Person:Daniel Boone (1)

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Daniel Boone (September 26, 1820) was an American pioneer, explorer, and frontiersman whose frontier exploits made him one of the first folk heroes of the United States. Boone is most famous for his exploration and settlement of what is now Kentucky, which was then part of Virginia but on the other side of the mountains from the settled areas. Despite some resistance from American Indian tribes such as the Shawnee, in 1775 Boone blazed his Wilderness Road through the Cumberland Gap in the Appalachian Mountains from North Carolina and Tennessee into Kentucky. There he founded the village of Boonesborough, Kentucky, one of the first American settlements west of the Appalachians. Before the end of the 18th century, more than 200,000 European people migrated to Kentucky/Virginia by following the route marked by Boone.

Boone was a militia officer during the Revolutionary War (1775–83), which in Kentucky was fought primarily between the American settlers and the British-aided Native Americans. Boone was captured by Shawnee warriors in 1778, who after a while adopted him into their tribe. Later, he left the Indians and returned to Boonesborough to help defend the European settlements in Kentucky/Virginia.

Boone was elected to the first of his three terms in the Virginia General Assembly during the Revolutionary War, and fought in the Battle of Blue Licks in 1782. Blue Lick was one of the last battles of the Revolutionary War, coming after the main fighting ended in October 1781.

Following the war, Boone worked as a surveyor and merchant, but fell deeply into debt through failed Kentucky land speculation. Frustrated with all the legal problems resulting from his land claims, in 1799 Boone emigrated to eastern Missouri, where he spent most of the last two decades of his life (1800–20). Boone remains an iconic figure in American history. He was a legend in his own lifetime, especially after an account of his adventures was published in 1784, making him famous in America and Europe. After his death, he was frequently the subject of heroic tall tales and works of fiction. His adventures — real and legendary — were influential in creating the archetypal Western hero of American folklore. In American popular culture, he is remembered as one of the foremost early frontiersmen. The epic Daniel Boone mythology often overshadows the historical details of his life.

See biographies by J. Bakeless (1965), R. G. Thwaites (1963, repr. 1971), and R. E. McDowell (1972); The Life and Legend of an American Pioneer" by John Mack Faragher.

1.   Ancestry Family Trees. (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry Family Trees.

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2. ↑ Daniel Boone, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. (Online: Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.).
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7} Metcalf, Samuel L. Collection of Some of the Most Interesting Narratives of Indian Warfare in the West. (Lexington, Kentucky, USA: William G. Hunt, 1821), 1913.
4.   Ancestor #: A012096, in The DAR Genealogical Research System.

   Service Source: GWATHMEY, HIST REG OF VA IN THE REV, PP 76-7; KY IN RETROSPECT, P 157; COLLINS, HIST OF KY, VOL I, P 20
   Service Description: 1) ALSO LCOL, FAYETTE CO TROOPS;
   2) MEMBER GENERAL ASSEMBLY, 1781; SHERIFF, 1782

5. ↑ ^5.0 5.1 Memorial# 109 , in Find A Grave.

   In 1845 in a controversial move, the remains of Boone and his wife were relocated from Missouri to Kentucky. There is some controversy surrounding the final disposition of the Boones' remains. Some say Daniel and Rebecca's remains are still in Missouri, and that the wrong bodies were removed and re-buried. Others have demanded the return of the bodies to Missouri.

6.   Filson, John. Filson, John. The Discovery, Settlement And present State of Kentucke. (1784), 1784.
7.   Spraker, Hazel Atterbury. 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. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1974), 1922.
8.   He was given this name when he was adopted by the Shawnee. Source needed. [Note: in source ^S3 Boone mentions that he was adopted but does not say by whom (some say Chief Blackfish) and does not give his given name, although the author fills that in at the unsourced footnotes. A direct source should be found if possible. user:cthrnvl ]