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John Buchanan (abt. 1730 - abt. 1781)

John Buchanan
Born about in Pennsylvaniamap [uncertain]
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Husband of — married 17 Jun 1749 in Augusta, Virginia Colonymap
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Died about at about age 51 in Smyth County, Virginiamap [uncertain]
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Biography

He was the son of James Buchanan and Mary Allison, and is mentioned in his father's will, dated 1760 or 1761. [1]

Sometimes called "Little" John Buchanan. [2] He was living in Augusta County, Virginia, in 1747. [3] In 1755, John was referred to as a weaver. [4] In 1764, he was a school teacher. [5] In 1768 he was again working as a weaver. [6]

On 19 March 1753 John received a deed from Benjamin Borden for 370 acres on Walker's Creek in Augusta County, adjacent to the land of James Buchanan. [7] [8] He sold the land to James McCown on 10 February 1755. [9]

John married Martha Buchanan in about 1760. She was possibly the daughter of Capt. John Buchanan, jr.[10] [11] Children: John, jr., Alexander, James, Archibald, George and Patrick.

Sometime around 1772, John and Martha moved their family from Walker's Creek to Locust Cove on Locust Cove Creek, a tributary of the North Fork of the Holston River, near the present day border between Smyth and Tazewell Counties in Virginia. [12]

On 8 September 1774, John and Archibald Buchanan and their families narrowly escaped an attack by Native Americans. [13]

In 1776, John Buchanan served in the American Revolution as a captain in the Battle of Long Island Flats, near Kingsport, Tennessee. [14]

Three of John's descendants, Dr. John Lee Buchanan, Capt. Felix Grundy Buchanan and William Patrick Buchanan claimed that he was wounded in the Battle of Guilford Court House in North Carolina on 15 March 1781 and that he returned to his home in Smyth County, Virginia, where he died of his wounds. [15]

He was probably buried in the Buchanan Cemetery on a knoll east of his home in Smyth County. In 1937, his gravestone was likely still standing, but it was gone by 1978. [16]

Sources

  1. Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, by Lyman Chalkley; Volume 3, Page 88.
  2. Augusta County, Virginia, Will Book 2 page 130.
  3. Augusta County, Virginia, Court Order Book 1, page 202.
  4. Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, by Lyman Chalkley; Volume 2, Page 398.
  5. Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, by Lyman Chalkley; Volume 2, Page 449.
  6. Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, by Lyman Chalkley; Volume 2, Page 404.
  7. Augusta County Deed Book 5, page 159.
  8. Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, by Lyman Chalkley; Volume 3, Page 311.
  9. Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, by Lyman Chalkley; Volume 3, Page 332.
  10. Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, by Lyman Chalkley; Volume 3, Page 187.
  11. Buchanans of Early Augusta County, Virginia. Compiled by Paul C. Buchanan, 1995. Page 3.
  12. Buchanan: The Family History of James Buchanan, Son of Alexander Buchanan of Pennsylvania, 1702-1976, by John A. Blakemore, 1978, page 270.
  13. History of Tazewell County and Southwest Virginia, 1748-1920, by William C. Pendleton, 1920, page 294.
  14. Annals of Southwest Virginia, 1769-1800. Page 1382.
  15. Buchanan: The Family History of James Buchanan, Son of Alexander Buchanan of Pennsylvania, 1702-1976, by John A. Blakemore, 1978, page 271.
  16. Buchanan: The Family History of James Buchanan, Son of Alexander Buchanan of Pennsylvania, 1702-1976, by John A. Blakemore, 1978, page 271.
  • Buchanan: The Family History of James Buchanan, Son of Alexander Buchanan of Pennsylvania, 1702-1976, by John A. Blakemore, 1978, pages 269-271. The title on the cover reads "Buchanan, A Genealogical History."




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Buchanan-1837 and Buchanan-2165 appear to represent the same person because: same dates (more or less) same spouse & same birth & death places
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