John Buchanan (frontiersman)

John Buchanan
Born(1759-01-12)January 12, 1759
Harrisburg, Province of Pennsylvania, British America
DiedNovember 7, 1832(1832-11-07) (aged 73)
Buchanan's Station, Tennessee, U.S. (now Nashville)
Occupation(s)American pioneer, settler, frontiersman, farmer
Spouses
Margaret Kennedy
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(m. 1786; died 1789)​
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(m. 1791)​

Major John Buchanan (January 12, 1759 – November 7, 1832) was an American frontiersman and one of the founders of present-day Nashville, Tennessee. He is best known for defending his fort, Buchanan's Station, from an attack by a combined force of roughly 300 Chickamauga Cherokee, Muscogee Creek, and Shawnee warriors on September 30, 1792.[1] The defenders of the stockade included fifteen gunmen and his wife, Sally Buchanan, (his second) who was heavily pregnant with their first child.[2]

  1. ^ Aiken, Leona Taylor (1968). Donelson, Tennessee: Its History and Landmarks.
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