GENEALOGY COLLECTION ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY
3 1833 00855 6349THE GENEALOGY THE WORTHINGTON
FAMILY COMPILED by GEORGE WORTHINGTOX 1894.All the Worthingtons in America are believed to have descended from Nicholas, who came to New England in 1649, and from Capt. John, who is first known of in Maryland in 1675, and who died April 9, 1701, leaving several sons. Both, probably descended from the Worthingtons of Lancashire, and such is the tradition of both families. In this genealogy will be found only those who are descended from Nicholas, and, as it is most probable that he belonged to the Shevington branch of the family of Worthington, of Worthington, County Lancashire, England, I have given the " Herald's Visitations" of that branch down to 1650, at which time Nicholas was in New England. The origin of our name as given in the " Heraldic Journal, 1868," is Wearthington, from three Saxon words, meaning Farmingtown. The old Hall at Worthington, where the family resided for seven hundred years, was recently pulled down. The Coat of Arms here given are those of the Worthingtons of Lancashire and Cheshire. While I have been exceedingly anxious to secure accuracy and completeness, many errors and omissions must necessarily occtir in a work of this kind. If all corrections and omissions, together with any additional records which may be in the possession of some hitherto uninterested member, or one who may not have received my "Genealogical Inquiry," will be forwarded to the compiler, addressed to 775 Case avenue, Cleveland, Ohio, within the year, it will be printed as an addition to the present records. It is hoped that an earnest effort will be made to complete those family lines which are herein finished Worthington.
GEORGE BOONE (Squire; George3), born 2 Jan. (0. S.), or 13 Jan. (N. S.), 1739; died 11 or 14 Nov., 1820. (a)
Married about 1764, Ann or Nancy Linville (d. 28 Mar., 1814). George Boone was the eighth child, and the fifth son of Squire and Sarah (Morgan) Boone, and a younger brother of Daniel Boone.
He married, it is thought about 1764, Ann, sometimes written Nancy, Linville, a daughter of William Linville and his wife, Ellender Bryan, a sister of Colonel Samuel Bryan, William and others. The Linvilles lived in the Boone and Bryan Settlements on the Yadkin. (For their further history see the articles on the Linville and Bryan Families.)
George Boone was in the party which went out to bury the two Linvilles, William and his son John (1766). (b)
When the Indians attacked Fort Boonesborough in 1777 and besieged it, a man was let out of the Fort in the night, who hastened on horseback to North Carolina for aid. Immediately a company was raised, with John Holder, an active young man, as captain. George Boone was one of this company, but before they could get there the Indians had gone. (b)
In 1779, George Boone visited Kentucky to see the country, and the next year moved out, stopping first a short time at Boonesborough, and then for a little while at Bryan's Station. In 1780, he established Boone's Station about one and one half or two miles north of where the present court house of Richmond stands. This was on what is now the turnpike from Richmond to Lexington. Then in 1781, he helped Major William Hoy establish Hoy's Station, five or 6 miles south-west of Boonesborough. This was a beautiful tract of land, between Richmond and Boonesborough, but on no water course.In the party which went out in October, 1780 to bring in the body of Edward Boone were his brother George and his son William L. (c)
When Daniel Boone went from Kentucky to the Virginia Legislature about 1788, George Boone sold him a horse with which he and his wife made the trip.
George and his brothers, Jonathan and Samuel, were all Baptists.
When still a young man, George had a white swelling on his leg which left him lame and unfit to go on campaigns, so he took no part in the Indian Wars, and none of his sons went out on any campaign. Several years before his death he had his lame leg taken off. (c) However, he did service in defending forts wherever he was, and was appointed by Congress to do Frontier work during the Revolution. In "Revolutionary Soldiers of Virginia" by Eckenrode, and Illinois Papers "D" 32, in the Virginia State Library, we find that he was a Revolutionary soldier. Following is a record of at least a part of his service.
VIRGINIA STATE LIBRARY, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA
Department of Archives and History.
5 July, 1917.
This certifies that in an original document in the Virginia State Library, which is "a Pay Role for Captain David Goss' Company in actural service in Kentucky county under the Command of Col. John Bowman from Sept. 6 till Oct. 21, 1780" appears the name, George Boone. The roll shows that George Boone was a member of this company for the specified time-38 days.
H. R. Mcllwain.
State Librarian.
He and his wife continued to live at his Station until after his brother, Squire Boone, had moved to Shelby County, where they with some of their children soon followed. They were living in Shelby County in 1811, for in Court Records of Madison County we find that, "George Boone and wife, Anna, on 10 November, 1811, then of and in Shelby County, conveyed to William Stone and James Stone, of Madison County, Ky., for the consideration of $3807.00, two hundred and seven acres of land in Madison County, Ky., on the right hand fork of Otter Creek, part of Joseph Phelps' pre-emption and Settlement, adjoining the lands of William Ervine (Irvine), Thomas Grubbs," etc. The deed was not acknowledged by Mrs. Ann (Linville) Boone until 3 March, 1812.
George Boone and his wife both died in Shelby County, but their bodies were taken back and buried in Madison County in the old George Boone-Robert Harris graveyard, near the site of Boone's Station, now Cross Plains. (d) Some of their children and grandchildren are buried there, as are Robert Harris and his wife, with some of their children and grand-children.
On his tombstone, in the old George Boone-Robert Harris graveyard near Richmond, Ky., is this inscription: "George Boone, Sen. Departed this life 11 or 14 November, 1820, aged 84." (e)
Ann or Nancy (Linville) Boone died 28 March,•1814, at about seventy years of age. The inscription on her tombstone in the same cemetery mentioned in the paragraph above reads, "In memory of Ann Boone, Wife of George Boone Sen., departed this life the 28th day of March, 1814, the mother of children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren, 182." (e)
Samuel Boone said his father had six sons and six daughters, all of whom, with the exception of one son, lived to be grown. (f)
CHILDREN:-
(Probably all born in N. C.)
+120 Elizabeth Boone, b. abt. 1765.
121 Elender Boone, b. abt. 1766; d. 17 July 1799, aged 33 yrs.; m. - Wilcox Her gravestone inscription is, "In memory of Elender Wilcox, who departed this life the 17th of July 1799, aged 33 years." (e)
+122 William Boone, b. 22 Feb., 1768.
123 George Boone, d. aht. 1810 (g). In the Madison Co. (Ky.) Court Records, Deed Book "G", page 339, is found this record:
"20 Jan., 1810, George Boone and wife, Nancy (Ann), for Natural love and affection and. one dollar, conveyed to their son, George Boone, Jr., 315 acres of land on Otter Creek in Madison Co., Ky., being the plantation whereon I (George Boone, Sr.) lately lived, which was conveyed to George Boone, Sr., by George Phelps."
George Boone, Jr., is said to have been killed by a horse, and his death must have occurred previous to 11 Nov., 1811.
It is thought he never married, for in his will which is recorded in Shelby Co., Ky., we find no mention of wife or children. Instead he leaves "my tract of land lying in Madison County, Kentucky, on the waters of Otter Creek, containing three hundred and fifteen acres" to "my dearly beloved father and mother," together with "my four negroes, namely, Lackin, David, Silvay and Keda, which he (his father) now has in his possession." Undoubtedly this is the same land which his parents transferred to him on 20 Jan., 1810. To "my dearly loved Sister Mariah Steel" were willed the 2 negro girls' Keda and Silvay, to be hers after the death of her parents. Some notes of Edward Boone (possibly his brother) were given him under certain conditions. This will witnessed by Sally Simpson was signed on the 2nd day of October, 1810, and was proven by the oath of Sally Simpson, in the Shelby Co., Court, 18th of Nov., 1811.
This seems to prove conclusively that George Boone, Jr., died between 2 Oct., 1810, and 18 Nov., 1811.
