I am a fifth great grandson of Daniel and Rebecca. I was named in honor of my great-grandfather, James W. Boone, who was one of many Boone sons named to honor Daniel's fallen son. So in a way I am part of his continuing legacy.
There are lots of Boone descendents. They're really a small tribe, probably of thousands of people, by now. I've met several and I can't say I really get around much.
Isn't it wonderful to know you own family history. Not being nasty here. I really appreciate that sort of thing. My own family history might as well not exist. All I really know is some of us were Cherokee and some of us were Irish. Bless your family for keeping it alive for you and please please please keep it alive for the next generation.
This story never gets easier to hear. First heard it when I read The Frontiersmen at age 14 and I am now 54 and I still get emotional. What is just as bad is the story of Daniel going back and looking for his body and having an emotional breakdown sobbing alone in the pouring rain at the burial site. Terrible!
The Frontiersmen by Allen Eckert(RIP) is my favorite book. Mr Eckerts Narratives of America, Dark and Bloody River, and Life of Tecumseh are great books to read about this time period.
@johnsepulveda443 Seems these tragic incidents are projected as equivalent to the massive inhumanity of genocide---typical White supremacy mindset. Family tragedy is admittedly horrible, but not comparable to racial genocide as a generational practice/policy as recognized/stated by United Nations.
My 5th great grandfather traveled to Kentucky with Daniel Boone, his name was Joshua Penix and his name is on the marker at Fort Boonesborough. He was given a land grant in the Kentucky Territory as reward but sold it and moved back to Scott County Virginia and built his home on Copper Creek. What is really strange is I found a land deed on file where his land joined two of my other ancestral grandfathers. So basically in the 1790's two of my 5th great grandfathers and one of my 4th great grandfathers were all neighbors.
I’ve seen his name on the monument! That’s really cool when you find ancestors living near and knowing each other, not knowing they would have a common descendant!
I have a Penix grandmother. Qverton Penix was her father. His father fought with Overton's Rangers in the War of 1812. He named his son Overton after his captain in the war.
Thanks for sharing this story. I was born in Lee Cou ty, VA and Have been researching my family roots since 1984. My family actually traveled with Daniel's family when he left PA to go to NC, and then north to KY. Ironically, i now live 1 mile from Fort Boonesboro. I love learning the true events of our history.
Another direct descendant here, sixth great grandson of Daniel Boone through Nathan Boone (youngest son). Thanks for making this video. Very fascinating.
Are you in the SAR? Im a decedent of Joseph Boone, Squires brother and uncle to Daniel Boone’s Uncle Im making a DAR app through a cousin who is in DAR
Richard was also my ancestor. I wonder if his family traveled with him and turned back. I've heard that some of the men's families did travel with them but not sure if there's any way to find out.
Have you ever been to Squire Boone (Daniel's brother) Caverns in Southern Indiana? The story is he was running from Indians and swung on a vine into the mouth. He is buried there. The caverns are open to tour and are magnificent! You exit it by climbing a ladder that opens up into the general store of the village, which is run by reenactors. I strongly recommend it!
I knew the man who owned squire boon caverns. A very good friend of mine, FRED CONWAY. Been deceased for a while now. Story is, yes he was running from Indians, and stumbled upon the caverns. It takes approximatly 1.5 hrs. To go through, but you have to have a pretty healthy body to tour through, because at the end there are ???? approximatly 150 stairs you have to climb to reach ground level again. Very beautiful caverns. If you want to visit, exit off I- 64 and go towards Corydon and follow the signs for SQUIRE BOONE CAVERNS.😄 .
