Buckland Plantation

OVERVIEW

Location: Washington County, Mississippi
Date Constructed/ Founded: ~1834
Associated Surnames: Anderson, Buckner, Evans, Parker
Historical Notes: After the Land Act of 1820 (April 24, 1820) Robert H. Buckner, from Kentucky, was one of many farmers who took advantage of the opportunity to amass their real estate by purchasing relatively small tracts of land in Mississippi, compared to previous requirements. Through several purchases, Buckner had bought a total of ~6470 acres in the Choctaw area: 240 in 1834, 1800 in 1837, 1406 in 1838, 1188 in 1840, 1686 in 1841, and 150 in 1843. He was elected in 1839 as the fourth Chancellor of Mississippi, retired from the bench in 1845, and died in 1846. In his will (1845) R.H. Buckner requested that members of his wife’s family (T. or F.A. Freeland) supervise the plantation for the benefit of his family. Buckland plantation may have stayed in the ownership of the Buckner family until Sarah F. Buckner’s death in 1895.
Associated Pages: Windsor Plantation (Claiborne Co., MS)

ASSOCIATED ENSLAVED PERSONS

1840: 21 slaves – 4 boys 10, under age (b.1831-1840); 2 males, age 10 – 23 (b.1817-1830); 1 man, age 24 – 35 (b.1805-1816); 1 man, age 36 – 55 (b.1785-1804); 4 girls, under age 10 – (b.1831-1840); 2 females, age 10 – 23 (b.1817-1830); 5 women, age 24 – 35 (b.1805-1816); 1 woman, age 36 – 55 (b.1785-1804); 1 woman, age 55 – 99 (b.1741-1785)

1845: To Sarah F. Buckner (wife) – Washington, Lucindy, Juliet, Louisa, Aaron, Charity, Henrietta [Will of R.H. Buckner, 1845, Mississippi Probate Records, 1781-1930]

1850: Group 1 – Male age 70 (b.1780), Male age 70 (b.1780), Male age 36 (b.1814), Male age 29 (b.1821), Male age 38 (b.1812), Male age 26 (b.1824), Male age 19 (b.1831), Male age 15 (b.1835), Male age 16 (b.1834), Male age 13 (b.1837), Male age 23 (b.1827), Male age 21 (b.1829), Male age 30 (b.1820), Male age 32 (b.1818), Male age 23 (b.1827), Male age 24 (b.1826), Male age 22 (b.1828), Male age 15 (b.1835), Male age 12 (b.1838), Male age 11 (b.1839), Male age 12 (b.1838), Male age 45 (b.1805), Male age 26 (b.1824), Male age 23 (b.1827), Male age 20 (b.1830), Male age 16 (b.1834), Male age 5 (b.1845), Male age 4 (b.1846), Male age 4 (b.1846), Male age 4 (b.1846), Male age 2 (b.1848), Male age 1 (b.1849); Group 2 – Male age 16 (b.1834), Male age 12 (b.1838), Male age 7 (b.1843), Male age 7 (b.1843), Male age 4 (b.1846); Group 3 – Female age 36 (b.1814), Female age 18 (b.1832), Female age 7 (b.1843), Female age 7 (b.1843); Group 4 – Female age 36 (b.1814), Female age 9 (b.1841), Female age 7 (b.1843); Group 4 – Female age 24 (b.1826), Female age 13 (b.1837), Female age 16 (b.1834), Female age 30 (b.1820), Female age 2 (b.1848); Group 5 – Female age 45 (b.1805), Female age 14 (b.1836), Female age 21 (b.1829), Female age 3 (b.1847); Group 6 – Female age 40 (b.1810), Female age 40 (b.1810), Female age 40 (b.1810) [1850 United States Census (Slave Schedule) Washington Co., MS, Estate of R.H. Buckner]

ASSOCIATED FREE PERSONS

Buckner family: Robert Hawes Buckner (b.1802-d.1846) – owner, ex-Chancellor of Mississippi; Sarah Frisby Freeland Buckner (b.1813-d.1892) – wife (m.1830), owner, named Buckland Plantation in her Will (1892), From Windsor Plantation (Claiborne Co., MS); Thomas Freeland Buckner (b.1834-d.1856) – son; Robert H. Buckner Jr. (b.1842-d.1853) – son; Kate D. Buckner Parker (b.1845-d.1872) – dau.

Anderson family: Dr. Lomax Anderson (b.?-d.?); Nellie Freeland Buckner Anderson (b.1846-d.1919) – wife (m.1867), dau. of R.H. and S.F.F Buckner

Evans family: Louis D. Evans; Emma Buckner Evans (b.?-d.?) – wife, dau. of R.H. and S.F.F. Buckner

Parker family: John Milliken Parker (b.11838-d.1893); Sarah Roberta Buckner Parker (b.1840-d.?) – wife (m.1860), dau. of R.H. and S.F.F. Buckner; John Milliken Parker (n.1863-d.?) – son

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REFERENCES

• Rootsweb World Connect Project: Stirk-London Families (Robert Hawes Buckner, ID: I38086). http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=stirk15apr2006
• Rootsweb World Connect Project: convolution (Sarah Roberta Buckner, ID: I85886). http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=stirk15apr2006
• Find A Grave Memorial: Sarah Freeland Buckner. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57680844/sarah-buckner
• Branton, K. and Wade, A. Early Mississippi Records: Issaquena Co. & Washington Co., 1827-1900, Vol. II. Pioneer Publishing Co. 2001.
• United States, Bureau of Land Management. Mississippi, Homestead and Cash Entry Patents, Pre-1908[database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997.
• Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Mississippi. Vol 1. Goodspeed publishing Company, 1891.
• Mississippi Probate Records, 1781-1930. Images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 14 June 2016. County courthouses and public libraries, Mississippi.