Debbi, Thanks for this information and the link to the Pike County History Book. From what I understand, Jonathan Boone's first wife was Mary Carter. I'm not sure about his second or possible third marriage. His marriage to Mary Carter is supported by Rowan County, NC records regarding the will of James Carter (records dated in the early 1760's). I've seen this information before, but do not have it readily available at the moment. Additionally, there is supposedly a deed from either Barren or Green Co., KY dated in the mid-1790's whereby Jonathan Boone and his wife Mary granted a power of attorney to an individual to conduct business for them in the State of Maryland relative to land which was owned by James Carter in the 1730's. I have not personally seen this deed, but seen reference to it only. I hope this is helpful. David Brown. Debbi Geer <dgirth@yahoo.com> wrote: One of Dorthy Mack's messages referred to a publication about the Boone family members in Pike Co IL: "History of Pike Co IL" by Jess M Thompson. Excerpts of this publication are available online at the following web address - http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilpike/books/JessIndex.html Included in Chapter 32 which Dorthy reference is an interesting paragraph: "Mrs. Kenyon is a daughter of James Monroe Thornton, a granddaughter of Larkin and Polly (Allen) Thornton, a great granddaughter of Zachariah and Dinah (Boone) Allen, a great great granddaughter of Jonathan and Polly (Callaway) Boone, a great great great granddaughter of Squire and Sarah (Morgan) Boone, and a great great great great granddaughter of George and Mary (Maugridge) Boone, the first of the Boones in America." Note that this history book now has a possible 3rd name for the wife of Jonathan Boone son of Squire Sr. I don't know how reliable the said Mrs Kenyon was at the time she provided the information on her family in Pike Co, but for those who descend from Jonathan this information should be investigated for its accuracy. In another county and state I had received copies of the murder of one of my distant cousins. In two separate history books the date is given as having occurred about 1867 or 1868. After reviewing various communications and documents I had to write the county historical or genealogical society and tell them that their history books were in error about this incident. This murdered cousin and her husband who was caught and hung by a posse within 24 hours for his wife's murder were both living in 1870, the husband also purchasing land in early Jan 1871 in the said county. Then in a newspaper for the area in which this cousin was born and raised an article appeared regarding the incident and family's notification. Thus the date of the incident was in late Jan 1871. Also the names of those who were supposedly involved in some way were completely screwed up - a foster child was identified as the cousin's 8-year-old brother who actually was 22 years old at the time, kids assisting were not living in the house of the incident but actually were neighbors who lived about 1/2 mile to a mile away and a few other errors. So it's possible that Mrs Kenyon was wrong in the name of her ancestors and thus the published book is in error but then you begin to wonder if she was correct since she has the right names for the grandparents who preceded the generation in question. Debbi Geer __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! - Get yours free! http://my.yahoo.com ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx