Ancestry of
Simon Bolivar Buckner

30th Governor of Kentucky

Aylett Hartswell Buckner

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• • Father of Simon Bolivar Buckner — 2nd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 2 
  • Father:
  • Philip Buckner 
  • Mother:
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  • Birth Date:
  • 13 Jan 1793 
  • Birth Location:
  • Albemarle County, Virginia 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Death Date:
  • 11 Dec 1851 
  • Death Location:
  • Beechland Plantation, near Camden, Ouachita, Arkansas 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Elizabeth Ann Morehead
  • Marriage Date:
  • 8 Dec 1819 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Barren County, Kentucky 
  • Child:

  Simon Bolivar Buckner (Ahnentafel No:1 )

  • Notes: 

  • Aylett Buckner was known for the mistreatment of slaves, not only his but also others. See A History of Muhlenberg County (pp. 183-184) for one such story.

• Sources for Aylett Hartswell Buckner

  • ¹ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A080147.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 04/04/2020).
  • ³ Kentucky, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1802-1850, Marriage record for Aylett H Buckner and Elizabeth T Morehead.
  • ⁴ Kentucky, U.S., Death Records, 1852-1965, Death certificate for son Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner.
  • ⁵ Virginia, U.S., Select Marriages, 1785-1940, Marriage record for son Simon B Buckner and Delia H Claiborne.
  • ⁶ Crozier, William Armstrong, The Buckners of Virginia and the Allied Families of Strother and Ashby, New York: The Genealogical Association (1907), 41-42.
  • ⁷ Rothert, Otto A., A History of Muhlenberg County, Louisville, Kentucky: John P. Morton and Company (1913), 177-190.
  • ⁸ The Filson Historical Society, Buckner, Simon Bolivar (1823-1914) Papers, 1825-1994, (accessed 04/04/2020).
  • ⁹ Todd, Whitney K., "The Grey Eagle of Glen Lily: Simon Bolivar Buckner's Place in the Lost Cause, Reunion, and Politics of the Late . . ., Louisville, Kentucky: Master of Arts Thesis for Dept. of History, University of Louisville (MAY 2014), (accessed 04/04/2020).
  • ¹⁰ Wikipedia, "Simon Bolivar Buckner", (accessed 04/03/2020).