Buchanan's Station | |
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 Log building (right) c. 1936, a remnant of Buchanan's Station | |
  Buchanan's Station  Buchanan's Station | |
| Coordinates: 36°08′45″N 86°42′47″W / 36.14583°N 86.71306°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| Territory | Southwest Territory |
| County | Davidson |
| Settled | April 1784 |
| Station sold | 1841 |
| Compound demolished | c. 1843 |
| Government | |
| • Major | John Buchanan |
| Elevation | 599 ft (183 m) |
| Photo of site courtesy of Tennessee State Library & Archives | |
Buchanan's Station was a fortified stockade established around 1784[1] in Tennessee. Founded by Major John Buchanan, the settlement was located in what is today the Donelson neighborhood of Nashville, Tennessee.[a] On September 30, 1792, it was the site of the critical Battle of Buchanan's Station during the Cherokee–American wars of the late eighteenth century. The assault by a combined force of around 300 Chickamauga Cherokee, Muscogee Creek, and Shawnee, nominally led by Chief John Watts, was repelled by 15 gunmen under Major Buchanan defending the station. Although smaller raids continued in the region, it was the last major Native American attack on the American settlements in the Cumberland.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
:7was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Allen, Dan S.; An Archaeological Survey of the Buchanan's Station Cemetery; Murfreesboro; Dan S. Allen and Associates; (2013)
- ^ Buchanan’s Station and Cemetery Archived December 28, 2022, at the Wayback Machine; WebPage; Nashville Historical Newsletter online; retrieved December 2022
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