 1732 - 1788 (56 years)
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| Name |
John BUCHANAN [1, 2] |
| Prefix |
Captain |
| Born |
1732 |
, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA  |
| Gender |
Male |
 Property |
19 Mar 1753 |
| 370 Acres on Walker Creek |
| Property |
20 Aug 1754 |
| 240 Acres in Beverly Manor |
| Residence |
1771 |
Locust Cove, Smyth, Virginia, USA |
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| Property |
20 Aug 1771 |
| sold the 240 acres in Manor Creek |
| Residence |
1776 |
*, Fincastle, Virginia, USA |
| Died |
1788 |
, Davidson, Tennessee, USA |
| Property |
21 Jun 1806 |
- Gave 274 acres to Patrick
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| Property |
26 Jun 1806 |
- Gave 128 acres to John Jr.
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| Person ID |
I3970 |
An Armstrong & A Heffernan |
| Last Modified |
16 Mar 2016 |
| Father |
James BUCHANAN, b. Abt 1700, , Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom , d. Abt 1765, , Augusta, Virginia, USA (Age ~ 65 years) |
| Mother |
Martha ALLISON, b. Abt 1705, , Chester, Pennsylvania, USA , d. Abt 1743, , Augusta, Virginia, USA (Age ~ 38 years) |
| Married |
Abt 1724 |
, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Family ID |
F1535 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- 1792 - Attack on Buchanan's Station - On the night of September 30, the stockaded fort of Major John Buchanan was attacked by a party of Idians numbering around 300. The attack continued for hours and many of the Indians were wounded or killed. There were about 20 male settlers in the fort, along with their wives and children. Except for a minor injury of one, none were hurt or killed.
headwaters of N.F. (north fork?) of Holsten? River.
John Buchanan migrated from Pennsylvania to North Carolina, settling near Guilford Court House (present-day Greensboro) NC. He later moved to the Watuaga settlements and went to Kentucky with an overland party in 1778 with his wife and sons. He built a station at French Lick Bluffs (later called Fort Nashboro) [TN] in 1779. He served on the first grand jury on Oct 7, l783. By 1788 he had returned to the Mill Creek area called Buchanan's Station. There he was killed by Indians in his own house while sitting with his wife by the fireplace.* (TENNESSEE GENEALOGY QUERIES #13, July 1998 - query 13.html {Rev.Mss,B.H.S., DCM, 1790, pt 1, p. 29; and Guild, p. 209;DW I, p 7 and 59})
John Buchanan was a weaver and a farmer. On March 19, 1753, he bought 370 acres on Walker's Creek adjoining his father, James Buchanan, from Benjamin Borden; he subsequently sold that land to James McCown. On August 20, 1754, he bought 240 acres in Beverly Manor on the patent line from James and Margaret Roseborough for L63. He married between 1756 and 1758. In 1761, he posted bond for the administration of the estate of James McFerrin. {deceased spouse of Agnes Bowen) On August 20, 1771, he and his wife sold their 240-acre plantation to Charles Berry for L90. (Family record written by Alexander Buchanan, 3rd son of this John Buchanan. Augusta Co.,VA, Deed book 6, p. 347; Deed book 17, p. 282; Will book 3, p. 23)
In 1771, John and his wife moved to Locus Cove in Rich Valley in what is now Smyth County, Virginia. When he acquired his lands there has not been determined.
*The reference to his death in the first paragraph has not been proven; In 1776, as a resident of the western part of Fincastle County, he signed a petition to divide the county; on November 25, 1795, he signed a petition to form what became Tazewell County, VA. On November 14 and 15, 1784, John had surveyed two tracts of 90 and 160 acres in Rich Valley on the North Fork of the Holston River. On June 21, 1806, he gave his son Patrick 274 acres on the North Fork. On June 26, 1806, he gave John Buchanan, Jr., 128 acres in Locus Cove and he gave his son James Buchanan 148 acres in Locus Cove and 148 acres on the North Fork of the Holston River. (Washington County, Virginia Entries and Surveys, Book 1, pp. 104, 113. Wythe County, VA, Deed Book 5, pp. 236, 131, 132. Book 4, p. 387.)
No record has been found of his death or the settlement of his estate.
1820 Davidson Co, Tennessee Census
"Buchanan, Margaret white female over 45
white male 16-26
white male 16-26
white male 16-26
white female 16-26
white male 10-16
white male 0-16"
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| Sources |
- [S717] Will, James Buchanan.
- [S328] Gordon Aronhime Papers, Aronhime, Gordon, (handwritten on index cards), Buchanan, Alexander I.
... Two brothers Archibald and John settled in ...
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