Squire Boone

Squire Boone
An 1852 painting titled, "Squire Boone Crossing the Mountains with Stores for His Brother Daniel, Encamped in the Wilds of Kentucky"
Born	Squire Maugridge Boone, Jr. October 5, 1744 Daniel Boone Homestead, Oley Valley, Berks County, Pennsylvania Colony
Died	August 5, 1815 (aged 71) Mauckport, Harrison County, Indiana
Cause of death	congestive heart failure
Resting place	Squire Boone Caverns, Mauckport, Harrison County, Indiana
Other names	Squire Boone, Jr.
Occupation	frontiersman, longhunter, soldier, city planner, politician, land locator, judge, politician, gunsmith, miller
Known for	Establishing the first white settlement in Shelby County, Kentucky and being the brother of Daniel Boone
Spouse(s)	Jane Van Cleave
Children	8
Parent(s)	Squire Maugridge Boone, Sr. and Sarah Jarman Morgan
Relatives	Daniel Boone (brother)

Squire Maugridge Boone, Jr., Squire Boone, Jr., or commonly known, as Squire Boone (October 5, 1744 – August 5, 1815) was an American frontiersman, longhunter, soldier, city planner, politician, land locator, judge, politician, gunsmith, miller and brother of Daniel Boone. In 1780, he founded the first settlement in Shelby County, Kentucky. The tenth of eleven children, Squire Boone was born to Squire Boone Sr. and his wife Sarah (Morgan) Boone in Berks County, Pennsylvania at the Daniel Boone Homestead. Although overshadowed by his famous brother, Squire Boone was well known in his day.

Squire Boone, Jr. was born in Berks County, Pennsylvania, on October 5, 1744, the son of Squire Boone, Sr. and Sarah Jarman Morgan. In 1749, he along with his family moved to Rowan County, North Carolina, and lived in the Yadkin Valley. In 1759, aged 15, he was sent back to Pennsylvania to apprentice as a gunsmith under his cousin Samuel Boone. After five years of apprenticeship, he returned to North Carolina. On August 8, 1765, he married Jane Van Cleave, whose father was of Dutch heritage. Together, the couple had five children.

From 1767 to 1771, he went on several long hunts, with his brother, Daniel, into the Kentucky wilderness. In 1775, Richard Henderson, a prominent judge from North Carolina, hired Daniel Boone to blaze what became known as the Wilderness Road, which went through the Cumberland Gap and into central Kentucky. Squire Boone accompanied his brother and 30 others, assisting in the settlement of Boone's Station (present-day Boonesborough).