JEREMIAH BOONE (Williams; Georges; Georges), born 1765; died 17 Apr., 1833, aged 68 years.
Married Rebecca
Jeremiah as a youth left Exeter and went to Philadelphia. Record of his removal on 27 June, 1781, is found in Exeter Records. He probably married in Philadelphia some ten years later.
CHILDREN (a)
279 Mary Ridgeway Boone, b. 3 Sept., 1793.
280 Sarah Lincoln Boone, b. 15 Oct., 1795.
281 William Ridgeway Boone, b. 14 Dec., 1796.
282 Rebecca Boone, b. 25 Dec., 1801; d. 2 Aug., 1832.
REFERENCE
(a) Records of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting.
Mary Ridgeway Boone, b. 3 Sept., 1793.
Sarah Lincoln Boone, b. 15 Oct., 1795.
William Ridgeway Boone, b. 14 Dec., 1796.
Rebecca Boone, b. 25 Dec., 1801; d. 2 Aug., 1832.
DANIEL WILCOXSON (WILCOX) (Sarah' Boone; Squire4; Georges),
born 13 Mar., 1755, in Rowan County, North Carolina; died 16 June, 1837, in Shelby County, Ky. (See Pension Record.)
Married Faulkner.
In addition to the family tradition that Daniel Wilcoxson's mother was the sister of Daniel Boone, we have the following proof of this fact, from outside sources:
In Draper Manuscript, 22 C 16, p. 27 (Library of the Historical Society of Wisconsin), there is a statement made by George Bryan, son of Morgan Bryan, Jr., and nephew of William Bryan who married Mary Boone. He says, "Israel Wilcox (a cousin of Daniel Wilcox who was a nephew of Daniel Boone) was out in the field at work and his cousin Daniel was on the fence watching for him. (Daniel Wilcox married a Faulkner, older sister to old Henry Wilson's wife, of now Flat Rock. Israel Grant, Wm. Hogan and Daniel Wilcox got married October of that fall, and next old bawling Lockridge.) The Indians shot Israel off the fence, and chased Daniel till he got to the fence that ran between the fort and the cornfield to keep the calves out. As he crossed the fence they were so nigh they struck at him with their tomahawks but didn't reach him. They were then in reach of the guns at the fort. His wife stood at the fort gate and called to him to 'run, Dan'l, run.' This was after I had gone to Boonesboro."
From the context it appears that this incident took place at Bryan's Station in 1780. The account is rather ambiguous as to which of the cousins was on the fence, but that is of minor importance. Its chief value lies in the statement that Daniel Wilcox who married a Faulkner was a nephew of Daniel Boone, thus confirming the family tradition.
See another version of this affair on page 57.
In the Filson Club's History of Bryant (Bryan) Station is also recorded the fact that Daniel Wilcoxson and another man were in the field at work when the other man (not stating his name) was killed and Daniel Wilcoxson barely escaped with his life.Daniel Wilcoxson served as Lieutenant in the Revolutionary War, both in defence of Bryan's Station and in Gen. Clark's expeditions. His
military history is recorded in the Bureau of Pensions at Washington. Military Record of Daniel Wilcox or Wilcoxson, as contained in a report from the Bureau of Pensions, Department of the Interior, Washington, D. C., Nov. 21, 1919:
Enlisted Sept., 1778, as Private, under Capt. John Holder, N. C. Served also as Lieut. under Capt. William Hogan and Capt. Robert Johnston. Engaged in the Siege of Bryant's Station and in General Clark's expedition.
Volunteered in Rowan Co., N. C. Discharged in fall of 1783.
Made application for pension Dec. 17, 1832, when a resident of Shelby Co., Ky. His claim was allowed.
Age at date of application; born Mar. 13, 1755, in Rowan Co., N. C.; died June 16, 1837 in Shelby Co., Ky.
The Pension report also states that the name appears as Wilcoxen, Wil-coxon and Wilcoxson.
Will of Daniel Wilcoxson.