One fact you might take into account is the Cherokee and Shawnee had a signed agreement with the Crown that settlers would not cross over the Blue Ridge Mountains. They got this by fighting the French in the French and Indian War. The Powell Valley was used for they're hunting parties. They would tolerate small parties of Longhunters, sometimes they would have to share hides with or they would take everything including guns and horses. James Boone had a small herd of cattle,extra supplies and pack animals, so there was no hiding what they were doing. A Frenchman had came upriver from Kingsport and killed hundreds of buffalo for the hides and left the meat to rot. They were still upset about this. Not to make excuses or take sides, just stating facts. The Native Americans always paid a heavy price for any victories. The Lakota are still paying for the Battle of the Little Big Horn.
That is definitely some insight into the back story. History is like a pancake, no matter how flat and straight forward it is, it always has two sides.
I can't agree in what your saying as Jame's Boone was pleading with the native please stop knifing me remember we had an agreement so what I seen here the natives went against the agreement plan and especially the who was supposed to be a loyal to Daniel Boone and his son.
Imagine if you knew the native that was killing you and didn't keep his promise I think you would regret what accusations you made as Daniel and son James Boone had an understanding and agreement with those natives before the family ventured into that area and I'm quite sure those wolves they heard that night were the natives surrounding tem to plan their attack the early morning, God bless James Boone as he was in disbelief of a trusting native friend of the Boones family
"One day in May, 1774, the famous trailblazer, slopped away from his family and friends and struck out alone along the Warriors Path. At dusk two days later, he stood beside the wilderness grave of his son. It is said that he found James’ grave had been dug into by the wild beasts of the forest; and that to satisfy himself, that the body had not been molested, he opened the grave and looked upon the body, the first time he had seen it since the lad had been killed; then he carefully tenderly filled in the grave, mounted his horse and rode away silently into the night." - The Death of James Boone & Henry Russell Middlesboro Times News Wednesday, February 21, 1951 Page 3
Fascinating. I'm descended from Daniel Boone through one of his Daughters from my mothers side . My fathers family is Scandinavian from a small town above the Arctic Circle. My mothers family is descended from those that stepped off of the Mayflower and so goes the story of America.
I found nothing controversial in the video, just history, it amazes me that people now days, where the average Joe is living in what would have been seen as opulent unimaginable safety and luxury back then, can look back with scorn on people being people in a landscape and time that most can not imagine. It wasn't Dances with Wolves, lol.
What an excellent report! Concise with just enough flavor to make me want to learn more. In reading the warning I'm sure YT makes you post, it makes me wonder about what kids will learn in the future. People are so afraid of offending people that they're willing to change historical facts into made up fiction so they don't hurt or trigger anyone's feelings. I hope you keep going. There's so much to learn still!
Alan Eckert ( a professor at indiana University. Now deceased) has a series of novels and one of them described this incident and gave references. His novels are worth checking out!
I agree , having read 4 of his books already..Allan (2 L's ) Eckert 's books are well written and really give you the feeling of "being there"...and he did an AMAZING amount of research in archives , etc..all his books have extensive notes and documentation..
My husbands family married into the Boone family and some of my ancestors went to Booneville where some still live in the area! They all came from the close area where Daniels family of Quakers settled!
The journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition are really interesting. I read the edition compiled by Elliot Coues. Lots of true excitement and a good look at the many Native America tribes they encountered as they trekked westward.
Check out older history books up to about WWII. They tell lots of detailed stories absent from current histories, which are generally written from the perspective of Progressive historians under the influence of the refugee European Marxists who started their current domination of American academia at the beginning of the 20th Century. The best histories of the Colonial era were actually written in the 19th century. They're still quite enjoyable reads.
Very sad narrative. I have never heard any of your stories where my fifth great grandfather was mentioned--Captain David Gass. It was good to hear you mention him. He was with Boone for a number of years and played a significant role in the early days of Kentucky.
Do you know much of the history of the Porter family? My dad and my mother both had ancestors from around Maysville, Kentucky. On my dad's side, it was the Chain and Boone families and related families. My mother is descended from the Thomas family, that intermarried with both the Cole and Porter families, from which Cole Porter was descended. The Thomas family was not from Kentucky, but rather from New England, then Illinois, but my third great-grandparents on my mother's grandmother's father's side, were Austin Smith Reeves and Matilda Hargett, both from Kentucky. Are you on 23&Me? I have a Porter cousin who is on there. I would love to know if you and I are related, as well.
