The Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia borders Maryland and Virginia. The first European settlers started arriving about 1730.
Berkeley Countywas created from the northern third of Frederick County, Virginia in 1772. Jefferson County was formed from the county's eastern section. In 1863 Berkeley County became part of the new state of West Virginia.
Robert Buckles, Sr., was born on May 15, 1702, in Yorkshire, England.
Robert first settled in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
He married Ann Brown in 1727.
Robert and Ann's children included:
James Buckles (1732),
Abraham Buckles, Sr. (1736, married Mary McEvars)
Robert Buckles, Jr. (1740, married Rachel VanMeter),
William Buckles (1743, married Priscilla Hendricks)
Mary Elizabeth Buckles (1744, married William Osborne), and
Jane Buckles (1744/45, married Daniel Hendricks).
The Buckles were early settlers in, what is now, the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia. They probably arrived about 1727.
From Frederick County Road Orders
8 August 1754, Frederick County Order Book 6, p. 36
Ordered that Thomas Shepard Jacob Vanmeter and Robert Buckles being first sworn do view and mark a Road from Catons Ford the most convenient and best way to Vestals Gap and make report to next Court
2 April 1755, Frederick County Order Book 6, p. 207
Ordered that William Stroop be continued Overseer of the Road from Buckles’ marsh to where it intercepts the Road leading to Reubin Rutherfords and it is further Ordered that the Tithables within the following bounds keep the same in Repair according to Law viz up Buckles marsh to the old Wagon Road at Thomas Harts and down the Belhaven Road to Shanando, down Shanando to the mouth, up Potomack to Buckles’ marsh
9 September 1762, Frederick County Order Book 10, p. 196
Ordered that Robert Buckles be appointed Overseer of the Road leading from Swearingens Ferry to Keyses Ferry, from Swearingens to Melchiah Inglis Branch and Thomas Hart from the said branch to Keyses Ferry and that the Tithables two miles on each side the said road work thereon under them
In 1756 and 1764, Robert was on the rent roll of Frederick County, Virginia.
In 1772, Berkeley County was created from Frederick County.
In 1772 and 1777, Robert was on the rent roll of Berkeley County, Virginia.
The New River flows through North Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia .In 1755, Mary Draper Ingles (1732-1815) was captured by Shawnee warriors near Blacksburg and taken to Ohio. She escaped and made her way home by following the Ohio, Kanawha, and New Rivers.
West Virginia is located in the Appalachians and was originally part of Virginia. The capital and largest city is Charleston. It became a state during the Civil War and was admitted to the Union on June 20, 1863.
Robert Buckles, Jr. was born in 1740 in what is now West Virginia. He was the son of Robert Buckles and Ann Brown.
Anne Buckles (1763, married Andrews McGary),
William Buckles (1765, married Mary Kyles),
Robert Buckles (1768, married Susannah Lucas),
Mary Buckles (1770),
Henry Buckles (1772, married Mary Hoge),
John Buckles (1775 married Frances Wallingford),
Isaac Buckles (1777),
Abraham Buckles (1779, maried Elizabeth Wallingford), and
Rachel Buckles (1782, married Abraham Buckles).
Robert Buckles, Jr. was a private in Captain Robert Rutherford's Company of Rangers and he was on the muster roll of Captain Richard Morgan's Company, and he was a 2nd lieutenant in the Berkeley County, Virginia militia on May 15, 1781 under Captain Lucas.
His will was probated on April 12, 1809 Charlestown, West Virginia.
TheAmerican Revolutionary War(1775–1783) was between the Kingdom of Great Britain and the 13 colonies which became the newly formed United States.
