Benningsen Boon (1807 - 1881)

Born 6 Apr 1807 in Jackson County, Illinois, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth H (Will) Boon — married about 1830 (to 14 Feb 1855) in Illinois, United States

Husband of Elizabeth Ann (Burns) Boon — married 27 Jun 1857 (to before 8 Jun 1880) in Sand Ridge Township, Jackson, Illinois, United States

Died 21 Mar 1881 at age 73 in Carbondale, Jackson County, Illinois, USA

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Biography

Benningsen Boon is Notable.

Benningsen Boon has English ancestors.

Benningsen was born in 1807 and is the son of William Boone and Elizabeth Cline who were married in 1802 in Kaskaskia, Randolph County, Illinois, United States.

Benningsen was the first white child born in Jackson County, Illinois.

Benningsen was a Veteran of the Black Hawk War of 1832. He was a Corporal in Captain Alexander Jenkins Company during the Black Hawk War in 1832, along with George Vancil and the Crowells.

Benningsen appealed to the Supreme Court and was instrumental in establishing the freedom of slaves he had inherited from his father in 1836.^[1]

Benningsen married 1. Elizabeth H. Will, the daughter of Conrad Will, in about 1830. Elizabeth was born 12 June 1812 in Somerset, Pennsylvania, and died 14 February 1855 in Grand Tower, Jackson County, Illinois.^[2]

Benningsen married 2. Elizabeth Ann (nee Burns) Lee on 28 June 1857 in Jackson County, Illinois, United States.^[3][4]

Per the 8-9 June1880 Census Record, Benningsen and 2. Elizabeth were divorced at time of the census:

8-9 June 1880: Jackson Co., Illinois; Mary Henson Self 37 Illinois; Henan Henson Son 11 Illinois; Addie Henson Dau 9 Illinois; Benningsen Boone, Divorced, Uncle 73 Illinois/North Carolina/Pennsylvania; https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXJT-8WC

1860 Census Record.^[5]

1880 Census Record.^[6]

Decendants of Benningsen Boon.^[7]

Benningsen passed away 21 March 1881 in Carbondale, Jackson County, Illinois, USA.^[8] and is buried at Boon Family Cemetery in Gorham, Jackson County, Illinois, USA.^[9]

Further References of Benningsen Boon.^[10]

Boon Family Cemetery.^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ Boon v. Juliet https://cite.case.law/ill/2/258/
2. ↑ Find A Grave Index https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9085481/elizabeth-h-boon
3. ↑ "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KFKT-SPF : 27 September 2017), Benningson Boon and Elizabeth Ann Lee, 28 Jun 1857; citing Jackson, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 968,927.
4. ↑ "Illinois Marriages, 1815-1935", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2G9-DQY : 13 January 2020), Benningson Boon, 1857.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXH3-X9N : 18 March 2020), Benningson Boone, 1860.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXJT-8WC : 22 August 2017), Benningsen Boone in household of Mary Henson, Grand Tower, Jackson, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district ED 37, sheet 71B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,214.
7. ↑ Frazier Farmstead Museum http://www.frazierfarmsteadmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Benningsen-Boone.pdf
8. ↑ "Illinois Deaths and Burials, 1749-1999", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HKQF-LP2M : 14 February 2020), Benningson Boone,.
9. ↑ Find A Grave Index https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9085449/benningsen-boon
10. ↑ Genealogy Trails http://genealogytrails.com/ill/washington/cems/covi/livelyspring.html?fbclid=IwAR0UxteLTA2m-fKSRsu1NzH9A8mmFM7XZW7-RRE0NsMFdi9MByDTyEa8SXw
11. ↑ Boon Family Cemetery. http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/jackson/cemeteries/boon.txt

8-9 June 1880: Jackson Co., Illinois; Mary Henson Self 37 Illinois; Henan Henson Son 11 Illinois; Addie Henson Dau 9 Illinois; Benningsen Boone, Divorced, Uncle 73 Illinois/North Carolina/Pennsylvania; https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXJT-8WC

