James
Monroe
Buckner
Born in Tennessee
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Julia Evelyn Bradley
— married
22 Mar 1880 in Eldorado, Union, Arkansas
Descendants 
Father of
James Evelyn Buckner Sr.
Died
at age 85
in Roscoe, Nolan, Texas
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Biography
James was born in 1853. He passed away in 1938.
Research Notes
Two YDNA-tested descendants of James show STR types that are completely different from any other known Buckner lines. He has also not been conclusively identified in the 1860 and 1870 census, so he is something of a mystery.
There are four candidates in the 1860 census with birthdates in the 1852-54 range in Tennessee:
James D. of De Kalb Co., TN[1] who can probably be eliminated.[2]
James H. of Union Co., Tennessee[3] who can probably also be ruled out.[4]
This leaves James A. of Cocke Co. TN in 1860[5] and James of Ouichita, Arkansas in 1860.[6]
One of these two is probably James of Sevier Co., Tennessee in 1880.[7]
It would seem more likely that he was the one in Arkansas in1860, but the parents' birthplaces are a poor match for what he gives in the 1880 census.
Sources
- ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8TH-8BK : 12 December 2017), James Buckner in entry for Edward Buckner, 1860.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD79-Y34 : 15 July 2017), James D Buckner, District 9, De Kalb, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district ED 32, sheet 216D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1252; FHL microfilm 1,255,252.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8T2-6GC : 12 December 2017), James H Buckner in entry for Joseph Yaden, 1860.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDWN-4Y2 : 15 July 2017), James H Buckner, District 3, Union, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district ED 112, sheet 144C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1283; FHL microfilm 1,255,283.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8TW-TQH : 12 December 2017), James H Buckner in entry for James A Buckner, 1860.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8W9-6C2 : 13 December 2017), James Buckner in entry for Robt Buckner, 1860.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDWH-J2B : 15 July 2017), James Buckner, Jones Cove, Sevier, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district ED 178, sheet 307D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1277; FHL microfilm 1,255,277.
- "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNWR-91J : 26 August 2017), James M Buckner in household of Thomas Bradley, Van Buren, Union, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 277, sheet 338D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0058; FHL microfilm 1,254,058.
- 1860, 1880, 1900, 1920, 1930 census, Texas Death Index and Death Certificate, his son's death certificate, Arkansas marriage records, Texas marriage records, US appointments of Post Masters, burial records.
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Glyniss Westbrook
My grand dad had James Monroe Buckner's violin/fiddle that he played. It was in very poor shape.
posted 27 Feb 2018 by Glyniss Westbrook
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
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A descendent of Epps Rivers Brown contacted me and we discussed the second wife of James Monroe Buckner. She gave various names at different times but she was most definitely not Julia Elizabeth, nor Julia Eveleyn nor Elizabeth. James Monroe Buckner had only one child, at least, that lived. And his wife, mother of said child was Julia Evelyn Bradley. She passed away when James Evelyn Buckner Sr. was a small boy. Anyway, the second wife of James Monroe Buckner's was listed as Donnie Brown on her death certificate. He listed her parents as Epps River Brown and Dorindy Adair. The family folklore was that James Monroe and James Evelyn Buckner, Sr. walked out of Arkansas during the night with this woman. And that they had changed their name. All of the descendants of James Evelyn Sr., thought they meant the Buckner name but upon seeing Donnie Brown's death certificate and the marriage license of both women he married and census records, it was obvious that his name was James Monroe Buckner long before he became involved with the second wife. She was the one that changed her name. One major problems is Epps Rivers Brown had no child by the name of Donnie but he did have a Martha J that disappeared. In a family history written by a Brown or Adair family member in the 1920's ? it stated that she was married to Jim Buckner and living out in the western part of Texas. They had moved to west Texas to a tiny hole in the wall named Wastella and lived there until their deaths, four miles from his son and four miles from where I was raised. On their marriage license she states her name as DG Goodwin. Julia Evelyn Bradley had an aunt married to a Goodwin but she had passed away by 1880 and he appeared to have re-married. It is a very interesting conundrum. When you descend from an only child, no one else is looking for your descendant except the people you already know. I have no doubt of who my 2x great grand parents are. It was a well known and established fact by all of their children, grandchilden, etc. But that family story still seems to need a resolution.
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