Daniel Boone

Brief Life History of Daniel

When Daniel Boone was born on 2 November 1734, in Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America, his father, Squire Boone Sr., was 37 and his mother, Sarah Morgan, was 34. He married Rebecca Bryan on 14 August 1756, in Rowan, North Carolina, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Haywood, North Carolina, United States in 1812 and Femme Osage Township, Saint Charles, Missouri, United States in 1820. He registered for military service in 1754. In 1800, his occupation is listed as spanish syndic and commandant in Femme Osage District, Saint Charles, Missouri, United States. He died on 26 September 1820, in Defiance, Saint Charles, Louisiana Territory, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Old Bryan Farm Cemetery, Marthasville, Warren, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

Daniel Boone
1734–1820
Rebecca Bryan
1739–1813
Marriage: 14 August 1756
James Bryan Boone
1757–1773
Israel Boone
1758–1782
Susannah Boone
1760–1800
Jemima Anne Boone
1762–1834
John B Boone
1764–
Levina Boone
1766–1802
Rebecca Boone
1768–1805
Boone
1769–1770
Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Morgan Boone
1769–1839
William Boone
1772–1772
Jesse Bryan Boone
1773–1820
William Bryan Boone
1775–1780
Nathan Boone
1781–1856

Sources (87)

  • U.S., Census Reconstructed Records, 1660-1820
  • Daniel Boone, "Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999"
  • North Carolina, U.S., Marriage Index, 1741-2004

World Events (8)

1743

Historical Boundaries: 1743: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America 1753: Berks, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America 1776: Berks, Pennsylvania, United States

1752

Historical Boundaries 1752: Berks, Pennsylvania Colony, British Colonial America 1776: Berks, Pennsylvania, United States

1758 · Mount Vernon

Mount Vernon Plantation was the home of George Washington. It started off as 2,000 acres and was later expanded to 8,000 acres. The house itself started off as a six room building then got extended to twenty-one rooms.

Name Meaning

English (of Norman origin): habitational name from Bohon in La Manche, France, of obscure etymology.

English (of Norman origin): from Middle English bon(e), boun, Old French bon ‘good’. Compare Bone 1.

Dutch: variant of Boon .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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The capture and rescue of Jemima Boone and the Callaway girls

The capture and rescue of Jemima Boone and the Callaway girls is a famous incident in the colonial history of Kentucky. They were captured by a Cherokee-Shawnee raiding party and rescued by Daniel Boo …

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