John G Boon, Sr

BOONE, JOHN Ancestor #: A012113
Service: NORTH CAROLINA Rank(s): PRIVATE
Birth: 7-16-1755 VIRGINIA
Death: 1-27-1837 GUILFORD CO NORTH CAROLINA
Pension Number: S*W10455
Service Source: S*W10455; BLW 40913-160-55
Service Description:
1) CAPTS JOHN BARRINGER, DAVID WARD;
2) MAJS JOHN PHIFER, CALEB PHIFER; COLS JAMES MARTIN, JOHN PHIFER

RESIDENCE
1) County: ROWAN CO - State: NORTH CAROLINA
2) City: HOLSTON SETTLEMENT - State: NORTH CAROLINA

SPOUSE
Number Name
1) ANNA STARNS Anna 'Anne' Catherine Boon
2) ELIZABETH BARRINGER Elizabeth Boone
3) ANNE MONTGOMERY Anne Boon

Child [Spouse #] Spouse
JACOB [1] POLLY BRADEN Jacob Boon m Mary "Polly" Breeden
DAVID [1] MARY X David M. Boon m Mary Catherine Boon
JOHN [1] ELIZABETH X John G. "River" Boone m Elizabeth Boone
CALEB AUGUSTUS [2] ELVIRA LADOSKY CLAPP Col. Caleb Augustus Boon m 2nd Elvira Ladoska "Olivia" Boone
WILLIAM [1] MARY POLLY SHOEMAKER William Boon m Mary "Polly" Boon
MARY POLLY [1] JOHN HENRY CLAPP Mary "Polly" Clapp m Capt. John Henry Clapp
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JOHN BOON, THE PATRIOT

In his application for a pension for his service during the Revolutionary War,{13} John BOON stated that he was born in the State of Virginia on the 16th day of July, 1755 and that his parents moved to Rowan County, North Carolina when he was young.
He did not state the exact place in Virginia that he was born, but from the above he was probably born in Frederick County, Virginia.
He also did not state the exact place in Rowan County, North Carolina to where his parents moved, nor did he give the names of his parents.

John BOON served four times in the Revolutionary War of which the first three times he lived in Rowan County, North Carolina, and the fourth time he lived in the Holston Settlement in Southwestern Virginia.
John BOON volunteered for his first tour sometime in November, 1774 and served two or three months under Captain Caleb PHIFFER and Major John PHIFFER in the expedition to Ninety-Six, South Carolina, during which he was engaged in intercepting large supplies of ammunition from the Tories to the Indians.
He enlisted for his second tour sometime in March, 1775 and served three months as private in Captain John BARRINGER's regiment.
He enlisted for his third tour about 1 Aug 1776 and served four months as private in Captain Caleb PHIFFER's company, Colonel John PHIFFER's North Carolina regiment in an expedition against the Cherokee Indians, during which he assisted in burning Indian towns and supplies and was in a skirmish after crossing the French Broad River.
He then moved to the Holston Settlement and belonged to the minutemen there.
He was called out 1 Aug 1778 and served one month in Captain David WARD's company against the Indians.

After the close of the Revolutionary War John BOON moved to Guilford County, North Carolina, where he resided the rest of his life.
He was allowed pension for his service in the Revolutionary War on his application executed 18 Nov 1833.
He died 27 Jan 1837 and was buried at Frieden Lutheran Church Cemetery just out of Gibsonville, Guilford County, North Carolina.

John BOON married three times.
His first wife was Anna STARNS/STARNES whom he married ca. 1778 either in Mecklenburg (now Cabarrus) County, North Carolina or in the Holston Settlement in the Southwestern portion of Virginia.
According to Mrs. Philip N. PEACOCK, dec'd., a genealogist from Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina, the record of this marriage has not been found.
Anna STARNS/STARNES was born 14/17 May 1760 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina and died 9 Jul 1819 in Guilford County, North Carolina.
The names of her parents are not known, but speculation is that her father was Leonard STARNES. She is also buried at Frieden Lutheran Church.

John BOON's second wife was Elizabeth BARRINGER, daughter of John Paul BARRINGER and widow of George BETZ/PITTS.
George BETZ's will was proven in Rowan County February Session 1817, and Elizabeth was mentioned in his will.
Elizabeth BARRINGER was born 4 May 1783 in Mecklenburg (now Cabarrus) County, North Carolina and died 1822 in Guilford County, North Carolina and buried at Frieden Lutheran Church.
John BOON and Elizabeth BARRINGER had a son, Caleb Augusta, born 14 Dec 1820.{14}

John BOON's third wife was Anne MONTGOMERY of Guilford County, North Carolina.
They were married 7/8 Jul 1822 in Guilford County, North Carolina by Eli SMITH, a Justice of the Peace.
Anne (MONTGOMERY) BOON, John BOON's widow, was allowed pension on her application executed 4 Jun 1855. She was allowed one hundred sixty acres of bounty land under the Act of 3 Mar 1855 on account of her husband's service in the Revolutionary War.

