Buchanan Family Cemetery

 This cemetery extracted by George and Judy Gunter Baumbach on 10/22/1989

Located in Smoky Mountain National Park on the Grandpa Buchanan Branch of Cane Creek, on land formerly owned by GY (Greenberry Young) Buchanan in the community of Cane. Buchanan Cemetery is accessed by trails from Cades Cove, and Miller’s Cove (on land of Mountain Homes), and by a road from Abram’s Creek campground. Three graves are unmarked or have unreadable field stones.

NameBirthDeathNotes
Buchanan, GibbsJuly 15, 1869October 7, 1915son of GY Buchanan and Lydia Garland
Buchanan, Frankie Johnson January 15, 1815December 3, 1889Frances Johnson, mother of GY Buchanan and wife of Joseph Buchanan who died c1885 Bean Creek, Mitchell Co., NC. One field stone survives, Frankie Buchanan b. 181_.
Buchanan, Lidia M.August 3, 1847March 24, 1892Lydia Garland, wife of GY Buchanan, and daughter of Charles Garland and Rebecca Blevins of Mitchell Co., NC
Buchanan, Rosa Music October 28, 1874August 4, 1912wife of Gibbs Buchanan
Buchanan, Sara A.April 4, 1892August 18, 1892Sarah Annis Buchanan, daughter of Rev. Ezekial (E.Z.) Buchanan and Nancy Jane Simerly. Double stone with Walter B. Buchanan.
Buchanan, Walter B.May 2, 1908October 25, 1909son of Rev. Ezekial (E.Z.) Buchanan and Nancy Jane Simerly. Double stone with Sara A. Buchanan.
Buchanan, Walter C.March 14, 1889November 24, 1910son of GY Buchanan and Lydia Garland
Buchanan, William DavidNovember 15, 1875September 11, 1916son of GY Buchanan and Lydia Garland
Conley, Frank April 22, 1891February 12, 1909son of Rosa Music and James Conley of Macon Co., NC
Garland, Margaret JaneMay 6-1913November 1913daughter of Jake (Jacob) and Sarah Davis Franklin Garland of Cades Cove
Simerley, Norah LeeFebruary 5, 1900May 15, 1902 N/A

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  • Elmer J Buchanan

    Buchanan is an Appalachian name from Scotland and Northern Ireland . I am proud of this fact because it is an honorable name in most cases.

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