Fifth Annual Gathering of the Descendants of Fort Boonesborough
Mark your Calendar: Trace Your Ancestors Who Were at Boonesborough
Hold the date of Saturday, June 15, 2019, at the Fort Boonesborough State Park to explore the lives of your 18th century and early 19th ancestors. This is a unique opportunity to research with genealogy experts and learn from authors in their fields to search for your pioneer relatives.
Once a year, descendants of the early settlers in the area of Fort Boonesborough assemble to greet their cousins, (both known and unknown), as they share stories of the early families of Kentucky. This is the 5th year of the “Gathering of the Descendants of Boonesborough” event where attendees can receive resources and information about their relatives who were at the fort in the early days of 1775–1820.
GEORGE W. RANCK, a historian wrote from his 1915 book,
BOONESBOROUGH: ITS FOUNDING, PIONEER STRUGGLES, INDIAN EXPERIENCES, TRANSYLVANIA DAYS, AND REVOLUTIONARY ANNALS
“BOONESBOROUGH, like a mist of the morning, has vanished, and the place which knew it once will know it no more forever…”
“Other towns in Kentucky, like Lystra and Franklinville and Ohiopiomingo, have vanished, but they never had any except a paper existence,
while Boonesborough was a reality.”
Meet Descendants of Four Original Boonesborough Families
Participants can explore ideas of where to find genealogical information about their ancestors. This year attendees can talk with representatives from four original Boonesborough families present to discuss their family genealogical connections including the Boone family; the Chenault family; the Calloway family; and the Kincaid family. Representatives from other families are welcome to attend as well.
Volunteers will be on hand to assist participants with information on genealogy, early Kentucky cemeteries, and early Madison county family history. These groups include the Society of Boonesborough, the Boone Society, the Friends of Boone Trace, the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Sons of the American Revolution, the African American Genealogy Group of Kentucky, and the Madison County Historical Society. Staff from the Eastern Kentucky University Special Collections and Archives and the Bluegrass Heritage Museum of Winchester, KY will participate.
One group of descendants not previously participating in this event are Native Americans. Dr. John Fox, President of the Friends of Boone Trace, extends a special invitation to Native American relatives to attend this event and explore their family connections.
Archeology Findings from Original Boonesborough Site
This year’s program features a special presentation given by Nancy O’Malley on the “Boonesborough Unearthed: Frontier Archaeology at a Revolutionary Fort” and who will discuss findings from her recently published book.
Randell Jones, a noted Daniel Boone scholar, and author of numerous books will share stories of early travel on the Boone Trace.
George Chalfant, author of Boone Trace — Opening the Western Frontier: A Historical Perspective of Boone Trace in Kentucky 1775–1795 and Firearms and Ammunition Used by Fort Defenders and Native Americans at Fort Boonesborough 1777 & 1778: Revolutionary Battles at Fort Boonesborough will attend. Joan Mayer, author Of Family and Place will sign her book about many of the ancestral families that settled the land in Clark County, Kentucky.
In addition, authors Harry Enoch and Anne Crabb will be signing their new book African Americans at Fort Boonesborough which was released earlier this month. Author Neal O. Hammond, who conducted primary document research on the original Boone Trace during the 1970s will also be present to sign his book Following Boone’s Trace.
Other authors will be on hand to sign books about early days of the fort, the people, and the surrounding areas. There will be an ongoing historical interpretation of the daily lives, chores, skills, and trades of those who came to Boonesborough during this time and attendees may view museum exhibits of artifacts from the original fort site.
Tom Black, past President of the Madison County Historical Society, talked about the importance of this singular event.
“People from the four corners of the US, from Maine to Texas, to California to Virginia have come to Kentucky to attend this gathering. The biggest positive that people have gotten is the connections that have been made — people who have found somebody — a long lost cousin or a surprising link to an important relative that they did not know”.
“We have helped numerous ‘family organizations’ increase their reach into their distant families, with people not knowing that they qualify to be part of a membership group that represents their relatives. For example, the Society of Boonesborough has had a huge number of candidates from people who attend who find out their ancestors were likely at Boonesborough.”
