Daniel Boone

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'''Daniel Boone''' (1734-1820)
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'''Daniel Boone''' (1734-1820), American pioneer and hunter who became a folk hero, "...most famous for his exploration and settlement of what is now the U.S. state of [[Kentucky]]." (Wikipedia, "Daniel Boone")
  
Daniel Boone was born [[Oct 22]], 1734 in Exeter Township, Berks County, [[Pennsylvania]].
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Daniel Boone was born [[Oct 22]], 1734 in Exeter Township, Berks County, [[Pennsylvania]], the sixth child of Squire Boone (1696-1765) by his wife Sarah Morgan (1700-77).
  
Daniel Boone died, at the residence of his son Nathan, near Marthasville in [[Montgomery County, Missouri|Montgomery County]], [[Missouri]].
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Daniel Boone married Rebecca Bryan on [[Aug 17]], 1756 at the Yadkin River in Rowan County, North Carolina.  She had been born [[Jan 9]] 1738/9 in Frederick County, [[Virginia]] to Joseph Bryan and his wife Alee Linville.
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Daniel Boone and Rebecca Bryan had at least two children: Nathan and Jesse.
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Daniel Boone died, at the residence of his son Nathan, in Charette Village, near Marthasville in [[Montgomery County, Missouri|Montgomery County]], [[Missouri]] on [[Sep 26]], 1820.
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==Primary sources==
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*[http://www.arkansasties.com/Gazette/1820/1820November.htm ''Arkansas Gazette''], [[Nov 4]], 1820, hosted at Arkansas Ties dot com : "Died — at Charette village, (Mo.) on the 26th Sept. Col. Daniel Boon, in the 90th year of his age; he was a native of Bucks county, Pa. and as the first settler of the state of Kentucky."
  
 
==Secondary sources==
 
==Secondary sources==
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Boone "Daniel Boone"] at Wikipedia
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Boone "Daniel Boone"] at Wikipedia
  
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[[Category:Kentucky]]
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[[Category:Missouri]]
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[[Category:North Carolina]]
 
[[Category:Pennsylvania]]
 
[[Category:Pennsylvania]]

Latest revision as of 01:02, 17 September 2007

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