@@NinaWasamata I do know alot about the Porter family, but not every thing. The Porter's are such a large family it is hard yo know it all. A couple of Patrick Porters children did move and live in Kentucky, but Samuel's family stayed in old Fincastle county which that part is now Scott Co. VA. Unfortunately I my DNA is only in Ancestry atm. But plz feel free to contact me I am willing to work with any one to make family connection.
@@familytreenutshistorygenealogy that would be awesome their is alot of history just in Patrick and his inlaws the Walkers. Including Patrick's adopted son Arter Dale the native american preacher
Wow, interesting, sad history. There is no country on earth that doesnt have a violent, bloody past. Looks to me like we grew more cIvilized up to the 20s-60s or so, and now are reverting back, to a bit of an uncivilized society again. We can't claim this verse anymore: "Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord."
@@blessedman1959 You are right about innocent blood, there will be a heavy price to pay one day, for a nation that allows and encourages women to kill a child, born or unborn, just because the child "inconvenienced" her.
@@blessedman1959 I agree with all of that. I know God hated child sacrifice that pagan people practiced, and i feel like partial birth abortion is no different than child sacrifice, He must hate that. Im surprised He hasn't destroyed this nation completely already. All i know to do is vote, and pray, and speak up when we can. But anyway, yes, i totally agree with you.
Us is the most satanic nation on earth..you ppl are standing in it up to your necks in it and you don't even realize it..that's how much your govt has blinded you..not to mention what you allow your govt to do all over the world..just once take a look through your victims eyes maybe you will understand..God is not letting you go lightly for the sins of your father's.. look it up it's in scripture..we will get our justice soon.
How about Blue Lick Battle field in Kentucky where Boone's son Israel died along with my great something grandfather James Felix McGuire and many others in 1782 I think
Did you know that Stonewall Jacksons' doctor was Hunter McGuire... And there was an Irish settlement,on the North side of the Holsten River in Western Virginia / Tennessee.
@@savanahmclary4465 no I didn't. I know John McGuire came to Virginia in 1756. I was told he was one of the lesser cheiftain's of the clan. It was his son James Felix who died at Blue Lick. The families first home was in Virginia till Boone lead a group to build Boonsboro. So Hunter could be another descendant of John. Thanks for the info
@@cerwyddi After the death of Stonewall Jackson May 10, 1863.. ( Commemorates Confederate Memorial Day) Hunter McGuire remained in the Confederate Army, as one of overall surgeons. And was at Gettysburg, July 1, 2, 3, 1863 Where he removed the arm of John Bell Hood. Later, generations, of Hunter McGuire, descendants, followed In his foot steps and were doctors, as well. There is numerous McGuire's in Central, Indiana.. (Brown County) Very old Southern family. As you can see I research Genaology
When I tell historical stories, the first thing I make clear: This was a different time - good or bad. History is MESSY! But it is something we are to LEARN from!. Sir thank you for this story - I found this by accident and glad I did! YES I subscribed!
Thank you, brother. Thank you for honoring thy father & mother by true testimony of the trials, toils, tears & blood that our fathers expended to settle, tame, & make a home out of this land.
Very interesting. My ancestors lived in Abingdon, VA and nearby Russell County, VA in the later 1700s. A few years ago my wife and I visited the area. That part of VA is beautiful!
