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Jefferson County: Buchanan & McLaughlin Cemeteries

Sat, 11/15/2008 - 5:59pm — Ruth Hoggatt

Buchanan Cemetery
Section 34 Twp. 5N Range 11E
Brown Township, Ripley County, Indiana


Photos & Web Page by Ruth A. Hoggatt, © Oct. 14, 2000.



Buchanan Cemetery By Robert W. Scott, © 2000. -- This cemetery is on the county line road in Brown Twp., Ripley Co. just across the line from Shelby Twp., Jefferson Co. It has been transcribed both by the Ripley Co. Historical Society in 1984 and the John Paul Chapter DAR in 1941. The DAR transcription is more accurate and complete. The John Paul Chapter transcribed Hannah Buchanan's death date as 1843 and the Ripley Co. records shows it as 1863. It is proved to be 1853 by the censuses and the estate of her father Robert Ricketts in Ohio Co., Ind.

Sometime between 1972 and 1984, the stones from the nearby McLaughlin Cemetery were placed in this cemetery as were two stones from the even closer family plot of William Buchanan, who died 1845, age 77 11 mos. William was a brother to Wilson Buchanan. Martha McLaughlin, whose stone was moved from the McLaughlin Cem., was their sister. The last Buchanan to own this property was George T. Buchanan Apr. 25, 1875-Aug. 23, 1960, son of Enoch Buchanan and grandson of Wilson. The cemetery is across the road from the replica of the fort known as Buchanan Station.


Buchanan Cemetery


Shelby Twp. Jefferson County, IN

I visited this cemetery Sept. 5, 2000


Buchanan Cemetery By Jackie Owen © 2000 --This cemetery may actually be in Ripley County, Brown Twp. It depends on how you look at it. As you go north on Barbersville Rd. from Canaan you will cross the sign for the Ripley County line, but you come to Buchanan Cemetery before you reach the road that marks the Ripley/Jefferson County lines.

Names marked with an asterisk [ * ] are stones that were moved from the Buchanan "Family Plot" which was located southwest of the Buchanan Cemetery. These stones were moved sometime between 1972 and 1984.

The McLaughlin Cemetery stones were also moved to the Buchanan Cemetery during this same time period, having been removed from their original burial site in Jefferson County, southwest of Buchanan Cemetery. To better distinquish these two cemeteries, the McLaughlin stones are listed after the Buchanan Cemetery.

       There were about 30 stones that were unreadable, some were probably footstones.





Name Birth Date Death Date Other Info.
Buchanan, Enoch Oct. 21, 1821 Feb. 19, 1883 Age 61 yrs. 3 mos. 28 days
Buchanan, Hannah   Feb. 13, 1853 W of Wilson-age 63 yrs.
Buchanan, Ina Fay April 5, 1892 April 19, 1894 D of J.W. & M.
Buchanan, Lucinda   Sept. 2, 1857 W of Enoch-age 34 yrs. 5 mos. 5 days
Buchanan, Malinda J.   May 9, 1845 D of E. & L.-age 13 mo.
Buchanan, Rebecca   Aug. 7, 1827 D of W. & H.-age 13 yrs. 11 mos.
Buchanan, Rebecca J. April 13, 1837 April 5, 1919 Note on DAR list says Rebecca J. Hillis was 2nd wife of Enoch
Buchanan, Robert   1827 S of W. & H.-age 11 yrs.
Buchanan, Vienna   Sept. 1827 D of W. & H.-age 5 yrs. & 11 months
Buchanan, William   May 1833 S of Wilson (H?)& ?-age 32 yrs.
Buchanan, William *   Feb. 26, 1845 Age 73 yrs. 11 mos. 24 days
Buchanan, William H.H.   Dec. 25, 1861 S of E. & L.-age 19 yrs. 2 mos.
Buchanan, Wilson   April 19, 1851 Age 76 yrs.
Fox, ____     Stone just said wife of William Fox-no dates or 1st name
Fox, William H. April 7, 1803 June 25, 1887  
Mathews, Edith E. March 13, 1857 May 12, 1901 W of Levi B.
Mathews, Levi B. April 6, 1854 July 28, 1917  
Risk, ____     Infant S of M.B. & V.H.-age 3 days-no dates
Risk, Vina H.   Sept. 25, 1873 W of Moses B.-age 23 yrs.
Shepherd, Elizabeth *   May 13, 1843 Age 8 mos. 12 days




McLaughlin Cemetery Stones
at Buchanan Cemetery


McLaughlin Graves By Ruth Hoggatt. -- McLaughlin Cemetery stones were moved to the southeast section of the Buchanan Cemetery. Stones from the Buchanan family plot were placed on both flanks. (William Buchanan's stone, on the far right, and E. Shepherd's on the left, with a creek rock to the left of the Shepherd stone). Geo. Buchanan, who was also buried in the McLaughlin Cemetery, has a commemorative Rev. War stone in the center section of Buchanan cemetery.






Surveyed by Jackie Owen, Sept. 5, 2000


Name Birth Date Death Date Other Info.
Buchanan, George    
"4 PA Reg. Rev. War 1815"
There is a marker for the same George Buchanan in the Jefferson Church Cemetery as well. Neither one of these stones mark a grave, but are probably commemorative stones placed years after the fact. - Bob Scott.
Buckaannan, J.W.    
"Co. A. 37th Ind. Inf."
Gov. marker -no dates This is the way his name was spelled on the stone.
Kaye, Henry   April 13, 1843 S of Henry & Melinda-age 8 days
Death year could possibly be 1848, it was hard to make out.
McLaughlin, George Dec. 29, 1773 April 5, 1846 Age 72 yrs. 3 mos.
McLaughlin, Martha   Nov. 16, 1833 W of George-age 53 yrs.
McLaughlin, Sarah   June 10, 1863 Age 61 yrs. 9 mos. 25 days


This survey has been a collaborative effort by
Robert Scott, Jackie Owen & Ruth Hoggatt, October, 2000.

Directions: Take S.R. 421 to S.R. 250 to Canaan. Turn left at the first road out of Canaan, which is Barbersville Road. At the "T" in the road, turn left and follow the road up the hill. (The "County Line" sign will appear 3.5 miles after making the turn onto Barbersville Road out of Canaan. Continue another three-tenths of a mile to the Buchanan Cemetery). The cemetery will be on the north (left) side of the road on a hill, with steps leading up to it and enclosed with an iron fence. A model of the Buchanan Station will be on the south side of the road.