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Mocksvflle, N. C.
DANIEL BOONE'S TRAIL - WILDERNESS ROAD
BOONE TRACT at BEAR CREEK, Davie County, North Carolina
64 (north) to 901 Interchange
901 (north) thru Harmony,NC & Union Grove,NC to 115 Interchange
115 (north) to 421 Interchange (outside Wiikesboro,NC)
421 (northwest) from Wilkesboro,NC area thru DEEP GAP,NC to Boone,NC
421 (north) from Boone,NC thru Vilas,NC to NORTHCAROLINA-TENNESSEE border
421 (north) from NC -TN border thru Trade,TN & Shouns,TN to Mountain City,TN
91 (north) from Mountain City,TN to TENNESSEE -VIRGINIA border
91 (north) from TN -VA border to Damascus,VA
58 (north) from Damascus,VA to Abingdon,VA
58ALT-19 (northwest) from Abingdon,VA to HWY 65 juncture
65 (west) from juncture thru Dungannon,VA & Ft Blackmore,VA to Clinchport,VA
23-58-421 (northwest) from Clinchport,VA to Duffield,VA
58-421 (west) from Duffield,Va to Dot,VA
58 (west) from Dot,VA thru Jonesville,VA Rosehill ,VA & Ewing,VA
to CUMBERLAND GAP and juncture with HWY 25E
25E (north) thru CUMBERLAND GAP to Kentucky
25E (north) thru Pineville, KY Flat Lick,KY and Barbourville,KY
to Bailey's Switch,KY and juncture Road 229
229 (north) from Bailey's Switch,KY thru Jarvis,KY & Boering,KY
to LEVI JACKSON -WILDERNESS ROAD State Park
229 (north) from Levi Jackson Park to London,KY & HWY 25 Interchange
25 (north) to East Bernstadt,KY and juncture HWY 490
490 (north) thru HAZEL PATCH to Livingston,KY & Mt Veron,KY & 25 Interchange
25 (north) from Mt Vernon,KY thru Renfro Valley,KY Conway,KY
Boone,KY and Berea,KY to Richmond,KY & HWY 388 juncture
388 (north) from ,Ri chmond, KY thru Redhouse ,KY to
BOONESBOROUGH, Kentucky
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THE DANIEL B00NE SCENIC 1� TRAIL
Ashe County
NorthCarolina
This trail; -A dentified to the public in April of 1985, has been man
years
in preparation. Numerous voluntary clubs, historical societies, and government
agencies have,.at one time or.another, contributed information and support for the
establishment of a historic trail commemorating several:'of•Daniel Boone's treks
through the Blue Ridge Mountains'.Although a four state -effort to establish a
Daniel Boone National Scenic Trail.was•defeated, re'gional,.groups continued to
research the remarkable legacy left,by. his early pioneer:
Daniel Boone Scenic Route:
(Series B, Vol. 1-5)
Described in the Draper Manus cri'.ts* (unpublished, never completed) written
by Dr. Lyman C.w-Draper 1800-1aa0 , this document includes a route study by
Tennessee citizeny,:.Thomas-:C. Johnston, cartographer.
1719 Daniel Bobne and t�`friend;= Nathaniel Gist, set out+on a hunting and*
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exploring -.expedition; the.route they followed took them from:
. Deep,Ga0 to ' Je0ersan
_Jefferson t ' '
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o.WMtetop,
(named Skytop .)_
Whitet p to Abingdon (named "Wolf Hill") and return by way of
Pond Mountain and Three Top Mountain.
This was_`.-Daniel"Boone's'first:Venture westward. He was 25 years old::
Although he was born in Pennsylvania in 1734, his family later moved'to
Yadkin county, North Carolina:¢.,.
(authenticated by Boone's'•descendents).
It would.be several years before Daniel Boone made his historic migration to
Kentucky; establishing settlements and opening up the American frontier.
A Proposed 46dniiTra'il J
The North-ta'rolina Trails'Association, Ashe County Historical Society, and
Ashe County Committee o6 -Tourism have,proposed a trail along secondary roads from
Deep Gap to the Virginia Line. Although the trail is entirely within Ashe,_.__
County,; - i t l inks; wi-ttr-thLz 6'ttle "Rtdge-'pa'rkway at Deep Gap and with the Virginia
Creeper hiking,;teail and other trails -near Whitetop, Virginia. Side trails to
Listening Rockibn-Pond Mountain and other scenic and historic points are being
included along the trail route. Temporary markers have been placed at signi-
ficant points.along the 1l0ftroute,_to be replaced.with historic markers when
funds are appropriated.""*'Appropriate recognition for this trail is being sought.
For more information; write or call:
Ash6-111 my. Camnittee ; on,;Touri sm
___... Virginia Myers; Chairman`:::.:.._
City.Ha11, Main Street.:..:;
West -Jefferson, NC
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Ashe Count,�
North Carolina
Th' s trai l ,..i denti fi ed to the * publ i c i n Apri l of 1985, has been many years
in preparation. Numerous voluntary clubs, historical societies; and government
agencies have, at one time or.another; contributed information and support for the
establishment of -'a historic trail commemorating several Of Daniel: Boone's treks
through the Blue Ridge Mountains,:-Althcugh a- four state effort to establish a
Daniel Boone National Scenic7raRwas!defeated, regional,,.groups continued to
research the remarkable legacy left by,; thins early pioneer.
Daniel Boone Scenic Route:. (Series'B,'Vol. 1-5)
Described in the Draper Manuscri)ts {unpublished, never completed) written
by pr. Lyman C. Draper 1800-1880), this document includes a route study by
Tennessee citizen,;Jhomas.;-.C. 'Johnston;' Cartographer.:.
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17479 . Daniel Boone and a,Tfriend, •Nathaniel Gi'st,'rset cut on 'a hunting and
exploring.expeditinn; the, route they follotged.took them from:
Deep asap. to Jefferson (.;not in., existence 'then)
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Whitetop to Abingdon (named "Wolf Hill")leand.return by of
Pond Mountain"and Three Top Mountain.
This was'Daniel Boone's first,Venture westward. He was.25 years old
Although he was born in Pennsylvania in 1734, his family later movedi'to
Yadkin county, North Carolina.'
(authenticated by . Boone's des"cendents) . 4 ,?'
It would be several years before'Daniel Boone wade'his historic migration to
Kentucky, establishing settlements and opening up the American frontier.
A ProposedOR
Trail
The North'Carolina:Trails'Association, Ashe County Historical'Society, and
Ashe County Committee on Tourism have proposed a trail along secondary roads from
Deep Gap to the:Virginia Line. Although the trail is entirely within Ashe__
County; -it 1 inks'.with-thr-BTue-Rtdge''Pa'rkway"'at Deep Gap and with the Virginia
Creeper hiking trail and other trails.near Whitetop,"Virginia. Side trails to
Listening Rock, -on Pond Mountain'and'other scenic and historic points are being
included along*the'.trail route.` -Temporary markers have been placed at signi-
ficant points along the route, to be replaced with historic markers when
funds are appropriated. recognition for this trail is being sought.
For more,informati.on, write or -call:
Ashe'County Committee.on.:Tourism
_ Virginia Myers'j Chai rman
City Hall, Main Street
West Jefferson, NC
919 - 246-3551:
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y HOWELL BOONE
Boone Farm Road
Route 1 Box 365A
Mocksville. NC 27028
TELs (704) 492-5307
07 January 1983
WALTER HENDRICKS
132 Valley Street N E
Abingdon, Virginia 24210
Dear Mr Hendrickse
I have just re -studied your detailed letter and enclosures
on the 1773 route taken by Daniel Boone in his first attempt to
settle Kentucky. I have also reread three of the many versions
of what befell James Boone and the other youths* I have xeroxed
the pertinent pages and enclose them.
The Bakeless "version" is basad upon his reading of items
in the Draper Collection - which he cites in his notes. Bakeless
spells the Creek Malden. The Lofaro "version", copies this spell-
ing, while the Elliott "version" identifies the site as Wallen's
Ridge.
Bakeless makes no mention of the Indians scalping the syouthso
Elliott indicates that they were scalpeds while Lofaro states in
no uncertain terms that the youths were not scalped:
One thing these three authors agree on: they do not attempt
to precisely locate the route taken. Yet in those long ago days
the route must have been visible and easy for any "woodsman" to
follow* The deserter -thief who had fled the main party came upon
the dead youths where they lay* Much of what we see today does
not even remotely resemble the look of the land in the 1700'so
A major objective of our Piedmont -250th Anniversary Committee
is the publication of a brochure map ( similar to the one you have
published) indicating -the Odyssey of Daniel Boone from his home on
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Bear Creek in present-day Davie County. North Carolina to Boones-
� borough in Kentucky and the present-day roads and highways that
14 ^a are close to his routeo
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The North Carolina part of -the route, thou enerallyac-
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� -A cepted, still has one nay -sayer. Fred Hughes, a north Carolina
Jap L
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if cartographer -historian has a hunch that Daniel proceeded from
"Mulberry Fields" - present-day North Wilkesboro, North Carolina
on the "warrior's Trail" that went through present-day Surry Coun-
tyo North Carolina to present-day Galax, Virginia and from there
to Castle's Woods in Virginia. There is no present-day thru road
in the area Tie„suggests. The "accepted” easier route, with a mod-
erh highway proceeds from North Wilkesboro thru Deep Gap to Boone,
North Carolina and from Boone thru Mountain City, Tennessee to
Damascus, Virginia.
Well-established is the route from Damascus, Virginia thru.
Abingdon, Virginia ( aka golf Hills and the site of Fort Black
in Lord Dunmore's War). From Castle's Woods in the Clinch River
Valley of Virginia:; the Boone Party proceeded on the north bank
of the Clinch River leaving that river valley somewhere near pres-
ent-day Clinchport, Virginia. The route then went thru several
easy mountain gaps to area of present-day Duffield, Virginia and
from there past present-day Stiekeleyville and Dot to Jonesville,
Virginia. Highway 58 proceeds from Jonesville, Virgina to Cony
Hollow, Virginia where it makes a hard right northward to proceed
in the valley close to the cliffs of the Cumberland Mountains.
During the 1982 retracing of the route, I followed Highway
58. The spot where Wallen Creek flows into the Powell River is
southward from Cony Hollow, Virginia on local roads. If the James
Boone murder site was close to this Wallen Creek Juncture with
the Powell River, the site is not on Highway 58.
I want very much to check all this out in the Draper Collection
and other papers dealing with this early period in American Hisom
tory, And I want very much to check the Powell -Wallen area on foot.
I will write Mr Emory Hamilton for his thoughts on this matter.
At least we have 10 October 1773 as the date of this incident. �
In my mind the Daniel Boone Trail exists, with or without
Highway markers.
Thanking you for your help and your abiding interest in the.
Daniel Boone Trail,
Sincerely yours,
CRWIE CO. PUBL.IC'L'BRAAY � PV4*
MOGKSVIIiE, IVO- � V
HOWELL BOONE
Boone Farm Road
Route 1 Box 365A
Mocksville,NC 27028
TEL: (704) 492-5307
08 January 1983
Emory Hamilton
Box 639
Wise, Virginia 24293
Dear Mr Hamilton:
Mr Walter Hendricks of Abingdon, Virginia has suggested that
I write you about the Lee County, Virginia site where James Boone
was among those murdered by a band of Shawnee marauders on 10 Oct-
ober 1773.
The question of the site has come up because we are preparing
a chronology of Daniel Boone's years of exploration and settlement
of Kentucky. This is being done in conjunction with our North Car-
olina Piedmont commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of Daniel Boone's
birth on 22 October (Old Style) 1?34 in a log cabin at Exeter Town-
ship in Berks County, Pennsylvania.
In the planning stage is a brochure -map of Daniel Boone's
Odyssey from the Boone Tract at Bear Creek in present-day Davie
County, North Carolina to the Fort Boonesborough site in Kentucky.
At first this route map seemed to require little save a re-
tracing of the route "authenticated" by the US National Park Service
in its several publications dealing with "The Daniel Boone Trail."
Already there are several tough questions: Did Daniel use Deep Gap
or nearby Cook's Gap in North Carolina, or did he use the Warrior's
Trail from present-day North Wilkesboro, North Carolina to present-
day Galax, Virginia?
And most importantly where was the turning point - where did >
the ill-fated boys die at the hands of the Shawnees? As Mr Henricks �
points out: the deserter -thief whowas fleeingthe main Boone Party :
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came upon the boys as he retraced the path= thus, the route Daniel m
Boone used in his 1773 attempt to settle Kentucky was "well worn"
and easy to follow. U U
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I enclose 'three differing versions of what happened to James >
Boone and his companions, and where! Bakeless and Lofaro spell
the creek WALDEN, Elliott spells it Wallen. Bak6less makes no
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mention of the Indians scalping the youths. Elliott indicates that
the boys were scalped, while Lofaro states in no uncertain terms
that they were not scalped:
The route from Castlewood (then Castle's Woods) Virginia to
the Jonesville, Virginia area is "generally accepted." For me the
route past the Jonesville area is the question mark. Modern-day
Highway 58 proceeds from there to Cony Hollow, Virginia and then
makes a hard right - northward turn to the valley at the base of
the Cumberland Mountains. If the murder of James Boone and the
other youths occurred near where the Wallen Creek flows into the
Powell River, this is south of Cony Hollow. Walden Creek seems an
obvious misprint for Wallen Creek .
Mr Hendricks wrote that you have examined this question and
should be able to shed some light on the matter. Any guidance you
can provide will be most appreciated.
Sincerely yours,
1 6 IV
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OAV1E CO. 1vU13L1C L1B
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MoCKSAL LF, NO
LOUIS R. BOONE
910 Pennsylvania APT 509
Kansas City, MO 64105
Dear Cousin Louis:
Enclosed you will find correspondence
of a Virginia:State Highway Marker dealing
Boone (03 May 1757 - 10 October 1773) and
marauding Shawnees, including one known as
the North Carolina frontier settlements an
firstborn son of Daniel Boone.
HOWELL BOONE
Boone Farm Road
Route 1 Box 365A
Mocksville,NC 27028
TEL: (704) 492-5307
31 January 1985
concerned with the erection
with the murder of James
other youths by a band of
"Big Jim" who had visited
d was known to James Boone,
Over the years I have read much of the vast Draper Collection -
searching for the infrequent mention of John Boone (1727-1803) my direct
ancestor and first cousin of Daniel Boone. The John Boone items I have
noted and carefully copied. Reference to others I have read and made
mental notes only.
So it is from memory that I relate the jumbled recollections of
the 1773 party led by Daniel Boone. I believe items in the Draper
Collection establish:
(1) On that fateful morning Daniel Boone and the "Main Party"
were approximately three miles "ahead" of the site where the youths
were camped - which was along a creek then sometimes called "14alden
Creek" after Elisha Walden an.early hu6ter-explorer who had preceded
Daniel Boone through the Cumberland Gap. The creek in "modern" times
is called Indian Creek; it flows into the Powell River ( which might
have been named Walden River but for a Powell who, proceeding along
the banks of this river carved his name on many riverside trees).
