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The Fort Boonesborough Monument

 
 
The Fort Boonesborough Monument - Side 1 image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Karl Stelly, June 1, 2014
1. The Fort Boonesborough Monument - Side 1
Dedicated by their Descendants to the Sacred Memory of the Brave Pioneers who Entered the Wilderness of what Later became Kentucky and Formed the Settlement known as Boonesborough, First Fortified Settlement in Kentucky. We honor these, among the First Families of Kentucky. This side of the monument lists the names beginning with John Allen through Eligah Collins.
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Dedicated by their descendants to the sacred memory of the brave pioneers who entered the wilderness of what later became Kentucky and formed the settlement known as Boonesborough, first fortified settlement in Kentucky. We honor these, among the first families of Kentucky.

Allen, John • Allen, Richard • Allen, Thomas • Anderson, Aletha • Anderson, James • Anderson, Jemima • Anderson, John • Anderson, Mary • Anderson, Nicholas • Anthony, James • Anthony, John • Anthony, Joseph • Ark, Uriel • Ashby, Daniel • Bailey, Thomas • Baker, Isaac • Ballard, Bland • Banta, Abraham • Banta, Henry Jr. • Banta, Henry Sr. • Banta, John • Barborn, James • Barker, Samuel • Barker, William • Barnett, Alex • Barnett, Ambrose • Barnett, James • Barnett, John • Barnett, Joseph • Barnett, Robert • Barnhill, James • Barton, David • Barton, Joab • Barton, Joshua • Barton, Samuel • Barton, Thomas • Barton, William • Baughman, Catherine • Baughman, Jacob • Baughman, John • Baxter, Col. Edward • Beale, Charles • Bedinger, G. Michael • Bedinger, George • Bell, Flowner • Bell, Samuel • Bellentine, John • Bellew, Charles • Bennett, John • Benning, Joseph • Bentley, William • Benton, Jesse • Benton, William • Berry, James • Best, Humphrey • Best, Moses • Best, Stephen • Black, Mary Gass • Black, William • Blackford, Joseph • Bledsoe, Anthony • Bledsoe, Joseph • Bledsoe, Moses • Boggs, Robert • Bondurant, John Peter • Boone, Ann • Boone, Betsy • Boone, Col. Daniel • Boone, Daniel Morgan • Boone, Edward • Boone, Enoch Morgan • Boone, George • Boone, Hannah • Boone, Isiah • Boone, Israel • Boone, Jemima • Boone, Jesse • Boone, Jonathan • Boone, Josiah • Boone, Lavinia • Boone, Moses • Boone, Nathan • Boone, Rebecca • Boone, Rebecca (GOE) • Boone, Samuel • Boone, Sarah (Brooks) • Boone, Sarah Wilcoxon • Boone, Squire • Boone, Mrs. Squire
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• Boone, Squire (Son of Sam'l) • Boone, Squire H. • Boone, Susan • Boone, Ulissy • Borus, Albert • Bowles, John • Bowman, Col. John • Boyle, John • Bradley, Edward • Bridges, James • Brooks, Samuel • Brooks, Thomas • Brooks, William • Bryant, David • Bryant, George • Bryant, Henry • Bryant, James • Bryant, Jonathan • Bryant, Joseph • Bryant, Rebecca • Bryant, Thomas • Bryant, William • Buchanan, Capt. William • Bulger, Edward • Bulger, John • Bullock, John • Bullock, Leonard Hendley • Bullock, Nathaniel • Bundan, David • Bunoran, John • Bunten, James • Burton, Robert • Bush, Capt. William • Bushby, Major William • Butler, John • Butler, Simon • Caldwell, Robert • Calk, William • Calk, Mrs. William • Calloway, Caleb • Calloway, Edgar • Calloway, Elizabeth • Calloway, Flanders • Calloway, Frances • Calloway, George • Calloway, Hezekiah • Calloway, John • Calloway, Keziah • Calloway, Lydia • Calloway, Col. Richard • Calloway, Mrs. Richard • Cameron, John • Campbell, Samuel • Caperton, Adam • Carle, Thomas • Carter, Braxton • Cartwright, John • Cartwright, Robert • Chaplain, Abraham • Chatten, John • Chenault, Elizabeth Mullins • Chenault,
The Fort Boonesborough Monument - Side 2 image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Karl Stelly, June 1, 2014
2. The Fort Boonesborough Monument - Side 2
This marker Erected by Members of the Society of Boonesborough -- 1981. This side of the monument lists the names from Josiah Collins through Joseph Hines.
William • Clark, Gen. George Rogers • Clay, Gen. Greene • Coburn, Judge John • Coburn, Samuel • Cocke, Capt. William • Coffee, Ambrose • Coffee, Jesse • Copher, Jesse • Colefort, John • Collins, Alex • Collins, Eligah

