In the spring of 1787, Bazel Boren is enumerated with his brothers John and William in the Davidson County, Tennessee, tax list, but shortly thereafter, removed with his family to Bryan’s Station, Kentucky where he resided until 1789, near his father‑in-­law, Morgan Bryan II. Little is known of his activities hero except for the following: “Petition No. 54…Your petitioners are induced again from the hardships and disadvantages they labor under; by being con­nected with the county of Bourbon. Your petitioners live in the Limestone settlements near the Ohio River and are detached from every other inhabitant of said county - at least thirty miles, ex­cept a small settlement at the Blue Licks, etc…We your peti­tioners therefore do pray that a division of said county be made...from Blue Licks...to Russell County line...to Boon’s Creek…to Stoner’s Fork…to the Kentucky River…etc.” 40 The above petition was dated August 25, 1787 and signed by, among others, “Bazal Borns”. The following letter was written while Bazel Boren yet resided in Fayette County near Bryan’s Station, and is self-explanatory: “Five pound reward. Edward M. Dole left Cumberland on the 10th inst. (February) with a horse which he stole (description of horse and man follows)…whoever apprehends is the said thief and horse, and secures them so that the owner may, get his horse again, shall receive the above reward; or if the thief he committed to jail, and the horse delivered to the care of Mr. Morgan Bryan of Fayette County, or Sir. Andrew Laver of Linn County shall rec­eive the reward (signed) John Boren.” 41 The year 1790 saw Bazel Boren back in Tennessee, active in civil and military affairs too numerous to recount in this limited space. In 1791, following the organization of Tennessee as a territory with William Blount as governed the following record is noted: “Gen. Daniel Smith, 1791, Mar. 7 - June 14 at the treaty ground (King’s Mountain). List of persons appointed by Governer Blount and changes in military and civil officers in Tennessee: Bennett Searcy, Thomas Johnson 42...Samuel Donelson, Henry Johnson (father of Thomas), John Montgomery, Basil Boran...”43 In ???? Tennessee was formed into a state and a constitutional convention was held at Knoxville, and the delegates to the conven­tion from Robertson Country newly formed, were: Thomas John­son, James Ford, William Fort, William Prince and Robert Prince. No mention is made of Bazel Boren, but a notation in the Robert­son County, Tennessee court record states: “and that Bazil Boren be appointed a delegate to the Constitutional Convention at Knoxville…” with no further mention of whether or not he at­tended. What is known is that Bazel Boren was appointed at this conven­tion as the first justice and register of the newly formed Robert­son County, Tennessee, together with his brothers William, John, Stephen and Moses who all held some office, as did his brother Francis Boren. Stephen and Moses Boren were the first con­stables. 44 The following letter (paraphrased) was written to Morgan Bryan II by Mary Bryan McMahan, sister of Susannah Bryan Boren: “To Mr. Morgan Bryan living in Virginia (Kentucky) Fayette County near Lexonton These North Carolina Roan County September the 16th 1793 Honoured Father and Mother I gladly embrace this opportunity of letting you know that we are all in good health at present. We received your letter by the hand of Mr. Enoch Bryan hearing of your health gave us much Satisfaction also hearing of piece and plenty in your parts of the Country…Weather very bad the wet not permitting us to work our crops…vet we are blest with plenty…I received a letter from Bazel Boren with much satisfaction dated June the 29 which says they are all well…your affectionate children till death Samuel McMahan and Mary McMahan Please to let brother Morgin know that I have sent to him by Enoch Bryan three dollars and a half…rental monies, etc.”45 In 1800, Morgan Bryan, Susannah’s brother, sold the last of his land in Tennessee to Bazel Boren.46 Bazel continued to be the dominant figure in county records of Robertson County, Tennes­see, until the clear 1809 at which time he resigned his commission as register and removed faith his family to Johnson County, Illinois. The children born to Bazel and Susannah Boren were as follows: 1) Mary born Sept. 1778, md. 10 Jacob Young 2) Willis Boren (son of John Boren and Sarah Alley; Willis died in Utah). 