prechan wrote: > This was posted to the Boone forum by Robert Haefner . The Dan Boone and > Obert Boone were my elderly cousins, now deceased from San Antonio, TX > area. I have tried to prove for years that my Jonathan Boone was the > brother of Daniel. Do any of you have any extra facts yea or nay against > these findings? I would really like to know the pros and cons . Thanks, > Pat Here is what I found about a year ago. The facts are right, but I think the dates are off. > ***han (b 1730) Boone. ""settled on Linnevile Creek Near Winchester,VA > resided there about two years. " "Daniel; went on to the Yadkin in NC, > Followed by his brothers James and Squire. Daniel married in NC, the > daughter of Joseph Bryant. (Rebecca)" Rebecca was the daughter of Joseph Bryan. Joseph was the son of Morgan Bryan and Martha Strode. > ****1728 Squire Boone's brother Benjamin has a son named John, > this is important because this son John will later be in Rowan Co. NC. > Ben's son John is Buried with his first wife in the Joppa Cem. beside > his uncle Squire Boone. This John also married a Rebecca Bryan (she may be the sister?? to a Sarah Bryan who married Samuel Bailey, this is my line). Thought to be kin to Daniel's wife Rebecca, but not sure how. At one time, it was thought that John's wife was the daughter of Morgan Bryan, but that had been disproved for some time. > 1783 [Based on an interview in the Draper Papers,see microfilm > reel C,chapter 19,pages 120 through 154.] "Jonathan Boone arrived > Kentucky as early as 1783,tended Squire Boone's Mill,- after a few > years he settled on the Green River,moved to the Big Falls on the >Wabash,Near Mt Carmel,Wabash co. Ill, died about 1808." "left > several daughters married mostly on the Green River,Children John > Boone settled somewhere in Kentucky,Joseph in Miss.("Poland or >Columbia,Miss"),died before 1826, Daniel to San Antonia,Tx. ,killed > there by indians." I used to fish on the Wabash River, just a few miles south of Mt. Carmel (I have lived in this area all of my life). Spraker gives the description (paraphrasing) as about 15 miles north of the mouth of the Wabash. The description does not fit the area. Mt Carmel is more like 50 miles north of the mouth of the Wabash River (where it meets the Ohio). The description is the Little Wabash River, from where it meets the Wabash River. See more below. > 1805 (About) Jonathan Boone's Mill on the Little Wabash,about 15 miles > from the mouth of the Wabash,at what is now New Haven,Illinios, was > completed. A Stockade was completed and it was known then as > Boonsfort.Obert A. Boone/George Daniel Boone This was more likely in 1811, not 1805. Probably built by Joseph Boone, not Jonathan. Jonathan would have been 81 years old by 1811. > 1808 Jonathan Boone died in New Haven,Il. If Jonathan died in 1808, then he most likely died in Barren or Warren County, Ky. There were no white men in New Haven, Illinois at that time, much less any Boones. > 1811 The 200 acres on Peter Creek Barron Co.,Ky was sold by Jonathan > Boone's son Joseph Boone. Deed Book C page 163 and 323 Barron County, Kentucky This confirms that Joseph was getting ready to make the trip to Illinois. > 1811 Joseph Boone was living at the Boone Mill in New Haven,Il First white man to step into Gallatin/White County, Illinois. (Depending on the boundary??) > 1813 Joseph Boone was named to mark out a road from burnt Prairie to > Shawneetown by way of his Mill. The Mill was used as a Landmark by the State > Legislature in describing the Boundry line separating White from Gallatin > County,Ill.. > Obert A. Boone/George Daniel Boone On August 24, 1814, two deeds were filed for the same land. One in Gallatin County, and one in White County. I think the confusion about Jonathan and Joseph Boone was because of these deeds. One was filed in Joseph's name and the other in Jonathan's. This was probably done for 2 reasons, first, the boundary between White and Gallatin had not been settled at that time. Second, because of the deed problems that Daniel had in Kentucky, they were not going to risk losing this property because of a deed not filed in the correct county. Sources: The Histories of White and Gallatin Counties, Illinois. Mark