John Buckner Sr (1798 - 1876)

Born 12 Oct 1798 in Tennessee, United States

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Died 16 Dec 1876 at age 78 in Alabama, United States

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Biography

John was born in East Tennessee on Oct. 12, 1798. He married Rachel Lindsey in 1818. About 1836 they moved to Blount Co., Ala. He died Dec. 16, 1876 and "left a large family."^[1] He was probably the John Buckner in Sevier Co. Tennessee in 1830.^[2]

Research Notes

Evidence for his parentage is relatively thin, but the two most prominent facts are his birth in East Tennessee in 1798 and the fact that he named a son Wilson Buckner. There were relatively few Buckners in Tennessee before 1800 (they lived in Sullivan Co. at the time), and one of them was William Buckner who married a Wilson, so these were in all likelihood John's parents.

Sources

1. ↑ http://www.tngenweb.org/records/tn_wide/obits/nca/nca6-02.htm, citing The Christian Advocate, Nashville, TN, June 16, 1877
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHP4-D6B : 10 September 2017), John Buckner, Sevier, Tennessee, United States; citing 92, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 178; FHL microfilm 24,536.

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• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHPR-XT3 : 12 April 2016), John Buckner, Blout county, Blount, Alabama, United States; citing family 69, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).