I'm not sure of this line of descent . . . I'm working on this [ccs]
another source says b. Hertford, North Carolina


I have been searching for over 20 years for the parents of Bryant Boone who was born in Hertford Co. 15 Dec 1789. There is some reason to believe they were James Boone and Mary Hare but have no definite proof. Bryant m Mary (maiden name unknown ) about 1807-1808. They had a daughter Louisa born Hertford Co. 8 June 1809 before the family moved to near Nashville, TN ca 1810. Mary died after the birth of the third child and Bryant married Martha Phipps in Davidson Co. 1818. Family move d to Graves Co., Ky ca 1833. Bryant died there in 1837. Any help much appreciated. Mary Louise

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On Nov. 26, 2010, I received an email from Mary Louise Gossum who provided additional information from the note above - I am changing my information based on her research:

"Craig, Bryant Boone is my 3rd gr grandfather and I live only  a few miles from where he is buried.  Somehow you have come up with the wrong information on Bryant.  In fact there is wrong information all over the internet. I came  up with the theo ry that his father might be James Boone and his mother Mary Hare.  That, too, has come up on the internet as fact and it is NOT. Anyway here is what I have
 
Bryant was born in Hertford Co., NC 15 Dec 1789.  (There was not a Hickman Co., KY at that time.  It was still Indian Territory and did not become a county until 1821. ).  The family left Hertford Co. and moved to the Nashville, Tn area and Bryan t served in the War of 1812 from there. Wife Mary died there and  he married Martha R. Phipps in Davidson Co., TN 22 Feb 1818. (Fulton Co., Ky was not created until 1845.)The family moved to Graves Co., Ky ca 1833.  Mary Louise"
Date: Friday, November 26, 2010 7:49 AM
From: Mary Louise Gossum
To: Craig Snyder
Subject: Bryant Boon(e)

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Mr. Snyder, I just ran across your web page and thought I would contact you in regard to Bryant Boone. I can tell you with absolutely certainty he was not born, nor did he die in Fulton County, That county was not created until 1845 out of Hickma n County, KY. Bryant, with his family, moved from Hertford Co., NC to Davidson Co., TN , 7th Dist. and served in the War of 1812 from there. I have a sampler done by Mary Elizabeth Boone, Bryant's daughter, which gives the district. It was done b efore the move to Kentucky and reads that she was a student at "Mrs. Ellis's Female Academy."

The following quote is from Battle, Kniffin and Perrin's HISTORY OF KENTUCKY published in 1885, p. 223
"Hon A. R. Boone, Graves County, was born April 4, 1831 in Davidson Co., Tenn. and is a son of Bryant and Martha (Phipps) Boone. The father was born in North Carolina, emigrated to Tennessee and in 1833 came to Graves County, Kentucky (Feliciana. ..my note) where he purchased and improved a farm, and where he died in March 1837..............."

Bryant Boone, along with his second wife Martha, is buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Graves Co., KY. near Feliciana. Also buried there is his son James Boone who is my ancestor. Mary Boone was still living in 1850, age 98, according to Graves Co ., Ky census and it is assumed she is buried in Pleasant Hill but there is no marker.

As for Bryant being the son of James Boon and Mary Hare, that is speculation. Mary Rees, a long time Boone researcher, believed his father to be James. I came up with the possibility that Mary was a Hare after I found Bryant Boone as administrato r of Luke Hare's estate in Hickman Co., KY (adjacent to Graves Co., KY) . The Hare name was common in the Hertford County area and Bryant and Luke were common Hare names.
HICKMAN COUNTY, KY WILL BK A, p. 199
Appraisement of the estate of Luke Hare, deceased.
List of notes:
R. C. Napier, due 1st of July 1834 $155.00
Thomas Cox $250.00 (he was son-in-law of Bryant Boone..my note)

Sale of the Estate of Luke Hare, deceased
Personal property was sold and the amount received from the sale was $107.37

Bryant Boone, Administrator

Appraisement and Sale of the Estate of Luke Hare, deceased, was returned in court, examined and order to be recorded this 14th day of February 1834.

H. E. Edrington, Clerk"

I hope this will straighten out the Bryant Boone situation. Mary Louise

• Married: ABT 1808 in Hertford, North Carolina ²

1. Louisa Boone b: 8 JAN 1809
2. Sallie Ann Boone b: 10 SEP 1811
3. James Boone b: 11 JAN 1815 in Davidson Co., Tennessee

• Married: ABT 1830 in Fulton Co., Kentucky ¹
• Note:

  
  another source says: marr. 17 FEB 1818, Davidson, Tennessee

1. Fanny Boone b: 20 JAN 1819 in Davidson Co., Tennessee
2. Mary Elizabeth Boone b: 22 MAR 1822 in Davidson Co., Tennessee
3. Daniel R. Boone b: 28 JUL 1824 in Davidson Co., Tennessee
4. William Felton Boone b: 12 NOV 1826 in Davidson Co., Tennessee
5. Nancy Caroline Boone b: 12 NOV 1828
6. Andrew Richmond Boone b: 4 APR 1831 in Davidson Co., Tennessee
7. Evangelina Tennessee Boone b: 20 AUG 1833 in Graves Co., Kentucky
8. Bryant Van Buren Boone b: 30 JAN 1836 in Graves Co., Kentucky

1. Type: Web Site
   Author: Elayne Pair Gibbons
   Title: Pair Family
   URL: http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=egibbons&id=I39229
   Date: viewed, August, 2003 [ccs]
2. URL: www.familysearch.com
   Text: misc. sources within familysearch.com
3. Type: Web Site
   Author: Mary Louise Gossum
   URL: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/9693/dbase.htm
4. Type: Web Site
   Author: Mary Louise Gossum
   Title: Bryant Boone
   Date: Sep., 2004
   Text: In an e-mail from Mary Louise Gossum