(2) Even after the horror of -the murders of 16 year old James
Boone, Henry Russell, Robert and Richard flendenhall, another white
youth named Drake, and Charles a Russell family slave [6 in all]
Daniel Boone wanted to continue - the Cumberland Gap was so close.
By my measurement of Highway 53 from the Virginia -Kentucky border
line in the heart of the Cumberland Gap it is 10.1 miles to the,
granite marker and murder site, so Daniel Boone and his party were
a scant 7 miles from the heart of the Cumberland Gap,
(3) The bodies. -of the boys were buried on a rise which.now is
in the middle of a cow pasture. Russell and other related .:amily
burials have been made in this cemetery in recent years.
UAVIE CO. P.U8LIG L18MANY
MACKSVII.LE„ MC
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(4) A large granite marker commemorating the dead youths has.
been erected not in the burial area of the cemetery, but nearby along
local road 684 which runs between the Indian Creek area where the
youths were murdered and the hillock where they were buried.
(5) This incident, with the resultant abandonment of the 1773
attempt to settle with families in Kentucky, led Daniel Boone to
associate himself with (become an employee of) the Transylvania Com-
pany headed by Squire/Jddge/Colonel Richard Henderson. And it is
the Spring of 1775 before Daniel Boone leads his next expedition to
settle Kentucky.
(6) The brutal torture -murder of these youths was the "talk of
the frontier" and with other Indian attacks on frontier settlers
resolved the Governor of Virginia, Lord John Murray Dunmore to
wage a war of reprisal on the Indians - Lord Dunmore's War.
There is nothing in Daniel Boone's own handwriting which describes
these events. There was no Lee Country Times to record these events.
Everything we have about what happened is. "handed -down" to us. 1.1hat
then could be "documentation" for the Virginia Historic Landmarks
Commission?
John Bakeless, in his scholarly biography of Daniel Boone refers
in his notes about this event to Draper MSS 6 C 7-20, 6 S 79-83,
11 CC 125 13 C 1332 22 C 14. Are these documents available to you?
At the monent snow is falling in the Carolina Piedmont, and I have no
way of getting to anywhere where microfilm copies are available.
In any event, will you, in your capacity as -Boone Family Research
Association Historian please write to Margaret T. Peters and stress
the historical importance of a Highway Marker locating the site of
the 10 October 1773 murder of Janes Boone and the other hapless youths?
Hoping you will have time to lend a hand,
Warm regards,
DAVIE CO. PUBLIC LIBRANY
MOCKSVILLE. NO
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Volume 27, Number 1 ***BOONE PIONEER ECHOES###January 1985, Page 131
JAMES BOONE MARKER
LOUIS R. BOONE
910 Pennsylvania APT 509
Kansas City, MO 64105
Dear Cousin Louis:
HOWELL BOONE
Boone Farm Road
Route 1 Box 365A
Mocksvi l 1 e,NC 27028
TEL: (704) 492-5307
31 January 1985
Enclosed you will find correspondence concerned with the erection
of a Virginia -.State Highway Marker dealing with the murder of James
Boone (03 May 1757 - 10 October 1773) and other youths by a band of
marauding Shawnees, including one known as "Big Jim" who had visited
the North Carolina frontier settlements and was known to James Boone,
firstborn son of Daniel Boone.
Over the years I have read much of the vast Draper Collection -
searching for the infrequent mention of John Boone (1727-1803) ray direct
ancestor and first cousin of Daniel Boone. The John Boone items I have
noted and carefully copied. Reference to others I have read and made
mental notes only.
So it is from memory that I relate the jumbled recollections of
the 1773 party led by Daniel Boone. I believe items in the Draper
Collection establish:
(1) On that fateful morning Daniel Boone and the "Main Party"
were approximately three miles "ahead" of the site where the youths
were camped - which was along a creek then sometimes called "l-lalden
Creek" after Elisha Walden an early hunter -explorer who had preceded
Daniel Boone through the Cumberland Gap. The creek in "modern" times
is called Indian Creek; it flows i nto the Powell River ( which might
have been named Walden River but for a Powell who, proceeding along
the banks of this river carved his name on many riverside trees).
(2) Even after the horror of the murders of 16 year old James
Boone, Henry Russell, Robert and Richard 'Mendenhall, another white
youth named Drake, and Charles a Russell family slave [6 in all]
3 Daniel Boone wanted to continue - the Cumberland Gap was so close.
a By my measurement of Highway 53 from the Virginia -Kentucky border
line in the heart of the Cumberland Gap it is 10.1 miles to the
granite marker and murder site, so Daniel Boone and his party were
a scant 7 miles from the heart o, the Cumberland Gap,
O'
(3)The bodies -of the boys were buried on a rise which.now is
�o in the middle of a cowP asture. Russell and other related family
burials have been made in this cemetery in recent years.
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(4) A large granite marker commemorating the dead youths has
been erected not in the burial area of the cemetery, but nearby along
local road 684 which runs between the Indian Creek area where the
youths were murdered and the hillock where they were buried.
(5) This incident, with the resultant abandonment of the 1773
attempt to settle with families in Kentucky, led Daniel Boone to
associate himself with (become an employee of) the Transylvania Com-
pany headed by Squire/Jddge/Colonel Richard Henderson. And it is
the Spring of 1775 before Daniel Boone leads his next expedition to
settle Kentucky.
(6) The brutal torture -murder of these .youths was the "talk of
the frontier" and with other Indian attacks on frontier settlers
resolved the Governor of Virginia, Lord John Murray Dunmore to
wage a war of reprisal on the Indians - Lord Dunmore's War.
There is nothing in Daniel Boone's own handwriting which describes
these events. There was no Lee County Times to record these events.
Everything we have about what happened is "handed down" to us. ;That
then could be "documentation" for the Virginia Historic Landmarks
Commission?
John Bakeless, in his scholarly biography of Daniel Boone refers
in his notes about this event to Draper MSS 6 C 7-20, 6 S 79-839
11 CC 12, 13 C 133, 22 C 14. Are these documents available to you?
At the moment snow is falling in the -Carolina Piedmont, and I have no
way of getting to anywhere where microfilm copies are available.
In any event, will you, in your capacity as -Boone Family Research
Association Historian please write to Margaret T. Peters and stress
the historical importance of a Highway Marker locating the site -of
the 10 October 1773 murder of Janes Boone and the other hapless youths?
Hoping you will have time to lend a hand,
Warm regards,
Margaret T. -Peters
Public Information Officer
and Market Coordinator
Virginia Historic Landmarks
Commission
221 Governor Street,
Richmond, Virginia 23219
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Does anyone have information
from histories or genealogies
which would be useful for the
documentation required by
the Virginia Historic Land-
-marks Commission?
I
P I O N E E R G R A V E S
THIS MARKS THE BURIAL PLACE OF A PARTY OF WHITE
SETTLERS WHO WERE SURPRISED IN CAMP AND SLAIN
BY INDIANS AT DAYBREAK OCTOBER 10, 1773. THOSE
KILLED WERE JAMES BOONE, SON OF DANIEL BOONE,
HENRY RUSSELL, SON OF CAPT. WILLIAM RUSSELL,
ROBERT AND RICHARD MENDENHALL, BROTHERS AND
ANOTHER UNNAMED WHITE MAN. TWO ESCAPED, ISAAC
CRABTREE, A WHITE MAN, AND ADAM A NEGRO SLAVE
OF RUSSELL. BOONE AND RUSSELL BURIED THEIR SONS
AND THE OTHERS AT THE SCENE OF THE TRAGEDY, AND
GAVE UP TEMPORARILY THE FIRST EFFORT OF WHITE
MEN TO SETTLE KENTUCKY.
ERECTED JULY 10, 1951 BY M. WHEELER KESTERSON A
NATIVE OF LEE COUNTY, VIRGINIA, AGED 59 YEARS, AND
A DESCENDANT OF MARY RUSSELL.
This commemorative granite marker is
located in Lee County, Virginia near
Indian Creek about 150 yards from
Highway 58. It is 4.5 miles from
Ewing, Virginia and 10.1 miles from
the Virginia -Kentucky border in the
heart of the Cumberland Gap.
Daniel Boone visited the burial site
again in 1774, and he and his entire
family passed by the site in the sum-
mer of 1775 when they went to Fort
Boonesborough, Kentucky.
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STI VERS-SETTLE-SHRADER-BOONE
Joseph W. Stivers m. 27 Feb. 1861
Mary (Mollie) Settle(s), born 21
Sept. 184.0 Bourbon C o . KY and died
16 Feb. 1912, dau. of John T.
Settle, born 28 Jan. 18069 Bourbon
Co. KY and Mary (Polly) Swader or
Shrader, born 4 Jan. 1807. John T.
was son of Joseph Settle. Mary was
dau. of Tobias Swader m. 30 Sept.
1805, Bourbon C o . KY, to Nancy D.
Boone. Data on Nancy desired.
Reuben Elmore Stivers, Thistle
Hill, Route 29 Box 298A, Staunton
Virginia 24.4.01 703-337-3474
WATSON-BOONE Need information on
Sarah Boone, born PA (per 1850
census) m. John W. Watson, born
1777 PA (1850 census) and died
1867, Scott Co. Indiana. Their son
Daniel Boon Watson, born 6 Dec.1816
Ohio, died 2 April 1891,R11'1eyCa,
Kansas.,mr::.6 April 18549 Madison,
Indiana, Hannah Tunstil Mayfield
(Miller), born 8 Feb. 1815, Balti-
more MD and died 11 Oct. 19099
Clay Co., Kansas. Grace I. Goff
Route 1, Box 1539 Manhattan KS
66502
BOONE-HOLLY Jonathan Boone (call-
ed John) and wife Martha Quinn
(Grandmother prounounced it as
"Gwynn") married and lived for
sometime in Rowan County NC.
Might be parents of John Boone
called Etheldred Boone whose
wife was Mary Holly. He was
nicknamed "Dred" or "Wildcat Dred"
He and Mary, along with a brother
he called "Buddy" named Bird Boone
and his wife Hannah, settled in
Stewart Co. Tennessee in 1824.
Earlier in Stewart Co., are mention-
ed, 1810 Nathan Boone and Joseph
Boone, who was given land in con-
sideration of military service to
the state of North Carolina,
Warrant #5011 Nov. 30, 1797 and
entered on Aug. 8, 1807 by #14.1.
Can anyone verify the above?
MarilynTayne s--, Route 5, Box 350
Carthage Mo 64.836
BOONE -TUCKER-BARNHOUSE Seeking
the ancestry of John Louis Boone
born March 129 1855 (West) VA,
the son of Louis Boone and Sarah
Tucker. John m. Nov. 149 18789
Catherine Barnhouse .
Patricia Baril 207 South Osceola
Street, Beverly Hills FL 32665
GRANT-BOONE Would like info re:
Hannah Grant (30 March 1?71-30
May 1817) daughter of Elizabeth
Boone (sister of Daniel) and
William Grant who emigrated to
Kentucky, stopping temporarily
at Boonesborough. On the 10th
of May 17849 Daniel Boone sur-
veyed land on the Little Elkhorn
for Grant. Mrs. Lyndon L. Kelley
2325 Richland Drive, Des Moines
IA 50317
OLD HAM-GRUBBS -GRAHAM Want info
on Nancy Oldham, daughter of
Capt. John & Anna Rice Oldham,
who married Jesse Grubbs, Dec.
249 1818, see THE BOONE FAMILY
by Spraker9 page 528.
A twin of John Graham & Sarah
Elizabeth Oldham Graham (Sarah,
born Dec. 11, 1830 in Rush Co.,
Indiana) said his 2nd great-
grandmother was Daniel Boone's
daughter who was captured by the
Indians. I would like genealogy
from Boone's daughter down to
John & Sarah Graham.
Betty Randall, 184.20 East Street
Road #4.69 Hope, Indiana 4.724.6
WAINSCOTT -BOONE Need parents of
Hannah BOONE and Rebecca BOONE.
Hannah BOONE b. 1806 Tenn. M-1826
Christopher WAINSCOTT. Rebecca
BOONE b. 1808 Tenn. M-1826 Thorn-
ton WAINSCOTT, in KY or Tenn.
In Missouri in 1830 census.
Need data on the BOONE family liv-
ing in Rebecca and Thornton's
household in the 1850 census of
Polk Co. MO. James BOONE 37?
Mary 20 -Allen 16 -Greene 7 -John 5
and Nancy STEPHENS . W. G. Wainscott
Route 3, Box 129, Olney, Texas 76374
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BRYAN -HOWARD -GARNER Cornelius
Howard m. Mary Bryan, dau. of
Joseph Bryan, Sr. Their son
Cornelius Howard, Jr. died 1826,
will, Henderson Co. KY. Father of
Susanna Howard,.wife of Vincent
Garner. Can anyone assist me in
locating information on Cornelius
Howard and wife, Mary Bryan and
their siblings and children?
Christine F. Conrad P. 0. Box 815
Louisville KY 40201
BOONE-SHEDDY Solomon Sheddy, born
ca 1816, died 1878 PA m. Mary Etta
Boone, born ca. 18219 died 1883 PA.
Lived in Lycoming Co. PA. Children
Williams Martha, Almira & James
Sheddy. Boone data desired.
Natalie Gardner 715 High Street,
West Palm Beach FL 33405
YOUNGSPORT . TEXAS . CEMETERY RECORD
Dr. R. P. Boone, born 2 Oct., 1803
died 30 April 1887
Millie, wife of R. P. Boone,
born 22 Mar. 1805, died 8 Nov.
1864. Located on hill overlook-
ing the Lampasas River.
Contributed by Judy Holler
Route 3, Box 3867, Belton TX 76513
BOONE NATIONAL HERITAGE TRAIL
"Without fanfare the Daniel Boone
Trail has been declared a National
Heritage Trail. The designation
overturns a National Park Service
decision last year (1983) that
Boone's trailblazing was not his-
torically significant." An amend-
ment was attached to a National
Trail System bill in May.
The park service has no active
roll and will accept the donation
of trail markers and erect them on
federal land. '
"The Boone trail runs from Mocks-
ville, N. C. (near North Wilkes-
boro), through Boone, N. C., to
E lizabethton, Mountain City, Abing-
don, Va., and through the Cumber-
land Gap to Ft. Boonesborough near
Lexington, Ky."
See July 1981 and October 1983
bulletins. "No fanfare for his-
toric Boone Trail", by Rick Patt-
erson. Courtesy of Mrs. Clarence
Slagle, P. 0. Box 4.4, Marion VA
24354 -
SOLDIER OF THE REVOLUTION -A NEW
VIEW OF DANIEL BOONS (1977)T3.50
by and order from Rev. Ralph W.
