DANIEL BOONE
1734 Daniel Boone born in Exeter Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, October
22, Old Style (November 2, New Style) Scott New, portrayer of Daniel Boone
1744 Tends family's cattle; often wanders through the woods.
1747 Acquires first gun
1748 Squire Boone expelled from Exeter Friends Meeting
1750 Boone family leaves Pennsylvania
1755 Family settles in North Carolina on the Yadkin River
1755 Boone serves in Braddock's army during defeat near Pittsburgh in French and Indian War
1756 Marries Rebecca Bryan August 14
1759 Cherokee raids force Boones out of North Carolina. They move to Culpeper County, Virginia
1760 First crosses the Blue Ridge during winter hunt
1761 Participates in campaigns against the Cherokee
1762 Boones return to North Carolina
1765 Squire Boone dies; Boone explores Florida, rejects moving there
1766 Family moves up the Yadkin River
1769 Leaves for long hunt May 1; captured by Shawnee December 22
1771 Returns home to North Carolina; plans to move to Kentucky
1773 Attempts to settle Kentucky; son James killed at Cumberland Gap by an Indian attack October 9; settlers turn back
1774 Sent by Virginia authorities to warn Kentucky survey crew of impending war with Shawnee
1775 For the Transylvania Company, leads party blazing the Wilderness Road to Kentucky, March; founds Boonesborough,
May; brings family to Kentucky, September
1776 Leads rescue of daughter, Jemima, and Fanny and Betsy Callaway, from Shawnee, July
1777 Wounded in the ankle during Shawnee attack on Boonesborough, April
1778 Captured by Shawnee at Lower Blue Licks February 8; adopted by Shawnee, March; escapes June 16;
siege of Boonesborough September 7-18;
Boone acquitted of charges of collaboration with British, October; rejoins family in North Carolina
1779 Leads settlers from North Carolina to Kentucky, September;establishes Boone's Station December 25
1781 Appointed Fayette County Coroner April 7; represents Fayette County in Virginia legislature; captured,
then released, by British rangers;
returns to Exeter Township, Pennsylvania, to visit relatives
1782 Son Israel killed in the Battle of Blue Licks August 19
1784 John Filson's The Discovery; Settlement and Present State of Kentucky ... Containing the Adventures of Col.
Daniel Boon published
1786 Suffers lawsuits over land claims; joins Ohio campaign against Shawnee, October
1787 Mediates a prisoner exchange between Americans and Shawnee August; joins Virginia assembly, October
1788 Returns to Pennsylvania to visit relatives; relocates to what is now West Virginia
1791 Serves in Virginia legislature
1792 Kentucky becomes fifteenth state, June 1
1794 Testifies in land claims cases
1795 Moves to what is now Nicholas County, Kentucky
1796 Official opening of Wilderness Road October 15
1798 Refuses to testify in a lawsuit over land claims; sheriff of Mason County, Kentucky, issues warrant for his arrest;
much of Boone's land put up for sale
1799 Moves to Femme Osage, Missouri
1800 Receives appointments from Spanish governor in Femme Osage territory
1802 Briefly captured by Osage during spring hunt
1804 Land holdings removed; Daniel and Rebecca move to son Nathan's farm
1807 Appointed justice of Femme Osage township by Meriwether Lewis, governor of Louisiana Territory
1809 Petitions Congress to reinstate Spanish land titles
1812 At age seventy-eight, volunteers for War of 1812, but turned down
1813 Rebecca Boone dies March 18
1815 Explores the upper Missouri
1817 Goes on last long hunt
1820 Dies September 26
1734 Daniel Boone born in Exeter Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, October
22, Old Style (November 2, New Style) Scott New, portrayer of Daniel Boone
1744 Tends family's cattle; often wanders through the woods.
1747 Acquires first gun
1748 Squire Boone expelled from Exeter Friends Meeting
1750 Boone family leaves Pennsylvania
1755 Family settles in North Carolina on the Yadkin River
1755 Boone serves in Braddock's army during defeat near Pittsburgh in French and Indian War
1756 Marries Rebecca Bryan August 14
1759 Cherokee raids force Boones out of North Carolina. They move to Culpeper County, Virginia
1760 First crosses the Blue Ridge during winter hunt
1761 Participates in campaigns against the Cherokee
1762 Boones return to North Carolina
1765 Squire Boone dies; Boone explores Florida, rejects moving there
1766 Family moves up the Yadkin River
1769 Leaves for long hunt May 1; captured by Shawnee December 22
1771 Returns home to North Carolina; plans to move to Kentucky
1773 Attempts to settle Kentucky; son James killed at Cumberland Gap by an Indian attack October 9; settlers turn back
1774 Sent by Virginia authorities to warn Kentucky survey crew of impending war with Shawnee
1775 For the Transylvania Company, leads party blazing the Wilderness Road to Kentucky, March; founds Boonesborough,
May; brings family to Kentucky, September
1776 Leads rescue of daughter, Jemima, and Fanny and Betsy Callaway, from Shawnee, July
1777 Wounded in the ankle during Shawnee attack on Boonesborough, April
1778 Captured by Shawnee at Lower Blue Licks February 8; adopted by Shawnee, March; escapes June 16;
siege of Boonesborough September 7-18;
Boone acquitted of charges of collaboration with British, October; rejoins family in North Carolina
1779 Leads settlers from North Carolina to Kentucky, September;establishes Boone's Station December 25
1781 Appointed Fayette County Coroner April 7; represents Fayette County in Virginia legislature; captured,
then released, by British rangers;
returns to Exeter Township, Pennsylvania, to visit relatives
1782 Son Israel killed in the Battle of Blue Licks August 19
1784 John Filson's The Discovery; Settlement and Present State of Kentucky ... Containing the Adventures of Col.
Daniel Boon published
1786 Suffers lawsuits over land claims; joins Ohio campaign against Shawnee, October
1787 Mediates a prisoner exchange between Americans and Shawnee August; joins Virginia assembly, October
1788 Returns to Pennsylvania to visit relatives; relocates to what is now West Virginia
1791 Serves in Virginia legislature
1792 Kentucky becomes fifteenth state, June 1
1794 Testifies in land claims cases
1795 Moves to what is now Nicholas County, Kentucky
1796 Official opening of Wilderness Road October 15
1798 Refuses to testify in a lawsuit over land claims; sheriff of Mason County, Kentucky, issues warrant for his arrest;
much of Boone's land put up for sale
1799 Moves to Femme Osage, Missouri
1800 Receives appointments from Spanish governor in Femme Osage territory
1802 Briefly captured by Osage during spring hunt
1804 Land holdings removed; Daniel and Rebecca move to son Nathan's farm
1807 Appointed justice of Femme Osage township by Meriwether Lewis, governor of Louisiana Territory
1809 Petitions Congress to reinstate Spanish land titles
1812 At age seventy-eight, volunteers for War of 1812, but turned down
1813 Rebecca Boone dies March 18
1815 Explores the upper Missouri
1817 Goes on last long hunt
1820 Dies September 26