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1734 -Daniel Boone was born in Philadelphia County, now Berks County, 6 mi. east of present Reading, Pennsylvania, on October 22nd per the old Julian Calendar in use at that time, which would be November 2nd per our modern Gregorian Calendar.

1739 -Rebecca Bryan was born near present Martinsburg, West Virginia, on January 9th, 1739, per the old Julian Calendar in use at that time, which would be January 20th per our modern Gregorian Calendar.

1750 -When Daniel was 15 years old, his parents and the rest of the family moved to the Yadkin valley area of North Carolina.

1755 -During the French and Indian War, he was a wagon driver during General Braddock's ill-fated campaign against Fort Duquesne.

1756 -Daniel married Rebecca Bryan, and they continued to live in the Yadkin valley.

1756 -Daniel's brother Israel died in North Carolina. At least two of the four orphaned children were raised by Daniel and Rebecca.

1758 -When the Cherokee Indians went on the warpath in North Carolina, Daniel took his family to live in Virginia.

1759-1760-1761 -Daniel fought against the Cherokees in North Carolina as part of Colonel Hugh Waddell’s troops.

1762 -After the treaty was signed with the Indians, Daniel took his family back to their home in North Carolina.

1763 -With his younger brother Squire, and several other men, Daniel explored the northern part of present Florida.

1767 -Daniel and several men explored and hunted over the mountains in eastern Kentucky.

1768 -Rebecca's aunt Rebecca Bryan died, and left six children. Some of the children were raised by Daniel and Rebecca.

1769 -Daniel blazed the first white man's trail from North Carolina to Tennessee, where the first settlers arrived soon after.

1769 -Daniel began a two years [stay] in Kentucky, exploring the mostly unknown lands visited only a few times before by white men.

1769-1770 -Daniel and his brother-in-law, John Stewart, were captured by Indians twice, escaping both times.

1770 -John Stewart, Daniel’s brother-in-law was killed by Indians while hunting with Daniel in Kentucky.

1771 -Having explored and hunted in Kentucky for two full years, Daniel, along with his brother Squire who had joined him part of the time in Kentucky, returned to their families in North Carolina.

1773 -Daniel led the first group of white families in to attempt to settle in Kentucky. Part of the group was attacked by Indians, who killed Daniel and Rebecca’s oldest son James and five others. The families returned to North Carolina.

1774 -During Gov. Lord Dunmore’s War, Daniel was commissioned a Captain in charge of three forts in southwestern Virginia.

1775 -Judge Henderson and his associates purchased about 20,000,000 acres of present day Kentucky from the Cherokee Indians.

1775 -Daniel led 30 men in the "cutting" of "Boones Wilderness Trail", from Tennessee to the middle of Kentucky, where they soon started building Fort Boonesborough. During the trail cutting Indians killed several of the men.

1775 -Soon after Daniel and the others arrived in Kentucky, the Revolutionary War started in the east.

1775 -Judge Henderson and his men named the purchased land in Kentucky, Transylvania, America’s 14th colony. Daniel and his brother Squire were members of Transylvania legislature. Some months later, Translyvania was dissolved and Kentucky became part of Virginia.

1776 -Daniel and Rebecca's daughter Jemima, and two other girls, were kidnapped by Indians. With Daniel leading the rescue, the girls were rescued two days later.

1776 -Kentucky was formed into Kentucky County by the Virginia Assembly, December 31st.

1777 -Daniel Boone was appointed as a Captain, along with four other men, in the militia regiment formed in Kentucky County by the Virginia Legislature. He served under Colonel John Bowman.

1777 -Daniel was wounded in an Indian raid on Fort Boonesborough, and was carried to safety by Simon Kenton.

1778 -Daniel Boone was captured by Shawnee Indians along with other men who were making salt. He was adopted into the tribe as the son of the War Chief Black Fish. He escaped after five months in captivity.

1778 -Daniel led the defense of Fort Boonesborough as the fort withstood a nine day siege by Indian tribes from north of the Ohio.

1778 -After the battle of Boonesborough, Daniel was promoted to the military rank of Major.

1779 -Daniel led a large group of families, including his own, from North Carolina to settle in Kentucky. It is thought that group included the grandfather and father (who was then a child), of future President Abraham Lincoln.

1780 -Daniel’s brother Edward Boone was killed by Indians when out hunting with Daniel.

1780 -Daniel was with General George Rogers Clark in a campaign against the Shawnee Indians north of the Ohio River.

1781 -Daniel was commissioned as a Full Colonel, and was elected to the Virginia Legislature where he met with Thomas Jefferson.

1781 -While in the legislature he was captured by the British, however he was released after several days.

1782 -Daniel was appointed Sheriff of Fayette County, in Kentucky (at that time Virginia), by the Governor of Virginia.

1782 -Daniel was appointed by the Virginia Assembly as the Fayette County "County Lieutenant," the highest ranking position in the county.

1782 -He was a military leader at the Battle of Blue Licks in Kentucky, where during an Indian ambush his son Israel Boone was killed. His nephew Thomas Boone was also killed during the battle.

1782 -Rebecca's uncle Samuel Bryan, a Tory Colonel, was captured in North Carolina, tried, and sentenced to death.

1783 -Rebecca's uncle, Samuel Bryan, was freed as a prisoner of war when he was exchanged for a high ranking American officer.

1783 -[Daniel was appointed Deputy Surveyor of Lincoln County, Virginia (Present Kentucky) 19 August].

1784 -The first biography was written on Daniel Boone by John Filson (covered only a thirteen year period).

1787 -After moving to Limestone, Kentucky, Daniel and Rebecca opened a tavern (inn) and trading house. They took in orphaned teenager Isaac Van Bibber, to help with the work. Isaac later married one of Daniel and Rebecca's granddaughters.

1787 -Daniel was elected to the Virginia Legislature for a second time, this time from Limestone, now Maysville, Kentucky.

1787 -Chloe Flinn, who had been captured by Indians along with her mother, sister, and brother, was freed by treaty. Her father had been killed by the Indians, and since she had no family, Daniel and Rebecca kept her in their family for a couple years.

1791 -Daniel was elected for a third time to the Virginia General Assembly, this time from Kanawha County, in present West Virginia.

1799 -Daniel moved with Rebecca and four of his grown children to Spanish Upper Louisiana, to what is now part of the State of Missouri. All of the Boone family members obtained Spanish Land Grants.

1800 -Daniel was appointed as the Spanish Commandant (the Civil Administrator and Military and Judicial leader), an appointment that included the functions of the lesser role of Syndic (Judge) for the new Spanish District of Femme Osage.

1800-1817 -Daniel explored, hunted, and trapped in the region along the Missouri River, to as far west as the Platte River. As he became older, he hunted and trapped less, while spending much time making many things including powder horns for his grandchildren.

1819 -Daniel's son Jesse and his family moved to the Missouri Territory.

1820 -On September 26th, Daniel Boone died in the stone house of his son, Nathan, in the Femme Osage valley.

Daniel knew many famous persons such as George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry, Generals George Rogers Clark and William Clark, ...as well as a number of governors and other political and military leaders. His sons Daniel Morgan Boone, Jesse, and Nathan were also considered outstanding leaders, with each receiving a number of civil appointments and military positions of rank.

Of the seven still living children of Daniel and Rebecca, when they moved from Kentucky to Upper Spanish Louisiana (Missouri) in 1799, five moved to Missouri, as did 68 of their 70 grandchildren. Most of those who moved to Missouri, lived the remainder of their lives in Missouri. At the time Missouri was the western extreme of white settlement in America.

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