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Draper Manuscript Informationa Page 1 of 4 pages DRAPER Mss 8 C 11 Lyman C Draper ) Madison,blis. ) N. C. Calahaln, Davie Co, July 17th 1884 Dear Sir: I recd. your letter of June 5th & also the book you sent, for which I am very much obliged. I would have answered sooner but have been trying to get up some in- formation that might be of some interest to you. I will send you a history of Col. Daniel Boone & his ancestors & c written many years ago, which per- haps will give you more infor- mation than I, or any one could write. I will say however that Squire Boone, father of Daniel Boone, settled on the Yadkin river at a place known to this day as Boone's Ford. Col. Daniel Boone, when he left his father crossed over on the west side of the river & moved up the MME CO. PUBLH' USPAW river about 30 miles & settled MOCKSvq.LF, NQ DRAPER Mss 8 C 11 in the bend of the river near where Huntsville, a little village in Yadkin Co. now is. - Dutchman & Sugar Creeks are west of the Yadkin river & from where he settled, in some places it is from 15 to 20 miles distance. Dutchman Creek is a low swampyedly running stream & the Lick you spoke of is supposed to have been, about the bend of the river where he set - tied & where Conrad's lime kiln is now operating. Holden & Cooley whom you mention, are not known, & are supposed to have been killed by the Indians in some of Boone's expeditions. And the Nail you enquired of was Phillip Nail, a young man at the time, & accompanied Col. Daniel Boone in his first trip over the mountains. He came back, & was generally known as "Indian Fil". He sickened & died & was buried at a place where Bethel Church was years afterwards Page 2 of 4 pages OaVIE CO. PUBUC LIBRARY MOCKBVILL.E, - NC Page 3 of 4 pages DRAPER Mss 8 C 11 built. Daniel's father, mother & bro- ther John were buried at an old Presbyterian Church called Joppa, about one mile north west of Mocksville. His brother John however married & settled on Hunting Creek, then Rowan Co, but now Davie, north west of Mocksville about 6 miles & raised several sons & daughters, & Jas Penry married his daughter Hannah and has several children living here now who are grandchildren of John Boone. His daughter Elizabeth married Samuel Little & raised a family of children which all emigrated West. When Elizabeth died, was buried at old Beal Church, Methodist - the first built in the fork of the Yadkin, about 8 miles N.west of Mocksville. John Boone a brother of Hannah & Elizabeth, a son of John Boone married a widow Wells, & moved to the western part of Tenn. Gibson County where he died. DAVIE CO. PUBLIC L"May MOCKSV4191 ; �c AP DRAPER Mss 8 C 11 He has several children in Tenn. If I knew more would be glad to assist you. However if you desire to make other enquiries I will answer if possible. Again thanking you for your History. I am yours & c. Beal I,james Page 4 of 4 pages M,V1E CO• PUBLIC LISRARY tA,OCKS:VtLLE,. NG t DRAPER Mss ' 10 C 37 Lenoir, N. C. Jany 30,1888 Dr. Lyman C. Draper, My Dear Sir: Mrs. Spainhour and myself visited the Daniel Boone localities in Wilkes County North Carolina Sept 20-28 1887. Daniel Boone's house for several years previous to his departure for Kentucky on May 1, 1769 was situated one quarter of a mile from Hollman's ford on the Yadkin river In Wilkes County, N.C. and eight and a quarter miles south west from Wilkesboro, N. C., the county seat. The house was built of round logs, chinked and duabed 16 X 18 with doors on each side, one looking east the other west, the chimney at the south end of the house toward the river, three of the corner stones are yet in tact while the other has been moved, the burnt stones of the chimney are scattered, but the foundation stones are yet in the ground and from appearapces the chimney was eight feet by'three feet. The house. Page 1 of •9 pages DAVIE: CO. PUBLIC LIBRARY MOCKSVILLEs NC Page 2 of.9 pages DRAPER Mss 10 C 37 was situated on the slope of the hill about forty feet above the level bottom land of the Yadkin river, in full view of about a thousand acres of fine bottom lands, A fine spring of fresh pure water Is situated about fifty yards west of the house place, and is known as Boone's spring. Around the house place, a parallelogram of 250 feet is plainly marked showing that the land has been cleared for a long time, the lands around are cleared now and have been for many years, but this particular spot shows a tramped appearance, from long usage, even the grass looks different. The hill on which the house was located fronts or slopes South, towards Hollman's ford on the river. DAVIE CO. PUBLIC UB1i W MOCKSVlLLE, N0 Page 3 of 9 pages DRAPER Mss 10 C 37 No 1. of the pictures sent you gives a faithful representation of the hill on which he risided, and the hill on the right made memorable during the late civil war by a band of marauders who were a terror of the county around, committing depredations of all kinds on the citizens. It was named Fort Hamby , as the building was owned by Hamby. They were final- ly surrounded by about sixty men from Caldwell, Alexander, Watauga and Wilkes Counties, they surrendered and as the men were marching up to the house, the marauders fired on them killing six and wounding others, but little quarter was shown them then and they were soon disposed of. No 2 of the illustrations is Hollman's ford on the river. Why it was named Hollman's I could not find out from any of the residents living there now. It would have QAVIE CO. Pusuc Limity probably been called Boone's ford M.00KSMU% g Or. Page 4 of 9. pages DRAPER Mss 10 C 37 but from the fact that there was already a Boone's ford on the Yadkin river near the residence of Squire Boone, which is now in Davie County, N. C. FRom this home of Boone he went to his various camps where he had small log huts erected - they were erected at -or near the mouth of Beaver Creek, 6 miles from his home; near the mouth of Elk Creek, 8 miles from home; near the Deep Gap in the Blue ridge, 10 miles from home; and near Boone's Gap In the Brushy mountains, 8 miles from home; there were other camps down the river, but not definitely located, from near one of which the romantic story of his sighting by torchlight the beautiful face of Rebecca Bryan is said to have occured, this camp is said to have been located a few miles below Wilkesboro. Illustration No 3. is a distant QAVIE CO. PUBLIC LIBIIAV view of Onion Knob which is MOCKSVIUA No Page 5 of ;9 pages DRAPER Mss 10 C 37 located due east from Boone's Gap in the Brushy mountains and was taken on the way Boone must have crossed going from his home on the Yadkin river to his camp on Boone's fork of Warrior Creek. Illustration No 4 is a rear view of Boone's camp on Boone's fork of Warrior creek, one mile below Boone's Cascade on the same stream. The burnt stones of his old chimney are near the tree to the left. The stream in the background is Boone's fork of Warrior's Creek.And runs due North from Boone's Gap, as far as the camps. Civilization has not changed the appearance of the wild scenery around this spot. Boone's Cascade. Illustration No 5, is Boone's Cas- cade on Boone's fork of Warrior creek, one mile north of Boone's Gap, and one mile south of Boone's Camp. The water falls 90 feet over an incline OWE CO. PUBLIC U13RARY MOCKSVI1XA No composed of solid granite. It is one of the wildest looking places I have ever seen and really beautiful. Page 6 of 9 pages. DRAPER Mss 10 C 37 The only change since Boone roamed over these grounds is a small mill, to grind corn, has been erected a little distance below the falls. Illustration No 6. is a near view of Onion Knob, taken west of the Gap, showing the Gap and Onion Knob to the east. The base of this mountain near where Illus- tration No 3 was taken 'is 940 feet above sea level, Boone's Gap is 860 feet above the base, and Onion Knob is 610 feet above the Gap, making Onion Knob 2410 feet high above sea level. The Indians commenced an excavation about 10 feet to the right of the chim- ney of the small cabin erected im- mediately in Boone's Gap. They struck a rock at a depth of two and a half feet and could not go any deeper. A singular digging im- plement made of stone was found on this rock, under the earth, with both the digging points broken off, it was about 6 inches OWE CO. PUBLIC UB11AWf MOCKSVILLF.a IVC Page 7 Qf. 9 pages DRAPER Mss C 37 across at the sharp points, and must have been about 11 inches at the digging points before it was broken. It is crudely shaped and worked. Stones were piled over this spot to the depth of 18 inches in the center and were 10 feet in diamenter but I learned afterward that there were two piles of stone originally of about the same size and one pile was thrown on the other for the purpose of erecting a chimney to the small cabin in the Gap. And it is thought that the grave is under the chimney. There were about 30personspresent at the excavation and it has been handed down in the different families represented there that Boone killed In this gap three Indians WH,which were buried by their companions at that place. It is said to have been named Boone's Gap because he was the first white man to pass through there and was a noted place in his hunting excusrsions. A few acres of land have been cleared immediately in the Gap. And the mountain OWE CO. QUBUC UMRY MOCKSVtI..I..E,, NC DRAPER Mss C 37 side to the south has been cleared for some distance, giving a very fine view of the country south and south east. The Gap is about 8 miles north west ( on an air line) from Taylorsville the county seat of Alexander County, N.C. There is scarcely any cleared land on the north side of the Gap for 21 miles. Squire Boone's grave (the father of Daniel Boone) is at Joppa Church in Davie County near Jerusalem post office. it has a soap stone slab erected at the head and foot. The following inscription is on the head stone, an exact copy. - SQUIRE BOON DEPARTED THIS LIFE IN THAY SIXTY NINTH YEAR OF HIS AGE. IN THA YEAR OT OVR LORD 1765 GANARY THA 2. Ganary tha 2 for January the 2nd. and has been marked with a stone similar to the one over Squire Boone's grave, evidently the grave of his wife, the stono has been broken into small pieces, and the letter B is the only letter that could be made out with Page 8 of 9 pages DAVIE CO. PUBLIC UBII W M.00KSVtLLEa NO DRAPER Mss C 37 certainty. Beside this last named grave is a grave stone of the same material without a name but has a tomahawk cut on it. Dr Draper, sent the of] sketches Jany 4, but had mislaid my notes taken on the trip, & could not find them until today. 