The Franklin Republican, Friday, January 13, 1893, page 7, col 2
Col. Avery [sic – Avory] M. Buckner, one of the pioneers and best known residents of this county, died at the home of his son in Trafalgar, Monday morning at 4:30 o’clock. Funeral services were held Tuesday, at 12:30 o’clock in the Trafalgar Baptist church conducted by Rev. T. A. Childs.
Col. Buckner was born in North Carolina ninety-seven years ago last November. When a child he moved with his parents to Louisville, Ky, and in 1835 he moved to this county where he lived continually until his death. In 1865 he abandoned farming and moved to this city where he lived until about three years ago when he moved to Trafalgar. He was universally esteemed as a man of honesty, thrift and integrity. He was probably at the time of his death the oldest resident of Johnson county. While a resident of Kentucky he temporarily served as colonel of a militia regiment from which he was always thereafter called by that title.
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Franklin Democrat, Friday, 14 June 1901, pg 3
[NOTE – The following article is a remembrance of James Buckner’s (1826-1916) childhood home in Simpsonville, Kentucky. James revisited his old home place where his father, Col. Avory Buckner (1795-1893) and his grandfather, Hala (Haley) Buckner (1759-1819) lived in his childhood. One item that may be in error is Avory Buckner according to the census data was born in NC not KY but he did move to KY when a child]
SHADOWS OF THE PAST –
Hala Buckner, grandfather of Uncle James Buckner, was born in Virginia and in early times moved to Kentucky, where his son, the late Col. Avery Buckner, was born Nov. 18, 1795, and grew to manhood. In early life he was a prominent citizen of Kentucky. At that date Kentucky had organized a regiment of militia, called state troops, in every county. So in Shelby county the regiment elected Avery Buckner as their colonel and he ably filled the position for many years. In October 1835, Col. Buckner sold the Kentucky homestead and emigrated to Indiana, and, entering a large tract of land in Hensley township, lived there and raised the prominent and large family that is much noted in the affairs of Hensley during the last 66 years.
When Col. Buckner settled in Hensley township Uncle James Buckner of Franklin was nine years of age. He grew to manhood, married and settled in Hensley township and was a citizen of that township until about two years ago when he left the farm in the keeping of others and moved to Franklin and is living a retired life. May 6, 1901, after an absence of 66 years, he returned on a visit to his boyhood hills. Sixty-six years had passed away and Uncle James landed in his native state to note the great changes. Left a little boy nine years old; returned a gray headed sire 75 years of age. On land he remembered the grand old spring that so strong, so inviting to the thirsty boy after sporting with his playmates could go and quench their thirst at the cooling fount. But he found not the lead pipes that carried the water into the trough that was for the watering of the stage coach horses every day, but from under the base of the old hill the strong current was still flowing as he viewed it in his early boyhood. At his old native town, Simpsonville, he met no one of yore, but everything to him was a blank. There, when a boy six years of age, he saw the “falling stars” in 1832. On visiting the stage track and the beautiful little pond of water where he with delight rode the stage horses to drink, he was struck with much surprise by the change. The stage and stage horses are things of the past; he only prided himself in rambling around the old pond fed, as of yore; by some beautiful, rippling, little rivulets that seemed to him to welcome his coming after so many years of absence. Turning away from pond and rivulet, he took the road that was his boyhood beat, but instead of the old dirt road, it is a beautiful pike, and on his journey the old log huts that were there sixty-six years ago were gone and in their place were beautiful homes, orchards, barns and many improvements that caused him to ponder over the past, with valise in hand, and study and meditate long about the present. On inquiry he found that, down the pike two miles from Simpsonville, lived one of his playmates, Dr. Conner. Making his way direct he called at his residence and found the old doctor very feeble and nearly deaf. There was a very warm greeting between the old friends. Taking his leave, being content on finding one that he knew years ago, he continued his rounds. Next point was to visit the old Welsh tavern. On his way he noticed an old stone wall and on inquiry he found that the wall enclosed the grave of John Hume, who was killed by the Indians nearly a century ago. The colony had a fort and was in it when grandfather Sturgeon and John Hume rode out a distance from the fort, when the inmates on hearing the firing of guns went to the rescue, but on their way were met by Sturgeon afoot. He told them the story of being fired on and of their horses being shot from under them and of his escape. On going back a quarter of a mile they found Hume tomahawked and scalped. He was carried back and buried where the stone wall stands around his grave, near old Welch hotel, put there by relatives and friends over an age ago.