Concerning his grave we have this quotation:-
"A grave next to Mrs. Ann Boone (in the George Boone-Robert Harris Cemetery near Richmond, Ky. H. A. S.) with the headstone broken and the letters scaled off (1335), piece of scale had 1810 on it, and the footstone "G. B.", which I take is George Boone Jun." (e)
+124 Squire Boone.- Boone (dau. possibly named Sarah or Sallie.) m. Sol. or Solomon
Simpson. The will of George Boone, Jr., was witnessed, and proven by the oath of Sally Simpson, who was possibly this sister.
+126 Mary Boone, b. 2 Apr., 1776.
127 Susanna Boone, b. 22 Apr., 1778; d. 16 Oct., 1804; m. in Madison Co., Ky., 8 Apr., 1795, Wm. Hern or Hearne. Nothing further is known of her or her descendants except the inscription on her tombstone in the George Boone-Robert Harris Graveyard.
"In memory of Susanna Hem, who was born April the 22nd in the year of our Lord 1778 and departed this life on the 16th of October 1804, who was daughter of George and Nancy Boone and was married to Wm. Hem on the 8th of April 1795." (e)
128 Mariah (Marian) Boone, in. - Steel. She is mentioned in the will of George Boone, Jr., as his "dearly loved Sister Mariah Steel." Marriage records of Madison Co., Ky., give a marriage of Marian
Boone and Joseph S , October 1805, who may be this Mariah Boone.
+129 "Captain" Samuel Boone (4th Son), b. 15 Jan., 1782.
+130 Edward Boone, b. abt. 1783.
131 Nestor Boone, (the youngest son) was living in Hannibal, Mo., in 1866
Ann, sometimes written Nancy, Linville, a daughter of William Linville and his wife, Ellender Bryan, a sister of Colonel Samuel Bryan, William and others. The Linvilles lived in the Boone and Bryan Settlements on the Yadkin. (For their further history see the articles on the Linville and Bryan Families.)
George Boone, d. aht. 1810 (g). In the Madison Co. (Ky.) Court Records, Deed Book "G", page 339, is found this record:
"20 Jan., 1810, George Boone and wife, Nancy (Ann), for Natural love and affection and. one dollar, conveyed to their son, George Boone, Jr., 315 acres of land on Otter Creek in Madison Co., Ky., being the plantation whereon I (George Boone, Sr.) lately lived, which was conveyed to George Boone, Sr., by George Phelps."
George Boone, Jr., is said to have been killed by a horse, and his death must have occurred previous to 11 Nov., 1811.
It is thought he never married, for in his will which is recorded in Shelby Co., Ky., we find no mention of wife or children. Instead he leaves "my tract of land lying in Madison County, Kentucky, on the waters of Otter Creek, containing three hundred and fifteen acres" to "my dearly beloved father and mother," together with "my four negroes, namely, Lackin, David, Silvay and Keda, which he (his father) now has in his possession." Undoubtedly this is the same land which his parents transferred to him on 20 Jan., 1810. To "my dearly loved Sister Mariah Steel" were willed the 2 negro girls' Keda and Silvay, to be hers after the death of her parents. Some notes of Edward Boone (possibly his brother) were given him under certain conditions. This will witnessed by Sally Simpson was signed on the 2nd day of October, 1810, and was proven by the oath of Sally Simpson, in the Shelby Co., Court, 18th of Nov., 1811.
This seems to prove conclusively that George Boone, Jr., died between 2 Oct., 1810, and 18 Nov., 1811.
Concerning his grave we have this quotation:-
"A grave next to Mrs. Ann Boone (in the George Boone-Robert Harris Cemetery near Richmond, Ky. H. A. S.) with the headstone broken and the letters scaled off (1335), piece of scale had 1810 on it, and the footstone "G. B.", which I take is George Boone Jun."
128 Mariah (Marian) Boone, in. - Steel. She is mentioned in the will of George Boone, Jr., as his "dearly loved Sister Mariah Steel." Marriage records of Madison Co., Ky., give a marriage of Marian
Boone and Joseph S , October 1805, who may be this Mariah Boone.
Nestor Boone, (the youngest son) was living in Hannibal, Mo., in 1866
EDWARD BOONE (Squire; George3), born 19 Nov. (0. S.), or 30
Nov. (N. S.), 1740, in Exeter Township, Berks Co., Pa. (a); died 1780 in Ky.
Married Martha Bryan (d. after 1793), daughter of Joseph and Alee
Bryan, and a sister of Rebecca Bryan, who married Daniel Boone. (See the Bryan Family Sketch.)
As a small boy of about ten, Edward was taken with his parents in their migration from Pennsylvania, to the Yadkin District of South Carolina, 1750-52, where it is very probable he was married, for we know that the Bryan family lived in this same neighborhood, and it was here his brother Daniel and Rebecca Bryan were married. It is thought too that his children were born in South Carolina.
It is not known certainly when he moved to Kentucky, but it is very probable that it was in 1779, when Daniel Boone took out a large party, or perhaps even earlier. Of his life here, nothing is known though several accounts of his death have been left by his nephews. We shall quote here the one given by his grandson, John Scholl, son of Peter and Mary (Boone) Scholl. It coincides in practically all details with the accounts left by Edward's nephews."Daniel and Edward Boone (born 1744) went hunting, on Hinkston. Found a good grassy spot and stopped to let their horses graze. Edward Boone picked up some nuts and commenced cracking them on a stone in his lap, and watching the horses, while Daniel Boone said he would take a round and come back by the time the horses were through picking; and had scarcely gone when several guns cracked and he soon saw two or three Indians after him. He darted off into the cane and was followed by a dog. Finally to evade him stopped behind a tree and shot the dog as it approached. Indians came up and rolled over the defunct clog, looked at it regretfully and departed. Col. Boone saw the Indians but thought it wisest to remain quiet. Seven balls had been shot into Edward Boone and he must have been killed instantly."
CHILDREN:- (b)
(Order of age not known)
+132 Mary Boone, b. abt. 1764.
133 George Boone, lived on Stoner Creek, Ky , where he died at an advanced age, leaving descendants. (b)
134 Joseph Boone, married a Miss Fry. (c) He was badly wounded in the ankle in St. Clair's Defeat (Revolution). He crawled off into the bushes and hid as the Indians passed him in pursuit of the whites. After lying in hiding for several days, he was rescued and carried on horseback to Fort Jefferson. He settled in Indiana. (b & c)
+135 Sarah Boone.
136 Jane Boone, married Morgan Morgan, and settled a few miles east of Baton Rouge, La., where they were living about 1807. (b)
137 Charity Boone, m. Francis Elledge or Ellege or Willege. (b) They followed their children into Illinois, settling near Winchester, where they both died - he first, and she later, about 1853.
REFERENCES:-
(a) Exeter Records.
(b) Draper Mss. 22 S 269-74.
(c) Draper Mss. 19 C 120-154.
Martha Bryan (d. after 1793), daughter of Joseph and Alee
Bryan, and a sister of Rebecca Bryan, who married Daniel Boone. (See the Bryan Family Sketch.)Martha (Bryan) Boone, who was probably only in her thirties when
her husband was killed, did not re-marry. At one time she was living on Boone's Creek, Fayette Co., Ky., as her grandson, John Scholl, remem-
bers being taken as a small boy to visit her there, and thinks it was about 1795, but it may have been earlier than that as her will was signed 12 May, 1793.