(Side 2 of Monument)
This Marker Erected by Members of the Society of Boonesborough -- 1981

Collins, Josiah • Collins, Thomas • Collins, William • Collier, Betts • Colmes, George • Combs, Joseph • Constant, John • Cook, David • Coombs, Cutberth • Coombs, Enos • Coombs, William • Coons, Jacob • Cooper, Ben • Cooper, William • Cossart, Peter • Cossart, Mrs. Peter • Couchman, Frederick • Coulter, James • Crabtree, Jacob • Cradlebaugh, Major William • Craig, John • Craig, Lewis • Crews, David • Crews, Mrs. David • Crews, Eligah • Crooke, John • Cross, John • Curd, Charles • Cutbirth, Benjamin • Daniel, John • Davis, John • Davis, Joseph • Davis, Samuel • Deal, William • Dean, Abram • Dean, Susan • Deban, Joseph • Dial, Thomas • Doniphan, John • Doniphan, Joseph • Doster, James • Douglas, James • Drake, Joseph • Drake, Margaret • Dryden, William • Dumpard, John • Dunn, John • Dunnaway, Benjamin • Durbin, John • Duree,
The Fort Boonesborough Monument - Side 3 image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Karl Stelly, June 1, 2014
3. The Fort Boonesborough Monument - Side 3
In recognition of the Fort Boonesborough Bi-Centennial Commission, 1775 - 1975 -- For their Contribution to the Celebration of the 200th Anniversary of the Founding of Fort Boonesborough. This side of the monument lists the names starting with Dr. Hines through Joshua Penix.
Daniel • Duree, Henry • Duree, Peter Jr. • Duree, Mrs. Peter Jr. • Duree, Peter Sr. • Duree, Mrs. Peter Sr. • Duree, Samuel • Elkin, Robert • Elkin, Mrs. Robert • Ellis, James • Ellis, Mary • Ellison, Joseph • Embry, Talton • Epperson, Richard • Espee, Robert • Estill, Ben • Estill, Boudee • Estill, Capt. James • Estill, Rachel Wright • Estill, Sally • Estill, Samuel • Estill, Wallace • Estre, James • Eubank, Achilles • Ewing, Baker • Fall, William • Farrar, John • Farrow, Thomas • Faulkner, John • Faulkner, Joyce Craig • Fear, Edmund • Field, Elizabeth • Fields, Col. Ezekiel H. • Finley, David • Finley, James • Finnell, John • Fleming, Robert • Flent, John • Fluty, John • Floyd, Col. John • Foot, Thomas • Fowler, Joseph • Fox, John • French, James • Gass, Capt. David • Gass, James • Gass, Jennie • Gass, John • Gass, Mary • Gass, Sarah (Mrs. David) • Gass, Sarah (Black) • Gates, James • Gatliff, Capt. Charles • Gatliff, James • Gatliff, Letitia • Gatliff, Neal • Gentry, Eliabeth • Gentry, Martin • Gentry, Richard • George, Catherine • George, John • George, Nicholas • George, Mrs. Nicholas • George, Whitson • Gibbs, Julius • Gilbert,
The Fort Boonesborough Monument - Side 4 image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Karl Stelly, June 1, 2014
4. The Fort Boonesborough Monument - Side 4
This side of the monument lists the names from Peter Pennebacker through Jesse Yocum.
Samuel • Girey, Richard • Girey, Samuel • Goff, Thomas • Goodman, Ancil • Goodman, Daniel • Grant, Elizabeth • Grant, Hannah • Grant, Israel • Grant, John • Grant, Moses • Grant, Rebecca B. (Mrs. Wm.) • Grant, Rebecca Boone • Grant, Squire • Grant, William • Grubbs, Capt. Higgason • Grubbs, Mrs. Higgason • Guerrant, Peter • Hackett, Peter • Hall, Edward • Hall, Thomas • Hall, William • Hamilton, Andrew • Hamilton, James • Hamilton, John • Hancock, George • Hancock, Stephen • Hancock, William • Hand, Edward • Hanks, Abraham • Hanna, Andrew • Hargrove, Thomas • Harmon, John • Harmon, Val • Harper, John • Harper, Peter • Harris, Christopher • Harris, William • Harrison, Ben • Harrison, John • Harrison, Richard • Harrison, Samuel • Harrod, Edward • Hart, Chenoa • Hart, China • Hart, Cumberland • Hart, David • Hart, Mrs. David • Hart, John • Hart, Kiziah • Hart, Mary • Hart, Nathaniel Jr. • Hart, Col. Nathaniel • Hart, Mrs. Nathaniel • Hart, Simpson • Hart, Susanna • Hart, Thomas • Hart, Thomas Richard Green • Harvester, John • Hawiston, John • Hayes, Elizabeth • Hayes, James • Hayes, Jemima • Hayes, William • Henderson, John • Henderson,
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Photographed by Karl Stelly, June 1, 2014
5. The Fort Boonesborough Monument
Nathaniel • Henderson, Nicholas • Henderson, Pleasant • Henderson, Col. Richard • Henderson, Samuel • Hendricks, Frances Holley • Hendricks, George • Hicks, William • Hines, Joseph

