Near Alexandria in Campbell County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)

Mary Boone Bryan

Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, May 30, 2021

1. Mary Boone Bryan Marker (Side A)

Inscription. Born in Pa. in 1736, she was the daughter of Squire & Sarah Morgan Boone and younger sister of Daniel Boone. Family moved to N.C. when she was 14. There she met, and in 1755, married William Bryan. With 10 children, they migrated to Ky. via the Cumberland gap in fall of 1779 & settled Bryan Station. Lost three sons & husband that winter.

Mary took her children back to her home in N.C. in 1780. After the Rev. War, they returned to Ky. She was living in Campbell Co. by 1795. In 1813, paid her brother Daniel's acct. debt to John Grant. She died in 1819 and was buried on son Samuel's farm at Grant's Lick; her remains were moved to Oakland Cemetery in 1929.
Presented by the Boone Society 2012

Erected 2012 by Kentucky Historical Society and Kentucky Department of Highways. (Marker Number 2390.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Settlements & Settlers • Women. In addition, it is included in the Kentucky Historical Society series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1736.

Location. 38° 51.864′ N, 84° 23.569′ W. Marker is near Alexandria, Kentucky, in Campbell County. Marker is at the intersection of Alexandria Pike

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(U.S. 27) and Kenton Station Road (Kentucky Route 1936), on the right when traveling south on Alexandria Pike. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Alexandria KY 41001, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 9 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Grant's Lick (a few steps from this marker); a different marker also named Grants Lick (approx. 0.7 miles away); Kentucky's Nineteenth (approx. 6.6 miles away); British Indian Raid (approx. 7.4 miles away); Capt. Ernest Wagner Park (approx. 8.3 miles away in Ohio); Thomas Ashburn (approx. 8.3 miles away in Ohio); New Richmond Pearl Harbor Memorial (approx. 8.3 miles away in Ohio); The United States Merchant Marine (approx. 8.3 miles away in Ohio). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Alexandria.

Also see . . . Mary Boone Bryan. Brief biography by Becky Riddle for the Kentucky Historical Society's ExploreKYHistory series. (Submitted on June 11, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

Mary Boone Bryan Marker (Side B) image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, May 30, 2021

2. Mary Boone Bryan Marker (Side B)

Mary Boone Bryan Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, May 30, 2021

3. Mary Boone Bryan Marker

Mary Boone Bryan Grave Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, May 30, 2021

4. Mary Boone Bryan Grave Marker

She is buried behind Grant's Lick Baptist Church.

Mary Boone Bryan Grave Marker (closeup) image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, May 30, 2021

5. Mary Boone Bryan Grave Marker (closeup)

Credits. This page was last revised on June 11, 2021. It was originally submitted on June 11, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 397 times since then and 60 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on June 11, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.