William Boon[e] Jr. was born May 2, 1768 in King George County, VA the son of William Boon[e]Sr. and Kezziah Green. The will of William Boon[e] Sr. includes: "Item 1 I give and bequeath to my son William [Jr.] (whom I acknowledge to be my son) all my tract of land whereon I now live and the tract adjoining the same purchased of Thomas Turners executors for which I have not yet got a deed, which they are to now make to my son William, to him and his heirs forever" (King George County Will Book 2, pages 184-186). William Boon[e] Sr. served as a soldier in the Revolutionary Army from Virginia (NARA Publication M881, Roll 1090; Adjutant General's Office Vol. 8, p 52). William Boon[e] Jr.'s maternal grandfather Richard Green served as a Private in the 3rd Virginia Regiment during the Revolution and his will was probated several days after he was last on the payroll at Valley Forge.
William Boon[e] Jr. was married three times. His first marriage was to Elizabeth Hansford (b Feb 10, 1778 in King George County, VA d May 20, 1794 in King George County, VA), daughter of Stephen Hansford and Eleanor Went. According to William Boon[e] Jr.'s family bible at the Filson Historical Society, they were married 8 Nov 1792. Elizabeth Hansford Boon[e] died 20 May 1794 at the age of 16. Her obituary appeared in the May 27, 1794 edition of the Virginia Herald and Fredericksburg Advertiser. The obituary stated,
"Died Mrs. Elizabeth Boon, age 16, amiable consort of Mr. William Boon Jr. of King George County, Virginia on Tuesday, 20 May 1794. After a long and tedious illness, which she bore with surprising fortitude, and quited this world for a better one with resignation and Serenity of mind which at a period so truly awful, few have been known to manifest. " (p3, c1).
According to William Boon[e] Jr.'s family bible, she "died with full assurance of happiness". The only child of William Boon[e] Jr. and Elizabeth Hansford was Elizabeth Hansford Boone, born 01 Sep 1793 and died 07 Dec 1836. She married William Grimes.
After his first wife Elizabeth Hansford died William Boon[e] Jr. lived as a widoewer for 7 and a half years, then at age 31 he married Eleanor Jones (b Sep 14, 1783 in King George County, VA d Jan 21, 1817 in Fayette County, KY) on Aug 17, 1801 in King George, VA (Virginia Marriages 1740-1850, Ancestry.com on-line database) . Eleanor Jones was the daughter of Charles Jones of Richmond County, VA. Charles Jones supported the American Revolution by paying the 1782 Virginia Land Tax. On September 2, 1802 in King George County, Virginia William Boon[e] Jr. was appointed guardian of John Jones, orphan of Charles Jones deceased. The account of John Jones, orphan of Charles Jones deceased, with William Boone II as guardian was approved by the Court in April, 1806 (King George County, Virginia Fiduciary Book #4, 1794-1807, pages 432-435). There is a letter from attorney John Porter, Executor of the estate of Charles Jones dated June 3, 1802 - July 1, 1802 appointing William Boon[e] Jr. to collect debts due to his testator.
William Boon[e] Jr. and Eleanor Jones Boone moved to Kentucky in about 1806. When his second wife Eleanor Jones died in 1817, he married Agnes Rhodes (b ?? d Sep 19, 1837 in Fayette County, KY) daughter of Clifton Rhodes of Scott County, KY. William Boon[e] and Eleanor Jones had seven children:
(1) Sally Boone (b Jan 19, 1802) married Abram Fulkerson;
(2) William Boone (b Jul 23, 1804);
(3) George Green Boone (b Jul 9, 1806 d Mar 6, 1842);
(4) Jane Boone (b Feb, 1809) married Joseph Major of Frankfort, KY;
(5) Mary Boone (b Jul 8, 1812 in Kentucky d Oct 20, 1905) who married John Lynch Moore;
(6) Lucinda Boone (b Apr 10, 1815 d Jan 8, 1816); and
(7) John Pope Boone (b Dec 3, 1816 in KY).
Much of this information was copied from William Boon[e] Jr.'s family bible on July 31, 1942 from the original which is in the Filson Historical Society in Louisville, KY.
On Nov 1, 1806 William Boon[e]Jr. purchased 140 acres in Fayette County, KY from Mary Todd's heirs (Fayette County Circuit Court Deed Book C, p 223). On Jan 14, 1814 he purchased an adjoining 107 acres (Fayette County Circuit Court Deed Book F, p 324). The land was on Todd Road, about six miles east of Lexington.
William Boon[e] Jr. is listed in the following United States Census records:
(1) He is listed in the 1810 United States Census records living in Lexington, Fayette County, KY in a household with six members, four under age 16 (Roll: 6; Page: 22; Image: 0181351; Family History Library Film: 00034)
(2) He is listed in the 1820 United States Census living in Fayette County, KY (http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kyfayett/1820_census/main.htm).
William Boon[e] served as a private in the Kentucky Militia during the War of 1812 (Kentucky Soldiers in the War of 1812; Ancestry.com). He enrolled in Captain Richard Matson's Company of the Kentucky Mounted Infantry commanded by Colonel Richard Johnson 15 Aug 1812. From the Adjutant General's Office in Washington D.C., Jan 12 1812. William Boon[e] Jr. was appointed 3rd Lt. of Rangers, U.S. Army, Aug 1, 1813, that he accepted the appointment Sep 19, 1813, and that he was honorably discharged Jun 15, 1815 (reference number 1867095). His original commission reads: "Commonwealth of Virginia (547) Major of the first Battalion of the 25th Regiment, of the 5th Brigade and 2nd Division of the Field Militia....Witness, John Page, our said Governor at Richmond, this 24th day of March, 1803."
On Aug 23, 1817 William Boon[e] Jr. wrote a letter to his sister Mary Boon Walker, wife of Phillip Walker of Mercer County, KY. The letter objected to the sale by a Jno Prewitt of a slave named Humphrey. William Boon[e] Jr. stated, "I do hereby certify to you that he is a free man.....as you know M. Berry only obtained him by getting him to indenture himself for a term of years, to treat him humanely, and to pay him at the rate of $10 per year, and at M. Berry's death, he was released from that indenture...You must have a copy of the indenture yourself....I have written Major Briscoe and enclosed 2 affidavits relating to his freedom....Brother Walker, I think, promised me to see justice is done to him and it is my opinion he is bound and will feel so, to see justice is done Humphrey.".
