The Boone Bulletin: Part 2
Descendants of Jacob Boon of Franklin County, Virginia From Boone Bulletin No. 6 (1930)
Part I. RECORDS COLLECTED BY JOHN ERNEST JAMISON
For a number of years Mr. John Ernest Jamison of Roanoke, Va., has been collecting records
concerning the family of his ancestor Jacob Boon or Boone of Boone's Mill, Franklin County,
Virginia. These records he has generously passed over from time to time into the custody of the
Boone Family Association, with his consent to their being published in THE BOONE BULLETIN.
It has been the intention of the Historian of the Association to postpone publishing these records until
time and opportunity were available for arranging them, with Mr. Jamison's help, into the form of a
complete genealogy of the Jacob Boon family, carrying down the lines of the various Boone
Association members, with, of course, their consent and cooperation. Almost all of our Virginia
members belong to this family group, and many from other states also. Almost without exception
these members are greatly interested in the genealogy of their family and would like to see it
published.
Meanwhile several other members of the family besides Mr. Jamison have been carrying on
research along the same line. Mr. and Mrs. Landis of Detroit made known their findings as early as'
1922, when they generously contributed their valuable knowledge of the Jacob Boone family to Mrs.
A. Spraker for incorporation in her genealogy, "The Boone Family." Mr. and Mrs. Landis, aided by
Mrs. Landis' brother, Mr. John Roy Boone. have continued to carry on the work of research. Next
Mr. Jamison entered the field with his thorough and painstaking examination of old Franklin County
records. Then came Dr. John Calvin Wright's admirable article on Johan Diehl Bohun which was
published In BOONE BULLETIN No. 5, (1929) and which deals primarily with the German colonist
whom Dr. Wright believes to have been the father of Jacob Boon. Others who are carrying on similar
research are Dr. John F. Clearwaters of Crawfordsville, Ind., Mrs. Inez Seymour Milton of
Washington, D.C., Mr. Homer Eiler of Topeka, Kans., Mr. J. C. Coulter of Columbia, S.C., Mr.
William Boone Douglass of Washington. D.C., Miss Marietta Boon of Baton Rouge. La., Mrs.
James A. Spencer of Front Royal, Va., Mrs. R. C. Scott, of Lynchburg, Va., and Mrs. W. V. Pryor
of Columbas, O. In addition to this general research many members have contributed records of their
own branches of the family, in connection with which they will be named later.
In view of the number of persons interested in the genealogy of the Jacob Boon family and
endeavoring to further its true and authentic development, it has been decided to begin the publication
of these accumulated records, continuing from time to time and making this department an open
forum for their discussion. It is hoped that this will stimulate still further investigation on the part of
the descendants, and that they will send in not only the results of their research but also their personal
opinions in regard to the entire subject.
The present plan is to classify the material into three groups:
1. Copies of old records, giving credit to each one for the material sent to THE BULLETIN, or
if two or more sent the same record, the one first sending it will be thus credited.
2. A genealogical arrangement or grouping of the descendants, according to the records found
and knowledge handed down in the various branches of the family.
3. Discussion, especially of all points whereon the researchers differ. Our President, Mr. Douglass
says: "The Boone Family is a neutral forum in which a worthy historical view is submitted for
constructive criticism by our membership, Those whose feelings are tot tender to submit to cross-examination
and criticism have not the scientific and historical training to qualify them as contributors
to THE BOONE BULLETIN. We not only permit criticism, but we invite criticism, and must have
it if the articles are to have high value."
Readers who are particularly interested in these articles of Jacob Boon or Boone of Boone's Mill,
Va., are requested to carefully preserve this number, as the records will be referred to again but not
again printed in full.
Mr. Jamison having been the first to contribute any considerable amount of data to the
Association, his material will be the first published.
ABSTRACTS OF RECORDS
(Collected by Mr. Jamison)
Boon Marriage Bonds, Franklin Co., VA.:
Mary Boon and Latex Keeler, Aug. 1, 1789 Milly Boon and William Yates, Nov. 30, 1793 Abram Boon and Susannah Kelly, Dec. 31, 1806 Catherine Boon and John Jamison, Jan. 6, 1806 Peter Boon and (Mrs.) Catherine (Harold) Willis, June 27, 1807 Susannah Boon and Daniel Noftsinger, Aug., 15, 1807 Jacob Boon and Rachel Keeler, Aug. 31, 1807 John Boon and Susan Fowler.........1810 Susannah Boon (Noftsinger) and Jacob Abshire, Feb. 27, 1811 Nancy Boon and Daniel Fisher, Dec 25, 1814 Isaac Boon and Clarissy Kinsey, Mar. 5, 1817 Abram Boon and Nancy Gearhart, Dec 15, 1817 Daniel Boon and Mary Saylor, Feb. 27, 1820 Catherine Keeler and Peter Hickman.... 1821 Elizabeth Boon and William Martin, June 5, 1828 Fleming boon and Susannah Kinsey, Feb. 24, 1829 Elizabeth Boon and Cyrus Price, Feb. 7, 1831 Jacob Boon and Barbary Keeler, Dec. 17, 1832 John Boon and Martha turner, Oct 22, 1832 Ludwick Boon and Emily Ross, Nov. 6, 1837 Susan Boon and Robert Patterson, Aug 25, 1841 Elizabeth Boon and John F. Bowman, Dec. 20, 1842 Keziah Wray, Oct 2, 1843 Joseph Boon and Keziah Wray, Oct, 2, 1843 Susan Boon and Joseph B. Noftsinger, Oct. 23, 1843 Elizabeth boon and Nathaniel S. Akers., Dec. 29, 1845 Isaac H. Boon and Mary L. Wade, Sept. 29, 1845 Stephen Boon and Mahala Oyler, Nov, 9, 1846 Benjamin Boon and Susan Oyler, June 7, 1848 Andrew W. Boon and Lucy A. Fralin, Dec 4, 1848 Susan Boon and David C. Shanks, Dec 6, 1848 Daniel Boon and Martha A. Turner, Feb 12, 1852 (As will be shown later, some of these marriages are of the children of Jacob Boon's brother.)
