Virginia Family Group Sheet for the the Archibald BUCHANAN Family
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Husband: Archibald BUCHANAN (1,2)
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Birthdate: 1728 - , Chester, Pennsylvania, USA (3)
Address: Nottingham Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Death date: 1806 - Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA (4)
Buried: 1806 - Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA
Address: Knapps Farm, Peabody College, Davidson County, Nashville, Tennessee
Father: James BUCHANAN (Cir 1700-Abt 1765) (5,6)
Mother: Martha ALLISON (Abt 1705-Abt 1743) (5,7)
Marriage: 19 May 1761 Place: , Augusta, Virginia, USA (8)
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Other Spouse: Nancy BOWEN (1732-1757) Date: Between 1750 and 1752 - , Augusta, Virginia, USA
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Other Spouse: Patsy MOTNEY (Abt 1725- ) Date: Aft 1799
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Wife: Agnes BOWEN (9,10)
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Birthdate: 1734 - , , Virginia, USA (11)
Death date: 1803 - Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA (12)
Address: Knapps Farm, Peabody College, Davidson County, Nashville, Tennessee
Buried: 1803 - Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA
Address: Knapps Farm, Peabody College, Davidson County, Nashville, Tennessee
Father: John BOWEN (1705-1761) (13)
Mother: Lilly McILHANEY (1705-Between 1780/1780)
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Other Spouse: James McFERRIN (Abt 1740-Bef 1761) (14) Date: Abt 1755 - , Augusta, Virginia, USA
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Children
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1 F Martha BUCHANAN
Birthdate: 1762 - , Augusta, Virginia, USA
Death date: Deceased - , , Tennessee, USA
Buried: - Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA
Address: Knapps Farm, Peabody College, Davidson County, Nashville, Tennessee
Spouse: Andrew STEELE (Cir 1755-After 1830)
Marr. Date: 1780 - , Augusta, Virginia, USA
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2 M James BUCHANAN (15)
Birthdate: 16 Jul 1763 - , , Virginia, USA (16)
Death date: 14 Feb 1841 - , Davidson, Tennessee, USA (17)
Buried: 15 Feb 1841 - Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA
Address: Buchanan Cemetery, Davidson County, Tennessee
Spouse: Lucinda EAST (1792-1865)
Marr. Date: 24 Apr 1810
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3 F Rebecca BUCHANAN
Birthdate: 6 Oct 1768
Death date: 1860 - , Wilson, Tennessee, USA
Buried:
Spouse: Robert SHANNON (1768- ) (18)
Marr. Date: 11 Apr 1790 - , Sumner, Tennessee, USA (19)
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4 F Lillian BUCHANAN
Birthdate: Abt 1770 - , Washington, Virginia, USA
Death date: Aft 1820
Buried:
Spouse: James WILLS (1763-1855)
Marr. Date: Abt 1790 - , , Virginia, USA
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5 F Ellen BUCHANAN
Birthdate: Abt 1770
Death date: Deceased
Buried:
Spouse:
Marr. Date:
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6 F Nancy BUCHANAN
Birthdate: Abt 1772
Death date: Deceased
Buried:
Spouse: Benjamin DREW (Abt 1770- )
Marr. Date: 14 Jan 1799
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7 F Mary BUCHANAN
Birthdate: Abt 1774
Death date: Abt 1845 - , White, Illinois, USA (20)
Buried:
Spouse: Richard JONES (1766-1837) (21)
Marr. Date: 29 Dec 1885 - , , North Carolina, USA (21)
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General Notes: Husband - Archibald BUCHANAN
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Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, Volume I [Chalkey], page 89
AUGUSTA COUNTY COURT RECORDS, ORDER BOOK No. VII.
MAY 19, 1761.
(3) Agnes Buchanan qualifies admx. of her late husband, James McFarron, decd., now wife of
Archibald Buchanan.
COUNTY COURT JUDGMENTS, page 358, MARCH, 1769 (B)
Buchanan's Administrator vs. Sayers.--Bill filed 14th January, 1767. Archibald Buchanan,
administrator of Walter Buchanan, late of County of Chesterfield, merchant, orator. In 1764
Alexander Sayers, now deceased, owned land in Dunkar's Bottom, on New River, and on Red Creek,
at Fort Chiswell, and mortgaged the same to Walter Buchanan on 21st January, 1764. Alexander
died 1765 intestate, leaving son Robert, eldest son and heir. Walter Buchanan died 1766.
Archibald is brother of Archibald. Robert Breckinridge was guardian of Robert Sayers, May 1767.
The mortgage was proved before the General Court, 28th April, 1764, by John Skelton, Robert
Donald and Marty Handly, witnesses. John Fleming and Joseph Maynard were also witnesses.
Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, Volume II, page 451
AUGUSTA COUNTY FEE BOOKS
Page 385.--1765: Processioned by Collier and McCampbell, viz: For William McCamey, for Jno.
Beatty (Samuel Norrad present), for Solomon Whitley, for Wm. Gilmore, for Robt. Erwin, for Jno.
McKee, for Andw. McCampbell, for Henry Kirkham, for Edward Fairies, for James Campbell, for
Alex. Deal, for John Gilmore, for Moses Cunningham for Robt. Hamilton, for James McCalster, for
Hugh Cunningham, for George McConne; for Wm. Moore, Michael Kirkham present; for James Young,
for Robert McKelhenny, for Margery Crawford, for Saml. Todd, for Rob. Young, for James Hutton,
for James Todd, for George Gibson for Alex. Collier, for Jno. Hanna, for Robt. Talford, for
Robt. McHenry, for David Talford, for William Hall, for John McMurtrey, for James Davies, for
Robt. McKee, for Jno. Somers, for Jno. Huston, for Jno. Wylie, for Jno. McConne, for Archd.
