George Boone (1739 - 1820)

Born 2 Jan 1739 in Exeter, Berks County, Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Husband of Ann (Linville) Boone — married 28 Nov 1764 in Rowan County, North Carolina

Descendants

Died 11 Nov 1820 at age 81 in Shelby County, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Private George Boone served with Virginia Militia during the American Revolution.

George Boone is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A012093.

Note: It appears that two George Boones were born to this family, one who died in 1738 at about 2 years old, and and one who died at about 80 in Kentucky. Both Georges show a January birth month in WikiTree profiles. The Boone Society shows only one George in this family, born January 2, 1739 (no death date shown).

George Boone was born January 2, 1739 ^[1] in Berks County, Pennsylvania to Squire and Sarah (Morgan) Boone.

George was an early settler of Fort Boonesborough,^[2] and the younger brother of the famous explorer Colonel Daniel Boone.

He married Nancy Ann Linville November 28th, 1764, in Rowan County, North Carolina. By 1800 the family had migrated to Shelby County, Kentucky.

George Boone established Boone's Station^[3] in 1780 on a site in what is now Madison County, Kentucky, about a mile and a half or two miles from the present courthouse in Richmond.

When his brother Squire Boone, Jr. built his fort where Shelbyville, Kentucky, now stands, George and his family went there to live.

George and Ann (Nancy) Linville Boone died in Shelby County, Kentucky, but their bodied were returned to Madison County for interment in the George Boone-Robert Harris graveyard near the site of Boone's Station at Cross Plains.

He died in Kentucky on November 11, 1820.^[4] He was buried in Cross Plains, Kentucky, on November 14.^[5]

On his tombstone in the old George Boone Robert Harris graveyard near Richmond Ky is this inscription George Boone Sen Departed this life 11 or 14 November 1820 aged 84 e Ann or Nancy Linville Boone died 28 March 1814 at about seventy years of age The inscription on her tombstone in the same cemetery mentioned in the paragraph above reads In memory of Ann Boone Wife of George Boone Sen departed this life the 28th day of March 1814 the mother of children grandchildren and great grandchildren 182.

Children

Samuel Boone said his father had six sons and six daughters all of whom with the exception of one son lived to be grown Children Probably all born in NC.

1. Elizabeth Boone b abt 1765
2. Elender Boone b abt 1766 d 17 July 1799 aged 33 yrs ra Wilcox Her gravestone inscription is In memory of Elender Wilcox who departed this life the 17th of July 1799 aged 33 years.
3. William Boone b 22 Feb 1768
4. George Boone d abt 1810 ff In the Madison Co Ky Court Records Deed Book G page 389 is found this record 20 Jan 1810 George Boone and wife Nancy Ann for Natural love and affection and one dollar conveyed to their son George Boone Jr 315 acres of land on Otter Creek in Madison Co Ky being the plantation whereon I George Boone Sr lately lived which was conveyed to George Boone Sr by George Phelps George Boone Jr is said to have been killed by a horse and his death must have occurred previous to 11 Nov 1811 It is thought he never married for in his will which is recorded in Shelby Co Ky we find no mention of wife or children Instead he leaves my tract of land lying in Madison County Kentucky on the waters of Otter Creek containing three hundred and fifteen acres to my dearly beloved father and mother together with my four negroes namely Lackin David Silvay and Keda which he his father now has in his possession. Undoubtedly this is the same land which his parents transferred to him on 20 Jan 1810 To my dearly loved Sister Mariah Steel were willed the 2 negro girls Keda and Silvay to be hers after the death of her parents. Some notes of Edward Boone possibly his brother were given him under certain conditions. This will witnessed by Sally Simpson was signed on the 2nd day of October 1810 and was proven by the oath of Sally Simpson in the Shelby Co Court 18th of Nov 1811. This seems to prove conclusively that George Boone Jr died between 2 Oct 1810 and 18 Nov 1811.Concerning his grave we have this quotation A grave next to Mrs Ann Boone in the George Boone Robert Harris Cemetery near Richmond Ky HAS with the headstone broken and the letters scaled off 1885 piece of scale had 1810 on it and the footstone.
5. Squire Boone
6. Boone daughter possibly named Sarah or Sallie married Sol or Solomon Simpson. The will of George Boone Jr was witnessed and proven by the oath of Sally Simpson who was possibly this sister
7. Mary Boone b 2 Apr 1776
8. Susanna Boone b 22 Apr 1778 d 16 Oct 1804 m in Madison Co Ky 8 Apr 1795 Wm Hern or Hearne Nothing further is known of her or her descendants except the inscription on her tombstone in the George Boone Robert Harris Graveyard In memory of Susanna Hern who was born April the 22nd in the year of our Lord 1778 and departed this life on the 16th of October 1804 who was daughter of George and Nancy Boone and was married to Wm Hern on the 8th of April 1795
9. Mariah Marian Boone m Steel She is mentioned in the will of George Boone Jr as his dearly loved Sister Mariah Steel Marriage records of Madison Co Ky give a marriage of Marian Boone and Joseph S October 1805 who may be this Mariah Boone
10. Captain Samuel Boone 4th Son b 15 Jan 1782
11. Edward Boone b abt 1783
12. Nestor Boone the youngest son was living in Hannibal Mo in 1866