WILLS AND ESTATES, FRANKLIN CO., VA.
Will Book 2, page 105: Jacob Boon estate administered 1814 by John and Catherine Boon, Admrs. (Jacob Boone died without a will.) Paid, Nancy Fisher, 9 pounds, 10 sh. 6 p. Paid John and Daniel Boon 24-11-8 Cash advanced John Boon while in service at Norfolk 6 6-0 Paid Catherine Boon, dower 287-2-5˝ Paid John Boon 1-3-10 Paid Jacob Boon 52-0-0 Paid Abram Boon 50-0-0 Paid Ludowick Keeler 13-14-6 Paid Ludowick Keeler note 6 3 6 Above payments made Aug. 17, 1815. Will Book 3, page 229: Will of Catherine Boone, dated Aug. 26. 1822; names the following children: Peter, Jacob, Abram, John, Isaac, Daniel, Mary, Elizabeth, Catherine, Susannah and Nancy: and three grandchildren: Elizabeth Noftsinger, Elizabeth Boone and Thomas Boone. Witnesses were Thomas Fowler and Luke Abshire.
(The different spellings In abstract of this will is of no significance. In this family the name is spelled sometimes with and sometimes without the final "e")
GRAVESTONE INSCRIPTIONS
Copy of Gravestone inscriptions of the John Boon graveyard about two miles west of Boone Mill, Va., on the old homestead of John Boon: JOHN BOON Born 1783 (Note Son of Jacob Boon) Died 1858 SUSAN BOON Born April 4, 1793 (Note Wife of John Boon the son of Jacob Boon) Died Dec. l, 1884 JOHN BOON Born Jan. 14, 1820 (Note Grand son of Jacob Boon) Died July 31, 1887 THOMAS BOON Born July 27, 1812 (Note Grand son of Jacob Boon) Died July 12, 1884 BENJAMIN D. BOON Born Aug. 27, 1852 (Grandson or John Boon) Died Sept. 15, 1887 (Note Son of John Boon and HENRY C. BOON (Note Son of John Boon and Died March 1864 (Grandson of John Boon) IDA E. BOON (dau. of John and Judia Boon Born Sept. 15, 1885 Died July 22, 1886 JUDIA A. BOON Born April 12, 1845 (Note Wife of John Boon Died Oct. 28, 1898 (The son of Jacob Boon)
WILL RECORDS
Will Book 7, page 285: Will of Peter Boon, Oct 6, 1841. Names wife Catherine and children as follows: Fleming, Cornelius, Jacob, Susan, Mary, Isaac and Otey. Witnesses: Moses Greer, John Bowman, George Keeler. Will Book 10, pap 449: Will of John Boone, Sept. 6, 1858. Names of wife Susan and children as follows: Henry, Thomas, Elizabeth, John and Sarah, and Heirs of Zacafield Wade, dec'd. Executors: Cyrus Price, David Shank. Will Book 20, page 52: Will of Thomas Boone, April 18, 1876. Names the following; Sister, Elizabeth Price; brother, John Boone, sister, Sarah Shank, wife of David C. Shank, Salem; niece, Catherine Wade, w. of Benjamin Wade; and niece, Sue Farrell, w. of John Farrell of Campbell Co., Va.
PROPERTY RECORDS
(Rocky Mount, Franklin Co., Va.)