Buchanan, for Wm. Porter, for Jno. Wieley.
Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, Volume III, page 15
ABSTRACTS OF WILLS OF AUGUSTA COUNTY, VIRGINIA
AUGUSTA COUNTY COURT.
WILL BOOK NO. 1.
Page 208.--1st September, 1748. Vendue held at house of Samuel Stewart of goods of Joseph
Harrison sold by Jeremiah Harrison. To Timothy Convey, Samuel Harrison, Samuel Monsey, Arthur
Johnson, Abraham Smith, Tunis Wood, Samuel Hull, Edward McGinnis, Archibald Buchanan, Aaron
Oliver, Ephraim Love, Solomon Turpin, Samuel Wilkey.
page 59
Page 396.--20th September, 1759. Vendue of James Buchanan's estate, purchasers, viz: John,
Archibald, William, Buchanan. In hands of Capt. John Buchanan, his pay. Paid Thomas Dredan.
page 62
WOLL BOOK NO. 3
Page 23.--19th May, 1761. Archibald Buchanan's (Bohannon) bond (with Jno. and Wm. Buchanan)
for Archibald and Agnes Buchanan (late Agnes McFerrin) administration of estate of James
McFerrin.
page 67
Page 116.--9th December, 1761. Francis McCown's estate appraised, by Jacob Anderson, Archd.
Buchanan, Hugh Cunningham.
page 78
Page 239.--18th August, 1761. Archibald Buchanan's bond (with Jno. Maxwell, Chas. Hays), as
guardian (appointed) to Jno. McFerrin, orphan of James McFerrin.
page 88
Page 379.--9th June, 1761. James Buchanan's will--To son Alexander Buchanan; to son
Archibald Buchanan; to son John Buchanan; to sons Wm. and Robt. Buchanan; to wife Mary Buchanan;
to sons Geo. and David Buchanan; to daughter Rebecky Buchanan. Executors, wife Mary and son
Alexander. Teste: Daniel Nerrity, Jas. McCown, Wm. Scott. Proved, 19th March, 1765, by Daniel
Harrison and Wm. Scott. Executors qualified, with Jno. Wallace, Jno. Buchanan. (Mary's mark ).
page 104
WILL BOOK NO 4
Page 119.--18th May, 1768. James Rutherford's will was presented by Wm. Buchanan, one of
the executors, who refused to execute. It is proved that Margaret, the willow, likewise refuses.
Will is proved, by William Buchanan (another witness, James Buchanan, being dead). The other
witness, Archibald Buchanan, is ordered summoned. Administration granted Alex. Walker.
page 310-311
DEED BOOK NO 5
Page 154.--19th March, 1753. Borden, etc., to John Walker, Jr., 302 acres of 92100. (Back
Creek ?); corner Joseph Culton, Moffets Cr., Robert Culton. Delivered: Alexander Walker, October
2d, 1775, Archibald Buchanan. Teste: James and Wm. McCoskry, Alexander McMullen.
page 392-293
DEED BOOK NO 11
Page 134.--7th November, 1762. Borden's executors, to Archibald Buchanan, £5, 406 acres,
part of 92,100, crossing McCowns Run; Robert Christian's corner; white oak by a warm spring, on
Hays' (Nays?) Creek. Teste: Robert King, John Lawrance, John Lawrance, Jr. Delivered: Wm.
Buchanan, August, 1769.
page 490
DEED BOOK NO 16
Page 35.--18th August, 1769. Archibald Buchanan and Agness to William Buchanan, £45, 406 acres,
part of Borden's 92,100 acres, crossing McCason's Run; Robert Christian's Corner, oak by a Warm
Spring, north branch of Hays' Creek.
[END - part of Augusta County was briefly turned over to Botetourt County in 1770, Fincastle
County in 1772, then became part of either Montgomery or Washington counties in 1777.]
The 1782 Washington County, Virginia, Personal Property Tax List, Colonel Aaron Lewis' Precinct
Buchanan, Archd. 1 6 10 (Tithes Horses Cattle)
1787 - Tax List - Among the names appearing on a 1787 tax list for Davidson County, Tennessee
are: Archibald Buchanan, Andrew Casselman, Robert Eaton, Jacob Pennington, Andrew Steel,
Frederick Stump, and Ebenezer Titus. [History of Davidson County, W. W. Clayton]
Davidson County, TN, Deed Book B, p. 224
State of North Carolina No. 583. To all to whom these presents shall cause greeting. Know
ye that we for and in consideration of the sum of ten pounds foe every hundred acres hereby
granted paid into our treasury by Archibald Bucchanan, have given and granted and by these
presents do give and grant unto Archibald Bucchanan a tract of land containing six hundred and
forty acres lying and bing in our County of Davidson on the waters of Stones river including the
place called clover bottom. Beginning at a double white oak and [illegible] a bluff of the river
about twelve poles above the mouth of a small branch. Running South one hundred and twenty
eight poles to a dogwood and sugar tree, West two hundred and seventy poles to a corner in James
Todds line. Thence with his line North twenty five poles to said Todds corner at the mouth of
his spring branch, up Stones river according to it's course meanders to the beginning. With all
[illegible] waters and [illegible] minerals hereditaments and appurtenances to the said land
belonging or appurtening. To hold to the said Archibald Bucchanan his heirs and assigns
forever. Which land was surveyed for the said Bucchanan June 6, 1788 by Daniel Smith agreeable
to an entry dated Dec. 11, 1784. The grant signed Samuel Johnston with seal of the State
affixed and dated Nov. 26, 1789. Countersigned James Glasgow Sec Andrew Ewing D. R.
Moved to Nashville about 1784 and named his farm Clover Bottom. Headwaters of N.F. (north fork?)
of Holsten? River.
