Daniel Boone (1734-1820) = Colonel. Surveyor. Explorer. Sixth child born to Squire and Sarah Morgan Boone in Pennsylvania on November 2, 1734. His grandparents, George and Mary Boone, were English Quakers who settled near Exeter. The Quakers were great friends with the Native Americans in that vicinity. One time his grandfather invited a Moravian missionary to preach at his home and several Delaware Indians were converted to Christianity.
One of young Daniel's chores was to take the cattle out to pasture each morning, then drive them back each evening for his mother to milk. While he tended the cows, he became familiar with the woods and learned to hunt by the time he was thirteen. His family ate the game he shot and traded the skins for things they needed. Daniel was schooled by his older brother's wife, Sarah. She taught him to read, write and to do his sums.
In 1750, his family moved from Pennsylvania to North Carolina. Daniel married Rebecca Bryan (1739-1813) there on August 14, 1756. They had ten children. Their names were James, Israel, Susannah, Jemima, Levinia, Rebecca, Daniel Morgan, Jesse Bryan, William, and Nathan.
Daniel loved to go on long hunts, sometimes leaving home for many months. He explored and surveyed the land. He rediscovered Cumberland Gap, a mountain pass and helped build the Wilderness Road. Boonesborough, a settlement in Kentucky, was named for him.
In 1799, Daniel walked to the Femme Osage district about forty miles from present-day St. Louis, Missouri. Kentucky was getting too crowded for him. Spanish officials appointed him a judge in 1800. He died on September 26, 1820, at Nathan's home.
Historical Note:” Chester Harding is believed to have painted the only portrait of Daniel Boone while he lived and in 1851, artist George Caleb Bingham paints the most famous nineteenth-century Boone depiction, "Daniel Boone Escorting Settlers Through the Cumberland Gap." Gilbert White painted a mural called "Daniel Boone and Companions" for the Kentucky State Capital which was made into a postage stamp.
Historical Dates:
1750 = Thomas Walker discovered Cumberland Gap
1769 = Boone explored Kentucky
1775 = Boone established Boonesboro
More to Read:
1. "The Pioneer and The Prairie
Lawyer: Boone and Lincoln Family Heritage 1603-1985." By Willard
Mounts. Ginwill Publishing, Denver, Colorado, 1991
2. "The Boone Family: A Genealogical
History of the Descendants of George and Mary Boone. By Hazel
Atterbury Spraker. Tuttle Press, 1922.
3. Some Boone Descendants and Kindred of the St. Charles District. By Lillian Hays Oliver. Chedwato Service, 1964. p. 25. Repository: Mid-Continent Genealogy Center, Independence, Mo.
4. Hannah Boone and Her Descendants. By Bess L. Hawthorne, (a descendant of Hannah's brother George). Chedwato Service, Burlington, VT 1960. Internet Archive.
5. The Boone Bible has been donated to the State Historical Society of Missouri.
6. The Lincoln, Hanks and Boone Families. By H. E. Robinson. 1906.
3. Some Boone Descendants and Kindred of the St. Charles District. By Lillian Hays Oliver. Chedwato Service, 1964. p. 25. Repository: Mid-Continent Genealogy Center, Independence, Mo.
4. Hannah Boone and Her Descendants. By Bess L. Hawthorne, (a descendant of Hannah's brother George). Chedwato Service, Burlington, VT 1960. Internet Archive.
5. The Boone Bible has been donated to the State Historical Society of Missouri.
6. The Lincoln, Hanks and Boone Families. By H. E. Robinson. 1906.
7. Discovery, Settlement, and Present State of Kentucke. By John Filson. 1784.
8. Daniel Boone. By Lyman C. Draper
9. Jackson County Pioneers. By Pearl Wilcox. 1975.
10. The Spear and the Spindle: Ancestors of
Sir Francis Bryan (d. 1550), KT, . By T. A. Fuller. Heritage Books,
Inc., Bowie, Maryland, 1993. Pp. 113-114.
11. The History of
Jackson County, Missouri. Kansas City, MO; Union Historical Company, Birdsall,
Williams & Co., 1881. Reprinted: Cape Girardeau, MO, Ramfre Press, 1966.
