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1Blakemore, Maurice Neville, Blakemore family and Allied lines, The, 123, Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150, FHL JSMB Book 929.273 B583b.
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"He was a Colonel of militia during the Revolutionary War and settled in Woodford County, Kentucky, his home being in Versailles. He is buried in Lexington."
1Blakemore, Maurice Neville, Blakemore family and Allied lines, The, 124-125, Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150, FHL JSMB Book 929.273 B583b.
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"died in October 1853 of yellow fever at his home near Vicksburg. He was a student at Princeton University when the War of 1812 began and entered the United States Navy as a Midshipman on February 1, 1812 serving until his retirement on January 25, 1815. An undated clipping from an Atlanta, Georgia, newspaper gives an account of his naval exploit: "During the War of 1812, William Richardson Buck left college, (Princeton) and joined the U. S. Navy. In February, 1813 the American sloop "Hornet" captured the British ship "Peacock". The "Peacock" was fitted out with an American crew and sent to fight the British. Off the cost of Wales she ran down and captured another British ship, the brig "Epervier". This prize was sold for $225,000 and $118,000 in specie was found on board. In the fight Mr. Buck was the first man to board the enemy's ship and for his gallant conduct on this occasion Congress voted him a sword (October 21, 1814) which is now the valued possession of his grandson, W. H. Buck of the United States Navy".
His home was used by General Grant as a military hospital and was one of the few places saved during the seige of Vicksburg... . He married the widow Flowers and had five children..."
children listed.
1Blakemore, Maurice Neville, Blakemore family and Allied lines, The, 126, Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150, FHL JSMB Book 929.273 B583b.
FHL Film 1033872 Item 5.
"Charles Buck came under the influence of the Rev. James Ireland in 1768 and embraced the Baptist faith though he had been reared in the Episcopal Church and his father had been a Vestryman in Frederick Parish. He gave land near "Buckton" to the Rev. Ireland for a church and residence. Of this line may be mentioned the Hon. Charles W. Buck, Minister to Peru 1885-1889 and Horace Riverside Buck who was Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Montana."
1Blakemore, Maurice Neville, Blakemore family and Allied lines, The, 142-143, Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150, FHL JSMB Book 929.273 B583b.
On January 11, 1776 Thomas Buck V was commissioned Lieutenant of a company of militia While he was a resident of Dunmore County, now Shenandoah. In 1777 he was Adjutant under Colonel Joseph Pugh, Commandant of the Dunmore militia, and on September 5, 1777, at Woodstock, he was unanimously chosen Captain of a company of volunteers and went to Fort Pitt where he served for about four months ("A History of Shenandoah County" p 205, J. W. Wayland, 1927). In 1778 he raised a company of volunteer mounted men and served as 'Captain for about two months. At that time he was a resident of Frederick County. He was allowed a pension on October 1, 1833 (Claim S. 16,672). On May 8, 1793 he was appointed Captain of Virginia militia by Governor Henry Lee (White Horse Harry Lee) and served during the Whiskey Rebellion... . on July 18, 1842 (Warren County Will Book A, folio 170). He was a man of prominence and active in civic affairs, being one of the original Trustees of Front Royal, Virginia, when it was laid out in 1788. He was a surveyor at 18 and a member of the Committee of Safety for the Colony of Virginia on January 1, 1776 when only 19 years of age. At 21 he was a Magistrate, served three times as High Sheriff of Frederick County and in 1815 he was a special delegate from that county to the Legislature."
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"tombstone indicates birth 10 Jun 1756.... is buried at "Buckton" where his two wives and his brother Charles also lie. ...
He moved from his father's estate to Front Royal, Warren County, Virginia, where he built "Bel Air" on 100 acres of tillable land and 1,500 acres of woodland adjacent to Happ Creek. In a letter written on January 27, 1918 by his great,,, granddaughter, Lucy Rebecca Buck, born September 25, 1842 A and died August 20, 1918, to my aunt Mrs. Worcester Reed Warner, she gives some interesting particulars concerning this old homestead ... of the family. She writes that "Thomas Buck built the house about 1797. The two wings were erected several years before the main brick one was made and I have heard our old aunt Calmes, who died in her ninety-second year, say that as a little girl she had played in the space between the wings. The brass knocker on the front door, one of my earliest recollections of the house, bears the inscription, "Thomas Buck, 1800". When our great grandfather died, your grandmother Blakemore (that was Letitia Buck who married John Mauzy Blakemore), being the youngest daughter and favorite child, inherited it and lived there with her husband and children till they removed to Tennessee when my father, William Mason Buck, bought the homestead and I was the first child of his family born there, in 1842, and lived there until my fifty-sixth year. It then belonged to my second brother, Irving Ashby Buck, who bought it from the creditors when my father failed in business and held it while we remained there till my father's death. After several years Irving sold the home to the present owner who converted it into what he considered a Colonial mansion. He destroyed the old time features by tearing out the old wainscoting and cornices, demolishing the west end and old portico with its Mount Vernon pillars and, having erected an ostentatious porch at the front and allowing the lawn and grounds to be wrecked, he sat down to enjoy the nondescript result of his work."