Archibald Buchanan was 27 years of age when he enlisted in the company of Rangers commanded
by Capt. William Preston July 17, 1755. This would mean he was born in 1728. He was the son of
James Buchanan and wife Mary Allison (Will Book 3, pg. 379, Augusta Co.,VA dated June 9, 1761,
proved March 19, 1765). (SEED BED OF THE REPUBLIC, p. 79, by Robert D. Stoner).
Archibald and his brother John Buchanan settled in Planter (Locust) Cove on the headwaters
of the north fork of the Holston River. (Gordon Aronhime Papers, Southwest Virginia Card File,
Card 1, Electronic Card Indexes, University of Virginia)
Archibald Buchanan built and lived in what was known as "The Old Blue Brick" mansion in
Donelson....the location of the Buchanan home was at what is now 2851 Blue Brick Drive in
Donelson in what was then called the Clover Bottom subdivision, but it is close to Highway 70
and Stewart's Ferry Pike on the right as you go toward Percy Priest Dam on the pike.
About 1781, Agnes and Archibald Buchanan moved from Plaster or Locust Cove, Augusta Co.,VA,
to the "Clover Bottom Farm" east of Donelson, TN. Archibald built a large home for his family
known as "Old Blue Brick" just off the Lebanon Pike on the Stewarts Ferry Road.
Archibald and Agnes were buried in the garden of "The Old Blue Brick". There their bodies
remained until the home was sold, at which time James Buchanan, their son, had them moved to the
farm of his cousin, Major John Buchanan, located on Stone's River. This was originally the
"Buchanan Fort." It is now known as the "Knapp Farm". No trace of the graves can be found, a
few markers still remain. (TENNESSEE RECORDS, Vol. I, p. 126, 261, Vol. 2 by Jeannetta Tillotson
Acklan.)
from Gordon Aronhime Papers, Southwest Virginia Card File, Card 1, Electronic Card Indexes,
University of Virginia
Buchanan, Archibald (1728- )
Born 1728 (K212)
Died 180
James married before 14 May 1761
Wife Agnes Bowen M (1) McFerrin See Ch I 89
Born
Died
18 Apr 1775 - 266 ? Both Sides S.F. Reid Creek
17 July 1755 - Enlisted in Wm Preston's Rangers - War
A Weaver . Height 5'7" - from Pa. - K212
OBI
21 Mar 1782 - ????? Red from ??? Walker! Mt to Cove Creek 132
following from Sc?????? Preston P185 ?? Wythe Co
a brother to John (son Patrick) ??? ??? ???
1782 ff - "Sometime after 1782 Archibald removed to Cumberland
1806 - Archibald made will and left all lands to son James
1769 - came to Holston (Lammie] in 1770 and John
Buchanan [brother] in 1771 - Ibid P217
"hi guys. Just found a book in the attic, TN tombstones/Bible Records, pub in 1933 by
Colonial Dames of america. Has the following on Arch./James/ etc. From the James Buchanan
graveyard on Elm Hill Road on the old farm are the stones of James 7/16/1763 - 2/14/1841 and
wife Lucinda East buchanan 12/11/1792 - 4/15/1865. His stone reads "A kind husband and
affectionate father." and the following: "Farewell me friends, as you pass by; as you are now so
was I; As I am now so must you be; Prepare to die and follow me." Wife Lucinda (and that seems
to contradict some data herein, I think?) stone reads: "As thou hast said I shall follow you, As
all the rest must shortly do; Then be not guilty of any crime, So you may live in the heaven
sublime." Archibald is also buried there, "son of James and Lucinda" 3/21/1811 - 9/7/1843. Stone
reads: "Away from his home and the friends of his youth; He died a man of energy and truth."
Also included is some history: James came to TN with his parents about 1785 from Augusta County,
SW Virginia and settled on a 640 section of land near Donelson, a part of which is now "Clover
Bottom Farm. Archibald built Old Blue Brick before 1800. Still occupied. James built a large two
story log house on Elm Hill Road early in 1800, which is still stinding and occupied. James and
Lucinda had 16 children." there is more, and I will be glad to share if anyone is interested. I
also dont know whether this data is accurate. Let me know if it has been found to be wrong, will
you? thanks."
GenForum Post by Carol ctroop@mindspring.com
OLD BLUE BRICK HOUSE WAS EARLY DONELSON LANDMARK
Can you tell me anything about the Old Blue Brick house built by Archibald Buchanan? There
were 640 acres in the area of Blue Brick Road in Donelson that were part of the estate.
I know that it was torn down in the 1950s ... but would like to know more about it.
William "Jay" Rigsby, Nashville.
Legends and conjecture have been common in the story of this house, primarily because of its
ancient age.
Most likely built in the 1790s, when most of what is now Tennessee was still part of North
Carolina, it certainly was one of Middle Tennessee's oldest brick residences.
The Old Blue Brick has been called the gathering point for Tennessee troops being mustered by
Andrew Jackson for the Battle of New Orleans, which marked its 191st anniversary this week. That
certainly was possible. Jackson's Hermitage is nearby.
Its strange name has been explained by the painting of one of its brick walls the color blue.
That may not be accurate. "Blue brick" is a term still known today in England for describing a
hard-fired, darker brick used for exterior walls because it is more impervious to water.
Oral histories have the house serving for a while as a tavern and even being "haunted," a
condition attributed from time to time to countless old structures.
In its final years, the deteriorating residence was described by a tenant as "no count."
"The rats are just eating it away, undermining it. You can't heat it in the winter. It ain't
fitten to live in," Crecy Hayes told an interviewer in 1937.
The Old Blue Brick property ties into the lands of the Clover Bottom plantation and its 1850s
mansion. Clover Bottom is still standing in the same area near Stewarts Ferry Pike and now in
use as offices for the Tennessee Historical Commission.