Beiting, Christian Applachian
Project, 322 Crab Orchard Road,
Lancaster, Kentucky 4044.6.
Locations and markers associated
with Daniel were photographed by
the author. A detailed chrono-
logy is inclLded.
The biography combines data from
the volumes by Bake le s s , Elliott
and Lofaro. A lot of material at
at reasonable price if you wish
to obtain one volume, but don't
expect to learn anything new about
Daniel Boone: The author uses the
human approach rather than records
and documents.
DANIEL BOONE MOVIE (1936)
Starring George O' Brien, Heather
Angel & John Carradine. The
legendary frontiersman leads 30
families from North Carolina to
unexplored regions beyond the Cum-
berland Mountains, battling Indians,
fierce storms and.the incomparable
slimy villainy of John Carradine
as a diabolical halfbreed.
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Emory Hamilton
Box 639
Wise, Virginia 24293
Dear Mr Hamilton:
HOWELL BOONE
Boone Paan Road
Route 1 Box 365A
Moeksville,NC 27028
TELs (704) 492-5307
08 January 1983
Mr Walter Hendricks of Abingdon, Virginia has suggested that
I write you about the Lee County, Virginia site where James Boone
was among those murdered by a band of Shawnee marauders on 10 Oct-
ober 17?3.
The question of the site has come up because we are preparing
a chronology of Daniel Boone's years of exploration and settlement
of Kentucky. This is being done in conjunction with our North Car-
olina Piedmont commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of Daniel Boone"s
birth on 22 October (Old Style) 1734 in a log cabin at Exeter Town-
ship in Berks County, Pennsylvania.
In the planning stage is a brochure -map of Daniel Boone's
Odyssey from the Boone Tract at Bear Creek in present-day Davie
County, North Carolina to the Fort Boonesborough site in Kentucky.
At first this route map seemed to require little save a re-
tracing of the route "authenticated" by the US National Park Service
in its several publications dealing with "The Daniel Boone Trail.
Already there are several tough questions: Did Daniel use Deep Gap
or nearby Cook's Gap in North Carolina, or did he use the Warrior's
Trail from present-day North Wilkesboro, North Carolina to present-
day Galax, Virginia?
And most importantly where was the turning point - where did
the ill-fated boys die at the hands of the Shawnees? As Mr Henricks w
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points out: the -deserter -thief who was fleeingthe main Boone Party
came upon the boys as he retraced the paths thus, the route Daniel
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Boone used in his 1773 attempt to settle Kentucky was "well worn" a
and easy to follow. .6 0
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I enclose three differing versions of what happened to James
Boone and his companions, and where: Bakeless and Lofaro spell
the creek WALDEN, Elliott spells it Fallen. Bak;eless makes no
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mention of the Indians scalping the youths. Elliott indicates that
the boys were scalped, while Lofaro states in no uncertain terms
that they were not scalped!
The route from Castlewood (then Castle's Woods) Virginia to
the Jonesville, Virginia area is "generally accepted." For me the
route past the Jonesville area is the question mark. Modern-day
Highway 58 proceeds from there to Cony Hollow, Virginia and then
makes a hard right - northward turn to the valley at the base of
the Cumberland fountains. If the murder of James Boone and the
other youths occurred near where the Wallen Creek flows into the
Powell River, this is south of Cony Hollow, Malden Creek seems an
obvious misprint for Wallen Creek,
Mr Hendricks wrote that you have examined this question and
should be able to shed some light on the matter. Any guidance you
can provide will be most appreciated.
Sincerely yours,
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November 22, 1983
Mr. Howell Boone
Boone Farm Road
Route 1, Box 365A
Mocksville, NC 27028
Dear Mr. Boone:
NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION
MAILING ADDRESS:
P. O. BOX 484
ABINGDON. VIRGINIA 24210
It seems you were near the James Boone Marker when battery
trouble ended your search. The snapshots I'm sending were from
a friend about two years ago. She doesn't recall the exact spot
for James' marker, but it was on the main route (U.S. 58) from
Cumberland Gap to Duffield, which passes through Jonesville. She
remembers slie was not far from some Indian Mounds, and not far from
the Gap. That just m_iht indicate being a bit west of Jonesville.
I have a large relief mala "Prepared by the ... Topograhic
Center, W48' hington,1 •D. C." which clearly shows Wellen Creek ftheir
spelling) flowing into Powell River. I've circled that area with
red pencil on the Lee County map. A red arrow at right upper edge
shows route 58, from Duffield and Gate City, as it enters Lee Cty.
If you're in a hurry, take I-81 from Abingdon and the first
right turn below the Tennessee line, onto U.S.11 through most of
Kingsport. Then right onto U.S.23 past Gate City. Turn left at _
Duffield to Jopesville. Abingdon to Duffield by this route is not
much, if any, shorter than by Castlewood. But the roads are wider,
straighter , and therefore faster.
No one, as you know, knows the exact spot of James' burial.
The most i nformed of all persons, to my knowledge, is Mr. Emory
Hamilton, Box 639, Wise, VA 24293. He's the most respected historian
in all that region and for many years has been the leader of the
Southwest Virginia Historical Society. I'm told that he has reason
to believe that James' burial spot is not in the area th4t the
highway marker seems to indicate.
After more than 200 years we tod„y only see through a glass
darkly the many details of Daniel's adventures. Variations are
innumerable in the stories in print - are myth and fiction in
many cases. Details vary as coloured by the racontuers. One mystery
is the exact pathways followed by the six migrating families.
Certain considerations support the "historic" route chosen by the
National Park Service studies: Immediately upon entering Virginia
(at present Damascus) Daniel dispatched his son, James, and the
Mendenhall brothers to pick up Isaac Crabtree who lived near present
Saltville. They were to carry advance word to Captain Russell at
Castles Woods that (1) the Boone migration was enroute (no Z.D. phones
in those days); and (2) additional tools and foodstuffs were needed.
The boys' route was along two sides of a triangle, the hypotenuse WA$
traveled by the main party. The boys, unencumbered by women, infants,
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TEL: (704) 492-5307.
12 November 1983
WALTER HENDRICKS
132 Valley Street N E
Abingdon, Virginia 24210
Dear Mr Hendricks:
I enclose a booklet on the Boonesin Davie County. North Car-
olina. written by Davie County Historian James W. Wall using re-
search compiled by Miss Flossie Martin and myself. This booklet
was issued in 1982p and fits right in with our commemoration of
the 250th anniversary of Daniel Boone' s birth in 1984.
Also enclosed is my listing of the children of Daniel Boone
and his wife Rebecca [Bryan] Boone. Note that only the first two
children, the boys James and Israelp were born in "The Forks of
the Yadkin" which is present-day Davie County. North Carolina.
Finally I enclose a copy of our papers on the organization
of a Piedmont Committee for the 250th Anniversary of Daniel Boone's
Birth. The last two pages are reproductions of reproductions of
the maps I used when retracing the Daniel Boone "Trail" from the
Boone Tract on Bear Creek in Davie County. North Carolina to the
fort at Booneeborough in Kentucky. The yellow marker on the orig-
inal copies has become dense black in these copies. The route was
the "approved" route indicated by the National Park Service. This
route was re -traced in a camper -van with two of my Texas cousins.
We were aware that present-day roads are out of the flood plain
that was a favorite route of Daniel Boone. Still we were sure
that we were traveling through the same valleys that Daniel used.
Again. may I thank you for talking to me during a very busy
time for you. After our telephone conversations Charles Williams
and I got back in the car and we just made Jonesville. Virginia
when the car's battery failed and had to be replaced - which did
effectively end our search for the Virginia Highway Marker which
indicated James Boone': death and burial site. We will try to
locate It again - next year - on a warm and sunny day.
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I have read and own several dozen biographies of Daniel Boone,
including the admirable"Long Hunter" by Lawrence Elliott. but my
long-time favorite is the 1939 "scholarly" biography by John Bake -
less. And I also like Michael A Lofaro's "The Life and Adventures
of Daniel Boone" published in 1978 by the University of Kentucky
Press# wherein the torture -murder of James Boone and Henry Russell
is completely detailed. But Lofaro places the murders at Walden's
Creek -elsewhere I have read that it was at Wal.len's/Wallene Creek
near where the Greek enters the Powell River. My recollection.of
our conversation has you locating the murders at Wallens Creek#
rather: than Walden's Creek. This confusion was a motivating fac-
tor in my -November 1983 attempt to locate the spot exactly and see
it with my oWn eyes ...which I st ll hope to do*
Thanking you for all your heap and advice,
The Highway darker is N0. 324 and readsi
DEATH OF BOONE'S SON
NEAR HERE 0 0BER M177%
JAMES BOONEt AND HENRY RUSSELL
MEMBERS OF BOONV S PARTY ON
THE WAY TO KENTUCKY, WERE
SURPRISED AND KILLED BY INDIANS
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Mocksvdle, N. C.
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1984
DANIEL 8 0 0 N E ANNIVERSARY
PIEDMONT COMMITTEE FOR THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF DANIEL BOONE'S BIRTH, INC.
371 North Main Street, Mocksville, North Carolina 27028
President: HOWELL BOONE
Vice -President- PETER HAIRSTON
Secretary: LYNME TROUTMAN
WATER H. HENDRICKS
132 Valley Street N E
Abingdon, VA 24210 ,
Dear Mr, Hendricks:
Tele hone:
(704 634-2023
26 JULY 1984
At your suggestion, I've written Mrs Russ of
Kingsport, Tennessee and Mr Shepard of Lansing, North
Carolina....copes of letters sent them are enclosed.
I remain as interested in a Daniel Boone Trail
as I was as a boy. But with my tiny (me,myself & I
plus ?) 250th Committee, I'm having to concentrate
on a few "do -able" objectives for 1984.
The Davie County Historic or Historic Davie
County postcards, the Daniel Boone Wooden Nickels,
a Daniel Boone T-shirt and Daniel Boone Hunters Cap
are all basically accomplished. The pen and ink .
sketch of Squire Boone's Bear Creek cabin (based on
an R H Helper letter in the Draper Collection)
remains a "possible". 'The artist, with much already
produced work to her credit, is going through a year
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( or more?) of personal turmoil - from which may yet U
emerge a sketch of the Squire Boone cabin. A pageant- m J
Play with a cast of children seems not about to Y
happen.
Our Daniel Boone Ole Timey Turkey Shoot WILL
take place - perhaps mis-managed by our inexperienced
staff.
The two foot by three foot Bronze Plaque WILL be
erected at Joppa Cemetery. I journey to Greensboro
on 30 July 1984 to see the completed clay mockup.
My own pet project - the brochure -map of Daniel
Boone's journey from the Boone Tract at Bear Creek in
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Davie (ex -Rowan) County, North Carolina to fabled Boonesborough
in Kentucky - if its to be as accurate as we can make it - must
• wait until there is leisure to stud ponder and
Y� P get concurrence
from many informed (opinionated?) folks who have also studied
the route. This year I'm acting as the postcard wholesaler, the
wooden nickel wholesaler and the seller of T-shirts and caps -
with bills and receipts to prepare and records to keep. I am now
resolved to never do such a thing ever again%
I am also involved in The Appalachian Trail, The Great
Wag(g)on Road - with its Davie County segment known locally as
"The Old Georgia Road" and the Yadkin River Trail.... all con-
nected in some way with the "Master of the Wilderness" Daniel '
Boone.
I look forward to November 1984 - with what I hope is peace
and quiet - but there is IRS to deal with - after we have closed
the books on the Piedmont Committee for the 250th Anniversary of
Daniel Boone's Birth,Inc. So, perhaps by Thanksgiving ?
So, in 1985, I hope to be able to produce a brochure -map of
the (several?) Daniel Boone routes from here to there - with per-
haps the help of the local Chamber of Commerce (that would be a
wonderful surprise) and the assitance of yourself, Mr Hamilton,
Mrs Russ and Mr Shepard, and anyone else who has a guess as to
the original route. First, I have to survive this year.
Thanking you for all your help,
OAVIE CO. PUSUC U8RANY
MOCKSVl U,. MO
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Lina, to Detroit, :'Michigan, but its oldest and most interesting sec-
tion is in Kentucky where it follows the route of America's first
highway to the west—the Wilderness Road.
The United States began as a string of small colonies on a nar-
row strip of land along the Atlantic seaboard. The strip quickly
grew wider as more settlers came and pushed their way back
from the shoreline, but in Virginia it stopped abruptly about 150
miles inland. There a series of steep mountain ranges, part of the
craggy Appalachian chain, formed a natural barrier to the lands
beyond.
The first white man to find a break in this seemingly impassa-
ble wall was a Virginia explorer named Thomas Walker. Walker
had studied medicine at the College of William and Mary, but he
gave up his practice in Fredericksburg to join a group of specula-
tors who were exploring southwestern Virginia with an eye to in-
vesting in land. Walker made a number of expeditions through
the Shenandoah Valley and into Tennessee. On one of them he
discovered a narrow passage through the mountains. It led into a
land that had been the scene of many Indian wars. The Indians
called it Ken-to-ke—meaning "dark and bloody ground."
The adventurous doctor noted the discovery of "Cave Gap" in
an entry in his journal dated April 13,'1750. Later he gave the
gap, the mountains it passed through, and the river he found on
the other side, the name Cumberland after the Duke of Cumber-
land, the hero of a battle against the Scottish rebels six years be-
fore.
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20 Highways into History
Today the Cumberland Gap is a popular tourist attraction, but
until Dr. Thomas Walker stumbled upon it, no one except the In-
dians knew it existed. Walker and his party followed one of their
trails, Warriors' Path, across the mountains and into what is now
southeastern Kentucky. They camped near the Cumberland
River, built the first log c4bin in Kentucky and stayed for several
weeks exploring the countryside.
The French and Indian War, which lasted from 1754 to 1763,
put an end to any further exploration of the Cumberland Gap.
When the war ended, a few frontiersmen from Virginia's Shenan-
doah Valley began, following the Warriors' Path through the gap
into Kentucky. They hunted deer and buffalo and because their
expeditions took them great distances and kept them away from
home for long periods of time, they called themselves Long
Hunters.
The Long Hunters roamed over much of the same countryside
that Dr. Thomas Walker had visited in southeastern Kentucky.
They also ventured into the central part of the state and returned
to tell of a rich meadowland where the grass was so green it
looked almost blue. Their tales of Kentucky's fabulous Bluegrass
region eventually reached the ears of a wiry, dark-haired woods-
man named Daniel Boone. They inspired him to become one of
Kentucky's pioneer settlers and to blaze the trail that would help
make the territory a state.