The event will be held on Saturday, June 15, 2019, from 9.00 am to 5.00 pm. Program is free with Fort admission. Dean Whitaker, President of the Society of Boonesborough encourages all visitors to see the original site of the fort located by the Kentucky River. There are monuments, interpretive signs, and state highway history signs to see. This information will help to provide a better understanding of the history of Fort Boonesborough. For more information, check websites Fort Boonesboroughlivinghistory.org and Fort Boonesborough Foundation.org.
If you are interested in attending this event, you may want to check this list of early settlers of provided by the Fort Boonesborough Foundation on their website. This list is the same as on the memorial located at the fort created and sponsored by The Society of Boonesborough in 1981.
Early Settlers of Fort Boonesborough
On April 1, 1775, Daniel Boone, Richard Henderson (Henderson arrived about 3 weeks later) and their companions, reached the southern bank of the Kentucky River and began to build a fort, afterward known as Boonesborough.
Check this list to find your ancestors and join us.
- John ALLEN
2. Richard ALLEN
3. Thomas ALLEN
4. John ANDERSON
5. James ANDERSON
6. Jemima ANDERSON
7. Aletha ANDERSON
8. Mary ANDERSON
9. Nicholas ANDERSON
10. John ANTHONY
11. Joseph ANTHONY
12. Uriel ARK
13. Daniel ASHBY
14. Thomas BAILEY
15. Isaac BAKER
16. Bland BALLARD
17. Henry BANTA Sr.
18. Henry BANTA Jr.
19. Abraham BANTA
20. John BANTA
21. James BARBORN
22. Samuel BARKER
23. William BARKER
24. Alex BARNETT
25. Abrose BARNETT
26. James BARNETT
27. John BARNETT
28. Joseph BARNETT
29. Robert BARNETT
30. James BARNHILL
31. David BARTON
32. Joab BARTON
33. Joshua BARTON
34. Samuel BARTON
35. Thomas BARTON
36. William BARTON
37. Catherine BAUGHMAN
38. Jacob BAUGHMAN
39. John BAUGHMAN
40. Col. Edward BAXTER
41. Charles BEALE G.
42. Michael BEDINGER
43. Flowner BELL
44. Samuel BELL
45. John BELLENTINE
46. Charles BELLEW
47. John BENNETT
48. Joseph BENNING
49. William BENTLEY
50. Jesse BENTON
51. James BERRY
52. Humphrey BEST
53. Moese BEST
54. Stephen BEST
55. Mary Gass BLACK
56. William BLACK
57. Joseph BLACKFORD
58. Anthony BLEDSOE
59. Joseph BLEDSOE
60. Moese BLEDSOE
61. Robert BOGGS
62. John Peter BONDURANT
63. Ann BOONE
64. Betsey BOONE
65. Col. Daniel BOONE
66. Daniel Morgan BOONE
67. Edward or Allen BOONE
68. Enoch Morgan BOONE
69. George BOONE
70. Hannah BOONE
71. Isaiah BOONE
72. Josiah BOONE
73. Lvinia BOONE
74. Moses BOONE
75. Nathan BOONE
76. Rebecca BOONE
77. Sarah BOONE
78. Squire BOONE
79. Mrs. Squire BOONE
80. Squire BOONE
81. Squire H. BOONE
82. Susan BOONE
83. Ulissy BOONE
84. Albert BORUS
85. John BOWLES
86. John BOYLE
87. Edward BRADLEY
88. James BRIDGES
89. Samuel BROOKS
90. Thomas BROOKS
91. William BROOKS
92. David BRYANT
93. George BRYANT
94. Henry BRYANT
95. James BRYANT
96. Jonathan BRYANT