The Blue Brick's long history began with first owner Archibald Buchanan, who had come to this
part of Tennessee by March 1783, when he received a 640-acre land grant on the Stones River.
By 1816, former Revolutionary War soldier John Hoggatt had purchased the former Buchanan
tract, including a nearby horse-racing ground where Andrew Jackson had been active.
Hoggatt already owned much of the Clover Bottom lands and was looking to expand his
holdings.
They had grown to about 700 acres by his death in 1824.
The Blue Brick property stayed in the Hoggatt family when it was bought around 1850 by James
Hoggatt, John's son, from a nephew who had inherited it.
Eventually it passed into the Stanford family, where it remained until it was sold at public
auction in April 1948 by Robert D. Stanford Jr. to Mrs. Florence Redelsheimer of Donelson.
She paid a reported $5,595 for the house and about four acres of land, indicating that she
hoped to preserve the historical structure emdash contingent on an architect's survey. It
was never restored, though, and the house was said to have been demolished in December 1951.
A 1940 survey of historical structures done by the federal government described a wood
shingle roof at that time and its remaining original stairway and mantels. However, it was
described as "in bad condition" with "some substitutions for original parts."
While it is now gone, a small portion of the Old Blue Brick may yet live on. Its
30-inch-thick foundation and some of its other bricks were used as base for construction of a
residence at 2851 Blue Brick Drive, Donelson historian Leona Aiken wrote.
Another link to the Buchanan family is the two-story log house from the early 1800s of James
Buchanan, son of Archibald and his wife, Agnes Bowen. It remains standing at 2910 Elm Hill Pike.
* [Tennessean.com]
Archibald is #198 in the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR)'s
Patriot Index.
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General Notes: Wife - Agnes BOWEN
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Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia (Chalkey)
Volume I
Page 89
AUGUSTA COUNTY COURT RECORDS.
ORDER BOOK No. VII.
MAY 19, 1761.
(3) Agnes Buchanan qualifies admx. of her late husband, James McFarron, decd., now wife of
Archibald Buchanan.
Last Modified: 16 Mar 2016
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Sources
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1. Aronhime, Gordon, "Gordon Aronhime Papers" (handwritten on index cards), Buchanan,
Alexander I. ... Two brothers Archibald and John settled in ... This card file lists
all verifiable adult males in the Holston-Clinch River area in the last quarter of the
eighteenth century, as well as information on early East Tennessee settlers. There are
more than 4,000 entries which, in most cases, indicate birth and death dates, marriage
information, children, abstract of will, and other biographical information if
available. Information is sometimes continued on a second card. Sources are noted.
General arrangement is alphabetical by last name.
2. Aronhime, Gordon, "Gordon Aronhime Papers" (handwritten on index cards), Buchanan,
Archibald. ... Archibald Buchanan (1728- ) died 180 Wife Agnes Bowen m (1) James
McFerrin ... a brother to John (son Patrick) ...
3. Buchanan Cemetery, Davidson County, Tennessee, Archibald Buchanan. 1728.
4. Buchanan Cemetery, Davidson County, Tennessee, Archibald Buchanan. Jul 1806. Note that
this is a new stone and is only as correct as the information supplied by the folks who
had it made.
5. Aronhime, Gordon, "Gordon Aronhime Papers" (handwritten on index cards), Buchanan,
Alexander I. James and Martha Allison Buchanan.
6. Aronhime, Gordon, "Gordon Aronhime Papers" (handwritten on index cards), Buchanan, James.
... Will dated 9 June 1761 ... [lists family].
7. Will, Book B, page 135, Alexander Allison. ... To daughter Martha 1 shilling. I also
acquit my son in law James Bohaman all debts ... "Martha Bohamon."
8. Chalkley, Lyman, Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia (Genealogical
Publishing Company, Baltimore [out of print, copyright expired]), Vol. III, pg. 23.
19th May, 1761. Archibald Buchanan's (Bohannon) bond (with Jno. and Wm. Buchanan) for
Archibald and Agnes Buchanan (late Agnes McFerrin) administration of estate of James
McFerrin. Agnes McFerrin, widow of James. Extracted from the Original Court Records of
Augusta County 1745-1800
9. Will, Book 1, page 73, Lilly McIlhaney Bowen. ... my daughter Agnes Buchanan ...
10. Aronhime, Gordon, "Gordon Aronhime Papers" (handwritten on index cards), Buchanan,
Archibald. ... Wife Agnes Bowen m (1) James McFerrin ...
11. Buchanan Cemetery, Davidson County, Tennessee, Agnes Bowen Buchanan. 1735.
12. Buchanan Cemetery, Davidson County, Tennessee, Agnes Bowen Buchanan. March 30 1801.
Note that this is a new stone and is only as correct as the information supplied by the
folks who had it made.
13. Cisco, Jay Guy, Historic Sumner County (1909, Folk-Keelin Printing Company, Nashville,
Tennessee), pg 231. ... John Bowen , their son ...
14. Chalkley, Lyman, Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia (Genealogical
Publishing Company, Baltimore [out of print, copyright expired]), Vol III, pg 23.
James McFerrin.
15. Aronhime, Gordon, "Gordon Aronhime Papers" (handwritten on index cards), Buchanan,
Archibald. ... Archibald made will and left all lands to son James ...
16. Buchanan Cemetery, Davidson County, Tennessee, James Buchanan. July 16th 1763.
17. Buchanan Cemetery, Davidson County, Tennessee, James Buchanan. "and died February 14th
1841."
18. Bible, Shannon Family. A transcription was provided to me but I have lost track of it.
19. Bible, Shannon Family.
20. Bonner, Gregg,
(http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=SHOW&db=gbonner_8gen&recno=0)
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=gbonner_8gen&id=I73366. This
database is no longer online.
