Henry and Mildred Blackburn Buford
by
Fern K.
Buford Walker
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Copyright April 2007©
The line of Henry and Mildred Blackburn Buford were not covered in my book because I ran out of room. The book is more than 800 pages long so I am sure those of you who were disappointed in not seeing this line covered more thoroughly can understand. I have gathered a lot information on this line and will put it in my web page as time permits.
I will start with Margaret L. Buford who is the daughter of Paschal Buford son of Henry and Mildred Blackburn Buford. The following information is from Hardesty's Personal Histories of Bedford County dated 1884. It reads:
Margaret L. Buford is of one of the oldest families of Bedford County and one eminent is services in it's early development, the town of
Bufordville receiving it's name in honor of her Grandfather Captain Henry "Harry" Buford who settled here in 1768. Her father Paschal G. Buford was born on the farm and in the house where she now lives. (remember the date of the book) He married Frances Otey, who was born in this county and in the house which has ever since been her home their daughter Margaret L. was born on the 17th of February, 1835. Her father died July 23, 1875 and her mother's death occurred February 5, 1882. Miss Margaret has been a successful farmer for the last nine years, owning 270 acres of the old original "Locust-Lever
Farm" of 840 acres and giving careful and intelligent supervision to it's cultivation. Post Office address is Miss Margaret L. Buford, Bufordville, Bedford County, Virginia.
From the same book I found this article regarding Margaret's brother Rowland D. Buford:
Rowland D. Buford - son of Paschal and Frances A. Otey Buford was born in Bedford County on the 20th of September, 1827. His parents are no longer living, His father departing this life on the 23rd of July, 1875. At Liberty, county seat of Bedford County, December 5, 1866 Rowland D. Buford was united in marriage with Sarah A Bell, and their daughter Isabel was born on the first anniversary of their marriage day. The wife of Mr. Buford was born in Bedford County, a daughter of Alfred A. and Mary A. Lowry Bell. Her father is deceased, her mother resides in Liberty. In January, 1855, upon the death of the late Joseph Wilson, former clerk, R. D. Buford was without solicitation appointed clerk of the circuit court of Bedford County, which position he held by appointment and election by the people until July 1881 except a short time while the State was under military rule, and then for a few months owing to the fact that he could not take the oath required by Act of Congress, General Stoneman, the Commandant, by request, removed him and appointed Rev. F. Farnham clerk, when Mr. Buford qualified as deputy clerk and continued to discharge the duties of clerk as usual in the interregnum. Before his first appointment as clerk he had served as deputy clerk in the county court of Bedford and the courts of Rockbridge County. He is now engaged in the pursuits of agriculture, with Post Office address at Liberty, Bedford County, Virginia.Rowland D. Buford was the co-author with N. D. Hawkins of a book entitled: "Historical Sketch of Bedford County."
From the book by F. Johnson 1888 entitled OLD VIRGINIA CLERKS "Memorials of --I found this sketch on Rowland D. Buford
Among the many excellent clerks that the county of Bedford has been blessed with, none have been more skillful, intelligent and efficient than R. D. Buford. In some respects he was a model clerk, all the records and papers of his office being kept in perfect order, and everything done in the right way and at the right time, which cannot be said for all clerks. At an early age he was placed by his father, Captain Paschal Buford, in the office of Colonel Samuel McDowell Reid, who, for more than forty years was the efficient and highly esteemed clerk of Rockbridge county, under whose eye and care young Buford went through a regular training as clerk; and he well repaid all the care and pains bestowed on him by his excellent preceptor. After a service of several years as deputy, he went to his native county (Bedford) and was elected clerk of the circuit court in the year 1855, which office he held until 1865, when he was removed by military authority, but was restored in 1870, when he was again elected, and held the office until 1881, when he was succeeded by McLeod Kasey, who lived but a little more than one year, and was succeeded by the present clerk, J. Morton Speece who was at one time his deputy and who promises to be a worthy successor.R. D. Buford's skill, intelligence and usefulness as a clerk have given him a wide-spread and well-deserved notoriety; and he has been frequently called upon to examine clerks' offices and report their condition--a duty
which he has always performed in the most satisfactory manner. Perhaps no clerk has ever been more exact in the matter of charging fees that R. D. Buford, and his fee-books are models of neatness and correct charging. The only thing in the way of complaint that I have ever heard made against him (and which I considered rather a matter of praise than of complaint) was his extreme particularity in keeping the chancery and other papers closely under his eye and hand; never allowing them to go out of his office without taking a receipt, and holding the lawyers to a strict account for them. If all clerks were equally particular, we should have less trouble and confusion growing out of lost papers.
BUFORD Families in America Book 2005
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