SOURCE: Family data, J. A. J. Buchanan Family Bible, Holy Bible, (Troy, NY: Merriam, Moore & Co., 1848). The Buchanan Family Bible record was started by Andrew Buchanan (1780-1848) in his Bible, the whereabouts of which are now unknown. The original Bible was Willed by Andrew Buchanan to his son, J. A. J. Buchanan (1824-1910). On December 13, 1853, J. A. J. Buchanan, transcribed the information from his father’s Bible to his own Bible, after which he continued the family record. The current owner of J. A. J. Buchanan’s Bible is also unknown, but a transcribed copy of the family data is in a collection of local Family Bible information at the Cornerstone Genealogical Society in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania (and is presented here). J. A. J. Buchanan noted each set of entries (births, marriages and deaths) that he copied from his father’s Bible so that it is easy to identify his father’s data from his own additions and it is reasonable to believe that the information J. A. J. Buchanan copied was originally written at the time the events occurred and can be considered reliable. In a tribute titled “One Pioneer” that appeared in the Waynesburg Independent, Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, on 27 August 1896, page 8, column 1-2, Jane (Ragan) (Shane) Zink, Andrew Buchanan’s granddaughter, states that “a Bible from his loving mother’s hand” was among his possessions when he traveled west in 1802. If this is the same Bible then Andrew owned it prior to his marriage and would have been able to record the births, marriages and deaths of his children as they occurred. His own birth date, of course, would have had to come from the date his parents had told to him, but it is very likely that he recorded it himself in his Bible.

Transcribed in 2006 by Candice Buchanan. Entries are presented here as they appear in the original document. Notations regarding some, though not all, spelling errors are made in brackets [ ]. Please report any errors in transcription to Candice.