DEED BOOK 1
Page 27: Jacob Boon bought May 1, 1786, one quarter acre land on Maggodie Creek, Franklin County, Va., for 3 pounds from John Langdon. Recorded same day. (This small tract doubtless was the Mill Site.) Page 270: Jacob Boon bought July 10, 1786 of Garrett Fitzgerald 76 acres of land on Little Creek, consideration 60 pounds. Recorded Aug. 2, 1786.DEED BOOK 2 Page 27: Jacob Boon bought Apr. 2, 1789, 200 acres of land on Maggodie Creek for 10 pounds from John Johnson.- Recorded Apr. 6, 1789: Witnessed by Moses Greer, William Wright and William Johnson. Page 532: Jacob Boon bought Oct. 12, 1792, 104 acres of land on Maggodie Creek for 75 pounds from John Langdon. Recorded Dec. 1792; witnessed by Amos Richardson, George Spangler and John Cooper.DEED BOOK 3 John Boon bought Apr. 4, 1796, 80 acres of land for 60 pounds from Robert Henry, adjoining the lands of Francis Bird and Thomas Miller. Recorded Oct., 1796.DEED BOOK 4 Page 54: John Boon bought April 7, 1800, 200 acres of land on Gills Creek for 400 pounds from Christopher Ribble of Montgomery County, Va. Page 521: John Boon bought Oct. 15, 1803, a tract of land on both sides of Little Creek from Conrad and Barbara Harkrider; consideration 250 pounds. Recorded Dec. 5, 1803.DEED BOOK 7 Page 82: John Jamison bought Jan. 25, 1816, 100 acres of land on Little Creek from John Boone of Montgomery County, Va. Consideration $300. Signed by John Boone; witnessed by Abram Boone, John Myers and Nathan Demsey. Recorded Mar. 7, 1816.DEED BOOK 8 Page 4: John Boone, Isaac Bone and Daniel Boone bought Oct. 8, 1816, 822 acres of land, for 1,682 pounds, 11 shillings, 6 pence. Page 8: John and Daniel Boone bought land of Isaac Boone. Page 10: Daniel Boone bought land. Page 11: Isaac Boone bought land. Page 31: Jacob Boone bought land Aug., 4, 1817. Page 50: Isaac Boone bought land. (The five records of Deed Book 8 were not as complete as the others when they reached the editors of THE BULLETIN, no dates or location of land being noted in connection with four of them. Doubtless those on pages 8, 10 and 11 of Deed Book 8 were dated the last part of 1816 or the first part of 1817.)DEED BOOK 10 Page 291: Polly Boon, wife of Daniel Boon deeded a plot of land on June 27, 1823 to other parties. (Note: John Boone who is named above in several of the deeds, was doubtless a brother of Jacob ob Boone's Mill. This point will be discussed in later issues of THE BULLETIN.)
Compiled from data collected by Mr. John Ernest Jamison of Roanoke, VA., Mr. John Tannehill Landis, of Detroit, Mich. And Mrs. J. A. Spencer, of Front Royal, VA. In a beautiful valley , Franklin County, Virginia, with a picturesque background of hills, there settled in about 1786 or earlier Jacob Boon, probably son of Johan Diehl Bohun (Boon). For the history of Johan Diehl Boon and for the history of Jacob prior to his residence in Franklin County, Virginia, see the article by Dr. John Calvin Wright which was published in Boone Bulletin No. 5, Volume I. (1929). The mill and home stead which Jacob Boon built in Franklin County remained for many years in his family, and nearby is the grave yard where he and many of his descendants are buried. Dr. Wright records that Jacob Boon and a brother John began paying taxed in Bedford County, which later became that part of Franklin County, as early as 1782 and 1783. (See BB. 5, Vol, I, p. 113.) The first record of his residence in Franklin shows that he bought a small tract of land on Maggodee Creek on May 1, 1786. This was such a small plot - only one and a quarter acres - that it was probably used for the site of the mill, doubtless established before the homestead was built. In July of the same year Jacob bought 76 acres, this time on Little Creek, and from that time on he acquired more land and paid taxed on increasing amounts until 1800, when he owned 842 acres. (For land purchases see BB 6, Vol. II, pages 17 and 18.) A record of the property taxes secured from the state of Virginia by Dr. Wright throws much light upon the history of the family at that period. It shows that a John Boon, presumably brother of Jacob, also began the payment of taxes the same year (1786) in Franklin, and that ten years later the name of Peter Boon, son of Jacob, joined the Boon taxpayers in that county. Still later other sons of both Jacob and John joined the list. As the two brothers, Jacob and John each had sons Jacob and Abram (or Abraham), the genealogy of these early generations might have been even more confusing than it is, had not the tax assessor had the foresight and consideration to list those of the second generation as "Jacob, Jr.," Jacob, John's son," "Jacob, Jacob's son," "Abram, John's son" and "Abram, Jacob's son," thus distinguishing between the cousins of the same name. The children of John Boon, brother of Jacob, will be left until some future article for consideration, as will the possible connection of these two brothers to a family of Boons in Rockingham and Augusta Counties, Virginia. Jacob Boon was born in 1749, not 1744 as formerly supposed. His gravestone inscription in the Boone-Hardy grave-yard one-half mile east of Boone's Mill, has been carefully examined by Mr. Jamison, and reads:
In the same cemetery are the graves of at least five others who are known to be descendants of
Jacob and Catherine Boon, (See BB. 6, pp 16).
No will of Jacob Boon has been found. His great-granddaughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Boon Brickey,
who died in 1924 and was probably at that time the oldest living descendant, said that Jacob's death
was caused by his hip being crushed by a falling log. The administration and appraisement of his
estate (given by Dr. Wright in Boone Bulletin 5, p. 113) is on file in Will Book 2, page 72, at Rocky
Mount, VA., dated 17 March, 1814. The administrators were John Boon and Catherine Boon,
Catherine being the widow and John either the brother or son of Jacob. As the younger John was the
fourth son of Jacob, - Peter, Jacob and Abram being his elder brothers, it is not probable that he was
made executor, but that the executor was John, the surviving brother of Jacob. An accounting of
payments in settlement of the estate was found by Mr. Jamison, is recorded in Will Book 2, page 105,
and was published in Boone Bulletin 6, page 17.
