He may be best known as the father of Aylette Buckner who also served a Representative from Kentucky,[1] or as the eldest of three American judges of the same name.
[2] The family also included Thornton Buckner (1778–1837) who represented Fauquier County for a decade in the Virginia House of Delegates before moving to Missouri.
[3] At least two of their sons continued the family's legal and political traditions through the Civil War, as would their son-in-law, Col. John Allen.
In late 1831, Buckner accepted appointment as associate judge of the Kentucky court of appeals December 31, 1831, but resigned shortly afterwards.
"[12] At least three of his sons survived the Civil War, but possibly his most famous descendant was U.S. Army officer turned Confederate General Simon Bolivar Buckner.
[13] Another grandson who chose a military career was Richard Aylett Buckner (1849-), who became captain of the Kentucky governor's guards and defended Frankfort in 1863.
Following the conflict, he moved westward and chose the family's legal and political path, becoming a lawyer in 1884, and practicing in Dermott, Arkansas.