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TRAILBLAZER, FRONTIERSMAN & PIONEER Daniel Boone by Harding  Daniel Boone was born in 1734 in Berks County, Pennsylvania in a one room cabin. His parents were Squire and Sarah Morgan Boone who had immigrated in 1717 to the area. Later a large house was built. Squire was very successful and it was here that Daniel learned to farm. The Boones removed from Pennsylvania and took their family to the Yadkin River Valley, North Carolina in 1759. The move took close to a year. In 1769 Daniel left the comforts of his home to scout around Kentucky with some other hunters. He later was put in charge of blazing the Cumberland Gap Trail into Kentucky. Boone and his men cut this path so that settlers could travel through and settle in Kentucky and beyond. The trail became known as 'The Wilderness Road'. It 1790 it was widened to accomodate horse and wagons. Daniel Boone was a major 'Trailblazer & Frontiersman' during this time in our history. Because of his vision beyond the Appalachian Mountains, he made it possible for many of our Peavey-Pavey ancestors to travel and settle in the West in the late 1700's and early 1800's. Daniel moved his family from the Yadkin River Valley of North Carolina to Boonesborough, Kentucky about 1775. They lived in the area until 1799 when the Boones moved into Missouri. Daniel died in Defiance, Missouri in 1820. In his Journal he tells of his experiences in the wilderness and with the Indians. Pictures of his homes are below. We have not been successful in locating his home in the Yadkin River Valley.  |