From Hotel Welch he went to Fisherville in Jefferson county, [Kentucky] and on learning his cousin, Rev. John Gillan, was still living, he went to see him. He found Mr. Gillan a retired farmer living on his valuable farm, an old broken down pioneer. From Mr. Gillan’s he went to Stephen Beard’s, also his son James, and family. Mr. Beard married in the Buckner family over half a century ago. Then he visited the old home of his grandfather Buckner, who entered it in 1804. There he viewed the old stone house that was built when his pa was a little boy. The house was built by his grandfather. His father, Col. Avery Buckner, then twelve years old, carried stone and mortar for the masons. He visited the old grave yard on the hill overlooking the broad expanse of bottomland through which river Kane meandering by, runs, as of centuries ago, on its destiny to southern expanse of water. His grandfather, Hala Buckner, who died in 1819, was the first person buried in that noted graveyard. Sixteen years after Lillie, his wife, was placed by his side to sleep the long sleep till the resurrection.
He saw the old flowing well that was drilled nearly a century ago. It is 1,525 feet deep. Uncle James tells the change in the strong current forced upward by pressure. When he sported around the well when a little boy, the steam passed off by running on the ground; now it is utilized by running through a six-inch pipe for the use of many. Uncle James has many names and dates of those he knew in his early years, in a little book that he carries with him, that are quietly resting in that lonely city. Sixty-six years have made a wonderful change in the old neighborhood where Mr. Buckner was born. So after a leave of sixty-six years, the old pioneer on returning found a blank and sad remembrance when on his native soil. All are due to the improvements of time on changing the sportive youths to grave, old, gray-headed grandfathers; by the succeeding generations making steady improvements on the usages and customs of the forefathers of a century ago. Uncle James has made his last trip back to his native hills and streams; will be content to pass the remaining years in his adopted city – Franklin.
B. F. KENNEDY
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1st MARRIAGE
Kentucky, County Marriage Records, 1783-1965
Avory M. Buckner married Margaret Sturgeon on 9 Feb 1818 in Shelby KY
1850 U.S. Census of Hensley, Johnson, Indiana
Avory Buckner, 54 b. NC; wife, Margaret 54 b. VA; Children: Allen 15; Paulina 12; George W. 10
1860 U.S. Census of Hensley, Johnson, Indiana
Avory M Buckner 64; wife, Margaret 64; Children: Allen 25; George W. 20 and James M. 34
2nd MARRIAGE
Indiana, Marriages, 1810-2001
Avory M Buckner married Elizabeth Brown on 7 May 1863 in Vigo Co IN
1870 U.S. Census of Franklin Ward 3, Johnson, Indiana
Avory M Buckner 74; wife, Elizabeth 52 (this was his 2nd wife)
1880 U.S. Census of Franklin, Johnson Co IN
Avory M. Buckner 84, b. SC parents b. SC; with wife Elizabeth, 70.
[Provided by Mark McCrady #47714241 and Cathea Curry #47339429]
Col. Avery [sic – Avory] M. Buckner, one of the pioneers and best known residents of this county, died at the home of his son in Trafalgar, Monday morning at 4:30 o’clock. Funeral services were held Tuesday, at 12:30 o’clock in the Trafalgar Baptist church conducted by Rev. T. A. Childs.
Col. Buckner was born in North Carolina ninety-seven years ago last November. When a child he moved with his parents to Louisville, Ky, and in 1835 he moved to this county where he lived continually until his death. In 1865 he abandoned farming and moved to this city where he lived until about three years ago when he moved to Trafalgar. He was universally esteemed as a man of honesty, thrift and integrity. He was probably at the time of his death the oldest resident of Johnson county. While a resident of Kentucky he temporarily served as colonel of a militia regiment from which he was always thereafter called by that title.