2) Sarah (Sally) born 1785, md. William Dorris 3) John md. Lydia Chapman 4) Nancy md. James W. Hogan 5)Susannah md. William Spears 6) Martha 7) Morgan Bryan Boren born 1795, md. Anne Lathum, died 1851. 8) Bazel Jr. md. Cassandra Boren, sister of Willis. 9) Tinney 10) Rebecca born 15 May 1807 Robertson County, Tennessee died 9 June, 1868 in Texas; md 1) Lewis Lathum 2) James Kolb 11) Coleman Bryan born 14 Oct. 1808 Robertson County, Tennessee, died 13 May 1858, Provo Utah: md. 1) Malinda Keller, 2) Flora Maria Kingsley. 12) Mourning md. Matthew Waters, Jr. in McCracken County, Kentucky. There may have been other children. Some sources list Israel Boren as one who accompanied his sister Rebecca (names for Daniel Boone’s wife) to Texas and there married a Commanche Indian woman. He was supposedly hanged for having murdered a man with an axe during a feud. Bazel Boren resided in Johnson County, Illinois, until his death, which occurred in 1812. His wife, Susannah, petitioned for the care of the “two infant children, Mourning and Coleman”. The climax to Bazel Boren’s career as a Long Hunter and explorer came about when Daniel Boone, on a return visit to Kentucky in 1810, set out to locate all of his old friends and companions, such as Michael Stoner in Wayne County, Kentucky, and Simon Kenton in Indiana. On this visit, Boone stopped at the home of Bazel Boren in Illinois and before leaving, left Bazel his trusty old dog “Neddy”, named no doubt for Boone’s brother, Edward “Neddy” Boone who was killed by Indians in 1780. The old dog gained fame when he “saved the early settlers from marauding panthers.” 47 The author of this account is the grandson of William Coleman Boren, son of Coleman Bryan Boren, who in turn was the youngest son of Bazel and Susannah Boren. Bazel Boren’s grave has never been located, and while his widow was residing in Union County, Illinois in 1818, she was absent from the 1820 census. Coleman Boren married as his first wife, Malinda Keller, born in Rowan County, North Carolina. These had met at a dance in Un­ion County, Illinois and were married there in 1830. Shortly thereafter, Coleman Boren joined the Mormons and suffered the persecutions endured by them in Missouri. He was appointed by Brigham Young as President of the Pisgah (Iowa) Branch of the Church and came to Utah in 1851 settling in Provo, Utah Valley. Here he died in 1858 after serving in the Indian wars. His second (polygamous) wife was Flora Maria Kingsley, who was the great grandmother of this writer. The Boren family is steeped in the traditions of pioneering and exploring. Coleman Boren named one of his sons Albert Boone Boren, in honor of Daniel Boone, and this family pioneered Utah, Arizona and points west. Francis Boren, brother of Bazel Boren, was the grandfather of Carson Dobbins Boren, founder of Seattle, Washington. Other Boren’s were pioneers of Texas, California, Oregon; and numerous descendants live in these regions today. The Boren families, whose traditions originate in Southwest Virginia, have not been well known, but will, because of their accom­plishments, not soon be forgotten. Footnotes 1) Cavaliers & Pioneer of Virginia; wills of Currituck Co.. N. C. 2) Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, Maryland: Liber 12, Eolio 589. 3) John Boreing, Maryland Planter, Edwin G. Boring, typescript, copies in Virginia State Library and Maryland Archives. 4) Reubin Boren of Baltimore County, Maryland, son of Thomas Boren and Elizabeth Welsh, and a great-grandson of John Boreing; married Miss Vaughn, daughter of Abraham Vaughn and Edith Gist, she being a granddaughter of Christopher Gist, Sr. and a niece of Nathaniel Gist companion of Daniel Boone. 