Side 3 of Monument
In Recognition of the Fort Boonesborough Bi-Centennial Commission, 1775 - 1975 -- For their Contribution to the Celebration of the 200th Anniversary of the Founding of Fort Boonesborough.

Hines, Dr. • Hines, Col. Richard • Hite, Isaac • Hite, J. • Hodges, Jesse • Hogan, James • Hogan, Richard • Hoge, William • Hogg, James • Holder, Capt. John • Holley, Frances • Holley, Mrs. Frances • Holley, John • Holley, Mrs. John • Hooton, William • Horn, Aaron • Horn, Elizabeth • Horn, Jeremiah • Horn, Matthew • Howard, Benjamin • Howard, John • Howard, Margaret • Hoy, Elizabeth • Hoy, Frances • Hoy, Jones • Hoy, Parthena • Hoy, Sarah • Hoy, William • Hughes, Joseph • Hunter, Jake • Hunter, John • Hunter, Samuel • Innes, Harry • Irvine, Christopher Jr. • Irvine, Christopher, Sr. • Irvine, David C. • Irvine, Col. William • Jackson, John • Jackson, Joseph • Jennings, Edmund • Jennings, Jonathan • Jockars, Charles • Johnson, Andrew • Johnson,
Longines Founding of Boonesborough Medal image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Joseph Leon Dunn
6. Longines Founding of Boonesborough Medal
*in memory of my direct ancestors, John "Jack" Dunn, 1737-1778, and John "Jackie" Dunn, Jr. 1758-1840.
Betsy • Johnson, Rev. Cove • Johnson, Isaac • Johnson, Robert • Johnson, William • Johnston, Jacob • Johnston, Thomas • Jones, Catlett • Jouett, Matthew • Kavanaugh, Charles • Kavanaugh, William • Kelley, Beal • Kelley, Joseph • Kelly, Benjamin • Kelly, John • Kennedy, Andrew • Kennedy, David • Kennedy, Elizabeth • Kennedy, Jesse • Kennedy, John Jr. • Kennedy, John Sr. • Kennedy, Joseph • Kennedy, Mary • Kennedy, Thomas • Kenny, James • Kenton, Simon • Ketcham, Jonathan • Kincaid, John • Kincaid, Thomas • King, Daniel • King, John • Kintley, William • Kirkham, Robert • Kirkham, Samuel • Knox, John • Lackey, Sam • Ladd, Col. John • Landrum, Reuben • Lanham, Thomas • Lee, Charles • Lee, John • Lewis, Aaron • Lewis, Abraham • Lincoln, George • Lipscomb, Nathan • Lipscomb, William • Little, Thomas • Lockhart, Charles • Logan, Col. John • Logan, Samuel • Long, Frances • Long, Joseph • Long, Lawrence • Luney, John • Luttrell, Col. John P. • Luttrell, Thomas • Lynch, David • Lynn, William • McAfee, George • McAfee, Robert • McAfee, Samuel • McAfee, William • McClure, Moses • McCollum, John • McDowell, Thomas • McGee, David • McGee, William
Longines Founding of Boonesborough Medal image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Joseph Leon Dunn
7. Longines Founding of Boonesborough Medal
*in memory of my direct ancestors, John "Jack" Dunn, 1737-1778, and John "Jackie" Dunn, Jr. 1758-1840.
• McGuire, Archibald • McGuire, Lt. James • McGuire, Margaret • McMillan, James Sr. • McMillan, Margaret White • McPheeters, Jeremiah • McQueen, Thomas • McWhinney, William • Madden, George • Mankins, James • Mannen, John • Martin, John • Martin, William • Maupin, Jesse • Mays, William • Meriwether, George • Meriwether, Nicholas • Miller, David • Miller, Thomas • Miller, William • Million, John • Miras, Michael • Montgomery, Alex • Montgomery, John • Moore, Charles • Moore, John • Moore, William • Morgan, John • Morgan, Ralph • Morgan, William • Morris, Jesse • Morris, William • Morrison, Richard • Morton, John • Mosely, Thomas • Mounce, John • Myers, Jacob (Miss) • Nall, James • Neeley, Alexander • Nelson, Edward • Nelson, Mrs. Edward • Nelson, John • Nelson, Moses • Newby, John • Newland, Abraham • Noble, David Sr. • Noel, Thomas • Oldham, Jesse • Oldham, Tyree • Orear, William • Overstreet, Michael • Overton, Claugh • Owens, Thomas M. • Owings, John Cockey • Patterson, Richard • Patterson, William • Patton, Lt. James • Peake, James • Peake, Jesse • Peake, John • Penix, Joshua