My daughter is descended from Daniel Boone on her father’s side. At first I thought I would send this video to her, but it’s so darn sad all the way through I can’t bring myself to do it. She’s got two little ones and I don’t want to send this sorrow to a young mother.😢
I can understand that. However we have several Daniel Boone videos. Here is the link to the playlist- ru-vid.com/group/PLq6aBKzhrcAZC5wUrUjL-qZTaYbGbuzg4
@@familytreenutshistorygenealogy The Festival was in Luray Va. ,he said something about ,about National Geographic in the late 1940's they had an article about his relatives that confirmed his association
@@familytreenutshistorygenealogy Have you heard of the Hampton Massacre of Greer, Spartenburg South Carolina? I would love a video in that being told as part of history. This Hampton family are distant relative but share the same Hampton Ancestor from Jamestown as I. And this family also has to do with Wade Hampton III great grandfather, Wade Hampton I.
A couple of thoughts: first, the two individuals who were killed had the last name of Mendenhall , not Mendenthall (no "T"). This is a prominent historical Quaker family who has been in the US since shortly after the Mayflower. Presidents and other prominent historical figures are related to this family, so it's worth getting right. Second, along with the location of this incident, there are other facts in dispute. Most notably, whether or not the Mendenhalls mentioned were brothers, or actually cousins. I am a Mendenhall and these men were my ancestors. Even one of the names appears to be incorrect on that marker. I know these things sound trivial, but this is exactly how history gets distorted and facts changed. The Mendenhalls were good friends of Daniel Boone and assisted in many of his endeavors. Most of them lived in SE Ohio and helped in exploring and founding that region.
Thank you for your input. One of our goals is to tell as many stories that we can but we also strive to make the details accurate. With so many topics, we certainly are not “experts” in every story we tell and often miss on some details such as these. We are grateful for folks like yourself to help ensure this happens.
Thanks for this well presented, well balanced lesson. I wouldn't have called it controversial, though. Your mention of the manner in which you present your lessons, that you don't take a side, is all that's necessary. Many will take a side and try to steer people to that side, and I appreciate that you don't do that.
Thank you for your input! We mention that we don’t take a side because if we didn’t, many would assume we were some kind of racists. We always strive to just tell what happened, pretty or not.
I just subscribed. I really enjoyed this video! I live in Berks county, where Daniel Boone was born. I have deep roots here in Berks. My 4th great grandaunt, Eve Leffel married Benjamin Boone, Daniel's 1st cousin. And on another branch, two brothers John and Samuel DeTurk purchased the farm/ homestead where Daniel was born from the Boones and are buried there.
Wow! That’s a super cool connection! We hope to be up there shooting soon, definitely part of the story. Thanks for subscribing & you will find a ton like these on our channel. We have hundreds in the works as we speak.
Hopefully you stop off at Boonsboro Maryland- George and William Boone(cousins) much history one of the Boone's is buried at St Pauls way in the back RT 34 off alt 40 the old National road
Good video, it sparked my interest immediately as I carry generations of Shawnee, 3 Cherokees & generations of western European in my veins so I gravitate to any actions involving them in the settling of our country. To show how a piece of history can be confusing at times I'd never heard of a Cherokee named Big Jim who obviously lived back then and is said to have killed James Boone according to 3 articles I looked up because of the video. I knew of a Shawnee named Big Jim that led a Shawnee Band for settlement decades later yet a witness said a Shawnee named Big Jim committed the murder. The marker said Delaware, Shawnee & Cherokee killed them. It's still fascinating to learn history from the actual locations. I live in TN not far from there & appreciate having another road trip to take in our historical jaunts anyway.
My family surnames in that era Woodard, Kilburn, Sullivan, Box, Martin, Johnson, Webb and Bone. Several followed the Boone migration but some went to Searcy Arkansas for homestead offerings to veterans.
I wonder if " Big Jim " was ever dealt with for the attack ,, time to start digging and see what I can find .. Really enjoyed this ,, i;ll be back for more Sir ..
Well we know the Native American’s were pressed to do something about it & one chief was executed and another was tried but escaped. We have tons on videos on here & hundreds on the way!
You are a Warren. Are you in any way related to Catherine Warren, who married Daniel's first cousin, Joseph, and/or Elizabeth Ann Warren, who married Joseph's grandson, Jacob Boone?
