 1732 - 1797 (64 years)
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| Name |
James Buckles |
| Title |
Capt. |
| Suffix |
Sr. |
| Born |
17 Sep 1732 |
Berkeley Co, VA  |
- Born in Berkeley Co, VA, James came to the area with his father, which James later laid out as Bucklestown (during the early years, called Buckles Town & James Town), in 1791 changed to Darkesville.
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| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
23 Jan 1797 |
Maysville, Mason Co, KY |
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| Buried |
Banks of Ohio River, Maysville, Mason Co, KY |
| Person ID |
I11706 |
adkinshorton |
| Last Modified |
2 Jan 2013 |
| Father |
Robert Buckles, Sr., b. 15 May 1702, Yorkshire, England , d. 21 Dec 1790, Bucklestown, Berkeley Co, WV (Age 88 years) |
| Mother |
Ann Brown, b. 01 Aug 1705, Bucks Co, PA , d. 27 Jun 1787, Univilla, Berkeley Co, WV (Age 81 years) |
| Married |
May 1727 |
Bucks Co, PA |
| Family ID |
F27675 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Sarah Gerrard, b. 05 Dec 1740, Frederick Co, VA , d. 24 Sep 1815, Sugar Creek Township, Greene Co, OH (Age 74 years) |
| Married |
1760 |
Gerrardstown, Berkeley Co, VA |
| Children |
| + | 1. Rev. John Buckles, b. 27 Feb 1761, Frederick Co, VA , d. 30 Jul 1828, Christiansburg, Champaign Co, OH (Age 67 years) |
| + | 2. James Buckles, Jr., b. 04 Dec 1764, Bucklestown, Berkeley Co, VA , d. 08 Mar 1853, Miami Co, OH (Age 88 years) |
| | 3. William Buckles, b. 1766, d. 1846 (Age 80 years) |
| | 4. Ann Buckles, b. 1768, d. 1851 (Age 83 years) |
| | 5. Robert Buckles, b. 1770, d. 1850 (Age 80 years) |
| | 6. Mahetabel Buckles, b. 1772, d. 1836 (Age 64 years) |
| | 7. Abagail Buckles, b. 1774 |
| | 8. Mary Buckles, b. 1776, d. 1861 (Age 85 years) |
| | 9. Margaret Buckles, b. 1780, d. 1810 (Age 30 years) |
| | 10. Abraham Abram Buckles, b. 1782, d. 1870 (Age 88 years) |
| | 11. Jan Buckles, b. 1784, d. 1867 (Age 83 years) |
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| Last Modified |
22 Feb 2013 |
| Family ID |
F27673 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- Aug 15, 1766 - James acquired 147 acres from Lord Fairfax.
Mar 16, 1779 - James was appointed captain of a company of Militia in Berkely County, Virginia...Revolutionary War.
1752 - James laid out the town of Bucklestown which was later called Darkesville in 1791.
1793 - James and Sarah gave a lot to the town for the first school.
1795 - Sold their plantation of 489 acres to Ed Beeson.
Aug 1799 - His father sold him 430 acres of land. (Deed Book 5 in Berkeley County Courthouse)
- "In the years following the close of the Revolutionary War many of the people of Virginia left the state. In the fall of 1799 James (at the age of 67) and Sarah packed several wagons and headed westward with the family to Ohio. Their son William had already made this trip a couple of years before and they were probably following his path. They traveled across the mountains thru Wheeling to the Ohio River where James and his sons built large flatboats to carry the wagons and horses to Cincinnati. Winter caught up with the party and James became sick from exposure. The family found a vacant house along the Kentucky side of the river and moved in but James passed away and was buried at a place called Red Stone (near Maysville, KY). Sarah then took her family the rest of the way downriver and in the spring of 1800 they settled in Centerville, Montgomery Co. Ohio Territory." (undocumented history of Terry Lee Edwards family tree)
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