Sarah “Sally” <I>Ridley</I> Buchanan

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Sarah “Sally” Ridley Buchanan

Birth
Tennessee, USA
Death
23 Nov 1831 (aged 57)
Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
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Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map
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Presumably born in the Watauga settlements that would later become part of East Tennessee, Sally Ridley daughter of George Ridley and first wife, Elizabeth "Betsy" Weatherford. Sally was the second wife of John Buchanan, married on 15 Oct 1791, and mother of 13 children.

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.
Presumably born in the Watauga settlements that would later become part of East Tennessee, Sally Ridley daughter of George Ridley and first wife, Elizabeth "Betsy" Weatherford. Sally was the second wife of John Buchanan, married on 15 Oct 1791, and mother of 13 children.

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.

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