@@NinaWasamata - I really have no idea Judith ,, i've never had any geneology done on who my descendents are .. Sorry I couldn't have been any help .. Best Wishes in your search ..
@@6wh07433 I'm a descendant of both Abraham (6x Great Grandfather) and Isaac (5x Great Grandfather). My 3x Great Grandparents, William Jackson Crabtree and Mary Ann Crabtree were 3rd cousins, once removed.
My family is a mix of folks that came up the Cumberland Gap with Boone and settled in Harlan County, Kentucky and the other side are a part of the Cherokee that escaped the Trail of Tears and hid in the mountains of South Eastern Kentucky. We are enrolled members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee. Our cabins still stand being built in 1780 mamaw and papaw live in it so we were surrounded by history, and talked about still fairly often in our family. The Border Wars were a tough time, the Shawnee and Cherokee were trying to keep our homelands safe and keep intruders out, so to keep the fear not to come into our homelands we did things that would spread the fear, and the Scotts Irish settlers did the same in turn. I wonder what my ancestors on both sides felt during this time. The fear of constantly being attacked, the fear of loosing their homes, the entire thing on both sides had to be a scary time
I had heard that story my whole life and I was told that horrific event happened close to Martins Station in Lee county, but no one could tell me where. Thanks for the location.
Great description of the hard times of the frontiersmen had to endure at that time. I've read several books about Daniel Boone and am convinced he was the baddest man alive then.
Daniel Boone was my 5 th great Uncle on dad's side and 5 th great Uncle by marriage on my mother's side. Daniel Boone's sister Sarah who married John Wilcoxen were my 5 th. Great grandparents. Rebecca Bryan wife if Daniel was my 5th great grandma's sister.
@@DJ-hv4ju Very cool. My 2x great grandmother was the great granddaughter of David, the son of Sarah Boone- my 6x great grandmother. I’m sure we are related somehow!
I'm first cousin8 times removed to Rebecca Bryan Boone. We have a common ancestor, Lady Margaret Sinclair Bryan who was Lady in waiting to Anne Boleyn and god mother to Queen Elizabeth I. Since finding out my ancestry I have a lot of pride and interest in learning more. Thank you for this video. It's a story I haven't heard before and plan to share with family.
Very interesting. Rebecca Bryan and her sister, are in my family tree. If you trace the Bryan's, you will find William Bryan came to the US in 1740. We traced back to Dir Frances Bryan, aka The Boca from Hell. He was advised you Henry VIII.
The Bryan's was my mom's side off the family it goes back to the late 1600. My dad's side the Wall's goes back to Virginia to 1635 . They had a plantation close to the James river a few miles west of Jamestown .
@@jameshamilton8245 it is claimed his uncle went back to Ireland to try and get the land and holdings back . they had a falling out with the royalty and it was taken. That was in the 1600s.
Isaac Crabtree was my 4X Great Grandfather. When I realized that had he been killed also during the Native American attack…I would NOT be here, it took my breath away‼️I’m so proud to be his 4X great granddaughter.
I am wondering if you have any information on Hanna Boone, the younger sister of Daniel. I am descended from her and have been trying to find out if she was with Daniel on this trip and/or in Kentucky. Any information would be appreciated. Thank you for sharing this story. God bless.
Start at Find a Grave its free and look up Hannah Morgan Boone Pennington buried at Old Mulkeytown Meeting House KY. Very rich history in the area, active historical group and annual quilt show of her descendants. You will meet many living kin and tons of history. Luckily Hannah is well documented. Mulkeys established several wilderness churches and great history too. Dig into it, incredible legacy and saga. Family Search is also free to sign up. Ancestry is $$. Good luck!!
@@lorimooney2427 what a thoughtful and comprehensive response this query. It is so nice when someone takes the time to lend a helping hand online. I hope she sees it!
