Some comments here: >From the time I was just a kid growing up in San Diego, my father and his family claimed that our Wilburns trekked with Daniel Boone. (My Dad and his large family were from KY and southern IN.) Many years later, about the time I turned 50, I started calling up Aunts and Uncles with the intent of trying to learn everything I could about my ancestors. (All the questions, that I never thought to ask my Dad when he was still alive.). They repeated the story of Boone and our early Wilburn ancestors. In addition, I was told that our Wilburns came over from Wales and settled into Jamestown VA during the early 1600's. This information was handed down to them via their great Uncle Harvey Wilburn, who as a young man, served with the Union Forces during the Civil War. (Harvey Wilburn 1844-1936). According to my Uncle Charlie, Harvey repeated these stories before finally succumbing to his CIVIL WAR INJURIES, at AGE 92. (Indeed, that bit of information alone amazes me still.) Before the internet, when family researchers were contacting others via long distance phoning and snail mail, other Wilburns told me that they too, had been told that their Wilburn ancestors trekked with Boone into KY and TN. But alas, I could find no evidence that my own direct WILBURN ancestors ever connected with Daniel Boone and his family. BUT in over ten years of researching, I have come across other bits and pieces of evidence that does put other Wilburns in the company of Boone and his family and companions. For example: Thomas Wilburn and Zahariah Wilburn were both listed in Madison Co KY tax records in 1787. In addition, Zachariah Wilburn is noted as being Uncle of Polly Wilburn Champ. From the same Champ family that Boone trekked with for a number of years. (Zachariah Wilburn is the son of Edward S Wilburn who died in Surry Co NC in 1806.) A number of descendants of Edward S Wilburn left Surry NC and settled into Knox, Clinton and Cumberland KY and from there some went to Sangamon Co ILL, then into Iowa and beyond. Others left KY and lived in Jackson Co MO and then went to to TX, while some from this same family went to CA during the Gold Rush era c 1849. To my knowledge, the descendants of Edward S Wilburn (c 1730-1806) were the first Wilburns to settle into California. One thing that I have learned during my years of research is that many families who Wilburns married were indeed, noted Long Hunters. As I suspect that were some Wilburns also. There is an interesting Long Hunter website. Lots of veteran researchers and more than a few scholars share their research. I lost track of this website, when I moved this past year, but I am certain that it can be easily found by punching in the name LongHunter. John Van Groser has a Hays connection to the Boone family so I thought that I would post this accordingly. Cheers again. Vikky http://genforum.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/pageload.cgi?isbell::boone::1935.html PS, Please let me know if you find this kind of information of interest. If so, I will continue to post other tidbits of information. Unless, I get some feedback, I don't know what is of interest and what is not. Thanks. vikkyA@msn.com