The 18 Nov 1822 Kentucky Reporter reported that the Fayette County Court elected William Boon Jr. Treasurer (p 2 col 4). The book, "The County Courts in Antebellum Kentucky" by Robert Moreland published by the University Press of Kentucky (1972) reported on debates in the Fayette County Kentucky Court whether to appropriate money to purchase turnpike stocks (p 55-56). The proposal was defeated by one vote in 1834. In 1836 the Justices agreed to purchase $15,500 worth of stock with one member dissenting. William Boon Jr. the senior magistrate of the court, who cast the only negative vote, wrote a stinging criticism in the local newspaper (25 July 1836 Kentucky Gazette, p 3). Boon decried the action of his fellow justices, arguing that it had been taken without once consulting the voters on the county and was based on a usurpation of the Constitution. He contended that such activity on the part of the Court violated the separation of powers clause and the Legislature's exclusive right of taxation.
The Kentucky Digital Library includes a collection: "William Boone Land Warrants, 1812-1824, 97SC31,Library Special Collections and Archives, Kentucky Historical Society, Frankfort". The collection of two documents was gifted to the Kentucky Historical Society by Elizabeth Moore Hundley. William Boon[e] Sr. was awarded a land grant in Boyd and Greenup Counties in Kentucky by Patrick Henry, the Governor of Virginia. He apparently never gained possession of the land. The Kentucky Digital Library describes them as follows:
"Collection consists of two documents, dating 1812 and 1824 respectively. The first document is a copy of a 1798 Virginia land warrant for land "in the counties of Boyd and Greenup and now in the state of Kentucky." The land was granted to William Boone and is signed by Patrick Henry, Governor of Virginia. The second document is a memorandum for W. J. Crawford concerning the claim of William Boone (and others), of 400 acres of land on the Big Sandy River. The memorandum was signed by Boone and lists his heirs for the land."
The copy of the land grant originally made 18 Dec 1798 to William Boon[e] Sr. reads as follows:
"Patrick Henry Esq., Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky Virginia, to all whom these presents shall come, greeting: Know Ye, that by virtue of a Virginia Continental Land Warrant #24 there is granted to William Boone [Sr] a certain tract or parcel of land containing eight thousand and forty six acres by survey bearing date the 13th day of August, one thousand eight hundred and twelve lying and being in the counties of Boyd and Greenup and now in the State of Kentucky, bounded as follows:...."
The grant to William Boone [Sr.[ and his heirs for 8,046 acres in Boyd and Greenup Counties was examined and recorded in Book M, Page 94, No. 41639.
The memorandum for W. J. Crawford lists the heirs of William Boon[e] Sr. including William Boone [Jr.] who are all among the claimants to the land in Big Sandy. According to the memorandum, the grant was never partitioned among the claimants. The power to partition the grant was in Chancery Court and about 1799 William Boon[e] Jr. employed E. Randolph who filed a bill in the Richmond Chancery Court of Virginia. Complicating this case is the fact that William Boone[e] Sr. died in 1792, the same year that Kentucky became the 15th state in the Union. By 1823, the case was in the Greenup County, Kentucky Chancery Court. In the memorandum, William Boon[e] Jr. states, "We never have had actual possession of the land".
According to the Library of Virginia (https://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/guides/Research_Notes_20.pdf):
"The process for receiving land for Revolutionary War service required several steps. Soldiers (or their heirs) were eligible for land if they served in the Continental Line, State Line, or State Navy for three years or longer, or if they died in service. After submitting proof of their unit, rank, and length of service (known as the bounty warrant), the applicant was issued a numbered land office military certificate. This in turn was followed by the issuance of a numbered military land warrant, which was presented to the surveyor of the Virginia Military Lands in what are now Ohio and Kentucky, where the lands were located. (At this time the warrantee could also file an entry with the county clerk for specific acreage to be set aside for surveying, and some counties retain entry books among their records.) A grant conferring legal title was then issued by the state. At any point in the process after service was proved, the land could be assigned (sold) to someone else."
William Boon[e] Jr. died Jan 20, 1837 in Lexington, Fayette County, KY. His will dated Dec 16, 1836 is in Fayette County Will Book N (page 46). In his will he names his children: Elizabeth Grimes now deceased, Sally Fulkerson also deceased, William Boon, Jane Major, George G. Boon, Mary Moore, and John Pope Boon. The will appoints his sons William Boon, George G. Boon, John P. Boon and son-in-laws Joseph Majors and John L. Moore as executors. Fayette County, KY Will Book O contains the Oct, 1838 inventory and appraisement of the estate of William Boone, Jr. (p439). The Fayette County Will Book P contains the Feb 1841 settlement of the estate of William Boon Jr. including payments to his son-in-law John L. Moore ( p40-43
The will of William Boon[e] Jr. Page 2 added a codicil that says, "If I should ever recover the land on Big Sandy now in law, I wish my executors to sell it or otherwise as they think proper and divide the proceeds amongst my 6 last named children in my will...." (Fayette County, Kentucky Will Book N, p 46-47).
The obituary of William Boon[e] Jr. was published on page 3 of the Kentucky Gazette (Lexington, KY) 03 Feb 1837 read as follows:
"Departed this life on the 26th of January, 1837, William Boone, Esq. in this city (Lexington, KY) after a long and painful illness, which he bore with great patience and Christian fortitude. The subject of this brief notice was born in King George County, Virginia on May 2, 1768, but in early time took up residence in this state. Since his minority he has filled many public offices with great credit to himself, and at his death was a magistrate for the County, the duties of which he fulfilled with singular fidelity and ability. He was endowed by nature with a large and liberal mind, and with a kind and philanthropic heart; which was rendered doubly so, by the benign and everlasting influence of Christianity, the practice of virtues, and the enjoyment of its privileges. The deceased left a large circle of friends and relatives behind to lament the loss of his society, among which are a widow, and four children. But they need not sorrow, as those who have no hope, for as he lived in the faith of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, so he died in the hope of a happy immortality. 'Blessed are the dead, that die in the Lord.' "
William Boon[e] Jr. and his third wife Agnes Rhodes Boon[e], who died 19 Sep 1837, are buried in Lexington Cemetery, Section A-1, Lot 5, graves 2 and 3. Their graves were moved from the Andover Hills Subdivision, which is off of Todds Road, on 08 Feb 2001.