A very well described account of the early struggles on the then western frontier. If a similar event had occurred west of the Mississippi a century later, it would have gained far wider attention.
It was downplayed even at the time because the early settlement of Kentucky was in large part a form of land speculation. In short the early settlers including Daniel Boone hoped to sell the land they were granted for forming the first settlements to those eager to replace their overused land in the east with land that was fertile from unused potential. Thus the risk posed by native populations trying to stop the encroachment upon their territories was underplayed. At the same time the editors of eastern papers were occupied by the events and politics leading up to the American Revolution
@@jameshamilton8245 Many thanks James for putting me in the picture, It is a historical area of which I am only just learning about (I'm English), so any additional information is very welcome.
Thanks for the video. I am a direct descendant of James Poteet and Elizibeth Crabbtree. Making my grandfather Thomas first cousin to Issac Crabtree. It is my belief that James Boone and William Russell were sewn up in the same quilt and buried on a hillside above Blue Spring. Issac and his brother were shot in the back by arrows and outran the Shawnee. His brothers body was never found. I think Daniel was waiting for them where Wallen Creek meets the Powell River. There is a crossing there with a huge rock on the other side. It was a known camp for the Longhunters. William Crabtree camped there with Wallen on his first hunt in the valley. Issac's brother Job was one of thirty that went through the gap with Boone. Job is buried in the Allison Gap Cemetery and his mother at Saltville. The Crabbtree brothers were with the Overmountain Men at Kings Mountain. James was a captain.
@@johntandycrabtree392 If you can trace your ancestry to the Longhunter William Crabtree we are cousins. Issac Crabtree was elected to the first state congress after statehood. He was living on the Obed River in Tennesee in the Allred area when his wife died. There is good chance she is buried in the Poteet-Spring Creek cemetery with my ancestors since they were cousins.
I have a James Poteet 1726 married to Elizabeth Crabtree 1720, both from Baltimore, Maryland. They are my 6th great grandparents thru their daughter, Anne. This side of the Crabtree's goes into my father's side of the family, The Berry's of Lawrence County, Kentucky. Elizabeth's parents were William I and Jane Halstead. Also, Isaac Crabtree was William I and Jane's great grandson. Isaac was also my 5th great grandfather. His brother, Abraham is my 6th great grandfather. Isaac and Abraham are my mother's side of the family. Her maiden name is Crabtree. Her family came up through Virginia/West Virginia, then into Lawrence County, Kentucky.
@@2sistersjunkjournals Hello cousin. Our grandparents were neighbors when they married. They lived where Stout Bottle Creek runs into Deer Creek in a valley east of the Aberdeen Proving Grounds. The church they got married in is no longer there. It was not far from the Gunpowder Meeting House which is still there on the base at Joppatowne. The church moved to Kingsville and is the St. Johns Episcopal Church. They married in 1740, moved with brother William Crabtree to Burnt Chimney Bedford Co. Va. in 1750. The property is 1 mile east of the Booker T Washington National Park. The driveway says Crabtree Lane. There is a cemetery there next to the highway. Don't know if they are buried there. There is a Poteet Cemetery north of Burnt Chimney at 721 st. route 688 also called Peters Pike Road. This is the property where our Uncle William Poteet lived. William Crabtree lived on Maggadee Creek before moving to Saltville. My grandfather Thomas moved to Pennington Gap about the same time. That was where my grandmothers family was. They're daughter Olivia married Thomas Blakemore of the Ft. Blackmore family and they bought that property when Thomas Poteet moved to Livingston Tn. In 1800. I have been to Thomas' grave at the Poteet Cemetery in a hayfield under a huge Oak tree at spring creek Rickman Tn.
Daniel Boones parents are buried in Joppa Cemetery my family’s cemetery in the very back. Very interesting cemetery to visit learn something new every day. Someone use to leave roses on it never knew who but I thought that was very interesting and kind.
