Called the "Heroine of Buchanan Station" for her fearless help in the battle against Indians in September 1792, Sally Ridley Buchanan and the other women in the fort melted the dishes and candlesticks to make more ammunition for the men who held the fort against several hundred Indians.
From Elizabeth F. Ellet's The Women of the American Revolution: "This was the first formidable invasion of the Cumberland Valley and its tide was rolled back as much by the presence of mind and heroic firmness of Sarah Buchanan and Nancy Mulherrin as by the rifles of their husbands and friends...." Sally was known thereafter as a model Indian-fighter.
Eleven days after the battle at Buchanan Station, Sally Ridley Buchanan delivered her first child, George Buchanan.
Called the "Heroine of Buchanan Station" for her fearless help in the battle against Indians in September 1792, Sally Ridley Buchanan and the other women in the fort melted the dishes and candlesticks to make more ammunition for the men who held the fort against several hundred Indians.
From Elizabeth F. Ellet's The Women of the American Revolution: "This was the first formidable invasion of the Cumberland Valley and its tide was rolled back as much by the presence of mind and heroic firmness of Sarah Buchanan and Nancy Mulherrin as by the rifles of their husbands and friends...." Sally was known thereafter as a model Indian-fighter.
Eleven days after the battle at Buchanan Station, Sally Ridley Buchanan delivered her first child, George Buchanan.
Family Members
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George Buchanan
1792–1816
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Alexander Buchanan
1794–1836
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Ann "Nancy" Buchanan Eads
1795–1852
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Elizabeth "Betsy" Buchanan Everett
1795–1875
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William Buchanan
1800–1867
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Jane Trindle Buchanan Goodwin
1802–1837
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Moses Ridley Buchanan
1806–1887
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Charles Bingley Buchanan
1809–1856
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Nancy Mulherin Newsom Buchanan Smith
1818–1873