Daniel Boone had been born in Pennsylvania, but after his
marriage in 1756, he and his wife Rebeccah settled in North Car-
olina's Yadkin River Valley. The Boones had a small farm in a set-
tlement named Buffalo Lick, but Daniel was restless there. For a
while he talked of moving to Pensacola, Florida, but Rebeccah
objected and the plan was dropped.
Then one day an old friend of Boone's showed up in the Yad-
kin River Valley. His name was John Findley and he and Boone
had served together in General Braddock's army during the
French and Indian War. Findley was now a peddler of pots and
pans, but he had once been a Long Hunter and during their army
U.S. 25 The Wilderness Road 21
days he had often talked to Boone about the remarkable Blue-
grass country he had seen in Kentucky.
John Findley had no sooner appeared at the Boones' cabin
door than Daniel Boone began plying him with questions about
the land beyond the Cumberland Gap. Before long the two men
were making plans to go on a long hunt across the Warriors' Path
so Boone could see Kentucky for himself.
They left in the spring of 1769 and were gone for almost two
years. Daniel Boone found Kentucky as beautiful as he had ex-
pected it to be. When he arrived back in Buffalo Lick, he could
talk of nothing but returning to live there with Rebeccah and
their children.
Boone enlisted the aid of another frontiersman, Captain Wil-
liam Russell, and together they persuaded several other families
—about forty people in all—to join them in the move. They set
out for Kentucky in 1773, but they were barely past the Cumber-
land Gap when their camp was attacked by Indians. Six of the pi-
oneers were killed, including Boone's 17 -year-old son James. Al-
though Boone was still eager to continue the journey, Russell and
the others voted to return to Buffalo Lick as quickly as possible.
Daniel Boone made his next journey through the Cumberland
Gap alone. A year after his disastrous attempt to move his family
to Kentucky there was an Indian uprising known as Lord Dun-
more's War. Boone was sent into Kentucky to warn the handful
of men who had trading posts there to fortify their settlements
and prepare for Indian attacks. He completed his mission in two
months, traveling through eight hundred- miles of wilderness in-
fested with snakes, wolves, bears and Indians on the warpath.
Lord Dunmore's War ended in the fall of 1774 and with the
Indians subdued, the way was again open for a settlement in
Kentucky. By now Richard Henderson, a judge of the Superior
Court of North Carolina, had become interested in the lands
there. Henderson organized the Transylvania Company and in
1775 negotiated the Treaty of Sycamore Shoals with the Chero-
kee Indians. For the sum of ten thousand English pounds, the
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Mocksviiie, NC
Daniel Boone. (The Bethrwnn Archive)
U.S. 25 The Wilderness Road 23
Cherokees gave Henderson title to some twenty million acres be-
tween the Kentucky and Cumberland Rivers, comprising about
half of the present state of Kentucky.
Passing through the Cumberland Cap. (Cultw Pictures)
Henderson planned to resell the land to settlers, but before he
could hope to interest anyone in his newly acquired property, he
knew he would have to provide a road to get them there. He
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24 Highways into History
promptly hired Daniel Boone to widen the Warriors' Path
through the Cumberland Gap and blaze a trail into Kentucky.
The Wilderness Road, as Boone's Trail was called, started at
the Long Island of the Holston River, now the city of Kingsport,
Tennessee. From there, Boone, with a band of 30 axmen, cleared
his way through thick cane and reed and sturdy trees and in a sin-
gle month blazed 208 miles of trail. The woodsmen stopped at a
spot on the Kentucky River and built a fort that they called
Boonesborough. It was the second white settlement in the Blue-
grass region. Harrodsburg, thirty miles to the west, had been
founded by James Harrod and a party of surveyors a few months
before.
The first traveler on Daniel Boone's new Wilderness Road was
Judge Richard Henderson, who came to inspect the holdings of
his Transylvania Company. He was followed by a steady stream
of families eager to settle in Kentucky. Some of them came from
Virginia; others from Pennsylvania or Maryland. They traveled
south through the great valley between the Blue Ridge Moun-
tains and the Shenandoahs and Alleghenies. The route was called
the Great Wagon Road, the Valley Turnpike and occasionally the
Irish Road because so many immigrants from Ireland traversed it.
It ended near the Long Island of the Holston where the travelers
then turned on to the Wilderness Road.
The original Wilderness Road only went as far as Boonesbor-
ough, but it was soon extended. One group of pioneers went
beyond Daniel Boone's fort and founded a settlement which they
called Lexington. They selected the name because they arrived
there on a spring day in 1775 just after they had received the
news of the fighting on the green at Lexington, Massachusetts.
A branch of the Wilderness Trail which is not part of U.S. 25
developed when some of Kentucky's settlers started a second
path at the Hazel Patch just north of the town of London. It
forked off to the northwest and led to the falls of the Ohio, near
the present city of Louisville.
For years the last civilized point on this road was at a place
U.S. 25 The Wilderness Road 25
called the Crab Orchard. Travelers usually assembled there and
joined forces for the more difficult journey ahead. The com-
panies, which left every two or three weeks, recruited their mem-
bers through advertisements in the newspapers. A typical notice
that appeared in 1788 read:
NOTICE
A large company will meet at the Crab Orchard the 19th of Novem-
ber in order to start the next day through the Wilderness. As it is very
dangerous on account of the Indians, it is hoped each person will go
well armed:
Armed or not, the companies were regularly attacked. When
they were, Colonel William Whitley usually organized a party of
riflemen and came to their rescue.
Whitley lived at Walnut Flat, about five miles west of the Crab
Orchard. A fierce and fearless Irishman, he had bought some land
along the west branch of the Wilderness Road and built himself a
two -and -a -half -story mansion, the first brick house in the state of
Kentucky.
Sportsman's Hill, as the house is called, still stands near the
present town of Stanford. It was a wondrous sight in a region
where the only buildings were forts and log cabins. Whitley em-
blazoned his initials in white brick over the front entrance. He or-
dered glass for the windows and had it brought by packhorses
from the east. On the mantle over the fireplace he carved a line
of dollar signs to indicate the money that was to be made in the
new country.
Among the Colonel's other decorative touches were a staircase
with thirteen steps in honor of the thirteen colonies and a harp on
the newel post in memory of his Irish ancestry. The house
boasted a ballroom, but as a concession to its location in the wil-
derness, there was also a secret cupboard on the stairlanding
where the women and children could hide in case of an Indian
attack.
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M E M O R A N D U M
To: Interested Citizens -
Davie County and Region I
From: Joe C. Matthews ,L nif
- "Dame : --e cember 29, 1982 ---
RE: DANIEL BOONE
Joe C. Matthews,
Executive Director
(919)722-9346
As some of you know, I have previously communicated with
different persons who are interested in having some type
of program or celebration in Davie County which would
denote the 250th birthday of Daniel Boone. He was born
by one account on November 4, 1734, and by another account
on October 22, 1734.
As I previously indicated, perhaps any event carried out
in Davie County might be done in conjunction with persons
in Boonesboro, Kentucky. Beyond this, Mr. Howell Boone
of Mocksville has suggested that whatever is planned might
also include Exeter Township in Burks County, Pennsylvania
where Daniel Boone was born, and also, persons just outside
of Defiance, Missouri where Daniel Boone died. It could be
that persons in Wilkes =County _might -like to -participate -since
Daniel Boone moved from Davie County to the area called
Ferguson in Wilkes County and lived there a short time.
Daniel Boone lived' -in Davie County for some thirteen years.
If you wish to participate, the initial meeting of persons
3 to discuss a proposed celebration and program denoting
p _ . Daniel Boones 250th birthday will take place at 3:00 p.m.
3 on We dues dayy January 19 1983 at the Davie County Library
i Mn oc sville. Please feel free to invite others to be
present for this meeting.
� you In the meantime if have questions or suggestions,
a any
o please let me know.
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DANIEL BOONE TRAIL COMMITTEE MEETING
•SHATLEY SPRINGS,SEPT. 13, 1985
Eight members of the fourteen member committee met to review plans and discuss
a proposed route for the Daniel Boone Scenic Motor Trail in Ashe County. The meet-
ing was co-chaired by Virginia Myers, Mayor of West Jefferson, and Bernard Coss
of Blue Ridge Electric. Also in attendance were: -
Fess Green Northwest Mts. Trail Task Force
Lee McMillan Tourism Committee
Phillip and Cheryl Lewis Realtors
Wick Vannoy Retired businessman
Grady Shepherd Visitor
The first order of business was.to discuss a proposed motor route through Ashe
County that would connect various historic and scenic points of interest. Grady
Shepherd presented a map with a sixty -mile route (see Attachment 1) extending from
Deep Cap to Mouth of Wilson in Virginia. Grady explained that the trail follows
roughly the exploratory route used by Daniel Boone in 1759, (see Attachment 2). It
joins the Blue Ridge Parkway with U.S. 58 which is being identified as the Boone
Trail in Virginia. All roads along the route in Ashe County are paved.
Some discussion followed as to the length of the proposed route and its potential
use by visitors. It was noted that the route included three loop segments, each 15
to 20 miles in length. These could be identified separately on a brochure using
color codes with descriptions of each. Several variations were discussed, and a
gravel road alternate was also featured on Grady's map as a horseback and hiking
trail. This section may await future development.
Points of interest along the route include the following:
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Wilcox Cabin - Log cabin on land that once belonged to John Wilcoxson
and Sara Boone (Daniel Boone's sister). See Attachement 3.
Calloway Cemetery - Includes long stone slab given Captain Calloway by
Daniel Boone who had used it as a camp marker. See Attachment 3.
Overlook at Horse Gap - Known as the "jumping-off place."
The New River - North and South Forks
Three Top Mountain - Also the high eak nearby
Todd General Store - Established in 1914
Ashe County Visitors Center
Ashe Park, Mount Jefferson State Park, New River State Park
Shatley Springs - Resort and proposed site of restored hunting cabin
similar to one used by Daniel Boone nearby.
Since the Wilcox cabin is privately owned, Cheryl Lewis will look into its
availability for purchase. It was conceded that a historic structure of this nature
should be accessible to the public to be of value as a point of interest along the
trail. Also, the proposed hunting cabin will involve replication and construction
work with furnishings appropriate to the time of Daniel Boone's hunting forays into
Ashe County. Lee McMillan is heading up the hunting cabin project.
Bernard Coss inquired about the probable interest that this trail would have to
Boone's decendents. He will contact Hal Boone for a list of decendents in Ashe
County. It was also recommended that Bernard contact the State Department of Trans-
portation and the State Historical Section (Archives) to determine what support or
resources might be available from the state. The attraction to bicyclists was also
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mentioned since the state maintains several bicycle trails.
Fess Green was asked to write a report of this meeting and plans for the Daniel
Boone Trail to be presented at the September 20 meeting of the North Carolina Trails
Committee in Asheville.
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Virginia Myers suggested another meeting in about month. Lee McMillan was
given thanks for hosting the meeting at Shatley Springs and providing a fine meal
for all to enjoy. The meeting adjourned at 9:00pm.
Fess Green
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THE DANIEL BOONE SCENIC MOTOR TRAIL
Ashe County
North Carolina
This trail, identified to the public in April of 1985, has been many years
in preparation. Numerous voluntary clubs, historical societies, and government
agencies have, at one time or another, contributed information and support for the
establishment of a historic trail commemorating several of Daniel Boone's treks
through the Blue Ridge Mountains. Although a four state effort to establish a
Daniel Boone National Scenic Trail was defeated, regional groups continued to
research the remarkable legacy left by this early pioneer.
Daniel Boone Scenic Route:
Described in the Dra er Manuscripts * (unpublished, never completed) written
by Or. Lyman C. Draper 1800-1880 , this document includes a route study by
Tennessee citizen, Thomas C. Johnston, Cartographer.
1799 Daniel Boone and a friend, Nathaniel Gist, set out on a hunting and
exploring expedition; the route they followed took them from:
Deep Gap to Jefferson( not in existence then)
Jefferson to Whitetop (named "Skytop")
Whitetop to Abingdon (named "Wolf Hill") and return by way of
Pond Mountain and Three Top Mountain.
This was Daniel Boone's first venture westward. He was 25 years old.
Although he was born in Pennsylvania in 1734, his family later moved to
Yadkin county, North Carolina.
It would be several years before Daniel Boone made his historic migration to
Kentucky, establishing settlements and opening up the American frontier.
A Proposed Motor Trail:
The North Carolina Trails Association, Ashe County Historical Society, and
Ashe County Committee on Tourism have proposed a trail along secondary roads from
Deep Gap to the Virginia Line. Although the trail is entirely within Ashe
County, it links with the Blue Ridge Parkway at Deep Gap and with the Virginia
Creeper hiking trail and other trails near Whitetop, Virginia. Side trails to
Listening Rock on Pond Mountain and other scenic and historic points are being
included along the trail route. Temporary markers have been placed at signi-
ficant points along the motor route, to be replaced with historic markers when '
funds are appropriated. Appropriate recognition for this trail is being sought.
For more information, write or call:
Ashe County Committee on Tourism
Virginia Myers, Chairman
City Hall, Main Street
West Jefferson, NC
919 - 246-3551
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RE: THE DANIEL BOONE TRAIL STUDY HOWELL BOONEBoone Farm Road
Route 1 Box 365A
Mocksville,NC 27028
TEL: (70.4) 492-5307
22 July 1982 .
National Park Service
Resource Area Studies
75 Spring St SW Suite 1046
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
I have had the opportunity to examine your June 1982 draft study for thb
Daniel Boone Trail. The detailed description on pages 89 and 90, plus Map a,
furnish adequate information for the preparation of a simple brochure indica
ting the current best guess as -to the route(s). taken.
It is altogether possible that a'brochure will be issued in Davie_County
tracing the -route from the Boone Tract (Owned by both Squire and son Daniel)'
located on Bear Creek in present-day Davie County, North Carolina to the Fort
Boonesborough State Park in Kentucky. Such a brochure will a.ss.ist descendants
of pioneers to retrace the .route of their ancestors.
On page 519 paragraph•4'indicates that the Ohio River carried more settlers
into Kentucky than the route Daniel Boone blazed. The Kentucky lands were se
cured by the across -the -mountains settlers BEFORE the Ohio River became a high-
way for later settlement. The Ohio River which their descendants have turned
into,a sewer is a fitting monument to these raft riders, most of whom arrived
after the fighting was over. Not exhausted by the early struggles, the raft
riders proceeded to file counter claims for the land that Boone and other early
settlers had claimed first, and they wrested much of the land from the first
settlers - in the courts they came to dominate.
Disgusted by the tactics and successes of the damnyankees as he called them,
Daniel Boone (and many others) moved further west - to Missouri, where he died
in 1820 at the home of his son Nathan. Some years later some of the raft riders
of the Ohio came to Missouri to claim Daniel's body - they had already succeede.d
in claiming and stripping him of his Kentucky acres. They took what they thought
was Daniel's body and placed it in Kentucky under a monument erected with money
out of the pockets of others.. Fortunately, Daniel remains in.his rightful grave
in Missouri, safe in death from the raft riders that stole his Kentucky property
and tried to steal even his corpse from its final resting place.