"I, Daniel Wilcoxson of the County of Shelby and Commonwealth of Kentucky, being now advanced in years and of course the measure of my days nearly full, but of sound mind and disposing memory; and for the purpose of settling my worldly concerns, do make and publish this my last will and testament in the manner and form following, viz; After all my just. debts and expenses are paid, I wish the residue of my property to be disposed of in the following manner, viz; I wish my negro woman, Abigail, to be set free. I wish my negro boy Greenup now six months old to remain with his mother until he is ten years old, and then be sold by my executors and the money arising from such sale to be equally divided between all my lawful heirs or their legal representatives.
And if my negro woman Abigail, should have any child or children more, before my decease, then they are to remain with its or their mother until the age of ten years and then be disposed of as the above boy, Greenup.
And every part and parcel of my estate not otherwise disposed of, is to be divided between my lawful heirs or their legal representatives.
I appoint my son, William Wilcoxson and my friend Henry Bohannon, my executors of this my last will and testament. I wish no appraisement of my property, neither do I require my Executors to give surety.
Given under my hand the 22nd day of March, 1832.
Signed, DANIEL WILCOXSON" (Probated April, 1838, Shelby Co., Ky.)
CHILDREN
+283 William Wilcoxson.
284 Frankie Wilcoxson, m. Seth Cook of Shelby Co., Ky.
285 Sallie Wilcoxson, m. Hugh Montgomery of Shelby Co., Ky.
286 Jennie Wilcoxson, m. William Bohannon of Shelby Co., Ky.
287 Annie Wilcoxson, m. Daniel Middleton of Anderson Co., Ky.
288 Patsy or Martha Wilcoxson, m. -Rice of Anderson Co., Ky.
289 Polly or Mary Wilcoxson, m. - Vardeman of Shelby Co., Ky.
290 Josephine Wilcoxson, m. - Lewis of Fulton Co., Ky.
291 Isaac Wilcoxson, m. Nancy Wilcoxson of Barren Co., Ky.
292 Daniel Wilcoxson, m.
293 John Wilcoxson, m. Louvincia Rice.
294 Louis Wilcoxson, in. Nancy Miles.
According to well-established tradition William Bryant of Bryant's Station Ky., accompanied by a brother named Benjamin Bryant, came
from Wales to the shores of the New World in 1764, when they were
young men. Benjamin settled in Virginia, while William Bryant chose North Carolina, in the region of the Upper Yadkin River, for his home. In this region he lived for several years, married and acquired property,
and here he became acquainted with the Boones, Bryans, Wilcoxes,
Callaways and other pioneer families in that section. Sometime prior to 1775 he accompanied Daniel Boone into Kentucky as far as the North
Fork of the Elkhorn Creek, where the two men made camp and hunted
and explored several weeks before returning to the Yadkin in N. C. "Early in 1779 William Bryant led a party of emigrants into Kentucky,
stopping at Boonesboro for supplies, and continuing to a point about five
miles northeast of Lexington, where they erected and fortified a number of cabins, and the place was from that time forth known as Bryant's
Station." He was a soldier in the- Revolutionary Army, but his service
was omitted in 1779, probably because of this migration. No doubt William Bryant's wife Rachel accompanied him to Kentucky, for they
settled at Bryant's Station in Fayette Co., and later removed to what is
now Estill Co., Ky. From there, in about 1816-20 they emigrated with their younger children to the new and promising land beyond the Miss-
issippi, locating at Femme Osage, Mo., not far from the Boone settlement in Callaway Co. Here Rachel (Wilcox) Bryant died, and her husband removed to Boone Co., in 1821.
William Bryant married a second time a young woman named Nancy Wood, by whom he had children, none of whom lived to maturity. He died in Boone Co., and is buried near the site of the vanished town of Stonesport.His will is recorded in Deed Record A. P. 292, Boone Co., Mo. Military Record of William Bryant.
"He joined the Continental forces and served for a time in the War of Independence. While serving as such, he was captured by the British and placed on board a prison ship in Charleston Harbor. One night he dropped silently into the waters of the harbor, swam ashore and returned to the American lines in safety. During the Revolutionary struggle in Kentucky, he held the rank of Captain under Cols. Todd and Boone. The following is found in the Colonial Records copied from the records of soldiers who served in the Revolutionary War, in Philadelphia: 'William Bryant, Private in Blounts Corn.; date of Corn. or enl. 26 Apr., 1778; period of service 2 1-4 years, omitted in 1779.' "
RACHEL WILCOXSON (WILCOX), (Sarah' Boone; Squire; Georges), died in Callaway Co., Mo.