In looking at the service record of John BOON, it was noted that he served under John BARRINGER and John PHIFFER. John PHIFFER's wife was Catharine BARRINGER, daughter of John Paul BARRINGER.
She was born 24 Nov 1750, and she and John PHIFFER were married 26 Nov 1772.
John Paul BARRINGER lived in Mecklenburg (now Cabarrus) County, North Carolina near Dutch Buffalo Creek and was a neighbor of Mathias MOYER and Mary BOON.
They were also members of St. John's Lutheran Church.
Prior to the formation of St. John's Lutheran Church, Mathias MOYER's father, Adam MOYER, and John Paul BARRINGER attended Dutch Buffalo Creek Church, which was formed about 1745 and served Lutherans and Reformed until the friendly split about 1771.
All of this indicates that John BOON b. 1755 probably was the brother of Mary BOON, wife of Mathias MOYER.

Further, John Boon was a carpenter and joiner. In Rowan County, North Carolina, Nov 1774 Daniel JARRETT, joiner and carpenter, took as an apprentice, John BONE, Orphan.
There were BONE families in Rowan County, but none have been found that died prior to 1774 leaving an orphan.
Daniel JARRETT was married to Mary (Maria) Catherine MOYER, a younger sister of Mathias MOYER, and as stated above, Mathias MOYER's wife was Mary BOON.

As mentioned above, the second wife of John BOON was Elizabeth BARRINGER, daughter of John Paul BARRINGER and widow of George BETZ/PITTS, who died in Rowan County in 1816.
Anna STARNS/STARNES, the first wife of John BOON, died 9 Jul 1819 in Guilford County, North Carolina.
The question arises is that with John BOON living in Guilford County, North Carolina and with a number of children, what was he doing down in Cabarrus County unless he had a connection there.
I submit that he was there visiting his sister, Mary BOON, and that while there married Elizabeth BARRINGER.

In 1785 in Guilford County Courts Minutes 1781-1811 John BONE and Mathias MOYER in the right of his wife (Mary BOON) as heirs of Peter BOON, Dec'd., filed a Petition for their Filial Portions of the Estate of the said Dec'd., and the sons and sons-in-law of Ludwick CLAPP were summoned to appear at the next Court to answer this Complaint Petition.
This was right after Anna Margaret CLAPP, the widow of Ludwick CLAPP, died.
There is no record of their appearing at any later Court or how this Complaint was settled.
Even the best copy that the North Carolina State Archives could produce is not clear, and it is questionable if the Deceased's name was Peter, as was discussed earlier.

from the DAR PATRIOT INDEX:
BOONE, John
Birth: VA 16 Jul 1755
Service: NC
Rank: Pvt
Death: NC 27 Jan 1837
Patriot Pensioned: Yes Widow Pensioned: Yes
Children Pensioned: No Heirs Pensioned: No

1. Spouse: (1) X Starns
2. Spouse: (2) Elizabeth Barringer
3. Spouse: (3) Anne Montgomery

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Pvt. North Carolina Militia
John Boon/Boone was born July 16, 1755 in Virginia to Jacob and Catherine Boon.
We have a copy of his will in which he named his children.
He gave slaves and tracts of land to his sons.
He gave the same to his youngest son, Caleb, along with money to be put to interest and used for his clothing and education when he came of age.
Caleb was thirteen years old at the time.
John fought in the Revolutionary War and applied for a pension in 1833, being 78 years old at the time.
His first service was from Rowan County, North Carolina in 1774.
The Cherokee Nation of Indians were taking up arms and murdering the settlers.
The group Boon was with intercepted those who were providing the Indians with arms and ammunition.
They marched to a place called Ninety Six in South Carolina, where they learned that wagons with ammunition for the Indians had recently passed.
They caught the Indians and took the wagons, one loaded with powder and two loaded with lead.
The men with the wagons ran when Boon and his men approached and one of them fell into the river.
He couldn't come out, so Colonel Polk went in after him.
When they returned home, John had spent three months and suffered greatly from the cold.
Many of the men had died and most everyone was frost bitten wading home through the deep snow.
His next service was in March 1775.
He was drafted to serve under John Barringer.
After they organized, they marched to Fayetville to subdue the Scotch who were in favor of the British.
When they got to their destination, they learned the Scotch had dispersed and separated, so Boon and his men went home and were dismissed.
His next service was in 1776.
He volunteered and was in charge of pack horses.
They went to a place called Mulberry Bottom and had a skirmish with some Indians.
He assisted in burning Indian towns and supplies.
In 1788, he joined the Minute Men.
They were held in readiness to march at a moment's notice to save frontier families being massacred by the Indians.
This information was taken from the pension application of John Boon dated November 1833, after the close of the war, Guilford County, North Carolina.
John Boon married Anne Montgomery July, 1832 in Guilford County, N.C. She was his third wife.
The other wives were Elizabeth Barringer, daughter of John Barringer that Boon served under during the war, and Anna Starnes, mother of Ann.
Anna Boon was allowed 160 acres of bounty land because of her husband's service in the war.
Source: Thelma Carrell Jones

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