VA Family Group Sheet for the Archibald BUCHANAN Family *********************************************** Copyright © by the submitter. All rights reserved. http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/copyright.html *********************************************** Submitted by: Gina Heffernan Email address: ================================================================================ Husband: Archibald BUCHANAN ================================================================================ Born: 1728 - Nottingham Township, Chester Co, Pennsylvania Died: 1806 - Nashville, Davidson Co, Tennessee Buried: 1806 - Knapps Farm, Peabody College, Nashville, Davidson Co, Tennessee Father: James BUCHANAN (Abt 1702-Aft 1761) Mother: Martha ALLISON (Abt 1705-Abt 1743) Marriage: Between 1750 and 1752 Place: Augusta Co, Virginia -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Spouse: Agnes BOWEN (1734-1803) Date: 19 May 1761 - Augusta Co, Virginia -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Spouse: Patsy MOTNEY (Abt 1725- ) Date: After 1799 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Events -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Military, 17 Jul 1755 - Captain William Preston's Rangers 2. Probate (1) , 18 Aug 1761 - Appointed Guardian Of John Mcferrin 3. Residence, Bef 1785 - Augusta Co, Virginia 4. Residence, Abt 1785 - Clover Bottom Farm Near Donelson, Tennessee 5. Residence, 1800 - Old Blue Brick, Near Donnelson, Davidson Co, Tennessee ================================================================================ Wife: Nancy BOWEN ================================================================================ Born: 1732 - Orange Co, Virginia Died: 1757 - Augusta Co, Virginia Buried: 1757 - Augusta Co, Virginia Father: John BOWEN (1705-1761) Mother: Lilly McILHANEY (1705-1780) ================================================================================ Children ================================================================================ 1 M William BUCHANAN Born: Abt 1752 Died: Deceased -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 M Spencer BUCHANAN Born: Abt 1754 Died: Deceased -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 M John BUCHANAN Born: Abt 1756 Died: Deceased -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ================================================================================ General Notes (Husband) ================================================================================ 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.) ================================================================================ Source Citations ================================================================================ 1. Chalklay's Augusta Co, VA Court Records, Vol 1, page 89. ================================================================================ My Notes ================================================================================ If there is no SOURCE, I have no PROOF! If the source is a person, the information is HERESAY.