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Franklin Democrat, Friday, 14 June 1901, pg 3
[NOTE – The following article is a remembrance of James Buckner’s (1826-1916) childhood home in Simpsonville, Kentucky. James revisited his old home place where his father, Col. Avory Buckner (1795-1893) and his grandfather, Hala (Haley) Buckner (1759-1819) lived in his childhood. One item that may be in error is Avory Buckner according to the census data was born in NC not KY but he did move to KY when a child]
SHADOWS OF THE PAST –
Hala Buckner, grandfather of Uncle James Buckner, was born in Virginia and in early times moved to Kentucky, where his son, the late Col. Avery Buckner, was born Nov. 18, 1795, and grew to manhood. In early life he was a prominent citizen of Kentucky. At that date Kentucky had organized a regiment of militia, called state troops, in every county. So in Shelby county the regiment elected Avery Buckner as their colonel and he ably filled the position for many years. In October 1835, Col. Buckner sold the Kentucky homestead and emigrated to Indiana, and, entering a large tract of land in Hensley township, lived there and raised the prominent and large family that is much noted in the affairs of Hensley during the last 66 years.
When Col. Buckner settled in Hensley township Uncle James Buckner of Franklin was nine years of age. He grew to manhood, married and settled in Hensley township and was a citizen of that township until about two years ago when he left the farm in the keeping of others and moved to Franklin and is living a retired life. May 6, 1901, after an absence of 66 years, he returned on a visit to his boyhood hills. Sixty-six years had passed away and Uncle James landed in his native state to note the great changes. Left a little boy nine years old; returned a gray headed sire 75 years of age. On land he remembered the grand old spring that so strong, so inviting to the thirsty boy after sporting with his playmates could go and quench their thirst at the cooling fount. But he found not the lead pipes that carried the water into the trough that was for the watering of the stage coach horses every day, but from under the base of the old hill the strong current was still flowing as he viewed it in his early boyhood. At his old native town, Simpsonville, he met no one of yore, but everything to him was a blank. There, when a boy six years of age, he saw the “falling stars” in 1832. On visiting the stage track and the beautiful little pond of water where he with delight rode the stage horses to drink, he was struck with much surprise by the change. The stage and stage horses are things of the past; he only prided himself in rambling around the old pond fed, as of yore; by some beautiful, rippling, little rivulets that seemed to him to welcome his coming after so many years of absence. Turning away from pond and rivulet, he took the road that was his boyhood beat, but instead of the old dirt road, it is a beautiful pike, and on his journey the old log huts that were there sixty-six years ago were gone and in their place were beautiful homes, orchards, barns and many improvements that caused him to ponder over the past, with valise in hand, and study and meditate long about the present. On inquiry he found that, down the pike two miles from Simpsonville, lived one of his playmates, Dr. Conner. Making his way direct he called at his residence and found the old doctor very feeble and nearly deaf. There was a very warm greeting between the old friends. Taking his leave, being content on finding one that he knew years ago, he continued his rounds. Next point was to visit the old Welsh tavern. On his way he noticed an old stone wall and on inquiry he found that the wall enclosed the grave of John Hume, who was killed by the Indians nearly a century ago. The colony had a fort and was in it when grandfather Sturgeon and John Hume rode out a distance from the fort, when the inmates on hearing the firing of guns went to the rescue, but on their way were met by Sturgeon afoot. He told them the story of being fired on and of their horses being shot from under them and of his escape. On going back a quarter of a mile they found Hume tomahawked and scalped. He was carried back and buried where the stone wall stands around his grave, near old Welch hotel, put there by relatives and friends over an age ago.
From Hotel Welch he went to Fisherville in Jefferson county, [Kentucky] and on learning his cousin, Rev. John Gillan, was still living, he went to see him. He found Mr. Gillan a retired farmer living on his valuable farm, an old broken down pioneer. From Mr. Gillan’s he went to Stephen Beard’s, also his son James, and family. Mr. Beard married in the Buckner family over half a century ago. Then he visited the old home of his grandfather Buckner, who entered it in 1804. There he viewed the old stone house that was built when his pa was a little boy. The house was built by his grandfather. His father, Col. Avery Buckner, then twelve years old, carried stone and mortar for the masons. He visited the old grave yard on the hill overlooking the broad expanse of bottomland through which river Kane meandering by, runs, as of centuries ago, on its destiny to southern expanse of water. His grandfather, Hala Buckner, who died in 1819, was the first person buried in that noted graveyard. Sixteen years after Lillie, his wife, was placed by his side to sleep the long sleep till the resurrection.
