Boone to Van Bibber - Book H - pages 155, 156 Greenup Co., KY Deed Book

This Indenture made and entered into this 18^th day of April 1842, between Lilburn W. Boggs and Panthen his wife, James L. Henderson and Emily his wife, James M. Boone and Mary his wife, Minerva S. Warner, Van D. Boone, Albert G. Boone and Ann Reed Boone his wife, being the lawful heirs of Jesse B. Boone deceased by Alphonzo Boone their attorney in fact and the said Alphonzo Boone in his own right being one of the heirs of said Jesse B. Boone deceased of the first part and Cyrus Van Bibber of the County of Greenup and State of Kentucky of the second part. Witnessth that the parties of the first part, for and in consideration of the sum of four hundred and twenty dollars to them in hand paid the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged have given, granted, bargained and sold, and by these presents do give, grant, bargain and sell unto the said party of the second part his heirs and assigns forever, all that lot or parcel of Land known as in lot number thirty five in the town of Greenupsburg supposed to contain one fifth of an acre lying between Main Street and Elizabeth Street and fronting the public square in said town together with the applliances there unto belonging or in any wise appertining, To have and to hold the same to the said party of the second part, his heirs and assigns forever, and the said parties of the first part both warrant and forever defend the title to the aforesaid lot of land unto heirs the said party of the second part his heirs and assigns against the claim of all and every person or persons whatsoever.

In Testimony whereof the parties of the first part here unto set their hand an affix their seals this day and year above mentioned.

Lilburn W. Boggs,  Attest Parthea G. Boggs , Sam Seaton James S. Henderson,  Creed Smith Emily Henderson,  James M. Boone,  Mary Boone,  Minerva L. Warner , Van D. Boone,  Albert G. Boone Ann Reed Boone,  By Alphonzo Boone their attorney in fact  Alphonzo Boone.  I William Corum Clerk of the County Court of Greenup County in the State of Kentucky, do certify that this deed given Jesse B. Boone Heirs to Cyrus Van Bibber was this day produced to me in my office, and proven to be the act and deed of Lilburn W. Boggs and Panthea G. Boggs his wife, James L. Henderson and Emily Henderson his wife, James M. Boone and Mary Boone his wife, Minerva L. Warner, Van D. Boone, Albert G. Boone, and Anne Reed Boon by their Attorney in fact Alphonzo Boone and the act and deed of the said Alphonzo Boone by the oath of Samuel Seaton and Creed Smith his subscribing witnesses there to, Wherefore the said deed together with the foregoing certificate hath been duly recorded in my office, Given under my hand this 20^th day of April 1844.

William Corum Clerk

Jesse Van Bibber Boone left Missouri in May 1846 with his father Alphonso and three brothers and three sisters ages twenty-two through nine.. After many hardships they arrived in the Willamette Valley at Christmas time in 1846. Alphonso acquired land on both sides of the Willamette River and decided with the help of his sons to establish ferry service. This plan was interrupted when the Boones heard that gold had been discovered in California. Jesse, his father and three brothers left for the gold fields in 1849. Alphonso died in 1850 of fever and the four sons returned to Oregon.

Jesse Van Bibber Boone and his brother Alphonso Jr. resumed the operation of the ferry from their brother-in-law George Law Curry who had temporarily taken over in their absence. However Alphonso Jr. sold his interest within a year to Jesse and went steam boating on the Willamette, Snake, Columbia, Yaquina and Coquille Rivers. Jesse had steady business for it was the only direct route in the transportation system at that time between Portland and Salem. In 1872 he was murdered by a neighbor, farmer Jacob Engle over a dispute of shore and water rights.

On May 2, 1870, for the sum of five dollars, he deeded land to School District 23 in Clackamas County, Oregon to be held in trust for public use. Jump ahead 131 years. The Wilsonville primary school in Oregon situated on Boone's Ferry Road is being closed. A new elementary school will open in September 2001. How appropriate that it is to be named Boone's Ferry Elementary School because after intensive investigation at the County Land Office, Surveyor and Title Company we have discovered that the original school was actually built on the land that Jesse Van Bibber Boone "bargained and sold and conveyed" to School District 23 in 1870.