12. Early Settlers List on Ft. Boonesborough Monument
13. Fort Boonesborough's Living History Teacher's Resource Website
14. Missouri: Day by Day. By Floyd C. Shoemaker, Editor. Mo State Historical Society, 1942.
15. Daniel Boone and the Hunters of Kentucky. By W. H. Bogart. 1854.
16. The Boone Family KY Genweb page
17. The Spear and the Spindle: Ancestors of Sir Francis Bryan (d. 1550), KT. By T. A. Fuller, Heritage Books, Inc. 1993.
18. Boone Photographs (includes one of the Judgement Tree)
19. MOSGA - Daniel Boone
20. Rural Missouri Magazine - Boone's Lick Trail
13. Fort Boonesborough's Living History Teacher's Resource Website
14. Missouri: Day by Day. By Floyd C. Shoemaker, Editor. Mo State Historical Society, 1942.
15. Daniel Boone and the Hunters of Kentucky. By W. H. Bogart. 1854.
16. The Boone Family KY Genweb page
17. The Spear and the Spindle: Ancestors of Sir Francis Bryan (d. 1550), KT. By T. A. Fuller, Heritage Books, Inc. 1993.
18. Boone Photographs (includes one of the Judgement Tree)
19. MOSGA - Daniel Boone
20. Rural Missouri Magazine - Boone's Lick Trail
21. Boones Lick Road Association
22. Diary of William Joseph Clark, Being an Account of His Trip from Clark County, Kentucky, to St. Louis, MO, To take the Deposition of Col Daniel M. Boone for the Widow Swinney in 1804. RKHS,(May 1927) 25:193-206. p. 6, 8, Henry Enoch.
23. Boone Family Association
22. Diary of William Joseph Clark, Being an Account of His Trip from Clark County, Kentucky, to St. Louis, MO, To take the Deposition of Col Daniel M. Boone for the Widow Swinney in 1804. RKHS,(May 1927) 25:193-206. p. 6, 8, Henry Enoch.
23. Boone Family Association
24. Daniel Boone by John S.C. Abbott (podcast)
25. Facebook - The Boone Page
26. My Boone Family Genealogical Research post (off-site)
27. Findagrave # 109 and #5339.
2019 Update: Samuel & Sarah Boone lies buried in Boone Station's cemetery, 240 Gentry Road, Athens, Fayette Co, Kentucky. It is no longer a Kentucky State Park. Click here for more information.
Please Go Pay Your Respects:
Dorthy Mack, the official genealogist for the Boone Society, passed away on 8 Apr 2021. Her Findagrave Memorial. There is a photo of the two of us on the memorial. She was traveling back home from Boone Reunion in 2016 when she stopped here and we took her out to eat.
Places to Visit in MO and KS.
1. Daniel Boone's statue, Main St, St. Charles, MO.
2. DAR markers, on Main St, St. Charles, MO.
1. Daniel Boone's statue, Main St, St. Charles, MO.
2. DAR markers, on Main St, St. Charles, MO.
3. Daniel Boone Home and Boonesfield Village, 1868 Highway F, Defiance, MO www.Lindenwood.edu/boone
4. Daniel Boone's Burial Site in Missouri.
5. And if you are hungry after your trek to Daniel's gravesite, visit Applebee's in Warrenton. They have a nice mural up on the wall behind one of the tables. 507 Warren City Center.
6. Washington Historical Museum, Washington, MO.
7. Boone’s Lick State Historic Site, 12 miles northwest of Boonville on Route 187. Arrow Rock.
8. Boone's Lick Road Association (map), old U.S. Highway 40.
9. Fort Osage, Sibley, Mo.
10. Kansas City Museum, 3218 Gladstone Blvd., KCMO (They had part of Daniel Morgan Boone's cabin on display before they decided to remodel and they didn't know if it was going to go back up again as an exhibit. Let them know if you wish to see it again after their remodel!)
11. Daniel Morgan Boone Park and Cemetery, E. 63rd St. & Euclid Ave., Kansas City, MO.
9. Fort Osage, Sibley, Mo.
10. Kansas City Museum, 3218 Gladstone Blvd., KCMO (They had part of Daniel Morgan Boone's cabin on display before they decided to remodel and they didn't know if it was going to go back up again as an exhibit. Let them know if you wish to see it again after their remodel!)