William Boon[e] Jr. was married three times. His first marriage was to Elizabeth Hansford (b Feb 10, 1778 in King George County, VA d May 20, 1794 in King George County, VA), daughter of Stephen Hansford and Eleanor Went. According to William Boon[e] Jr.'s family bible at the Filson Historical Society, they were married 8 Nov 1792. Elizabeth Hansford Boon[e] died 20 May 1794 at the age of 16. Her obituary appeared in the May 27, 1794 edition of the Virginia Herald and Fredericksburg Advertiser. The obituary stated,
"Died Mrs. Elizabeth Boon, age 16, amiable consort of Mr. William Boon Jr. of King George County, Virginia on Tuesday, 20 May 1794. After a long and tedious illness, which she bore with surprising fortitude, and quited this world for a better one with resignation and Serenity of mind which at a period so truly awful, few have been known to manifest. " (p3, c1).
According to William Boon[e] Jr.'s family bible, she "died with full assurance of happiness". The only child of William Boon[e] Jr. and Elizabeth Hansford was Elizabeth Hansford Boone, born 01 Sep 1793 and died 07 Dec 1836. She married William Grimes.
After his first wife Elizabeth Hansford died William Boon[e] Jr. lived as a widoewer for 7 and a half years, then at age 31 he married Eleanor Jones (b Sep 14, 1783 in King George County, VA d Jan 21, 1817 in Fayette County, KY) on Aug 17, 1801 in King George, VA (Virginia Marriages 1740-1850, Ancestry.com on-line database) . Eleanor Jones was the daughter of Charles Jones of Richmond County, VA. Charles Jones supported the American Revolution by paying the 1782 Virginia Land Tax. On September 2, 1802 in King George County, Virginia William Boon[e] Jr. was appointed guardian of John Jones, orphan of Charles Jones deceased. The account of John Jones, orphan of Charles Jones deceased, with William Boone II as guardian was approved by the Court in April, 1806 (King George County, Virginia Fiduciary Book #4, 1794-1807, pages 432-435). There is a letter from attorney John Porter, Executor of the estate of Charles Jones dated June 3, 1802 - July 1, 1802 appointing William Boon[e] Jr. to collect debts due to his testator.
William Boon[e] Jr. and Eleanor Jones Boone moved to Kentucky in about 1806. When his second wife Eleanor Jones died in 1817, he married Agnes Rhodes (b ?? d Sep 19, 1837 in Fayette County, KY) daughter of Clifton Rhodes of Scott County, KY. William Boon[e] and Eleanor Jones had seven children:
(1) Sally Boone (b Jan 19, 1802) married Abram Fulkerson;
(2) William Boone (b Jul 23, 1804);
(3) George Green Boone (b Jul 9, 1806 d Mar 6, 1842);
(4) Jane Boone (b Feb, 1809) married Joseph Major of Frankfort, KY;
(5) Mary Boone (b Jul 8, 1812 in Kentucky d Oct 20, 1905) who married John Lynch Moore;
(6) Lucinda Boone (b Apr 10, 1815 d Jan 8, 1816); and
(7) John Pope Boone (b Dec 3, 1816 in KY).
Much of this information was copied from William Boon[e] Jr.'s family bible on July 31, 1942 from the original which is in the Filson Historical Society in Louisville, KY.
On Nov 1, 1806 William Boon[e]Jr. purchased 140 acres in Fayette County, KY from Mary Todd's heirs (Fayette County Circuit Court Deed Book C, p 223). On Jan 14, 1814 he purchased an adjoining 107 acres (Fayette County Circuit Court Deed Book F, p 324). The land was on Todd Road, about six miles east of Lexington.
William Boon[e] Jr. is listed in the following United States Census records:
(1) He is listed in the 1810 United States Census records living in Lexington, Fayette County, KY in a household with six members, four under age 16 (Roll: 6; Page: 22; Image: 0181351; Family History Library Film: 00034)
(2) He is listed in the 1820 United States Census living in Fayette County, KY (http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kyfayett/1820_census/main.htm).
William Boon[e] served as a private in the Kentucky Militia during the War of 1812 (Kentucky Soldiers in the War of 1812; Ancestry.com). He enrolled in Captain Richard Matson's Company of the Kentucky Mounted Infantry commanded by Colonel Richard Johnson 15 Aug 1812. From the Adjutant General's Office in Washington D.C., Jan 12 1812. William Boon[e] Jr. was appointed 3rd Lt. of Rangers, U.S. Army, Aug 1, 1813, that he accepted the appointment Sep 19, 1813, and that he was honorably discharged Jun 15, 1815 (reference number 1867095). His original commission reads: "Commonwealth of Virginia (547) Major of the first Battalion of the 25th Regiment, of the 5th Brigade and 2nd Division of the Field Militia....Witness, John Page, our said Governor at Richmond, this 24th day of March, 1803."
On Aug 23, 1817 William Boon[e] Jr. wrote a letter to his sister Mary Boon Walker, wife of Phillip Walker of Mercer County, KY. The letter objected to the sale by a Jno Prewitt of a slave named Humphrey. William Boon[e] Jr. stated, "I do hereby certify to you that he is a free man.....as you know M. Berry only obtained him by getting him to indenture himself for a term of years, to treat him humanely, and to pay him at the rate of $10 per year, and at M. Berry's death, he was released from that indenture...You must have a copy of the indenture yourself....I have written Major Briscoe and enclosed 2 affidavits relating to his freedom....Brother Walker, I think, promised me to see justice is done to him and it is my opinion he is bound and will feel so, to see justice is done Humphrey.".
