Pat Curtis: These URLS are contain some interesting information and a look at the BOONE Home in Missouri. http://www.mendenhall.org/mfa/faqs/index.html Mendenhall Family FAQs "How is the Boone Massacre connected to the Mendenhall family?" Richard Mendenhall, son of Mordecai Mendenhall and Charity Grubb Beeson was born 01 Nov 1737 in Orange Co, VA. He died 10 Oct 1773 in Lee Co, VA. Richard was part of a scouting party led by James Boone, son of Daniel, which was ambushed by Indians at Wallens Creek, VA. During the American Revolution Daniel Boone made arrangements to sell what property he could not move with him and persuaded some of his wife's family, the Bryans, to join him on a trip to claim new land in Kentucky. He was joined by his brother, Squire, Squire's wife, Jane, and their three children, along with Benjamin Cutbeard and his wife, who was a niece of Daniel's. Making a total of five or six families, along with about 40 men who each had a horse or two to help carry all the supplies. Among these 40 men were John and Richard Mendenhall. Richard was 36 years of age and John, a first cousin, was 25. The party left the Yadkin on 25 Sep 1773. When they reached Wolf Hills, now Abingdon, VA, Daniel sent his seventeen year old son, James, along with John and Richard Mendenhall to go to Castle Woods, which was off the trail to the north about 25 miles. They were to pick up supplies and meet the main party further west. The main party would follow the old wilderness trail, through Moccasin Gap, over Wallens Ridge at a point about 10 miles east of the Cumberland Gap, where they would make camp and leave the women and children to rest until James and the Mendenhall party overtook them. They feared that if the Indians would attack it would be in that area and for protection they wanted the party to be together. Upon arriving at Captain Russell's home on the Clinch River, Henry Russell, the seventeen year old son of Captain Russell, a man by the name of Isaac Crabtree and two Negro slaves named Charles and Adam, joined James Boone and Richard and John Mendenhall to help out with the supplies and farm tools. Captain Russell himself said he would follow along later as he had some necessary work to do at home before leaving. He would join David Gass who lived eight miles down the Clinch River. James Boone and the Mendenhall party set out on 8 Oct 1773, following the old Fincastle Trail down past David Gass's place and crossed Clinch River at Hunters Ford, now Dungannon. From that point they passed through Rye Cove and took the Wilderness Trail over Powell Mountain to the head waters of Wallens Creek. James and his companions could see signs, probably made by his father's party and he knew that the place of rendezvous was but a few miles ahead. However, darkness overtook them and fearing they might lose their way, they set up camp the evening of 9 Oct. Early in the morning of the 10th, Indians rushed up with knife blades raised and guns cracking. A man by the name of Drake and Richard Mendenhall were killed out right. James Mendenhall crept off mortally wounded. He had been attacked by a big Indian who he knew to be Big Jim, a Shawnee, who had roamed the Yadkin Country and had pretended to be a friend of his father. Henry Russell was shot through the hips and brought down. All in the party were killed except Isaac Crabtree and the two Negroes slaves, Adam and Charles. **************************** Because I wanted you to see the Daniel Boone home in Missouri, I did a SEARCH, so see some of the URLS, which came up! (This is near St. Louis, Missouri.) However, the first URL will start in Berks County, Pennsylvania. http://www.berksweb.com/boonetext.htm Daniel Boone, Berks County, Pennsylvania; - LINKS, also http://www.slfp.com/BooneHome.htm Experience Missouri's Frontier at Daniel Boone Home By Betty Magrath, SLFP Photos by Bob Moore, SLFP C 1998, Saint Louis Front Page http://www.aesd.edu/Picture%20File/Boone/pages/Front%20of%20Boone's%20house% 20in%20Missouri_jpg.htm Boone's house in Missouri http://www.bocomo.org/dboone.htm Historical Information on Daniel Boond http://www.conservation.state.mo.us/kids/out-in/1998/1/3.html The Daniel Boone Families Come to Missouri Violet Moore Guy O1/21/2005 -----Original Message----- From: Pat Curtis [mailto:anglers@bullshoals.net] Sent: Friday, January 21, 2005 4:40 PM To: QUAKER-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Q-R] Daniel Boone Willow, Daniel Boone was an American pioneer, who played a major part in the exploration and settlement of Kentucky. In 1753 his family settled on the Yadkin River in what is now North Carolina. Daniel BOONE along with his son Israel BOONE, Colonel CALLAWAY, Mike STONE, Captain TWITTY and his servant, Sam, Felix WALKER and other road makers built "The Wilderness Road" from North Carolina to Kentucky and the town at the end of trail was named "Boonesborough,KY" after Daniel Boone. While Boonesborough was not the first town in KY we find that in June 1774, Boone assisted in laying of the first inhabited town at Harrodstown, now Harrodsburg, on the fork of Salt River, now in Mercer County,KY. Daniel Boone was lean, but not very tall and he never wore a coonskin cap nor was he the first white man to go into KY. He was the first to explore it thoroughly. When Daniel Boone was almost twenty-one, he was five feet eight inches tall, with broad shoulders, thick chest, and narrow hips. He was a good wrestler, runner and jumper. His hair was dark, and his eyes were blue beneath yellowish eyebrows. He had a slightly hooked nose, thin lips, a wide mouth, and ruddy skin. He always wore a felt hat. Possibly he felt more convertible with a brim over his eyes. Daniel Boone never made any profession of religion or united with any church. Pat C ----- Original Message ----- From: "Willow and Damien Aliento-Prokop" <willowa@nor.com.au> To: <QUAKER-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 6:24 PM Subject: [Q-R] Daniel Boone > > Hi there, > I've got a bit of notes about Daniel -- he was related to the Eastern > Cherokee, and his family moved out to KY/TN around the time of the bid > for the state of Franklin, and settled in Ky afterward. There's no > indication he's Jewish, but was probably part Indian. That was fairly > common back then. > > I can find more detail on him if you like, > blessed be, > willow > > (Quaker roots -- DeCou, Ashton, Bloome and others plus > Metis and families including Labissoniere/Marchand/Benoit/LaLiberte/ > etc Canada/QC, > Tadlock/Bourland KY/CA, Collett MO, > McDiarmid/Henderson -- Isle of Skye Scotland/Ontario, > Palatines - Dachstader, > Loyalist - Stevens, > DAR (eligible non-member) -- Hibbett VA and many more) > > > ==== QUAKER-ROOTS Mailing List ==== > HOW TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS LIST: Send an email to: > QUAKER-ROOTS-L-REQUEST@RootsWeb.com > The ONLY word in your message should be UNSUBSCRIBE. > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.7.0 - Release Date: 1/17/05 > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. 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