In 1794, Washington appointed him as a U.S. minister to the Netherlands. After the elder John Adams was elected president in 1796, he made his son minister to Prussia (Germany). Before leaving for Berlin, John Quincy Adams married Louisa Catherine Johnson, whom he met in London (she was the daughter of the American consul there).
Boone, NC. Sponsored Topics. Boone is a town located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina, United States. Boone's population was reported as 17,122, as of 2010. Boone is the county seat of Watauga County and the home of Appalachian State University.
The namesake of the town of Boone, NC, and a scattering of other places is often portrayed in a heroic light as synonymous with the pioneering spirit. But the man himself was a study in contrasts, according to John Mack Faragher, a Yale history professor and Daniel Boones most comprehensive biographer. Boone was born in Pennsylvania in 1734 and was raised as a Quaker. He started hunting in his early teens and in 1751 he became a full time hunter when his family moved to the Yadkin River Valley in what is now Rowan County. Boone married Rebecca Bryan in 1756 and served with British troops in the French and Indian War. Boone is believed to have made his first visit to the North Carolina mountains in the winter of 1760, hunting from a cabin used by animal herders. Boone, though he raised a large family, was solitary by nature and often preferred to go on extended hunting trips alone.