Burial

Richmond Cemetery, Richmond Madison County Kentucky, USA ^[6]

Children Memorial Links

1. Elizabeth Boone Copher (1765 - 1855), Find A Grave: Memorial #95898267
2. Elender Nellie Boone Wilcox (1766 - 1799), Find A Grave: Memorial #23835503
3. William Linville Boon (1768 - 1847), Find A Grave: Memorial #102165761
4. John Linville Boone (1769 - 1845), Find A Grave: Memorial #105817974
5. George Boone Jr. (1770 - 1810), Find A Grave: Memorial #147971271
6. Sarah Sally Boone Simpson (1775 - 1820), Find A Grave: Memorial #60253034
7. Mary Boone Tribble (1776 - 1831), Find A Grave: Memorial #23833216
8. Susannah Boone Hearne (1778 - 1804), Find A Grave: Memorial #40870320
9. Samuel Boone (1782 - 1869), Find A Grave: Memorial #18808838
10. Edward Boone (1783 - 1869) Find A Grave memorial deleted
11. Miriam Boone Steele (1786 - 1833), Find A Grave: Memorial #83992650

Notes

Biography entered April 15, 2013, based on Boone-113 birth date and place and Boone-264 death date and place. Note added based on Boone-1301 and Boone-1304. Click the changes tab to see edits to Boone-113 profile. The following links are for changes made to profiles before they were merged into this one:

Boone-264

Boone-203

Boone-355

Boone-1301 (had 2 Nov 1739 birth and 1 & 14 Nov 1820 death) sources listed from ancestry.com included Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls

Boone-159 (had January 13, 1738/39 as birthday)

Sources

1. ↑ date given by Boone Society. Boone-159 had January 13, 1738/9. 1738 given by some profiles is likely because the 11th month in 1738 would be January (the 11th month, when March is the 1st month, is January)
2. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Boonesborough_State_Park
3. ↑ Early Kentucky Stations, Forts, and Camps.
4. ↑ death date and location from Boone-264
5. ↑ burial information from Boone-203
6. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #13707046

• "United States Census, 1820", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLH-VNV : Thu Oct 05 15:36:44 UTC 2023), Entry for George Boone, 1820.

• Shelby County (Kentucky). Clerk of the County Court, Deeds (Shelby County, Kentucky), 1792-1903, Deed Bk. S, p. 445, Film 259235. <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4L-Y3NC-B?i=492&cat=109965>.

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/), "Record of George Boone", Ancestor # A012093.
• Boone Society

• The Boone family: a genealogical history of the descendants of George and Mary Boone, who came to America in 1717 : containing many unpublished bits of early Kentucky history : also a biographical sketch of Daniel Boone, the pioneer, by one of his descendants Front Cover Jesse Procter Crump Tuttle Co., 1922 - pages 69

• Stephen Chinn, Family History of Daniel BOONE, web page, (https://web.archive.org/web/20050306135949/http://history.cc.ku.edu/heritage/families/boone.html, 25 Mar 1994), "Electronic."

• Faye Jarvis Moran, The Jarvis Family & Other Relatives, web page, (https://web.archive.org/web/19990502092530/http://www.erols.com/fmoran/linville.html, March 30, 1999), "Electronic."

• Gerald Wayne Shollmier, Brøderbund Software, Inc., World Family Tree Vol. 1, Ed. 1, (Release date: November 29, 1995), "CD-ROM," Tree #2484, Date of Import: Jan 16, 1999. (1995), "Electronic," Date of Import: May 5, 1999.

Acknowledgments

• This person was created through the import of LaBach Family TreeApril28_2011.ged on 05 May 2011.