Squire Boone family papers : surveys, depositions, indentures, 1781-1829.

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Squire Boone family papers : surveys, depositions, indentures, 1781-1829.

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This thirty-seven item collection consists of Squire Boone's legal documents, surveys, land indentures, and maps. The legal documents concern two matters. These are a land dispute over Boone's Station and the sinking of a keelboat and her freight in Wheeling, Virginia. The documents include summons, depositions, letters, and court records. Other members of the Boone family were involved and contributed to this collection. They include: William, Daniel, Josiah, and Jacob Boone. Other items of interest in the collection are letters concerning the Maysville Road, Daniel's return to Kentucky to resolve legal problems, including land disputes. The land transactions concern several people, the most prominent outside of the Boone family being Robert Breckinridge.

37 items.

Kentucky Historical Society, Martin F. Schmidt Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7390693

Kentucky Historical Society, Martin F. Schmidt Research Library

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Boone, Daniel, 1734-1820

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Daniel Boone (1734-1820) was a pioneer land settler, Indian fighter and he served in military and political positions in Kentucky. At the time this letter was written, he was on the verge of losing his many tracts of land because the titles were improperly entered. From the description of Letter : to Charles Yanc[e]y, Luecy [i.e. Louisa] County, 1785 May 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122602570 Indian fighter and scout. From the description of Daniel Boone pa...

Boone, Squire, 1744-1815

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Squire Boone was the brother of Daniel Boone, the famous Kentucky explorer and settler. Squire Boone helped to blaze the Wilderness Trail, and was one of the settlers at Boonesborough, the operator of a gristmill and sawmill, and an ordained Baptist minister. From the description of Papers 1787-1813. (Kentucky Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 28189399 Squire Boone was born in 1744, in Berks County, Pennsylvania. He married Jane Van Cleave in 1765 and had five childre...

Boone, William.

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Boone, Jacob.

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Boone, Josiah.

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