Philadelphia Co. Is now Burks Co. From Boone by Bryan LDS Film 989423 On Sept. 25, 1773 Daniel Boone, Squire Boone Jr., James Morgan Jr.,William Ryan and James Sparks with their large families started to North Carolina to settle on the Kentucky River. They marched with armed men in front and women and children on horseback next then the livestock driven by the boys in the rear. The band was strung out for about a mile when the Indians attacked from the rear and killed six young men and wounding the seventh. Daniel Boone's oldest son, James, was killed. The whites withdrew 40 miles and built a cabin where they planned to stay the winter. Next Spring the Dumores Indian War broke out. Daniel Boone was made a captain in the Virginia militia and was in charge of three forts. Captain Boone blazed a trail to the Kentucky River with a company of well armed men and made a fort called Boone's Borough. He then returned and got the families. It took two years to get from Penn. to North Carolina. Daniel Boone was mild of temper, Humane and charitable, gentle mannered, address conciliating, heart open to friendship and hospitality. Daniel Boone's wife Rebecca Bryan Boone died in 1812. Born in Virginia, Married in 1775. Daniel died 26 Sept. 1820 in Missouri at the age of 86. Another description of him He was 5 ft 8 to 10 inches tall, broad chest nd shoulders, hair moderately black, blue eyes with yellowish eye brows thin lips wide mouth and a Roman nose. ---------------------------------------------------------------- More detailed information on Daniel Boone under notes of Squire Boone Jr. who is our direct ancestor ---------------------------------------------------------------- From The Boone Family by Mayfield says that his birthplace was on the east side of the road about a half mile from the Baumstown to Stonersville, Penn. There is a large stone house on the foundation of the original log house over a spring, ( About 8 miles south east of Reeding, Penn. ) ---------------------------------------------------------------- From The Boone Family by Mayfield is the following interesting history. Daniel Boone was married after he returned from the French and Indian War. The British and Colonial troops whom he was with under Braddock were mauled by the French and Indians. this was in 1755 and he was a wagoner and Blacksmith. ----------------------------------------------------------------- A little of the history of the BraddocK Defeat.. He was a British officer and he along with colonial forces advanced to defeat the French and Indian Fort Duquesne. Braddock did not know how to fight in the wilderness and making 4 miles a day on the 130 miles had 5 horses shot from under him and died 2 days later from the wounds. On July 9, 1755 he arrived 9 miles from the fort and was ambushed and his men scattered and ran. George Washington did much to prevent total defeat and had 2 horses shot from under him and 4 bullets through his coat. Braddock had 5 horses shot from under him and died two days later from wounds. Those killed were the lucky ones as the wounded were burned alive in one of the most terrible of deaths. It was the worst treatment of prisoners at the time and it led to the saying that the only Indian was a dead Indian. Daniel returned to his father's farm in North Carolina and married Rebecca Ryan. ----------------------------------------------------------------- From Squire, Daniel and John Boone Families in Davie Co. N.C. Squire and Sarah Boone to Daniel and Rebecca Bryan Boone the 640 acre Bear Break tract. ----------------------------------------------------------------- From BOONE FAMILIES IN DAVIES COUNTY Daniel Boone was juror of the Rowan Court 20 Oct 1759 Pg 5 says that " it appears from extant records that Daniel Boone was in debt most of his life. Rowan Co. court records numerous references to his being sued in court for debt. Most seem to have been relatively small debts of less than 20 pounds probably incurred when he purchased needed supplies for hunting and exploring. One court record in March 1764, however, was for 50 pounds and appears to have been for unpaid taxes. Pg. 6 says that he married Rebecca Bryan, daughter of Joseph and Alice Linville Bryan. Their first two children were born in Davies Co. They moved from Davies Co. to Wilkes Co. between 1765 - 66 and lived there most of the till the family moved to Kentucky about 1779. Pg 7 James and Israel, the first two children of