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John Buchanan 1725 – 1787 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1725

Birth Location: Auchterarder, Perth and Kinross, Scotland

Death Date: April 1787

Death Location: Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, United States of America

Father: William Buchanan

Mother: Jannet Menzies

Spouse(s): Jane Russell

Children(s): Sarah Buchanan

John Buchanan Sr was born in 1725 in Auchterarder, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, the child of William Alexander Buchanan and Jannet Menzies. John Buchanan Sr married Jane Trindle Russell, and had children including Sarah Jane "Jennie" Buchanan. John Buchanan Sr passed away in 1787 in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, United States of America.

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Biography

  • John Buchanan Sr was born in 1725 in Auchterarder, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, the child of William Alexander Buchanan and Jannet Menzies.
  • John Buchanan Sr married Jane Trindle Russell, and had children including Sarah Jane "Jennie" Buchanan.
  • John Buchanan Sr passed away in 1787 in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, United States of America.

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John Buchanan's Ancestors

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John Buchanan
1725 – 1787
Birth Place: Auchterarder, Perth and Kinross, Scotland
Parents
William Alexander Buchanan
1698 – 1732
Ramelton, Donegal, Ireland
Jannet Menzies
1696 – 1736
Cardross, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Alexander Buchanan
1646 – 1728
Buchlyvie, Stirlingshire, Scotland or Coldraine, Tyrone Co Ireland
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

John Buchanan's Descendants

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John Buchanan (1725 – April 1787) m. Jane (Trindle) Russell (16 Mar 1730 – 1764)
  1. 1. Sarah (Jane "Jennie") Buchanan (05 Nov 1755 – 1802)
    1. 1. Mary (Polly) Todd (28 June 1778 – 1857) m. Robert Casebolt (1751 – 9 April 1840)
      1. 1. John Casebolt (1784 – 1814) m. Sabrina Estep (1790 – 1850)
        1. 1. William Casebolt (1802 – 1846)
        2. 2. Elizabeth Casebolt (1809 – )
        3. 3. Silas Casebolt (1 Jan 1813 – 1880)

John Buchanan's Timeline

2 Records

1725
1725
Birth of John Buchanan Sr in Auchterarder, Perth and Kinross, Scotland
Auchterarder, Perth and Kinross, Scotland
1787
April 1787
Age 62
Death of John Buchanan Sr in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, United States of America
Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1725
    Event Place: Auchterarder, Perth and Kinross, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: April 1787
    Event Place: Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, United States of America

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