James Greenfield Buchanan

BUCHANAN, James Greenfield, died February 21, 1864, was born February 12, 1838, the son of Isaac Buchanan, born at Bowling Green, Warren County, Kentucky, who lived at Cane Hill, Arkansas. He was the son of Thomas and Jennie (Neely) Buchanan, who lived at Bowling Green, Kentucky. Maiden name of subject’s mother was Naomi Crawford, daughter of John Crawford, who lived at Cave Creek, Fayetteville, Tennessee. John Crawford moved from Virginia to Lincoln County, Tennessee about 1815. He was the father of 18 children, five of whom married Buchanan’s. Subject was educated at Cane Hill and Cane Hill College, he was a Democrat and a Cumberland Presbyterian. He served in Company B, 34th Arkansas Infantry. [1911 Arkansas Confederate Census]