Daniel and Rebecca Boon were born and lived several years in Davie Co, N.C. It is believed that they were born at the Sugar Creek homesite in the Bryan Settlement area. James never married and at the age of 16 was wounded, captured, tortured and murdered by Indians in the Clinch River Valley, Va. Israel never married and at the age of 23 was killed instantly by Indians in the Battle of Blue Licks near Lexington, Kentucky. The next two children Susannah and Jemina were born in Culpepper, Va. in Nov.1760 and Oct 1762. Four children were probably born in Wilkes Co, N.C. Levinia, March 1766, Rebecca in May 1768 Daniel Morgan in Dec. 1769 and Jesse Ryan in May 1773. William, the 9 th child was born in the Clinch River Valley, Va. in June 1775 and Nathan the 10 th and youngest child born at Boone's Station, Fayette Co, Kty in March 1781. --------------------------------------------------------------- - pg 11 From Soelle's diary who was a traveling preacher. On Nov. 9 th.,1778 " Mr. Daniel Boone was here ( Salem ). He was seized recently by the English near Salt Springs in Kentucky by escaped." Daniel Boone was captures by Indians at the Battle of the Salt Licks in January 1778. He escaped in June 1778. Sometime after is capture, Rebecca and her family returned to North Carolina. After escaping, Boone hurried to Boonsboro to strengthen the fort against a pending Indian attack. In late 1778 he returned to N.C. When Boone led a large number of Boones, Bryans and others to Kentucky to settle oermanently. ----------------------------------------------------------------- from THE WEEKLY INTELLIGENCE, Mexico, Mo. 4 Jan 1917 I have a 2 page account in the Boone notes telling that when the Kentuckians came to Missouri to take the bodies of Daniel and Rebecca Boone back to Kentucky, they got the body of his wife but probably that of some unknown person that had been buried unknowingly years before Daniel.had died and buried in his lot.
The story was that Daniel had picked the place that he wanted to be buried besides his wife. When they started to bury him they found a grave on the spot so these remains were dug up mistakenly and taken to Kentucky He probably was buried either at the head of foot of his wife. When this unknown grave was covered it looked like a new grave and these remains were taken to Kentucky along with Daniel's wife. The Kentucky delegation got little or no cooperation in this effort as they did fight the move. ---------------------------------------------------------------- From The Boone Bulletin -Daniel, the fourth son of Squire and Sarah Boone was a man wonderful for exploring and maintaining new parts of the worlds, a good woodsman, an active warrior,a man of courage and good conduct. The said Daniel Boone married Rebecca Bryan, daughter of Joseph Bryan, by which union he had 9 children, five boys and 4. girls Lore has it that he died at a stand, watching for deer with his rifle sprung ready to fire. ----------------------------------------------------------------- From THE BOONE FAMILY by Hazll Atterbury Spraker I have in my files a letter to Sarah Day Boone in which he states his simple profession of faith.
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From BOONE FAMILY by Teddy Roosevelt - Daniel Boone was a tall, spare, sinewy man with eyes like an eagle’s and muscles that never tired. The work and hardship of his life made no impress on his iron frame, unhurt by intemperance of any kind he live for 86 years.
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From an article in the Irontown, Ohio Register in May 1872 -written by Rev James Gilruth at the age of 80.
When Kentucky was part of Virginia, Virginia gave Daniel Boon a choice of 4000 acres in Kentucky. He surveyed it and then failed to record it and another man filed and took the land. After much legal battle he settled for 400 acres that the man gave him. While Missouri was still a part of Spain, the Spanish government, wishing him to help settle the area gave him a section ten miles square. ( 100 square miles ) when the area became part of the United States Returning to Ky, Daniel,Jessie and Nathan and their wives all lived in a 20 x 30 hewn log cabin for some time. The Col. was a little over the common size, of a well proportioned figure, neither spare or corpulent, features formed on a Grecian model of an agreeable, frank and open countenance in manners what we might call one of Nature's gentlemen.