An American Family History

Hannah Ricketts Buchanan was born about 1790 Huntingdon County (now Mifflin County), Pennsylvania. She was the daughter of Robert Ricketts and Susannah Wilson.

She was the second wife of Wilson Buchanan. Wilson was born about 1775 in York, Pennsylvania. He was the son of George Buchanan and Esther Campbell. On January 18, 1795, Wilson signed a marriage bond in Bourbon County, Kentucky with his first wife, Rebecca Lockridge.

Rebecca and Wilson's children included:

Mary (Polly) Buchanan Washer (1795, married Stephen Washer),
John Henry Buchanan (1796, married Octavia Shafer),
Sarah Buchanan Favors (1799),
William Buchanan (1801, married Edna Hankins),
and Patsy Buchanan Hankins (1805, married John Hankins)

Wilson appeared in the Woodford County, Kentucky tax list in 1797. In 1801 he was in Franklin County. They probably moved to Switzerland County, Indiana when Wilson's brother, John, purchased government land in 1804. Wilson was in the 1807 Dearborn County census which included Switzerland County at that time.

Rebecca died and Wilson married Hannah in 1809.

Hannah and Wilson's children included:
David Buchanan (1810, married Edith Ann Hankins),
Susannah Buchanan Risk (1811),
Dorcas Buchanan Risk (1813)
Robert Buchanan (1815),
Elizabeth Buchanan Vestal (1819),
Enoch Buchanan (1821),
Vienna Buchanan (1822),
Mahala Buchanan Hayes (1823),
Rebecca Buchanan (1826),
Emeline Buchanan Risk (1827),
George W. Buchanan (1828),
and Talitha Buchanan McCreary (1829, married Thomas McCreary).

They probably moved to Ripley County when Wilson's brother, John, purchased land in Brown Township on August 25, 1809. On May 15, 1812, Lieutenant Colonel David Hillis ordered a block house built on the north border of Jefferson County. This blockhouse was known as Buchanan's Station. In 1812, Wilson and brother William were fined for assaults that occurred in what was then Jefferson County.

Wilson purchased this land from John on February 27, 1819. Wilson purchased additional tracts from the government in both counties. In 1819, Wilson also served the first grand jury in Ripley County.

Wilson died on April 19 , 1851. Hannah died on February 13, 1853 They are buried together in the Buchanan family cemetery in Ripley County, Indiana.

Children of Robert Ricketts and Susannah Wilson John Ricketts Phoebe Ricketts Sheridan Hannah Ricketts Buchanan William Ricketts Susannah Ricketts Moulton Robert Ricketts Isaac Ricketts Edward M. Ricketts Elizabeth Ricketts Larew Blankenship Rebecca Ricketts Winings Margaret Ricketts Kelso Sarah Ricketts Winings Vienna Louise Ricketts Moulton