Daniel Boone

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You (R-FT194071) and Daniel Boone (R-FT385804) share a common paternal line ancestor (R-DF23) who lived around 1400 BCE (3,400 years ago).

Daniel Boone, best known as an American frontiersman who was famous for settling Kentucky, first crossed into the region in 1767 on a hunting expedition.

In 1773, Boone led a group of about 50 people intending to settle permanently in Kentucky, traveling through the dense wilderness. On October 9th, Boone’s son, James, along with another boy were attacked and brutally killed by a band of Delaware, Shawnee, and Cherokee.

The boys and two other men had left the group to seek provisions in a nearby settlement in what is now Lee County, Virginia.

James Boone’s murder ignited Lord Dunmore’s War. Boone aborted the settlement trip to Kentucky after his son’s death and instead helped to defend settlements along the Clinch River.

Following the war, Boone blazed “Boone’s Trace,” also known as the “Wilderness Road” through the Cumberland Gap in order to settle what would become Boonesborough, Kentucky.

Boone escorted many homesteaders through the wilderness who were anxious to take advantage of newly available land in Kentucky. In 1784, a book was published detailing Boone’s adventures which propelled him to fame.

Boone lived in Kentucky for many years as a farmer, tavernkeeper, and surveyor.

In 1799, he moved to St. Charles, Missouri when it was still part of Spanish Louisiana where he lived for the final two decades of his life.

Information sourced from the WikiTree, Wikipedia, and the Boone DNA Project.