The 18 Nov 1822 Kentucky Reporter reported that the Fayette County Court elected William Boon Jr. Treasurer (p 2 col 4). The book, "The County Courts in Antebellum Kentucky" by Robert Moreland published by the University Press of Kentucky (1972) reported on debates in the Fayette County Kentucky Court whether to appropriate money to purchase turnpike stocks (p 55-56). The proposal was defeated by one vote in 1834. In 1836 the Justices agreed to purchase $15,500 worth of stock with one member dissenting. William Boon Jr. the senior magistrate of the court, who cast the only negative vote, wrote a stinging criticism in the local newspaper (25 July 1836 Kentucky Gazette, p 3). Boon decried the action of his fellow justices, arguing that it had been taken without once consulting the voters on the county and was based on a usurpation of the Constitution. He contended that such activity on the part of the Court violated the separation of powers clause and the Legislature's exclusive right of taxation.
The Kentucky Digital Library includes a collection: "William Boone Land Warrants, 1812-1824, 97SC31,Library Special Collections and Archives, Kentucky Historical Society, Frankfort". The collection of two documents was gifted to the Kentucky Historical Society by Elizabeth Moore Hundley. William Boon[e] Sr. was awarded a land grant in Boyd and Greenup Counties in Kentucky by Patrick Henry, the Governor of Virginia. He apparently never gained possession of the land. The Kentucky Digital Library describes them as follows:
"Collection consists of two documents, dating 1812 and 1824 respectively. The first document is a copy of a 1798 Virginia land warrant for land "in the counties of Boyd and Greenup and now in the state of Kentucky." The land was granted to William Boone and is signed by Patrick Henry, Governor of Virginia. The second document is a memorandum for W. J. Crawford concerning the claim of William Boone (and others), of 400 acres of land on the Big Sandy River. The memorandum was signed by Boone and lists his heirs for the land."
The copy of the land grant originally made 18 Dec 1798 to William Boon[e] Sr. reads as follows:
"Patrick Henry Esq., Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky Virginia, to all whom these presents shall come, greeting: Know Ye, that by virtue of a Virginia Continental Land Warrant #24 there is granted to William Boone [Sr] a certain tract or parcel of land containing eight thousand and forty six acres by survey bearing date the 13th day of August, one thousand eight hundred and twelve lying and being in the counties of Boyd and Greenup and now in the State of Kentucky, bounded as follows:...."
The grant to William Boone [Sr.[ and his heirs for 8,046 acres in Boyd and Greenup Counties was examined and recorded in Book M, Page 94, No. 41639.
The memorandum for W. J. Crawford lists the heirs of William Boon[e] Sr. including William Boone [Jr.] who are all among the claimants to the land in Big Sandy. According to the memorandum, the grant was never partitioned among the claimants. The power to partition the grant was in Chancery Court and about 1799 William Boon[e] Jr. employed E. Randolph who filed a bill in the Richmond Chancery Court of Virginia. Complicating this case is the fact that William Boone[e] Sr. died in 1792, the same year that Kentucky became the 15th state in the Union. By 1823, the case was in the Greenup County, Kentucky Chancery Court. In the memorandum, William Boon[e] Jr. states, "We never have had actual possession of the land".
According to the Library of Virginia (https://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/guides/Research_Notes_20.pdf):
"The process for receiving land for Revolutionary War service required several steps. Soldiers (or their heirs) were eligible for land if they served in the Continental Line, State Line, or State Navy for three years or longer, or if they died in service. After submitting proof of their unit, rank, and length of service (known as the bounty warrant), the applicant was issued a numbered land office military certificate. This in turn was followed by the issuance of a numbered military land warrant, which was presented to the surveyor of the Virginia Military Lands in what are now Ohio and Kentucky, where the lands were located. (At this time the warrantee could also file an entry with the county clerk for specific acreage to be set aside for surveying, and some counties retain entry books among their records.) A grant conferring legal title was then issued by the state. At any point in the process after service was proved, the land could be assigned (sold) to someone else."
William Boon[e] Jr. died Jan 20, 1837 in Lexington, Fayette County, KY. His will dated Dec 16, 1836 is in Fayette County Will Book N (page 46). In his will he names his children: Elizabeth Grimes now deceased, Sally Fulkerson also deceased, William Boon, Jane Major, George G. Boon, Mary Moore, and John Pope Boon. The will appoints his sons William Boon, George G. Boon, John P. Boon and son-in-laws Joseph Majors and John L. Moore as executors. Fayette County, KY Will Book O contains the Oct, 1838 inventory and appraisement of the estate of William Boone, Jr. (p439). The Fayette County Will Book P contains the Feb 1841 settlement of the estate of William Boon Jr. including payments to his son-in-law John L. Moore ( p40-43
The will of William Boon[e] Jr. Page 2 added a codicil that says, "If I should ever recover the land on Big Sandy now in law, I wish my executors to sell it or otherwise as they think proper and divide the proceeds amongst my 6 last named children in my will...." (Fayette County, Kentucky Will Book N, p 46-47).
The obituary of William Boon[e] Jr. was published on page 3 of the Kentucky Gazette (Lexington, KY) 03 Feb 1837 read as follows:
"Departed this life on the 26th of January, 1837, William Boone, Esq. in this city (Lexington, KY) after a long and painful illness, which he bore with great patience and Christian fortitude. The subject of this brief notice was born in King George County, Virginia on May 2, 1768, but in early time took up residence in this state. Since his minority he has filled many public offices with great credit to himself, and at his death was a magistrate for the County, the duties of which he fulfilled with singular fidelity and ability. He was endowed by nature with a large and liberal mind, and with a kind and philanthropic heart; which was rendered doubly so, by the benign and everlasting influence of Christianity, the practice of virtues, and the enjoyment of its privileges. The deceased left a large circle of friends and relatives behind to lament the loss of his society, among which are a widow, and four children. But they need not sorrow, as those who have no hope, for as he lived in the faith of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, so he died in the hope of a happy immortality. 'Blessed are the dead, that die in the Lord.' "
William Boon[e] Jr. and his third wife Agnes Rhodes Boon[e], who died 19 Sep 1837, are buried in Lexington Cemetery, Section A-1, Lot 5, graves 2 and 3. Their graves were moved from the Andover Hills Subdivision, which is off of Todds Road, on 08 Feb 2001.