Following is a copy of her will:
"In the name of God Amen, I Martha Boone of Clarke County and State of Kentucky being sick in mind and body but of perfect mind and memory thanks be to Almighty God I calling to mind the certainty of death and that all people once must assurredly die when it shall please God to call do constitute ordain and declare this to be my last Will and Testament in the form and manner following, revising and disannulling by these presents all and Every Testament, Will and Wills heretofore made by me either by word of mouth or writing this only to be taken for my last Will and Testament and none other to be so considered as my Will intent or desire and for what wordly goods and chattels it has pleased God help me with shall be disposed of in form and manner following, first I do positively order that all just debts and demands owed either by right or conscience to any person or persons shall well and truly be paid or satisfied as soon as convenient after my decease by my son George Boone. Item I give and bequeath unto my daughter Charity Ellege all my right and interest in that tract or parcel of land on which she now lives containing by estimation one hundred and twenty-five acres or more or less with all its appurtenances * * * * free to her and her heirs forever. Item I give and bequeath unto my daughter Jane Morgan my negro woman named Lilly. Item I give and bequeath unto my daughter Mary Scholl one horse colt one year old at present came of the dun mare. Item I give and bequeath unto my son Joseph Boone one sorrell filly three years and one young cow and calf. Item I give and bequeath unto my daughter Sarah Hunter one small mare named bon and the colt to her son Joseph Hunter. Item I give and bequeath all my wearing appearell to my four daughters they taking choice of garments by Seniority according to their age. Item I give and bequeath unto my son George Boone all the remainder and remainders of my lands, negroes, goods and chattels whatsoever that is not mentioned. Lastly I do make constitute and appoint John Morgan, Junr., executor of this my last will and testament and trustee for the same. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this twelfth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and
ninety-three. her
MARTHA X BOONE
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Test. JOHN MORRAN
WILLIAM CRAYCRAFT
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JOHN X STILWELL
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Squire Boone, Jr., son of Squire, Sr., and Sarah (Morgan) Boone, was born "on Thursday about five o'clock in the morning" (a), in Philadelphia (now Berks) County, Pennsylvania, near the present city of Reading. When a small boy, four or five years old, he was taken with the family when they emigrated to near Winchester, Virginia, and a little later to North Carolina. Here they settled about a mile and a quarter from Holman's (now Boone's) Ford on the east side of the South Yadkin, in what was then Rowan, but is now Wilkes Co., and about eight miles from the present city of Wilkesboro. He developed a great fondness for a gun and desired to learn how to make them. So some ten years later when his mother made a visit back to Pennsylvania she took Squire, Jr. along with her. They rode horseback and camped out nights the whole journey. Squire was left as an apprentice to his cousin, Samuel Boone, to learn gunsmithing. He stayed five years, becoming an expert gunsmith, and "neat workman, in stocking and ornamenting guns with brass and silver." (b) A year or so before his apprenticeship was up, he or his parents purchased the balance of his time and he returned to North Carolina.
In 1765, when he lacked a few weeks of being twenty-one years old, he was married to Jane VanCleve, who was born in New Jersey; a daughter of Aaron VanCleve of Low Dutch descent, from Holland. Her parents with seven sons and this daughter moved early to the Yadkin Country, where she and Squire Boone were married. She died at the home of her son, Enoch Morgan Boone, at the mouth of Otter Creek, Ky. By her grandchildren, she was called "Big Granny" to distinguish her from Jane (Hughes) Boone, whom they called "Little Granny."
On the wall of the Clerk's office in Rowan Co., N. C., hangs the framed marriage bond of Squire Boone and Jane VanCleve, dated 11 July, 1765, and witnessed by Squire Boone, John Johnson, and Sam Tate. In those days a bond guaranteeing the support of the wife was required. In this bond the name is spelled VanCleft, but in all other records it is Van Cleve. (c)
They lived at the Glades, perhaps a half mile north of Bear Creek, and between Bear Creek and the Yadkin, the latter being a beautiful clear stream, full of fine fish. (When Enoch Morgan Boone visited this locality in 1790, not a Boone was then living there.) Game was beginning to become scarce in this neighborhood, so Squire and Daniel wishing to find a better locality-and in those days that meant a newer, less settled place-took three companions and, toward the close of the summer of 1765, went down into Florida along the Altamaha River. Here they found high water, a wet country covered with greenbriar, and very little game. Lack of game meant going hungry, so becoming weary of it all, they went back home satisfied that Florida was not the sort of country they desired. Their intention had been to pass around the head of the Altamaha, going from there to the mouth of the St. Mary's on the seacoast, but it is thought by some they did not get that far. (d)
It is thought Squire Boone accompanied his brother Daniel and William Hill to Kentucky in the fall of 1767. They crossed the Blue Ridge and Allegheny Mountains, the Holston and Clinch Rivers near their sources, and finally reached the head waters of the West Fork of the Big Sandy. Going on westward from here about 100 miles they went into what is now Floyd Co., Ky. After spending the winter here in trapping and hunting they returned in the spring to the Yadkin. (d)
Squire Boone himself related that in the winter of 1768-69, John Finley, a pedlar and horse-trader and at that time rather old, came to the Yadkin settlement with a horse. He praised up Kentucky, telling of the plentifulness of game and buffalo, the Falls of the Ohio, where he said the water ran so swiftly as to carry ducks and geese over the Falls, killing them. These, he said, any one by going out in a canoe below the Falls could pick up in great abundance. This so fired the minds of Squire and Daniel that they decided to explore this wonderful country.
Late in the fall of 1769, Squire and a companion, Alexander Neely, went in search of Daniel, who with five others had gone into the wilds of Kentucky, the first part of May, 1769. They found Daniel's camp,-the location of which is uncertain, but probably was on Station's Camp Creek, in what is now Estill Co.,-soon after his and John Stewart's seven-day captivity among the Indians. During this time the others had abandoned the camp and started home. Daniel, Squire, Stewart, and Neely then made camp near the mouth of the Red River. Soon after John Stewart failed to return from one of his hunting trips and Neely started home by himself, but was never again heard of. This left the two brothers alone in the wilderness. In after years Squire used to tell that the first time he visited Blue Licks in 1770, he saw vast numbers of all kinds of animals, and herds of buffalo. The panthers and wolves would catch buffalo-calves and deer for food. What they left was eaten by the smaller animals, vultures, buzzards, ravens and bald eagles. These Licks were all salt licks, and the trails which led to them were worn three and four feet down into the ground, so great were the numbers of animals going to them.
Running short of ammunition and supplies, Squire, leaving Daniel absolutely alone, without bread, salt, or sugar, in this unexplored wilderness, on 1 May, 1770, started back to North Carolina for supplies. Nearing the settlements he made camp and was roasting some meat when six or eight Indians suddenly appeared. They did not seem at all hostile, so he offered them some of his meat, of which they partook. They then proposed to trade a worthless old gun for Squire's better one, and on his refusing, took it and his furs, telling him to leave. Going on to a settlement he raised a party and pursued the Indians for some distance, but gave up the chase and turned back. It was fortunate they turned back just when they did, for not far beyond, the Indians had lain in ambush in a very advantageous position, and probably would have wiped out Squire's entire party. According to their agreement made at parting Squire met Daniel on the 27th of July, 1770, after an absence of three months, at the old camp in Kentucky, which, from fear of Indians, they soon abandoned. From here they went to the Cumberland River, exploring that part of the country and naming streams, until March 1771. The next month (April) they returned to North Carolina to prepare to move to Kentucky.
In the court house yard at Richmond, Ky. stands a rough boulder of limestone, on which is carved "1770 Squire Boone." It is a relic of the winter hunt of 1769-1770, and is supposed to have been left as a signal of Squire's return from North Carolina. It was found at Horse Cave, one and a half miles from Little Blue Lick, and was purchased by Madison Co. Besides the name and date, and immediately following the name is engraved "a younger brother of Daniel; built the first cabin in Kentucky; and solemnized the first marriage within the bounds of Kentucky."
