where is the birthplace of daniel boone
Portrait of Daniel Boone by Alonzo Chappel. Squire Boone, a skilled weaver and blacksmith, moved his family to the Oley Valley in 1730, purchasing 250 acres of land and building a one-room log cabin and spring house. There, Daniel Boone was born in 1734 and lived until moving to North Carolina in 1750.