Side 4 of Monument
Pennebacker, Peter • Perry, James
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• Peterson, Richard • Peyton, Anne Guffey • Peyton, Yelverton • Phelps, Anthony • Phelps, Edwin • Phelps, Elizabeth • Phelps, George • Phelps, Guy • Phelps, John • Phelps, Joshua • Phelps, Josiah • Phelps, Lucy • Phelps, Sarah • Phelps, Thomas • Phillips, William • Pittman, John • Pleakenstalver, John • Pleck, John • Pogue, John • Pogue, William • Pogue, Mrs. William • Porter, Samuel • Portwood, Page • Portwood, Page Jr. • Portwood, Sam • Powell, Levin • Proctor, Benjamin • Proctor, James • Proctor, John • Proctor, Joseph • Proctor, Capt. Nicholas • Proctor, Nicholas Jr. • Proctor, Rachel • Proctor, Reuben • Quinn, Benjamin • Quinn, James • Quinn, Thomas • Quisenberry, James • Rank, John • Ray, Nicholas • Reed, Alexander • Reed, James • Reid, Nathan • Rice, John • Rice, Joseph • Rice, Samuel • Riffe, Gen. Christopher • Ripperdam, Fred • Ripperdam, Mrs. Fred • Roberts, Benjamin • Robinson, David • Robinson, George • Robinson, Samuel • Robinson, William • Rodes, Col. Robert • Rollins, Pemberton • Ross, Ambrose • Ross, Hugh • Russell, James • Sanders, Samuel • Sappington, John • Scholl, William • Searcy, Anderson • Searcy, Asa • Searcy, Bartlett • Brown, Arabia • Bryan, William • Bryant, Samuel • Conway, John • Gess, John • Grant, Elizabeth Boone • Hamlin, John • McClanahan, Thomas Marshall • Moore, John & Mildred • O'Rear, Jeremiah • Searcy, Charles • Searcy, Reuben • Searcy, Richard Jr. • Searcy, Richard Sr. • Searcy, Sam • Searcy, William • Scott, James • Sefer, Hugh • Shields, Hugh • Shelby, David • Shelby, Isaac • Shelton, David • Shirley, Charles • Shirley, Katie • Shirley, Michael • Shores, Thomas • Slaughter, Col. Thomas • Smith, Enoch • Smith, George • Smith, John • Smith, Maj. Wm. Bailey • Snoddy, John • Snoddy, Samuel • South, John Jr. • South, John Sr. • South, Mrs. John • South, Samuel • South, Thomas • Sparks, Jonas • Spurr, Richard • Stagge, William • Stagner, Barney • Stagner, Mrs. Barney • Stapleton, John • Starnes, Jacob • Starnes, Joseph • Starnes, Valentine • Stephenson, John • Stone, Dudley • Stoner, Michael • Storms, Jacob • Strode, Samuel • Swearingen, Berue • Swearingen, Beroni • Swearingen, Thomas • Talbott, Hale • Tanner, John • Tate, John • Tate, Robert • Tate, Samuel • Tate, Samuel Jr. • Taylor, Edmund • Taylor, John • Taylor, Nancy • Taylor, Peter W. • Taylor, Richard • Terrell, John • Terrell, Robert • Thomas, James • Thomas, Moses • Thompson, James • Thompson, Lawrence • Thruston, Charles Mimms • Todd, John Col. • Tomlinson, William • Townsend, Gerrett • Townsend, Joshua • Phelps, Shadrack • Strode, John • Tyler, Capt. Robert • Wilson, William • Townsend, Oswald • Tripple, Thomas • Turner, David • Turner, John • Turpin, Solomon • Turpin, William • Twiddy, Capt. Thomas • Twiddy, William • Umphrey, William • Vallandigham, Benoni • Vallandigham, Lewis • Vardeman, John • Vassar, Joel • Wade, Richard • Walker, David V. • Walker, Felix • Walker, Joel • Walton, Robert • Wane, Isaac • Warren, Thomas • Warton, James • Watkins, Capt. Charles G. • Watkins, James • Webber, John • Welch, Walter • Wells, Richard • Westerville, James • White, Ambrose • White, Aquilla • White, Benjamin • White, Mrs. Benjamin • White, Galen • Whitledge, Robert • Whittaker, Capt. John • Wilcox, Billy • Wilcox, Sally Boone • Wilcoxon, Daniel • Wilcoxon, David • Wilcoxon, Elizabeth • Wilcoxon, John • Wilcoxon, Rachel • Wilkerson, Aletha Anderson • Wilkerson, John • Wilkerson, Mrs. John • Wilkerson, Moses • Wilkerson, William • Wilkerson, Wyate • Williams, David • Williams, Edward • Williams, Elder Daniel • Williams, Jarrett • Williams, John • Williams, Ralph • Williams, William • Williams, William • Wilson, Moses • Withers, John • Witledge, Richard • Woods, Adam • Woods, Capt. Archibald • Woods, John • Woods, Samuel • Woodson, Samuel • Worthington, Capt. E. • Wright, John • Yates, James • Yocum, Jesse
 