21. Bonner, Gregg,
(http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=SHOW&db=gbonner_8gen&recno=0)
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=gbonner_8gen&id=I49177.
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My Notes:
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If there is no SOURCE, I have no PROOF. If the source is a PERSON, the information is HEARSAY!
Husband: Archibald BUCHANAN (1,2)
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Birthdate: 1728 - , Chester, Pennsylvania, USA (3)
Address: Nottingham Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Death date: 1806 - Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA (4)
Buried: 1806 - Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA
Address: Knapps Farm, Peabody College, Davidson County, Nashville, Tennessee
Father: James BUCHANAN (Cir 1700-Abt 1765) (5,6)
Mother: Martha ALLISON (Abt 1705-Abt 1743) (5,7)
Marriage: 19 May 1761 Place: , Augusta, Virginia, USA (8)
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Other Spouse: Nancy BOWEN (1732-1757) Date: Between 1750 and 1752 - , Augusta, Virginia, USA
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Other Spouse: Patsy MOTNEY (Abt 1725- ) Date: Aft 1799
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Wife: Agnes BOWEN (9,10)
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Birthdate: 1734 - , , Virginia, USA (11)
Death date: 1803 - Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA (12)
Address: Knapps Farm, Peabody College, Davidson County, Nashville, Tennessee
Buried: 1803 - Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA
Address: Knapps Farm, Peabody College, Davidson County, Nashville, Tennessee
Father: John BOWEN (1705-1761) (13)
Mother: Lilly McILHANEY (1705-Between 1780/1780)
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Other Spouse: James McFERRIN (Abt 1740-Bef 1761) (14) Date: Abt 1755 - , Augusta, Virginia, USA
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Children
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1 F Martha BUCHANAN
Birthdate: 1762 - , Augusta, Virginia, USA
Death date: Deceased - , , Tennessee, USA
Buried: - Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA
Address: Knapps Farm, Peabody College, Davidson County, Nashville, Tennessee
Spouse: Andrew STEELE (Cir 1755-After 1830)
Marr. Date: 1780 - , Augusta, Virginia, USA
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2 M James BUCHANAN (15)
Birthdate: 16 Jul 1763 - , , Virginia, USA (16)
Death date: 14 Feb 1841 - , Davidson, Tennessee, USA (17)
Buried: 15 Feb 1841 - Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA
Address: Buchanan Cemetery, Davidson County, Tennessee
Spouse: Lucinda EAST (1792-1865)
Marr. Date: 24 Apr 1810
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3 F Rebecca BUCHANAN
Birthdate: 6 Oct 1768
Death date: 1860 - , Wilson, Tennessee, USA
Buried:
Spouse: Robert SHANNON (1768- ) (18)
Marr. Date: 11 Apr 1790 - , Sumner, Tennessee, USA (19)
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4 F Lillian BUCHANAN
Birthdate: Abt 1770 - , Washington, Virginia, USA
Death date: Aft 1820
Buried:
Spouse: James WILLS (1763-1855)
Marr. Date: Abt 1790 - , , Virginia, USA
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5 F Ellen BUCHANAN
Birthdate: Abt 1770
Death date: Deceased
Buried:
Spouse:
Marr. Date:
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6 F Nancy BUCHANAN
Birthdate: Abt 1772
Death date: Deceased
Buried:
Spouse: Benjamin DREW (Abt 1770- )
Marr. Date: 14 Jan 1799
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7 F Mary BUCHANAN
Birthdate: Abt 1774
Death date: Abt 1845 - , White, Illinois, USA (20)
Buried:
Spouse: Richard JONES (1766-1837) (21)
Marr. Date: 29 Dec 1885 - , , North Carolina, USA (21)
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General Notes: Husband - Archibald BUCHANAN
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Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, Volume I [Chalkey], page 89
AUGUSTA COUNTY COURT RECORDS, ORDER BOOK No. VII.
MAY 19, 1761.
(3) Agnes Buchanan qualifies admx. of her late husband, James McFarron, decd., now wife of
Archibald Buchanan.
COUNTY COURT JUDGMENTS, page 358, MARCH, 1769 (B)
Buchanan's Administrator vs. Sayers.--Bill filed 14th January, 1767. Archibald Buchanan,
administrator of Walter Buchanan, late of County of Chesterfield, merchant, orator. In 1764
Alexander Sayers, now deceased, owned land in Dunkar's Bottom, on New River, and on Red Creek,
at Fort Chiswell, and mortgaged the same to Walter Buchanan on 21st January, 1764. Alexander
died 1765 intestate, leaving son Robert, eldest son and heir. Walter Buchanan died 1766.
Archibald is brother of Archibald. Robert Breckinridge was guardian of Robert Sayers, May 1767.
The mortgage was proved before the General Court, 28th April, 1764, by John Skelton, Robert
Donald and Marty Handly, witnesses. John Fleming and Joseph Maynard were also witnesses.
Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, Volume II, page 451
AUGUSTA COUNTY FEE BOOKS
Page 385.--1765: Processioned by Collier and McCampbell, viz: For William McCamey, for Jno.
Beatty (Samuel Norrad present), for Solomon Whitley, for Wm. Gilmore, for Robt. Erwin, for Jno.
McKee, for Andw. McCampbell, for Henry Kirkham, for Edward Fairies, for James Campbell, for
Alex. Deal, for John Gilmore, for Moses Cunningham for Robt. Hamilton, for James McCalster, for
Hugh Cunningham, for George McConne; for Wm. Moore, Michael Kirkham present; for James Young,
for Robert McKelhenny, for Margery Crawford, for Saml. Todd, for Rob. Young, for James Hutton,
for James Todd, for George Gibson for Alex. Collier, for Jno. Hanna, for Robt. Talford, for
Robt. McHenry, for David Talford, for William Hall, for John McMurtrey, for James Davies, for
Robt. McKee, for Jno. Somers, for Jno. Huston, for Jno. Wylie, for Jno. McConne, for Archd.
