Compass - Past & Present
The inaugural issue of Compass, the
newsletter/magazine of The Boone Society, Inc. was published June 1997. In 1997 only 2
issues (June and October) were published. There were 3 issues in 1998 (January, April
& October). Then, beginning in 1999 and since that time, Compass has been
published quarterly (usually January, April, July & October).
You may purchase any single issue (outlined below) of past
issues of Compass for $6.00 each. Please make your check payable to "Boone
Society" and mail to Treasurer, Boone Society, Dell Boone Ariola, 12384 Aries Loop South, Willis, TX 77318-5225. Be sure to indicate which issue you want to buy.
These publications have become collector's items!
You may purchase the entire archive set for $125.00 (1997 through 2007). This price is
complete and includes all postage and handling charges.
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To order an index of all Compass articles, click here.
Highlights (but not every article) of each publication are
listed below:
June 1997 |
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| Objectives of The Boone Society |
| Recap of the 1996 Reunion in St. Louis |
| Preview of the 1998 Reunion in Lexington, KY |
| History & Genealogy |
October 1997 |
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| Reunion & registration details for 1998 reunion |
| Profiles and nominations of officers |
| Preservation Efforts in Kentucky |
January 1998 |
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| Daniel Boone's Grandson Strikes Out for Oregon |
| Wealth of Data in Boone Family's Bible |
| Update on Effort to Memorialize Edward Boone |
April 1998 |
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| More "Lost" Boone Artifacts Resurface |
| George Caleb Bingham's Boone Painting - things you
didn't know |
| Report from Edward Boone Committee |
October 1998 |
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| Boonesborough Convention Ratifies Society bylaws |
| Boone's Ferry Days in Oregon |
| "Eyewitness" reports from Boonesborough, Bryan
Station |
January 1999
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| Directors tout their states' historic sites |
| Last Will of Joseph Bryan, Nov. 20, 1804, Jefferson Co., KY |
| Boone hosts enliven celebration at NC's Whipporwill
Academy |
April 1999 |
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| "Boon Treasury" is Salem's own treasure |
| What was Rebecca like? |
| Memorial to George Boone IV was Society member's dream |
July 1999
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| We're Tax-free at last! |
| Chester Harding's Reproduction Available to Society |
Pennsylvania cemetery yields clues about Boon lines
(Darby
Borough, PA, settled by Quakers in 1681.) |
October 1999 |
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| Boone Reunion 2000 to revisit old NC roots |
| They pre-date George III |
| Archaeology at Boone Station |
| Debating Israel's descendants |
January 2000 |
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| Winston-Salem Reunion details |
| Board of Directors Candidates |
| A "Cousin" dies at the Alamo (Jacob Darst, husband
of Elizabeth Bryan, granddaughter of Elizabeth Boone) |
April 2000 |
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| Interpretive Center honors Oregon Boones |
| Boggs (Lilburn W. 1796-1860) aided westward move, gold rush |
August 2000 |
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| Joppa Cemetery, Mocksville, NC |
| Boone Family in Davie Co., NC |
| Boone Station (KY) Memorial Stone has wrong info |
October 2000 |
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| Within the Shadows of the Cumberland Gap |
| Birth date of Martha Bryan, Wife of Edward Boone |
| Daniel Boone in Texas? |
January 2001 |
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| Rebecca Bryan Boone Look Alike? |
| Research Paper on Daniel Morgan Boone 1769-1839, (First of a
Series) |
| Morgan Bryan Settles at Forks of Yadkin |
| Morgan Bryan's Sons Build Bryan Station in KY in 1779 |
April 2001 |
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| Map to & Dedication Planned for Death/Burial Site of Edw
Boone in Bourbon County |
| Burial of Martha Strode Bryan (wife of Morgan Bryan) in NC
1762 |
| Daniel Morgan Boone (2nd of Series) |
| Hannah Boone Memorial Monument Planned at Tompkinsville, KY |
July 2001 |
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| Westward Ho the Wagons ... It's Oregon or Bust! |
| Edw Boone Historical Highway Marker Dedication |
| Daniel Morgan Boone (3rd of Series) |
| Key Boone Historic Sites in Missouri |
| Reflections on the Battle at Blue Licks |
October 2001 |
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| Chloe Donnelly Boone, a Diary |
| Joel Thompson Boone, physician to 3 U. S. Presidents |
| Hawkins Boone & Fort Freeland |
| Daniel Morgan Boone (4th of series) |
January 2002 |
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| Oregon or Bust Reunion Registration |
| Daniel Morgan Boone (5th and final of series) |
| George Luther Boone (1826-1900) & Alphonso Boone Jr.