Jacob's wife Catherine, whose maiden name is unknown, lived until 1822. Her will, recorded in
Will Book 3, page 229, has been previously noted in Boone Bulletin 6, page 17. The list of heirs and
witnesses confirms exactly the names of the various children as they are known by descendants.
Many of the descendants of Jacob and Catherine Boone live in our near Franklin County and some
even at Boone's Mill itself, where Jacob's home and mill were located. The name of the post-office
is now spelled BOONE'S Mill, using the final E. The original house is not now standing but has been
replaced by a more modern structure.
The children of Jacob and Catherine Boon as shown by her will; by deeds, tax and marriage
records; by the administration of his estate; and by data in the families of the descendants, were
(named in the same order as in Catherine's will):
+ 1. Peter Boon
2. Jacob Boon
+ 3. Abram Boon
+ 4. John Boon
+ 5. Isaac Boon
+ 6. Daniel Boon
+ 7. Mary Boon
8. Elizabeth Boon
+ 9. Catherine Boon
+ 10. Susannah Boon
11. Nancy Boon
12. Joseph died at 23
(Note: those names preceded by the mark + will appear in the next generation as heads of families.)
(From "Pioneer Families of Franklin County, Virginia" by Marshall Wingield)
JACOB BOONE settled about 1775 in the beautiful valley on Maggoty Creek. The mill and
homestead which JACOB BOONE built at Boone Mill remained in his family for many years. Nearby
is the burial ground, known as Boone-Hardy graveyard, where he and many of his descendants are
buried. He was born in 1749, and died in 1815. He and his brother John both began paying taxes in
Bedford County which later became a part of Franklin County, as early as 1782 and 1783. The first
record of JACOB'S permanent residence in Franklin is in connection with the purchase of land on
Maggoty Creek on May 1, 1786. This land was doubtless used for the establishment of a mill. In the
same year, he purchased more land and probably established his home. John Boone owned land on
Glade Creek, a branch of Roanoke River, in January 1769. His land adjoined that of John Thompson
and John Mills (see Deed Book 16, page 80, Abstracts of Augusta County, later Botetourt County,
and now Roanoke County.) Whether he lived there or in Bedford, which is now Franklin, is
unknown. He later lived between Little Creek and Blackwater River about four miles south of the
town of Boone Mill. His children were John, Mary, Elizabeth, Catherine, Jacob, Abram, Joseph and
Nancy.
JACOB BOONE was born in Berks (or Bucks) Co., Pennsylvania, in 1749, arid lived in Maryland
before coming to Franklin County, where he died in 1814. It is stated that he served as a soldier in
the Virginia Continental Establishment, and received 36 pounds, March 17, 1782. He was the
founder of Boone Mill, and built a saw mill and grist mill near the present town which bears his name.
In 1814, while turning a log at his mill, he fell and his leg was crushed, causing his death. His wife
was Catherine. (153)
(From "The Akers Family of Franklin County, Virginia" by Alonzo Edwin Akers)
"On Committee of Observation Rev. War as were Nicholas and John, Sr. and at least one person
has joined the D.A.R. through JACOB'S serv ice." JACOB went to Franklin Co., VA. in 1782. He
built and operated the "Old Mill" at Boone Mill VA. which took its name from him. He also engaged
in farming and black smithing. m. in Maryland 1769 to CATHERINE (153) who died in 1822 and
whose will was filed and recorded in Franklin Co. Registry, Rocky Mount, VA. Both are buried in
the Boone Cemetery at Boone Mill, VA. 12 children
As you can see, there are some discrepancies between the two above sources. Best I can tell, they
are the same person.
(Copied from internet)
4. Jacob Boone #121 b. 1740/49 Berks, PA?, MA?, Germany
d. 17 Mar 1814 Boones Mill, VA
m. 1769/70 MD Catherine b. bef 1765 d. 1822/28 Rocky Mt. VA
m. Unknown
From Distribution of estate of Abraham Bohn: To children of Jacob Bohn, dec'd.
1. Mary Bohn had m. Ludwick Kesler...........$217.95
2. Peter " ............................................"
3. Jacob " (surviving Executor)................... 268.95
4. Catherine " had m. William Pennock............. "
5. Abraham " (lived on uncle's land)............... 230.66
6. John " ...............................................217.95
7. Susanna " had m. Jacob Abshir.................. 91.60
8. Isaac " ..............................................172.53
9. Daniel " ..............................................157.95
10. Nancy " had m. Daniel Fisher ................. "
WORDS IN PARENTHESIS ADDED BY NELLIE WHEDON
JACOB BOON Sr., son of Johann Diel and Mary Bohn, may have been their
first son, date of birth unknown, died in 1814 at Boone Mill,
Virginia. An inventory of his estate is on file at Rocky Mount,
Franklin Co, Virginia, dated March 17, 1814. He was married in
Maryland about 179 or 1770 to Catrin (Catherine) _____ whose will was
filed in 1822. Both are buried in the Boone Cemetery at Boone Mill.
Jacob's father bequeathed to him his dwelling plantation, "Boon's
Content" and 125 acres of land, with the provise that Jacob's mother,
Mary, should keep possession of it until Adam, their youngest son,
became of age. Because of the transfers of the land in 1777, it appears
that Adam became of age that year, or that the mother, Mary, had died.