William Boon[e] Jr. was born May 2, 1768 in King George County, VA the son of William Boon[e]Sr. and Kezziah Green. The will of William Boon[e] Sr. includes: "Item 1 I give and bequeath to my son William [Jr.] (whom I acknowledge to be my son) all my tract of land whereon I now live and the tract adjoining the same purchased of Thomas Turners executors for which I have not yet got a deed, which they are to now make to my son William, to him and his heirs forever" (King George County Will Book 2, pages 184-186). William Boon[e] Sr. served as a soldier in the Revolutionary Army from Virginia (NARA Publication M881, Roll 1090; Adjutant General's Office Vol. 8, p 52). William Boon[e] Jr.'s maternal grandfather Richard Green served as a Private in the 3rd Virginia Regiment during the Revolution and his will was probated several days after he was last on the payroll at Valley Forge.
William Boon[e] Jr. was married three times. His first marriage was to Elizabeth Hansford (b Feb 10, 1778 in King George County, VA d May 20, 1794 in King George County, VA), daughter of Stephen Hansford and Eleanor Went. According to William Boon[e] Jr.'s family bible at the Filson Historical Society, they were married 8 Nov 1792. Elizabeth Hansford Boon[e] died 20 May 1794 at the age of 16. Her obituary appeared in the May 27, 1794 edition of the Virginia Herald and Fredericksburg Advertiser. The obituary stated,
"Died Mrs. Elizabeth Boon, age 16, amiable consort of Mr. William Boon Jr. of King George County, Virginia on Tuesday, 20 May 1794. After a long and tedious illness, which she bore with surprising fortitude, and quited this world for a better one with resignation and Serenity of mind which at a period so truly awful, few have been known to manifest. " (p3, c1).
According to William Boon[e] Jr.'s family bible, she "died with full assurance of happiness". The only child of William Boon[e] Jr. and Elizabeth Hansford was Elizabeth Hansford Boone, born 01 Sep 1793 and died 07 Dec 1836. She married William Grimes.
After his first wife Elizabeth Hansford died William Boon[e] Jr. lived as a widoewer for 7 and a half years, then at age 31 he married Eleanor Jones (b Sep 14, 1783 in King George County, VA d Jan 21, 1817 in Fayette County, KY) on Aug 17, 1801 in King George, VA (Virginia Marriages 1740-1850, Ancestry.com on-line database) . Eleanor Jones was the daughter of Charles Jones of Richmond County, VA. Charles Jones supported the American Revolution by paying the 1782 Virginia Land Tax. On September 2, 1802 in King George County, Virginia William Boon[e] Jr. was appointed guardian of John Jones, orphan of Charles Jones deceased. The account of John Jones, orphan of Charles Jones deceased, with William Boone II as guardian was approved by the Court in April, 1806 (King George County, Virginia Fiduciary Book #4, 1794-1807, pages 432-435). There is a letter from attorney John Porter, Executor of the estate of Charles Jones dated June 3, 1802 - July 1, 1802 appointing William Boon[e] Jr. to collect debts due to his testator.
William Boon[e] Jr. and Eleanor Jones Boone moved to Kentucky in about 1806. When his second wife Eleanor Jones died in 1817, he married Agnes Rhodes (b ?? d Sep 19, 1837 in Fayette County, KY) daughter of Clifton Rhodes of Scott County, KY. William Boon[e] and Eleanor Jones had seven children:
(1) Sally Boone (b Jan 19, 1802) married Abram Fulkerson;
(2) William Boone (b Jul 23, 1804);
(3) George Green Boone (b Jul 9, 1806 d Mar 6, 1842);
(4) Jane Boone (b Feb, 1809) married Joseph Major of Frankfort, KY;
(5) Mary Boone (b Jul 8, 1812 in Kentucky d Oct 20, 1905) who married John Lynch Moore;
(6) Lucinda Boone (b Apr 10, 1815 d Jan 8, 1816); and
(7) John Pope Boone (b Dec 3, 1816 in KY).
Much of this information was copied from William Boon[e] Jr.'s family bible on July 31, 1942 from the original which is in the Filson Historical Society in Louisville, KY.
On Nov 1, 1806 William Boon[e]Jr. purchased 140 acres in Fayette County, KY from Mary Todd's heirs (Fayette County Circuit Court Deed Book C, p 223). On Jan 14, 1814 he purchased an adjoining 107 acres (Fayette County Circuit Court Deed Book F, p 324). The land was on Todd Road, about six miles east of Lexington.
William Boon[e] Jr. is listed in the following United States Census records:
(1) He is listed in the 1810 United States Census records living in Lexington, Fayette County, KY in a household with six members, four under age 16 (Roll: 6; Page: 22; Image: 0181351; Family History Library Film: 00034)
(2) He is listed in the 1820 United States Census living in Fayette County, KY (http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kyfayett/1820_census/main.htm).
William Boon[e] served as a private in the Kentucky Militia during the War of 1812 (Kentucky Soldiers in the War of 1812; Ancestry.com). He enrolled in Captain Richard Matson's Company of the Kentucky Mounted Infantry commanded by Colonel Richard Johnson 15 Aug 1812. From the Adjutant General's Office in Washington D.C., Jan 12 1812. William Boon[e] Jr. was appointed 3rd Lt. of Rangers, U.S. Army, Aug 1, 1813, that he accepted the appointment Sep 19, 1813, and that he was honorably discharged Jun 15, 1815 (reference number 1867095). His original commission reads: "Commonwealth of Virginia (547) Major of the first Battalion of the 25th Regiment, of the 5th Brigade and 2nd Division of the Field Militia....Witness, John Page, our said Governor at Richmond, this 24th day of March, 1803."
On Aug 23, 1817 William Boon[e] Jr. wrote a letter to his sister Mary Boon Walker, wife of Phillip Walker of Mercer County, KY. The letter objected to the sale by a Jno Prewitt of a slave named Humphrey. William Boon[e] Jr. stated, "I do hereby certify to you that he is a free man.....as you know M. Berry only obtained him by getting him to indenture himself for a term of years, to treat him humanely, and to pay him at the rate of $10 per year, and at M. Berry's death, he was released from that indenture...You must have a copy of the indenture yourself....I have written Major Briscoe and enclosed 2 affidavits relating to his freedom....Brother Walker, I think, promised me to see justice is done to him and it is my opinion he is bound and will feel so, to see justice is done Humphrey.".
