Frontiersman. Born in Pennsylvania, the sixth of twelve children toQua ker parents, Squire Boone, a weaver and blacksmith and SarahJarman Mor gan. As a boy, Boone received an elementary education. TheBoone family l eft Pennsylvania around 1750 and eventually settled inNorth Carolina. I n 1756 Boone married neighbor Rebecca Bryan. Thecouple would produce t en children. In 1769, he set out with fiveothers to explore the border r egion of Kentucky territory. Theypassed Cumberland Gap and on June 7, a nd set up camp at Station CampCeek. They explored Kentucky as far west a s the falls of the Ohio. In1773 he returned home, sold his farm and se t out with his family, twobrothers, and five other families, to settle i n Kentucky. They wereintercepted by Shawnee in an attack that resulted i n the death ofBoone's oldest son, James. The party was forced to retre at to theClinch River. Two years later, Boone succeeded in founding Boonesborough, Kentucky near present day Lexington. During the AmericanR evolution Boonesborough became the site of several battles. It wasbesi eged at least three times over a period of months. The Battle ofBlue L icks on August 19, 1782, almost ten months after the surrenderat Yorkt own, was a decisive victory for a combined force of 1000British regula rs and tribes from the Ohio nations. It also cost thelife of Boone's s econd son, Israel. After the war, in 1792, Kentuckywas admitted into t he Union as the 15th state. Litigation arose thatquestioned many settl ers' title to their lands. Boone lost all hisproperty due to lack of c lear title. In 1795 he settled on the FemmeOsage Creek, in St. Charles C ounty, Missouri. He was appointedcommander of the Femme Osage district , and received a large grant ofland for his services, which he subsequ ently lost because he failedto make his title good. His claim to anoth er tract of land wasconfirmed by Congress in 1812, in consideration of h is services.Rebecca Boone died in 1813. The St. Louis Enquirer of Octo ber 14,1820 ran an obituary notice that read: "DIED.- On the 26th ult. [Sep.] at Charette in the ninetieth year of his age, the celebratedCol. D ANIEL BOONE, discoverer and first settler of the State ofKentucky."
In 1845 in a controversial move, the remains of Boone and his wifewere r elocated from Missouri to Kentucky. There is some controversysurroundi ng the final disposition of the Boones' remains. Some sayDaniel and Re becca's remains are still in Missouri, and that thewrong bodies were r emoved and re-buried. Others have demanded thereturn of the bodies to M issouri.
First burial in Missouri
We have recently met with higher authority and one that conclusivelyse ttles the date of his death. In the Franklin (Mo.) Intelligencer ofOct . 14, 1820, there is copied from the St. Louis Enquirer anobituary not ice of Daniel Boone, the first paragraph of which is asfollows:
DIED.-On the 26th ult. [Sep.] at Charette Village [which was on FemmeO sage Creek, in St. Charles County, Mo.], in the ninetieth year ofhis a ge, the celebrated Col. DANIEL BOONE, discoverer and firstsettler of t he State of Kentucky.
This disposes of the question conclusively.
He died at the residence of his son, Maj. Nathan Boone, which was anol d-style two-story house, the first of the kind erected west of theMiss ouri river, and it is yet standing. A good wood cut of it can befound i n "Switzler's History of Missouri", page 180.
The obituary in the Enquirer also says that on the 28th September, Mr.E mmons, Senator from Saint Charles County, communicated theintelligence o f his death to the Legislature, then in session in St.Charles, and tha t "both branches of that body, through respect to hismemory, adjourned f or the day, and passed a resolution to wear crapeon the left arm for t wenty days".
One of his sons, Jesse B. Boone, was at the time a member of theLegisl ature from the county of Montgomery.
The St. Louis Enquirer of October 14, 1820 ran his obituary notice:
"DIED.- On the 26th ult. [Sep.] at Charette in the ninetieth year ofhi s age, the celebrated Col. DANIEL BOONE, discoverer and firstsettler o f the State of Kentucky."
From FindaGrave:
"In 1845 in a controversial move, the remains of Boone and his wifewer e relocated from Missouri to Kentucky. There is some controversysurrou nding the final disposition of the Boones' remains. Some sayDaniel and R ebecca's remains are still in Missouri, and that thewrong bodies were r emoved and re-buried. Others have demanded thereturn of the bodies to M issouri.
First burial in Missouri"