Hey Colton. Uncle Jim here. That is the first time I have ever seen Daniel Morgan Boone referred to as Morgan. Albeit he did have a grandson and great grandson who went by Morgan. One of them was called Uncle Morgan by my grandfather (your 2nd great grandfather) and i remember grandpa telling about attending family reunions at his farm in what is now part of KC when he had been a boy.
Isaac Crabtree also helped defend Boonesboro from indian attack along side Daniel. His older brother was part of the group that cut the wilderness road. Isaac was elected to the KY legislature. He was my ancestor.
An Awesome video! I had watched the Daniel Boone movie that showed the young Boone and his companions camping at a creek and being attacked the next day. I think Randolph Scott played Daniel and there was a country Western Singer in it as well, but cannot recall his name. Thank you for the informative information on how things really happened. I hope you will do many more of these videos in the future. I pray our Heavenly FATHER will watch over you and those traveling with you on every trip, blessing and keeping you all safe and well, and may everywhere you stop let those who are strangers have a good heart and lots of cheer about them. Take care Friend and GOD bless!
Well thank you! I need to look that movie up. We have tons of videos like this on our channel & sooo many more. Thank you for your kind & thoughtful words.
I found the story interesting but the constant “green” transitions were a tremendous distraction, so much so that I stopped watching at after 2:00 minutes.
The boys fathers were Longhunters that took hunting trips together and were neighbors at times along with Issac Crabtrees' father William. So this tells me they grew up together most likely best friends. There is an account that says James Boones' mother came and sewed the boys up in the same quilt and they were buried above the spring they were camped at. That would make it Blue Spring at Stickleyville. There is a church across the road from the spring of the same name.
The story handed down in my branch of the family is that when word reached the forward party of the Massacre that Rebecca took out a beloved quilt and gave it to Daniel to use as James' burial shroud. But did not go herself with them.. and after Daniel saw the mutilated bodies of his son and the Russell boy he became determined that their mothers would never see them. And swore the members of the burial party to keep detailed accounts of the mutilation wounds from Rebecca and Mrs. Russell. I do not know if this was true but it is what was passed down in the family.
The Boone habit of naming their progeny after each other has created confusion among genealogists! I am a descendent of Daniel's grandson Alonzo H Boone who was born, raised, and lived his entire life in the Westport area of Kansas City. The first time my grandfather applied to join the Family Association his application was denied because the Alonzo Boone they had in their files had died young without having children. A distant cousin helped him get the documentation he needed to prove his great grandfather's existence and lineage.
@@kathrynmolesa1641 sounds like a third one to me. I vaguely remember seeing at least 3 Alonzo Boones on the copy of the family tree my grandfather would spread out as he retold family stories. It was natural for him to steer our focus to his great grandfather. Thus i do not recall hearing the stories of the other Alonzos.
I was born & raised in castlewood & our Dad told us stories of daniel boone, we had always heard his daughter was scalped here & survived..I'd love to know if this is correct..thank you for sharing our history with us!!
That story has not been handed down in my line..And everything I had ever heard or have read describe the Boone Daughters as being exceptionally attractive as young women with the same dark wavy hair as their mother. Doubtful that a young woman who had survived being scalped would have been seen as a beauty. Their eldest daughter, Susannah, did develope a somewhat soiled reputation during their years as refugees.
I am a descendant of Issac Crabtree. He thought he recognized Cherokee Billy from the massacre. He was a survivor as was his descendants, including my own Father, Walter Crabtree
I know as time goes on, lots of various parts of stories evolve. You are right, he was a survivor and those folks did what they knew best for the times.
Yes you just have to go through the cattle gate & up the path. The people in this story are not buried here but many say are buried near here. There is much controversy as to where the event happened and where they are buried.
I am glad I found you. I am laughing because for many years my tree on Ancestry is “Mixed Nuts”. I have found a Boone connection by marriage but I haven’t explored the line yet. I will look at your other posts. 👍👍