Erected 1981 by Members of the Society of Boonesborough.
 
Topics. This historical marker and monument is listed in these topic lists: Colonial EraExplorationForts and CastlesSettlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1981.
 
Location. 37° 53.624′ N, 84° 16.224′ W. Marker is near Richmond, Kentucky, in Madison County. It can be reached from Boonesborough Road (Kentucky Route 388). The marker is at Fort Boonesborough State Park, near the entrance to the old fort. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 4375 Boonesboro Road, Richmond KY 40475, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker and monument is in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, in Appalachia, and in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Fort Boonesborough (approx. 0.2 miles away); Nathaniel Hart / Home of Capt. Nathaniel Hart (approx. Ό mile away); First Ferry in Kentucky / Col. Richard Callaway (approx. Ό mile away); Col. Richard Callaway / First Ferry in Kentucky (approx. 0.3 miles away); The First Christian Service in Kentucky (approx. half a mile away); Pioneer National Monument Association (approx. half a mile away); Building Fort Boonesborough (approx. half a mile away); Boone Trace (approx. half a mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Richmond.
 
Also see . . .  John "Jack" Dunn family history. The biography of John Ross Dunn, Esq. (Submitted on May 4, 2023, by Joseph Leon Dunn of Louisville, Kentucky.) 
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on January 12, 2024. It was originally submitted on June 15, 2014, by Karl Stelly of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 21,911 times since then and 801 times this year. Last updated on January 11, 2024, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on June 15, 2014, by Karl Stelly of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.   6, 7. submitted on January 12, 2023, by Joseph Leon Dunn of Louisville, Kentucky. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.
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