Elias Buchanan (1812)

Born 1812 in Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Unknown) Buchanan — married about 1838 in , , Virginia, United States [uncertain]

This profile is part of the Buchanan Name Study.

Biography

Elias Buchanan was born about 1812 in Virginia, perhaps the youngest of six known children and four sons of John Buchanan and Mary Lockwood.

Probably about 1838, when he was in his twenties, he married Elizabeth Unknown.

Siblings

1. Van Buchanan
2. James Buchanan
3. Fanny Buchanan
4. Jane Buchanan
5. Nancy (Buchanan) Jolliff b. 1805

1850 census

Elias Buchanan appears in the 1850 United States Federal Census as a literate 38-year-old farmer with $800 in real property, living with his wife, Elizabeth, and five children, three sons and two daughters.

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1850 census for Elias Buchanan

Name: Elias Buchanan; Age: 38; Birth Year: c1812; Birthplace: Virginia; Home in 1850: District 64, Wetzel County, Virginia; Gender: Male; Family Number: 693.

Household Members: Name Age

Elias Buchanan 38

Elizabeth Buchanan 34

Mary Buchanan 10

William Buchanan 9

Eliza Buchanan 5

Jesse Buchanan 3

Elias Buchanan 1 mo.^[1]

Citations

1. ↑ 1850 Census, District 64, Wetzel County, Virginia; Roll M432_981, Page 51A, Image: 107 (96 of 99), Ancestry.com. Transcription URL: https://search.ancestryheritagequest.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc=Wwz341&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&indiv=1&db=1850usfedcenancestry&qh=l15S8JSfsbRRmtVPu4/j1A%3D%3D&gss=angs-d&new=1&rank=1&msT=1&gsfn=elias&gsfn_x=0&gsln=buchanan&gsln_x=0&msrpn__ftp=Virginia,%20USA&msrpn=49&MSAV=1&uidh=mpf&MSV=1&pcat=USFEDCEN&fh=0&h=15630961&recoff=&ml_rpos=1. Image URL: https://www.ancestryheritagequest.com/interactive/8054/4206471_00107?pid=15630961&backurl=https://search.ancestryheritagequest.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc%3DWwz341%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource%26usePUBJs%3Dtrue%26indiv%3D1%26db%3D1850usfedcenancestry%26qh%3Dl15S8JSfsbRRmtVPu4/j1A%253D%253D%26gss%3Dangs-d%26new%3D1%26rank%3D1%26msT%3D1%26gsfn%3Delias%26gsfn_x%3D0%26gsln%3Dbuchanan%26gsln_x%3D0%26msrpn__ftp%3DVirginia,%2520USA%26msrpn%3D49%26MSAV%3D1%26uidh%3Dmpf%26MSV%3D1%26pcat%3DUSFEDCEN%26fh%3D0%26h%3D15630961%26recoff%3D%26ml_rpos%3D1&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=Wwz341&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true. Accessed by Patricia Prickett Hickin on 24 Aug 2018.

Acknowledgements

• This person was created on 14 September 2010 through the import of 124-DeCoursey.ged.

Source

1850 Census, District 64, Wetzel County, Virginia; Roll M432_981, Page 51A, Image: 107 (96 of 99), Ancestry.com. Transcription URL: https://search.ancestryheritagequest.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc=Wwz341&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&indiv=1&db=1850usfedcenancestry&qh=l15S8JSfsbRRmtVPu4/j1A%3D%3D&gss=angs-d&new=1&rank=1&msT=1&gsfn=elias&gsfn_x=0&gsln=buchanan&gsln_x=0&msrpn__ftp=Virginia,%20USA&msrpn=49&MSAV=1&uidh=mpf&MSV=1&pcat=USFEDCEN&fh=0&h=15630961&recoff=&ml_rpos=1. Image URL: https://www.ancestryheritagequest.com/interactive/8054/4206471_00107?pid=15630961&backurl=https://search.ancestryheritagequest.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc%3DWwz341%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource%26usePUBJs%3Dtrue%26indiv%3D1%26db%3D1850usfedcenancestry%26qh%3Dl15S8JSfsbRRmtVPu4/j1A%253D%253D%26gss%3Dangs-d%26new%3D1%26rank%3D1%26msT%3D1%26gsfn%3Delias%26gsfn_x%3D0%26gsln%3Dbuchanan%26gsln_x%3D0%26msrpn__ftp%3DVirginia,%2520USA%26msrpn%3D49%26MSAV%3D1%26uidh%3Dmpf%26MSV%3D1%26pcat%3DUSFEDCEN%26fh%3D0%26h%3D15630961%26recoff%3D%26ml_rpos%3D1&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=Wwz341&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true. Accessed by Patricia Prickett Hickin on 24 Aug 2018.