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My Father,
Daniel Boone

My Father,
Daniel Boone

The Draper Interviews
with
Nathan Boone

Edited by Neal O. Hammon

With an Introduction
by Nelson L. Dawson

Publication of this volume was made possible in part by a grant from the E.O. Robinson Mountain Fund and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Copyright 1999 by The University Press of Kentucky
Paperback edition 2012

Scholarly publisher for the Commonwealth, serving Bellarmine College, Berea College, Centre College of Kentucky, Eastern Kentucky University, The Filson Club Historical Society, Georgetown College, Kentucky Historical Society, Kentucky State University, Morehead State University, Murray State University, Northern Kentucky University, Transylvania University, University of Kentucky, University of Louisville, and Western Kentucky University.
All rights reserved.

Editorial and Sales Offices: The University Press of Kentucky 663 South Limestone Street, Lexington, Kentucky 40508-4008

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Frontispiece:
Nathan Boone. Courtesy of the Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.

The Library of Congress has cataloged the hardcover edition as follows:
Boone, Nathan, 1781-1856
My father, Daniel Boone : the Draper interviews with Nathan Boone /
edited by Neal O. Hammon ; with an introduction by Nelson L. Dawson.
p. cm.
Lyman Drapers 1851 interviews with Nathan and Olive Boone.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-8131-2103-5 (cloth : alk. paper)
1. Boone, Daniel, 1734-1820. 2. PioneersKentuckyBiography.
3. Frontier and pioneer lifeKentucky. 4. KentuckyBiography. 5. Boone, Nathan,
1781-1856Interviews. 6. Boone, Olive Van Bibber, 1783-1858Interviews.
I. Boone, Olive Van Bibber, 1783-1858. II. Draper, Lyman Copeland, 1815-1891.
III. Hammon, Neal O. IV. Title.
F454.B66B66 1999
976.902092dc21
[b]

99-19263

ISBN 978-0-8131-3465-9 (pbk.: alk. paper)

This book is printed on acid-free paper meeting the requirements of the American National Standard for Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials.

Manufactured in the United States of America

Member of the Association of American University Presses

To my father,
Stratton O. Hammon

C ONTENTS

M APS AND I LLUSTRATIONS

Maps

Illustrations

P REFACE

Research on the life of Daniel Boone would not be complete without his biographies. One of the more reliable accounts is the recent work of John Mack Faragher, Daniel Boone: The Life and Legend of an American Pioneer (New York, 1992). Mr. Faragher was clever enough to steer clear of some controversial subjects, such as Boones alleged visit to Harrodsburg in 1774.

It is easy to see that John Bakeless spent a great deal of time on research for his biography, Daniel Boone (New York, 1939). His work was the model for several later versions, including Lawrence Elliotts The Long Hunter: A New Life of Daniel Boone (New York, 1976) and Michael A. Lofaros The Life and Adventures of Daniel Boone (Lexington, 1978). The other biographies published before Bakelesss offer much fiction but few facts regarding Boones life.

The noted exception is the first, the alleged autobiography contained in John Filsons The Discovery, Settlement and Present State of Kentucke (Wilmington, 1784). In his interview with Lyman Draper, Nathan Boone criticizes Filsons style and vocabulary, but he does not fault the facts. In my research I have discovered only one important typographical error made by Filson (or his printer): Filsons book records 6 June as the date that Daniel Boone left Castlewood to search for the surveyors in 1774, whereas Boone, in a later deposition, gives 26 June as the date.

In Nathans account, the readers must decide what is the truth. I have attempted to keep the text as accurate as possible and have added brackets and footnotes to assist the readers, but I have not changed any of the facts mentioned in the interview.

In editing Drapers interview with Nathan Boone it soon became obvious that some word and sentence structures needed to be modified slightly to accommodate modern readers. Added information, such as first names or words used for clarification, was placed in brackets. Draper was not always consistent with his spelling; for example, both Stewart and Stuart are used in the original, and like many other historians, he uses both Boonesboro and Boonesborough. Here the word choice is that most often used in the original. I also found some of Nathans remembrances were chronologically out of order and needed to be reorganized.

For the historians, the page numbers of Drapers notes are interspersed throughout the text to make it easier to correlate with the original. The entire work is included in pages 19 through 294 of file 6S of the Draper manuscript, which simplifies research of the subject.

Only a small amount of the original manuscript has been omitted. The omitted material, mostly detailed information on the Bryan family and the career of Nathan Boone after his fathers death, is contained in pages 6S282 through 6S294 of Drapers notes. However, not all the material was omitted; some paragraphs from these pages were inserted chronologically into the printed text or used in the introduction.

Prior to this interview, Draper wrote Nathan Boone, asking him seventeen questions about his father. Boones answer to the letter can be found within Draper file 6S as numbered pages 1 through 12. Upon arriving at Boones dwelling, Draper also discovered a family genealogy, which he faithfully copied and included with the letter; the genealogical notes are included on pages 13 through 16 of the original. So that the reader might know all the facts available to Draper before the interview, Nathans answers and the genealogy are appended to the text of this book.

A great deal of credit for this book is due to the work of my good friend Audrea McDowell. In 1975, her late husband, Robert Emmett McDowell Sr., was commissioned to write a biography of Daniel Boone. She assisted him by reviewing the Draper manuscripts on microfilm and typing portions onto cards. In 1995 Audrea let me use the cards and suggested that I publish any or all of the Draper notes. Her efforts saved me the time and trouble of recopying the material used in this book.

I would like to thank my dependable friend Nelson Dawson, the editor of the Filson Club History Quarterly, for writing the introduction. He also assisted in preparing the notes and bibliography.

Another friend, Richard Taylor, a talented writer and the proprietor of Poor Richards Bookstore in Frankfort, Kentucky, lent me some of his books to research these notes. Then another friend, Ted Franklin Belue, also a writer and a Boone expert, suggested I contact Ken Kamper in Hopewell, Missouri. This proved to be good advice, since Kamper is a well-known Boone authority in that area and was very helpful. During my brief visit to Missouri, he directed me to all the original Spanish land grants of the Boone clan and provided pertinent information on family genealogy. Kemper also furnished much useful information about the original towns, dwellings, trails, and roads along the Missouri River.

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