1Blakemore, Maurice Neville, Blakemore family and Allied lines, The, 121, Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150, FHL JSMB Book 929.273 B583b.
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"Charles Buck I received a bequest from his uncle, Joseph Buck who died in 1732, which enabled him to leave the Tidewater area where he had been born. For a while he lived in Westmoreland County but his lands being too small for the profitable cultivation of tobacco he moved to the Valley about 1735 and on April 28, 1740 he purchased land lying along the South Branch of the Shenandoah River which included the two farms called "Clover Hill" and "Cedar Hill". He devised 780 acres of this land to his son, Charles Buck II, and now known as "Buckton" the only portion which remained in the family is the private burial ground. On March 2, 1753 Charles Buck I purchased 150 acres of land from Thomas, Lord Fairfax, and the original deed is in the possession of the Buck family. On August 19, 1751 he was commissioned Lieutenant of the county Militia (Order Book no. 4, 175I-1753, p 16) and on October 3, 1752 he became Vestryman in Frederick Parish (Order Book no. 4, 1751-1753, p 319; "Old Churches, Ministers and Families of Virginia", vol. 2, pp 281, 431, Bishop Meade, 1861). He was a trustee for the town of Strasburg, Virginia, in 1761 ("Statutes at Large", vol. 7, p 475, W. W. Hening, 1823). He was also overseer of roads and otherwise active in county affairs. His will is dated February 4, 1771 and was probated August 6, 1771 (Frederick County Will Book no. 4, folios 127-129). In it he names his wife, Letitia, and his three sons; John Buck, Charles Buck 11 and Thomas Buck V. At the time of his death he had acquired large land holdings and in his will devised 844 acres to his eldest son, John, 780 acres to Charles II and 1,275 acres to his youngest son, Thomas V, together with his land at the Dumfries wharf which he had purchased from James Ewell. This was a port established by merchants from Glasgow, Scotland, who were engaged in commerce."
1Blakemore, Maurice Neville, Blakemore family and Allied lines, The, 121, Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150, FHL JSMB Book 929.273 B583b.
FHL Film 1033872 Item 5.
"Charles Buck I received a bequest from his uncle, Joseph Buck who died in 1732, which enabled him to leave the Tidewater area where he had been born. For a while he lived in Westmoreland County but his lands being too small for the profitable cultivation of tobacco he moved to the Valley about 1735 and on April 28, 1740 he purchased land lying along the South Branch of the Shenandoah River which included the two farms called "Clover Hill" and "Cedar Hill". He devised 780 acres of this land to his son, Charles Buck II, and now known as "Buckton" the only portion which remained in the family is the private burial ground. On March 2, 1753 Charles Buck I purchased 150 acres of land from Thomas, Lord Fairfax, and the original deed is in the possession of the Buck family. On August 19, 1751 he was commissioned Lieutenant of the county Militia (Order Book no. 4, 175I-1753, p 16) and on October 3, 1752 he became Vestryman in Frederick Parish (Order Book no. 4, 1751-1753, p 319; "Old Churches, Ministers and Families of Virginia", vol. 2, pp 281, 431, Bishop Meade, 1861). He was a trustee for the town of Strasburg, Virginia, in 1761 ("Statutes at Large", vol. 7, p 475, W. W. Hening, 1823). He was also overseer of roads and otherwise active in county affairs. His will is dated February 4, 1771 and was probated August 6, 1771 (Frederick County Will Book no. 4, folios 127-129). In it he names his wife, Letitia, and his three sons; John Buck, Charles Buck 11 and Thomas Buck V. At the time of his death he had acquired large land holdings and in his will devised 844 acres to his eldest son, John, 780 acres to Charles II and 1,275 acres to his youngest son, Thomas V, together with his land at the Dumfries wharf which he had purchased from James Ewell. This was a port established by merchants from Glasgow, Scotland, who were engaged in commerce."
1Blakemore, Maurice Neville, Blakemore family and Allied lines, The, 120, Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150, FHL JSMB Book 929.273 B583b.
FHL Film 1033872 Item 5.
"By these [first two] marriages she had two daughters one of them married a Mr. Earle and settled in Sought Caroline and the other daughter married a Mr. Warren and resided in Danville, Kentucky. Lttitia was the aunt of Ann the first wife of Charles Buck I."
