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Squire Boone
American frontiersman
Squire Boone | |
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An painting titled, "Squire Boone Crossing the Mountains with Stores for His Brother Daniel, Encamped in the Wilds of Kentucky" | |
| Born | Squire Maugridge Boone Jr. October 5, Daniel Boone Homestead, Oley Valley, Berks County, Pennsylvania Colony |
| Died | August 5, () (aged&#;70) Mauckport, Indiana |
| Resting place | Squire Boone Caverns, Mauckport, Indiana |
| Other&#;names | Squire Boone Jr. |
| Occupation(s) | frontiersman, longhunter, soldier, city planner, politician, nation locator, judge, politician, gunsmith, miller |
| Known&#;for | Establishing the first American settlement in Shelby County, Kentucky and being the brother of Daniel Boone |
| Spouse | Jane Van Cleave |
| Children | 5 |
| Relatives | |
Squire Maugridge Boone Jr. (October 5, – August 5, ) was an American frontiersman and the younger brother of Daniel Boone. In , he founded the first settlement in Shelby County, Kentucky. The tenth of eleven children, Squ
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Sarah (Boone) Wilcoxson ( - )
SarahWilcoxson formerly Boone
Daughter of Squire Boone Sr. and Sarah (Morgan) Boone
Sister of Israel Morgan Boone, Samuel Boone, Ann Hannah (Boone) Winter, Jonathan Morgan Boone, Elizabeth (Boone) Grant, Daniel Boone, Mary Morgan (Boone) Bryan, George Boone, Edward Boone, Nathaniel Boone, Squire Boone Jr. and Hannah (Boone) Pennington
DescendantsMother of David Wilcoxson Sr, John Wilcoxson Jr, Elizabeth Grant (Wilcoxson) Cutbirth, Nancy (Wilcoxson) Greer, Daniel Morgan Wilcoxson, Samuel (Willcockson) Wilcox Sr, Mary (Wilcoxson) Walker, William Wilcoxson and Rachel (Wilcoxson) Bryant
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Biography
Sarah (Boone) Wilcoxson is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: P
Rank: Patriotic Service
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Daniel Boone
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Who Was Daniel Boone?
Daniel Boone left home on a military expedition during the French and Indian War, and in Boone led an expedition that discovered a trail to the west through the Cumberland Gap. In , he settled an area he called Boonesborough in Kentucky, where he faced Indian resistance. Boone died in Femme Osage Creek, Missouri, in
Early Life
Boone was born on November 2, , in a log cabin in Exeter Township, near Reading, Pennsylvania. His father, Squire Boone, Sr., was a Quaker blacksmith and weaver who met his wife, Sarah Morgan, in Pennsylvania after he emigrated from England.
Boone, the couple's sixth child, received little formal education. Boone learned how to read and write from his mother, and his father taught him wilderness survival skills. Boone was given his first rifle when he was 12 years old. He quickly proved himself a talented woodsman and hunter, shooting his first bear when most children his age were too frightened. At age 15, Boo