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State of Service: NC
Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service
Albright Township. Shares access with 1380 Will Brown Rd. Cemetery is visible at end of lane
Author: Charles Michael Morgan
Patriot birth and death: He was born about 1740 in Caroline County, VA and died on April 8, 1826 in Siler City, Chatham County, NC.
Patriot service: He resided in Chatham County, NC during the Revolutionary War and served his country as a civil Patriot by giving money to the cause.
Identification of family members: He was probably the son of John Cooke Buckner (1710-1782) and Sarah Morgan Buckner (1712-1788). (Note: It’s believed Sarah was a Buckner before her marriage). His wife was Martha Mary “Virginia” Pyle (1755-1826). They had twelve children: Margaret Peggy Buckner (1775-1846), Elisha Buckner (1777-1826), Aquila Buckner (1778-1854), Richard “Riche” William Buckner (1780-1833), William Buckner (1782-1829), Edward Wesley Buckner (1784-1861), Mary Polly Buckner (1786-1826), Nathanial Buckner (1788-1826), Sarah Buckner (1790-1870), John Thomas Buckner (1792-1874), Jesse Buckner, Jr. (1796-1863), and Martha Buckner (1797-1885).
A synopsis of his life: He grew up in Virginia. Around 1770, he migrated to North Carolina and eventually settled near Siler City in Chatham County. In 1773, he married Martha and they had twelve children in 22 years. He lived on a large plantation. After the war, he aided in the establishment of the Baptist church in North Carolina and served as a minister for more than forty years. He also preached on the Haw River Circuit in 1790 and in 1793 helped in establishing a church in Rowan County at the forks of the Yadkin. Jesse’s great grandfather was an English emigrant who settled in Virginia in 1661. He brought the first printing press to the Colonies in 1682.
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