The 18 Nov 1822 Kentucky Reporter reported that the Fayette County Court elected William Boon Jr. Treasurer (p 2 col 4). The book, "The County Courts in Antebellum Kentucky" by Robert Moreland published by the University Press of Kentucky (1972) reported on debates in the Fayette County Kentucky Court whether to appropriate money to purchase turnpike stocks (p 55-56). The proposal was defeated by one vote in 1834. In 1836 the Justices agreed to purchase $15,500 worth of stock with one member dissenting. William Boon Jr. the senior magistrate of the court, who cast the only negative vote, wrote a stinging criticism in the local newspaper (25 July 1836 Kentucky Gazette, p 3). Boon decried the action of his fellow justices, arguing that it had been taken without once consulting the voters on the county and was based on a usurpation of the Constitution. He contended that such activity on the part of the Court violated the separation of powers clause and the Legislature's exclusive right of taxation.
The Kentucky Digital Library includes a collection: "William Boone Land Warrants, 1812-1824, 97SC31,Library Special Collections and Archives, Kentucky Historical Society, Frankfort". The collection of two documents was gifted to the Kentucky Historical Society by Elizabeth Moore Hundley. William Boon[e] Sr. was awarded a land grant in Boyd and Greenup Counties in Kentucky by Patrick Henry, the Governor of Virginia. He apparently never gained possession of the land. The Kentucky Digital Library describes them as follows:
"Collection consists of two documents, dating 1812 and 1824 respectively. The first document is a copy of a 1798 Virginia land warrant for land "in the counties of Boyd and Greenup and now in the state of Kentucky." The land was granted to William Boone and is signed by Patrick Henry, Governor of Virginia. The second document is a memorandum for W. J. Crawford concerning the claim of William Boone (and others), of 400 acres of land on the Big Sandy River. The memorandum was signed by Boone and lists his heirs for the land."
The copy of the land grant originally made 18 Dec 1798 to William Boon[e] Sr. reads as follows:
"Patrick Henry Esq., Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky Virginia, to all whom these presents shall come, greeting: Know Ye, that by virtue of a Virginia Continental Land Warrant #24 there is granted to William Boone [Sr] a certain tract or parcel of land containing eight thousand and forty six acres by survey bearing date the 13th day of August, one thousand eight hundred and twelve lying and being in the counties of Boyd and Greenup and now in the State of Kentucky, bounded as follows:...."
The grant to William Boone [Sr.[ and his heirs for 8,046 acres in Boyd and Greenup Counties was examined and recorded in Book M, Page 94, No. 41639.
The memorandum for W. J. Crawford lists the heirs of William Boon[e] Sr. including William Boone [Jr.] who are all among the claimants to the land in Big Sandy. According to the memorandum, the grant was never partitioned among the claimants. The power to partition the grant was in Chancery Court and about 1799 William Boon[e] Jr. employed E. Randolph who filed a bill in the Richmond Chancery Court of Virginia. Complicating this case is the fact that William Boone[e] Sr. died in 1792, the same year that Kentucky became the 15th state in the Union. By 1823, the case was in the Greenup County, Kentucky Chancery Court. In the memorandum, William Boon[e] Jr. states, "We never have had actual possession of the land".
According to the Library of Virginia (https://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/guides/Research_Notes_20.pdf):
"The process for receiving land for Revolutionary War service required several steps. Soldiers (or their heirs) were eligible for land if they served in the Continental Line, State Line, or State Navy for three years or longer, or if they died in service. After submitting proof of their unit, rank, and length of service (known as the bounty warrant), the applicant was issued a numbered land office military certificate. This in turn was followed by the issuance of a numbered military land warrant, which was presented to the surveyor of the Virginia Military Lands in what are now Ohio and Kentucky, where the lands were located. (At this time the warrantee could also file an entry with the county clerk for specific acreage to be set aside for surveying, and some counties retain entry books among their records.) A grant conferring legal title was then issued by the state. At any point in the process after service was proved, the land could be assigned (sold) to someone else."
William Boon[e] Jr. died Jan 20, 1837 in Lexington, Fayette County, KY. His will dated Dec 16, 1836 is in Fayette County Will Book N (page 46). In his will he names his children: Elizabeth Grimes now deceased, Sally Fulkerson also deceased, William Boon, Jane Major, George G. Boon, Mary Moore, and John Pope Boon. The will appoints his sons William Boon, George G. Boon, John P. Boon and son-in-laws Joseph Majors and John L. Moore as executors. Fayette County, KY Will Book O contains the Oct, 1838 inventory and appraisement of the estate of William Boone, Jr. (p439). The Fayette County Will Book P contains the Feb 1841 settlement of the estate of William Boon Jr. including payments to his son-in-law John L. Moore ( p40-43
The will of William Boon[e] Jr. Page 2 added a codicil that says, "If I should ever recover the land on Big Sandy now in law, I wish my executors to sell it or otherwise as they think proper and divide the proceeds amongst my 6 last named children in my will...." (Fayette County, Kentucky Will Book N, p 46-47).
The obituary of William Boon[e] Jr. was published on page 3 of the Kentucky Gazette (Lexington, KY) 03 Feb 1837 read as follows:
"Departed this life on the 26th of January, 1837, William Boone, Esq. in this city (Lexington, KY) after a long and painful illness, which he bore with great patience and Christian fortitude. The subject of this brief notice was born in King George County, Virginia on May 2, 1768, but in early time took up residence in this state. Since his minority he has filled many public offices with great credit to himself, and at his death was a magistrate for the County, the duties of which he fulfilled with singular fidelity and ability. He was endowed by nature with a large and liberal mind, and with a kind and philanthropic heart; which was rendered doubly so, by the benign and everlasting influence of Christianity, the practice of virtues, and the enjoyment of its privileges. The deceased left a large circle of friends and relatives behind to lament the loss of his society, among which are a widow, and four children. But they need not sorrow, as those who have no hope, for as he lived in the faith of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, so he died in the hope of a happy immortality. 'Blessed are the dead, that die in the Lord.' "
William Boon[e] Jr. and his third wife Agnes Rhodes Boon[e], who died 19 Sep 1837, are buried in Lexington Cemetery, Section A-1, Lot 5, graves 2 and 3. Their graves were moved from the Andover Hills Subdivision, which is off of Todds Road, on 08 Feb 2001.