He saw the old flowing well that was drilled nearly a century ago. It is 1,525 feet deep. Uncle James tells the change in the strong current forced upward by pressure. When he sported around the well when a little boy, the steam passed off by running on the ground; now it is utilized by running through a six-inch pipe for the use of many. Uncle James has many names and dates of those he knew in his early years, in a little book that he carries with him, that are quietly resting in that lonely city. Sixty-six years have made a wonderful change in the old neighborhood where Mr. Buckner was born. So after a leave of sixty-six years, the old pioneer on returning found a blank and sad remembrance when on his native soil. All are due to the improvements of time on changing the sportive youths to grave, old, gray-headed grandfathers; by the succeeding generations making steady improvements on the usages and customs of the forefathers of a century ago. Uncle James has made his last trip back to his native hills and streams; will be content to pass the remaining years in his adopted city – Franklin.
B. F. KENNEDY
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1st MARRIAGE
Kentucky, County Marriage Records, 1783-1965
Avory M. Buckner married Margaret Sturgeon on 9 Feb 1818 in Shelby KY
1850 U.S. Census of Hensley, Johnson, Indiana
Avory Buckner, 54 b. NC; wife, Margaret 54 b. VA; Children: Allen 15; Paulina 12; George W. 10
1860 U.S. Census of Hensley, Johnson, Indiana
Avory M Buckner 64; wife, Margaret 64; Children: Allen 25; George W. 20 and James M. 34
2nd MARRIAGE
Indiana, Marriages, 1810-2001
Avory M Buckner married Elizabeth Brown on 7 May 1863 in Vigo Co IN
1870 U.S. Census of Franklin Ward 3, Johnson, Indiana
Avory M Buckner 74; wife, Elizabeth 52 (this was his 2nd wife)
1880 U.S. Census of Franklin, Johnson Co IN
Avory M. Buckner 84, b. SC parents b. SC; with wife Elizabeth, 70.
[Provided by Mark McCrady #47714241 and Cathea Curry #47339429]
The Franklin Republican, Friday, January 13, 1893, page 7, col 2
Col. Avery [sic – Avory] M. Buckner, one of the pioneers and best known residents of this county, died at the home of his son in Trafalgar, Monday morning at 4:30 o’clock. Funeral services were held Tuesday, at 12:30 o’clock in the Trafalgar Baptist church conducted by Rev. T. A. Childs.
Col. Buckner was born in North Carolina ninety-seven years ago last November. When a child he moved with his parents to Louisville, Ky, and in 1835 he moved to this county where he lived continually until his death. In 1865 he abandoned farming and moved to this city where he lived until about three years ago when he moved to Trafalgar. He was universally esteemed as a man of honesty, thrift and integrity. He was probably at the time of his death the oldest resident of Johnson county. While a resident of Kentucky he temporarily served as colonel of a militia regiment from which he was always thereafter called by that title.
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Franklin Democrat, Friday, 14 June 1901, pg 3
[NOTE – The following article is a remembrance of James Buckner’s (1826-1916) childhood home in Simpsonville, Kentucky. James revisited his old home place where his father, Col. Avory Buckner (1795-1893) and his grandfather, Hala (Haley) Buckner (1759-1819) lived in his childhood. One item that may be in error is Avory Buckner according to the census data was born in NC not KY but he did move to KY when a child]
SHADOWS OF THE PAST –
Hala Buckner, grandfather of Uncle James Buckner, was born in Virginia and in early times moved to Kentucky, where his son, the late Col. Avery Buckner, was born Nov. 18, 1795, and grew to manhood. In early life he was a prominent citizen of Kentucky. At that date Kentucky had organized a regiment of militia, called state troops, in every county. So in Shelby county the regiment elected Avery Buckner as their colonel and he ably filled the position for many years. In October 1835, Col. Buckner sold the Kentucky homestead and emigrated to Indiana, and, entering a large tract of land in Hensley township, lived there and raised the prominent and large family that is much noted in the affairs of Hensley during the last 66 years.