Enoch Boone, a son of Squire's, told that his father and Daniel Boone had the greatest of confidence in each other. Squire would take furs,
go to North Carolina with them, and return to meet Daniel on the very day appointed. At one of these times Daniel went off on a hunting trip, returning on the appointed day to find no Indians had disturbed their camp, and stepped off to one side in the timber. Within an hour Squire appeared.
At one time they had collected a fine lot of furs and pelts. Squire and a young hired man, named Andrew, packed them on four horses
and were returning to the settlements with them, when Indians came up. The Indian leader snatched Squire's gun and shot pouch, while the others took possession of the horses and their loads. The Indians then ordered them to go on. Andrew, who had slipped off a way, kept calling for Squire to come on, and finally he did go on after trying to regain his possessions by arguing with the Indians. This happened some 80 or 100 miles toward Kentucky from the Greenbriar River (Va.). Squire with Andrew pushed on to the Greenbriar, raised a party and pursued the Indians, overtaking them at a stream. For some reason, probably high water, the Indians could not get the horses across, so Squire recovered three of them and his gun, after which the whites gave up the pursuit. They returned almost to the settlement, then scattered and went scouting. Squire Boone and David Hall were together and had gone into a deserted log cabin. Looking out they discovered two Indians, evidently chiefs from their fine dress, approaching. The Indians stopped a few paces away, when Squire and Hall firing through a crack killed both. The Indians had on a great many silver ornaments, half moons, arm bands, etc. Squire paid Hall $60.00 for his share of it, and later had the whole of it made into about a dozen silver cups.
It is quite definitely established that Squire was not with Daniel and his party in 1773, when they were attacked in Powell's Valley, but he and Michael Stoner were both members of the party of thirty under Daniel, who marked and cut out the "Wilderness Trail," variously known as the "Wilderness Road," "Boone's Trail," and "Boone's Trace." Clearly marked traces of this trail were to be found 90 years later.
Immediately after the building of Fort Boonesborough in the spring of 1775, Squire Boone built a cabin at Jerusha's Grove, on Silver Creek, and commenced building a mill at "Boone's Old Mill Site." In October (1775) he sold the cabin to Joseph Benny, and the adjoining land to George Smith.
Before Fort Boonesborough had been completed, the first Legislature of Transylvania assembled there, and both Squire and Daniel acted as delegates from Boonesborough, taking their seats on 25 May (1775). This was Squire's first legislative experience.
No record has been found of their moving to Kentucky, but by a comparison of dates and history, he must have taken his family "out" with
Daniel Boone's party in the spring of 1776. On 30 April, 1917, at Hol-
man's Ford, near Salisbury (N. C.), was celebrated the 160th anniversary of the date the Boones left Berks Co., Pa., for their new home on the
Yadkin, and the 141st, of the day they left there for their future home
in Ky. This moving "out" took something more than a month to accomplish, and about two months later, on 7 August (1776), Squire Boone,
being an occasional preacher in the Calvanistic Baptist Church, performed the first marriage in Kentucky, at Ft. Boonesborough, between Samuel Henderson and Elizabeth Callaway.
Early in 1777, he moved to Harrodsburg, but while he was in North Carolina settling up some business, Mrs. Boone was warned that a party of
about thirty Indians were in the neighborhood, and that same evening
moved her family and possessions back to the fort, after sundown. About this same time two men, McConnel and Ray, and Mrs. Boone were outside
the fort, the two men shooting at a mark and Mrs. Boone picking up chips, when they were fired upon by Indians. Just as Mrs. Boone ran through the front gate several bullets struck it, but after firing several volleys at the fort the Indians withdrew.
All through this period the Indians were very troublesome, and one time when out scouting southeast of the fort, Squire, who had stopped to examine some fresh moccasin tracks in a glade, was shot through the left side, breaking a rib in two places.
In this same year (1777) there took place a battle called "The Corn Crib Affair." A party, Squire among them, had gone out to get in
their corn, and knowing that Indians were likely to be about had posted sentinels, who somehow failed to see the Indians creeping up. Suddenly, just as they had finished shelling the corn and were about to start back,
they were fired upon. Squire and another man took shelter behind a bag of corn. The other man was killed, and an Indian rushed up to
scalp him, when Squire ran him through with a small silver-hilted, three-
edged sword which he carried. It was probably here that Squire received the wound on his forehead, which left a scar he carried all his life. The whites, having the corn crib and yard trees for protection, had the advantage over the Indians, who were exposed when running up
and retreating, so the fight did not last long. Often in after life Squire told that this was the most satisfactory Indian fight he was ever in, that each side stood its ground and fought so well. Later on he lost his sword while crossing the Beargrass, and was never able to recover it.
At the time Daniel escaped from his long captivity among the Indians and returned to Ft. Boonesborough, Squire was living there. During the ten or fifteen days before the Indians appeared, everything that could be done in so short a time to strengthen the fort was pushed forward rapidly,-new stockading was built, the fort enlarged to the cast, and new bastions built on the southeast and southwest corners, the second stories being built up as high as a man's head, but without roofs from lack of time. Squire had made a wooden cannon, which he strapped with iron bands, and when this was fired later on during the siege it seemed to frighten the Indians greatly, but after a few times it was overcharged and burst.
One morning the besiegers appeared in Indian file on the hillside south of the fort,-about 440 strong, under the leadership of Blackfish. The whites were told they had orders from the Commandant at Detroit to take the fort, but not to hurt any of the people, and that they had brought horses to convey the women and children to Detroit. The whites refused to surrender, so it was then agreed to make a treaty by which the Indians were to withdraw, and the white settlers were to abandon the fort within six weeks, leaving the country. Following this agreement the Indians sent some nicely dried buffalo tongues as presents to the women.
On the second clay the Indians were still quite friendly, and on meeting some of the women at the spring, where they had gone for water, called them "fine squaws." They sent word for them and the children not to be frightened as they were going to shoot some beeves, which they did without further asking. All this time the settlers were coaxing all the cattle and hogs inside the fort that they could get to come. Of those that would not come, the Indians killed what they wished. (A few days later one young cow came home with a "buffalo tug around her horns, some three feet dangling." (e) Evidently she had been taken captive by the enemy, but had managed to escape, and capered about showing great joy over getting back home.) On this same second day, in order to make a showing of great strength, the women put on hats and coats, took guns and marched back and forth before the big gate which was open.
On the third day the Indians cut down the peach trees to make an arbor and tables for the dinner and signing of the treaty. Two or three of the women ventured out to take knives, forks and plates. In the party, which went out from the fort to this council, were probably nine men-Squire and Daniel Boone, Col. Callaway, Maj. Smith, a Mr. Bradley, and others whose names are not known. The meal was finished, furniture taken back into the fort, and the peace pipe passed around to ratify the agreement for abandoning the fort. Following this Blackfish made a speech and then they began to shake hands, two or three Indians to the white man. Their intention apparently was to drag the whites into ditches or gullies out of range of the fort. A signal gun was fired by some Indian in the background, for no one was allowed to carry arms to the parley. The whites were expecting treachery and those in the fort were armed and ready. A scuffle ensued outside the fort, and Squire Boone when about fifteen paces from the council table was shot. The bullet grazed one shoulder, knocking off some of the knobs of his backbone, and lodged in his other shoulder. In spite of his wound he got into the fort safely, and a little later Daniel Boone cut the bullet out. His wife dressed and cared for his wound, but he was unable to take part in the defense of the fort during the siege which immediately followed. However he had a broad-ax set by his bed to use in case the Indians succeeded in getting inside the fort.
The flag at the top of a pole some 40 or 50 feet high became the first target for the Indians. Great was their rejoicing when it fell, the pole cut off just below the flag by their bullets. The men inside the fort soon had it raised again on another pole, and in their turn shouted loudly. At that, the Indians stopped their rejoicing, and did not try again to shoot it down. The siege lasted 11 days in all, two and a half in parleying and the rest in fighting, after which the Indians withdrew.
