Month: January 2022

THE MURDER OF DANIEL BOONE’S, BROTHER NED BOONE

By Family Tree Nuts / 01/10/2022 / Comments Off on THE MURDER OF DANIEL BOONE’S, BROTHER NED BOONE

Ned said, “Daniel, I don’t believe there’s an Indian within 100 miles of this place”. He couldn’t have been any more wrong. To tell the story, we visite the gravesite of Edward Boone, better known as Ned Boone or Neddy Boone. Ned Boone is the brother of the famous, Daniel Boone and actually Daniel and…

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THE TURBULENT BIRTH OF GEORGETOWN, KENTUCKY!

By Family Tree Nuts / 01/10/2022 / Comments Off on THE TURBULENT BIRTH OF GEORGETOWN, KENTUCKY!

Some say it’s the birthplace of Bourbon Whiskey, it has the oldest bridge in Kentucky, and it’s one of the first settlements in the American west, Georgetown, Kentucky. In 1774, Deputy Surveyor for Fincastle County, Colonel John Floyd came here to locate lands to compensate soldiers from the French and Indian War. On 7 July…

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