1 hope the sketches reached you. With kind regards, Very truly J . W. Spainhour Page 9 of• 9 pages DAVIE CO. PUBUC UORARY MOCMVl11.E,. NC t ,o Mocksville, N. C. Aug. 21st 1884 Lyman C. Draper, Dear Sir: Today I irisited Sugar Creek and some of the oldest inhabitants in the immediate neighborhood. Sugar Creek has two sources; from the source of each spring to where they unite to form the main stream is about two miles and from thejunction to the mouth is a distance of four 2r. miles. It traveses one of the most fertile and beautiful sections of farming land in this part of the State. Some of the citizens say they remember when a road ran across this land known as the Daniel Boone road. The tradition is that Daniel Boone lived near this pat of Sugar Creek, killed CAVIE CO. PUBLIC -LIBRA MOCKSVILLE. NO deer, dried the meat in the sun, and ate without salt. I went to the place where I was told the Boone house once stood, the signs of which still remain. The land where the house is said to have stood is in cultivation and frown appearance has been for manor gears. The only evidence.. I could see of there having once been a house there was what seemed to be the site of an old chinane3r and some stones of a size and shape upon which it is customary here to place the corners of emall log buildings. It is also said that near this spot a box co tam some stone dishes was ploughed up, which were supposed to have been buried by Boone. Not more than a mile from the fork of the creek is living Hen Smith, a great grandson of Holden the companion of Boone. .-Smith has been an intelligent and prosperous farmer; but his plVeician informs me that he was stricken dog sometime since by paralysis, from the effects of which his OWE CO. PUBLIC LIBRARY ULOCKS.VILL 4 NO mind has become very much impaired, so that he would be unable to give any information concerning his great grand father, Ho,oll.den. There is a place on the upper waters of Dutchman Creek known as nThe Lick" where the early settlers are said to have gone frequently, for the purpose of killing deer. There was a comparW organized during the ]rate war for making salt at this lick; but the surrender came just about the time the compWW had ccammnced work: when farther operations were abandoned. It is thought by an aged and well informed citizen living not far from Summar Creek that Boones companions were Holden and Coon He sayer that some of the decendents of C are now living in a quaker town in Kentucky - the name of the town he does not remember. ]Qxs_ G., W,,,Wiseman, who also lives in the neighborhood of Ngar Creek_; tells (YAVIE CO. PUBLIC LOTAIV M,OCKSVLL E -a .NO me he has an arm chair which was once the property of Boone. Please accept thanks for the Wisconsin Health Report. With wishes for your success, I remain, Yours Truly James ReQuire geek is ten or twelve miles from the place mentioned by Mro H. H. Helor as having been at one time the house of Boone. VIE CO. PUBM USRW NA.nCKSVtLLF.a NO The new microfilm edition MANUSCRIPTS Describes the emerging American frontier and includes the records of the American Revolution and the conflict between Indians and early settlers. This new and enlarged edition from the holdings of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin contains • A new printed guide • Calendars for eleven of the series, six calendars now published for the first time on microfiche • hive printed volumes on the Ohio River Valley Gunder, reproduced un microfiche • A biography of Draper by William B. Hesseltine 491 volumes of documents collected by Lyman C. Draper Reproduced on 123 reels of microfilm MV,: CO. PUBUC USIVIO MOCKSVtLLE. No Chadwyck-Healey M one-of,the most famous collections of historical records of the -Revolution a the Westward Exuansi, ` y--prov�de `first-hand' accounts from- n en_and_wo 'men involved in the formative years of the Nation. _#y re,�ording ,�hpib4q�g'rQuind tg key.-,,� �-` events, they complement official al �- -Ile = historical'accounts�' ``�~ '` '� ; ,Tbey provide important biogr-aphical. -,�i-, OA o } ilitary figures, pioneers, =`Indian leaders and influential familie`so -- `.,('_«�They contain maps and genealogies, useful tQ. the local historian. This �vpw microfilm edition includes a more comprehensive guide and \ , calendars, making the manuscripts more accessible to the researcher. P �;-✓':t 'Y y�y _ ..a '�..i'i. �'+=„� o� GL "L^-'�p � r//1 }��f pAViE CO. MOGKSV►LLE+ OC Lyman Copeland Draper (1815-1891) Scope The 491 volumes in the collection divide into 50 sections, and reflect Draper's interest in the trans - Allegheny West, a region covering the western areas of the Carolinas and Virginia, parts of Georgia and Alabama, the entire Ohio River Valley and sections of the Mississippi River Valley. Earlier papers deal with New York and New England. The American Revolution and frontier conflicts between Indians and white hunters and settlers from the 1740s through the War of 1812 are particular features of Draper's collection. although they primarily reflect the progress of early American 'heroes', the papers offer new insights into Indian culture, black slavery and the role played by women on the frontier. Draper's method of recording the personal reminiscences of frontiersmen, soldiers and their descendents made him a pioneer of oral history. His transcripts were combined with correspondence, questionnaires, maps, genealogies, photographs, portraits, and private papers acquired from various sources. If official papers were not available to supplement these personal accounts, Draper would often laboriously transcribe whole documents. The New Edition and the 1949 Edition Not only is this new edition much enlarged, but it is also filmed to the high technical standards that can now be achieved using modern film stocks that were not available in 1949. There is a significant improvement in the legibility of the reproduction of the documents, and pnrohanern oh hr Io4V edit iuu «'Inicln will hove hnd hrnvy nuc ovrr the yca re will INC utile It, ,epl"Lc their reels with the new edition. Josephine L. Harper, reference archivist at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin (SHSW), has commented that the collection is used as extensively by researchers now as when it was first introduced, "The interest level in The Draper Manuscripts hasn't decreased at all—in fact it may have heightened. Hundreds, if not thousands, of books contain citation's to The Draper Manuscripts. Not a day goes by that we don't have three or four inquiries about material in the collection." Draper: A Pioneer Historian Lyman Copeland Draper (1815-1891) was fascinated by early American history from his childhood. As a young man, Draper began to write to Kentucky pioneers asking for reminiscences about life on the frontier. During his various careers, ranging from newspaper editor to land speculator, he pursued his interest in American history, and began to plan his own writings on Western history and biography. From 1843-1848 Draper travelled extensively throughout the southeast and middle states, filling many notebooks on the exploits of the frontier adventurers and collecting papers on such famous figures as Daniel Boone, and General George Rogers Clark. Draper moved to Madison, Wisconsin in the early 1850s and was appointed corresponding secretary of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin in 1854. Until his death in 1891 Draper continued to travel, correspond and conduct historical research into the exploits of America's early pioneers and militia. New Access Tools Guide The new Guide to the DraperManuscripts, written by Josephine L. Harper, archivist at the SHSW, contains more detailed and comprehensive series descriptions and a complementary index. In addition, four Appendices list additional personal data not mentioned in the series descriptions, as well as 575 maps and sketches collected by Draper, with details on the pressmark, cartographer, date and geographical locations. A detailed reel list for the entire collection is included. Harper's new guide replaces the former guide to the manuscripts The Descriptive List of Manuscript Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, fust published in 1906 and out of print since 1956. Calendars For researchers requiring more detailed information, this new edition of, the DraperManuscripts includes eleven calendars oil microfiche, six previously unpublished. Documentaries Five documentaries on the Ohio River Frontier defense, edited by R. G. Thwaites and L. P. Kellogg, with material selected from numerous Draper manuscripts are published on microfiche. Biography Pioneer's Mission: The Story of Lyman Copeland Draper is a full-length biography by William B. Hesseltine first published by the SHSW in 1954. Out -of -print in its original format, it is reissued on microfiche. DAVIE LC PUBLIC LIBRARY MOCKSVILLE„ NC Part of the Michigan and Missouri Territories at the confluence of the Mississippi and St. Peters Rimrs— now part ofMinneopolis. Drawn by T. E. flecklg 1821. 