During this siege one of Squire's favorite cows was shot through the udder with an arrow, but lived for ten years after that and was finally killed by the fall of a tree, in Shelby Co., Ky.
Often Squire went out with hunters to kill and pack in meat at night. Probably early in the spring of 1779, he moved his family by boat from Boonesborough to Harrodsburg. When they arrived at the point of land nearest their destination, needing help to transfer his family and goods overland, he sent a hired man at dusk to the fort for aid. As the man did not return when he was expected, Squire Boone left his family alone, exposed as they were, and himself went for this help, returning about daylight with it. They then took the family and goods into Harrodsburg. The hired man was probably never heard of again. Once when living at Harrodsburg, whether this time or some other, Squire went outside the fort to get his horse and was shot and wounded by the Indians.
It is thought that it was soon after this he moved his family, again by boat, down the Kentucky and Ohio Rivers to the Falls of the Ohio (Louisville). He intended to settle on his pre-emption of 1400 acres on Clear Fork of Brashear's Creek, about six miles above the mouth of Bull Skin in Shelby Co., where he had raised corn as early as 1776. Probably because the Indians were troublesome, he postponed his settlement and instead bought some town lots in Louisville, on high ground near the mouth of Beargrass Creek, where he built a cabin. In that year he took Jonathan his oldest son, then about 13, to Kaskaskia (Ill.) to learn French. There the lad stayed four years.
In the petition of 1779 to the Legislature of Va. for the establishment of the Town of Louisville, appears the name of Squire Boone, and again on a similar petition dated 1 May, 1780, are his and Jonathan Boone's names. It is said that Squire Boone preached the first ser-mon ever delivered in Louisville by a preacher of any denomination, and was himself a Baptist.
As soon as spring opened up in 1780, he moved out to Brashear Creek and established "Squire Boone's Station," sometimes called "Painted Stone," near where Shelbyville now stands. The Indians harassed them more or less, but really did no great damage until April, 1781. Then while they were clearing up ground for the spring planting, the Indians attacked them, about sunrise one morning. One of the men in this working party managed to get to the fort and give the alarm. Squire Boone, "in his shirt tail" (e) , and about ten or twelve others caught up their guns and ran out towards the fields. About twenty Indians had hidden behind brushwood on each side of this path and fired on them, killing some and wounding others. Squire Boone, who was covering the retreat of Alexander Bryan, received two wounds, first in his right arm, then a second in his right side. He was so badly wounded no one thought he could live, but after several months suffering he finally recovered. However his arm was so badly shattered, it was ever after an inch and a half shorter than the other and partly crippled. During the rest of his life splinters of bone would work out occasionally. It is told that afterwards Simon Girty, who had led this attack, used to laugh and boast about how "he had made Squire Boone's white shirt fly." (e)
In 1780-'81 he acted as a justice and married many couples at the Station.
The Indians were so troublesome all that season and the next, that in Sept., 1781, it was resolved to abandon the Station. All the families, with the exception of Squire Boone's and the "widow Hinton's"-there were not enough pack horses to take them too-started off on 14 Sept., 1781, but were ambuscaded by the Indians when 21 miles away and still 8 miles from Linn's Station. No men were left at Squire Boone's Station except Squire himself, still weak from his wounds, and his son Moses, a boy of about 12. After Floyd's Defeat, which occurred on 15 Sept., the Indians followed them no further. (For more complete details of Boone's and Floyd's Defeats on 14 and 15 Sept., see the sketch of Isaiah Boone.) A day or so later about 300 men from the Falls and other settlements along the Beargrass, marched out, buried the dead, and went to the relief of Squire Boone's Station. They reached there probably about the 17th of Sept. and rescued the families of Squire Boone and Mrs. Hinton, together with the stock which had wandered back, and much of the plunder lost by the moving families. About two weeks later, one night after dark, Squire Boone went back on horseback to see if the Indians had molested his station and crops. Finding everything all right he started back. About midnight he reached Long Run, slid off his horse, and holding him by the bridle, lay down and slept until about daylight. On awakening he and his horse at the same time discovered three Indians, who had camped but a few rods away and were then getting up and stirring up their fire. Boone knew if he shot he could certainly kill one of them, but his horse, which was afraid of a gun, would in that case get away. After debating it, he decided the better plan would be to mount and get away as quickly as possible. However he always regretted it as a lost opportunity. He spent the following winter at the Low Dutch Station, on the Beargrass about 3 miles from Linn's and about 15 from the Falls of the Ohio.
In 1781, in the House of Delegates from Jefferson Co., Va., appears the name of Squire Boone.
Being so disabled he resolved to move to an older settlement, and in the spring of 1781 went to Harrodsburg, where he stayed that season.
While thus disabled from wounds received in these various Indian encounters he was elected as a Representative to the Va. State Legislature from Jefferson Co. Here he made a plea that help be given the frontier defenders. His plain hunting clothes, backwoods manners and earnestness, coupled with his own poor, broken-up body, touched the hearts of his fellow legislators and made an appeal not to be resisted. To the day of his death he cherished the memory of the cordial reception given him by the other legislators and the citizens of Richmond (Va). One of his nephews, Daniel Bryan, son of William and Mary (Boone) Bryan, says, "One night as we lay out together (on some hunt or campaign) I asked Squire Boone to give me a history of his life. He replied that he had been so honored that he had been a member of the legislature and invited to dine with the Governor (Va.); and that he had been so poor he had been obliged to steal hominy from a negro. These were the extremes of
his life." (e)
The winter of 1782-'83 he lived five or six miles northeast of Harrod's Station on a place he had bought from Col. John Bowman, on a "run" thought to be Cane Run. Sometime in 1783 he went to Virginia on business and when he returned, in the fall of that year, brought back with him several families, that of his cousin Samuel Boone among them. (This was the cousin from whom he learned gunsmithing.) With a number of them he started to re-establish his old station on Brashear's Creek, for he loved that part of the country and longed to go back there. While moving they were overtaken by a heavy snow storm and cold spell on Salt River, and had to camp there for some time. They finally reached the old station site in the dead of winter, to find all the buildings burned to the ground. A station at that time consisted of a few rude cabins with stockades between, and generally arranged in a hollow square.
That year Linn's was still the nearest settlement, but in 1784-'85 several new ones were built-Samuel Wells' Station, 3 miles west; James Hoagland's, 8 miles northeast; Daniel Ketchum's on an upper branch of Brashear's Creek; Maj. Aquilla Whittaker's, 4 miles below; and several others.
In 1784 Squire Boone built a grist and sawmill at his station, and in Dec. of that year was a member of the First Kentucky Convention, going as a delegate from Lincoln Co.
The Indians still proved troublesome, but they lived on here until 1786. Then because of losses from land claims, he was forced to sell his station at a sacrifice and bought Wells' station, where he moved early in that year. Later on his son Enoch came into possession of this station.
About this time Squire was sent as a delegate from Ky. to the Va. Legislature, which ratified the present Constitution of the United States.
Becoming discouraged because of losses and land disputes he decided to leave Kentucky, and in 1787 with his son Isaiah, his cousin Samuel Boone, and several others went by boat to *Chickasaw Bluffs, intending to make a settlement. They landed and unloaded the boats, but being warned by a friendly Chickasaw that it was unsafe to try to settle here because of the Creeks, Squire reloaded and went on down to New Orleans, where he took Spanish protection, set up a shop, and worked at his trade for three years.
