Our Family History

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=82 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0428dfe1esnpes.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#336666" FACE="Arial" ><B>        The Boone Family  Journal                                   </B></FONT><B>     </B><B>|</B><B>     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" The Boone Family Journal "><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About Me"><U>About  Me</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Latest News"><U>Latest News</U></A>   |   <B>Our Family History</B>   |   <A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Friends and Relatives"><U>Friends and Relatives</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Me"><U>Contact Me</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="MISCELLANEOUS"><U>MISCELLANEOUS</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id23.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Photos"><U>Photos</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id24.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Virginia"><U>Virginia</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=398 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0428dfc3.jpg"> <div> <I>Our Family History</I></div> <div> This Web Page is designed as a tribute to the <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Family of Nicholas Boon</B></FONT> who arrived in Isle-of-Wight County, Virginia sometime before 1670. Though his English roots and route of immigration are not clear much research by other Boon family descendants is ongoing. It is therefore recommended that you bookmark this page and check back from time to time as it is in constant evolution.</div> <bR> <div> The son of Nicholas, <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Thomas Boon</B></FONT>, who was born about 1648, arrived in the Virginia Colony around 1663. Thomas marries Elizabeth Ratcliffe, daughter of a prominent Virginia family, and lives in the Isle of Wight County or Southampton County area of Virginia. It is yet unknown how many children Nicholas had or his wife name, but the genealogy of Thomas has been fairly well documented. I will stay with the line that eventually immigrated to settle during the early 19th century in Virginia, then Arkansas, and finally Texas.</div> <bR> <div> One of Thomas and Elizabeth's children, <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Joseph Boon</B></FONT> was born about 1677. He married Anne Axtell, daughter of David Axtell, in 1714 in Chowan County N.C., and lived in eastern North Carolina. His family was one of the early pioneers of North Carolina, and specifically Johnston County. </div> <bR> <div> One of his children, <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Joseph Boon II</B></FONT> was a prominent planter in Boon Hill of Johnston County with his wife Mary. His son, <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Joseph Boon III</B></FONT> rose to prominence serving as a Colonel during the Revolutionary war, State representative and ultimately Senator of North Carolina at the time of the ratification of the United States Constitution. He had many children with his wife Sarah Bass. His son General Daniel Boon too was a prominent figure of the time. He too was a large landholder. He was one of the founders of Wake Forest College and a member of its first Board of Regents. His first two sons, William and Joseph, were in the first class in the early 1830's.</div> <bR> <div> Daniel married Sarah Boykin whose father Major Simon Boykin, was a noted officer in the Revolutionary War. They traveled with their children and slaves to the newly opened Mississippi Territory to settle in DeSoto County, Mississippi around 1835.</div> <div> A staunch and prominent Baptist, he was a founding member of Hernando's Baptist Church. The church's' archives preserve his legacy.</div> <bR> <div> Daniel and Sarah had many children whose numbers are posted here. His oldest son William John Abner Boon was my great-great grandfather. He had a large plantation in DeSoto County, served in the Mississippi legislature, and organized the "DeSoto Gray's" to become Company D of the First Mississippi Regiment under General Beale. He was wed in North Carolina to the daughter of Edward White, Augusta Ann at the young age of 16. After their move to Hernando she bore him several children, one of whom was my great grandfather, Daniel Ratcliffe Boone. His generation added the "e" to the last name to give its present spelling.</div> <bR> <div> Daniel was a pharmacist, schooled at Tulane and University of Arkansas, settled in Lonoke County, Arkansas sometime before 1885. He married one of 13 daughters of Major Lewis Wellington Munroe, a wealthy and prominent landowner, merchant, and financier. </div> <bR> <div> Daniel married Martha Jane (Mattie) Munroe while Major Munroe was taking his customary afternoon nap as he was not in favor of a Mississippian to wed his daughter. A lookout was posted to alert the couple should the Major awaken early and return to his office. As he napped they were joined in union. They were a pioneer family in Lonoke raising a fine family. He was one of Lonoke' early mayors and was president of Arkansas National Bank, and a superintendent of Lonoke's Public Schools. His Drug store still stands in old downtown Lonoke with his initials displayed D.R. Boone. Among his five children was my grandfather, Lemuel White Boone. Lem was in the class of 1912 of Tulane University's School of Pharmacy. He took over Boone Drugs after his father's death in 1922. </div> <bR> <div> Lem served as Lonoke's mayor in the early 1930's. He married Ledora Couch, daughter of William Thomas Couch, and Druscilla Wiley. Their children included Lem White Jr., William Ratcliffe, Jere Munroe, Peggy, and Jerry Boone. I am the eldest child and son of William and Pauline Welnack Boone. My wife is Kyoko Nakamizo of Japan.</div> </td> </tr></table></body>