11. Daniel Morgan Boone Park and Cemetery, E. 63rd St. & Euclid Ave., Kansas City, MO.
12. Boone Society's Missouri Boone Sites
Applebee's Restaurant, Warrenton, MO. (2022)
2. Daniel Morgan Boone on Find-A-Grave # 6223
3. Daniel Morgan Boone's Fort. (1812 - 1815), Matson. A settlers' fort built by the son of the famous pioneer, with two or three blockhouses. Located in Darst's Bottom on Femme Osage Creek.
4. Rev. Thomas Johnson, a Methodist minister/missionary, performed the marriage of Daniel Boone III and his bride, Mary Philibert on 19 January 1832.
5. Kenneth Military Road, (parts of it still exist in Johnson County, KS). Daniel Morgan Boone surveyed the Military Road from Ft. Leavenworth to Ft. Scott in 1837.
6. Nathan Boone had been with William Clark when Clark traveled upriver from St. Charles in 1808 and established Fort Osage at a spot overlooking a bend in the Missouri River near present day Sibley, MO. Daniel Boone visited the original Fort Osage in the fall of 1816.
5. Kenneth Military Road, (parts of it still exist in Johnson County, KS). Daniel Morgan Boone surveyed the Military Road from Ft. Leavenworth to Ft. Scott in 1837.
6. Nathan Boone had been with William Clark when Clark traveled upriver from St. Charles in 1808 and established Fort Osage at a spot overlooking a bend in the Missouri River near present day Sibley, MO. Daniel Boone visited the original Fort Osage in the fall of 1816.
7. Nathan Boone Homestead State Historic Site, 7860 N. State Hwy V, Ash Grove, MO
8. Capt. Samuel Boone was a great-great nephew of Daniel's. He and several other family members are buried in the Mt. Tabor Methodist Church Cemetery, south of Odessa, MO.
9. Samuel's nephew, Boone Scholl is buried in the Davis-Smith Cemetery near Raytown, Mo.
10. Elder Ira Boone, Samuel's brother, was ordained in the historic Pleasant Grove Primitive Baptist Church, 18400 E. Rd. Mize Road, Independence, MO.
11. Septimus Scholl Letters
12. Edgar Watts of Dallas/Watts Mill area of Kansas City, MO. and a descendant of Daniel Boone married Flora Boone, great-great granddaughter of Daniel Boone in 1923. See the Watts Mill Markers, 103rd Street (south side), between State Line & Wornall Roads, Kansas City, MO.
13. Col. Upton Hays married a descendant of Daniel Boone -- Watts Hay Letters.
14. Bushwhacker Museum, 212 West Walnut Street, Nevada, MO (see quilt top made by a Boone descendant)
15. Price-Loyles House, 718 Spring St, Weston, MO
16. Albert Boone founded Lecompton which was one of the Kansas' territorial capitals pre-state. He also had a dry-goods store in Westport (present-day Kansas City, MO., see Kelly's Inn) at the corner of Westport & Pennsylvania Roads.
17. Seth Hays, an early pioneer of Council Grove, Kansas. Stop in for lunch at the Hays House Restaurant on 112 W. Main Street.
A Quote by Daniel Boone:
All the religion I have is to love and fear God, do all the good to my neighbors and myself that I can, and do as little harm as I can help, and trust on God's mercy for the rest.
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A Quote by Nathan Boone (1781-1856):
"In his latter years my father was a great student of the Bible. He was seldom seen reading any other book and fully believed in the great truths of Christianity. He seemed most partial towards the Presbyterians although he disliked the unkind differences too frequently manifested by different Christian sects. He had all his children, when he could, regularly christened. His worship was in secret, and he placed his hopes in the Savior. Whenever preaching was in his neighborhood, he made it a point to attend and well-remembered what he heard and read.Biography written by Dolores J. Rush, Updated: 12/23/2022
In middle life, he read considerably in history, which was his favorite reading. He did not care for novels."
