George (1746-1813)
and Margaret (McAfee) Buchanan
His ancestors and descendants
There are several books that outline the Buchanan
genealogy much more fully than I have here. Since those books are available
through the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, I have only included
my direct ancestors here.
The following is a list of the books I used in compiling this
information. They are all available on microfilm from the library:
· “Buchanan – The Family History of James Buchanan, son of Alexander Buchanan of Pennsylvania 1702-1976” by John A. Blakemore.
·
“Buchanan
and Gillespie of SW Virginia” by David B. Trimble
·
“SW
Virginia Families” by David B. Trimble
·
“Buchanans
of Early Augusta County, Virginia” by Paul C. Buchanan
·
“Virginia
Connections” compiled by Judy B. Anderson
Clan Buchanan
JOHN BUCHANAN, Sr., of Scotland, possibly had 5 sons, two of which
went to Ireland about 1674. It is reported in one record that his wife was named
Jean. This connection is not very definite at all, and is disputed in several
histories.
Children:
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1. |
i. |
Alexander Buchanan, b. abt 1650; d. abt 1728; m. ? in Ireland. Came to Chester County, PA abt 1702, later moved to Augusta County, Virginia. |
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2. |
ii. |
Samuel Buchanan, b. abt 1662, went to Ireland, then came to Chester County, PA abt 1702 |
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3. |
iii. |
William Buchanan |
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4. |
iv. |
George Buchanan |
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5. |
v. |
Archibald Buchanan |
ALEXANDER BUCHANAN, b. abt
1650 in Scotland possibly to John Buchanan (above). He and his brother Samuel
went to Northern Ireland about 1674. Alexander married in Northern Ireland and
there had three sons we know of. On or before 1702, he and his three sons,
James, Archibald and Samuel, had crossed from Ireland to Nottingham Township,
Chester County, Pennsylvania. He later moved to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
Alexander died somewhere about 1728 – 30.
Children:
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6. |
i. |
James Buchanan, m. (1) Martha Allison; (2) Mary Reside |
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7. |
ii. |
Archibald Buchanan, m. in Pennsylvania and remained there. He is thought to have been the sheriff of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in 1740. |
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8. |
iii. |
Samuel Buchanan, m. Martha Edmiston. He had a number of children. They lived near the Old Providence Church in Augusta County, Virginia, then moved to the Lodi section of Washington County, Virginia, between the Middle and South Fork of the Hoston. Some descendants lived in Washington County, Virginia; others went to Tennessee and on west. |
6.
JAMES
BUCHANAN, was born in Northern Ireland to Alexander Buchanan.
He came with his father and two brothers to America about 1702. They settled
first in Nottingham Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. Later he moved to
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He married, first, Martha Allison about 1725 in Pennsylvania. She was born about 1706
in Northern Ireland, daughter of Alexander Allison. The Allisons came to America
about 1720, settling for a while in Nottingham Township, Chester County,
Pennsylvania.
James was listed as being among the very early settlers in Augusta
County, Virginia, having settled in the Walker’s Creek section around 1745. He
served on the Shawnee Expedition as a Sergeant. He was a Colonial Soldier. He
owned a great deal of property, having acquired it several hundred acres at a
time. He served as a Justice of the Peace in Augusta County, Virginia for 20
years.
Martha died about 1740 – 42 in Augusta County, Virginia.
Children:
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9. |
i. |
Alexander Buchanan, b. abt 1726; d. 1798; unmarried. Served as a lieutenant in 1753/54 and as a sergeant under Capt. William Preston in the French and Indian War in 1755/56 and received land for his service. On September 26, 1786, the Wythe County Court recommended that he be appointed a justice of the peace. On May 25, 1790, it recommended he be appointed a militia lieutenant. He died in Wythe County, Virginia, leaving his property to the children of his brother, Robert. |
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10. |
ii. |
Archibald Buchanan, b. abt 1728; d. wp 7 Oct 1806; m. Mrs. Agnes (Bowen) McFerrin |
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11. |
iii. |
John Buchanan, b. abt 1730; m. Martha Buchanan |
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12. |
iv. |
James Buchanan, b. abt 1734; d. abt 1759, killed by Indians during the French and Indian War. |
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13. |
v. |
William Buchanan, b. abt 1736; d. wp 2 Sep 1805; m. Isabella Montgomery. |
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14. |
vi. |
Janet Buchanan, b. abt 1738 |
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15. |
vii. |
Rebecca Buchanan, b. abt 1740; m. William Hall |
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16. |
viii. |
Robert Buchanan, b. abt 1742; d. 7 Jan 1809; m. Margaret McCutcheon |
James married, second, Mary Reside,
in about 1742 in Augusta County, Virginia.