July 12, 1777, Nicholas Boone, administrator of his father's
estate, and wife Barbara, deeded to Jacob Boone, Blacksmith, 80 acres
off of "Shear Spring" and 40 acres off of "Boon's Content" together
with a lot (in Frizellburg) off of "Wagoner's Fancy" containing 1/4
acre, EXCEPT 80 perches (1/2 acre) to be in a square around the
graveyard on the "Shear Spring" tract (Liber R.P. folio 207).
July 12, 1777, Jacob Boon, Blacksmith, and his wife Catrin, deeded
to Nicholas Boon, Farmer, his interest in a part of "Black Oak Hill"
which was "Foul" on "No Whiskey" tract, 7 1/4 acres. Jacob had
purchased this 7 1/4 acres of Valentine Mirer (Meyer?) on June 25,
1770 (Liber N. folio 203).
September 18, 1777, Jacob Boone, Farmer, deeded to Mary Triplett of
Baltimore, Widow, all of his interest in the tree tracts, graveyard
excepted, wife Catharine joining in the deed (Liber R.P. folio 250).
This is the last record of Jacob Boon on file in Frederick Co,
Maryland.
Jacob was on the Committee of Observation of Frederick County
during the Revolutionary War, as were Nicholas and John (Md. Hist.
Mag. Vol. 11, page 164), and at least one person has joined the D.A.R.
through Jacob's service. Abraham took an Oath of Fidelity to the
Government in 1778, Jacob began paying taxes in Bedford (now
Franklin) Co, Virginia in 1782, John in 1784 (later moving to
Montgomery County), and Abraham paid personal taxes in Rockingham Co,
Virginia in 1791, land taxes in 1796.
Boone Mill, where Jacob built the old mill, and engaged in farming
and milling, is about 15 miles south of Roanoke on the Norfolk &
Western Railroad. It is probable that the first four or five of his
children were born in Maryland and the rest in Virginia. Accounts of
him and his descendants have been printed in some of the Boone
Bulletins. Jacob and Catherine Boon had 12 children, order of birth
uncertain--Mary Kesler, Peter, Jacob, Abraham, Elizabeth (never
married), John, Catherine Pennock, Isaac, Susanna Noftsinger-Abshir,
Daniel, Nancy Fister, Joseph (died at 23). b. bef 1765
Wingfield: While turning a log at his mill, he fell and his leg was
crushed, causing his death.
Purchased land which he used for the establishment of a mill.
male 10/16 1,16/26 2,26/45 1,45+ 1
female -10 1,10/16 1,16/26 1,26/45 1,45+ 1
(End of copy)
Second Generation
(1) PETER BOON (son of Jacob and Catherine), probably the eldest son, was born between 1770
and 1780, probably before his father's residence in Franklin Co. In 1796 Peter began to pay taxes,
with his father and uncle, indicating that he was about twenty-one at that time, hence his date of birth
can be estimated as about 1775. In 1807 he married Catherine (Harrold) Willis, a widow whose
mother was a Miss Echard. (See BB. Vol. 6, p. 16 for marriage record). It is said that Catherine,
wife of Peter, was born in 1779, and that she had a son Charles Willis by her first husband. In 1812
Peter paid taxes on 1250 acres of land, which was the largest acreage he held at any time and the
largest owned by any Boon of that period. There is a tradition that Peter Boon was blind in 1850.
His granddaughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Boon Brickey, lived until 1924, and gave to Mr. J. E. Jamison
much information as to her branch of the family.
The will of Peter Boon is recorded in Will Book 7, p. 285, Franklin Co., VA. (See BB 6, p. 17)
dated 6 Oct., 1841. It names the following children"
+ 12. Fleming Boon, b. 1808,
13. Cornelius, said to have removed to the west.
14. Jacob, married Mary Hammond and Went to Indiana.
+ 15. Susan Herrold, b. 1815
16. Mary, married Benjamin Herrold, her first cousin.
+ 17. Isaac,
18. Otey, went to State of Washington.
(2) JACOB BOON (son of Jacob and Catherine), was named in the will of his mother as the
second son. His name first appears in the tax lists as "Jacob, Jr.", in 1803. In 1804 and 1805 the
same designation appears, but in 1806 he is listed as "Jacob, Jacob's son," because at that time his
cousin "Jacob, John's son" appears on the list. At present there is no record of his marriage or his
descendants. Among the collection of old family papers owned by Mr. J. T. Landis of Detroit (whose
wife is a granddaughter of Daniel Boon, son of Jacob) is an affidavit which reads as follows:
Know all men by these presents that I, Jacob Boon of the county of Augusta and
State of Virginia do certify that myself and Daniel Boon of the county of Franklin and
State Afforesaid sold two certain shares unto Isaac Boon of the County of Franklin,
State of Virginia, which two shares were due us. From the estate of Jacob Boon,
Deceased. Which sale took place about the twenty-fifth of February One Thousand
Eight Hundred and Twenty-six, which said two shares we held in the Mill and Saw
Mill of Said Jacob Boon Deceased, and also so far as our Shares extend in the land
of the dower right. It was expressly understood at the time of sale that we only
Conveyed to the said Isaac Boon one Eight part and no more. Witness my hand and
seal this Twenty Second day of February One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty
two.
JACOB BOON."
