Thomas Boone (1723 - 1784)

Born 4 Mar 1723 in Christ Church Parish, Province of South Carolina

Ancestors

Died 7 Dec 1784 at age 61 in Charlestown District, South Carolina, USA

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Biography

Thomas Boone was a South Carolinian.

Thomas Boone, born 4 March 1722/3, was the son of Thomas Boone and Mary Capers of Boone Hall, Christ Church Parish, Province of South Carolina.^[1][2]

On 23 November 1741 he married Susannah Croft, daughter of Edward Croft and Susannah Brewton.^[1] They had children:^[3]

• Elizabeth (bap 30 Jan 1742/3)
• Thomas (b. 3 June 1745)
• Elizabeth (bap 30 Aug 1747)
• John (b. 1755)
• Susannah (m. John Gaillard)
• Peter (b. 17 Jan 1759)
• James (b. 6 Feb 1761)

Thomas Boone, of St. James Santee, wrote his Will on 10 September 1783, and it was proven 23 Dec 1784. He mentions his sons James, Thomas, and John Boone, daughters Elizabeth Boone and Susannah Gaillard (wife of John Gaillard), and grandsons Alcimus Gaillard, Thomas Boone, and John Gibbes Boone.^[4]

Thomas Boone died 7 December 1784.^[5]

Slaves

Thomas Boon was a slaveholder. His probate inventory named and valued the enslaved.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} “The Register of Christ Church Parish (Continued).” The South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine 19, no. 1 (1918): 80 http://www.jstor.org/stable/27569446
2. ↑ Salley, A. S. “Captain William Capers and Some of His Descendants.” The South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine 2, no. 4 (1901): 274-5. http://www.jstor.org/stable/27574968
3. ↑ Salley, A. S. "Some Descendants of John Boone of Boone Hall, Christ Church Parish, South Carolina," The Boone Bulletin, Vol. 1, n. 4 (June 1928), pp. 89-91 https://www.google.com/books/edition/Boone_Bulletin/ntQ1AAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22some+descendants+of+john+boone%22+boone+bulletin&pg=PA89&printsec=frontcover
4. ↑ "South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939L-JZ3V-Y7?cc=1919417&wc=M6N4-FM9%3A210905601%2C211825601 : 21 May 2014), Charleston > Wills, 1783-1786, Vol. 021 > image 146 of 437; citing Department of Archives and History, Columbia.Will of Thomas Boone
5. ↑ Webber, Mabel L. “Marriage and Death Notices from the South Carolina Weekly Gazette (Continued).” The South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine 19, no. 2 (1918): 113. http://www.jstor.org/stable/27569453
6. ↑ South Carolina Probate Re...d Loose Papers, 1732-1964: "South Carolina Probate Re...d Loose Papers, 1732-1964"
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