Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886. Warren County. SAMUEL BUCHANAN, Russell County, is a native of North Carolina. He was born in 1832, and is a son of Walter and Elizabeth (Paschal) Buchanan, of English origin. His grandparents on both sides immigrated to Kentucky, and settled in Shakertown about 1851. He became a member of the Shaker family, or was indentured a few weeks after coming among them, and has been a member since. He is now the head of the Second Order, or West Division, of the society, and superintends the temporal business thereof. Buchanan = Russell-KY http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/warren/buchanan.s.txt