97. Joseph BRYANT
98. Rebecca BRYANT
99. Thomas BRYANT
100. William BRYANT
101. Capt. William BUCHANAN
102. Edward BULGER
103. John BULGER
104. John BULLOCK
105. Leonard Henley BULLOCK
106. Nathaniel BULLOCK
107. David BUNDAN
108. John BUNORAN
109. James BUNTEN
110. Capt. William “Billy” BUSH
111. Maj. William BUSHBY
112. John BUTLER
113. Robert CALDWELL
114. William CALK
115. Mrs. William CALK
116. Caleb CALLOWAY
117. Edgar CALLOWAY
118. Elizabeth CALLOWAY
119. Flanders CALLOWAY
120. Frances CALLOWAY
121. George CALLOWAY
122. John CALLOWAY
123. Hezekiah CALLOWAY
124. Keziah CALLOWAY
125. Lydia CALLOWAY
126. Col. Richard CALLOWAY
127. Mrs. Richard CALLOWAY
128. John CAMERON
129. Samuel CAMPBELL
130. Adam CAPERTON
131. Braxton CARTER
132. John CARTWRIGHT
133. Robert CARTWRIGHT
134. Abraham CHAPLAIN
135. Elizabeth Mullins CHENAULT
136. William CHENAULT
137. Gen. George Rogers CLARK
138. Gen. Green CLAY
139. Judge John COBURN
140. Samuel COBURN
141. Capt. William COCKE
142. Ambrose COFFEE
143. Jesse COFFEE
144. John COLEFORT
145. Alex COLLINS
146. Elijah COLLINS
147. Josiah COLLINS
148. Thomas COLLINS
149. William COLLINS
150. Betts COLLIER
151. George COLMES
152. Joseph COMBS
153. John CONSTANT
154. John CONWAY
155. Jesse CONWAY
156. David COOK
157. Cuthberth COMBS
158. Enos COOMBS
159. Williams COOMBS
160. Jacob COONS
161. Ben COOPER
162. Jesse COPHER
163. William COOPER
164. Peter COSSART
165. Frederick COUCHMAN
166. James COULTER
167. Maj. William CRADLEBAUGH
168. John CRAIG,
169. Lewis CRAIG
170. David CREWS
171. Elijah CREWS
172. John CROOKE
173. John CROSS
174. Charles CURD
175. Benjamin CUTBERTH
176. John DANIEL
177. Joseph DAVIS
178. Samuel DAVIS
179. William DEAL
180. Abram DEAN
181. Susan DEAN
182. Joseph DEBAN or DESON
183. DENTON family
184. Thomas DIAL
185. John DONIPHAN
186. James DOSTER
187. James DOUGLAS
188. Joseph DRAKE
189. Margaret DRAKE
190. William DRYDEN
191. John DUMPARD
192. John DUNN
193. Benjamin DUNAWAY
194. John DURBIN
195. Daniel DUREE
196. Henry DUREE
197. Peter DUREE Jr.
198. Mrs. Peter DUREE Jr.
199. Peter DUREE Sr.
200. Mrs. Peter DUREE Sr.
201. Samuel DUREE
202. Robert ELKIN
203. Mrs. Robert ELKIN
204. James ELLIS
205. Mary ELLIS
206. Joseph ELLISON
207. Talton EMBRY
208. Richard EPPERSON
209. Robert EPSLEY
210. Ben ESTILL
211. Boudee ESTILL
212. Capt. James ESTILL
213. Sally ESTILL
214. Samuel ESTILL
215. Wallace ESTILL
216. Baker EWING
217. William FALL
218. John FARRAR
219. Edmund FEAR or FAIR
220. Col. Ezekiel H. FIELDS
221. Davind FINLEY
222. James FINLEY
223. John FINNELL
224. John FINNICK
225. John FLUTY
226. Col. John FLOYD
227. Thomas FOOT
228. Joseph FOWLER
229. John FOX
230. James FRENCH
231. James GASS
232. Jennie GASS
233. John GASS
234. John GASS, GESS, (nephew)
235. Mary GASS
236. Capt. David GASS
237. Sarah GASS, (wife of David)
238. Sarah GASS, (daughter)
239. James GATES