1. George M. Bedinger Papers KENTUCKY George Bedinger (1756-1843), Revolutionary soldier, Kentucky pioneer, and congressman, speaks of his early life in Boonesborough, his participation in Bowman's Ohio campaign, and his surveying trips. Also contains some of Bedinger's original correspondence and legal papers. Series A. One volume on 1 reel $60 2. Daniel Boone Papers KENTUCKY, MISSOURI Includes Daniel Boone's 1774 military account books and his Kentucky land survey notebooks. NORTII CAROLINA Also contains notes on Boone's ancestry, travel in Virginia, North Carolina, and Kentucky, later PENNSYLVANIA, VIRGINIA life, acquaintances, and descendents. Series C. 33 volumes on 7 reels $385 3. Draper's Biographical Sketches MASSACHUSETTS Biographical sketches from published material, which illustrate Draper's growing interest in NEW ENGLAND Colonial and Revolutionary history during the 1830s. Series P. 3 volumes on 1 reel $60 4. Draper's Life of Boone FLORIDA, KENTUCKY In this unfinished biography, Draper recounts the history of unsettled Kentucky based on Boone's NORTH CAROLINA activities up to 1779, and includes biographical sketches of daring Kentucky pioneers, and Boone PENNSYLVANIA, VIRGINIA genealogy. Series B. 5 volumes on 1 reel $60 5. Samuel Brady and Lewis Wetzel Papers PENNSYLVANIA Brady and Wetzel were two of the most noted scouts, spies, and Indian fighters during the VIRGINIA Revolution and postwar Indian conflicts. The papers include their letters, receipts, and business, legal, and military records as well as sketches by Draper on such notable Indian chiefs as Shingas, Tamaque, and Tanacharison. Series E. 16 volumes on 3 reels $165 6. Joseph Brant Papers CANADA Papers by and about the noted Mohawk chief Joseph Brant [Thayendanegeal (1742-1807). Draper NEW YORK documented Brant's ancestry, education and his leadership of the British Indians in New York and PENNSYLVANIA Pennsylvania during the Revolution. Bran's relations with other Indian leaders includipgthe Seneca, Mohawk, and Oneida tribes are documented, as well as tribes outside thoroquois Six Nations. Series F. 22 volumes on 6 reels PUBLIC u8R1t $330 ppV1E CO. NO 9. Brant Miscellanies MOCKSVILI.E. CANADA Pamphlets, periodicals, and newspaper clippings pertaining to Joseph Brant. This printed material NEW YORK PENNSYLVANIA was published 1837-1886, and includes biographical accounts of Brant, engravings, and a Brant genealogy. Series G. 3 volumes on 1 reel $60 8. Daniel Brodhead Papers 01.110 Brodhead was removed from his post of general in charge of Fort Pitt after allegations that he PENNSYLVANIA misused funds and supplies, but was later acquitted. His papers include copies of letters written to SOUTH CAROLINA Brodhead by George Washington describing Indian and military affairs in Pennsylvania. VIRGINIA Series H. 3 volumes on 1 reel $60 9. George Rogers Clark Papers ILLINOIS George Rogers Clark (1752-1818) was the most important military commander in the Western KENTUCKY oHro campaigns of the Revolution. This collection includes correspondence with Thomas Jefferson, OHIO Patrick Henry, and Benjamin Harrison; Clark's diary covering the years 1776 to 1778; and his famed `Memoir' that gives his recollections of campaigns from 1776 to 1779. Draper's extensive notes and correspondence with Clark relatives, friends and associates, and other historians are also included. Series J. 65 volumes on IS reels with calendar on microfiche $880 ILLINOIS 10. George Rogers Clark Miscellanies ILLINOIS Published materials on Clark, his heirs and associates. Military campaigns, land claims, and Clark's KENTUCKY OHIO contemporaries such as Patrick Henry and John Todd are discussed. Series K. 6 volumes on 1 reel $60 11. Jonathan Clark Papers KENTUCKY Clark (1750-1811), elder brother of George Rogers Clark, served as a colonel in the 8th Virginia VIRGINIA Regiment and major general of the Virginia militia. Included in the papers are family and military papers documenting the experiences of him and his brothers in military service during and after the Revolution. Series L. 2 volumes on I reel $60 12. W llllaiu Clurk Pupers ILLINOIS Papers of the elder William Clark (1777-1838), the youngest brother of George Rogers Clark, form INDIANA KENTUCKY the bulk of the series and pertain to his membership in the Illinois Regiment and service as MISSOURI commissioner, secreta of the governing board, andprincipal surve or of the Illinois � secretary g g y grant. Papers MISSISSIPPI of the younger William Clark (d.1791), first cousin of George Rogers Clark, include the diary NORTHWEST (1804) of Charles Floyd, who died on the Lewis and Clark Expedition, and a few later papers relating to Midwestern Indian affairs. Series M. 6 volumes on 1 reel $60 13. William Croghan Papers INDIANA, KENTUCKY Original diary entries, notebooks, and other correspondence of William Croghan (1752-1822), NEW JERSEY, OHIO PENNSYLVANIA another Revolutionary War officer. Croghan's manuscript diaries recount the siege of Charleston, SOUTH CAROLINA and his later encounters with the Marquis de Lafayette and members of the Washington, Ball and Q � y gt , , VIRGINIA Lewis families in Fredericksburg. Other papers concern Northern campaigns, family land investments, and the War of 1812. Series N. 3 volumes on 1 reel $60 14. Daniel and Benjamin Drake Papers OHIO The papers of Daniel and Benjamin Drake, distinguished brothers from Cincinnati, Ohio, mostly pertain to Ohio and include notes on Indian antiquities, historical writings, personal correspondence, and printed items. Series 0.2 volumes on 1 reel $60 15. Thomas Forsyth Papers ILLINOIS The papers of noted Midwestern fur trader and Indian agent, Thomas Forsyth (1771-1833), date I IOWA MISSOURI from 1804 to 1833 and include his observations of Indian language and customs, the fur trade in WISCONSIN PP� Valley, the Upper Mississippi Valle, and the War of 1812 in Illinois. Series T. 9 volumes on 1 reel $60 16. Josiah Harmar Papers KENTUCKY Correspondence, diaries, and other records kept by Josiah Harmar (1753-1813), a Pennsylvania PENNSYLVANIA TENNESSEE, VIRGINIA officer during the Revolution and postwar years, commander of the army on the Ohio frontier, and adjutant general of Pennsylvania. Series W. 2 volumes on 1 reel ' $60 u8�+.'� Owe co. QvB.tc MOCKSVVJ-4 �� 21. Robert Patterson Papers KENTUCKY Robert Patterson (1753-1827) was a soldier, magistrate, and frontier settler. He also participated in 01110 the founding of four cities—Georgetown and Lexington in Kentucky, and Cincinnati and Dayton in Ohio. Featured are original manuscripts recounting Patterson's military and political career as well as correspondence between Draper and Patterson's youngest son Jefferson Patterson. Series MM. 3 volumes on 1 reel $60 22. Potter Family Papers PENNSYLVANIA Letters, papers and land records, on a prominent Pennsylvania family, including those of Cumberland County sheriff John Potter (d.1757); his eldest son James (1729-1789), a well-known brigadier general in the Continental Army and politician; and James's son and namesake. The latter's papers include letters on land prospects, Western land investments, US foreign policy, and the Burr conspiracy. Series PP. 1 volume on 1 reel $60 23. William Preston Papers KENTUCKY The papers of William Preston (1731-1791), prominent frontier military leader throughout the TENNESSEE Revolution and a member of the House of Burgesses, include Preston's accounts of the Sandy VIRGINIA Creek Expedition, which ended in mutiny and desertion by most of the rangers, and of settlements, defense, and Indian relations on the Virginia frontiers during the 18th century. Series QQ. 6 volumes on 2 reels with calendar on microfiche $125 24. Rudolph-Ney Papers NORTH CAROLINA Correspondence and research materials investigating mysterious rumors connecting Peter S. Ney, SOUTH CAROLINA an eccentric school teacher in Virginia and the Carolinas, with Michel Ney, a French marshal who VIRGINIA was allegedly executed in 1815; and with Michael Rudolph, an American officer who reportedly disappeared in the 1794 West Indies shipwreck. According to one rumor, Peter Ney, when intoxicated, claimed to be General Ney, who had escaped the execution and fled to America. Draper uncovered a second rumor that Marshal Ney was actually Michael Rudolph, who had escaped the shipwreck and embarked upon a second military career in France. Series RR. 10 volumes on .3 reels $165 25. David Shepherd Papers VIRGINIA Military correspondence of the distinguished military officer David Shepherd (1734-1795), who commanded Fort Henry during the 1777 siege of Wheeling, led a regiment during Daniel Brodhead's 1781 campaign, and served as county sheriff and Virginia legislator. Contains significant papers on economic conditions and national politics during the Revolution and early national period. Series SS. 5 volumes on I reel with calendar on microfiche $70 IC U6�Y OAV1E CO. MOCKSPVtLLE, 17. William Henry Harrison Papers NORTHWEST Original correspondence, reminiscences, engraved portraits, and newspaper clippings on William Henry Harrison's participation in the War of 1812. Series X. 5 volumes on 1 reel $60 18. Thomas Spottswood Hinde Papers ILLINOIS There are accounts of daily frontier life in the papers of Thomas S. Hinde (1785-1846), legal clerk, KENTUCKY i uC UK newspaper publisher, land salesman, clerk of the Ohio House of Representatives, Methodist preacher, and author. His diary includes reflections on history, philosophy and religion. Series Y. 41 volumes on 6 reels $330 19. William Irvine Papers PENNSYLVANIA The papers of William Irvine (1741-1804) recount his military service as a brigadier general in the Continental Army and Washington appointee to command the defense,of the Northwestern frontier at Fort Pitt. Series AA. 2 volumes on 1 reel $60 20. Simon Kenton Papers ILLINOIS, OHIO This material on Simon Kenton (1755-1836), a noted scout and Indian fighter, includes PENNSYLVANIA VIRGINIA biographical sketches by other writers, correspondence with pioneers and Kenton descendents, narratives, and some original correspondence. Series BB. 13 volumes on 3 reels $165 21. Robert Patterson Papers KENTUCKY Robert Patterson (1753-1827) was a soldier, magistrate, and frontier settler. He also participated in 01110 the founding of four cities—Georgetown and Lexington in Kentucky, and Cincinnati and Dayton in Ohio. Featured are original manuscripts recounting Patterson's military and political career as well as correspondence between Draper and Patterson's youngest son Jefferson Patterson. Series MM. 3 volumes on 1 reel $60 22. Potter Family Papers PENNSYLVANIA Letters, papers and land records, on a prominent Pennsylvania family, including those of Cumberland County sheriff John Potter (d.1757); his eldest son James (1729-1789), a well-known brigadier general in the Continental Army and politician; and James's son and namesake. The latter's papers include letters on land prospects, Western land investments, US foreign policy, and the Burr conspiracy. Series PP. 1 volume on 1 reel $60 23. William Preston Papers KENTUCKY The papers of William Preston (1731-1791), prominent frontier military leader throughout the TENNESSEE Revolution and a member of the House of Burgesses, include Preston's accounts of the Sandy VIRGINIA Creek Expedition, which ended in mutiny and desertion by most of the rangers, and of settlements, defense, and Indian relations on the Virginia frontiers during the 18th century. Series QQ. 6 volumes on 2 reels with calendar on microfiche $125 24. Rudolph-Ney Papers NORTH CAROLINA Correspondence and research materials investigating mysterious rumors connecting Peter S. Ney, SOUTH CAROLINA an eccentric school teacher in Virginia and the Carolinas, with Michel Ney, a French marshal who VIRGINIA was allegedly executed in 1815; and with Michael Rudolph, an American officer who reportedly disappeared in the 1794 West Indies shipwreck. According to one rumor, Peter Ney, when intoxicated, claimed to be General Ney, who had escaped the execution and fled to America. Draper uncovered a second rumor that Marshal Ney was actually Michael Rudolph, who had escaped the shipwreck and embarked upon a second military career in France. Series RR. 10 volumes on .3 reels $165 25. David Shepherd Papers VIRGINIA Military correspondence of the distinguished military officer David Shepherd (1734-1795), who commanded Fort Henry during the 1777 siege of Wheeling, led a regiment during Daniel Brodhead's 1781 campaign, and served as county sheriff and Virginia legislator. Contains significant papers on economic conditions and national politics during the Revolution and early national period. Series SS. 5 volumes on I reel with calendar on microfiche $70 IC U6�Y OAV1E CO. MOCKSPVtLLE, A letter from Thomas Jefferson to George Rogers Clark concerning prehistoric animal bones found in Kentucky.First page of a letter f om Tecumseh to Draper, including a map of the battlefield where Tecumseh was killed in 1813. 