Source: Arlene Curry Buschert 
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Isaac VanBibber and Sarah Davis
  Isaac VanBibber, Jr. and Elizabeth Hays
    Frances VanBibber and Cyrenus
      James Estill Cox and Mary T. Harris

BOONE'S DESCENDANT-CAPTAIN JAMES E. COX:

Captain Cox was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Cyrenius Cox, a pioneer family of Missouri. He was born at Louter Lick, now Minneola, Montgomery county, Missouri, October 13, 1826. In 1839 he went to St. Louis, and ten years later got the gold fever, and trekked his way to California, over the old Santa Fe trail. He returned home in 1854, and remained one year when he returned to California. He remained in the Golden Gate state until the opening of the civil war when he cast his lot with the Confederacy. Enlisting in the state troops first under Colonel Guid Thompson, Captain Cox soon after the opening of the war enlisted with Colonel Kirby Smith's regiment, being assigned to Company K. Colonel Smith's regiment formed a part of Shelby's brigade under the division leadership of General Marmaduke. Henry Bert was his Captain. Captain Cox served on detached services at the battles of Springfield, Carthage and Prairie Grove, which were won by the Confederates, with General Sterling Price in command.

Captain Cox's experience in the civil war was extremely varied, while he did not engage in any of the great principal battles of the war. At the battle of Pea Ridge, which was won by the Confederates, Captain Cox was a participant. Shortly after this he was in Arkansas. He was sent from Shreveport, La., to Little Rock with some Negro slaves, in the guise of a trader. When he reached Little Rock he became frightened for fear that the federals would take the Negroes away, so he braved conditions, and forced the federal general in command to give him a pass, and an escort of federal troops to Clearcy, fifty miles away, where he could not be bothered. Shortly after this episode Captain Cox sold a large number of cattle for Kirby Smith's command, and the traders inquired as to his preference to United States and Confederate money. He loyally said Confederate money and got an entire wagon load of it. While returning to his regiment, he heard that the war was over and therefore that the Confederate money was of no value.

Following the battle of Pea Ridge the troops with which Captain Cox was serving were reorganized and the enlistments made in the Confederate States of America. It was at this battle that Captain Cox, who was given an ovation by his comrades, which almost made a hero of him. He was in charge of the commissary department of the division, and before the battle, and in order not to give the food to the federals, he took 500 head of cattle and made a detour of 150 miles, around. During this time the battle had been fought by the Confederates on empty stomachs, and when Captain Cox brought the cattle, men fell on his neck as though he were a deliverer. The men were without meat or food for nearly two whole days, and still won the battle. When he returned it was snowing, and near midnight. It was while on detached service in Texas that Captain Cox received his commission as captain. When he rejoined his regiment he was assigned to complete command of all of the commissary department in Kirby Smith's division.
The Saint Joseph Gazette, Saint Joseph, Missouri, June 3, 1908, Wednesday.
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Peter VanBibber and Marguery Bounds
  Olive VanBibber and Nathan Boone
    Delinda Boone and James Craig
      Nathan Boone Craig

CRAIG, NATHAN B. Merchant; P.O. Hanover; born in St. Charles Co., Mo., June 13, 1822; came with his parents to Galena in 1827; in the Spring of 1828 his father came to Hanover and took up the water power, and commenced at once the erection of a grist mill and a saw mill; the family came on in 1829; his mother was a granddaughter of the celebrated Daniel Boone.  The family were here during the Black Hawk war; Mr. C.'s father served as Captain of Volunteers during the war, and was honorably discharged at its close; Mr. C. has his old muster rolls now in his possession; he also has in his possession an old family Bible, the property of his grandfather, Nathan Boone; the record of his mother's family is in it; Mr. C.'s first wife was Miss Nancy Chandler; they had six children, only one of whom is living, Mrs. Frances McLaughlin; married the widow Calamer, whose maiden name was Miss Margaret Pilcher; one child living, Olive M.; lost one; married Miss Elizabeth Milburn, born in Ind.; History of Jo Daviess County, Illinois. (1878) Page #758.