Children:
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17. |
i. |
George Buchanan, b. abt 1746; d. June 1813; m. Margaret McAfee. |
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18. |
ii. |
David Buchanan, b. 15 Jul 1749; d. Aug 1818; m. Susannah Ware. |
James wrote a will on June 9, 1761. On March 19, 1765
James’ will was proven. It reads as follows:
Signed James Buchanan.
Signed, sealed and delivered to us Daniel Harmon,
James McCown and William Scott.”
17.
GEORGE BUCHANAN, son of James
and Mary (Reside) Buchanan, was born about 1746 in Augusta County, Virginia. He
married Margaret McAfee about 1767,
daughter of James and Jane (McMichael) McAfee. She was born in Lancaster County,
Pennsylvania about 1746. (For further information on the McAfee family, see the
History on the McAfee's).
On June 10, 1770, he bought 163 acres on Catawba Creek in Botetourt
County, Virginia from his father-in-law, James McAfee. George sold the land back
to James McAfee on May 15, 1772. He later moved to what is now Washington
County, Virginia.
In his father's will, which was proved in 1765, he
had received 107 acres of a parcel of land on Walker's Creek in Augusta. In
November of 1782, while living in Washington County, he and his brothers, who
had also received parcels of the same property on Walker's Creek, deeded that
land to their brother David, which amounted to 415 acres.
About 1782 George and Margaret moved
their family to Salt River in Mercer County, Kentucky. On July 11, 1794, he
gave a power of attorney to Arthur Campbell to receive a deed from James Wood
for 200 acres on Cedar Creek in Washington County, Virginia, receiving the deed
from Mary Wood on November 10, 1794.
George died in May 5, 1813 in Mercer County,
Kentucky. We don't have a death date for his wife, Margaret.
Children:
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19. |
i. |
James Buchanan, b. abt 1766; d. 1838; m. (1) Rebecca Armstrong |
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20. |
ii. |
John Buchanan, b. 17 May 1768; m. Margaret Guant |
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21. |
iii. |
Alexander Buchanan, b. 1769; d. 1806; m. Nancy McAfee |
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22. |
iv. |
George Buchanan, b. 16 Oct 1771 |
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23. |
v. |
Mary (Polly) Buchanan, b. 4 Oct 1773; d. 27 Jul 1847; m. William Provine (aka Purviance) |
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24. |
vi. |
Janet Buchanan, b. Abt 1775; m. James McCampbell |
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25. |
vii. |
Margaret Buchanan, b. abt 1777; m. William Ewing |
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26. |
viii. |
Nancy Buchanan, b. abt 1779; m. Thomas Gilkerson |
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27. |
ix. |
Anne Buchanan, b. abt 1781; m. Joseph Woods |
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28. |
x. |
Dorcas Buchanan, b. abt 1783; m Joseph Woods (different than above Joseph) |
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29. |
xi. |
William Buchanan, b. abt 1785; d. 1830 |
23.
MARY (Polly) BUCHANAN,
daughter
of George
and
Margaret (McAfee
) Buchanan,
was born on October 4, 1773 in Botetourt County, Virginia. She moved with her
family to Washington County, Virginia.