26. Thomas Sumter Papers SOUTH CAROLINA Papers of the Campaign Leader, Thomas Sumter (1734-1832), the "game -cock of South Carolina". Included are original manuscripts of Sumter and his contemporaries, engraved portraits, business letters, and extensive Draper notes and correspondence. Series VV. 24 volumes on 7 reels with calendar on microfiche $430 27. John Cleves Symmes Papers KENTUCKY John Cleves Symmes, the elder (1742-1814), took a prominent role in the Revolutionary War and MISSOURI New Jersey politics. He also obtained from Congress a million acres of land between the Miami NEWJERSEY rivers on which the metropolis Cincinnati was developed. His nephew of the same name (1780 - OHIO 1829) served in the army in his early years. He later wrote and lectured about his theory that the earth was composed of concentric spheres and contained an inhabitable interior to be entered at either pole.CO. pUMjr, U13RARY Series WW. 4 volumes on 1 reel pp,V1E tVIOCKSVtLt_Es NC $60 28. Tecumseh Papers OHIO Tecumseh, the distinguished Shawnee chief and statesman, was killed as a British brigadier general in the War of 1812. Tecumseh (c.1768-1813) planned to stop white settlement through Indian confederacy, refusal to trade for alcohol, and adoption of a self-sufficient, agricultural life. To achieve this Tecumseh sought British approval, arms and advice. The papers feature Draper's notes and correspondence on Tecumseh's ancestr.►, career, and Indian associates and include papers gathered by Benjamin Drake, an earlier tiographer, of Tecumseh. Series YY. 13 volumes on 3 reels $165 s r I 1' Ii1.• G�:a1 �/ \'.1/I•�1111'Id%J � �II.I • /� �p ; ., General George Rogers Clark's "' �''^w«.. I ..►ter .. appeal to the British commander !t.=• �i � ` �,�`, � '�� for unconditional surrender. to Vincennes, 1779. `/.s sit t%s.- (/�tt✓rys4.� � � !� . 17 � ♦.t er•e.ff ir•. _ : Upper waters of the Clinch and Holston Rivers, Virginia. Drawn C', a by Daniel Smith, 1774. . /e.d, tom• tt .• •�n�, .�. � . . �• `'/Y! + �4— ! f� Imo• wr-o � ,WP�� WISCONSIN .0. 0 U04 Ae"I Regional: ♦ ��-..rte Anc G y OL Jc" �� kms• w4..4 he . 29. Border Forays Draper and Butterfield compiled a manuscript containing narratives of the Indian -white conflict on the the frontier from 1750 to 1782. Series D. 5 volumes on I reel $60 30. Frontier Wars Papers OLD NORTHWEST Original letters, journals, and other documents kept by participants in Indian wars in the West from 1754 until 1815. These papers deal with Old Northwest in the 1780s, 1790s, and the War of 1812, as well as other regions. Series U. 24 volumes on 6 reels with calendar on microfiche $355 31. Georgia, Alabama, and South Carolina Papers ALABAMA Genealogical data on several Georgia and Alabama families through correspondence dating from EORGIA CAROLINA 1852 to 1878, and George Stiggins's unfinished narrative about the Creek Indians. Also featured are letters and notes on William Candler, Elijah and John Clarke, Benjamin Few, Richard McGriff, and Micajah Williamson of Georgia; Alexander McGillivray, George Stiggins, and William Weatherford of Alabama; and Alexander Moultrie and Richard Winn of South Carolina. Series V. 1 volume on 1 reel $60 32. Illinois Manuscripts ILLINOIS Reminiscences of Daniel Boone in Missouri, comments of pro- and anti -slavery factions among Kentucky Baptists, Democratic national politics, and genealogical references are some of the topics discussed in this collection of letters written to Draper betty -.n 1842 and 1868 by several pioneer settlers, authors, and historians in Illinois. 01PNIE GO, pUBUC LIBRARY Series L. 1 volume on 1 reel 60 MOCKSVtLLE, NC $ 42. Tennessee Papers GEORGIA Early Tennessee settlers provided Draper with papers on their lives as pioneers, and accounts of KENTUCKY NORTH CAROLINA their frontier adventures. Pioneers' descendents also aided Draper in his research. Included are the TENNESSEE papers of several active participants in civil and military affairs affecting the development of VIRGINIA Tennessee, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina and Virginia: William Blount (1749-1800), Joseph Martin (1740-1808), James Robertson (1742-1814), and Daniel Smith (1748-1818). Series XX. 7 volumes on 2 reels with calendar on microfiche $145 43. Virginia Papers PENNSYLVANIA Eighteenth century documents concerning settlement, Indian relations, politics, and military events VIRGINIA on the Virginia frontier. They comprise Draper's unpublished revised edition of Joseph Doddridge's `Notes on the Settlements and Indian Wars of the Western part of Virginia and Pennsylvania, 1763-1783' and include biographical and historical notes. Series ZZ. 16 volumes on .3 reels with calendar on microfiche $180 GAVIE CO. PUB.UC UBRARY M.00KSVILLE, NO i 33. Kentucky Papers KENTUCKY Papers include 18th and 19th century manuscripts by Kentucky pioneers, land promoters, surveyors, historians, and others. Series CC. 37 volumes on 7 reels with calendar on microfiche $415 34. King's Mountain Papers SOUTH CAROLINA On October 7, 1780, 1,400 frontier troops from Virginia and North Carolina scored a victory over 1,000 Loyalist soldiers at King's Mountain, South Carolina. Draper, to mark the centenary of the battle, assembled and organized relevant papers before writing his book King's Mountain and Its Heroes. Series DD. 19 volumes on 6 reels with calendar on microfiche $365 35-37. The Mecklenburg Declaration, Papers and Miscellanies NORTH CAROLINA Includes the draft of a book by Draper, `The Mecklenburg Declaration: Its. Origin, History and Actors', claiming that Mecklenburg County residents adopted resolutions declaring independence from Great Britain in 1775; the `Mecklenburg Declaration Papers', the manuscript sources of Draper's draft; and the `Mecklenburg Declaration Miscellanies'—pamphlets, periodical articles, and newspaper clippings gathered by Draper. Series FF, GG and HH. 8 volumes on 3 reels $165 38. North Carolina Papers NORTH CAROLINA Original manuscripts of Revolutionary patriot Waightstill Avery (1743-1821), who helped to draft the Mecklenburg Declaration and the new North Carolina constitution pertaining to Avery's family life, military experience, and political interests. Series KK. 1 volume on 1 reel $60 39. Pittsburgh and Northwest Virginia Papers KENTUCKY These papers deal with the military commanders, heroes, and events in the Fort Pitt region during MARYLAND PENNSYLVANIA the Revolution. Included are original papers of five frontier soldiers: William Harrod of Pennsylvania and Kentucky, Virginia, gBradyVIRGINIA y y, John McCullock Sr. of West Vir 'nia Samuel and Hugh Brad of WEST VIRGINIA Pennsylvania, and Benjamin Biggs of Maryland and West Virginia. Also included is Draper correspondence with former pioneers and their descendents; narratives of Indian attacks, captivity, and torture; and genealogical materials. Series NN. 10 volumes on 2reels $110 40. South Carolina Papers SOUTH CAROLINA This manuscript deals with the exchange and relief of prisoners captured during the Revolution. Its articles are followed by the surnames of American officers imprisoned at Charleston, South Carolina. Captain Harman Davis's muster roll is also included. Series TT. 1 volume on 1 reel with calendar on microfiche $65 41. South Carolina in the Revolution Miscellanies SOUTH CAROLINA A collection of newspaper and periodical articles, circular letters, and pamphlets about South Carolina. Featured are clippings of biographical sketches of South Carolina women, a narrative of Horatio Gates's Southern campaign written by his former aide-de-camp Thomas Pinckney, and circulars by Thomas Sumter. Series UU. 2 volumes on 1 reel with calendar on microfiche ''`' $65 42. Tennessee Papers GEORGIA Early Tennessee settlers provided Draper with papers on their lives as pioneers, and accounts of KENTUCKY NORTH CAROLINA their frontier adventures. Pioneers' descendents also aided Draper in his research. Included are the TENNESSEE papers of several active participants in civil and military affairs affecting the development of VIRGINIA Tennessee, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina and Virginia: William Blount (1749-1800), Joseph Martin (1740-1808), James Robertson (1742-1814), and Daniel Smith (1748-1818). Series XX. 7 volumes on 2 reels with calendar on microfiche $145 43. Virginia Papers PENNSYLVANIA Eighteenth century documents concerning settlement, Indian relations, politics, and military events VIRGINIA on the Virginia frontier. They comprise Draper's unpublished revised edition of Joseph Doddridge's `Notes on the Settlements and Indian Wars of the Western part of Virginia and Pennsylvania, 1763-1783' and include biographical and historical notes. Series ZZ. 16 volumes on .3 reels with calendar on microfiche $180 GAVIE CO. PUB.UC UBRARY M.00KSVILLE, NO Draper's notes on his interview in 1845 with Racheljohnson, a black wonntan, allegedly 109years old, about the sieges of Wheeling (1772- 1782). .!j,►.� V..•f.r. oft a/li/l.. ,%p•�� P!.'fb&. I � , r d � � .... f•'.• A, � Ill �.,f �__ ..� /� L ;�'-c �� /r .: �- ' . �/Y.. � l :�"�_� F+� c� • , rf •,�J.. iw` Rl w,.. �__ c t'r -L- i�� , -e -.N = I. i. � 4 .! ♦.