1837-1915) |
| Thurman Boone, a profile |
April 2002 |
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| March 1780, Bryan Station, The Death of William Bryan Jr.
(1760-1780) |
| St. Disen's Church, Bradninch, England, birthplace of
Squire Boone Christmas Day 1696 |
July 2002 |
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| Mary Boone Bryan (1736-1819), a family story |
| Bullskin Road, aka Shawnee Indian Road (from British Ft.
Detroit to Bullskin Landing on the Ohio River through Old Chilcothe) |
| Last Will & Testament of Samuel L. Boone (1906, Hampshire
Co., WV) |
August 2002 |
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| Picture souvenir issue of Oregon Reunion |
October 2002 |
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| Say "Hello" to your New Officers & Board of
Directors |
| Lindenwood Univ. Makes Boone Acquisition (Price-Loyles
Collection) |
| Dry Valley (TN) Cemetery, Burial Place of William & Sarah
Boone Hunter |
| USS Boone (Admiral Joel Thompson Boone) |
January 2003 |
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| Genealogy Research Fund Established |
| Draper Letters from Jeremiah F. Wilcoxen |
| Squire Boone (brother of Daniel) Considered Shelby
County's First Citizen |
| The First Massacre on Powell's River (1773) |
April 2003 |
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| Hannah Boone Marker Dedication Set, Old Mulkey Meetinghouse |
| Boone Hall Plantation, South Carolina |
| The German Bohne-Bohn-Boon-Boone- Family of Maryland |
| John W. Boone in Civil War |
July 2003 |
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| "Meet Me in St. Louie" Reunion |
Tombstones of Sina & John Scholl (grandson of Edward
Boone)
Discovered in MO |
| Daniel Boone was a Man, a Big Man ... But he Never wore a
coonskin cap |
October 2003 |
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| Daniel Boone Parkway is Renamed in Kentucky |
| Was Georgetown Named for George Boone? |
| 1791 Cane Ridge Meetinghouse, Bourbon Co., KY |
| They moved the remains of Daniel & Rebecca Boone! |
January 2004 |
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| Boone Family Homecoming, Defiance MO, June 9-13, 2004 |
| Ben Franklin's Mortgage on Daniel Boone Farm in PA |
| Boone Signatures (beginning of collection) |
April 2004 |
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| Politics & the Daniel Boone Wilderness Trail |
| Reunion T-Shirts, Cartoon relating to George Caleb
Bingham's 1851 painting of Daniel Boone bringing settlers through the Cumberland Gap |
| The Second Marriage of Mary Boone Bryan |
July 2004 |
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| Souvenir Issue of St. Louis Reunion |
| Boone Society Co-Sponsors 107th Boone Day
Celebration |
| Sheltowee's Gauntlet, 1778 capture of Daniel Boone by
Shawnee |
October 2004 |
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The Church at Stoke Canon, England
(birthplace of George
Boone III & burial place of his parents) |
| Edward Boone Memorial Committee to preserve & mark
Rockbridge Baptist Church Graveyard, Bourbon Co., KY |
| Need Boone Art? Think Boone Society |
| Is it Bryan or Bryant - as in Bryan Station |
| Draper letters of Evisa Coshow, granddaughter of Jemima Boone |
| Saving Private Boone, a story about Joseph Boone, son of
Edward Boone |
January 2005 |
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| “The Hope Chest” by Kathryn Weiss, a story of the Boone family's decision to move from Pennsylvania |
| Exeter Friends Meeting 1737-1787 |
| Glimpses of life in a frontier Friends Meeting |
| Graves of Elizabeth Boone Grant and George Boone, son of Squire |
| Rockbridge Baptist Church Graveyard (reburial place of Edward Boone) |
April 2005 |
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Boone Society to publish Neal Hammon’s
“Daniel Boone and the defeat at Blue Licks” |
| Did Daniel Boone own slaves? |
| Graveyard in danger – Jeremiah & Joice (Neville) Boone |
| After Israel’s death, who reared his daughters? (a story about Israel Boone, brother of Daniel) |
| Daniel Boone’s land problems |
July 2005 |
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| Boone Society’s Biggest Project Yet, “Daniel Boone and the Defeat at Blue Licks” |
| Society receives 1855 Boone wedding quilt (from Sidney R. & Gracie Shannon of Corvalis, OR – descendants of both the Lincoln and Boone families) |
| Long Run Massacre, Shelbyville, KY |
| Original burial stones of Rebecca and Daniel Boone (located at Stephens Museum, Central Methodist University, Fayetteville, MO) |
