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Another Boone Family Story

Does this name crop up in anyone’s research? Col. Edgar Daniel Boone was a US Circus Owner and trainer of wild animals at his peak around 1891 – 1895. He was with the famous Forepaugh’s Circus for a season in 1891. He was married to Millie, known professionally as Carlotta….Read More

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Boon Records in Buckinghamshire & London, England

Boon Records in Buckinghamshire & London, England. By: Society member Arthur Hopkins. In researching my Hopkins ancestors in Buckinghamshire and London, I ran across a few references to Boon or Boone surnames. As I usually do, I copied these records, although I have no known Boone ancestors…..Read More

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Ken Kamper’s Articles

During the past several years Ken’s vast storage of knowledge in the form of books and files and his “Research Papers” has been recognized by a number of individuals, to where they proposed a Daniel Boone History Museum and a Boone/Early American History Research Center, and his many …..Read More

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Missouri Boone Sites

Daniel Boone lived the last 20 years of his life in Missouri. Interested in the Boone sites of Missouri? Might make an interesting vacation trip: The site of Daniel Morgan Boone’s log house and War of 1812 Boone Fort: This is where Daniel and Rebecca Boone lived during their…..Read More

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Morgan Bryan’s Son Build Bryan Station In Kentucky IN 1779

Morgan Bryan’s Sons build. Bryan Station, KY in 1779. Kentucky Historical Marker on Bryan Station Road about five miles from Lexington. …..Read More

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Sarah Boone Wilcox Cabin for Sale (Again)

Squire and Sarah Morgan Boone had a large family, which included their son, Daniel Boone, the famous pioneer and trailblazer. Their oldest child was daughter, Sarah, named appropriately after her mother when she was born June 7, 1724, in Chalfont, New Britain Township, Berks County, …..Read More

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Squire Boone Sr. (1696-1765)

(Author’s Note: Part I published in October 2006 Compass, covered Squire Boone Sr.’s arrival and settlement in the Penn Colony.) NOTE: Part 1 is not available at this time.Squire Boone Sr. had first joined the Pennsylvania Quaker’s Abington Meeting then transferred to the North …..Read More

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The Blue Licks Today

August 19, 1782 and 219 years later, we came together to see it happen again. The Battle of Blue Licks. Everyone gathered at the edge of the woods to watch the frontiersmen, the Indians, and the men of British forces under Caldwell. As the enemy positioned themselves on the hill, ….Read More

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The Church at Stoke Canon, England

The ecclesiastical parish of Stoke Canon is a small community only about five miles north of Exeter, County of Devon in England. Also known as St. Mary Magdalene, this is the church in which George Boone II and Sarah (Uppey/Opie) Boone baptized three of their children, Henry….Read More

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The Church at Stoke Canon, England

The ecclesiastical parish of Stoke Canon is a small community only about five miles north of Exeter, County of Devon in England. Also known as St. Mary Magdalene, this is the church in which George Boone II and Sarah (Uppey/Opie) Boone baptized three of their children, Henry….Read More

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Workhouse in Devon, Exeter, England, c. 1670

George Boone II was born near Exeter (Stoke Canon Church) in 1666. This story tells what life was like at that time. An early workhouse was erected in Exeter in the 1670’s as a result of a bequest of the Canon John Bury. Who left the sum of forty pounds per annum so that “All ye poore people….Read More

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