- .ri ��JL� �/l, �t`��i� `tel ga q ' •- � .. « _ _ t.., Cts/s)... � +n1d-.a•�.• 5:-� ✓j^ � G,,,�y' r Jc .J 1�'.. 1 •. r V� Lc:1t •..).r�! ' ovI'. - ta.�_ �!/N. �' C/i-J tiff dl A—� : � �-_ !•S. �F.r• , !I�':L� •i4...� [ a 1.�1a.71/a.f'p Cwo.�I J -L., ��..,,.� ///ta•► !['tC I.&-- ,7 x General0 : .r. 4.91111-/ ,s 44. Draper's Historical Miscellanies A variety of manuscripts, including personal paper, family documents, and acquisitions on various topics. Series Q. 8 volumes on 3 reels $165 45. Draper's Memoranda Books Notes on investigations, inquiries, and interviews to be accomplished on his research and collecting journeys. Series R. 3 volumes on I reel $60 46. Draper's Notes EASTERN STATES The many interviews with Western pioneers and their descendents from 1841, from Washington DC to Kansas, Mississippi to Ontario, made Draper a pioneer in the field of oral history. Also included are transcriptiuns from state and county archives, newspapers, and personal manuscripts. Series S. 33 volumes on 6 reels $330 47. London Documents at Albany NEW YORK Selections of transcripts of the Colonial Office papers, written between 1671 1778, in and the New York State Library. Series EE. 1 volume on 1 reel $60 48. Newspaper Extracts FRONTIER Copies, excerpts, and summaries of Western history from 18th century newspapers, 1846 mostly to 1848 in the Baltimore Library Company and Maryland Historical Society in Baltimore and the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia. Series JJ. 4 volumes on 2reels $110 49. Paris Documents at Albany WESTERN FRONTIER Transcripts of French documents which recount Indian and military events Western on the frontier, and date from 1718 to 1765. Series H. 1 volume on 1 reel O�P►V1E CO. PUBLIC L18R�4RY $60 MOCKSV1tL�, NO S0. Pension Statements FRONTIER Extracts from military service statements concerning the gRplsications of Revolutionary soldiers or their widows for federal pensions, with index by name of applicant. 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AH2 8.84 • • Alphabetical list of states, regions and countries and GeograpWcal eheekllst the series in which they are principally mentioned. • ALABAMA Georgia, Alabama and South Carolina Papers (3 1) CANADA Joseph Brant Papers (6) Brant Miscellanies (7) FLORIDA Draper's Life of Boone (4) FRONTIERS— American Newspaper Extracts (48) Pension Statements (50) Western William Clark Papers (12) NEW ENGLAND William Henry Harrison Papers (17) NEW JERSEY Frontier Wars Papers (30) Paris Documents at Albany (49) GEORGIA Georgia, Alabama and South Carolina Papers (3 1) Tennessee Papers (42) ILLINOIS George Rogers Clark Papers (9) George Rogers Clark Miscellanies (10) William Clark Papers (12) Thomas Forsyth Papers (15) Thomas Spottswood Hinde Papers (18) Simon Kenton Papers (20) Illinois Manuscripts (32) Draper's Notes (46) INDIANA William Clark Papers (12) William Croghan Papers (13) Draper's Notes (46) IOWA Thomas Forsyth Papers (15) KANSAS Draper's Notes (46) KENTUCKY George M. Bedinger Papers (1) Daniel Boone Papers (2) Draper's Life of Boone (4) George Rogers Clark Papers (9) George Rogers Clark Miscellanies (10) Jonathan Clark Papers (l l) William Clark Papers (12) William Croghan Papers (13) Josiah Harmar Papers (16) Thomas Spottswood Hinde Papers (18) Robert Patterson Papers (2 1) William Preston Papers (23) John Cleves Symmes Papers (27) Kentucky Papers (33) Pittsburgh and Nurtlrwest Virgiuiu Papers (39) Tennessee Papers (42) Draper's Notes (46) MARYLAND Pittsburgh and Northwest Virginia Papers (39) MASSACHUSETTS Draper's Biographical Sketches (3) MISSISSIPPI Draper's Notes (46) William Clark Papers (12) MISSOURI Daniel Boone Papers (2) William Clark Papers (12) Thomas Forsyth Papers (15) John Cleves Symmes Papers (27) NEW ENGLAND Draper's Biographical Sketches (3) NEW JERSEY William Croghan Papers (13) John Cleves Symmes Papers (27) NEW YORK Joseph Brant Papers (6) Brant Miscellanies (7) London Documents at Albany (47) NORTH CAROLINA Daniel Boone Papers (2) Draper's Life of Boone (4) Rudolph-Ney Papers (24) The Mecklenburg Declaration, Papers and Miscellanies (35-37) North Carolina Papers (38) Tennessee Papers (42) OHIO Daniel Brodhead Papers (8) George Rogers Clark Papers (9) George Rogers Clark Miscellanies (10) William Croghan Papers (13) Daniel and Benjamin Drake Papers (14) Thomas Spottswood Hinde Papers (18) Simon Kenton Papers (20) Robert Patterson Papers (2 1) John Cleves Symmes Papers (27) Tecumseh Papers (28) Draper's Notes (46) ONTARIO Draper's Notes (46) PENNSYLVANIA Daniel Boone Papers (2) Draper's Life of Boone (4) Samuel Brady and Lewis Wetzel Papers (5) Joseph Brant Papers (6) Brant Miscellanies (7) Daniel Brodhead Papers (8) William Croghan Papers (13) Josiah Harmar Papers (16) William Irvine Papers (19) Simon Kenton Papers (20) Potter Family Papers (22) Pittsburgh and Northwest Virginia Papers (39) Virginia Papers (43) Draper's Notes (46) SOUTH CAROLINA TENNESSEE VIRGINIA CAV1E Co. EUBUC UBKW MOCKSVtL.LE, NO WASHINGTON DC WEST VIRGINIA WISCONSIN William Croghan Papers (13) Rudolph-Ney Papers (24) Thomas Sumter Papers (26) Georgia, Alabama and South Carolina Papers (3 1) King's Mountain Papers (34) South Carolina Papers (40 South Carolina in the Revolution Miscellanies (4 1) Josiah Harmar Papers (16) William Preston Papers (23) Tennessee Papers (42) Druper's Nutcs (46) Daniel Boond'"apers (2) Draper's Life of Boone (4). Samuel Brady and Lewis Wetzel Papers (5) George Rogers Clark Papers (9) Jonathan Clark Papers (11) William Croghan Papers (13) Josiah Harmar Papers (16) Simon Kenton Papers (20) William Preston Papers (23) Rudolph-Ney Papers (24) David Shepherd Papers (25) Pittsburgh and Northwest Virginia Papers (39) Tennessee Papers (42) Virginia Papers (43) Draper's Notes (46) Draper's Notes (46) Pittsburgh and Northwest Virginia Papers (39) Draper's Notes (46) Thomas Forsyth Papers (15) Border Forays (29) Davie Co. Public Library DRAPER MSS Mocksville, KC. 8 C 11 11(2) "Daniel's father, mother & bro- ther John were buried at an old Presbyterian Church called Joppa about one mile north west of Mocksville. His brother John however married & settled on Hunting Creek then Rowan Co but now Davie north west of Mocksville about 6 miles & raised several sons & daughters & Jas Penry married his daughter Hannah and has several children living here 11(3) now who are grandchildren of John Boone. His daughter Elizabeth married Samuel Little and raised a family of children which all emigrated West. When Elizabeth died was buried at old Beal Church (Methodist) the first built in the fork of the Yadkins, about 8 miles N.West of Mocksville John Boone a brother of Hannah & Elizabeth a son of Jno Boone married widow Wells & moved to the western part of Tenn, Gibson County where he died. He has several children in Tenn." Again thanking you for your History I am yours & c Beal Ijames �7 ORVIS Will PUBM MOCKSvn.LF, NC 41 . of. Uayse Co. Public Likary MoCIC;.,)Vifle-, H. G. DRAPER MSS 8 C 16 June the 13th 1885 " also there are Signs of a lick on the West Side of Bear Creek, near where John Boone lived on the waters of Hunting Creek. The house that John Boone built and lived in is Still Standing and looks very Sound. John Boone was a brother of Squire Boone who was father of Col Daniel Boone. I don't know of any Boones in my county. There is a preacher by the name of T.A.Boone living at Oxford North Carolina, Granville County. yours truly Rverend V. Walker QAVIE CO. PUBLIC CROW MOCKSVIL.CQ MG Davie Go. Public [Afary Mochytfiie.D N. C. DRAPER MSS 8 C 21 Mocksville NC Feby 7th 1887 * * * * * * * * * * * * " and a little to the South West of the Squire Boone land is 640 acres of John Boone" "George Boone, Squire Boone, John Boone and Jonathan Boone were brothers" "Hunting Creek runs through the John Boone lands." "As a matter of course Daniel Boone was frequently on his uncle John Boones place and a Walker family and a Dwiggins family now reside on the John Boone land." Believe me to be yours most cordially H H Helper. GAVIE CU. PUBuc LIBRARY MOCKSVlLL% NO Davie Co. Public Library DRAPER MSS Mocksville, N. C. 8 C 23 (undated?) "John Boone Daniel's uncle lived & died on his 640 acres, lying both sides of Hunting Creek & only one mile to the south east of Daniel Boone's. John Boone was buried at Joppa near the grave of his brother Squire. The date of John Boone's death is blurred so that it cannot be read on the soap- stone slate which marks his resting place." seems to be the handwriting of D W Furches GAVIE CO. PUBLIC LOMW, MOCKSVRL% M DRAPER MSS Davie Co. Public library 8 C 61 mocksVille? N. C. Palestine, Texas Jari 18th 84(?) "about Col Daniel Boone he was my Mother's own uncle. - Her Father was named John Boone. I have often heard her speak of Uncle Daniel while he lived on the Yadkin river in N.C." Your friend James Penry Palestine Texas (?AMIE CO. PUBUC 13NOW MOCKSV"'% No DRAPER MSS One Co. Public Library 8 C 100 Mocksville, N. C. Mocksville Davie County,NC August 28,1883 " There were Bootie's four brothers: - George, Squire, John and Jonathan." "John Boone died possessed of his lands." "John Boone was a remarkable man in may respects. He was very muscular and endowed with great physical strength. He had seven living children at his death - to wit: - Hannah who married James Penry; Rebecca, who married John Frost, who was a Captain, war of 1812; Sarah, who married John Wilson; Elizabeth, who married Samuel Little; Nancy who married Jacob Clifford; John who married a sister of 100(2) Samuel Little is the father of 18 children, and who many years ago moved to Dyer County, Tennessee, where, and of whose children, you can obtain, possibly, important information rel- ative to the Boone Family; and Benjamin Boone who, it is believed, died early in life. Of this, however, I know nothing." "I knew James Penry and his wife Hannah well. They had 13 children and raised 11 of them. Their son James, now of Denton -County Texas, is, or was when he left N.C. one of the finest specimens of the genus homo you ever saw. He is 6 feet 4 or 6 inches, and he can, no doubt, give you more real valuable in- formation than any other person now living." 