On leaving New Orleans his property was confiscated, and he travelled back alone overland, with little save his gun, having sent Isaiah on ahead some time before. He arrived in Kentucky in 1790. Still dissatisfied and in poor health, he decided to go south. After finding homes for his three eldest sons and his daughter, Squire with his wife and youngest son, Enoch, started out with a team of three horses, a wagon, and $200 in money. They went by way of Crab Orchard, thro' Cumberland Gap down to the Yadkin, where they got a year's supply of provisions; then down thro' South Carolina and Georgia to St. Simon's Island in Florida. (For more details of this trip, see the sketch of Enoch Boone.) Here they lived until the summer of 1792, doing well in a financial way. At that time bits of bone were coming from the wounds in his back, so he decided to go north again.
After selling off his property they sailed for Philadelphia, and went out to Berks County. Enoch, the son, returned to Kentucky that fall, but Squire and his wife stayed on until 1795, when they returned to their son Jonathan's. Jonathan had married while they were at St. Simon's and was living in Shelby County, Ky.
When Daniel Boone moved his family to Missouri in the fall of 1799, part went by boat and part went overland with the cattle. "In the boat was Mrs. Boone (Daniel's wife), Daniel Morgan Boone (son), then unmarried, and Squire Boone (brother). Squire went out and spent the winter and perhaps a year or two." (f) He liked the country so well he took Spanish protection, and received a grant of 700 acres of land a few miles from Daniel's on the Quiver River. Here he began to build a stone house, but when it was about half finished two of his sons went out and persuaded him to go back to Kentucky. His family were tired of so much moving and had refused to go to Missouri, remaining in Shelby Co., Ky.
He returned to Kentucky, and in 1802 "Squire Boone and wife Jane conveyed land on Silver Creek in Madison Co., Ky., to Basset Prather, Obediah Newman, and Polly Meriwether, deceased, of Jefferson Co., Ky." (g)
By this time "land sharks" who "hunted up a better title to his land while he rested in fancied security," had deprived him of all his
holdings in Ky., and at one time, about 1804, he was in prison in Louisville for debts which he could not pay. Friends came to his rescue and secured his release, however. (h)
Neither Daniel or Squire Boone were actually Revolutionary Soldiers, but in 1813, in recognition of their services in border warfare during
that period, Congress passed resolutions giving them the honor and standing of a Revolutionary Soldier. ("Pioneer Families of Missouri," by Bryan and Rose.)
Discouraged and unhappy, in 1804 or '06, Squire Boone with his sons Isaiah, Moses, Jonathan and Enoch, and the five sons of his nephew
Samuel Boone, left Ky. for the last time and went to Indiana. There
he established Boone settlement on Buck Creek in what is now Harrison Co., Ind., about twenty-five miles northwest of Louisville. He started
in to accumulate new, property; built a small mill on his son Isaiah's
place, and supplied the neighborhood with meal for a long time. During his spare time he made guns, and cut stones out of the nearby hills to use
in building himself a house. On one of these stones, which he intended to place over his front door, he cut the words, 'The Traveler's Rest," indicating his truly hospitable nature. On another he carved-
"My God my life hath much befriended, I'll praise him till my days are ended."
On still another these words show his sentiments-"Liberty, property, Congress, America." (i)
Before his house was finished, he died in 1815 from dropsy. He had already made his own coffin, and with the help of his cousin, John Boone, and H. W. Heth, a civil engineer, had prepared a vault in a natural cave near the summit of a cliffy bank, on the east side of Buck Creek, which commanded a beautiful view. This cave is about two or three miles north of Brandenburg, Ky., but on the Indiana side of the Ohio River. It was agreed among •these three that they should all be buried here together, but because of opposition by the families of John Boone and Mr. Heth, they were buried elsewhere. So Squire Boone lies alone in this cave, placed there by his sons according to his own requests.
He made Moses and Isaiah promise that on the third night after his death they would visit his tomb, and if it were possible for the dead to communicate with the living, he would do so. The sons did as they had promised, but received no communication from their father's spirit.
Squire Boone was about five feet nine inches tall and well built. He had sandy hair, light blue eyes, with a rather florid complexion, and was always fond of hunting, though not so much so as his brother Daniel. In Draper Mss. 22 C 16, George Bryan of Paris, Ky., an own cousin of Mrs. Daniel Boone, says, "Have seen Squire Boone wear a scarlet vest trimmed with gold lace and gold (or gilted) buttons, and a macaroni hat and a coarse check shirt on. Was sometimes dressed as a British officer, and sometimes as a hunter. A curious oddity."
He and his family were never attacked by Indians when moving from one location to another, and he himself was never made a prisoner by them, though he had several narrow escapes. He never got over being hurt and mortified to think, that after helping so greatly in settling Kentucky and suffering so much in her defense, others who had done so little or nothing, should get all his lands.
CHILDREN:-
(All born on the Yadkin except Enoch, who was born at Fort Boonesborough.)
+138 Jonathan Boone, b. 30 Aug., 1766.
+139 Moses Boone, b. 23 Feb., 1769.
+140 Isaiah Boone, b. 13 Mar., 1772.
+141 Sarah Boone, b. 26 Sept., 1774.
+142 Enoch Morgan Boone, b. 16 Oct., 1777.
REFERENCES :-
(a) Draper Mss. 19 C 120-154.
(b) Draper Mss. 22 S 241-68.
(c) D. A. R. Magazine, Oct., 1916.
(d) "Conquest of the old Southwest," Henderson, pages 138, 142.
(e) Draper Mss. 19 C 1-56.
(f) Draper Mss. 6 S 18-254.
(g) "History and Genealogies," W. H. Miller.
(h) "History of Kentucky," Collins, Vol. II, p. 710.
"History of Ohio Falls Cities and Their Counties," L. A. Williams & Co. (1882.) Vol
In 1766 John Stewart was one of a party of four who made a trip westward, crossing over the Appalachian Mts., by some route which remains unknown, and finally reached the Mississippi River.
About the first of March, 1769, a conference was held in Salisbury, N. C., to devise "ways and means" for making an expedition into Kentucky, and it is believed Stewart, John Findlay, and Daniel Boone, must all have been present.
Soon afterwards, on May 1, 1769, a party consisting of Daniel Boone, John Stewart, who was a skilled woodsman, and three others, set out under the guidance of Findlay for Kentucky. They crossed the mountains at "Quasioto" (Cumberland) Gap, and made their first camp on a branch of the Red Lick Fork. Findlay led them to his old trading camp early in June, but found it had been burned to the ground. They spent the time hunting, trapping and exploring, until Dec. of that year (1769), when Stewart and Boone, who were out hunting together, were captured by a large band of Indians, who forced them to lead the way to their main camp. This the Indians robbed of everything of any value, but did leave them a little ammunition. Before leaving they warned the whites to leave this part of the country and stay away, as they claimed it for their hunting ground. Stewart and Boone, much mortified, followed them two days. Coming up to the Indian camp at night, Stewart and Boone slipped in, took two horses, and set off post haste. The Indians quickly discovered the loss of the horses and set out after them, soon overtaking them. They took the bell from one of the horses, putting it around Boone's neck, and making him dance and caper about. A few days later Boone and Stewart made their escape, and got back safely to their own camp, only to find it deserted, and their companions gone. They hurried on, soon overtaking the party, and found Squire Boone, Jr., who with Alexander Neely, had come out with supplies for them. The four, Stewart, Daniel and Squire Boone, Jr., and Neely, decided to stay longer, hunting and trapping, and made a permanent camp at the mouth of the Red River. There Stewart often went out on solitary hunts, and from one of these he never returned. Five years later when cutting out the "Wilderness Trail," Boone and his companions discovered, near the old crossing at Rockcastle, the remains of Stewart in a "standing hollow sycamore." No one ever knew the secret of his death. (b)
After Stewart's death, Hannah was married again, her second husband being Richard Pennington, with whom she moved to Ky., and settled.
Hannah had four children by her first marriage, with John Stewart, of whom nothing, not even their names, is known.
Of the second marriage, there is but one of her children known; Daniel Pennington, at whose home in Monroe Co., Ky., she died.