(3) ABRAM BOON (son of Jacob and Catherine), was one of several contemporaries of the same
name, consequently some confusion exists regarding him. The name Abram or Abraham appears in
Rockingham and Augusta Counties as well as in Franklin. In 1811 the tax lists show two Abrams or
Abrahams in Franklin, one listed as John's son, the other as Jacob's son. There was an Abraham
Boon who married about 1820-23 Ann Mary Saylor, widow of Ulrich Saylor of Rockingham County.
Ann Mary's daughter Mary Saylor married Daniel Boon, son of Jacob and brother of the Abram
under discussion. An Abram or Abraham Boon (probably the one who married Ann Mary Saylor)
died in Rockingham in 1828, leaving no children but a wife Mary, and among other heirs a nephew
Abraham of Augusta County. Two marriages of an Abraham Boon are recorded in Franklin, but
whether they are a first and second marriage of one man or are marriages of two different Abrams
is not clear. These marriages, one to Susannah Kelly in 1806, the other to Nancy Gearhart in 1817,
are shown on pages 16 and 17 of Boone Bulletin No. 6.
The name Abram or Abraham Boon continues in Franklin County tax lists until 1835, when the
estate of Abraham Boon, deceased, is taxed. The following year among those taxed are "Widow,
(Abe) Boone," and "John, son of Abraham."
It is thought, however, that Abram Boon, son of Jacob, removed early to Ohio. A newspaper
notice in the Roanoke Times of several years ago reads as follows:
"The Mayor of Roanoke has received a letter from Albert E. Boone, Zanesville,
Ohio, a railroad constructor who is at the head of 'The Black Diamond System' of
lines that are contemplated for the connection of the northwest with the coast at some
place in the southwest, most probably in the Palmetto State. Mr. Boone says, "My
grandfather built Boone Mill in Franklin County, Virginia, some thirteen miles south
of Roanoke. His name was Abram Boone. My father's name is David Boone. He
resides at Troy, Ohio. My grandfather and his family left old Virginia in 1824, going
to the Miami Valley, near Dayton, Ohio, where I was born in 1845."
The statement that his grandfather Abram built Boone Mill was probably based on tradition.
Instead of the grandfather it was Abram's father Jacob who built the mill. He gives one child +David
Boone.
Carrie Samuels Spencer (Mrs. James A.) Gives more definite information: which tends to show
that the Abraham Boones above given are of a different branch of the family. Repeating, for the sake
of clearness:
(3) ABRAM BOON (son of Jacob and Catherine) was born in 1779; died ____. He married Miss
Ehrman. In 1824 Abram, Sr., moved to Ohio. They had children"
+19. Abram Boon, Jr., born at Cross Keys, VA., in 1812
+20. David Boon, of Troy, Ohio.
(4) JOHN BOON (son of Jacob and Catherine), was born in 1783; died in 1853 and is buried at
Boone's Mill. His gravestone gives the above dates. In 1810 he was married by the Rev. Wilson
Turner to Susan Fowler. (See BB. 6, p. 16.) She was born 4 April, 1793 and was the daughter of
Thomas and Mary (Spragler) Fowler of Black Creek, Roanoke Co., VA. She died 1 Dec., 1884 at
Boone's Mill. A letter from a descendant, Mr. T. J. Phelps of Bluefield, West VA., to Mr. J. B.
Fishburn of Roanoke, another member of the family, dated 24 Aug., 1925, says:
"John Boone, the other son of Jacob, was the father of John Boone who lived two
miles above Boone's Mill. He (John Sr.) Located on this farm. He married Susan
Fowler, the daughter of Thomas Fowler who lived on Black Creek, on the farm that
T. T. Fishburn formerly owned."
The identity of Susan Fowler is confirmed by another member of the family, who adds the name
of Thomas Fowler's wife. The late Mrs. David Shanks, of Salem, VA. (daughter of John Boon)
wrote to her great niece, Mrs. Mary Terrell Scott, as follows:
"My father, (John) had five brothers, namely, Isaac, Daniel, Peter, Jacob and
Abraham, but I don't know who they married. He had sisters, Mary who married a
Keeler and Susan who married an Abshire.... My mother had no brothers and only one
sister who first married a Robinson and after his death she married Skelton Taylor.
My mother's mother was named Mary Fowler, who was a Miss Spragler before she
married Thomas Fowler."
John evidently served in the Navy before 1815, for the settlement of his father's estate that year
accounted for 6 pounds, six shillings advanced to John Boon while serving at Norfolk. (BB. 6, p. 17)
In tax records and land transfers it is hard to distinguish him from his uncle John.
The will of John Boon, recorded in Will Book 10, page 449, Franklin County, is given in abstract
on page 17, Boone Bulletin No. 6. In addition to his own children he names as heirs "the children
of Zacafield Wade." The will is dated 6 Sept., 1858.
Children of John and Susan Boon, as named in his will:
21. Henry Boon. These is a gravestone in the cemetery at Boone's Mill marked Henry C. Boone,
died Mar. 1864
22. Thomas Boon, who evidently never married. His will, dated 18 April, 1876 and recorded in
Franklin Co., Will Book 20, p. 52, is given on page 17, BB. 6. It names no wife or children, but
several nieces and nephews. The Sue Farrell and John Farrell given there are errors in transcription,
and should be Sue and John TERRELL. It is possible that this Thomas Boon is the one whose
gravestone at Boone's Mill reads: "Thomas Boon, born July 27, 1812; died July 12, 1884." This date
was eight years later than the signing of the will. We have not the date the will was probated.
