Hi Joyce, You have a very interesting line. I hope that you get a clearer picture of your Boone connection someday. Maybe someone here can help you out. I'd be interested to know when you find the connection. Take care, Daniel Paxton--- Joyce House-Reeves <JHReeves@webtv.net> wrote: > My line goes back to Mary Elizabeth Boon(e) (called > Mary/Polly) born > c1750 +/-, who married John Couch. They lived in > Fincastle and > Botetourt Counties VA as early as 1773, Wilkes and > Ashe Counties NC. > Mary/Polly died in area now Ashe County c1781. I > descend from two of > their three daughters: > > Family #1 > Sarah/Sally Couch, and James T Lewis, Jr., > Margaret/Peggy Lewis and Allen Moore, > Mary/Polly Moore and Jeremiah Davidson, > Allen Davidson and Amanda Moore, > Raymond Davidson and Mary Susan Davidson, > Joyce Davidson (me) > > Family #2 > Nancy Ann Couch and William Campbell (said to have > been the son of > Nancy's stepmother, Elizabeth Campbell Couch), > Mary/Polly Campbell and John Madison Davidson (older > 1/2 brother of > Robert in family #1), > Robert Davidson and Nancy Hays > William Davidson and Tobitha Allen, > Mary Susan Davidson and Raymond Davidson, > Joyce Davidson (me) > > Family traditions that have come down in all three > branches of the Couch > daughters from Mary/Polly Boon(e) say that she was > "close kin" to Daniel > Boone, and further that her father was Squire > Edward, or Edward Squire > Boone. In the Lewis family, the tradition states > her mother was an > Indian woman. One Lewis son's obituary even went so > far as to mention > that his "maternal grandmother (i.e. Mary Boon(e) > Couch) was a sister of > Daniel Boone the famous frontiersman". We know this > to not be factual. > > Our Mary Elizabeth is a "forgotten" Boone, but suely > she fits in > somewhere. One would think that nearly two-hundred > years of tradition > would count for something... > > Besides traditions, our families also have a > document from the 1770's > naming Mary Elizabeth Boon as "wife of John Couch", > and she was "with > childe" at the time. We believe the "childe" to > have been my ggg > grandmother, Sarah Couch Lewis. > > Joyce > > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and > search for your ancestors at the same time. Share > your tree with family and friends. Learn more: > http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 > > > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! - Get yours free! http://my.yahoo.com