HANNAH BOONE (Squire; George3), born Aug., 1746; died 1828. Married (1) John Stewart or Stuart (d. 1769 or '70), and (2) Richard Pennington. (a)
Hannah Boone must have been born in Exeter Twp., Berks Co., Pa.,
but her birth, for some unknown reason, is not recorded in the Exeter Records.
At the time of her parents' removal to the Yadkin District, of N. C.
(1750-52), she was a very small child. Here she grew up and married John Stewart.CHILDREN:-
(Second Marriage.)
143 Daniel Pennipg,ton, lived in Monroe Co., Ky,REFERENCES:-
(a) Draper Mss. 1 C 96; 27 C 91.
(b) "Conquest of the Old South West," Henderson, p. 138; 148-155.
HANNAH BOONE (Squire; George3), born Aug., 1746; died 1828. Married (1) John Stewart or Stuart (d. 1769 or '70), and (2) Richard Pennington. (a)
Hannah Boone must have been born in Exeter Twp., Berks Co., Pa.,
but her birth, for some unknown reason, is not recorded in the Exeter Records.
At the time of her parents' removal to the Yadkin District, of N. C.
(1750-52), she was a very small child. Here she grew up and married John Stewart.CHILDREN:-
(Second Marriage.)
143 Daniel Pennipg,ton, lived in Monroe Co., Ky,REFERENCES:-
(a) Draper Mss. 1 C 96; 27 C 91.
(b) "Conquest of the Old South West," Henderson, p. 138; 148-155.
JOHN WEBB (Mary' Boone; George3), born 14 Mar., (0. S.) or 25 Mar. (N. S.) 1720-'21. (a)
Married Rachael
In all probability John Webb was born in Exeter Twp., Philadelphia (Now Berks) Co., Pa., as his birth is recorded in the Exeter Meeting Records.
In the same records we find:-
"12-28, 1747-8. John Webb for outgoing in marriage before a magistrate." (According to our present calendar the date would be, if in 1747, Mar. 11, and if in 1748, Mar. 10. The year 1748 being Leap Year.)
From this record we may conclude that John was a Quaker, but that his wife was not.
CHILDREN:- (a)
144 Isaiah Webb, b. 5 May (0. S.) or 16 May (N. S.) 1749.
145 George Webb, b. 12 Feb., (0. S.) or 5 Mar., (N. S.) 1750-'51.
146 Sarah Webb, b. 1 July, 1753.
"4-29, 1772. Sarah Webb, dr. of John, for marrying out and by a Priest." (a)
147 Isaac Webb, b. 21 Aug., 1755.
"11-24, 1779. Isaac Webb gone out in marriage and by a Priest." (a)
148 Job Webb, b. 15 Oct., 1757.
149 Ann Webb, h. 15 Jan., 1760.
150 Phebe Webb, b. 13 Aug., 1762.
"11-27, 1782. Phebe Miller (dr. of John Webb) married by a Priest." (a)
151 Thomas Webb, b. 21 Dec., 1764; d. Sept., 1784.
152 Rachel Webb, b. 21 Mar., 1767.
"3-30, 1785. Rachel, wife of James Potter (dr. of John Webb) married by a hireling minister " (a)
153 John Webb, b. 12 Oct., 1769.
REFERENCES
(a) Exeter Records.
144 Isaiah Webb, b. 5 May (0. S.) or 16 May (N. S.) 1749.
145 George Webb, b. 12 Feb., (0. S.) or 5 Mar., (N. S.) 1750-'51.
146 Sarah Webb, b. 1 July, 1753.
"4-29, 1772. Sarah Webb, dr. of John, for marrying out and by a Priest." (a)
Isaac Webb, b. 21 Aug., 1755.
"11-24, 1779. Isaac Webb gone out in marriage and by a Priest."
148 Job Webb, b. 15 Oct., 1757.
149 Ann Webb, h. 15 Jan., 1760.
150 Phebe Webb, b. 13 Aug., 1762.
"11-27, 1782. Phebe Miller (dr. of John Webb) married by a Priest." (a)
151 Thomas Webb, b. 21 Dec., 1764; d. Sept., 1784.
152 Rachel Webb, b. 21 Mar., 1767.
"3-30, 1785. Rachel, wife of James Potter (dr. of John Webb) married by a hireling minister " (a)
SAMUEL WEBB (Mary' Boone; George3), born 23 May (0. S.) or 3 June (N. S.), 1740. (a)
Married 3 May, 1764, Rebecca Paine, daughter of Thomas Paine of Exeter Twp"5 mo. 3, 1764. Samuel, son of John of Exeter Twp., Berks Co., and Rebecca Paine, dr. of Thomas of the same place. At Exeter meeting. Witnesses: John, Mary, John, Jr., Benjamin, and Joseph Webb, Thomas, Mary and William Paine, and 29 others." (a)
CHILDREN:- (a)
154 William Webb.
155 Thomas Webb.
"9-26, 1792. William and Thomas Webb, (sons of Samuel) both married by a magistrate." (a)
156 Hannah Webb, m. - Lemmons.
"1-29, 1794. Hannah Lemmons, (dr. of Samuel Webb) for an improper marriage." (a)
REFERENCE:-
(a) Exeter Records.
Thomas Webb.
"9-26, 1792. William and Thomas Webb, (sons of Samuel) both married by a magistrate." (a)
BENJAMIN BOONE (Benjamin'; George3), born 13 Aug., 1741; died 25 Sept., 1824, aged 83 years, 1 mo. 2 da.
Married 1 Oct., 1771, Eve Lofter, of Exeter Twp., Berks Co., Pa. (d. prior to 1816.)
In 1762, at his father's death, he inherited a tract of land in Exeter Twp. The will of Benjamin Boone, Sr., reads, "I give and bequeath to my son Benjamin Boone that part of my tract of land in Exeter called the Old Place, being the front of said tract." It is not known whether the younger Benjamin lived on this property in Exeter or not, but if so he did not live here many years. He inherited also the Family Bible of his parents, Benjamin and Susanna Boone, but unfortunately this much treasured book was burned about 1850. When his father's will was proven, Benjamin, who was the third executor, was in North Carolina, presumably on a visit with relatives.
In the Records of St. Gabriel's Church, Morlottan, Pa., is recorded the marriage of Benjamin and Eve Lofter, as follows:
"1 Oct., 1771, Benjamin Boone and Eve Lofter. Exeter Twp., Berks Co."
It is said that the minister officiating was Rev. Alexander Murray, Episcopal Minister at Reading and Douglasville.
(It seems that the family name of Lofter became changed in some manner to "Leffel," or possibly "Leffel" was the original spelling. At any rate there is a will of one Balzer Leffel, Amity Twp., Berks Co., dated 25 Apr., 1796, in which a bequest is left to a daughter Eve, wife of Benjamin Boone; also a will of a Catherine Bachtel, same township and county, leaving a bequest to her sister Eve, wife of Benjamin Boone, and to her father Balzer Leffel.)
On 3 June, 1784, we find that Benjamin Boone purchased a homestead in Columbia Co., Pa., from Daniel Rees. (a) This property comprised 295 acres in Fishing Creek Twp., Northumberland Co. (now Centre Twp., Columbia Co.), located eight miles above the mouth of Fishing Creek along the North Branch of the Susquehanna River. Here he conducted large fisheries every spring, employing many men. The log house of several rooms which he built there was standing and occupied in 1918, also a barn of unusual size, of the same material. Land in this same locality was later sold to Samuel Webb by Benjamin Boone, and wife Eve (b), date and amount of land not recorded.
On 23 Oct., 1816, Benjamin Boone, Sr., widower, sold to Samuel Boone and Benjamin Boone, Jr., 307 acres in Center Twp. (homestead lands), for a consideration of 2,000 pounds. From this deed it is seen that his wife Eve must have died previous to that time, although neither the date of her birth nor the date of her death is known.