240. Capt. Charles GATLIFF
241. James GATLIFF
242. Letitia GATLIFF
243. Neal GATLIFF
244. Martin GENTRY
245. Richard GENTRY
246. Catherine GEORGE
247. John GEORGE
248. Nicholas GEORGE
249. Mrs. Nicholas GEORGE
250. Whitson GEORGE
251. Julius GIBBS
252. Samuel GILBERT
253. Ricard GIREY
254. Sameul GIREY
255. Ancil GOODMAN
256. Daniel GOODMAN
257. Elizabeth GRANT
258. Hannah GRANT
259. Isreal GRANT, l
260. John GRANT
261. Rebecca Boone GRANT
262. Moses GRANT
263. Squire GRANT
264. William GRANT
265. Capt. Higgason GRUBBS
266. Mrs. Higgason GRUBBS
267. Peter GUERRANT
268. Thomas GOFF
269. Peter HACKETT
270. Edward HALL
271. Thomas HALL
272. William HALL
273. Andrew HAMILTON
274. John HAMILTON
275. James HAMILTON
276. George HANCOCK
277. Stepen HANCOCK
278. William HANCOCK
279. Edward HAND
280. Andrew HANA
281. John HARMON
282. Thomas HARGROVE
283. John HARPER
284. Peter HARPER
285. John HARVESTER
286. William HARRIS
287. Ben HARRISON
288. John HARRISON
289. Edward HARROD
290. Chenoa HART
291. China HART
292. Cumberland HART
293. David HART
294. Mrs. David HART
295. John HART
296. Kiziah HART
297. Mary HART
298. Nathaniel HART
299. Nathaniel HART Jr.
300. Mrs. Nathaniel HART
301. Simpson HART
302. Susannah HART
303. Thomas HART
304. Thomas Richard Green HART
305. John HAWISTON
306. Elizabeth HAYES
307. James HAYES
308. Jemima HAYES
309. William HAYES
310. John HENDERSON
311. Nathaniel HENDERSON
312. Nicholas HENDERSON
313. Pleasant HENDERSON
314. Col Richard HENDERSON
315. Samuel HENDERSON
316. Frances Halley HENDRICKS
317. George HENDRICKS
318. William HICKS
319. Joseph HINES
320. Dr. HINES
321. Col. Richard HINES
322. Isaac HITE
323. Jesse HODGES
324. James HOGAN
325. Richard HOGAN
326. William HOGE
327. James HOGG
328. Capt. John HOLDER
329. Francis HOLLEY / HALLEY
330. Mrs. Francis HOLLEY / HALLEY
331. Mrs. John HOLLEY / HALLEY
332. William HOOTON
333. Elizabeth HORN
334. Jeremiah HORN
335. Matthew HORN
336. Elizabeth HOY
337. Parthenia HOY
338. William HOY
339. Joseph HUGHES
340. Jake HUNTER
341. John HUNTER
342. Samuel HUNTER
343. Benjamin HOWARD
344. John HOWARD
345. Margaret HOWARD
346. Harry INNES
347. Christopher IRVINE Jr.
348. Christopher IRVINE Sr.
349. David C. IRVINE
350. Col. William IRVINE
351. John JACKSON
352. Joseph JACKSON
353. Jonathan JENNINGS
354. Charles JOCKARS
355. Andrew JOHNSON
356. Betsey JOHNSON
357. Rev. Cave JOHNSON
358. Isaac JOHNSON
359. Robert JOHNSON
360. William JOHNSON
361. Jacob JOHNSTON
362. Thomas JOHNSTON
363. Catlett JONES
364. Matthew JOUETT
365. Charles KAVANAUGH
366. William KAVANAUGH
367. Beal KELLY
368. Joseph KELLY
369. Benjamin KELLY
370. John KELLY
371. Andrew KENNEDY
372. David KENNEDY
373. Elizabeth KENNEDY
374. Jesse KENNEDY
375. John KENNEDY Jr.
376. Joseph KENNEDY
377. Mary KENNEDY
378. Thomas KENNEDY
379. James KENNY
380. Simon KENTON
381. Jonathan KETCHAM
382. John KINCAID
383. Thomas KINCAID