5) History of North Carolina. Ashe, Vol. 1, p. 282. 6) ibid. p. 277 7) Report of Bureau Ethnology, 1898, Mooney & Payne mss. p. 108‑109. 8) American Heritage Service, Vol. 1, (1967). 1755 tax list. 9) Abstracts Minutes Court Pleas and Quarter Sessions. Orange Co., N. C. 10) ibid. 11) Colonial Record of North Carolina, Saunders, Vol. VIII. Prefatory notes. 12) ibid. 13) Wells and Allied Families, Guy H. Wells, Milledgeville, GA. p. 73. 14) Orange County, N. C. Will Book A., p. 188. 15) ibid. p. 93 16) Charles Kilgore of King’s Mountain, Hugh M. Addington, 1935. 17) Orange County, N. C. tax list 1755, op cit. 18) Reminiscences of Peter M. Wentz, Provo, Utah, who married a granddaughter of Bazel Boren: “Bazel Boren was a short, heavy set, dark-complected man” 19) Further information on these men can be obtained in Historical Sketches of South­west Virginia. Southwest Virginia Historical Society Publication No. 5, March 1970, “The Long Hunters” by Emory L Hamilton. 20) George Bryan of Paris, Kentucky, Draper Manuscript Collection, Wisconsin Histor­ical Society (George Bryan was the brother‑in‑law of Bazel Boren). 21) Washington County, Virginia, deeds. 22) “Daniel Boone. An Account of His Adventures,” published in Early Indiana Trails by Hon. O. H. Smith, 1858; originally presented in Family Magazine, 1836. 23) ibid. 24) William English’s Tax List of New River Tithables, Virginia State Library. 25) Land grant and deed records, Washington County, Virginia; surveyors records, 1782. It is also interesting to note that “Huston’s Fort” was erected by Wm. Huston (1757 - ?), great-great uncle of Gen. Sam Houston of Texas. Mary Houston, sister of James Houston, married Joshua Boren of Watauga, Tenn. 26) J. & D. Bradford vs. Abraham McClelland, Hughes, Ky. Reports, p. 195; “And the deposition of Daniel Boone was read, in which he states that he located a preemp­tion of 1,000 acres…to include a camp made by himself and William Bryant (sic) on the north side of the Elkhorn…”etc. The deposition further states that said camp was made prior to 1775, and perhaps as early as 1773 the site had been visited by them. 27) Tennessee Cousins. Worth S. Ray, p. 393. 28) Draper Manuscript, 22C - 22. 29) Bazel and Stephen Boren were among the first lot holders here. The county was named for Col. John Montgomery who visited the site with Boren and Mansker in 1775. 30) Picturesque Clarksville. Past & Present, p. 11. 31) Washington County. Virginia court minutes, 1777. 32) Draper Mss., op cit., William Bryan was married to Mary Boone, sister of Daniel Boone, while William Grant married Elizabeth, another sister. Edward “Neddy” Boone, brother of Daniel Boone, married Martha Bryan, sister of the Bryan brothers. Edward Boone was killed by Indians in the fall of 1780. 33) Surveyor’s Entry Book from 1780, Washington Co., Virginia, p.33. 34) ibid. p. 36 35) ibid. p. 40. This is where Thomas Kilgore and Bazel Boren first camped in 1769. 36) ibid. p. 46. Y Thomas Alley was a brother and Peter Alley the father of Sarah Alley, wife of John Boren. 37) Washington County, Virginia court minutes, 1782. 38) Caswell County, N. C. tax list 1777, Gloucester District: Susannah Boran, widow of Joseph Boran; James and William Boran (sons of Joseph); and William Boran, “son of Charles Boran.” 39) Court Records, Mero District, North Carolina. 40) Filson Club Publication No. 27 (KY). 41) The Kentucky Gazette. Lexington, KY, March 7, 1789. 42) Bartlett Searcy was one of those who was captured with Daniel Boone in 1778 and carried to Detroit but was later released. Thomas Johnson was the father of Cave Johnson, postmaster general in President Polk’s cabinet. 43) Draper’s Tennessee Papers, Wisconsin Historical Society, 4 XX 22. 44) Robertson County, Tennessee court minutes, 1796. 45) The John D. Shane Papers, Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA, Mss. Sh 18 B 8455. 46) Henry County, KY deed books, 1800. 47) Letter of Judge Alley D. Boren of San Bernardino, CA, a grandson of John Boren and Sarah Alley.