Illinois Deaths and Burials, 1749-1999; Name: Benningson Boone; Name Note: Lived in this State Life; Event Type: Burial; Event Place: Big Hill, Jackson, Illinois; Age: 75; Marital Status: Married; Occupation: Farmer; Birth Year (Estimated): 1806; Birthplace: Jackson Co, Illinois; Death Date: 21 March 1881; Death Place: Carbondale, Jackson, Illinois; https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HKQF-LP2M

SECONDARY SOURCE: Family Tree https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L714-RFG

See Also

Spouse: Elizabeth Ann (nee Burns) Lee. When she married to Boon in 1857, her name was Elizabeth Ann Lee. She was a widow with children from her prior marriage.

From Grover Brinkman:

This writer recently had access to an ancient manuscript that was transcribed from the original notes of Bennington Boone, the first white man born in Jackson County, incidentally a relative of Daniel Boone. Bennington Boone's grave is on the top of a hill called Fountain Bluff along Highway 3, east of Gorham.

Quoting Bennington Boone: "In 1812, war was declared against England. The hostile Indians sided with the British and generally arrayed themselves against settlers. General Harrison kept great bodies of them in check, yet wandering bands managed to kill many whites. For protection of settlers, Gov. Edwards recommended (and Congress approved) of raising companies of Rangers. The marauding Indians were in the north and northeast of the long string of settlements from the Illinois River, all along the Mississippi to the Ohio and up that stream to Shawneetown.

"William Boone, my father, was elected captain of one of these companies of Rangers. A few hostile Indians somehow slipped in and killed a family by the name of Lively. Boone's company, or part of it, went in pursuit. He had with him a celebrated hunter by the name of Dozan. They traced and followed the savages for several days and finally came in sight of their encampment, but to their dismay saw that there were several hundred and so beat a hasty retreat to save their own lives."

Further Research Posted On Find A Grave:

Son of Captain William Boon, first permanent settler of Jackson Co. was also Captain of Illinois Riflemen in Battle of New Orleans.

Elizabeth H, his wife was a daughter of Conrad Will founder of Brownsville first State Senator member First Constitutional assembly. William dropped the "e" from the family name. William came to Kaskaskia, Illnois from Kentucky, finally settling in Jackson County in 1805.

Benningsen was born in Jackson Co. In 1809 he lived in Sand Ridge. His mother died in 1814 of the cold plague. In 1826 he moved back to Big Hill. He assured his niche in history by appealing to the Supreme Court to establish the freedom of the slaves he inherited from his father, William Boon, in 1836.

In 1809 William Boon had bought Peter, a slave from Zaphna Brooks, and Ben had inherited Peter's wife Juliet and her children. The 1836 suit initiated by Ben Boon, (Benningsen Boon, Appellant, vs. Juliet, a woman of color) advanced to the Supreme Court and resulted in the effective end of slavery in Illinois. Records indicate there were 53 slaves in Illinois when it joined the Union. By 1840, there were no slaves left in Illinois. Juliet, the wife of Peter, had been registered as a slave on July 20, 1808 by William GASTON.

About 1830 he married Elizabeth Will the daughter of Conrad Will. She was born 12 June 1812 in Somerset, Pennsylvania, and died 14 February 1855 in Grand Tower, Jackson, Illinois.

Benningsen was a Veteran of the Black Hawk War of 1832. In 1836 he became Justice of the Peace for 16 years. He founded the town of Big Hill. He was a Corporal in Captain Alexander Jenkins Company during the Black Hawk War in 1832 along with George Vancil and the Crowells.

He and his wife were the parents of 9 children. After her death he married 2. Elizabeth (Burns) Leo on 28 June 1857 in Jackson County, Illinois, a daughter of Andrew and Jane Burns. She was born 16 December 1813 in Jackson, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and died 16 January 1890 in Milton, Umatilla, Oregon. They had no children.

Some time in December 1867, Benningsen went to Oregon with part of his family, returning in 1872. Upon his return he stayed with his half sister Rachel (Boon) Henson in Carbondale, where he died according to his stone in 1879, but his death certificate lists 21 March 1881.