October 2005 |
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| An honor restored: KY Governor names U. S. 25E, the Daniel Boone-Cumberland Gap Wilderness Trail |
| The Church at Stoke Canon (where George Boone III was born) needs our help (near Exeter, England)) |
Albert Gallatin Boone, grandson of Daniel, was described by Kit Carson as
“a man who isn’t afraid of anything.” |
| Un-named wife of Israel Boone, brother of Daniel |
January 2006 |
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| Will you be in the Boone family portrait in Pennsylvania? |
| Memorandum of certificates of which Daniel Boone was robbed |
| Two swivel guns for the defense of the Bryans and Boones at their Kentucky Stations |
April 2006 |
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| Our Boone American Homestead: Pennsylvania, Site of the Boone family reunion |
| Daniel Boone Wilderness Trail Association |
| 250th wedding anniversary of Rebecca and Daniel Boone |
| Jacob Boone & Mary DeHart, Mayesville, Kentucky |
July 2006 |
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| Meet your board of directors |
| Photos of the Boone reunion near Reading, PA |
| A southern Boon family, descendants of Nicholas Boon |
| Grandma Martha’s black mare saved Daniel Boone’s life |
October 2006 |
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| Oh, the stories trees could tell! (Daniel Boone tree carvings?) |
| First 5 Generations of George Boone family now on website |
| John W. “Blind” Boone, Father of Modern Popular Music |
| Squire Boone Sr., b. 1696 England, d. 1765 AMERICA |
January 2007 |
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| A great opportunity to set the record straight at Boone Station! |
| Squire Boone Sr. (Part 2) |
| Joseph Boone Sr. & Jr. (new family information) |
| 10-Year Compass index available |
April 2007 |
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| Did Squire and Sarah Boone have 11 or 12 children? (A son named Nathaniel?) |
| Squire Boone Sr. (Part 3) |
| Benjamin H. Boone (1829-1913) great grandson of Edw. Boone |
July 2007 |
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| Index to Spraker's last papers posted to Boone Society's website |
| Church of Stoke Canon is highlight of England trip |
| Connecting Cousins, a new benefit to membership |
| Persis Boone & George Henton |
| Lucy Boone Tribble |
| Boones & Hazelriggs |
October 2007 |
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| Boone Society is represented at two Kentucky 225-year memorials: The Battles at Blue Licks and Bryan Station. |
| John W. "Blind" Boone; |
| James D. Boon of Frederick Co, MD, born in Pennsylvania about 1799; |
| Samuel Boone, his daughter Mary "Polly" Boone who married Leonard Keeling Bradley; |
| Timothy Logan and 1st wife, Sarah; |
| Omer Boone, age 33 in 1880; |
| Guilford Co, NC, Boones; |
| Still searching for Ratliff H. Boone's father; |
| Isaac Waggoner married Sarah Boone; |
| Elizabeth Bohn (Boone) |
January 2008 |
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| Society to return to our Old Kentucky Boone Home! |
| Schedule of events for 2008 Boone family reunion in Lexington, KY |
| 1971 historical marker for JONATHAN BOONE |
| Queries for Anna Boone Coffee; Josiah-Isaiah-Isaac or Ezra Boone; |
| The Wild Beast Tamer, Col. Edgar Daniel Boone & Miss Carlotta; |
| The Wilcoxson Cabin; |
| Descendants of Sarah Boone Hunter, daughter of Edward and Martha Bryan Boone; |
| Descendants of Sasana Boone & William Hays; |
| Book review, DANIEL BRYAN, NEPHEW OF DANIEL BOONE. HIS NARRATIVE AND OTHER STORIES, by Kathryn H. Weiss |
April 2008 |
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| It's Boone Reunion Time in Kentucky Ellis Island, A "Wall of Honor" |
| Queries: |
| Joshua Boone, son of Geo. IV |
| Marian C. Boone 1816 |
| Mary Boon Couch |
| James Bryan buried at Logan Co, KY |
| Sarah Ann Boone, b. 12/25/1850 in CA |
| Hannah, youngest sister of Daniel Boone |
| A Daniel Boone, b. 1775, d. 1851 in Iowa? |
| Nancy M. Boone, b. 1831 KY |
July 2008 |
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Meet your officers and directors
Keepsake photos of the Boone Family Reunion
Squire Boone's Chair c. 1720
Grant Family Graveyard
State of Society Address
Cumberland Gap
Stories and Queries:
Susannah Morgan, George Beverly Boone,
George Law and Chloe , Donnally Boone Curry |
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