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Peter VanBibber and Marguery Bounds
  Olive VanBibber and Nathan Boone
    Mahala Boone and Robert Coats Punty

Little has been recorded about Mahala, daughter of Nathan Boone. Discovery of fragments of the tombstone a couple of years ago, which was apparently never placed on her grave, added more data about her short life. The ancestry and career of her husband are found in the old History of Greene County, Missouri. St. Louis, Western Historical Company, 1883, Page 689:
ROBERT COATS PUNTY, M.D. Dr. Punty was the son of Thomas and Sarah (Rives) Punty, and was born in Warren county, Kentucky, July 7, 1820. Robert read medicine under Drs. Shackleford and Gerham., and began the practice in 1845 at Ash Grove. His health failing he went to Virginia, and on his return stopped in Warren county, Kentucky, and practiced four years in the vicinity of his birthplace. While making his home in Kentucky, he attended the medical department of the Missouri State University, at St. Louis, that department of the University being then in that city, and graduated in 1847. He was married January 18, 1848, in this county, to Miss Mahala S., daughter of Col Nathan Boone, who was the eighth child of Daniel Boone. She died November 2, 1849, leaving one child, now Mrs. Belle Boone Bowden of Springfield.

Note: Mrs. Mary F. McGown was "Mary Francis Hosman" who was first married to Luther A. McGowan. Mary was the daughter of Alfred Hosman and Mary C. Boone. Mary Boone was the daughter of Nathan Boone and Olive Van Bibber.
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 John VanBibber and Chloe Staniford
  Chloe VanBibber and Jesse Bryan Boone
      Panthea Grant Boone and Lilburn W. Boggs
        William Montgomery Boggs and Sonora Louisa Hicklin

WILLIAM MONTGOMERY BOGGS

Mr. Wm. M. Boggs, though at present a citizen and property holder in Napa, has in the past held so prominent a place in the annals of Sonoma, that we here notice him. He came out to California with his father in 1846, and acted as captain of the train most of the way. The ill fated Donner party was for the greatest part of the journey attached to his train, and had they so continued would have escaped the horrible fate that overtook them in their snow-bound camp. Mr. Boggs crossed the Sierra Nevada some two weeks in advance of the Donner party, and reached the valley in time to secure shelter for all. He served three months in the Mexican war on this coast as a non-commissioned officer in a battalion of mounted riflemen recruited by himself and A.F. Grayson. The battalion was attached to the command of Lieutenant Maddox of the Marine Corps under Commodore Stockton, and was honorably discharged at Monterey. Mr. Boggs settled in Sonoma with his family, and resided there seventeen years. He was a larger dealer in real estate, some of the finest places in the valley having been at different times owned by him. His eldest son, now twenty-six years old, was born in Sonoma, and is the first American born in California under the national Party. Mr. Boggs moved to Napa in 1863, and has since resided in that city.

Historical and Descriptive Sketchbook of Napa, Sonoma, Lake and Mendocino, Comprising Sketches of their Topography, Productions, History, Scenery, and Peculiar Attractions, by C.A. Meneffe, Napa City: 1873, James D. Stevenson, Ph.D., Publisher, with Index copyright, 1993.

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Funeral services were held for B.H. Boone, 79, Cooke county pioneer, who died at his home here late Monday, where held at the Whaley Memorial Methodist Church Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock, Rev. J.C. Marshall, the pastor, officiating. Interment was made in the Fairview cemetery under the direction of Undertaker George J. Carroll, with the following pallbearers, Active ---- W.H. Brown, Fred Frasher, John McCarty, Frank Mitchell, J.Z. Keel, and Frank Morris. Honorary ---- J.P. Ware, Sam Stansbury, D.T. Lacy and S.M. King.The deceased was a direct descendant of Daniel Boone, famous Indian fighter of early Texas days, and was formerly a peace officer here. He is survived by his wife and daughter, Miss Annie, residing in California. December 29, 1925

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Funeral services for Mrs. Susan Boone, set for originally 4 o'clock Saturday afternoon, will not be held until 6 o'clock Sunday afternoon, it was decided today, in order to await arrival of relatives who could not reach Gainesville Saturday. Funeral services will be conducted at Fairview cemetery.Mrs. Boone, 83, widow of the late D.H. Boone, died at her home on Potter and Culberson streets Thursday midnight. July 30, 1932

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