When Col. Buckner settled in Hensley township Uncle James Buckner of Franklin was nine years of age. He grew to manhood, married and settled in Hensley township and was a citizen of that township until about two years ago when he left the farm in the keeping of others and moved to Franklin and is living a retired life. May 6, 1901, after an absence of 66 years, he returned on a visit to his boyhood hills. Sixty-six years had passed away and Uncle James landed in his native state to note the great changes. Left a little boy nine years old; returned a gray headed sire 75 years of age. On land he remembered the grand old spring that so strong, so inviting to the thirsty boy after sporting with his playmates could go and quench their thirst at the cooling fount. But he found not the lead pipes that carried the water into the trough that was for the watering of the stage coach horses every day, but from under the base of the old hill the strong current was still flowing as he viewed it in his early boyhood. At his old native town, Simpsonville, he met no one of yore, but everything to him was a blank. There, when a boy six years of age, he saw the “falling stars” in 1832. On visiting the stage track and the beautiful little pond of water where he with delight rode the stage horses to drink, he was struck with much surprise by the change. The stage and stage horses are things of the past; he only prided himself in rambling around the old pond fed, as of yore; by some beautiful, rippling, little rivulets that seemed to him to welcome his coming after so many years of absence. Turning away from pond and rivulet, he took the road that was his boyhood beat, but instead of the old dirt road, it is a beautiful pike, and on his journey the old log huts that were there sixty-six years ago were gone and in their place were beautiful homes, orchards, barns and many improvements that caused him to ponder over the past, with valise in hand, and study and meditate long about the present. On inquiry he found that, down the pike two miles from Simpsonville, lived one of his playmates, Dr. Conner. Making his way direct he called at his residence and found the old doctor very feeble and nearly deaf. There was a very warm greeting between the old friends. Taking his leave, being content on finding one that he knew years ago, he continued his rounds. Next point was to visit the old Welsh tavern. On his way he noticed an old stone wall and on inquiry he found that the wall enclosed the grave of John Hume, who was killed by the Indians nearly a century ago. The colony had a fort and was in it when grandfather Sturgeon and John Hume rode out a distance from the fort, when the inmates on hearing the firing of guns went to the rescue, but on their way were met by Sturgeon afoot. He told them the story of being fired on and of their horses being shot from under them and of his escape. On going back a quarter of a mile they found Hume tomahawked and scalped. He was carried back and buried where the stone wall stands around his grave, near old Welch hotel, put there by relatives and friends over an age ago.
From Hotel Welch he went to Fisherville in Jefferson county, [Kentucky] and on learning his cousin, Rev. John Gillan, was still living, he went to see him. He found Mr. Gillan a retired farmer living on his valuable farm, an old broken down pioneer. From Mr. Gillan’s he went to Stephen Beard’s, also his son James, and family. Mr. Beard married in the Buckner family over half a century ago. Then he visited the old home of his grandfather Buckner, who entered it in 1804. There he viewed the old stone house that was built when his pa was a little boy. The house was built by his grandfather. His father, Col. Avery Buckner, then twelve years old, carried stone and mortar for the masons. He visited the old grave yard on the hill overlooking the broad expanse of bottomland through which river Kane meandering by, runs, as of centuries ago, on its destiny to southern expanse of water. His grandfather, Hala Buckner, who died in 1819, was the first person buried in that noted graveyard. Sixteen years after Lillie, his wife, was placed by his side to sleep the long sleep till the resurrection.
He saw the old flowing well that was drilled nearly a century ago. It is 1,525 feet deep. Uncle James tells the change in the strong current forced upward by pressure. When he sported around the well when a little boy, the steam passed off by running on the ground; now it is utilized by running through a six-inch pipe for the use of many. Uncle James has many names and dates of those he knew in his early years, in a little book that he carries with him, that are quietly resting in that lonely city. Sixty-six years have made a wonderful change in the old neighborhood where Mr. Buckner was born. So after a leave of sixty-six years, the old pioneer on returning found a blank and sad remembrance when on his native soil. All are due to the improvements of time on changing the sportive youths to grave, old, gray-headed grandfathers; by the succeeding generations making steady improvements on the usages and customs of the forefathers of a century ago. Uncle James has made his last trip back to his native hills and streams; will be content to pass the remaining years in his adopted city – Franklin.
