Born near Reading, Pennsylvania.He had no formal education. Married Rebeccah Bryan on August 14, 1756. She died March 18, 1813. They had nine children.

Boone became a hunter at about age 12. In 1750 the family moved to North Carolina. In 1755 he accompanied a North Carolina contingent in the Braddock campaign to capture Fort Duquesne from the French. He escaped the disastrous battle of July 9 that ended the campaign.

On April 1, 1775, he led a group of settlers and began erection of a fort at what would become Boonesborough, later Boonsboro. In the fall of 1776 Boone became a captain in the militia and later a major. He was chosen as a delegate to the legislature. In 1872 he was made sheriff.

In later years his land holdings in Kentucky would be declared invalid. He moved into Missouri to settle with his son Daniel Morgan. He died in St. Charles County, Missouri.

Boone appears on paper money:

$3 Clark's Exchange Bank, Springfield, Illinois

$10 Bank of Kentucky, Louisville

$10 Bank of Louisville, Kentucky

Boone or an imaginary picture of Boone appears on both side of the Daniel Boone Bicentennial Half Dollar. The authorizing legislation was promoted by then Senator, later Vice President, Alben Barkley. The design was by Augustus Lukeman, his only numismatic commission. The legislation authorized production of 600,000 pieces. Actually 108,000 were minted, 86,600 were sold and the remaining 21,400 were melted.

bio: *ApCAB; DAB; *Drake; *NCAB 3; *TCBDA; *WAB; *WWWA-H (*give year as 1735)