100(3) John Boone, brother of Squire Boone died, just one mile from my house, pos- sessed of land and Negroes. His strength, for a man, was almost unbounded. It is to this day, related of him that, on one occasion he heard one of his hogs squealing in a thicket up a branch which ran not far from his dweilling and on approaching it, found that a large panther had the hog in its deadly embrace, when and where, John Boone grasped a heavy pine -knot -with which he killed the panther after a terrible struggle. DAVIE CO. PUBLIC CJBMW MOCKSVtLLE„ NO • uavie Co. Public library DRAPER MSS Mocksville, N. C. 8 C 100 100(3) On another occasion when his boys were dragging barn logs from his bottom land by hitching the logs with a chain to the axle of.a wagon - a log was caught between two stumps diagonally making the log fast or fixed between the stumps whilst the boys were trying to release the log with hand spikes the old gentleman 100(4) came to the rescue. He ordered the boys to back the wagon on a little so as to loosen the chain when he ran one arm under the end of the log and lifted it entirely over the hinder stump." H H Helper DAVIE CO. PUSUC 13 r0,0CKSVtLL% NO Davie Co. Public library - DRAPER MSS fWlocksvi!!e, N. C. 8 C 112 Mocksville,NC January 16 1884 "There is also another stone which has been badly broken but still bearing the name "Boone". Yours very truly J A. Williamson GAV1E CO. PUBLIC ©a"W', MOCKSvtLLQ, 0 Uavle Co. Public library DRAPER MSS Mocksville, N. C. 8 C 189 Aug 18th 1883 I have searched the records from 1749 to 1831 in the books, and by Index and do not find the name "Boone" at all. very respectfully, John C. McLauchlin Clerk of Superior Court Anson County,NC OAV119 CO. RUBtJO 1391UN MOCKSVtu.E. NC WMksville, No Co August 240 1883 Dr. Ipmn C. Draper It dear Six: I could have sent you ere this some information relative to Daniel. Boone, but having been informed that Dr �„of Salisbury had the work in hand, as you will observe frau a note herewith from the S. Co Clerk, I gave the subject no further thought until the acception of your letters of the 14 & 15th instant. Today I send you a verbatim Ca;t of the deed from Squire Boone to his son- Daniel Foone;riand roughdila of the Boone aurv+ep►� containing 640 acres. The line drawl straight across the plat cutting off nearly one third of the survey shows the Location of the old Boone dwelling. It was located on a sloping piece of Land near a spring long since gene out of use. The building was of hewn logs from y- 22 to 18 inches face and it was 3.8 feet wide and 22 feet long 1 Cl F i0 IDAVIE t;V• ;.�fs�i'� LIt3K/1 a d 0 C p d► one story only - the roof was very sloping at an angle of about 60 degrees. It had but one door opening to the south; there was not a nail used in the building except those which held the door together, and they were made by a blacksmith - 18 nails in all; I think. The door was hung on wooden hinges- the floor was made of oak stuff; split and addzed down to a thiclniess of one and a half inches - The boards which covered this building were four long and fastened with wooden pegs. This building was occupied by rr grand-fatherff&er, UNTIL 1818, where my father build the present Helmer house. And if this is of any value tc yo -i. I mqr say that that was the haeme of Hinton Rowan Helper, the author, who is mit young brother. On next Monday I wM finish what Dr. IrIcQL:3.re and myself can tell you relative to the subject in hand meanwhile please write to the following persons for information. Daniel Nail, Litchfield, Montgomery County, Illinois now nearly 80 years o:" age. OAVIE CO. PUBLIC UBRAI' MOCKSVLLE, NG igjajM Cheshine, Pension Officer, Washington. Dr. Vbn. C. Councils Boons Watungu County, N. Co also write to Dr. Hookett of Wilkesboro, Wilkes County, N. C. and ask him to see the Finley & /Callaway and Bryan family for traditional information. .'.?ocksville, IT. C. August 27, 1583 Dr. Lyman C. Draper Dear Sir I am almost wholly gone physically as well as mentally by reason of disability received in the United States service during the late Civil war. Besides, not withstanding the fact I am nearly 62 years of age - I did not know a ru18 in the Ihglish or any other language. I merely mention these things for the purpose of re- questing you to excuse delay in answering your letters. Had I known in early age that the information you now seek would have been of importance I could have accumulated a vast amount of information now long since lost and forever to be lost, hosaibly. I should not have neglected in ny last Saturdays letter to have mentioned the size of the chimney built to the ppV1E CO. PUBIC; '_IdRARY mQCKSVgj.f' ALO old Boone house. It was seven feet in front tapering to sax at the bask, very deep and built of soap -stow and wood. A =03 buil�c3ing x lk stood hard bV built with sound post oak logs and used for a sitahen0 The floor vas of mother earth well packed dos, =ooth and hard. Some of the loge - post oak - were still in use - I mean of the Boone - as late as 1+81.1.1 the near nV grandmother, Cathee , He r.# deceased. They hafry all long since disappeared* Being too unwell to write more today vM on taenorrow write more, and to the point in question. Believe me, Yours vex7 truly H H Helper CO. PU� �L18R�RY pp�VlE Mo Cyag 1g. t- � A'� t'� MA`t �C�(14�/1 C S ol e Copyright Q 1983 by The State Historical Society of Wisconsin: All rights reserved. No portion of this Guide may be reproduced by any means, photographic or electronic, without the permission of the publisher, whose address is 816 State Street, Madison, Wisconsin 53706. The book may be ordered at the same address. The microfilm edition of the Draper Manuscripts and the microfiche of the Draper calendars and documentary series are also available for purchase. Please direct orders and inquiries to the Sales Department, Microfilming Corporation of America, 1620 Hawkins Avenue, P.O. Boa 10, Sanford, North Carolina 27330. Telephone toll free: 1-800-334-7501. Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data: Guide to the Draper Manuscripts. Harper, Josephine Louise. Includes index. 1. Draper, Lyman Copeland, 1815-1891—Manuscripts-- C talops. 2. West (U.S.) History—to 1848—Manuscripts---Catalogs. 3. West (U.S.) —History—to 1848—Sources--Bibliography—Catalogs. 4. State Historical Society of Wisconsin—Catalogs. I. State Historical Society, of Wisconsin. II. Tide. Z6616.D72H37 1983 [F586.D7] 016.978'02 82-19605 ISBN 0-87020-215-4 Printed in the United States of America PREFACE LTHOUGH more than ninety years have passed since Lyman C. Draper last browsed among his cherished manuscripts and notes on the western frontier prior to 1830, the resources he gathered for his own historical and biographical research comprise the most noted and widely recognized manuscript collection owned by the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. To meet the needs of current historical and genealogical researchers a twelve-year Bicentennial project has resulted in a new microfilm edition (1980) of the papers to replace the films issued in 1949; a microfiche edition (1981) of related calendars, documentary selections, and William B. Hesseltine's biography of Draper, and finally this new Guide, a general finding aid for the entire collection. The Draper Project has received cooperation from many people both within and outside the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Enthusiastic support has come from three of the Society's Directors, Leslie H. Fishel, jr., James Morton Smith, and Richard A. Erney; and from the State Archivist, F. Gerald Ham, who headed the Society's Archives Division throughout the project. The 1980 microfilm edition was produced by the University of Chicago Photoduplication Department. Supervision of the microfilming was carried out there by two department heads -Cosby Brinkley until his retirement in 1978, and his successor Sang S. Sul—and by their assistant, Mrs. Gertrud Hartmann. The microfiche of the calendars and other publications was done by Microfilming Corporation of America under the supervision of Jack T. Ericson. For this Guide, the basic survey of the collections for preparation of volume descriptions and other editorial costs have been financed in part by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. The assistance of numerous other Society associates is gratefully noted. The chief of the Society's press, Paul v ()AME CO. PUBLIC UBRARY MOCKSVILLE. No n 5 o Av +rte� � "p� W 0) : -4 - Daniel Boone Papers Diel Boone Papers - 5, Transylvania - Transylvania Company and Transylvania convention: Leonard Henley Bullock; Richard Callaway; Arthur Campbell; William Cocke; Alexander Spotswood Dandridge; Azariah Davis; James Douglas; John Floyd; Nathan Hammond; James Harrod; David; Nathaniel; and Thomas Hart; Richard Henderson; Samuel Henderson; Isaac Hite; James Hogg; William Johnston; John Luttrell; John Lythe; William Moore; William Preston; William Russell; John Peter Salling; James Slaughter, Daniel Smith; John Todd; Thomas Walker; John Williams; and Samuel Wood. Series C. Daniel Boone Papers. 33 volumes. Papers gathered by Draper throughout his collecting career for use as source material for his proposed biography of Boone. 1C Draper's correspondence, 1846-1888, notes, and clippings pertaining to the ancestry of Daniel Boone. Included is an original manuscript genealogy written in 1788 by James Boone (1744-1795) and copies of Quaker meeting records in Pennsylvania relating to Boone family members and to the relationship between the Boone and Lincoln families. 2C Draper correspondence and notes primarily concerning the Boone family's life in Pennsylvania and Daniel's first journeys to Virginia and North Carolina. Among the papers are three original manuscripts: a letter written by Thomas Bullitt to Evan Shelby (1761) , a promissory note by John Boone to Myer Josephson (1771) , and an undated eighteenth -century petition concerning a proposed division of Lancaster County, Pennsyh►an- signed by members of the Boone family and more than thirty other residents. 3C Draper correspondence and notes concerning an assortment of eighteenth - century men, events, and places known to Boone. Major topics discussed are routes over the Blue Ridge Mountains between 1759 and 1773, Thomas Colley and the Colley family, Christopher Gist, and Felix Walker. However, there are numerous incidental references to other sites and tree inscriptions associated with Boone, to Revolutionary battles—Black's Fort (1776) , King's Mountain (1780) , Guilford Court House (1781) , James Estill's defeat (1782) , and Blue Licks (1782) —and to members of the Patton, Preston, and Shelby families. 