, 1817.  William Richardson Ashby, son of Nathaniel Ashby and Margaret "Peggy" Mauzy, was born on Dec. 18, 1789. He died on May 21, 1843 at the age of 53 and was buried in Buckton Cemetary, Virginia.

William Richardson Ashby and Rebecca Richardson Buck had two children:

• Thomas Newton Ashby, born 1819; died 1878.
• Elizabeth Ann Ashby, born Sep. 25, 1820, Front Royal, Virginia; married William Mason Buck, Apr. 3, 1838, Front Royal, Virginia; died Jan. 24, 1904.

 William Mason Buck, nephew and son-in-law to Rebecca Richardson Buck, wrote his memoirs in 1880 which have been very helpful in documenting the history of families in those times.

Children of Thomas Buck V

 

As noted previously, Thomas Buck V and Anne Richardson had fourteen children, of whom four died in infancy. It often seems as though Thomas’s family has been better documented than has the families of his brothers John and Charles Buck II. This additional documentation could be related to Thomas’s family living in the town of Front Royal whereas the families of John and Charles were more rural. However, the additional information is probably more due to the efforts of Buck family researchers and writers such as William Mason Buck, Maurice Neville Blakemore and Walter Hooper Buck who were descendants of Thomas Buck V.

The more noted and documented children of Thomas Buck V include:

· William Richardson Buck (1776 – 1823) married Lucy N. Blakemore

· Isabella Buck (1778 – 1844) married Captain Hezekiah Conn

· Henrietta Chew Buck (1779 – 1872) married Spencer Neville Calmes

· Mary Ann Buck (1787 – 1851) married George Bayly

· Marcus Calmes Buck (1789 – 1845) married Elizabeth P. Drake

· Rebecca Richardson Buck (1792 - 1878) married William R. Ashby

· Elizabeth Price Buck (1794 – 1871) married George N. Blakemore

· Isaac Newton Buck (1801 – 1877) married Janet Urquhart

· Letitia Amelia Buck (1803 – 1885) married John Mauzy Blakemore.

The next several posts will focus on these children of Thomas Buck V and Anne Richardson as well as some of their grandchildren.

The Richardson Sisters

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In 1774, the three sons of Charles Buck I married three daughters of William Richardson and Isabella Calmes. Charles II married Mary; Thomas V married Anne and John married Miriam. These three families had thirty-two children. Not surprisingly, Bucks were said to have a certain “look” for many generations!

William Richardson was born on December 26, 1712 in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. He died in 1768 in Frederick County, Maryland. William Richardson was a Quaker and was educated by private tutors according to the teachings of the Society of Friends. About 1751, he settled in western Maryland near Frederick City. He was wealthy and his home was a social center as well as a meeting place for religious services. William Richardson and Isabella Calmes were married in August 1746. Isabella Calmes was the daughter of Marquis Calmes II and Winnifred Waller. She was born in 1728 and died on June 10, 1796. She was buried in Buckton Cemetery, Virginia – the oldest grave there.

Very little is known about Mary, Anne and Miriam Richardson Buck. They were loved and respected by their children but mentioned only briefly in a few memoirs. Although their father was a Quaker, it seems that Mary, Ann and Miriam joined the Baptist Church with their husbands and their children were raised as Baptists.

Prior to the generation of the Richardson-Buck children, most people used only a given name and surname. Many of the Richardson-Buck children had middle names as well. The Richardson and Calmes families were highly regarded and those surnames were given as middle names to several of the Buck children.
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Thomas Buck V and Anne Richardson

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Thomas Buck V and Anne Richardson were married on Dec 14, 1774. Anne Richardson (daughter of William Richardson and Isabella Calmes) was born on Oct 10, 1756. Thomas Buck V and Anne Richardson had the following children:

William Richardson Buck, born Feb 28, 1776
Isabella Buck, born Jan 9, 1778
Henrietta Chew Buck, born May 16, 1779
Mary R. Buck was born May 16, 1781
Samuel R. Buck died about 1782
Miriam Buck was born Apr 28, 1784
Mary Ann Buck, born Nov 18, 1787
Marcus Calmes Buck, born Nov 7, 1789
Rebecca Richardson Buck, born Feb 13, 1792
Elizabeth Price Buck, born Sep 5, 1794
Thomas Buck was born Nov 7, 1796
Catharine Buck was born Feb 7, 1799
Isaac Newton Buck, born Mar 22, 1801
Letitia Amelia Buck, born Apr 7, 1803.