B. F. KENNEDY
--------------
1st MARRIAGE
Kentucky, County Marriage Records, 1783-1965
Avory M. Buckner married Margaret Sturgeon on 9 Feb 1818 in Shelby KY
1850 U.S. Census of Hensley, Johnson, Indiana
Avory Buckner, 54 b. NC; wife, Margaret 54 b. VA; Children: Allen 15; Paulina 12; George W. 10
1860 U.S. Census of Hensley, Johnson, Indiana
Avory M Buckner 64; wife, Margaret 64; Children: Allen 25; George W. 20 and James M. 34
2nd MARRIAGE
Indiana, Marriages, 1810-2001
Avory M Buckner married Elizabeth Brown on 7 May 1863 in Vigo Co IN
1870 U.S. Census of Franklin Ward 3, Johnson, Indiana
Avory M Buckner 74; wife, Elizabeth 52 (this was his 2nd wife)
1880 U.S. Census of Franklin, Johnson Co IN
Avory M. Buckner 84, b. SC parents b. SC; with wife Elizabeth, 70.
[Provided by Mark McCrady #47714241 and Cathea Curry #47339429]
Col. Avery [sic – Avory] M. Buckner, one of the pioneers and best known residents of this county, died at the home of his son in Trafalgar, Monday morning at 4:30 o’clock. Funeral services were held Tuesday, at 12:30 o’clock in the Trafalgar Baptist church conducted by Rev. T. A. Childs.
Col. Buckner was born in North Carolina ninety-seven years ago last November. When a child he moved with his parents to Louisville, Ky, and in 1835 he moved to this county where he lived continually until his death. In 1865 he abandoned farming and moved to this city where he lived until about three years ago when he moved to Trafalgar. He was universally esteemed as a man of honesty, thrift and integrity. He was probably at the time of his death the oldest resident of Johnson county. While a resident of Kentucky he temporarily served as colonel of a militia regiment from which he was always thereafter called by that title.
-----------
Franklin Democrat, Friday, 14 June 1901, pg 3
[NOTE – The following article is a remembrance of James Buckner’s (1826-1916) childhood home in Simpsonville, Kentucky. James revisited his old home place where his father, Col. Avory Buckner (1795-1893) and his grandfather, Hala (Haley) Buckner (1759-1819) lived in his childhood. One item that may be in error is Avory Buckner according to the census data was born in NC not KY but he did move to KY when a child]
SHADOWS OF THE PAST –
Hala Buckner, grandfather of Uncle James Buckner, was born in Virginia and in early times moved to Kentucky, where his son, the late Col. Avery Buckner, was born Nov. 18, 1795, and grew to manhood. In early life he was a prominent citizen of Kentucky. At that date Kentucky had organized a regiment of militia, called state troops, in every county. So in Shelby county the regiment elected Avery Buckner as their colonel and he ably filled the position for many years. In October 1835, Col. Buckner sold the Kentucky homestead and emigrated to Indiana, and, entering a large tract of land in Hensley township, lived there and raised the prominent and large family that is much noted in the affairs of Hensley during the last 66 years.