About 1782, when she
was 9, her family moved to the Salt River in Mercer County, Kentucky where she
grew up. On July 30, 1801, at about age 27, in Mercer County, Kentucky, she was
united in marriage to William Provine
(or Purviance as it is noted in their marriage record). He was the son of John
and Mary (Mitchell) Provine and was born either in Virginia, or North Carolina,
about 1773, the exact date we do not know. He came with his father’s family to
Kentucky in 1789, and with them settled in Madison County, in what was known as
the Paint Lick neighborhood (now in Garrard County).
William and Mary Polly Provine were land owners in Madison County,
Kentucky, and the old records of the court at Lancaster preserve a number of
transfers between William Provine
and
others. We find one dated March 31, 1806, in which “William Purvance and Mary
his wife transfer 193 acres of land to Samuel Reed
for
$1447.50.” We note in the records that the name of William Provine
was
spelled once “Purvance” and once “Provence” (that is, by the clerk) but
when they affixed their own signatures they spelled their name “Provine”.
When Indiana Territory was opened for settlement, it was not long before
William Provine
and
his wife Mary, along with his mother and two sisters, made their way across the
Ohio and entered those lands about 1807, where William was a county surveyor.
They settled in what is known as Clark County, Indiana, some twelve or
fifteen miles northeast of the town of Jeffersonville. The exact location of
their land was on Tract No. 198 of the grant, on the waters of Fourteen Mile
Creek, and is embraced in the boundaries of the present township of Washington.
They were one of the early pioneer settlers of this county, and are
mentioned a number of times in the history of Clark County, known as
“Ohio Falls Cities and Counties.”
In 1808, just below the junction of the East and West Forks of Fourteen
Mile Creek, William erected a grist mill; he made the dam of brush, afterwards
adding an overshot carding machine. The mill stood on the right bank of the
creek. It afterwards passed into the hands of the Walker family, hence the site
is known as Walker’s Mill.
The first wagon road in the township was from the town of Westport on the
Ohio River to Provine’s Mill. As a result his mill
was the neighborhood Post Office from 1808 to 1817, at which time it was
moved to the new village of New Washington.
So troublesome did the Indians become, and so fearful was the attack at
Pigeon Roost in Clark County in 1812, that for safety, William Provine
erected
for his family a blockhouse fort. Soon afterwards, however, the Indian troubles
ceased. In 1812 he entered the army in its defense against England, but was
twice relieved from active duty in order that he might, by working his grist
mill, provide food for the soldiers. It was believed by the army that he could
best serve his country in this way, as his mill at that time was perhaps the
only one north of the Ohio River, and west of Cincinnati.
On October 9, 1815, William and Mary (Buchanan) Provine
were
called upon to mourn the death of their firstborn, Peggy, who died at
the age of 13. And a few days later, on October 16, 1815, William Provine,
himself, died, at the age of 42. The father and child were both buried in the
newly opened graveyard in the neighborhood, now for long years known as the
Walker graveyard. This burying place was originally laid off in the midst of a
dense beech woods, and the two Provine graves are supposed to be among the first
by which the spot was consecrated.
His wife, Mary (Buchanan) Provine, died in Clark County, Indiana on July
27, 1847.
Children:
30. |
i. |
PEGGY
PROVINE
, b. 17 Sep 1802; d. 9 Oct
1815. |
31. |
ii. |
JOHN G.
PROVINE
, b. 8 Sep 1804; d. 19 Oct
1821. |
32. |
iii. |
ALEXANDER
B. PROVINE
, b. 7 Nov 1806; d. 3 May
1853; m. (1) Sallie Walker
; (2) Jane Anderson
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33. |
iv. |
SALEM
FINDLEY PROVINE
, b. 3 Feb 1809; d. 1 Oct
1831; unmarried. |
34. |
v. |
MARY
POLLY PROVINE
, b. 12 Feb 1811; d. 14 Mar
1888; m. WilliamCampbell Walker
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35. |
vi. |
GEORGE
W. PROVINE
, b. 5 May 1813; d. 11 Apr
1898; m. Mary McClarry
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36. |
vii. |
WILLIAM
PROVINE
, b. 23 May 1816; d. 24 Apr
1903; m. Paulina Scott
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