Buchanan, for Wm. Porter, for Jno. Wieley.
Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, Volume III, page 15
ABSTRACTS OF WILLS OF AUGUSTA COUNTY, VIRGINIA
AUGUSTA COUNTY COURT.
WILL BOOK NO. 1.
Page 208.--1st September, 1748. Vendue held at house of Samuel Stewart of goods of Joseph
Harrison sold by Jeremiah Harrison. To Timothy Convey, Samuel Harrison, Samuel Monsey, Arthur
Johnson, Abraham Smith, Tunis Wood, Samuel Hull, Edward McGinnis, Archibald Buchanan, Aaron
Oliver, Ephraim Love, Solomon Turpin, Samuel Wilkey.
page 59
Page 396.--20th September, 1759. Vendue of James Buchanan's estate, purchasers, viz: John,
Archibald, William, Buchanan. In hands of Capt. John Buchanan, his pay. Paid Thomas Dredan.
page 62
WOLL BOOK NO. 3
Page 23.--19th May, 1761. Archibald Buchanan's (Bohannon) bond (with Jno. and Wm. Buchanan)
for Archibald and Agnes Buchanan (late Agnes McFerrin) administration of estate of James
McFerrin.
page 67
Page 116.--9th December, 1761. Francis McCown's estate appraised, by Jacob Anderson, Archd.
Buchanan, Hugh Cunningham.
page 78
Page 239.--18th August, 1761. Archibald Buchanan's bond (with Jno. Maxwell, Chas. Hays), as
guardian (appointed) to Jno. McFerrin, orphan of James McFerrin.
page 88
Page 379.--9th June, 1761. James Buchanan's will--To son Alexander Buchanan; to son
Archibald Buchanan; to son John Buchanan; to sons Wm. and Robt. Buchanan; to wife Mary Buchanan;
to sons Geo. and David Buchanan; to daughter Rebecky Buchanan. Executors, wife Mary and son
Alexander. Teste: Daniel Nerrity, Jas. McCown, Wm. Scott. Proved, 19th March, 1765, by Daniel
Harrison and Wm. Scott. Executors qualified, with Jno. Wallace, Jno. Buchanan. (Mary's mark ).
page 104
WILL BOOK NO 4
Page 119.--18th May, 1768. James Rutherford's will was presented by Wm. Buchanan, one of
the executors, who refused to execute. It is proved that Margaret, the willow, likewise refuses.
Will is proved, by William Buchanan (another witness, James Buchanan, being dead). The other
witness, Archibald Buchanan, is ordered summoned. Administration granted Alex. Walker.
page 310-311
DEED BOOK NO 5
Page 154.--19th March, 1753. Borden, etc., to John Walker, Jr., 302 acres of 92100. (Back
Creek ?); corner Joseph Culton, Moffets Cr., Robert Culton. Delivered: Alexander Walker, October
2d, 1775, Archibald Buchanan. Teste: James and Wm. McCoskry, Alexander McMullen.
page 392-293
DEED BOOK NO 11
Page 134.--7th November, 1762. Borden's executors, to Archibald Buchanan, £5, 406 acres,
part of 92,100, crossing McCowns Run; Robert Christian's corner; white oak by a warm spring, on
Hays' (Nays?) Creek. Teste: Robert King, John Lawrance, John Lawrance, Jr. Delivered: Wm.
Buchanan, August, 1769.
page 490
DEED BOOK NO 16
Page 35.--18th August, 1769. Archibald Buchanan and Agness to William Buchanan, £45, 406 acres,
part of Borden's 92,100 acres, crossing McCason's Run; Robert Christian's Corner, oak by a Warm
Spring, north branch of Hays' Creek.
[END - part of Augusta County was briefly turned over to Botetourt County in 1770, Fincastle
County in 1772, then became part of either Montgomery or Washington counties in 1777.]
The 1782 Washington County, Virginia, Personal Property Tax List, Colonel Aaron Lewis' Precinct
Buchanan, Archd. 1 6 10 (Tithes Horses Cattle)
1787 - Tax List - Among the names appearing on a 1787 tax list for Davidson County, Tennessee
are: Archibald Buchanan, Andrew Casselman, Robert Eaton, Jacob Pennington, Andrew Steel,
Frederick Stump, and Ebenezer Titus. [History of Davidson County, W. W. Clayton]
Davidson County, TN, Deed Book B, p. 224
State of North Carolina No. 583. To all to whom these presents shall cause greeting. Know
ye that we for and in consideration of the sum of ten pounds foe every hundred acres hereby
granted paid into our treasury by Archibald Bucchanan, have given and granted and by these
presents do give and grant unto Archibald Bucchanan a tract of land containing six hundred and
forty acres lying and bing in our County of Davidson on the waters of Stones river including the
place called clover bottom. Beginning at a double white oak and [illegible] a bluff of the river
about twelve poles above the mouth of a small branch. Running South one hundred and twenty
eight poles to a dogwood and sugar tree, West two hundred and seventy poles to a corner in James
Todds line. Thence with his line North twenty five poles to said Todds corner at the mouth of
his spring branch, up Stones river according to it's course meanders to the beginning. With all
[illegible] waters and [illegible] minerals hereditaments and appurtenances to the said land
belonging or appurtening. To hold to the said Archibald Bucchanan his heirs and assigns
forever. Which land was surveyed for the said Bucchanan June 6, 1788 by Daniel Smith agreeable
to an entry dated Dec. 11, 1784. The grant signed Samuel Johnston with seal of the State
affixed and dated Nov. 26, 1789. Countersigned James Glasgow Sec Andrew Ewing D. R.