+23, Elizabeth Boon,
+24, John Boon,
+25, Sarah Boon,
+26, Mary Boon.
Mr. Jamison adds four other names to this list:
27, Kitty Boon, unmarried.
28, Susan Boon, unmarried.
29, Jacob Boon, died at Lynchburg, VA.,
30, Harriet Boon, b. 1833, m. Peter Price.
(5) ISAAC BOON, (son of Jacob and Catherine), born 20 Dec., 1786; died 28 May, 1841. He
married Clarissa Kinsey 5 Mar., 1817. She was a sister of Susan Kinsey, wife of Fleming Boon (12).
Isaac is named in the affidavit made by Jacob Boon Jr. (2). Deed Book 8, page 4, Franklin County,
shows that Isaac, with John and Daniel Boon, bought land 8 October, 1816. His name appears on
the tax lists of 1813. Isaac's will was signed 27 May, 1841; recorded 7 June, 1841; on file in Will
Book 5, page 597. His gravestone, which gives the above dates of birth and death, states that he was
father of Oren R. Boone. The names of both father and son are spelled with the final E. His children
as listed by Mr. Jamison were:
31, Ferdinand Boon, m. Eliza Austin.
32, William R. Boon, m. a Miss Motley.
33, Oren R. Boon, born 29 Mar., 1835; died 4 Jan., 1838. (Gravestone inscription)>
(6) DANIEL BOON (son of Jacob and Catherine), was born 12 Nov., 1791 at Boone's Mill,
Franklin Co., VA.; died 4 Sep., 1872 at Berrien Springs, Mich. (Dates from family records preserved
in family of Mrs. John T. Landis.) He married 27 Feb., 1820,. Mary Saylor (b. 30 Oct., 1799 at
Harrisonburg, Rockingham Co., VA.; d. 14 Oct., 1864 at Berrien Springs, Mich.) Dau. Of Ulrich
(d. Before 1816) and Ann Mary Saylor of Rockingham County. In 1816 Daniel Boon was a miller
at the old Boon mill on Maggodie Creek in Franklin, as shown by a letter written to him by a cousin,
Henry Hoss, dated 2 Oct., 1816, and now preserved in the family of Mrs. Landis, his descendant. A
deed on record at Rocky Mount, VA., dated 27 June, 1823, conveys land from Polly Boon, wife of
Daniel Boon. (Mary was often written Polly.) Deed Book 10, page 291. In 1847 Daniel removed
from Salem, VA., via White Sulphur Springs, VA., to Michigan, taking all of his children except his
son John who remained in school at Roanoke College. A complete list of the children of Daniel and
Mary Boon, as furnished by Mr. John T. Landis, was given in "The Boone Family" by Hazel A.
Spraker, in 1922. As a few details can now be added they will be repeated in this article. Mr. Landis,
a genealogist and historian who has collected these records of Mrs. Landis' family, spells the name
Boone, as it was probably spelled by Daniel Boon himself. In fact many members of the family from
the third generation on, changed the spelling of the name to BOONE, which is the same as that of the
Berks Co., PA. family.
Children of Daniel and Mary Boone"
+34, Henry Boone,
+35, Preston Boone,
+36, John Boone,
37, Fleming Boone, b. 31 Oct., 1827, Salem, VA.; d. 15 July, 1904, Unm.
38, Jacob Boone,
39, Abraham Boone, b. 3 Nov., 1831; d. 3 Nov., 1894
40, George Boone, b. 27 Dec., 1833; d. 13 Oct., 1900.
41, Samuel Boone, b. 2 Jan., 1835; d. 1836
42, Mary Catherine Boone.
43, Thomas Boone, b. May, 1839; d. Feb., 1852
44, Eliza Boone, b. 24 Oct., 1841: married Thomas Ford. d. 19 June, 1925
(7) MARY BOON, (daughter of Jacob and Catherine), is named in the will of her mother as the
eldest daughter, although she was probably the eldest child. According to the old custom all the sons
were named first in the mother's will, followed by the daughters. Mary was born 12 Dec., 1771; died
23 Mar., 1853 and is buried in the Boone-Hardy graveyard at Boone's Mill. On 1 Aug., 1789 she
married Ludwick (Latex, Luke or Ludwig) Keeler. (See marriage record BB. 6, p. 16) The will of
Ludwick Keeler was dated 11 Jan., 1854, recorded 13 May, 1854. The will is on file in Will Book
10, p. 236, Franklin Co. It names six of the children listed below and "the children of Rachel Keeler
Boon, deceased." Ludwick is said to have died aged 90 years, 5 months and 13 days, at his plantation
near Boone's Mill.
Children of Ludwick and Mary Keeler;
45. George E. Keeler, b. 24 Nov., 1791: d. 5 Feb., 1854 at Boone's Mill. (Gravestone
inscription) Never married.