Married William Bryant (b. 1739 in Wales; died Oct., 1834 aged 95 years, in Boone Co., Mo).
CHILDREN:-
+295 Jeremiah Bryant, b. 20 Aug., 1791.
296 Hiram Bryant, m. Sarah Evans, in Ky; moved to Mo., then back to Ky., where he died at an early age.
297 Hurum Bryant, d. Boone Co., Mo. +298 Thomas Bryant, b. 10 Jan., 1795.
299 Benjamin Bryant, d. Boone Co., Mo.
300 Rachel Bryant, m. and d. in Ky.
301 Susan Bryant, m. William Ramsey, Boone Co., Mo.
302 Henry Bryant, b. 1802; d. 1840, in Boone Co., Mo.
REFERENCE:-
This entire history of William Bryant is taken from an account written by his descendant, Mr.T. J. Bryant of Wheatland,Wyo., and published in the Missouri Historical Review, Vol. 3, No. 1, page 37-51, the account called "Bryant's Station and its Founders." Other articles on the same subject by Mr. Bryant are to be found in Missouri Historical Review, Oct., 1908, and July, 1910, numbers, which should be read by anyone interested in this family.
List of children and all descendants furnished by Mr. T. J. Bryant, writer of above articles.
NoTE:-There is no doubt that two distinct families of similar name, but unrelated, settled at the Station which later bore the names interchangeably of its two principal pioneer families, Bryan and Bryant.-The Compiler.
Henry Bryant, b. 1802; d. 1840, in Boone Co., Mo.
ELIZABETH WILCOXSON (WILCOX) (Sarah' Boone; Squire; Georges). Married Benjamin Cutbirth (b. 1767).
"At the close of the French and Indian War there arrived in the Boone settlement a Scotch-Irishman named Benjamin Cutbirth, aged about twenty-three years. He was a man of good character and a fine hunter. Marrying Elizabeth Wilcoxen, a niece of Daniel Boone, he and Boone went on long hunts together, and attained that degree of comradeship which joint life in the wilderness camp is almost certain to produce." (a)
The Cutbirths lived in Madison Co., Ky., and it was here at the home of her daughter Elizabeth that Sarah (Boone) Wilcoxson (Wilcox)
died in 1815.
CHILD:-
+303 Mary Cutbirth,
REFERENCE
(a) "Life of Daniel Boone," by R. G. Thwaites, page 66.
83 Rebecca Boone, married Roger Jones.
SQUIRE BOONE (Samuel5; Squire'; Georges), born 13 Oct., 1760, in South Carolina; died 28 June, 1817, in Todd Co., Ky.
Married 1 Sept. 1784, in Fayette Co., Ky., Anna Grubbs (b. 23 June, 1776; died 26 Aug., 1843), daughter of William and Susanna (Hearne) Grubbs. (Marriage date is from Pension Record.)
Squire Boone was born in South Carolina, whither his parents had moved to avoid the depredations of the Indians on the western borders of North Carolina, where they had formerly lived. There is no further record of Squire up to the time of his enlistment from the Camden District of South Carolina, on the Congaree River, in 1777.
His Revolutionary record is as follows:-
From the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C., W. F. 8-372, Rev. War, Squire Boone.
He enlisted June or July, 1777, 3 mo., as Sgt. under Capt. John Cook; Col. Robt. Goodwin, South Carolina.
He enlisted June or July, 1779 for three months as Sgt. under Captains John McChord or Robert McGowan; Col. John Russell.
From 1780 to 1783 he served in Kentucky under Captain William Hays,* and was frequently engaged against Indians in the defense of the frontier.
He also served under General George Rogers Clark in his expeditions against the Piqua towns, and was seriously injured in the Battle of Blue Licks. The record also states that the pensioner was a son of Samuel Boone and a nephew of Daniel, and gives considerable data concerning his wife and children.
