For those of you who descend from the once Quaker Welborns of Chester Co PA, to Baltimore co MD to Rowan Co NC and beyond, you might find this post of interest. Sure looks like your ancestors were pretty chummy with the family of Daniel Boone. And likely have some kinship to the Boones through the Whitakers who also married into the same families as did Welborns. We know that one William Crabtree was a noted Long Hunter, who trekked with Boone. This William Crabtree was kin to another William Crabtree who married A Teague and whose brother in-law was William Welborn b 1712 and married to Ann Crabtree). As history tells us many of the names of other men who trekked with Daniel Boone, Elisha Wallen have been lost to the ages. Wilburn/Wallens were allied families many times.. But of those whose names were recorded in journals from that era, where indeed related to both Welborn and Wilburn families. For example: Michael Stoner, was noted as actually being as knowledgeab! le as Boone was in his time. While tidbits are remembered of him, no books about him were ever written. But there did follow a Wilburn Stoner. Not surprising since many Wilburn families were pretty rugged guys themselves and most likely traveled in the same company and fashion and indeed many of these Wilburns, both men and women married into the same families. There was also A Wilburn/Champ marriage too. Champ himself was a noted hero and explorer in his time. And then there was Wilburn Waters, part Catawaga Indian, himself a noted explorer. And someone did write a book about him and his adventures. So when it came to settling the wilderness, our ancestors, were no slackers. Well, that's my thought for the day. Cheers always, Vikky http://genforum.genealogy.com/whitaker/messages/2666.html