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Thomas Buchanan (Whitley County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace. )

b. 1825-10-07 d. 1863-06-13

Whitley County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace. Tennessee native. Married to Letitia "Letty" Green Buchanan. Father of Nathaniel Buchanan, Juda Buchanan, Lewis Buchanan, Letitita Buchanan, Sarah D. Buchanan, and Henry H. Buchanan. Farmer in Harlan County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Whitley County in 1860. Justice of the peace in Whitley County in 1861. Served in the 7th Kentucky Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as first sergeant and first lieutenant from March 27, 1862, to June 13, 1863. Died from wounds received at the Battle of Vicksburg on June 13, 1863.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harlan County, District 2, p. 2.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Whitley County, Williamsburg, p. 673.

Case Files of Approved Pension Applications of Widows and Other Dependents of Civil War Veterans, ca. 1861 – ca. 1910, NARA RG 15, Application #WC30594.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0210.

KYR-0001-017-0207.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. 759.

Citation

Buchanan, Thomas. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32201578 (November 12, 2026).

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