James Walter Buford

Name: James Walter Buford
Given Name: James Walter
Family Name: Buford
Sex: Male
Description: James Walter Buford was a University of Virginia student, 1859-1861, who resided in Brunswick County, Virginia. The Chairman’s Journals, April 10, 1861, note that Buford was reported by University of Virginia hotelkeeper and white enslaver Wyatt W. Hamner for striking an unidentified person referred to as “his [Dr. Hamner’s] servant.” Buford was “reprimanded for the offense and warned against its repetition.”
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Occupation: University of Virginia student