Posted: 12:36 AM - Nov 29, 2010
Hello Mike,
I've seen your web site and am impressed! In searching for information on my Buck ancestors, I came across your work on the Bethel Baptist Church. My research shows that my ancestors, Charles Buck & his brother, Thomas were followers, as were all their family, of Rev Ireland who apparently started this church. I wonder if there are records that I can access that might shed some light on the son of Charles Buck, Samuel Mountjoy Buck & his wife, Mary Pierce Bayly. I have made 2 trips to Front Royal/Buckton and 1 trip to Shenandoah County seat researching (I live in Louisiana). I've had a researcher go to the courthouse in Hopkinsville, Kentucky where their son, Thomas lived, possibly as early as 1836, but at least from 1841 until 1862.
I found that Thomas purchased property shortly after each of his parent's death...but no evidence of where they were living or where they died.
I have found that Samuel sold the Buck Mill he had run all his adult life (& the property, to his cousin Thomas Fayette Buck)...but, I cannot find if they left the area (no records indicate they joined their siblings or their children in Kentucky or Mississippi). If they stayed, there is not another bit of evidence after 1830...no will, no estate settlement, nothing...just that Samuel Mountjoy Buck died in 1841 & Mary Pierce Bayly Buck died in 1844.
I have searched Virginia, Kentucky, West Virginia, Ohio, Tennessee, Mississippi...anyplace there were relatives. And I can't find them on any censuses. No records of death. No records of taxes. No records of estate settlement. No records of purchasing more land. Nothing. They just disappeared.
I'm hopeful that church records may reveal something about their whereabouts. Any information you might have, I'd surely appreciate.
Thanks,
Marion Drennen
I've seen your web site and am impressed! In searching for information on my Buck ancestors, I came across your work on the Bethel Baptist Church. My research shows that my ancestors, Charles Buck & his brother, Thomas were followers, as were all their family, of Rev Ireland who apparently started this church. I wonder if there are records that I can access that might shed some light on the son of Charles Buck, Samuel Mountjoy Buck & his wife, Mary Pierce Bayly. I have made 2 trips to Front Royal/Buckton and 1 trip to Shenandoah County seat researching (I live in Louisiana). I've had a researcher go to the courthouse in Hopkinsville, Kentucky where their son, Thomas lived, possibly as early as 1836, but at least from 1841 until 1862.
I found that Thomas purchased property shortly after each of his parent's death...but no evidence of where they were living or where they died.
I have found that Samuel sold the Buck Mill he had run all his adult life (& the property, to his cousin Thomas Fayette Buck)...but, I cannot find if they left the area (no records indicate they joined their siblings or their children in Kentucky or Mississippi). If they stayed, there is not another bit of evidence after 1830...no will, no estate settlement, nothing...just that Samuel Mountjoy Buck died in 1841 & Mary Pierce Bayly Buck died in 1844.
I have searched Virginia, Kentucky, West Virginia, Ohio, Tennessee, Mississippi...anyplace there were relatives. And I can't find them on any censuses. No records of death. No records of taxes. No records of estate settlement. No records of purchasing more land. Nothing. They just disappeared.
I'm hopeful that church records may reveal something about their whereabouts. Any information you might have, I'd surely appreciate.
Thanks,
Marion Drennen