4C Draper notes and correspondence pertaining primarily to early travel and settlement in Kentucky by Boone and others between 1769 and 1781, but also containing information on several Kentucky pioneers and their families: John, Russell, and William Bean; Hannah Boone (1746-1828) , her first husband John Stewart (Stuart) , and her descendants in the Lewis, Pennington, and Stewart (Stuart) families; and John Snoddy. Letters from members of the Bryan family discuss not only Bryan genealogy but also Boon's life in Missouri. Several original manuscripts include: Boon's account book listing receipts and expenditures for military service in 1774 and personal business transactions, October–Noveruber, 1775, with Nathaniel Hart, Richard Henderson, Michael Stoner, and other Kentuckians; a letter dated September 7, 1776, written by Boone to William Preston; and a letter dated July 31, 1778, sent by Arthur Campbell to William Fleming, enclosing contemporary copies of statements by Boone and Richard Callaway attesting to the threat of Indian attack at Boonesborough. 5C Draper correspondence and notes on early western explorations from the sixteenth to late eighteenth centuries, with emphasis on the journeys of Dr. Thomas Walker and the men known as the Long Hunters. Of particular note are extracts from Walker's journal for the years 1750 and 1775 annotated by Draper and a long letter by Zachary Taylor, dated October 30, 1848, giving biographical information about his father and uncle, Richard and Hancock Taylor, and Abraham Hempingstall, with an account of their travels in the Ohio and Mississippi valleys in 1769 and of Richard Taylor's later settlement in Kentucky. Found in other letters are biographical or genealogical references to other Kentucky pioneers: James cart; John Finley (Findlay) ; Casper Mansco; William Miller (Millar) ; omas Mitchell; Ambrose Powell; Henry, Moses, Thomas, and William Skaggs; John Todd; Elisha and William Walden; and James Wood. 6C Correspondence and memoranda pertaining to Boone's life in the years 1773-1774. Most of the papers relate to the Boone party's defeat, with the massacre of Boone's son James and William Russell's son Henry by Indian raiders in Powell's Valley, and to the topography of the areas where Boone stayed or intended to travel on this aborted trip to Kentucky in 1773—Fort Blackmore, the Clinch River, Walden's Creek, Powell's Valley, the Cumberland Mountains, and Cumberland Gap. The volume includes copies OAVIE CO. PUBLIC LIBRARY MACKSVtLL4 NO Daniel Boone Paperspaniel Boone Papers - 7- of a few letters, 1773-1775, written by Arthur Campbell, William Christian, Lord Dunmore, William Preston, William Russell, and Daniel Smith; reminiscences and letters on the settlement of western Virginia by descendants of William Russell; and letters on the massacre of Mrs. Fannie Napper and her children near Fort Blackmore in 1777. From Mrs. Tabitha Moore, Draper obtained a portion of a poem or ballad about the battle of Point Pleasant (1774) in which Mrs. Moore's father, William Bowen, had participated. 7C Mainly correspondence and notes on persons, places, and events associated with Boone in 1775-1776: Indian Old Fields in Kentucky, the Treaty of Watauga, the battle of Island Flats and Fort Patrick Henry in Tennessee, Thomas Teass (Teays) and the settlement of Teays Valley in Virginia (West Virginia) , the Callaway family and the capture of the Boone and Callaway girls by Shawnee raiders in 1776. One original letter by Edward Mills (1776) mentions Indian depredations near Detroit and describes Kentucky as "the Garden of America." A fragment of a narrative by William Cocke copied by Draper relates to Cooke's conversations with Lord Dunmore in 1774 and to border conditions in the following year. Copies of depositions in 1817-1818 by Boone, Flanders Callaway, John McIntyre, James Ray, Peter Scholl, and John Stephenson not only describe events in 1775-1776 but also include extensive reports on the killing of Edward Boone by Indians in 1780. 8C Notes, correspondence, and clippings about the Boone family in western North Carolina from 1766 to 1775. Major topics covered include: the settlement of the Boones in old Rowan County near the Yadkin River; traditions, geographical features, and historic sites associated with Boone in this region; Indian warfare in the area prior to the arrival of the Boones; Daniel's brother Jonathan (John) and his family; John and Philip "Indian Phil" Nail; records of Boone marriages and land transactions copied or excerpted from Rowan County records; and gravestone inscriptions for Squire Boone, his wife, and a few other early settlers copied from Old Joppa Cemetery. 9C Additional notes and correspondence on the Boone family in North Carolina, 1766-1775. Subjects considered include: Boone's route through the Blue Ridge Mountains and other related physical features; camp sites and settlements associated with him, primarily in Watauga and Wilkes counties; and biographical information or references about numerous Boone relatives and companions—Jesse Boone, Benjamin Cutbirth, Susan Dula, Christopher Gist, Lewis Green, Benjamin Greer, Loudon (a Negro) , Mrs. Mary McNealy, Peter Stonecifer, Isria (Israel) and Samuel Wilcoxen (Wilcox) , and John Yates. 10 C Draper correspondence mainly on two topics: the origin and significance of the Yadkin River in North Carolina and possible routes through the mountains used by Daniel Boone in 1769 and later. Also found in this volume are notes on John and Julius Dugger and a description of a Boone inscription on a beech tree (1760) . Two letters written by Louis B. Porlier (10 C 4-5) are unrelated to Boone but concern the Indian origin and meaning of the names Winnebago as applied to an Indian tribe and Winneconne given to a Wisconsin town. 11C Draper correspondence, interviews, and other notes relating to Boone's activities, 1777-1779, with emphasis on the capture of Boone and his group of salt makers by the Shawnee in February, 1778, his subsequent escape, and the siege of Boonesborough in the following September. In 1844 Draper interviewed one survivor of the captured salt makers, Joseph Jackson, who remained with the Indians until 1799. From him, Draper obtained reminiscences not only about the capture of the Boone party but also about John Bowman's expedition (1779) , George Rogers Clark's campaigns of 1780 and 1782, Benjamin Logan's expedition (1786) , Simon Girty, and the Shawnee chiefs Black Fish and Black Hoof—all Persons and events known or observed by Jackson during his residence with the Indians. In numerous other instances the content of the papers ranges beyond the main theme or chronological period established for this volume. Thus references are found on the following additional topics: the captivity of the Boone and Callaway girls; Frank Cooper and his sons, Benjamin and Sarshall (Sarshel) ; and an Indian attack (1783) on the family of Mrs. Betty Cooper Woods; Joseph Doniphan and the Doniphan family; Stephen, William, and Molly (Mrs. William) Hancock; Alexander McKinney; William Russell's services, civil and military; Boone's first trip to Missouri about 1798; and the War of 1812 in Missouri. Two original manuscripts include a deposition concerning lames Peak's land claim signed by Boone in 1797 in Mason County, Kentucky, and a letter written in 1835 by John H. DAVIE CO. PUSUC UBRARY M.00KSVII..LEo NO 9 �rn \^0 0 O < c o E.�'° �6.�ro � ••„�•�w �° o coo 5 Y. d �v � ° yY �w �'°•cD cnts o �" d -► V. 0 p CD p�' ��r C 0.. . �1' CD tOn CS C3 re 0. 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Also found is a tracing of a manuscript signed by Boone as justice of the peace in Missouri in 1804. 16C Draper correspondence and newspaper clippings, relating primarily to Boon's life in Missouri and his death in 1820. Included are reminiscences by persons who had met or associated with him during the last decade of his life and letters from several Boone descendants. 17C -18C Draper's correspondence, 1883-1890, concerning inscriptions on trees and rocks reputed to have been carved by Daniel Boone during his journeys in Tennessee and Kentucky. Some letters allude to other events or traditions associated with Boone. A few photographs of tree carvings are filed in Volume 17 C. 19C Draper's annotated correspondence and interviews principally concerning the lives of Daniel Boone's brothers George (1739-1820) and Squire (1744-1815) and their nephew Jesse (c.1748—c.1833) , son of their brother Israel. From the many descendants of these men Draper obtained the bulk of the material in this volume. A few letters also pertain to Daniel's uncle Benjamin Boone (1706-1762) , and to William McConnell and his son James (b. 1779) in Lexington, Kentucky, and to their descendants. One of the letters by N. L. Clarke (1887) not only contains Jesse Boone data but also briefly describes Clarke's experience as a student of Peter S. Ney. 20 C Correspondence and notes concerning a few of Boone's associates and their families: Marcus (Mark) Bird, onetime Pennsylvania ironmaster and his father William, founder of Birdsboro near Reading, Pennsylvania; George Crawford, whom Boone visited in Virginia in 1792; Peter Houston (1764-18S4), longtime friend of Boone in North Carolina and Kentucky and author of a narrative on Boone's life; Henry Miller (1735-1790) , one of Boone's hunting companions in North Carolina and later an ironmaster in Rockingham County, Virginia; and Alexander Neely, hunter with the Boones and the Long Hunters in the 1769-1771 period. Houston's Daniel Boone Papers - 11 - reminiscent account of Boone, copied for Draper by the author's grandson, is among the letters. Also in the volume is a manuscript copy of a memorial pOem entitled "An Ode- to Daniel Boone" by Theodore O'Hara. , 21C Draper's correspondence about Boone's life with a few members of the Boone and Callaway families. Most of these correspondents had the surname Barnes, Coshow, or Jones. 22 C Draper's correspondence with various members of the Boone and Bryan families. Many of the writers had the surname Grant, Hunter, or Lamond. 