1784-87 NC Buckner Russell. It lists 1 male 21-60, 2 males under 21& above 50; 3 females all ages. This is probably a censes for Buckner Sr. as it is for “List of Capt. Wright’s Distr. Number os Inhabitants Taken by Willian Cook, Feb. 1786.” So RW service is mentioned. Buckner Sr. would have been 33 his wife possibly Rachel Petty would have been 32, while Buckner Jr. would not yet have been born. North Carolina, U.S., State Census, 1784-1787 Census Lists by County - Surry County.

William Eli Petty Sr. Kentucky will probated 27 May 1805, Kentucky, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989. Mentions: father William Petty whose will this is; William’s 3rd wife Lettia. William’s children by Lettia are: Elias (not mentioned here), Rhoda Cast, Francis Marion, and youngest son Thomas. William’s children by 2nd wife Elizabeth Ransdell are: Rachel Russell, Hannah Ward, Zachariah, William, Eli Jr., Randell, John, James; daughter Sarah Stevens and Elizabeth Dodson. I believe Elizabeth Dodson is by 2nd wife Elizabeth Ransdell and not