Moved to Nashville about 1784 and named his farm Clover Bottom. Headwaters of N.F. (north fork?)
of Holsten? River.
Archibald Buchanan was 27 years of age when he enlisted in the company of Rangers commanded
by Capt. William Preston July 17, 1755. This would mean he was born in 1728. He was the son of
James Buchanan and wife Mary Allison (Will Book 3, pg. 379, Augusta Co.,VA dated June 9, 1761,
proved March 19, 1765). (SEED BED OF THE REPUBLIC, p. 79, by Robert D. Stoner).
Archibald and his brother John Buchanan settled in Planter (Locust) Cove on the headwaters
of the north fork of the Holston River. (Gordon Aronhime Papers, Southwest Virginia Card File,
Card 1, Electronic Card Indexes, University of Virginia)
Archibald Buchanan built and lived in what was known as "The Old Blue Brick" mansion in
Donelson....the location of the Buchanan home was at what is now 2851 Blue Brick Drive in
Donelson in what was then called the Clover Bottom subdivision, but it is close to Highway 70
and Stewart's Ferry Pike on the right as you go toward Percy Priest Dam on the pike.
About 1781, Agnes and Archibald Buchanan moved from Plaster or Locust Cove, Augusta Co.,VA,
to the "Clover Bottom Farm" east of Donelson, TN. Archibald built a large home for his family
known as "Old Blue Brick" just off the Lebanon Pike on the Stewarts Ferry Road.
Archibald and Agnes were buried in the garden of "The Old Blue Brick". There their bodies
remained until the home was sold, at which time James Buchanan, their son, had them moved to the
farm of his cousin, Major John Buchanan, located on Stone's River. This was originally the
"Buchanan Fort." It is now known as the "Knapp Farm". No trace of the graves can be found, a
few markers still remain. (TENNESSEE RECORDS, Vol. I, p. 126, 261, Vol. 2 by Jeannetta Tillotson
Acklan.)
from Gordon Aronhime Papers, Southwest Virginia Card File, Card 1, Electronic Card Indexes,
University of Virginia
Buchanan, Archibald (1728- )
Born 1728 (K212)
Died 180
James married before 14 May 1761
Wife Agnes Bowen M (1) McFerrin See Ch I 89
Born
Died
18 Apr 1775 - 266 ? Both Sides S.F. Reid Creek
17 July 1755 - Enlisted in Wm Preston's Rangers - War
A Weaver . Height 5'7" - from Pa. - K212
OBI
21 Mar 1782 - ????? Red from ??? Walker! Mt to Cove Creek 132
following from Sc?????? Preston P185 ?? Wythe Co
a brother to John (son Patrick) ??? ??? ???
1782 ff - "Sometime after 1782 Archibald removed to Cumberland
1806 - Archibald made will and left all lands to son James
1769 - came to Holston (Lammie] in 1770 and John
Buchanan [brother] in 1771 - Ibid P217
"hi guys. Just found a book in the attic, TN tombstones/Bible Records, pub in 1933 by
Colonial Dames of america. Has the following on Arch./James/ etc. From the James Buchanan
graveyard on Elm Hill Road on the old farm are the stones of James 7/16/1763 - 2/14/1841 and
wife Lucinda East buchanan 12/11/1792 - 4/15/1865. His stone reads "A kind husband and
affectionate father." and the following: "Farewell me friends, as you pass by; as you are now so
was I; As I am now so must you be; Prepare to die and follow me." Wife Lucinda (and that seems
to contradict some data herein, I think?) stone reads: "As thou hast said I shall follow you, As
all the rest must shortly do; Then be not guilty of any crime, So you may live in the heaven
sublime." Archibald is also buried there, "son of James and Lucinda" 3/21/1811 - 9/7/1843. Stone
reads: "Away from his home and the friends of his youth; He died a man of energy and truth."
Also included is some history: James came to TN with his parents about 1785 from Augusta County,
SW Virginia and settled on a 640 section of land near Donelson, a part of which is now "Clover
Bottom Farm. Archibald built Old Blue Brick before 1800. Still occupied. James built a large two
story log house on Elm Hill Road early in 1800, which is still stinding and occupied. James and
Lucinda had 16 children." there is more, and I will be glad to share if anyone is interested. I
also dont know whether this data is accurate. Let me know if it has been found to be wrong, will
you? thanks."
GenForum Post by Carol ctroop@mindspring.com
OLD BLUE BRICK HOUSE WAS EARLY DONELSON LANDMARK
Can you tell me anything about the Old Blue Brick house built by Archibald Buchanan? There
were 640 acres in the area of Blue Brick Road in Donelson that were part of the estate.
I know that it was torn down in the 1950s ... but would like to know more about it.
William "Jay" Rigsby, Nashville.
Legends and conjecture have been common in the story of this house, primarily because of its
ancient age.
Most likely built in the 1790s, when most of what is now Tennessee was still part of North
Carolina, it certainly was one of Middle Tennessee's oldest brick residences.
The Old Blue Brick has been called the gathering point for Tennessee troops being mustered by
Andrew Jackson for the Battle of New Orleans, which marked its 191st anniversary this week. That
certainly was possible. Jackson's Hermitage is nearby.
Its strange name has been explained by the painting of one of its brick walls the color blue.
That may not be accurate. "Blue brick" is a term still known today in England for describing a
hard-fired, darker brick used for exterior walls because it is more impervious to water.
Oral histories have the house serving for a while as a tavern and even being "haunted," a
condition attributed from time to time to countless old structures.
In its final years, the deteriorating residence was described by a tenant as "no count."
"The rats are just eating it away, undermining it. You can't heat it in the winter. It ain't
fitten to live in," Crecy Hayes told an interviewer in 1937.
