OH077 Bennie Buchanan Oral History
Collection Title
Jackson Purchase Oral History Project - Night Riders
Series Number
OH077
Interviewee
Buchanan, Bennie
Interviewer
Fetcher, William
Date Interviewed
December 28th & 29th, 1973
Processed by
Sheree Wise
Date Processed
July 15th, 2010
Description
1 sound disc (13 minutes)
Abstract
Bennie Buchanan discusses the membership of the Night Riders at Princeton, Kentucky and their activities in the region. She describes the Night Riders tearing up tobacco fields and physically injuring farmers. She recalled a young man named Holloway who was drowned by the Night Riders at a place called Becky's Hole and when the tobacco warehouse at Princeton was burned to the ground. Buchanan also mentions the Night Riders attempt to burn her family's home. The interview concludes with her discussing two men that were shot at the courthouse for a crime they did not commit.
Biographical/Historical Note
Bennie Buchanan was a lifelong resident of Caldwell County.
General Information
No user access to original recordings. Use audio user copies, digital derivatives, transcripts, and/or tape indexes. This collection may be protected from unauthorized copying by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code). Permission for reproduction must be requested from Murray State University.
Subject Headings/Descriptors
Buchanan, Bennie
Princeton (Ky.) - History
Night Riders
Recommended Citation
Fetcher, William, "OH077 Bennie Buchanan Oral History" (2025). Night Riders. 1.
https://digitalcommons.murraystate.edu/oh-nr/1
Audio Transcript