In the fall of 1779 he moved with his father's family to Kentucky, and settled at Bryan's Station. (a) Here he continued to serve in frontier Indian warfare until the time of his marriage. A biographical sketch of his son, Dr. Levi Day Boone of Chicago, says that the marriage of Squire and Anna Boone occurred under circumstances characteristic of that romantic period. Kentucky at that time consisted of only two counties, eastern and western, divided by the Kentucky River. As there was no magistrate in the western county to administer the marriage vow, the couple crossed to the east bank of the river, and there, standing under the shade of a large tree, a magistrate pronounced them one. As the book in which this account appears was compiled during the lifetime of Dr. Levi Day Boone, and probably met with his approval, the above incident can be given slightly more credence than the average tradition.
(c)
Squire Boone became a Baptist preacher, having been baptized in that
faith at Lower Howard's Creek, Ky., sometime between 1785 and 1787. (b) He lived for a time at Lexington, where his son Levi was born in 1808, and later removed to Todd County, near the present town of Elkton, where he located on a farm and built the home in which he lived until his death. He never fully recovered from the wound he received at the battle of Blue Licks, and it is said that the bullet he had received in the hip remained there during the rest of his life.
Anna (Grubbs) Boone, the wife of Squire, went to Kentucky with her parents about 1775. (See Sketch of Grubbs Family.) She was a sister of Higgason Grubbs who was prominent in the early history of Madison Co., Ky. Her obituary was written by her son Higgason G. Boone, and reads, in part, as follows:-
"Died in Todd Co., Ky., on Saturday the 26th day of August, 1843, Mrs. Anna Boone, in the 78th year of her age; in full hope of a glorious immortality, having lived the life of a consistent Christian for more than fifty years. In the early settlement of Kentucky she was married to Squire Boone, on the 18th day of September, 1784, on the bank of Kentucky River at the mouth of Boone's Creek, Fayette Co., Ky., and shortly after was baptised by Elder Redding or Crag (the minister is not certain which), and continued a consistent member of the Baptist Church until the day of her death. She was the mother of fifteen children, many of whom yet live, together with a numerous train of grandchildren."-H. G. B., Elkton, Ky., Oct. 18, 1843.
CHILDREN:- (All born in Ky.) (Dates from pension record and family Bible)
+306 Thomas Boone, b. 24 Dec., 1785.
+307 Susan Boone, b. 28 Jan., 1787.
+308 Lucy Boone, b. 15 Oct., 1792.
+309 Cynthia Ann Boone, b. 11 May, 1795.
+310 Samuel Boone, b. 2 Sept., 1797.
311 Squire Boone, b 2 Sept., 1797; d. 6 July, 1836; m. Emily children.
+312 Ira Boone, b. 17 Dec., 1799.
+313 Isaiah Boone, b. 7 Mar., 1802.
314 Diadama Boone, b. 11 Aug., 1804; d. 14 Sept., 1824, unm.
+315 Iliggason Grubbs Boone, b. 8 Oct., 1806.
+316 Levi Day Boone, b 8 Dec., 1808.
+317 Nancy Boone, b. 24 Dec., 1811 or 1812.
318 Pony Boone, b. 27 Jan., 1814; d. 28 Oct., 1822.
REFERENCES:-
(a) Draper Mss. 00.83.
(b) "History and Genealogies" by W. H. Miller, page 296.
(c) "Biographical Sketches of the Leading Men of Chicago," published by Wilson and St. Claire, 1868.
1 Sept. 1784, in Fayette Co., Ky., Anna Grubbs (b. 23 June, 1776; died 26 Aug., 1843), daughter of William and Susanna (Hearne) Grubbs. (Marriage date is from Pension Record.)
314 Diadama Boone, b. 11 Aug., 1804; d. 14 Sept., 1824, unm.
87 John Boone, "settled somewhere in Kentucky." (a)
JOHN BOONE, b. in York Co., Pa., abt. 1755; d. 17 July, 1835; m.
1787 or 1788, in Augusta Co., Va., Elizabeth Alford (d. 15 Feb., 1841).
The pension report of John Boone states that he was a nephew of Daniel Boone. Consequently he must have been a son of either Israel or Jonathan Boone, as Daniel's other brothers had no sons John. At the date of his enlistment he resided in York Co., Pa.; enlisted in 1777
and served three years under Capt. Spanzler, Pa.; engaged in the Battle of Camden. On 20 Aug., 1833, when a resident of Monroe Co., Va. he applied for a pension, which claim was allowed. At that time he was 78 years old, and he died 2 years later.
