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PASCHAL, son of Henry and Mildred Blackburn Buford, married Frances Ann Otey, October 31, 1820. She was the daughter of Major Isaac and Elizabeth Matthews Otey. Children - James Hervey, and Neeta (twins), born July 6, 1821, Neeta died August 26, 1826; Mildred Elizabeth, November 19, 1822; John Quincy Adams, July 29, 1824; Mary Charlotte, January 3, 1826, died July 1, 1826, died July 1, 1826; Rowland Dabney, September 20, 1827; Ann Jane, April 22, 1830; Julius Blackburn, November 22, 1832; Margaret Letitia, February 17, 1835; Isaac Henry, September 25, 1838. Paschal Buford Died at "Locust Level," Bufordville, Bedford County, Virginia, July 23, 1875, at the place of his long life.

Capt. Paschal Buford was well and widely known. His honest, outspoken nature made him a man to be remembered in social and everyday life. He had no concealments and no disguises, but spoke out with honest independence whatever was in his thoughts. For deception, pretense, or false pride he had no toleration. He was natural, and wished others to be so. He loved his broad acres, fat cattle, and blooded horses. As a farmer and breeder of fine stock, he was well known throughout the state. A lifelong success crowned his efforts in these departments of industry, and he leaves the fruits behind him in an ample estate. No Virginia home was ever the center of more generous and bounteous hospitality than his. In the War of 1812 he was an officer, and commanded a company at Crany Island. In the Civil War his hand and heart were with the South and her soldiers. By his invitation the wife (Mary) and daughter of General Robert E. Lee spent a summer (1863) at his home during the war between the states. In 1867 General Lee, then President of Washington and Lee University (Washington College at the time), accompanied by his daughter, Miss. Mildred, paid a visit to Captain Buford and his family. When General Lee returned to Washington College, which is located in Lexington, Virginia, Paschal Buford sent him a cow to provide milk for the family.

Text quoted from: History and Genealogy of the Buford Family In America With Records of a Number of Allied Families

Pictured here is a modern view of Locust Level. A wood frame structure located behind this house was built in 1774 by Henry Buford. The present wooden structure was built later, and the brick front was added by Captain Paschal Buford.
"The City of the Dead" is located in the rear of the house, and several generations of Bufords are buried there. The house remained in the Buford family until 1992 when it was sold.
The house is listed on the National Registry of Historical Sites.