William Boon[e] Jr. was married three times. His first marriage was to Elizabeth Hansford (b Feb 10, 1778 in King George County, VA d May 20, 1794 in King George County, VA), daughter of Stephen Hansford and Eleanor Went. According to William Boon[e] Jr.'s family bible at the Filson Historical Society, they were married 8 Nov 1792. Elizabeth Hansford Boon[e] died 20 May 1794 at the age of 16. Her obituary appeared in the May 27, 1794 edition of the Virginia Herald and Fredericksburg Advertiser. The obituary stated,
"Died Mrs. Elizabeth Boon, age 16, amiable consort of Mr. William Boon Jr. of King George County, Virginia on Tuesday, 20 May 1794. After a long and tedious illness, which she bore with surprising fortitude, and quited this world for a better one with resignation and Serenity of mind which at a period so truly awful, few have been known to manifest. " (p3, c1).
According to William Boon[e] Jr.'s family bible, she "died with full assurance of happiness". The only child of William Boon[e] Jr. and Elizabeth Hansford was Elizabeth Hansford Boone, born 01 Sep 1793 and died 07 Dec 1836. She married William Grimes.
After his first wife Elizabeth Hansford died William Boon[e] Jr. lived as a widoewer for 7 and a half years, then at age 31 he married Eleanor Jones (b Sep 14, 1783 in King George County, VA d Jan 21, 1817 in Fayette County, KY) on Aug 17, 1801 in King George, VA (Virginia Marriages 1740-1850, Ancestry.com on-line database) . Eleanor Jones was the daughter of Charles Jones of Richmond County, VA. Charles Jones supported the American Revolution by paying the 1782 Virginia Land Tax. On September 2, 1802 in King George County, Virginia William Boon[e] Jr. was appointed guardian of John Jones, orphan of Charles Jones deceased. The account of John Jones, orphan of Charles Jones deceased, with William Boone II as guardian was approved by the Court in April, 1806 (King George County, Virginia Fiduciary Book #4, 1794-1807, pages 432-435). There is a letter from attorney John Porter, Executor of the estate of Charles Jones dated June 3, 1802 - July 1, 1802 appointing William Boon[e] Jr. to collect debts due to his testator.
William Boon[e] Jr. and Eleanor Jones Boone moved to Kentucky in about 1806. When his second wife Eleanor Jones died in 1817, he married Agnes Rhodes (b ?? d Sep 19, 1837 in Fayette County, KY) daughter of Clifton Rhodes of Scott County, KY. William Boon[e] and Eleanor Jones had seven children:
(1) Sally Boone (b Jan 19, 1802) married Abram Fulkerson;
(2) William Boone (b Jul 23, 1804);
(3) George Green Boone (b Jul 9, 1806 d Mar 6, 1842);
(4) Jane Boone (b Feb, 1809) married Joseph Major of Frankfort, KY;
(5) Mary Boone (b Jul 8, 1812 in Kentucky d Oct 20, 1905) who married John Lynch Moore;
(6) Lucinda Boone (b Apr 10, 1815 d Jan 8, 1816); and
(7) John Pope Boone (b Dec 3, 1816 in KY).
Much of this information was copied from William Boon[e] Jr.'s family bible on July 31, 1942 from the original which is in the Filson Historical Society in Louisville, KY.
On Nov 1, 1806 William Boon[e]Jr. purchased 140 acres in Fayette County, KY from Mary Todd's heirs (Fayette County Circuit Court Deed Book C, p 223). On Jan 14, 1814 he purchased an adjoining 107 acres (Fayette County Circuit Court Deed Book F, p 324). The land was on Todd Road, about six miles east of Lexington.
William Boon[e] Jr. is listed in the following United States Census records:
(1) He is listed in the 1810 United States Census records living in Lexington, Fayette County, KY in a household with six members, four under age 16 (Roll: 6; Page: 22; Image: 0181351; Family History Library Film: 00034)
(2) He is listed in the 1820 United States Census living in Fayette County, KY (http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kyfayett/1820_census/main.htm).
William Boon[e] served as a private in the Kentucky Militia during the War of 1812 (Kentucky Soldiers in the War of 1812; Ancestry.com). He enrolled in Captain Richard Matson's Company of the Kentucky Mounted Infantry commanded by Colonel Richard Johnson 15 Aug 1812. From the Adjutant General's Office in Washington D.C., Jan 12 1812. William Boon[e] Jr. was appointed 3rd Lt. of Rangers, U.S. Army, Aug 1, 1813, that he accepted the appointment Sep 19, 1813, and that he was honorably discharged Jun 15, 1815 (reference number 1867095). His original commission reads: "Commonwealth of Virginia (547) Major of the first Battalion of the 25th Regiment, of the 5th Brigade and 2nd Division of the Field Militia....Witness, John Page, our said Governor at Richmond, this 24th day of March, 1803."
On Aug 23, 1817 William Boon[e] Jr. wrote a letter to his sister Mary Boon Walker, wife of Phillip Walker of Mercer County, KY. The letter objected to the sale by a Jno Prewitt of a slave named Humphrey. William Boon[e] Jr. stated, "I do hereby certify to you that he is a free man.....as you know M. Berry only obtained him by getting him to indenture himself for a term of years, to treat him humanely, and to pay him at the rate of $10 per year, and at M. Berry's death, he was released from that indenture...You must have a copy of the indenture yourself....I have written Major Briscoe and enclosed 2 affidavits relating to his freedom....Brother Walker, I think, promised me to see justice is done to him and it is my opinion he is bound and will feel so, to see justice is done Humphrey.".