When Col. Buckner settled in Hensley township Uncle James Buckner of Franklin was nine years of age. He grew to manhood, married and settled in Hensley township and was a citizen of that township until about two years ago when he left the farm in the keeping of others and moved to Franklin and is living a retired life. May 6, 1901, after an absence of 66 years, he returned on a visit to his boyhood hills. Sixty-six years had passed away and Uncle James landed in his native state to note the great changes. Left a little boy nine years old; returned a gray headed sire 75 years of age. On land he remembered the grand old spring that so strong, so inviting to the thirsty boy after sporting with his playmates could go and quench their thirst at the cooling fount. But he found not the lead pipes that carried the water into the trough that was for the watering of the stage coach horses every day, but from under the base of the old hill the strong current was still flowing as he viewed it in his early boyhood. At his old native town, Simpsonville, he met no one of yore, but everything to him was a blank. There, when a boy six years of age, he saw the “falling stars” in 1832. On visiting the stage track and the beautiful little pond of water where he with delight rode the stage horses to drink, he was struck with much surprise by the change. The stage and stage horses are things of the past; he only prided himself in rambling around the old pond fed, as of yore; by some beautiful, rippling, little rivulets that seemed to him to welcome his coming after so many years of absence. Turning away from pond and rivulet, he took the road that was his boyhood beat, but instead of the old dirt road, it is a beautiful pike, and on his journey the old log huts that were there sixty-six years ago were gone and in their place were beautiful homes, orchards, barns and many improvements that caused him to ponder over the past, with valise in hand, and study and meditate long about the present. On inquiry he found that, down the pike two miles from Simpsonville, lived one of his playmates, Dr. Conner. Making his way direct he called at his residence and found the old doctor very feeble and nearly deaf. There was a very warm greeting between the old friends. Taking his leave, being content on finding one that he knew years ago, he continued his rounds. Next point was to visit the old Welsh tavern. On his way he noticed an old stone wall and on inquiry he found that the wall enclosed the grave of John Hume, who was killed by the Indians nearly a century ago. The colony had a fort and was in it when grandfather Sturgeon and John Hume rode out a distance from the fort, when the inmates on hearing the firing of guns went to the rescue, but on their way were met by Sturgeon afoot. He told them the story of being fired on and of their horses being shot from under them and of his escape. On going back a quarter of a mile they found Hume tomahawked and scalped. He was carried back and buried where the stone wall stands around his grave, near old Welch hotel, put there by relatives and friends over an age ago.
From Hotel Welch he went to Fisherville in Jefferson county, [Kentucky] and on learning his cousin, Rev. John Gillan, was still living, he went to see him. He found Mr. Gillan a retired farmer living on his valuable farm, an old broken down pioneer. From Mr. Gillan’s he went to Stephen Beard’s, also his son James, and family. Mr. Beard married in the Buckner family over half a century ago. Then he visited the old home of his grandfather Buckner, who entered it in 1804. There he viewed the old stone house that was built when his pa was a little boy. The house was built by his grandfather. His father, Col. Avery Buckner, then twelve years old, carried stone and mortar for the masons. He visited the old grave yard on the hill overlooking the broad expanse of bottomland through which river Kane meandering by, runs, as of centuries ago, on its destiny to southern expanse of water. His grandfather, Hala Buckner, who died in 1819, was the first person buried in that noted graveyard. Sixteen years after Lillie, his wife, was placed by his side to sleep the long sleep till the resurrection.
He saw the old flowing well that was drilled nearly a century ago. It is 1,525 feet deep. Uncle James tells the change in the strong current forced upward by pressure. When he sported around the well when a little boy, the steam passed off by running on the ground; now it is utilized by running through a six-inch pipe for the use of many. Uncle James has many names and dates of those he knew in his early years, in a little book that he carries with him, that are quietly resting in that lonely city. Sixty-six years have made a wonderful change in the old neighborhood where Mr. Buckner was born. So after a leave of sixty-six years, the old pioneer on returning found a blank and sad remembrance when on his native soil. All are due to the improvements of time on changing the sportive youths to grave, old, gray-headed grandfathers; by the succeeding generations making steady improvements on the usages and customs of the forefathers of a century ago. Uncle James has made his last trip back to his native hills and streams; will be content to pass the remaining years in his adopted city – Franklin.
B. F. KENNEDY
--------------
1st MARRIAGE
Kentucky, County Marriage Records, 1783-1965
Avory M. Buckner married Margaret Sturgeon on 9 Feb 1818 in Shelby KY
1850 U.S. Census of Hensley, Johnson, Indiana
Avory Buckner, 54 b. NC; wife, Margaret 54 b. VA; Children: Allen 15; Paulina 12; George W. 10
1860 U.S. Census of Hensley, Johnson, Indiana
Avory M Buckner 64; wife, Margaret 64; Children: Allen 25; George W. 20 and James M. 34
2nd MARRIAGE
Indiana, Marriages, 1810-2001
Avory M Buckner married Elizabeth Brown on 7 May 1863 in Vigo Co IN
1870 U.S. Census of Franklin Ward 3, Johnson, Indiana
Avory M Buckner 74; wife, Elizabeth 52 (this was his 2nd wife)
1880 U.S. Census of Franklin, Johnson Co IN
Avory M. Buckner 84, b. SC parents b. SC; with wife Elizabeth, 70.
[Provided by Mark McCrady #47714241 and Cathea Curry #47339429]
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