Aware of what Daniel accomplished, and what he did not accomplish, there are
those of us who will honor his deeds, and we will do this whether or not the
federal government, or that of the several states, erect roadside markers along
his route of travel from his Boone Tract home "in the forks of the Yadkin" to a
fort named Boonesborough in.Kentucky.
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-, Grateful for even small favors, I do thank you for so carefully identifying
the highways that run over the once famous Boone's Wilderness Road, or closely
° parallel this route that Daniel blazed into Kentucky.
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l.a.: The historic route ofsIIL4�r e_I Bodne'b Wilderness Road from old
Rowan County in NC to BB was blazed by DB and a team of road-
cuttersThis was a "road" for settlers and not
for hunters and explorers. The difference is cruci2l; iff it had
been merely a hunters path through the woods, the settlement of
Kentucky and its statehood in ,YA792 would have been postponed.
l.b.: For a numver of years the Daniel Boone Trail -Wilderness Road
was THE route of migration and settlement of Kentucky & beyond.
l.c.: The actual route is a magnet for descendants - now in the
millions - of the settlers who flooded through this road into
Kentucky and@the `nest'.'
2.a.: This route is "a national historic trail" whether it is so
designated by the Ferderal Government or local state governments.
Its historic signifigance is a FACT, and nothing can change that.
2.b.: National designation, with roadwaymarkers indicating that the
route is an historic trail will make it easier for those interested
to locate it.
l.a.: The actual route blazed by DB and his team of road cutters, which
was then followed by Richard Henderson,Esquire and his caravan of
wagons (not all of which made it to Boonesborough) wwith supplies for
the establishment of a permanent settlement at Boonesborough, and
which DanielB used to bring his wife and children to KY(The first
white women in K ntucky)
l..b.: The DB Trail -Wilderness Road acted as a magnet for all those
seeking land "in the west". W/o this road KY would have remained
a "hunting gr und" for Indiand and intrepid white men like DB -
n delaying the settlement of "over the mountains" area of our USA.
l.c.: I believe there is genuine appreciation of the historic sig
nifigance of the DBTrail-WR in American History. Theroute really
begins at the homesite of DB ni Davie Co, NC, where there IS a road
side NC STate Hifhgway marker. The other end of the route - Boones
boro in Ky has been carefully memorialized.
2.a.: The fact that DB laid out his route to KY in so practiacal a
fashion that most, if not all, of the route ha?fs become paved roads,
reinforces the fact that this was a ROAD picked by a skillful DB
from amongst all of the trails and paths he had discovered while
hunting the vast area - so that settlers could travel into Ky with
thier entire famil s and everything they w owned.
2.b.: "National:" designation would make it easier to find for all
those interested in re -tracing their ancestors footsteps along this
most historic trail.
2.c.; If ther/e is no "national" ds/designation, t hose of us that
care about this route will s till seek it out, and we/ will still re-
trace pour ancestors footsteps.
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DANIEL BOONE TRAIL STUDY
PUBLIC PLANNING WORKSHOP AGENDA
7:00 p.m. Welcome and Introductions
7:15 p.m. Purpose .of Study and Workshop
7:30 p.m. Wbrkgroup Discussions
8:30 p.m... Workgroup -Reports
9:00 p.m Questions . and Answers -
Adjourn
HOWELL BOO NE
Boone Farm Road
Route 1 Box 365A
Mocksville, NC 27028
TEL: (704) 492-5307
15 February 1985
WALTER HENDRICKS
132 Valley Street N E
Abingdon, Virginia 24.210
Dear Mr Henrdricks:
Late in the Fall of 19849 after we had completed our Daniel
Boone commemorative events, I set out once again to locate the
site, where on 10 October 1773, Shawnees surprised and murdered
that ill-fated group of youths, including Daniel Boone's 16 -year
old son James.
As we prepared for our October festivities, I notified fam-
ily members who would'be going via Cumberland Gap that there was
no precise location of this awful event in any of the biographies
of Daniel Boone,
Dan G. Boone of Pleasanton, Texas and Obert A. Boone of San
Antonio, Texas decided to re -visit Boonesborough, and come to
Davie County, North Carolina via the Cumberland Gap. Talking to
Park Personnel at the Gap, they were informed that " a bunch of
folks" in the area of Ewing, Lee County, Virginia knew about the
murders which took place early in the morning, while the boys
were camping along a creek that is known as INDIAN CREEK.
Dan and Obert drove from the Gap along Virginia Highway 58,
and turning off onto local road 684,.they soon located a large
granite marker erected in 1951, which detailed the tragedy of 10
October 1773. They visited the cemetery on a knoll, where the
boys were buried, Dan and Obert talked to local folks, and in-
formed by them, visited the site along Indian Creek where the
boys had camped and were murdered by Shawnees.
Dan and Obert arrived at my home, full of details, and I just
had to visit the site for myself. Also visiting the site and talk-
ing to the locals - Mrs Lou Sondern, who is completing a biography
of Rebecca [Bryan] Boone, mother of James Boone.
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MOCKSVILLF.o, MO
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The several photos and mileage measurements indicated are
the result of our joint effort. Dan G. and Obert A. Boone, Mrs
Lou Sondern, Charles Williams and I are convinced that "this
must be the place".
The 10 October 1773 murder site is many miles from Abingdon
and over 35 miles from Stickleyville, where an erroneously loca-
ted sign, Virginia State Highway Marker K-32 stood for some years.
I hope that you will (1) visit this site, and note how close
it is to fabled Cumberland Gap [no wonder Daniel Boone wanted to
continue on into Kentucky] and (2) write to Margaret T. Peters
stressing the importance of a correct location of this site -
with the murders resulting in Daniel Boone's abandonment of his
1773 attempt to settle Kentucky. This incident is an integral
part of "The Daniel Boone Trail" story.
Warm regards in this cold season,
av'Esvtc.��
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THE DANIEL BOONE TRAIL - WILDERNESS ROAD
THE ROUTE RETRACED
ON THE FIRST AND SECOND OF OCTOBER 1982
These typed notes are copied from the
handwritten notebook kept by Howell
Boone during the course of trip retracing
the route of Daniel Boone from the
property he onced owned in North Carolina
The Boone Tract at Bear Creek in Davie
(Formerly Rowan ) County, North Carolina
through the Cumberland Gap to the site
of the Fort at Boonesborough, Kentucky.
GA`JIE CU. PU.8LIU illitW�r
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FRIDAY 01 October 1982
DRIVER: Dan G Boone
ROUTE & MAP: Howell Boone
DEPARTURE: Boone Tract, Davie Co,NC COOK: Obert A Boone
Mileage: 65,905.3 @ 8:25AM FULL TANK
HWY 64 proceeding north
enter 901 911.2
enter 115 929.9
enter 421 942.3 @ 9:15AM
outside Wilkeboro - foggy
leaves turning on ash, dogwood & sumac, but maple & oak still green
@ 9:25AM fog lifting, but still covers Wilkesboro
DEEP GAP 967.0 @ 950AM
very hilly - Boone snaked though these hills
present road a 4 -lane HWY
BOONE,NC 976.6 @ 10:05AM
weather clear in Boone but foggy past Boone
hilltops in fog valley just hazy
NORTH CAROLINA -TENNESSEE Border
990.8 @ 10:30AM
road follows ROAN Creek in this Tennessee valley
this valley seems the only possible route one could follow
MOUNTAIN CITY,TN 601.8 @ 10:45AM
some large old houses., big Burlington factory and many new houses on
outskirts of town - with Furnace Creek running through town & valley
the mountains are close to town
Laurel Creek - in this area there are some stone houses and stone walls
road is on the valley floor - only sensible route to follow
stream right along side the two-lane road - narrow valley bottom
early settlers may have had to walk in the stream bed
TENNESSEE -VIRGINIA Border 60013.2
seems that this is the only possible route - here we are riding in auto
right over the ground that Daniel trod (still Laurel Creek)
DAMASCUS,VA 6001-5.4 @ 11:10AM
the stream is always there along side of road
HOLSTON RIVER SOUTH FORK 60019.7 @ 11:15AM
HOLSTON RIVER MIDDLE FORK 60023.7 @ 11:20AM
ABINGDON,VA (founded 1778) is town with many old buildings
too many road signs with much confusion (which way is east or west?)
HOLSTON RIVER NORTH FORK 60036.7 @ 11:45AM
in this area there are many "gaps" (without a name?)
route seems only way to go (much Kudzu vine along HWY)
often one is able to see a creek or stream running along the side of the road
ALT 58 is new four -lane grass median HWY cut thru rock of hills
HWY 65 juncture 60054.9
treet growing right along road side - with branches touching overhead
DUNGANNON,VA - CLINCH RIVER - a big new bridge
as soon as out of this town the road is lined with trees - with breaks
in trees where one can see pastureland in the valley
FT BLACKMORE,VA 60073.5 @ 1:00PM
CLINCHPORT,VA 60086.7 @ 1:25PM
outside of Clinchport, took photo of the Clinch River
58-421 becomes again Super Highway with the hills blasted and the valley
filled so that the road runs almost level through the rolling country
no stream visible at this point in route
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DUFFIELD,VA 11 gallons gas @ $ 14.00
POWELL RIVER,VA 60106.8 @ 2:40PM
between Dot,Va. & Jonesville,Va an impressive deep gorge with a wonderful
view from the new highway which is high up on hillside
POWELL RIVER VALLEY gets wider -as we travel along
with distant hills edging wide valley with good farm land
JONESVILLE,VA 60111.9 @ 2:45PM
here the rolling hills have rock outcroppings in pastures -
handsome view with five ridge lines from foreground to skyline
here we are driving west into sun with hot sun on our legs and laps
move along valley with high mountains on our right - which seems
almost vertical and topped with rock cliffs -obvious why they had
to find a gap to.get to. the other side of these mountains
ROSE HILL,VA 60127.9
mountains are toped with 100 or more feet sheer rock cliff - this is
for rock climbers only = no other way to get over these mountains
EWING,VA 60132.6 @ 3:20PM
took photo of cliffs and roadside marker
INDIAN CREEK,VA 60137.3
GIBSON STATION,VA - a small cluster of houses about 10 miles from the
Cumberland Gap
CUMBERLAND GAP (VIRGINIA -KENTUCKY BORDER) 60147.3 @ 3:50PM
from 60147.3 to 60164.3 - driving on roads around Gap & overnight campsite
SATURDAY 02 October 1982
VIRGINIA -KENTUCKY Border in CUMBERLAND GAP resume 60164.3 @ 9:OOAM
MIDDLEBORO,KY 60166.5 @ 9:05AM
a four -lane highway with grass median - and only the road itself is really
visible; there is much heavy fog - we can see that the hills have been
jack -hammered away and the valley filled to accomplish a level highway
PINEVILLE,KY 60176.7
still heavy fog, but can see that this town is spread over a wide valley
KNOX COUNTY Signpost - and a stream running right along right side of HWY
@ 9:45AM back into heavy fog again with improved visibility only when
driving in low valley floor
possible to see the old two-lane road lower in valley along side the
four -lane highway which uses perhaps 100 feet of right of way
BARBOURVILLE,KY 60194.8 @ 9:55AM
the HWY is a bypass of old town - the HWY is cut into rock hillside
@ 10:10AM the fog finally lifts and we can see we are in rolling land
with the mountains behind us - this superhighway runs much closer to
ridge . than the valley floor that Daniel used
CORBIN,KY 60209.9 @ 10:15AM (enter old route 25 after town)
flea markets all along the roadside (its Saturday, after all?)
everybody is either selling or buying
LEVI JACKSON PARK,KY 60218.7 @ 10:25AM RESUME ROUTE 11:30AM
toured park and took some photos of old mill
LONDON,KY 60.224.5 @ 11:40AM
road traffic heavy on a bright sunny Saturday
London,Ky is Laurel County Seat - there is a "Wilderness Road" sign in town
HAZEL PATCH,KY 60232.5 @ 12:05PM
took photo of roadside marker- this is authentic looking route area
a handsome valley = wide, with rolling land
soon we are going through a narrow pass/gap with the trees growing
right up to road's edge
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DUFFIELD,VA 11 gallons gas @ $ 14.00
POWELL RIVER,VA 60106.8 @ 2:40PM
between Dot,Va & Jonesville,Va an impressive deep gorge with a wonderful
view from the new highway which is high up on hillside
POWELL RIVER VALLEY gets wider as we travel along
with distant hills edging wide valley with good farm land
JONESVILLE,VA .60111.9 @ 2:45PM
here the rolling hills hilve rock outcroppings in pastures
handsome view with five ridge lines from forrdround to skyline
here we are driving west into sun with hot sun on our legs and laps
move along valley with high mountains on our right - which seems
almost vertical and topped with rock cliffs -obvious why they had
to find a gap to get to the other side of these mountains
ROSE HILL,VA 60127.9
mountains are toped with 100 or more feet sheer rock cliff - this is
for rock climbers only = no other way to get over these mountains
EWING,VA 60132.6 @ 3:20PM
took photo of cliffs and roadside marker
INDIAN CREEK,VA 60137.3
GIBSON STATION,VA - a small cluster of houses about 10 miles from the
Cumberland Gap
CUMBERLAND GAP (VIRGINIA -KENTUCKY BORDER) 60147.3 @ 3:50PM
from 60147.3 to 60164.3 - driving on roads around Gap & overnight campsite
SATURDAY 02 October 1982
VIRGINIA -KENTUCKY Border in CUMBERLAND GAP resume 60164.3 @ 9:OOAM
MIDDLEBORO,KY 60166.5 @ 9:05AM
a four -lane highway with grass median - and only the road itself is really
visible; there is much heavy fog - we can see that the hills have been
jack -hammered away and the valley filled to accomplish a level highway
PINEVILLE,KY 60176.7
still heavy fog, but can see that this town is spread over a wide valley
KNOX COUNTY Signpost - and a stream running right along right side of HWY
@ 9:45AM back into heavy fog again with improved visibility only when
driving in low valley floor
Possible to see the old two-lane road lower in valley along side the
four -lane highway which uses perhaps 100 feet of right of way
BARBOURVILLE,KY 60194.8 @ 9:55AM
the HWY is a bypass of old town - the HWY is cut into rock hillside
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@ 10 :10AM the fog finally lifts and we can see we are in rolling land
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CORBiN,KY 60209.9 @ 10:15AM (enter old route 25 after town)
flea markets all along the roadside (its Saturday, after all?)