The 18 Nov 1822 Kentucky Reporter reported that the Fayette County Court elected William Boon Jr. Treasurer (p 2 col 4). The book, "The County Courts in Antebellum Kentucky" by Robert Moreland published by the University Press of Kentucky (1972) reported on debates in the Fayette County Kentucky Court whether to appropriate money to purchase turnpike stocks (p 55-56). The proposal was defeated by one vote in 1834. In 1836 the Justices agreed to purchase $15,500 worth of stock with one member dissenting. William Boon Jr. the senior magistrate of the court, who cast the only negative vote, wrote a stinging criticism in the local newspaper (25 July 1836 Kentucky Gazette, p 3). Boon decried the action of his fellow justices, arguing that it had been taken without once consulting the voters on the county and was based on a usurpation of the Constitution. He contended that such activity on the part of the Court violated the separation of powers clause and the Legislature's exclusive right of taxation.
The Kentucky Digital Library includes a collection: "William Boone Land Warrants, 1812-1824, 97SC31,Library Special Collections and Archives, Kentucky Historical Society, Frankfort". The collection of two documents was gifted to the Kentucky Historical Society by Elizabeth Moore Hundley. William Boon[e] Sr. was awarded a land grant in Boyd and Greenup Counties in Kentucky by Patrick Henry, the Governor of Virginia. He apparently never gained possession of the land. The Kentucky Digital Library describes them as follows:
"Collection consists of two documents, dating 1812 and 1824 respectively. The first document is a copy of a 1798 Virginia land warrant for land "in the counties of Boyd and Greenup and now in the state of Kentucky." The land was granted to William Boone and is signed by Patrick Henry, Governor of Virginia. The second document is a memorandum for W. J. Crawford concerning the claim of William Boone (and others), of 400 acres of land on the Big Sandy River. The memorandum was signed by Boone and lists his heirs for the land."
The copy of the land grant originally made 18 Dec 1798 to William Boon[e] Sr. reads as follows:
"Patrick Henry Esq., Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky Virginia, to all whom these presents shall come, greeting: Know Ye, that by virtue of a Virginia Continental Land Warrant #24 there is granted to William Boone [Sr] a certain tract or parcel of land containing eight thousand and forty six acres by survey bearing date the 13th day of August, one thousand eight hundred and twelve lying and being in the counties of Boyd and Greenup and now in the State of Kentucky, bounded as follows:...."
The grant to William Boone [Sr.[ and his heirs for 8,046 acres in Boyd and Greenup Counties was examined and recorded in Book M, Page 94, No. 41639.
The memorandum for W. J. Crawford lists the heirs of William Boon[e] Sr. including William Boone [Jr.] who are all among the claimants to the land in Big Sandy. According to the memorandum, the grant was never partitioned among the claimants. The power to partition the grant was in Chancery Court and about 1799 William Boon[e] Jr. employed E. Randolph who filed a bill in the Richmond Chancery Court of Virginia. Complicating this case is the fact that William Boone[e] Sr. died in 1792, the same year that Kentucky became the 15th state in the Union. By 1823, the case was in the Greenup County, Kentucky Chancery Court. In the memorandum, William Boon[e] Jr. states, "We never have had actual possession of the land".
According to the Library of Virginia (https://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/guides/Research_Notes_20.pdf):
"The process for receiving land for Revolutionary War service required several steps. Soldiers (or their heirs) were eligible for land if they served in the Continental Line, State Line, or State Navy for three years or longer, or if they died in service. After submitting proof of their unit, rank, and length of service (known as the bounty warrant), the applicant was issued a numbered land office military certificate. This in turn was followed by the issuance of a numbered military land warrant, which was presented to the surveyor of the Virginia Military Lands in what are now Ohio and Kentucky, where the lands were located. (At this time the warrantee could also file an entry with the county clerk for specific acreage to be set aside for surveying, and some counties retain entry books among their records.) A grant conferring legal title was then issued by the state. At any point in the process after service was proved, the land could be assigned (sold) to someone else."
William Boon[e] Jr. died Jan 20, 1837 in Lexington, Fayette County, KY. His will dated Dec 16, 1836 is in Fayette County Will Book N (page 46). In his will he names his children: Elizabeth Grimes now deceased, Sally Fulkerson also deceased, William Boon, Jane Major, George G. Boon, Mary Moore, and John Pope Boon. The will appoints his sons William Boon, George G. Boon, John P. Boon and son-in-laws Joseph Majors and John L. Moore as executors. Fayette County, KY Will Book O contains the Oct, 1838 inventory and appraisement of the estate of William Boone, Jr. (p439). The Fayette County Will Book P contains the Feb 1841 settlement of the estate of William Boon Jr. including payments to his son-in-law John L. Moore ( p40-43
The will of William Boon[e] Jr. Page 2 added a codicil that says, "If I should ever recover the land on Big Sandy now in law, I wish my executors to sell it or otherwise as they think proper and divide the proceeds amongst my 6 last named children in my will...." (Fayette County, Kentucky Will Book N, p 46-47).
The obituary of William Boon[e] Jr. was published on page 3 of the Kentucky Gazette (Lexington, KY) 03 Feb 1837 read as follows:
"Departed this life on the 26th of January, 1837, William Boone, Esq. in this city (Lexington, KY) after a long and painful illness, which he bore with great patience and Christian fortitude. The subject of this brief notice was born in King George County, Virginia on May 2, 1768, but in early time took up residence in this state. Since his minority he has filled many public offices with great credit to himself, and at his death was a magistrate for the County, the duties of which he fulfilled with singular fidelity and ability. He was endowed by nature with a large and liberal mind, and with a kind and philanthropic heart; which was rendered doubly so, by the benign and everlasting influence of Christianity, the practice of virtues, and the enjoyment of its privileges. The deceased left a large circle of friends and relatives behind to lament the loss of his society, among which are a widow, and four children. But they need not sorrow, as those who have no hope, for as he lived in the faith of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, so he died in the hope of a happy immortality. 'Blessed are the dead, that die in the Lord.' "
William Boon[e] Jr. and his third wife Agnes Rhodes Boon[e], who died 19 Sep 1837, are buried in Lexington Cemetery, Section A-1, Lot 5, graves 2 and 3. Their graves were moved from the Andover Hills Subdivision, which is off of Todds Road, on 08 Feb 2001.
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