Elizabeth Buchanan

b. 30 October 1817, d. 19 February 1846
FatherSamuel Buchanan1,2 b. 16 Aug 1783, d. 8 Aug 1867
MotherCatharine Barrick3 b. 12 Mar 1788, d. 6 Nov 1847
Birth30 Oct 1817 Elizabeth Buchanan was born on 30 Oct 1817.4 
Marriage9 Apr 1835 She married William Harris on 9 Apr 1835.5 
Death19 Feb 1846 Elizabeth died on 19 Feb 1846 at age 28.6 
Elizabeth's birth and death were recorded in a Bible purchased by her sister Nancy in 1862 and gifted to their brother Moses in 1878 (icons link to the following pages: title, births, marriages, deaths, provenance).

Family

William Harris
Children
Last Edited4 Dec 2013

Citations

  1. [S827] Samuel Buchanan settlement (recorded 1883), Washington Co., Virginia Will Book 21: 259. The settlement includes entries from Sept. 1868 through 1882. Receiving amounts totalling $125-$150 each and identified as distributees: Janette Buchanan, Wilson Buchanan, Nancy C. Buchanan who transferred her share to J__ Hutten, Wilson Buchanan, Mary Ann Buchanan, Mary G. Cunningham, James Buchanan's heirs and Jos M. Buchanan. Additional payments identified as distributions were paid to John A.P. Hutton & wife ($104) John Harris in right of his wife ($30) and James R. Buchanan ($12). [Elizabeth Buchanan married William Harris; John A.P. Hutton married Susannah Harris d/o Elizabeth & Wm Harris]
  2. [S7] John B. Harris and Susannah (Harris) Hutton [children of Elizabeth (Buchanan) Harris] sold adjacent shares of Samuel Buchanan's land following his death. See John and/or Susannah's narrative pages for details.
  3. [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 "Birth" data page recorded Samuel and Catherine Buchanan's dates of birth followed by the birth dates for the following Buchanan children: Mary G., William, Jannet, James, Wilson, Elizabeth and Nancy L. There may have been a second birth page recording additional children which are known from other records to have included Joseph and Samuel.
  4. [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 6th entry on the "Birth" data page (below Samuel and Catharin) reads: Elizabeth Buchanan was Born October the 30th 1817.
  5. [S4] D.E. Brown, Marriages of Washington Co., VA 1781-1853, p. 30. William Harris and Elizabeth Buchanan, 9 Apr 1835 by Alexander McEwen.
  6. [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 3rd entry on the "Deaths" data page reads: Elisabeth Harris Died February the 19th 1846.
  7. [S980] William Wheeler, Washington Co., Virginia Unrecorded Marriage Licenses, p. 35. John A.P. Hutton, 28, sgl, b. & resid Washington Co., VA, s/o Samuel C. & Isabella Hutton, marr Susanah Hawthorne Hutton [sic], 29, sgl, b. & resid WCV, d/o William & Elizabeth Harris; marr 1868.