Person:Richard Buckner (7)

Fredericksburg court cases Jones vs Stern (1825) and Miller v. Beverly (1818) really illuminate this family. Note that the Francis Buckner who died in 1806 is the brother of this Richard, per Miller v. Beverly, which is significant. This conflicts with Crozier's Buckners of Virginia, which has this Richard and his brother Francis as being sons of as Richard Buckner Jr. (of the Neck). The crucial evidence is as follows:

William Buckner of Caroline (father of the present Richard) made Francis Buckner the executor of his will (prob. 1788). Caroline Co. chancery cases indicate that Francis, William's executor, died in 1806 intestate without finishing the settlement of his father's estate. Francis' estate was sued by most of his brothers and sisters for a settlement, which firmly establishes that this Francis is indeed the Francis from William's will because their names match William's heirs exactly. Miller v. Beverly shows that this Francis who died in 1806 was the brother of that same Richard, who is the one who married Judith Edmonds.

This is probably also the same Maj. Richard Buckner who was in the Caroline Co. militia during the Revolutionary War (a 1799 chancery record refers to him as Maj. Richard Buckner when ordering the division of the estate).