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everybody is either selling or buying
LEVI JACKSON PARK,KY 60218.7 @ 10:25AM RESUME ROUTE 11:30AM
toured park and took some photos of old mill
LONDON,KY 60224.5 @ 11:40AM
road traffic heavy on a bright sunny Saturday
London,Ky is Laurel County Seat - there is a "Wilderness Road" sign in
town
HAZEL PATCH,KY 60232.5 @ 12:05PM
took photo of roadside marker- this is authentic looking route area
a handsome valley = wide, with rolling land
soon we are going through it narrow pass/gap with the trees growing
right up to road's edge
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ROCKCASTLE COUNTY (and RIVER?) sign where there is a small bridge
soon the valley widens and we are riding in handsome rolling country
LIVINGSTON,KY 60245.2 @ 12:35PM
stopped for noon meal along roadside @ 12:40PM resumed @ 1:05PM
We ride along what has the real feel of the true route - the road is
in the valley with hills (not mountains) all about us, there are rock
outcroppings in this area
MY VERNON,KY 60256.3 @ 1:15PM - town has the DIXIE BOONE Motel.
as we ride out of this town the valley rises and we are soon at a
rise where we get a grand view of the area - there are rock outcroppings
in the pastures - the hills resemble those around Boone ,NC.
there is trace of the older road which runs parallel to present-day HWY 25
CONWAY,KY 60265.5 @ 1:30PM
there are "Wilderness Road" marker along the HWY
AND there are bare spots cut into the woods with giant signs including
one for "BOONE TAVERN" of Berea, Kentucky (Ugh:) and.we are riding on
a new highway cut into the hills and with the valley raised
BEREA, KENTUCKY 60271.0 @ 1:40PM
The "Boone Tavern" is here - a giant complex to serve this college town
also a "Charles Williams Auto City" Handsome college campus(founded 1855)
there is also a Boone Square, Finley's Cars and other sites with Boone
name and in nearby Terrill,KY there is a "Boone Trail Motel"
TWITTY "FORT" SITE 60283.2 @ 2:OOPM
fort was actually 3/4 mile to west of present HWY 25
photo of sign taken with all three Boone travelers
RICHMOND, KENTUCKY 60284.4 @ 2:07PM
GAS 11 gallons @ $ 13.00 ( gas station 60286.2 mi)
Richmond has a "Daniel Boone Elementary School"
road out of Ri chmond,Ky is on hillside and not in valley floor, which was
the more likely route for Daniel and his road cutters - this is HORSE
country - beautiful rolling pastures, not unlike Davie County,NC
REDHOUSE,KENTUCKY 60291.0
and we are traveling on Route 388 on the last leg of our route retracing
original route to Boonesborough. There is a small stream near the road
there are high hills in the distance, and the valley floor is wide and
has pasture and corn fields. Some of the older houses are unpainted and
there are some low limestone walls along the road
BOONESBOROUGH, KENTUCKY (Visitors Center) 60298.6 @ 2:50PM
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Northwest Piedmont
Council of Governments
280 S. Liberty Street, Winston-Salem, N.C. 27101
Joe C. Matthews,
Executive Director
(919)722-9346
1. G. H. Mitchell
December 3, 1982
Chairman
Roger P. Swisher
Vice.Chairman
Harry L. Carithers
Secretary
W. M. Beamer
M_EM_0 RAN D U M
Treasurer
Charles E. Alexander
Exec. Committee
T0: Flossie Martin, Jim Wall, Mary Davis, Brady
Wayne A. Corpening
and Ruth Hoyle
Angell, Andrew La g/�,
Exec. Committee
Grady J. Hunter
FROM: Joe C. Matthews
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Exec. Committee
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RE: Daniel Boone
November 4, 1984 will be the 250th Anniversary
in Davie
of the birth of Daniel Boone. Different people
that 3-
fforteunderrtaken from 198gested
County and persons elsewhere major
a maj
would like to see
to the fact that Daniel Boone
1984 to give recognition
lived several years in Davie County. He married while
his trips
living there, started his family and began
he lived in Davie
into Kentucky, etc. during the time
County.
Apparently, after leaving Davie County, Daniel
Boone lived for a short period at what is calldFerguson
and apparently he
on the Yadkin River in Wilkes County
reading two books on
am
the information in one book
stayed for sometime in Boone.-he
Daniel Boone now and some of
some information in the other book.
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does not go along with
have the about D niel Boone
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I am sure all of you
he was in Davie County p ratty
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while
If you are supportive of this proposed project
in Davie County
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I would like to meet with you, and others
be interested in planning
and from anywhere else who might
Daniel Boone, in different
a significant effort to honor
1983 to the summer of 1984.
ways during the summer of
It could be that Boonesboro, Kentucky may be plan-
do some
ning some celebration. If so, perhaps we could
We also could plan something
joint planning with them.
with the Horn in the West _outdoor drama
in conjunction
that is held in Boone.
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December 3, 1982
I feel, and I know others feel the same way, in that
Mocksville and Davie County have never been given proper
recognition for -the fact that Daniel Boone lived there and
initiated his trips into Kentucky from here.
I really believe that with sufficient help, from a
number of interested citizens, we can, in honoring Daniel
Boone, cause a good deal of public attention to be focused
on Mocksville and Davie County.
-If you do not hear anything to the contrary, I will be
in contact with you shortly after Christmas to plan a meeting
at the*Davie County library. In the meantime, please pass
this information of to anyone who might like to attend this
meeting.
Your cooperation and help are greatly appreciated.
JCM : dh
cc: bavie County Board of
Commissioners
Mocksville Town Officials
Mr : Charles 'Mashburn
Mr. Terry Bralley
OVIS CO NG
MpC
James W. Wall
1`$1. Church Street
Mgcksville, NC 27028
W. Aaron Tilley
P. 0. Box 112
Danbury, NC 27016
D. J. Mando
412 N. Main Street
Mocksville, NC 27028
Brady Angell
Route 8 Box 95
Mocksville, NC 27028
Howell Boone
Route 1 Box 365-A
Mocksville, NC 27028
Ann R. Fri ck
442 N. Main Street
Mocksville, NC 27028
Florrie Martin
534 N. Main Street
Mocksville, NC 27028
Ruth Hoyle
Davie County Library
371 N. Main Street
Mocksville, NC 27028
Ruth Poindexter
P. 0. Box 112
Clemmons , NC 27012
Roy & Arlene Thompson
Route #3 Greenwood Lakes
Advance, NC 27006
Charles Odell Williams
Route #1
Mocksville, NC 27028
Louise Chatfield
124 Laurence Street
Greensboro, NC 27406
Willie Taylor
1605 Random Drive
Greensboro, NC 27407
Kenneth Carlson
WINSTON-SALEM JOURNAL
P.O. Box 3159
Winston-Salem, NC 27102
PERSONS PRESENT
AT MEETING TO
DISCUSS DANIEL
BOONE
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Charles Mashburn
Davie County Manager
140 S. Main Street
Mocksville, NC 27028
Carl Hoots
Route 2
Yadkinville, NC 27055
Fred C. Hobson
Virginia Drive
Yadkinville , NC '27055
Jane McGuire
P. 0. Box 254
Mocksville, NC 27028
Johnny Roberts ORME CO. PUBLIC UBRART
WDSL Radio .Station MOCKSVCLLEs .IO
P. 0. Box 404
Mocksville, NC 27028
HOWELL BOONE
Boone Farm Road
RE: DANIEL BOONE (1734-1820) Route 1 Box 365A
Mocksville, NC 27028
TELs (704) 492-5307
17 December 1982
Northwest Piedmont Council of Governments
ATTNs JOE C MATTHEWS, Executive Director
280 South Liberty Street
Winston° -Salem, North Carolina 27101
Dear Mr Matthewss
Enclosed is a copy of "The Squired Daniel and John Boone
Families in Davie County, North Carolina" with reference to all
the known documents detailing the years Daniel Boone spent in
the part of colonial Rowan County that is now Davie County,
North Carolinas
Also enclosed i1q my charton the birthplaces of the children
of Daniel and Rebecca [Bryan] Boone* You . will note that his first
two sons were born in the Bryan Settlement area near Sugar(tree)
Creek located in presents -day Davie County* His next two daughters
were born during the Indian Wars along the Carolina frontier, when
Daniel had taken his wife and small children to the safety of Cul-
pepper, Virginia* Then the next four children were all born in
North Carolina along the upper Yadkin River near present-day Fer-
guson, Wilkes County*
I have visited the Exeter Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania
homesite where Daniel was born 22 October (Old Style) in 1734*
As you may have read, Daniel insisted on celebrating his birthday
on 22 October new style and did not use the November new style date.
I have recently retraced. the route of Daniel Boone from the Boone
Tract at Bear Creek in Davie County, through the Cumberland Gap
to the site of Fort Boonesborough along the Kentucky River just
south of present-day Lexington, Kentucky*
With my Texas cousins® Dan and Obert Boone, I have also vis.
i ted the impressive stone house Daniel and his family erected some
miles outside of Defiance, Missouri*
The enclosed booklet demonstrates the intent of Mr gall, Miss
EAVIE CO. PUBLIC LIBRAY&
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Flossie Martin and myself to call attention to the Boone Family
presence in the "Forks of the Yadkin" River d present-day Davie
County, North Carolina. It was here in Davie County that young
Daniel developed his skill.as a hunters and it was here, searching
for game@ that Daniel developed his skills as an explorer of the
wild. When Daniel left to explore Kentuckyq it was with skills
and knowledge he had developed in Davie County.
It seems obvious to me that during 1984 there will be some
appropriate commemorative ceremonies in Exeter, Pennsylvania and
at the reconstructed Fort Boonesborough in Kentucky, and certainly
at,the Defiancep Missouri Boone Romeo with the room where Daniel
died 26 September 18200
Mr Walla Miss Flossie and I look forward with anticipation
to any meeting which will initiate a significant commemoration
for Daniel Boone in Davie County.
Very truly yours,
PSs My own Boone line goes back to John Boone (1727-1803.) who was
Daniel Boone's first cousin, and is often mistakenly described as
Daniel's uncle or Daniel's brother. John Boone and his family are
detailed in pages 8 and 9 of enclosed booklet.
;art SC(). pUBUC U0RAN
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D reparation. of a map for the Daniel Booneo'rail
it has a high priority this week as the Ashe CountyJ'
Chamber of Commerce works to obtain 14 sponsors.
before applying for a grant from the North Carolin
Department of Tourism Lee McMillan, chamber
-president, said the chamber has until September to,;
obtain $5,000 in matching funds and apply for the ``'
:,obtain
b4ihessei Gave signed up a cost of s
( $588 each. Only businesses on the trail have been
contacted, but McMillan said he and other comn t-
"tee,members, will talk with anyone interested
sponsorship. '
The trail, which begins south of the headwaters of
the Yadkin River and end near Mouth of Wilson,;';,.:
Va., is approximately 90 miles in length and wan-
ders.plong paved mountain mads following earlier
traili used by Boone in the mid 1700's crossing his-
toric landmarks, which related to Boone and Ashe
County history. It is consistent with earlier Oescrip-
yon; o f ragtes taken by Boone az contained in the '
-Draper manuscript -q written by Dr' Lyman1C. Draper,!'
i18o0-1880. ✓K�!nd
'. t AN- Wes-tl}a�I is alsouer,wey, orb_fkingand.
'hiking, acid gran monies would be used to tnA.'
'both "is and historic sites along the way
" 0p.Boone trail, which must be on paved roads, W11-So.J 0' 'u S' S-8
begins in Ashe on U.S. 221 at the AshetWatauga '17,8,fSL o�
line fii Deep Gap, proceeding north to Fleetwood, it W11t Arr4`
followi S.R. 1106 to the intersection with N.C. 194
in Todd. From there it follows N.C. 194 North to
Baldwin then to old N.C. 194 to where it and U.S. /'t''/{% R"�-e, 4 rW,
221 Business separate in West Jefferson. The trail
then follows U.S. 221 Business to the unnamed four -
lane access road near Jon Mac Department Store,
following the access road! crossing New U.S. 221
and continuing on Mt. Jefferson Road to N.C. 163 at
the Bebver Creek Sub Station. It continues on
N.C. 163 east to N.C. 16, turning north on N.C. 16
through Glendale Springs and to N.C. 88 near Jeffer-
son. It follows N.C. 88 west through Jefferson to
N.C. 194 to Smethport, continuing on N. C. 88 west
I ioNA 194 north to S.R. 1131 also named Buffalo
co
.,wtdfrom/ranr past
ad. It. follows S.R. 1131 across
ree Top Mmmtai.n pass to R.R.
0 in Trout, then north on S.R.
It
0 to N.C. 88 at Creston United
thodist Church. The trail condn-
east on N.C. 88 to N.C. 194 in
rrensville, there following N.C.
north to S.R. 1514 in Bina
en it follows S.R. 1514, also
wn as Deep Ford Road, to S.R.
3, at Arlie Blevin's Store, turning
ii a northeast direction on SR.3 to S.R. 1574, known as Shat -
Springs Road, It then continues s
north to, the Virginia line on N.C.
16.
The committee has been working
very closely with members of the
-Boone family and Dr. Fess Greene
and Dr: John Crotts of Appalacian
State University. Crotts, director of
outdoor programs at Appalachian
State University and a member of
the North Carolina Department of
Transportation bicycle committee,
has been assisting in approving the
trail routes and as an advisor on the
map.
McMillan said the trails for both
motorized vehicle and biking cnuid''
bring millions of dollars of tourist
money into the county every year.
He said Watauga County received
$79.9 million in 1985 from tourism
while Ashe collected $8.2 million.
"Tourism would not only affect just
tourist attractions but other business
as well," he said.
The map will be produced on
high quality paper for people to
keep as a souvenir. "We hope to
"have all this ready for next year;
there is no way it will be ready in
time for this year," said McMillan.
"We need to have it waiting so it
will be ready for tourists to plan
their vacations next year.,,
OtAVIE CO. PUBLIC LIBRAR°
MOCKSVILL.E, NC
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RE: THE DANIEL BOONE TRAIL STUDY
HOWELL BOONE
Boone Farm Road
Route 1 Box 365A
Mocksville,NC 27028
TEL: (704) 492-5307-
22
92-5307
22 July 1982
National Park Service
Resource Area Studies
75 Spring St SW Suite 1046
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
I have had the opportunity to examine your June 1982 draft study for thb
Daniel Boone Trail. The detailed description on pages 89 and 90, plus Map 8:
furnish adequate information for the preparation of a simple brochure indica
ting the current best guess as to the route.(s) taken.
It is altogether possible that a brochure will be issued in Davie County
tracing the route from the Boone Tract (Owned by both Squire and son Daniel)
located on Bear Creek in present-day Davie County, North Carolina to -the Fort
Boonesborough State Park in Kentucky. Such a brochure will assist descendants
of pioneers to retrace the route of their ancestors.