+46. Rachel Keeler,
47. Peter Keeler, dropped d. before 1854.
48. Joseph Keeler, died before 1854.
+49. Elizabeth Keeler,
+50. John Ludwig Keeler,
+51. Catherine Keeler,
52. Barbara Keeler, m. 17 Dec., 1832, Jacob Boon of Blackwater River, Franklin Co. (See
marriage record, BB. 6, p. 17.) Jacob was probably the son of John Boon, brother of Jacob, and
hence cousin of Barbara's mother. She was his second wife, her sister Rachel having been the first
wife. Barbra had no children.
53. Jacob Keeler, born in Virginia, died aged 90, according to relatives at Berrien Springs, Mich.
Said to have never married.
54. Polly Keeler,, married Leonard Dangerfield, according to her father's will. Relatives say she
had two children who died young.
(8) ELIZABETH BOON. (Daughter of Jacob and Catherine), died single. In Boone Bulletin 5,
page 113, Dr. John Calvin Wright gives the will of an Elizabeth Boon who he believes is a sister of
Jacob of Boon's Mill. However, the names of those mentioned in the will exactly correspond to the
names of those known to be brothers, sisters and nieces of Elizabeth, the Daughter of Jacob Boon.
The will, probated 2 Dec., 1822, is recorded in Will Book 2, page 520. Mrs. Elizabeth Boon Brickey
(b. 1839; d. 1924) said that she was named for her great-aunt Elizabeth, who was unmarried and was
an exceptionally fine needlewoman. The will above referred to names brother John Boon and his son
Thomas, Jacob, Abraham, John, Isaac and Daniel Boon, Mary Coster (Casler or Keeler?) Catherine
Primox, Susannah Abshire, Nancy Fisher, niece Nancy Elizabeth Fisher daughter of Daniel and Nancy
Fisher, Susannah and Polly Boon, daughters of Peter boon. Everyone of these names can be
identified among Jacob's descendants except Mary Coster (?) And Catherine Primox.
(9) CATHERINE BOON, (daughter of Jacob and Catherine). Born 3 Dec., 1785; died 29 Aug.,
1866; married 6 Jan 1806 by Rev. Wilson turner, to John Jamison, son of John and Elizabeth Jamison.
(See marriage records, BB. 6, page 16.) The elder John Jamison was a Captain in the Revolution.
John Jamison who married Catherine Boone was born 3 Sept., 1783; died 5 Oct., 1864. He served
in the War of 1812, being ordered by the Governor of Virginia to the defense of Norfolk when the
city was threatened by the British. On 25 Jan., 1816 John Jamison bought land on Little Creek from
John Boon of Montgomery Co., VA. This is recorded at Rocky Mount, VA., Deed Book 7, p. 82.
The land was bought of John Boon.
Children of John and Catherine Jamison:
+55. Elizabeth Jamison
56. Nancy Jamison, b. 30 July, 1808; d. in Kansas; married John McCall Smith.
+57. Samuel Jamison.
58. Mary Jamison, b. 16 Nov., 1811; d. 1 Aug 1815
59. Isaac Jamison, b. 12 May, 1814; d. in infancy.
60. Catherine Jamison, b. 27 Mar., 1816; d. in VA., 15 Sept., 1890; married Louis Webster.
61. Barbara Jamison, b. 18 Feb., 1818; married 4 Nov., 1841 to William A. B. Wright. Moved
to Kansas.
62. Henry Jamison, b. 13 Apr, 1820; d. 11 Sept., 1896; married 10 Nov., 1842 to Sallie
Showalter, (b. 2 Nov., 1818; d. 9 Mar., 1906.)
63. Joseph Jamison, b. 30 June, 1822, died in infancy.
64. John Jamison,
65. Jane Jamison, b. 10 Mar., 1827; d. 24 Nov 1901. Married Richard Drewry 20 Apr., 1854.
66. Jacob Jamison. b. 27 July, 1828; d. 7 May, 1904. Married Lavinia F. Fralin 1 May, 1849.
(10) SUSANNAH BOON. (daughter of Jacob and Catherine) died 1861 in Franklin Co., VA., and
is buried at the John Jamison burial ground about three miles west of Boone's Mill, VA. She married
1st, Daniel Noftsinger, 15 Apr, 1807; second Jacob Abshire, 27 Feb 1811. (Both the marriages may
be found in BB. 6, page 16-17.) According to Susannah's great-niece, Elizabeth Boon Brickey,
Daniel Noftsinger was killed when his team ran away and threw him out of the wagon. Jacob
Abshire, second husband of Susannah, was born in 1780; died in 1848, and is buried at the Guthrie
place about one mile west of Boone's Mill. This property was formerly the home of Solomon Fisher,
who married Elizabeth (48) daughter of Mary (Boon) Keeler.
Children of Susannah (Noftsinger-Abshire). (First Marriage):
67. Elizabeth Noftsinger, named in the will of her grandmother, Catherine Boon. She married
Wilson Turner, 8 Mar, 1824.
(Second marriage):
+68. Allie Ann Abshire.
+69. John Abshire.
70. Randolph Abshire, b. 1816. Married four times, first to Tolitha Augell, second to Polly Isler,
third to Cloe Kingery, fourth to Tessie Wright.
(11) NANCY BOON, (daughter of Jacob and Catherine), married 25 Dec., 1814, Daniel Fisher.
(See marriages in BB 6, p. 16.)
The name of only one child is known:
71. Nancy Elizabeth Fisher, named in the will of Elizabeth Boon, her aunt, in 1822.
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