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 |
October 2008 |
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Daniel and Rebecca Boone Memorial Plaque stolen
Israel Boone Memorial Update
Bryan's Station, KY 1775-1780; Part 1, by Katherine Weiss
Swedish Boons on the Delaware
Daniel Boone III and Mary Constance Philbert Boone
Jesse Boone Cemetery
Meet Dorthy Mack
Queries
Book Review - Daniel Boone and the Making of American, Meredith Mason Brown
Summary View of Jemima Boone Birth Story
Swedish Boones Research: Benjamin and Susanna Boone
Pioneer Indiana Railroad Families
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January 2009 |
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SW VA Walk of Fame
Cumberland Gap Night Walk
Bryan Station Part 2 by Kathryn Weiss
Treasures - Ken Kamper
Why not dig up Daniel Boone's remain for DNA testing?
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April 2009 |
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Historical Research Fund Created
Forgotten Friend-William Bryan, Part 1, by Kathryn Weiss
Queries
Some Boone Related Places in Pennsylvania
Josiah Boone-Son of George IV and Deborah Howell Boone
Treasures-Rochelle Cochran
1792 Daniel Boone Virgina Land Entry
David McMurtry Honored
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July 2009 |
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Israel Boone Memorial Dedication
Mary Boone Bryan Historical Marker
And, in Kentucky the Neighbors Came to Watch
Forgotten Friend, William Bryan, Part 2 - by Kathryn Weiss
Queries
Treasures, Dell Boone Ariola
The Yadkin River, Part 1
Kansas City Reunion 2010
Ancestral Data Base
History Committee Report
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October 2009 |
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Boone Marker in Missouri Rededicated
Report on New Genealogy Book
History Committee Report
Let the Birthday Parties Begin
Neal Hammon Receives Award
Electronic Field Trip
Mark Jan 14, 2010
Kansas City Reunion
Ancestral Data Base
Treasures-Kathryn Weiss
Yadin River Part II
Research Group Forms for Thomas Boone Isle of Wight
Trip Memories from England
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January 2010 |
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Daniel Boone's 275th Birthday Celebration at the Boone Homestead in PA
Daniel Boone Homestead in PA-Temporary Closure?
Marthasville, MO-Daniel Boone's 275th Birthday
DAR Marker for Elizabeth Boone and Jesse Copher
Gene Ray, Founding Father Treasure Article
Some Boone's in Military History
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April 2010 |
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Biographical info on 2010 Board Candidates
The Next Generation to Genetic - Genealogy
Mary Boone Bryan Kentucky Marker Project
Mary Boone Bryan Bible Project
Kansas City, Missouri, 2010 Reunion
Burial Site of brothers Samuel and Moses Grant
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