On page 51, paragraph . 4 indicates that the Ohio River carried more settlers
into Kentucky than the route Daniel Boone blazed. The Kentucky lands were se-
cured by the across -the -mountains settlers BEFORE the Ohio River became a high-,
way for later settlement. The Ohio River which their descendants have turned
into a sewer is a fitting monument to these raft riders, most of whom arrived
after the fighting was over, Not exhausted by the early struggles, the raft
riders proceeded to file counter claims for the land that Boone and other early
settlers had claimed first, and they wrested much of the land from the first
settlers - in the courts they came to dominate.
Disgusted by the tactics and successes of the damnyankees as he called them,
Daniel Boone (and many others) moved further west - to Missouri, where he died
in 1820 at the home of his son Nathan. Some yearslater some of the raft riders
of the Ohio came to Missouri to claim Daniel's.body - they had already succeeded
in claiming and stripping him of his Kentucky acres. They took what they thought
was Daniel's body and placed it in Kentucky under a monument erected with money
out of the pockets of others. Fortunately, Daniel remains in his rightful.grave
in Missouri, safe in death from the raft riders that stole his Kentucky property
and tried to steal even his corpse from its final resting place.
Aware of what Daniel accomplished, and what he did not accomplish, there are
those of us who will honor his deeds, and we will do this whether or not the
federal government, or that of the several states, erect roadside markers along
his route of travel from his Boone Tract home "in the forks of the Yadkin" to a
fort named Boonesborough in Kentucky.
Grateful for even small favors, I do thank you for so carefully identifying
the highways that run over the once famous Boone's Wilderness Road, or closely
parallel this route that Daniel blazed into Kentucky.
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THE PROPOSED DANIEL BOONE NATIONAL SCENIC TRAIL
Boone wandered widely hunting and exploring. After fourteen years, in 1773, he
led in a migration toward Kentucky six families Including his family of ten with
a baby. Certainly their route is the true Boone trail.
Exhaustive research leaves no doubt, from overwhelming evidm ce, that Boone's
t party passed through present Damascus, Abingdon and Castlewood, Virginia. Some
\al sources for this conclusion are:
1) The Long Hunter, by Lawrence Elliot, (c) 1976, (page 71), The
Y� Reader's Digest Press
2) Frontier Kentucky, by Otis K. Rice, (page 59), The Kentucky
Bicentennial Bookshelf, 01975, The University Press of Kentucky.
3) The First Attempt to Settle Kentucky: Boone in Virginia, by
James Hagy. See Filson Club History Quarterly, July, 1970,
(pages 227-234).
4) The Draper Manuscripts, Series B and C, State Historical
Society of Wisconsin. .
press
Reader's Dtgest^states that Elliot "made use of historical material uncovered in
the last `our decades". This applies to both Rice and Hagy. The Draper Manu-
scripts were foremost among sources used by these and other scholars.
To reach'Castle's Woods", Virginia, it seems that Boone's migration from the
Yadkin River passed through Deep Gap in the Blue Ridge, by Boone, N. C.; Trade
and Shouns Crossroads at Mountain Ct ty, in Tennessee; thence throdgh Damascus
and Abingdon to Castlewood, Virginia..._ ui THG e4 /, 4, /?t ✓Glz
After Castlewood, they "turned west" crossing the Clinch River at Osbornes Ford.
Near Cumberland Gap, the cruel murder of Boone's and Capt.. William Russell's
oldest sons signaled the start of an Indian uprising leading to Dunmore's War." For
the time being, they "turned bW to Castle's Woods" where the Boone family demo -
cited and he became a Cap a n in the Virginia Militia. Note that the migration started
In 1773.
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To possible claims that Boone's route may have been through Elizabethon, Tennessee
(Sycamore Shoals) and Big Moccasin Gap to Cumberland Gap, we respond that in
,775. Boone "came down from the Clinch" to participate in the treaty between
'MMerson's Transylvania Co. and the Cherokee Nation at Sycamore Shoals. In
carrying out the treaty, he.led 30 axemen in cutting a trail through Cumberland Gap
along a line designated by the Cherokees as an access corridor from Chimneytop
Mountain to the Gap. That route, after further development, became known as
the distinguished "Wilderness Road". In177 , Boone would not have led families
with infants on a route needing axemen to u ,n 1a7�75-. Also, the route over the
mountains from the Yadkin directly to Sycamore shoals was more precipitous than
the shorter upstream plateau route to Castle's Woods.
A fortunate coincidence may be the recently abandoned railroad bed from Jefferson,
N. C.' through Damascus to .Abingdon, about 56 miles. It's fairly close to the
proposed Boone Trail (and nearly exactly the route Boone followed in "his..fir�t
vae,r Also, the Appalachian Trail passes through Damascus and is
close to the abandoned railroad bed along a short distance from Damascus.
From the Town of Abingdon Committee to study the Boone Trail Route.
Walter li. Hendricks
March 26, 1 et ji
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NOTE: in this map the GREAT WAGON ROAD runs from Roanoke, Virginia
to Abingdon, Virginia, then to Bristol, Virginia/Tennessee and to
Kingsport, Tennessee. Accoding to this historian any offshoot of
theREAT W_GQN ROAD i nto North Carolina was only that an offs o.t
and not part of the main route of the GREAT WAGON ROP
Certainly, it is well known - that Daniel • Boone, once in western Virginia
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DANIEL B00N.E ANNIVERSARY
r COMMITTEE FOR THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF DANIEL BOONE'S BIRTH,
371 North Main Street, Mocksville, North Carolina 27028
INC.
Telephone:
( 704) 634-2023
Virginia Historic .14 January 1985
Landmarks Commission
ATTN: MARGARET T. PETERS
221 Governor Street
Richmond, Virginia 23219
RE: HISTORICAL MARKER K-32, Lee County, Virginia
In your letter dated 7 December 1984 to Obert A.
Boone of San Antonio, Texas you indicated that
Marker K-32 was no. longer in place (1 mile east
of Stickleyville, Virginia),
The Boone and Russell families place the murder and
burial site not at or near Stickleyville, but about
35 miles west at a site 10.1 miles.from the Cumber-
land Gap (the Virginia -Kentucky border).
Enclosed is xerox of the westernmost part of the
official Virginia State Highway map showing the
Cumberland Gap and environs. Also enclosed is a
detail map of this westernmost tip of -Virginia and
an enlargement and photos of the exact area where
James Boone and the other youths were so brutally
murdered by Shawnees on 10 October 1773. The fam-
ilies living in this area today are well-informed
as to that long -ago incident.
Our committee wishes to undertake the replacement.
of this Highway Marker, but at the correct site:
on Virginia State Highway 58 near Virginia State
Bridge 1015 ( over Indian Creek) at local road 684
which goes directly to the large granite marker
erected in 1951 by a Russell family descendant.
We also suggest a rewording' -of Marker K-32:
NEAR HERE ON INDIAN CREEK
JAMES BOONE, HENRY RUSSELL
AND 4 OTHER YOUTHS WERE
BRUTALLY MURDERED BY SHAWNEE
INDIANS ON 10 OCTOBER 1?73,
FORCING DANIEL BOONE TO
ABANDON HIS FIRST ATTEMPT
TO SETTLE KENTUCKY.
Sincerely yours,
hougm 4�?w
HOWELL BOO NE OV
Committee President
MWE CO. PUSUC EIOK AV'
MOCKSVILLE, No
H O W E L L B 0 0 N E
Hunting Creek @ Boone Farm Road 12 November 1984
Route 1 Box 365A Mocksville,NC 27028
Dear Friends:
As soon as I was able to pile everything up in file baskets,
I put the entire Daniel Boone festivities behind me, and determined
to return to my primary concern - the ROUTE Daniel Boone used in
1773 on his first attempt at settlement of Kentucky.
The site where his son James Boone, aged 16, and the other
youths were murdered by Shawnees had to be correctly located.
The Draper Collection material dealing with the incident located
the site as along WALDEN Creek; there is now no Walden Creek in
the State of Virginia. There is a WALLEN Creek which is in the
Powell Fiver Valley (the Powell River was almost named the Walden
River). But Wallen Creek and the spot where it flows into the
Powell River are many many miles from the Cumberland Gap, and the
main party headed by Daniel Boone is described as almost at the
Gap, when notified of the murder of James Boone, Henry Bussell, the
Mendenhall boys, a youth perhaps named Drake and a young male
slave belonging to the Russell family.
There is a large granite marker along side Virginia State Road
684 in Lee County, Virginia which details the events of 10 October
1773, naming those killed by the Shawnees; about a hundred yards
from this marker is a hill top cemetery where the youths are
supposed to have been buried. "Local tradition" establishes these
historic sites. The granite marker is just over ten miles from
the "official" Cumberland Gap Highway Marker - located in the
heart of the Gap. The site is about 4 and z miles from the town
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limit sign for Ewing, Virginia. The site is along side INDIAN
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Creek, which flows eventually into the Powell River. Could this
creek have been called Walden in colonial times?
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I enclose a National Park Service Cumberland Gap map, with
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the site and the mileage indicated, plus a "blowup" of the area
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where the youths were killed and buried.
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I took many photos of the area, and will send them to you as
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soon as possible.
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Again, many thanks for joining us in our Forks of the Yadkin
Daniel Boone Octoberfest.,,b1,�r bid
ou Y. NC Warm regards,
Hunting Creek @ Boon's Farm Road 19 October 1981
Dear Ken,Lee & Peggyluv:
I have been too busy with my first (and last?) Davie County
Library exhibit - Daniel Boone biographies and books wherein the
Pahtfinder is mentioned= the installation was accomplished on Sat-
urday 17 October 1981. Daniel was born 22 October (Old Style) or
02 November (}der Style) 1?34 - so this is in the nature of a
birthday commemoration. This display will remain in place from
19 October through 07 November 1981.
In my final stage of preparation, I cleared space on the
s'
ngroom floor, and arranged the books as I wanted them to
appear in the Library.
The idea - theme - was the changing perception of Daniel
Boone in the mind of America's writers. The first (auto)biography
by John Filson in 1784 was mostly a straight account of events,
with a few-"literary" digressions into the glories of nature.
Gradually through the years, the "story" of Daniel's life was
used to inculcate the especially American virtures - self-reliance
independence and free enterprise (this of a man who was so often
in debt and died "broke")* more reently Daniel has been per-
ceived as a "waster" - killing thousands of deers r their skins
only - leaving their meat to rot (later Buffalo Bitl did the same
thing with the buffalo). And now Daniel's "elbow-room" is seen
by our city-bred writers - as anti-social (anti-integration.
z Is Daniel on the way to loosing his Hero status?
I arranged the books around this concepti beginning with the
Lo
Filson book which made him famous (instant celebrity de nos fours)
I opened one copy to the title page, which shows the (auto)biography
as Appendix I ( an afterthought?). The second copy I opened to
._ the page which details the departure from our North Carolina in
September of 1773 (ie after harvest of all crops).
o This was the abortive attempt to settle Kentucky, ended when
some Shawnee Indians located and surrounded the collective herd of
cattle, which was separate from the main body, and was watched over
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? by youths from several of the families going to Kentucky.
The Shawnees surprised urp the boys at night as they gathered about
In a fire in the midst of the herd of cows. Daniel's son James, aged
16 was wounded, captured, tortu*ed and mfrdered. When Daniel and
the other men found him dead, there were gashes over much of his body,
,� his fingernails had been ripped out and his throat cut from ear to
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Recently I returned from a fortnight in hectic Houston where
I visited my niece Peggy# her husband Keay and two year old son Lee*
It seems as if Houston is mere they invented life in the fast
lane. I guess I enjoyed my visite which included a good deal of
dashing about in a ear o. househunting. Dear Peggy who owns a good
"ranch house" with three bedrooms two bathes livingroom, full din-
ing room, large kitchen, a family room, two car garage and sun deck
is going to have her second child early this winters and she is cer»
taithat she MUST have a real house - ie a two story center hall
colonial just like her Mom & Dads in Westfield, Naw Jersey (but in
Houstont) Such an item starts at well over $150.000.00 in wild
booming Houston..* and that low figure would be for a needsfixin'
houses perhaps one without even ventral air conditioning? House
hunk in Houston was not what I expected when I boarded the plane
in North Carolina " but surprise has its charm? And, I certainly
did get to.see Houston, didn't I?
We also HAD to see the new films -o"Superman II" and "Raiders
of the Lost Ark"* These so-called "new" movies were technically
interesting ( but then I still like werewolf transformations on
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film). The plots of these films seem even more childish than
when ; was thirteen.
Still I welcomed the tripe I set aside my John Boone of Hunt,*
ing Creek material with the idea that I would return to his life
and times ( after Houston) with fresh insights. I was hardly back
in my quiet nook of the Carolina Woods when I was informed of a
public meeting in nearby Winston-Salem - held by the United States
Department of the Interior ,* National Park Service# which is conM
ducting a feasibility study of "The Daniel Boone Trail." In My
family we always called it "The Wilderness Road"y but the current
legislation before Congress calls the route "The Daniel Boone Trail".
To prepare myself for the Winston-Salem mee*ing. I re,*read
"The Adventures of -Cole Daniel Boon= containing a Narrative of the
Wars of Kentueke" by John Filson (1784),"Master of the Wilderness)
,Daniel Boone" by John Bakeless (1939) and "The Long Hunters A New
,Life of Daniel Boone" by Lawrence Elliott (1976).
1 located the correct reference to KEN -TA -KE -r an Iroquois
2
Indian word meaning "great meadows" - and nQ dark and bloody
ground. OU-*ASI-ATO is the Iroquois word for Cumterland Gap*
My preparation for the meeting was aimed at'documenting that
Daniel lived "in the Yadkin" River valley (10 on the Boone Tract
on Bear Creek granted in 1753 by the Earl Granville to Squire
Booneo.who later- sold/give it to son Daniel# and (2) in the
"Bryan Settlement.!.near Sugar(tree) Creek4 on land owned by his
wife's family.
I also wanted to determine where Daniel and his family were
living when the decision was made to move to KENTAKE„ So I went
to North W lkesboroo Wilkes County and checked on land ownership
in that eounty,.which was formed during the American Revolution'
by the Rebel State of North Carolina in 1777. The people who
were living (squatting?) on land there were allowed to."enter
their."ownership".in a county Land Entry Books This qualifies
as a very revolutionary act indeed% Daniel's brothers George and
S ward c claim land in Wilkes Countyg but Daniel did not l he
was in Boonesborough thenp and living there'contrary to the laws
of the British Crown# and almost beyond the reach of the laws.of
the rerl. colonies .
Informed by my cram coursed l arrived at the WinstonwSalem
meeting prepared to discuss the "starting point" and the actual
route of the wilderness Road-Daniel Boone Trail v. in forth Caro
lines To my amazement the majority of those present were hikers#
and the bulk of the meeting was taken up with a discussion of how
to ,obtain. a scenic trail for hikers o which need not follow the
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knowm^supposed route of Daniel Boones but must'be a truly rustic
and rewarding experience for the hikerep who all knew one another.
