Samuel Buchanan1
b. 21 September 1826, d. 15 December 1861
Birth | 21 Sep 1826 | Samuel Buchanan was born on 21 Sep 1826 in Virginia.2 |
Cens-Sum | | Samuel appears to have been the youngest son in a family that numbered at least 9 children. He was enumerated living at home with his widowed father and unmarried sisters in 1850 and 1860. Samuel was noted to be a farmer on both census entries.3,4 |
Death | 15 Dec 1861 | He died of fever on 15 Dec 1861 in Washington County, Virginia, at age 35.1,5 |
Citations
- [S2268] Research of Tom Colley, Hanceville, Alabama; Mr. Colley cites the Washington County Death Register for the year 1861 originally held by the Virginia Bureau of Vital Statistics and viewed as Library of Virginia microfilm reel #30, line 10: Samuel Buchanan, d. 15 Dec 1861, age 35y, fever, s/o Catherine Buchanan, reported by father, Samuel Buchanan.
- [S3280] Heycuz.net, collaborative family data, website maintained by April Pastis (http://heycuz.net/TNG/ : Nov. 2013), entry for Samuel Buchanan. Research on the descendants of Samuel Buchanan and Catharine Barrick from the notes of Ms Pastis' mother (now deceased) and Howard Jones (also now deceased).
- [S367] Samuel Buchanan household, 1850 U.S. Census, Washington Co., VA, pop. sched., 67th District, p. 90 (stamped), dwelling 331, family 331, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Feb. 2013. Household includes: Samuel Buchanan, 67, farmer, owns land worth $1,600; Jennett, 39; Nancy, 29; Samuel, 24, farmer; Samuel Fulkes, 17, farmer; Sarah, 13; John, 12; Samuel, 8; all b. VA.
- [S234] Samuel Buchanan household, 1860 U.S. cens, Washington Co., VA, pop. sched., Western District, p. 94, dwelling 676, family 656, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Feb. 2013. Household includes: Samuel Buchanan, 67, farmer, owns land worth $6,000, pers. prop of $1,000; Jeannett, 49; Nancy, 40; Samuel, 34, farmer, owns pers. prop of $500; Susannah Harris, 23, weaver; John Harris, 23, farmer; Samuel Harris, 19, farmer; all b. VA.
- [S3277] The Holy Bible, acquired in 1862 by Nancy L. Buchanan and presented to Moses S. Buchanan, July 1878 (New York: The American Bible Society, 1857); digital images shared by April Pastis, <http://heycuz.net/TNG/>. The 5th entry on the "Deaths" data page reads: Samuel Buchanan Died December the 15th 1861.