Sally Buchanan

"Sarah Buchanan" redirects here. For the American long-distance runner, see Sarah Pagano Buchanan.

Sally Buchanan
Born
Sarah Ridley

December 1773
Watauga (now Elizabethton, Tennessee, U.S.)
DiedNovember 23, 1831(1831-11-23) (aged 57)
Buchanan's Station, Tennessee, U.S.
Burial placeBuchanan's Station Cemetery, Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Known forRole during Battle of Buchanan's Station
Spouse
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(m. 1791)​
Children13

Sarah Ridley Buchanan (née Ridley; December 1773 – November 23, 1831) was an American settler in Tennessee. Credited with helping to defend Buchanan's Station during an attempted raid by Native Americans in 1792, Buchanan was called "the greatest heroine of the West" by writer Elizabeth F. Ellet. As stories about Buchanan's bravery spread, accounts of her life were sometimes embellished with fictional elements.

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