N
T� may have been surprised by the historian contingent
stressing location of the . actual route blazed
by Daniel Boone d
much (most?) of which is paved road today# Everybody wanted
the wilderness Road:.Daniel Boone . Trail identified p so that at
least will be done?
Daniel Boone was only one of a great many hunters and exp
plorers who penetrated Kentuckyp but the route ,e'blazed with
a team of road cutters, was intended as.a ROAD for.s+ettlers, so
that they, Could travel to Kentucky with their entire family's all
.their-worldly goads'and all.their livestock (even pigst)
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I feel'that there were two main considerations for Daniel
as he planned the road in his heado (1) an easy route to travel
there were not only women and children$ but also.livestock.to
consider (so no mountain climbing) and (2) a plentiful supply .of
water both for humans - and. animals. The route he chose there-
fore : was often in -the flood . plain of the many rivers and streams
between forth Carolina , and Boonesborough e
The wilderness Road is still the best name -for .this route
blazed -by Daniel . Boone 'and . his road cutters . - financed entirely
by the Transylvania Company which was Richard Hendersonf Esquire
Salisbury.. lawyers land-sPeculat rs sometime colonel and gentleman.-*
pioneer. A long time member of ,the Salisbury courthouse gang,
Henderson had read all the laws which prohhited this venture
into,--the-wilds of KENTAKE. '
.1 The,National Park Service seems prepared to issue a brochure
including a- map of the "established" route of the Wilderness Road» -
Daniel Boone Trail.. This will . enable - us to retrace the. footsteps
-of those hundreds _ of .thousands of settlers who flooded into Ken.,
tucky via - the route blazed by Daniel Boone -w this includes myown
great-ogreat-►great-►great grandfather Benjamin Boone and his family.
This year like my great -great -►great -great -►great grandfather
John Boone of Hunting Creek* who is always described,; as a success--
ful farmer (which no one.ever said of'Daniel) I have had some
success with my farupigarden* located on land John $oono, *ed,in..
the 17001ae
The okra has been epi '•_» I eat it raw in my,salads, and the
tomatoes are vine -►ripened and truly juicy Ipict d the horn of
a minute before plunking it into boiling water the flavor was.
superbo. I have also had fine string ' beans ( eaten raw �l.ike. , -'the okra)
yellow squash* peas and corrots and even a few canta3.oupe j` .There
will soon be ripe pumpkin, and also many magnificent sunfi ewers
(which I companion plant with my corn): 1�
I do hope you are enjoying life -in Florida If- thi �.sleem
expensive there v I report that my last jar ;-of , pe'unut . )*Att _'cost
$ 4*39... * so to quote , a 'World War, Two ' expression ", fts o h
all over".
Amway, fond regards . and best wishes to . you' both;; ��`
i
Hunting Creek @ Boone's Farm Road 21 August 1981
Dear Nona:
When I got back from a recent visit to Houston$ I assembled
all of my John Boone of Hunting Creek (17271803) material and -
was really ready to dig into itj then I was notified of a "public"
meeting in Winston -Salem, to be conducted by the United States De-*
partment of the Interior - National. Park Service, which is conduc
ting a Feasibility Study of "The Daniel Boone Trail". I always
heard the route blazed by Daniel Boone from North Carolina des-*
Bribed as "The Wilderness Road". The legislation before the U S
Congress, however, describes it as "The Daniel Boone Trail".
To prepare myself for this meeting* I re-read "The Adventures
of Col. Daniel Boone containing a Narrative of the Wars of Kentueke"
by John Filson (1784),'"Master of the Wildernesse. Daniel Boone" by
John Bakeless (1.939) and ' "The Long Hunter: A New Life of Daniel
Boone" by Lawrence Elliott (1976).
While reading these books* I created a chronology of Daniel's
life from birth to 1779 ( the year of his final return to Kentucky
from North Carolina). This was So useful for me that I'm now com-
-pleting a detailed chronology of Daniel's entire life - which I'll
gut in the Daniel Boone file in our Davie County Library Genealog-
ical Room. Herts a sample"
1?34 Born 220CT(OS)/02'NOV(NS) in Exeter Township Berks Co,
PennsYlvan.iap-son of Squire and Sarah [Morgan Boone
.10 1744 First of six summers as .cattle ,herder, camping with
his mother at distant pasture away from home
�- 12 1746 First rifle
I. especially like the left marginal notation as to Daniel's
4; ;ages as I'm not, one. of those who ; aan do such calculatlions in my
:.� head. 1 also located reference to KEN-TA-KE -► an Iroquois Indian
CD
word mearning "great meadow(s)"'w and ngt dark and bloody ground.
<� The Iroquois word for Cumberland Gap is OU�ASI-wATO.
preparation for the meeting was aimed at dodumenting that
AI
Daniel lived "in the Xadkin" (1) on, the Boone Tract;.ranted in
1753 by the Earl of Granville to Squire Boone, who i,oLter sold/gave
the land to son Daniel* and (2) in the "Bryan Settleent" near
s
Sugar(tree) Creek, on land owned by his wife's famil�,*.
I also wanted to establish that then Daniel 10"11*sfor-KENTAKE
Z he left from the Boone Tract on Bear Creek "in the , dkin" , then
in Rowan County, now in present,-day Davie County, North Carolina..
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I arrived at the meeting prepared to discuss the actual
"starting paint" and the route of the Wilderness Road in North
Carolina. the "best. current guess" starts the route.at the
Bear -Creek -Boone Tract in•Davie County$ and then goes.through
nearby.Wilkepboro to the Deep Gap and into Boone# NC#, and from
Boone through Vilas into Virginia and Tennessee.into the famous
Oumberland.Gap and then to Boonesborough# Kentucky.
To, _my, . amazement#. the majority of those present at the meeting
were hikers, and the -bulk of the meeting was taken up with a dis-
.aussion of a scenic trail for hikers, which need not follow the
knowrrwsupposed route -of -of Daniel Boone. but must be a rustic and - a
,rewarding experience for the hikers of America ( & the world?)
The hikers all
knew one anthers and ,t„ may have been sura-
prieed 'by the historian contingent which stressed location of the
route actually used - much (most?) of which is now paved road.
Everyone wanted the Wilderness Road -►Daniel Boone Trail identified,
so hopefully that at least will be done? ,
There was general agreement with my suggestion that - for a
stmt we aseertan the route taken from the Yadkin River basOn
to distant Boonesborough oese about 375 miles in all.
. Daniel Boone was only one of many hunters and explorers who
penetrated Kentucky# but the route Daniel blazed with a team of
road'eutters was intended to be a road for settlers. ROAD is the
key word. Daniel Boone's Wilderness Road used Lparts of Buffalo
trails and Indian paths# but Daniel and his road cutters made a
road wide enough for a caravan of came and wagons assembled by
Richard Henderson, Esquire ( lawyer, land speculators gentleman
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pioneer and sometime Colonel). Not all of the wagons made it to
Boonesborough on the first try# but the supplies Henderson brought
a ?� made possible a permanent settlement, and soon after the road was
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completed, Daniel returned for his family. His wife and daughter
J o0
are always described as the first white women in Kentucky.
The Park Service seems prepared to issue a brochure iintudoo
ing amap of the "established" route of the Wilderness Road-►Dnaiel
Boone Trails Using this brochuree one will be able to retrace the
route of those hundreds of thou8•dcaf settlers who flooded into
KentuaVy via the route blazed by Daniel Boone. And included among
those folks were "your ancestors and my ancestors:
It seems that I, as the resident Boone, the first here in al-
most 200 years# have to stand in for all the Boones - past and pres-
�}1t
ent - a tao$ I do not take lightly?
A day or so agov I received a letter from another des-
cendant of Sarah [Bo'onoe] Wilcoxpona I have sent her your address#
and also the address of your sister. Perhaps if you all put your
information together$ there.*,ill be a breakthroughg and'sometime
theraft6r you will be sending-,'our'Davie County LibrizT Go'neiloginal
C611ectionjp detailed information of this -somewhat mysterious member
.of the Boone family?
This year, like my ancestor, John Boone of Hunting Crook
(alwa� s described as a,sueoessful farmer . which no one has ever
said of the Famous Daniel) - I have had some success with my farm
garden,( located on the edge of John Boone's property)* The okri.�L
has been'spico and --the tomatoes are vine -ripened and truly juicy#''
The corn I pick only a minute before I plunk it into boiling water,
and it tastes magnificent* I also have had fine string beans,
*Mow squash# peast carrots and soon will have some few oantaloupee
There will also be pumpkin this fall, -and many sunflowers to share
with the birds#
Best wishes and warm regards,
Dear Teri, Charles and Joys
Congratulations ( belatedly) on the new member of the family:
Joy Elizabeth.Parker is an addition not only to your family, but
also the next generation of America.
Having only recently returned from a fortnight in Houston with
my niece Peggy, her husband and two year old son, I have some person-
al knowledge of the "positive life experience" a new member can bring
to a family'
For me, everything in Houston seemed to be happening at jet -speed=
I did have a most enjoyable time with Peggy, Ken & Lee, but I'm glad
to be back in the woods of the Carolina Piedmont, and functioning
at my accustomed speed.
I welcomed the trip, because it would allow me to set aside my
material on John Boone of Hunting Creek, and then come back to his
life and times with fresh insights. As I was rethinking and re-
writing my notes, I was informed of a "public" meeting in nearby
Winston-Salem, to be conducted by the United States Department of
the Interior -- National Park Service, which is conducting a Feas-
ibility Study of a "Daneil Boone rail". I had always heard the
route blazed by Daniel Boone from North Carolina to Kentucky de-
scribed as "The Wilderness Road." The legislation before the U S
Congress, however, describes it as "The Daniel Boone.Trai1".
To prepare myself for this meeting, I reread "The Adventures
of Col. Daniel Boonj containing a Narrative of the Ware of Kentucke"
by John Filson(1784)9 "Master of the Wildernesst Daniel Boone" by
John Bakeless (1939) and "The Long Hunters A New Life of Daniel
Boone" by Lawrence Elliott (1976).
While reading these books, I created a chronology of Daniel's
-� life from birth to 1779 ( the year of his final return to Kentucky
from North Carolina). This was so useful for me that I'm now com-
ci 6 plating a detailed chronology of Daniel's entire life - which I'll
r�' CQ put in the Daniel Boone file in our Davie County Library Genealog-
ical Room. Here is a sample of my chronologys
1?34 Born 22OCT/02NOV in Exeter Township, Berks County,
Pennsylvania, son of Squire and Sarah (Morgan) Boone
10 1744 First of six simmers as cattle herder, camping with
his mother at distant pasture away from home
12 1746 First rifle
✓ ' 2
I especially like the left marginal notation as to Daniel's
aged as I'm not one of those who can do sych calculations in my
head* I also located reference to KEN-TA-KE - an Iroquois Indian
word meaning "great meadow(s)" - andnot dark and bloody ground.
The Iroquois word for Cumberland Gap is OU-ASI-ATO*
preparation for the meeting was aimed at documenting that
Daniel lived "in the Yadkin" (1) on the Boone Tract granted in
1753 by the Earl of Granville to Squire Boone# who later sold/gave
the land to son Daniel# and (2) in the "Bryan Settlement:T near
Sugar(tree) Creek# on land owned by his wife's family.
I. also wanted to establish that when Daniel left for KENTAKE
he left from the Boone Tract on Bear Creek "in the Yadkin"$ then
in Rowan County' now in present»day Davie County, North Carolina.
I arrived at the meeting prepared to discuss the actual -
"starting point" and the route of the Wilderness Road in North Car-
olinae The "best current guess" as to the.route starts at the Bear
Creek site in Davie Co=ty and then goes through nearby Wilkesboro
then through the Deep Gap to Boone, and from Boone through Vitas
into Virginia and Tennessee into the Famous Cumberland Gap and.to
Boonesborough, Kentucky.
To my amazement, the majority of those present at the meeting
were hikers, and the bulk of the meeting was taken up with a dis-
cussion of a scenic trail for hikers* wheieh need not follow the
known-supposed route chosen by Daniel Booneq but must be a rustiv
and rewarding experience for the hikers of America ( & world?)
The hikers all knew one another$ and may have been sur-
prised by the historian;contingent which stressed location of the
route actually used - much (most?) of which is now paved roado
Everyone wanted the Wilderness Road«Daniel Boone Trail identifiedt
so hopefully that at least will be done?
There was general agreement with my.suggestion'that - for a
CZ GO
start - we ascertain the route taken from the Yadkin • River basin
U
Z to distant Boonesborough e... about 075 miles in all,►i
M Daniel Boone was only one of many hunters, ,and 4:K.plorers who
penetrated Kentucky, but the route Daniel blazed wi*gip a team of
road cutters was designed as a road for .settlers. ,.•itoc4 is the
key word. Daniel Boone's Wilderness Road used pa 1p of Buffalo,
trails and Indian paths$ but Daniel and his road du.ters made a
road wide enough for a caravan of carts and wagons sembled by
3
Richard,He iersonp Esquire (Lawyers land speculator and gentleman
„r .
pioneer). ,;,Not all of the wagons made it to Boone'sborough on the
first try. The supplies Henderson brought made possible'a perma-
nent settlement # and soon after the road was completed # Daniel re-
turned for h$s family. His wife and d titer are always described
as the first white women in Kentucky.
` Ight Park Service seems prepared to issue a brochure -. includ w-
ing a map of the "established" route of the Wilderness Road pDaniel
Boone Trails Using this brochure, one will be able to retrace the
route of-those hundreds of thousands of settlers who poued into
Kentucky via the `route Blazed by Daniel Boone.
As the resident Boone the first here in almost 200 years,
I have to-stand-in for all the Boones* past and present - a task
I do. not take lightly?
Several months ago I did get a letter from glary XcCabe# and
although the entire bunch are busy as beavers, things seem to be
going well for them.* Bryan (the Wanderer) had returned ( sigh of
.relief?).and was working in a nearby town managing a shoe store.
MaI7 was working in a Nursing Home - part time, and Dad is still
plugging away in Wall Street. Some land adjoining thrs came on
the market at a not too impossible price so they bought it* Soon
they may have enough property for several cows# a goat or two# or
some sheep?
This year* like my ancestor# John Boone of Hunt�pg Creek
(always described as a sucessful farmer) I have had some sucess
-' with my farm garden (located on the edge of his square mile Gran.-
pi 4ji-
ville Grant). The okra has been epic* and the tomatoes are vine-
ripened and truly juicy. The corn I pick only a minute before I
plunk it,into boiling. water* and it tastes magnificent. I also
have had fine string beans* yellow squash, peaspeOrots and soon
will have some cantaloupe There will also be,pumpkin this fall#
and.many sunflowers to share with the birds.
Warmest regards to Mom & Pop and young Joy*