Benjamin also owned lands near Heidley's Church. This locality in which he owned property, and probably lived most of his life, is not far from Bloomsburg, Columbia Co., Pa. He was buried in Heidley's or Hidley's cemetery, now known as "Briar Creek Union Cemetery." Concerning this cemetery, comes some very interesting information from Miss Mary Josephine Roe, Gilbert, Ohio:-
" 'Briar Creek Union Church Cemetery,' formerly known as `Hidley's' or `Heidley's,' in which a union of congregations were interested and still are, viz: Lutherans, Presbyterians, and German Reformed. Its history begins with the early settlement of the township. In 1798 Henry Heidley gave an acre of ground to the trustees of the Briar Creek Presbyterian Society, church probably built the next year. Among the pew holders, 1807, were Samuel Webb, Benjamin Boone, Josias McClure, among the list of some thirty names. There is no church record of burials."
After Benjamin's death letters of Administration on his estate were issued to Thomas Webb. His sons Samuel and Benjamin had been given lands by deed, 23 Oct., 1816; his daughters do not seem to have been remembered, and but two are known.
CHILDREN:-
+157 Samuel Boone, b. 1773.
158 Mary Boone, b. 1780; d. 3 Aug., 1823, aged 43; m. Samuel Webb, possibly a son of Samuel Webb (Mary' Boone; George').
+159 Benjamin Boone, b. 26 Feb., 1789. 160 Nellie Boone, unm.
REFERENCES:-
(a) Deed Books, Columbia Co., Pa. Vol. "B", page 475.
(b) Deed Books, Columbia Co., Pa. Vol. "0", page 410.
SAMUEL BOONE (Benjamin'; George), born 11 Aug., (0. S.) or 22 Aug., (N. S.) 1746; died 3 Aug., 1811, "aged 64 yr., 0 mo., 0 da." (a)
Married Eleanor or Elinor Hughes (b. 1751; d. 2 May 1809), "aged 57 yr., 9 mo., 0 da." (b) , daughter of John Hughes and his second wife Martha Coles, who were married in 1748. (See the Foulke-Hughes Family). A year or more after their marriage Eleanor, who was a Friend, condoned her "outgoings" in marriage, which is recorded in the Minutes of the Exeter Monthly Meeting 2-2, 1775; this being the date of her "condoning," no date for her marriage being given.
Samuel and Eleanor settled in Northumberland Co. (now Columbia), Pa., probably near his brother Benjamin, although Samuel had inherited a part of his father's homestead lands in Exeter Twp. (c). Descendants say that he located in 1785 just below Bloomsburg, Pa. Increase in population produced changes in the name of the Twp., in which Samuel Boone lived, but he did not change his place of residence after 1785. A deed dated 22 Mar., 1785, of "Evan Owen to Samuel Boone of Exeter Twp. Co. of Berks" for a tract of 600 acres at the mouth of Fishing Creek and the North Branch of the Susquehanna River, is recorded. (d)
The homestead farm of Samuel Boone at the mouth of Fishing Creek is now the very garden-spot of all that section for fertility and beauty. It is situated at a broad point where the creek enters the Susquehanna, with the McClure farm adjoining it. It is not far from Bloomsburg. The brick house built there by either his son Samuel or a grandson Samuel, was still standing in 1918, and had been continuously occupied by descendants bearing the surname Boone until a short time before that, when it had been sold to settle an estate. It had been held in the family for nearly 135 years.
Another deed dated 18 Nov., 1793, is from Samuel Boone and wife Eleanor, of Fishing Creek Twp., Northumberland Co., to Richard Willets of Catawissa Twp., for land in Catawissa Twp. (e) Besides these there are other deeds on record.
The will of Samuel Boone, Bloom Twp., Northumberland Co., was signed 1 Mar., 1811; proven 23 Aug., 1811; and recorded in Book of Wills, Vol. II, page 151. Following is an abstract of this will:
To the son James was given the plantation, 115 acres, on the Susquehanna River, in Bloom Twp., on which he was then (1811) living, and which adjoined the land of James McClure. Another son, Samuel, was to have the privilege of cutting logs for a barn from this land. In addition to this James was to have all the personal property which should fall to his share.
To the son Samuel, mentioned in the paragraph above, was given the plantation, 104 acres, on Fishing Creek, occupied by Alex Comvelling (?), and an allowance of 6% for survey. At the time he was probably living on some of his father's land, for he was given also "what is now in his possession," and a share in the personal property.To the youngest son, Benjamin, was given the plantation on which his father was living at the time of making his will (1811), "with crafts, ferry, and all pertaining thereto." To him was given also some land adjoining, 72 acres, bounded on the east by James' portion, and on the north by Samuel's. This 72 acres was east of Fishing Creek and north of the Susquehanna River. In addition he was given a "stove, and gun and appurtenances, and boards on the place, with a full share of my estate real and personal."
To the daughter Rachel was given a "mare, two cows, my bed, bureau, and buck-table and as much of the china and queensware as she may choose to keep, and one-fourth part of the Winter and Summer Grain my sons Samuel and James may raise for two years, to be delivered in the storehouse of Benjamin, but not to be demanded until after the year 1815."
To a grand-daughter, Peggy McClure, daughter of Josiah McClure, was given 50 pounds, "to be paid her by my sons James and Benjamin in equal parts and at the age of eighteen years. If she should die in her minority and without issue, same is to be paid to my daughters Susannah and Rachel in equal parts."
"Touching all the rest, residue and remainder of my estate real, personal, and of whatever nature I give and bequeath to my daughters Susannah and Rachel (except my wearing apparel to my sons Samuel and Benjamin) to be divided equally between them; property to be sold at public sale and money to be divided."
He appointed his son James Boone, his son-in-law James McClure, and Samuel Webb, Jr., all of Bloom Twp., as Executors. The witnesses were Joseph Menderhall (?), Isaac Kinney, and Richard Biggs.
A codicil provided that ten acres should be sold off James' portion for the benefit of the two daughters, Susannah and Rachel. The daughters Martha and Sarah (McClure) had both died before their father's death.
Descendants of Samuel Boone say that he lost quite a large part of his lands through a bad title.
CHILDREN
+161 John Boone, b. 2 Sept., 1774.
+162 James Boone, b. 26 May, 1776.
163 Martha Boone, b. 21 Apr., 1778; d. 26 Sept., 1794.
+164 Susanna Boone, b. 5 Jan., 1780.
+165 Sarah Boone, b. 5 July, 1782.
+166 Samuel Boone, b. 3 Sept., 1786.
+167 Rachel Boone, b. 20 May, 1789; m. Hezekiah Pancoast (Abigails Boone; Williams; George; George') and her descendants will be given under
+168 his name, No. 231.
Benjamin Boone, b. 3 July, 1791.REFERENCES:-
(a) Tombstone inscription. According to the date of Samuel's birth, there must be a mistake in the months and days of his age at death. Very probably the inscription has become rather illegible.
(b) Tombstone inscription.
(c) See Will of Benjamin Boone (George') on page 42.
(d) Deed Book "C", page 96. Sunbury, Columbia Co., Pa.
(e) Deed Book "K", page 200. Sunbury, Columbia Co., Pa.
Married Eleanor or Elinor Hughes (b. 1751; d. 2 May 1809), "aged 57 yr., 9 mo., 0 da." (b) , daughter of John Hughes and his second wife Martha Coles, who were married in 1748. (See the Foulke-Hughes Family). A year or more after their marriage Eleanor, who was a Friend, condoned her "outgoings" in marriage, which is recorded in the Minutes of the Exeter Monthly Meeting 2-2, 1775; this being the date of her "condoning," no date for her marriage being given.