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David L. Bufkin

David L. Bufkin

Male 1789 - 1879  (90 years)    Has more than 100 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name David L. Bufkin  [1
    Birth 29 Mar 1789  Norfolk, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Death 2 Jun 1879  Buffaloville, Spencer Co, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Siblings 2 Siblings 
    Person ID I100551  Geneagraphie
    Last Modified 30 Aug 2000 

    Father Samuel Bufkin, Jr.,   b. 14 Dec 1760, Norfolk, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt Oct 1800, Norfolk, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 39 years) 
    Mother Celia,   b. Abt 1760   d. Abt 1818 (Age 58 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1781 
    Family ID F40411  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Margaret Heath,   b. 1796, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1819, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 23 years) 
    Marriage 18 Jan 1817  Married by Rev. Robt Cox, a prominent Methodist minister. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Martha Bufkin,   b. 1818, Norfolk, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1870, Spencer Co, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 53 years)
    Family ID F40408  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2000 

    Family 2 Susannah Carney,   b. 1798-1799, Norfolk, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1868, Buffaloville, Spencer Co, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years) 
    Marriage 30 May 1820  Norfolk, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
    +1. Sarah Bufkin,   b. 1822, Norfolk, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Sep 1883, Spencer Co, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)
    +2. Rebecca Bufkin,   b. 2 Oct 1824, Norfolk, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Sep 1876, Spencer Co, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years)
    +3. Samuel Bufkin,   b. 1827, Norfolk Co, VA, near Portsmouth Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Jun 1898, Spencer Co, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
    +4. John H. Bufkin,   b. 23 Jul 1830, Norfolk, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Aug 1914, Spencer Co, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)
    +5. Susanna Bufkin,   b. 1834, Harrison County, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1873, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 40 years)
    +6. Eliza Jane Bufkin,   b. 12 Jul 1836, Freeport Township, Harrison Co, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 May 1916, Evansville, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
    Family ID F40409  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2000 

    Family 3 Mary Duke,   b. Abt 1825, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Sep 1892, Spencer Co, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years) 
    Marriage 10 Dec 1868 
    Family ID F40410  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2000 

  • Notes 
    • - War of 1812: Capt. John Hodges Comp, VA Militia, 22 Aug 1814 to 24 Oct 1814.

      - Private in Capt. John Thompson's Comp, 2 Sep 1814 to 1 Jan 1815.

      - Applied for warrant for bounty land (1855).

      - Didn't get the warrant; Pension Bureau had no record of his service.

      - Applied again in 1859 and received the bounty land (160 acres).

      - Signed warrant of 1855 w/ an "X"; signed in 1859 with his name.

      - Moved to Harrison Co, OH in 1830. Bought land in Spencer Co, IN in 1836.

      - Moved to Spencer Co, IN abt 1845, near Little Pigeon Missionary Baptist Church.

      - Applied for Pension in 1871. Lived in Buffaloville, Clay Tnshp, Spencer Co, IN.

      - Pension granted, 10 Nov 1871, for $8 per month.

      - Expert with the axe & broadaxe. Known as a pioneer of Spencer Co, IN. Farmer.

      - Family homestead (80 acres) near Little Pigeon Church.

      - Buried at Little Pigeon Baptist Church cem, Spencer Co, IN.

      Birthdate listed as 1795 in U.S. Census Records. Winifred Bufkin erected his tombstone at Little Pigeon Missionary Baptist Church graveyard, and lists his birthdate as 29 March 1789.

      Estate totalled only $159.10 when settled 6 Oct 1879. Widow Mary Oskins Bufkin was sole heir, she may have gained title to his land before his death.

      Family homestead (80 acres) near Little Pigeon Church, near intersection of 1250N & 275E, Section 25, Eastern 1/2 of the NW 1/4, Clay Township (Twp5S, Range 5 W).

  • Sources 
    1. [S72] Russ Bufkin, Bufkin Family Sourcebook, (compiled/published in 1985, English lines from Berry's Pedigrees of Kent, Visitations of Kent & Sussex, & from History of Kent, by Edward Hasted. ,).



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