His children in 1847 were:-
12 John Boone, 57 years old (b. 1790).
2' Nancy Boone (Burdett), 53 years old (b. 1794).
3' Henry Boone, 46 years old on 10 Mar., 1848 (b. 1802).
42 Sally Boone (Humphreys), age not stated. 5' Frances Boone (Myres), aged 37 (b. 1810).
91. JOHN GRANT (Elizabeth" Boone; Squire; George3), born 30 Jan. 1754, in North Carolina; died 11 Nov., 1825, on the Licking River in Kentucky.
Married Mary (Polly) Moseby, sister of Maj. Joseph Moseby of Yadkin (N. C.) and afterwards of Fayette Co., Ky.
John Grant (known as Col. Grant) was living at Shallow Ford, N. C., in 1779, when he joined his father and brothers, under Daniel Boone, in their move to Kentucky, where they stopped first for a while at Fort Boonesborough, then went on and helped establish Bryan's Station. After this was built, Grant and Col. William Ellis (from Va.) went five miles farther on towards where Paris (Ky.) now stands, and set up Grant's Station. In 1780 this station was broken up by Col. Byrd with his English forces, and Grant returned with his family to N. C. Here he entered the Revolutionary army for a while, but in the spring of 1782 he returned to Ky. and settled permanently, though at what place is not known. Eventually he located on the Licking River, where he set up salt works, and died many years later.
CHILDREN:-
319 William Grant. Possibly others.REFERENCES:-
Draper Mss. 22 S 230-38.
Draper Mss. 22 C 46, a Grant family record.
Filson Club Publication, Vol. XII, "Bryan's Station," p. 76.
Married Mary (Polly) Moseby, sister of Maj. Joseph Moseby of Yadkin (N. C.) and afterwards of Fayette Co., Ky.
Capt. John Saunders (b. 22 Jan., 1756; d. 5 Feb., 1809) son of James and Sarah (Tully) Saunders, who was a dau. of Thomas Tully.
SARAH GRANT (Elizabeth' Boone; Squire; Georges), born 25 Jan., 1759; in the Shallow Ford District of the Yadkin, N. C. Died 28 Mar., 1816 in Bourbon Co., Ky.
CHILDREN:-
323 Elizabeth Saunders, b. 24 Oct., 1776; d. 19 Feb., 1787, killed by Indians.
324 Sarah Saunders, b. 8 Mar., 1779; d. 2S Apr., 1779.
325 William Saunders, h. 25 May, 1780; d. 15 Sept., 1843.
326 Sarah Saunders, (2) b. 1 Aug., 1782; d. 21 Sept., 1804.
327 Nancy Saunders, b. 11 Mar., 1784. +328 Mary Saunders, b. 16 Sept., 1787.
329 Elizabeth Saunders, b. 29 Aug., 1789.
330 John H. Saunders, b. 29 May, 1791.
331 James T. Saunders, b. 20 Sept., 1793; d. 22 Jan., 1813, lost in Gen. Winchester's Defeat on Raisin River.
332 Joel B. Saunders, b. 2 Oct., 1795; d. 7 Oct., 1833.
333 Rebecca G. Saunders, b. 7 June, 1800; d. 3 July, 1817; m. 1816, Jacob Turner, and had one daughter.
+334 Dorcas V. Saunders, b. 8 Dec., 1801.
REFERENCES:-
Draper Mss. 22 S 230-38. Family Records.
323 Elizabeth Saunders, b. 24 Oct., 1776; d. 19 Feb., 1787, killed by Indians.
324 Sarah Saunders, b. 8 Mar., 1779; d. 2S Apr., 1779.
William Saunders, h. 25 May, 1780; d. 15 Sept., 1843.
Sarah Saunders, (2) b. 1 Aug., 1782; d. 21 Sept., 1804.
327 Nancy Saunders, b. 11 Mar., 1784.
Elizabeth Saunders, b. 29 Aug., 1789.
John H. Saunders, b. 29 May, 1791.
James T. Saunders, b. 20 Sept., 1793; d. 22 Jan., 1813, lost in Gen. Winchester's Defeat on Raisin River.
Joel B. Saunders, b. 2 Oct., 1795; d. 7 Oct., 1833.