The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1912-08-09
WILL BUY The
old BOONE HOME
Part of Historic Structure
Still Stands.
H)uss Constructed as a Home
and Fort Against Indian
0utrages.

mos Interesting landmarks IN thc SChuyl
kill valley ara the birthplace Of Daniel
Boon. and the old Quaker rnsetng
house whore hc attended services, and
where some of his family are buried.
in Exeter townships, Berl>s county. Only
n norton of the old house in which the
famous pioneor first saw the light Is
standing. a larger STRUCTURE having been
built around it nearly 100 years ago.
and efforts are being made by local
hiIHcioasl socifies To have the state
pnrchase the property and restore the
STRUCTURE to its original condition.
The historic building stands on put
of the original tract of 80 acres, which
Boone's father purchased in 1850, and
no, far from the spot where his grand
father settled upon his arrival from
England in I'LL. 1t is well-removed
from the beaten paths of travel. stand
ing in a hollow which is screamed in
every direction by hills, about a mile
To the east of the Sohuylkill river.
HOUSE WAS A FORT.
The old house was constructed both
rs home and as "A protection against
.he Inians The walls were very thics
and built with the largest stones 1t
was possible to use, while the windows
We're provided with portholes through
which muskets could be fired Tho
house was erccted over a rapidly flow
ing spring in order that there might
b. an abundance of water in the event
of siege When the Indians became
Troublesome the s,tt Leis son miles
around gathered in the Boone house,
them.
Daniel Boone was horn in 1873. lie
was son of Squire Boone and his
wife. Sarah Morgan. His grandfathsr.
George Boone, emisratcd with his wife.
Mary, from Exeter, i'm Devonsliire. Eng
Land, in ILL., He was membor of the
to the new word to escape religious
prosecution. He settled in what was
then Philadelphia county, naming the
region Exeter after his home in Eng
land.
Gorge Boone became prominently
identified with the Gwynedd Monthly
Meting by which he was appointed n
KEEP the accounts Of births and mar
rages of friends din the vicinity. In
AIS a monthly meeting was established
ior the Qualuers i'm Oysy, and in De-.
-, 1896 George Boone and wife granted
10 Anthony Lee. John Webb and George
Boone, his son. one acre of ground In
trust for "a house for religious wnrsliip
and place of burial for the use of the
people called Quakers in Obey" This
was the origin of what is known as
the Exeter Monthly Mlaoting, where Soy
cral generations of the Boone family |
have worshiped.
LEFT 20 DESCENDANTS.
George Boone for many YEARS WAS
Justice OF the peace under Engish soy-
ere.sniy AN extensive landowner and
a man OF affairs. He WAS lsader Il: |
the Society of Friends and HAD wife |
influence among his neislhbors. He died
in 174O. aged rs years, and was lhur ID
in the Exeter burydng grounds, AS WIS
also his wife. His Bible, nov in pos
session OF DESCENDANTS states that he Lett
eight children. fifty-two grandchildren
and ten great-gnndchildren N, in all sev-
enty. the number that Jacob took
down to Esyrt.'
Squire Boone, his name WIS bestow ed
upon him and was not an official title,
aiad nine ohildron. one of Whom WIS
Daniel The grat kgsntncky pioneer.
.Squire Boone sold his land in Penns:l-
wanna in 1850, when Darriel WAS about i6
years Old and removed 40 North Caro-
TO manhaoi his son Daniel, went over
the mountains into Kentucky and ell
tered upon his famous career as the
explorer and pjoneeT sattler of that
state. Daniel married i'm North Caro-
line, Rebeoca Bryan, whose family hal
accompanied the Booncs from Penl-
sylvania. He startcd nlon his western
trip TO Kentucky in 1863, crossing Che
Alleghenies with his wife and several
companions, after suffaning great pri-
vauons.
SETTLED IN kENTUCKY.
After many figns with ahe Lnlians
he succeeded in establishing sqttlsment
ON the Kentucky i,der, which de matt
cd Boonesboro Here he bacame the
father of son. the first white child
born on the soil Of Kfntucky. The ia ,
lowing year he made "trip 10 Detroit ,
for the purpose of obtaining salt and -,
other muah-needed naassslties from the
French. and was caRtuned by Indians He
Siltssaeslad an malina, his es.ana ainela-