Four of their children, Mary, Samuel, Miriam and Catharine died in infancy.

Anne Richardson died on April 3, 1823. She was buried in Buckton Cemetary, Virginia.
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Thomas Buck V (1756 – 1842)

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Thomas Buck V, the third and youngest son of Charles Buck I, was born on June 10, 1756; his mother was Letitia Sorrell Buck. Thomas was full brother to Charles Buck II and half brother of John Buck. He was born in Frederick County, Virginia and lived all his life in Virginia. At a young age he moved across the river from the family farm in Buckton to Front Royal where he lived most of his life. His home in Front Royal, Bel Air, still exists although extensively remodeled and no longer owned by a member of the Buck family.

Thomas Buck V was a member of the Virginia Militia during the Revolutionary War and received a pension for his service. He was a strong civic, business and Baptist leader. He became wealthy and his descendants were prominent in the area for many years.

Like his brothers John and Charles, Thomas married one of the Richardson sisters. Both Thomas and Anne were only eighteen when they married in 1774. With three Buck brothers having married three Richardson sisters, it’s no wonder that there was said to be a certain “look “ to the thirty-two grandchildren of Charles Buck I !

As will be seen from the next series of postings, much more is known of Thomas Buck V than of his father or brothers.
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Silhouettes of Charles and Mary Buck

In 1996, my dad, my son and I visited Front Royal, Virginia to research our roots there. The Warren Heritage Society was one of the main resources that we wanted to investigate. Unfortunately, we were only able to be there a few hours. Even so, we were able to learn a lot about the early Buck family in the Front Royal, Virginia area.

While browsing through some files, I came across one labeled simply “Charles Buck and Mary Richardson” and peeked into it. The file contained only these two silhouettes – no references, no sources, no notes. No one at the Society had any additional information. I took these photos of the silhouettes.

I have no idea whether these silhouettes are authentic or not but I’ve decided to use them to represent Charles and Mary Buck – my great, great, great, great grandfather and grandmother.

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John Buck (1748 - 1815)

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John Buck, born on December 27, 1748 near Buckton, Virginia, was the oldest son of Charles Buck I. His mother was Anna Sorrell Earle, the first wife of Charles Buck I.

John Buck and Miriam Richardson were married in 1774. Miriam Richardson (daughter of William Richardson and Isabella Calmes) was born on Dec 27, 1748. She died in 1825. John Buck and Miriam Richardson had the following children:

Charles Buck
Anne Buck
Miriam Buck (died in infancy)
Peter C. Buck
Isabella Buck
Elizabeth Buck
Isabella Miriam Buck
John L. Buck
William Richardson Buck
Sarah Buck.

John Buck was a Lieutenant Colonel of the Virginia Militia and is often referred to as Colonel John Buck. He also was Tax Commissioner and later Sheriff of Frederick County, Virginia (formerly Orange County, now Warren). John Buck is listed as a justice of Dunmore County on October 26, 1773 in "Justices of the Peace of Colonial Virginia, 1757-1775", Bulletin of the Virginia State Library, Vol. XIV, Nos. 2, 3, pages 114, 123. His name appears regularly in the court records of 1778.

About 1785, perhaps as late as 1790, John Buck emigrated to Kentucky along with Marquis Calmes IV, Marquis Richardson, John Richardson, Benjamin Coombs and Samuel Price. These were among the early pioneers of Kentucky. John Buck settled in Woodford County near what is now the town of Versailles. He was the first postmaster to serve the citizens of Versailles.

John Buck died in 1815 (although his death is given as in 1816 by Blakemore). He was buried in Lexington, Kentucky; his grave is near the Henry Clay statue.
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