John Buchanan (frontiersman)
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Major John Buchanan (January 12, 1759 – November 7, 1832) was an American frontiersman and one of the founders of present-day Nashville, Tennessee. He is best known for defending his fort, Buchanan's Station, from an attack by a combined force of roughly 300 Chickamauga Cherokee, Muscogee Creek, and Shawnee warriors on September 30, 1792.[1] The defenders of the stockade included fifteen gunmen and his wife, Sally Buchanan, (his second) who was heavily pregnant with their first child.[2]
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Born | (1759-01-12)January 12, 1759 Harrisburg, Province of Pennsylvania, British America |
Died | November 7, 1832(1832-11-07) (aged 73) Buchanan's Station, Tennessee, U.S. (now Nashville) |
Occupation(s) | American pioneer, settler, frontiersman, farmer |
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