23 C Mainly Draper's annotated correspondence with many descendants of the Boone and Bryan families. Writers frequently had other surnames, including Baber, Boggs, Brooks, Cockrill, Grant, Hays, Jones, Pennington, Scholl, and Willcoxson (Wilcoxson) . Many other letters pertain to Matthias Van Bibber and other members of the Van Bibber (Vanbibber) family known to the Boones in Virginia and Missouri; included are accounts of the naming of Van Bibber's Rock on the Kanawha River (West Virginia) . Two of Boone's companions, John Stewart (Stuart) and Alexander McKinney, are the subjects of one letter apiece. Opening the volume are a copy of an undated petition to Congress for a grant of lands in Missouri for Boone and a memorial to the Kentucky legislature soliciting support for Boone's petition; the latter is an original but incomplete undated draft from the papers of John Coburn, United States judge in Missouri, who. assisted Boone in preparation of his claims. Also found in this volume are nearly illegible copies of a Boone letter and petition (1782) from the Virginia archives; copies of documents (1788) concerning a land sale by Boone and others to Simon Kenton; copies of Daniel Boone obituaries; and a Printed form giving dates of birth for Jesse B. 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The first two notebooks were designed by Draper as informational and bibliographical supplements to accompany the interview with Nathan Boone (Volume 6 S) and some other sources which Draper had gathered previously. 32 C "Boone Miscellanies," an' assortment of newspaper clippings, periodical articles, and pamphlets published from 1787 to 1910. Although Daniel Boon's life is the primary topic of most of these printed materials, some relate to such contemporaries as Simon Kenton and Simon Girty; to specific events (especially the battle of Blue Licks) ; to the Boone grave monument in Frankfort, Kentucky; and to Boone descendants. The earliest piece (1787) is a reprint of Boone's autobiography, ghostwritten and published by John Filson three years before. A very few letters to Draper and his copy of William Cooke's account of his meeting with Lord Dunmore in 1774, the settlement of Bonnesborough, and the skirmish in Powell's Valley in 1775 are the only manuscripts in this volume. 33 C Thomas Julian Bryant, Bryant's Station and Its Founder lilliam Bryant, a pamphlet composed of three articles reprinted from the Missouri Historical Review (1908-1911) . Series D. Border Forays. 5 volumes. A manuscript draft for a nearly completed but never published book entitled "Border Forays and Adventures" prepared jointly by Draper and his collaborator, Consul Willshire Butterfield, in 1875-1876. Although the work begins with the adventures of Hernando de Soto in the sixteenth century, the manuscript is composed primarily of an extensive series of narratives describing episodes illustrative of Indian -white conflict on the frontier from 1750 through 1782. Draper intended this book for a popular audience, but its lengthy text and notes (due to the writers' insistence on expounding minor details) , and the repetitious character and romanticized treatment of the events described all contributed to the authors' failure to find a publisher. Border Forays -17- 1D Chapters 1-8. Preceding the text is a pocket notebook showing Draper's plan for this book as he envisioned it in 1867. The completed chapters covert ) the adventures of de Soto and his army from 1537 to 1543, including the battle of Mauvile; 2) the massacre of the French by the Natchez Indians and die fust with destruction I d �s west of the Blue Ridge, chez 1729-1731; 3) � 5) adventures December, 1742; 4) first exploration of Kentucky, 1750; of Robert Stobo and Jacob Van Braam, 1754-1760; 6) the captivity and gape of Mrs. William Ingles, 1755; 7) first military expedition against western Indians, 1756; and 8) John Armstrong's expedition against the Delaware Indian town of Kittanning in September, 1756. These chapters are all in Butterfield's handwriting. 2D Chapters 9-13. Topics are: 9) . the destruction of Fort Loudoun by the Cherokee, 1760; 10) the ambuscade at the Devil's Hole near Niagara Falls in September, 1763; 11) a perilous journey up the Maumee by Thomas Morris, 1764; 12) Logan, the Mingo chief, 1710-1780; and 13) Indian eloquence: speeches of Garangula, Pontiac, Shegenaba, Skenando, and Big Elk. Chapters 9-12 were drafted by Butterfield. Both he and Draper contributed segments to chapter 13. Chapter 11 consists primarily of a heavily annotated copy of Morris's journal, which had been published previously in 1791. 3D Chapters 14-18. Topics are: 14) Dunmore's War, 1774; 15) the battle of Point Pleasant, October, 1774; 16) biographical sketches of Lord Dunmore and his field officers (Adam Stephen, Angus McDonald, and William Crawford) ; 17) biographical sketches of field officers at Point Pleasant (Andrew Lewis, William Fleming, Charles Lewis, John Field, and Evan Shelby) ; and 18) sketch of Cornstalk, 1759-1777. With the exception of the biography of William Crawford contributed by Butterfield, all of these chapters were written by Draper. 4D Chapters 19-26. Topics are: 19) the death of lane McCrea in July, 1777; 20) battle of Oriskany, August, 1777; 21) ambuscade at Fort Henry at Wheeling, September, r mill- CQ• PUBLIC �` DRAPER MSS 8C 11 11(2) "Daniel's father, mother & bro- ther John were buried at an old Presbyterian Church called Joppa about one mile north west of Mocksville. His brother John however married & settled on Hunting Creek then Rowan Co but now Davie north west of Mocksville about 6 miles & raised several sons & daughters & Jas Penry married his daughter Hannah and has several children living here 11(3) now who are grandchildren of John Boone. His daughter Elizabeth married Samuel Little and raised a family of children which all emigrated West. When Elizabeth died was buried at old Beal Church (Methodist) the first built in the fork of the Yadkins, about 8 miles N.West of Mocksville John Boone a brother of Hannah & Elizabeth a son of Jno Boone married widow Wells & moved to the western part of Tenn. Gibson County where he died. He has several children in Tenn." * * * * * * * * * * Again thanking you for your History I am yours & c Beal Ijames W 3 DAVIE CO. PUBLIC UaRl4R MOCKSVILLE. NC DRAPER MSS 8 C 16 June the 13th 1885 " also there are Signs of a lick on the West Side of Bear Creek, near where John Boone lived on the waters of Hunting Creek. The house that John Boone built and lived in is Still Standing and looks very Sound. John Boone was a brother of Squire Boone who was father of Col Daniel Boone. I don't know of any Boones in my county. There is a preacher by the name of T.A.Boone living at Oxford North Carolina, Granville County. yours truly Rverend V. Walker O AV1E CO. PU BUC Ue"AXY MOCKSVILLE. NQ DRAPER MSS 8C 21 Mocksville NC Feby 7th 1887 "anda little to the South West of the Squire Boone land is 640 acres of John Boone" "George Boone, Squire Boone, John Boone and Jonathan Boone were brothers" "Hunting Creek runs through the John Boone lands." "As a matter of course Daniel Boone was frequently on his uncle John Boones place and a Walker family and a Dwiggins family now reside on the John Boone land." * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Believe me to be yours most cordially H H Helper. DAVIE CO. PUBLIC LIBRARY M.00KSVILLEa NC DRAPER MSS 8 C 23 (undated?) "John Boone Daniel's uncle lived & died on his 640 acres, lying both sides of Hunting Creek & only one mile to the south east of Daniel Boone's. John Boone was buried at Joppa near the grave of his brother Squire. The date of John Boone's death is blurred so that it cannot be read on the soap. stone slate which marks his resting place." seems to be the handwriting of D W Furches 'AAA 7, 1 � � �7 A DAVIE CO. PUBLIC LIMW# M.00KSVILLE. NC DRAPER MSS 8C 61 Palestine, Texas Jan 18th 84(?) * * * * * * * * * * * "about Col Daniel Boone he was my Mother's own uncle. - Her Father was named John Boone. I have often heard her speak of Uncle Daniel while he lived on the Yadkin river in N.C." Your friend James Penry Palestine Texas DAVIE CO. PUBLIC LIBRARY MOCKSVtL16„ NO o DRAPER MSS 8 C 100 Mocksville Davie County,NC August 28,1883 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * " There were Boone's four brothers: - George, Squire, John and Jonathan." "John Boone died possessed of his lands." "John Boone was a remarkable man in may respects. He was very muscular and endowed with great physical strength. He had seven living children at his death - to wit: - Hannah who married James Penry; Rebecca, who married John Frost, who was a Captain, war of 1812; Sarah, who married John Wilson; Elizabeth, who married Samuel Little; Nancy who married Jacob Clifford; John who married a sister of 100(2) Samuel Little is the father of 18 children, and who many years ago moved to Dyer County, Tennessee, where, and of whose children, you can obtain, possibly, important information rel- ative to the Boone Family; and Benjamin Boone who, it is believed, died early.in life. Of this, however, I know nothing." "I knew James Penry and his wife Hannah well. They had 13 children and raised 11 of them. Their son James, now of Denton County Texas, is, or was when he left N.C. one of the finest specimens of the genus homo you ever saw. He is 6 feet 4 or 6 inches, and he can, no doubt, give you more real valuable in- formation than any other person now living." 100(3) John Boone, brother of Squire Boone died, just one mile from nay house, pos- sessed of land and Negroes. His strength, for a man, was almost unbounded. It is to this day, related of him that; on one occasion he heard one of his hogs squealing in a thicket up a branch which ran not far from his dweilling and on approaching it, found that a large panther had the hog in its deadly embrace, when and where, John Boone grasped a heavy pine-knot::with which he killed the panther after a terrible struggle. DAVIE CO. PUSUC LIBRAV M.00KSVILLE, IVC D DRAPER MSS 8 C 100 100(3) On another occasion when his boys were dragging barn logs from his bottom land by hitching the logs with a chain to the axle of , a wagon - a log was caught between two stumps diagonally making the log fast or fixed between the stumps whilst the boys were trying to release the log with hand spikes.the old gentleman 100(4) came to the rescue. He ordered the boys to back the wagon on a little so as to loosen the chain when he ran one arm under the end of the log and lifted it entirely over the hi:nder stump." * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * H H . Hel per QAVIE CO. PUBLIC LIBRARIP MOCKSV" NC DRAPER MSS 8 C 112 Mocksville,NC January 16 1884 "There is also another stone which has been badly broken but still bearing the name "Boone". * * * * * * * * * * * * Yours very truly J A. Williamson DAVIE CC). Punic UMW MOCKSVU.L a NG