384. Robert KIRKHAM
385. Samuel KIRKHAM
386. William KINTLEY
387. John KNOX
388. Samuel LACKEY
389. Col. John LADD
390. Thomas LANHAM
391. Charles LEE
392. John LEE
393. Abraham LEWIS
394. George LINCOLN
395. William LIPSCOMB
396. Nathan LIPSCOMB
397. Thomas LITTLE
398. Charles LOCKHART
399. Col. John LOGAN
400. Samuel LOGAN
401. Joseph LONG
402. Frances LONG
403. Lawrence LONG
404. Col John P. LUTTRELL
405. Thomas LUTTRELL
406. David LYNCH
407. William LYNN
408. Robert MCAFEE
409. George MCAFEE
410. William MCAFEE
411. Moses MCCLURE
412. John MCCOLLUM
413. MCGARY family
414. David MCGEE
415. James MCMILLAN Sr.
416. Margaret White MCMILLAN
417. Thomas MCQUEEN
418. William MCWHINNEY
419. George MADDEN
420. James MANKINS
421. John MANNEN
422. John MARTIN,
423. William MARTIN
424. Jesse MAUPIN
425. William MAYS
426. George MERIWEATHER
427. Nicholas MERIWEATHER
428. David MILLER
429. Thomas MILLER
430. William MILLER
431. Michael MIRAS
432. Alex MONTGOMERY
433. John MONTGOMERY
434. Charles MOORE
435. John MOORE
436. William MOORE
437. John MORGAN
438. Ralph MORGAN
439. William MORGAN
440. Jesse MORRIS
441. William MORRIS
442. Richard MORRISON
443. John MORTON
444. Thomas MOSELY
445. John MOUNCE or MOURNER
446. Jacob MYERS
447. Alexander NEELEY
448. Edward NELSO
449. Mrs. Edward NELSON
450. John NELSON
451. Moses NELSON
452. John NEWBY
453. Abraham NEWLAND
454. Thomas NOEL
455. Jesse OLDHAM
456. Tyree OLDHAM
457. Michael OVERSTREET
458. William O’REAR
459. Thomas M. OWENS
460. John Cockey OWINGS
461. Clough OVERTON
462. Lt. James PATTON
463. Richard PATTERSON
464. William PATTERSON
465. James PEAKE
466. Jesse PEAKE
467. John PEAKE
468. Joshua PENNIX
469. Peter PENNYBACKER
470. James PERRY
471. Richard PETERSON
472. Anny Duffey PEYTON
473. Yelverton PEYTON
474. Anthony PHELPS
475. Edwin PHELPS, Elizabeth PHELPS
476. George PHELPS
477. Guy PHELPS
478. John PHELPS
479. Joshua PHELPS
480. Josiah PHELPS
481. Lucy PHELPS
482. Sarah PHELPS
483. Thomas PHELPS
484. William PHILLIPS
485. John PITTMAN
486. John PLEAKENSTALVER
487. John PLECK
488. John POGUE
489. William POGUE
490. Mrs. William POGUE
491. Samuel PORTER
492. Page PORTWOOD
493. Sam PORTWOOD
494. Levin POWELL
495. James PROCTOR
496. John PROCTOR
497. Joseph PROCTOR
498. Capt. Nicholas PROCTOR
499. Nicholas PROCTOR Jr.
500. Rachel PROCTOR
501. Reuben PROCTOR
502. James QUISENBERRY
503. Benjamin QUINN
504. James QUINN
505. Thomas QUINN
506. John RANK
507. Nicholas RAY
508. Alexander REED
509. John RICE,
510. Joseph RICE
511. Samuel RICE
512. Benejamin ROBERTS
513. David ROBINSON
514. George ROBINSON
515. Samuel ROBINSON
516. William ROBINSON
517. Col. Robert RHODES
518. Pemberton ROLLINS
519. Ambrose ROSS
520. Hugh ROSS
521. Gen. Christopher RIFFE
522. Fred RIPPERDAM
523. Mrs. Fred RIPPERDAM
524. James RUSSELL
525. Samuel SANDERS
526. John SAPPINGTON
527. William SCHOLL
528. Richard SEARCY Sr.
