Death of James Boone
10 October, 1773
In 1773, Daniel Boone made arrangements with Captain William Russell of Castle's Wood in southwest Virginia to lead a group of settlers across the mountains into the rich lands of the Kentucky wilderness
Death of James Boone
10 October, 1773
In 1773, Daniel Boone made arrangements with Captain William Russell of Castle's Wood in southwest Virginia to lead a group of settlers across the mountains into the rich lands of the Kentucky wilderness. Boone's party, consisting of his family and closest friends, left their homes in the Yadkin Valley of North Carolina traveling to a predetermined point somewhere near Wallen's Ridge, in present day Lee County, Virginia. Other parties were also preparing for the journey and all were to assemble there as one main body.
From somewhere near present-day Abingdon, Virginia, Daniel Boone sent his eldest son, James, in his seventeenth year, and others on to Castle's Wood where they were to inform Captain Russell that Boone's party was en route. While in Castle's Wood, James' party was to collect food, seed corn, and supplies for the journey. About nine other young men joined James on the trip through Rye Cove and Kane's Gap towards the main rendezvous point.
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