DANIEL BOONE THE PIONEER OF KENTUCKY. BY JOHN S. C. ABBOTT. Published in 1872 All of the following text is a quote from Abbott’s book Daniel Boone, Pioneer of Kentucky. On the 10th of October, 1717, a vessel containing a number of emigrants arrived at Philadelphia, a small but flourishing settlement upon the banks…
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A Very Short History of the Founding of Virginia, Roanoke, Jamestown, Pocahontas + Published in 1825
AMERICAN PIONEERS AND PATRIOTS. DANIEL BOONE THE PIONEER OF KENTUCKY. BY JOHN S. C. ABBOTT. DODD & MEAD, No. 762 BROADWAY. 1872. Excerpts Only Spain sponsored many of the early excursions into America. 1492 – Columbus en route to America “The little fleet of three small vessels, with which Columbus left Palos in Spain, in…
Daniel Boone, Boonesboro, and Boone’s Road into Kentucky – A Map and Record of the Expedition
In 1775, 20 million acres of land west of Virginia were purchased by Richard Henderson. The Transylvania Land Company was formed, and Daniel Boone was hired to etch a road through the wilderness into Kentucky. In his Boone’s Wilderness Road, Archer Butler Hulbert provides an account of that effort. Following is part of that account,…
Dr. Thomas Walker’s Expedition from Virginia to Kentucky in 1749
Although he was, by profession, a medical doctor, Dr. Thomas Walder was probably more of a land developer, and he explored the passage from Virginia to Kentucky for the Loyal Land Co. of London. By 1755, the boundary of Virginia had been extended to include all of the land west of the Ohio River and…
Boone’s Wilderness Road – Published in 1903
HISTORIC HIGHWAYS OF AMERICA VOLUME 6 [Pg 4] Cumberland Gap and Boone’s Wilderness Road [Pg 5] HISTORIC HIGHWAYS OF AMERICA VOLUME 6 Boone’s Wilderness Road y Archer Butler Hulbert With Maps and Illustrations THE ARTHUR H. CLARK COMPANY CLEVELAND, OHIO 1903 [Pg 6] COPYRIGHT, 1903 BY The Arthur H. Clark Company ALL…
My Family Line Is Filled with Preachers — Even Circuit Preachers Who Carried Their Messages on Horseback
In previous posts, I have said that along several lines, my family is among the people who left Europe to seek religious freedom. The Duval side of my family were Huguenots who left France to protest Catholic persecution, and the Whitaker side of my family were Quakers who left England for the same reason. It…
Daniel Boone and the Wilderness Road & the Cumberland Gap that Carried Pioneers from the East Coast to Middle America
“The Wilderness Road was one of two principal routes used by colonial and early national era settlers to reach Kentucky from the East.” “In 1775, Daniel Boone blazed a trail for the Transylvania Company from Fort Chiswell in Virginia through the Cumberland Gap. It was later lengthened, following Indian trails, to reach the Falls of the Ohio at Louisville. The Wilderness Road was steep, rough and narrow, and could be traversed…
My Whitaker Family Line from England to Pennsylvania through the Cumberland Gap to Missouri
Robert Sr. Whitaker [His grandson immigrated to America] Birth: circa 1604 Padiham, Lancashire, England 2. Robert Whitaker, Il MP Birth: March 29, 1637 North Yorkshire, England Death: February 6, 1741 (103) Grindletown, York, England Immediate Family: Son of Robert Sr. Whitaker Husband of Margaret Whitaker 3. Joshua Whitaker, Sr. MP Immigrated to America Birth: December 22, 1675 London, Middlesex,…