529. Asa SEARCY,
530. Bartlett SEARCY
531. Charles SEARCY
532. Reuben SEARCY
533. Richard SEARCY Jr.
534. Anderson SEARCY
535. Samuel SEARCY
536. William SEARCY
537. James SCOTT
538. Hugh SEFER
539. Hugh SHIELDS
540. David SHELBY
541. Isaac SHELBY
542. David SHELTON
543. Charles SHIRLEY
544. Katie SHIRLEY
545. Michael SHIRLEY
546. Thomas SHORES
547. Col. Thomas SLAUGHTER
548. Enoch SMITH
549. Enoch George SMITH
550. John SMITH
551. Maj. William Bailey SMITH
552. John SNODDY
553. Samuel SNODDY
554. John SOUTH Sr.
555. John SOUTH Jr.
556. Mrs. John SOUTH
557. Samuel SOUTH
558. Thomas SOUTH
559. Richard SPURR
560. William STAGG
561. Barney STAGNER
562. John STAPLETON
563. Jacob STARNES
564. Joseph STARNES
565. Jacob STEARNS
566. John STEPHENSON
567. Dudley STONE
568. Michael STONER
569. Samuel STRODE
570. Berue SWEARINGEN
571. Benoni SWEARINGEN
572. Thomas SWEARINGEN
573. Hale TALBOTT
574. John TANNER
575. John TATE,
576. Robert TATE
577. Samuel TATE
578. Edmond TAYLOR
579. John TAYLOR
580. Nancy TAYLOR
581. Peter W. TAYLOR
582. Richard TAYLOR
583. John TERRELL,
584. Robert TERRELL
585. James THOMAS
586. Moses THOMAS
587. James THOMPSON
588. Lawrence THOMPSON
589. Col. John TODD
590. William TOMLINSON
591. Gerrett TOWNSEND
592. Joshua TOWNSEND
593. Oswald TOWNSEND
594. Thomas TRIBBLE
595. David TURNER
596. John TURNER
597. Solomon TURPIN
598. William TURPIN
599. Capt. Thomas TWIDDY
600. William TWIDDY
601. William UMPHREY
602. Benoni VALLANDIGHAM
603. Lewis VALLANDIGHAM
604. Joel VASSAR
605. Richard WADE
606. Joel WALKER
607. David V. WALKER
608. Felix WALKER
609. Isaac WANE
610. Robert WALTON
611. Thomas WARREN
612. James WARTON
613. Capt. Charles G. WATKINS
614. James WATKINS
615. John WEBBER
616. Walter WELCH
617. Richard WELLS
618. Ambrose WHITE
619. Aquilla WHITE
620. Galen WHITE
621. Robert WHITLEDGE
622. Capt. John WHITTAKER
623. Billy WILCOX
624. Sally Boone WILCOX
625. Daniel WILCOXON
626. Elizabeth WILCOXON
627. John WILCOXON
628. Rachel WILCOXON
629. Aletha Anderson WILKERSON
630. John WILKERSON
631. Mrs. John WILKERSON
632. Moses WILKERSON
633. Wyatt WILKERSON
634. William WILLIAMS
635. Edward WILLIAMS
636. Jarrett WILLIAMS
637. John WILLIAMS
638. Richard WITLEDGE
639. Moses WILSON
640. Adams WOODS
641. Capt. Archibald WOODS
642. John WOODS
643. Samuel WOODS
644. Samuel WOODSON
645. Capt. Edward WORTHINGTON
646. John WRIGHT
647. James WESTERVELDT (Westerfield)
648. John WITHERS
649. James YATES
650. Jesse YOCUM
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Friends of Boone Trace, Inc. is a non-profit group organized to preserve the remnants of Boone Trace and to increase awareness of its historical significance. Over the Trace, tens of thousands of Europeans came through the Cumberland Gap to put down roots in the land that became the present-day Commonwealth of Kentucky.
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