The Old Blue Brick property ties into the lands of the Clover Bottom plantation and its 1850s
mansion. Clover Bottom is still standing in the same area near Stewarts Ferry Pike and now in
use as offices for the Tennessee Historical Commission.
The Blue Brick's long history began with first owner Archibald Buchanan, who had come to this
part of Tennessee by March 1783, when he received a 640-acre land grant on the Stones River.
By 1816, former Revolutionary War soldier John Hoggatt had purchased the former Buchanan
tract, including a nearby horse-racing ground where Andrew Jackson had been active.
Hoggatt already owned much of the Clover Bottom lands and was looking to expand his
holdings.
They had grown to about 700 acres by his death in 1824.
The Blue Brick property stayed in the Hoggatt family when it was bought around 1850 by James
Hoggatt, John's son, from a nephew who had inherited it.
Eventually it passed into the Stanford family, where it remained until it was sold at public
auction in April 1948 by Robert D. Stanford Jr. to Mrs. Florence Redelsheimer of Donelson.
She paid a reported $5,595 for the house and about four acres of land, indicating that she
hoped to preserve the historical structure emdash contingent on an architect's survey. It
was never restored, though, and the house was said to have been demolished in December 1951.
A 1940 survey of historical structures done by the federal government described a wood
shingle roof at that time and its remaining original stairway and mantels. However, it was
described as "in bad condition" with "some substitutions for original parts."
While it is now gone, a small portion of the Old Blue Brick may yet live on. Its
30-inch-thick foundation and some of its other bricks were used as base for construction of a
residence at 2851 Blue Brick Drive, Donelson historian Leona Aiken wrote.
Another link to the Buchanan family is the two-story log house from the early 1800s of James
Buchanan, son of Archibald and his wife, Agnes Bowen. It remains standing at 2910 Elm Hill Pike.
* [Tennessean.com]
Archibald is #198 in the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR)'s
Patriot Index.
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General Notes: Wife - Agnes BOWEN
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Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia (Chalkey)
Volume I
Page 89
AUGUSTA COUNTY COURT RECORDS.
ORDER BOOK No. VII.
MAY 19, 1761.
(3) Agnes Buchanan qualifies admx. of her late husband, James McFarron, decd., now wife of
Archibald Buchanan.
Last Modified: 16 Mar 2016
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Sources
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1. Aronhime, Gordon, "Gordon Aronhime Papers" (handwritten on index cards), Buchanan,
Alexander I. ... Two brothers Archibald and John settled in ... This card file lists
all verifiable adult males in the Holston-Clinch River area in the last quarter of the
eighteenth century, as well as information on early East Tennessee settlers. There are
more than 4,000 entries which, in most cases, indicate birth and death dates, marriage
information, children, abstract of will, and other biographical information if
available. Information is sometimes continued on a second card. Sources are noted.
General arrangement is alphabetical by last name.
2. Aronhime, Gordon, "Gordon Aronhime Papers" (handwritten on index cards), Buchanan,
Archibald. ... Archibald Buchanan (1728- ) died 180 Wife Agnes Bowen m (1) James
McFerrin ... a brother to John (son Patrick) ...
3. Buchanan Cemetery, Davidson County, Tennessee, Archibald Buchanan. 1728.
4. Buchanan Cemetery, Davidson County, Tennessee, Archibald Buchanan. Jul 1806. Note that
this is a new stone and is only as correct as the information supplied by the folks who
had it made.
5. Aronhime, Gordon, "Gordon Aronhime Papers" (handwritten on index cards), Buchanan,
Alexander I. James and Martha Allison Buchanan.
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... Will dated 9 June 1761 ... [lists family].
7. Will, Book B, page 135, Alexander Allison. ... To daughter Martha 1 shilling. I also
acquit my son in law James Bohaman all debts ... "Martha Bohamon."
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Publishing Company, Baltimore [out of print, copyright expired]), Vol. III, pg. 23.
19th May, 1761. Archibald Buchanan's (Bohannon) bond (with Jno. and Wm. Buchanan) for
Archibald and Agnes Buchanan (late Agnes McFerrin) administration of estate of James
McFerrin. Agnes McFerrin, widow of James. Extracted from the Original Court Records of
Augusta County 1745-1800
9. Will, Book 1, page 73, Lilly McIlhaney Bowen. ... my daughter Agnes Buchanan ...
10. Aronhime, Gordon, "Gordon Aronhime Papers" (handwritten on index cards), Buchanan,
Archibald. ... Wife Agnes Bowen m (1) James McFerrin ...
11. Buchanan Cemetery, Davidson County, Tennessee, Agnes Bowen Buchanan. 1735.
12. Buchanan Cemetery, Davidson County, Tennessee, Agnes Bowen Buchanan. March 30 1801.
Note that this is a new stone and is only as correct as the information supplied by the
folks who had it made.
13. Cisco, Jay Guy, Historic Sumner County (1909, Folk-Keelin Printing Company, Nashville,
Tennessee), pg 231. ... John Bowen , their son ...
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Publishing Company, Baltimore [out of print, copyright expired]), Vol III, pg 23.
James McFerrin.
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Archibald. ... Archibald made will and left all lands to son James ...
16. Buchanan Cemetery, Davidson County, Tennessee, James Buchanan. July 16th 1763.
17. Buchanan Cemetery, Davidson County, Tennessee, James Buchanan. "and died February 14th
1841."
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19. Bible, Shannon Family.
20. Bonner, Gregg,
(http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=SHOW&db=gbonner_8gen&recno=0)
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=gbonner_8gen&id=I73366. This
database is no longer online.
21. Bonner, Gregg,
(http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=SHOW&db=gbonner_8gen&recno=0)
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=gbonner_8gen&id=I49177.
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