I’m researching the history of the community Boonetown, TX. The community is named after Whitnall Alston Boone. He married Emmey Flowers Granham McDonald and is buried in the Sumpter Cemetery in Trinity County. His sister Mary Westley Boone married Jonathan Roach. She is buried in Centralia, Trinity County. Whitnall is supposedly the great-nephew of Daniel Boone. Whitnall’s father Joshua Boon/Boone was a nephew of Daniel Boone. I am trying to help the Trinity County Historical Committee prove or disprove this “fact”. So far, I cannot prove it but would like to know if anyone else can help. In order for Joshua to be a nephew, he would have to be a child of one of Daniel’s siblings.

Daniel Boone’s siblings are as follows (from Ancestry.com’s OneWorldTree):

Children Sex Birth
Sarah Boone
7 Jun 1724 in New Britain, Berks, Pennsylvania
Israel Boone
20 May 1726 in New Britain, Bucks, Pennsylvania
Samuel Boone
20 May 1728 in New Britain, Bucks, Pennsylvania
Jonathan Boone
6 Dec 1730 in New Britain, Bucks, Pennsylvania
Elizabeth Boone
16 Feb 1732 in Exeter, Berks, Pennsylvania
Daniel Boone
22 Oct 1734 in Exeter, Berks, Pennsylvania
Jacob Boone
abt 1735 in Exeter, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania
Mary Boone
14 Nov 1736 in Exeter, Berks, Pennsylvania
George Boone
2 Jan 1739 in Exeter, Berks, Pennsylvania
Edward Boone
19 Nov 1740 in Exeter, Berks, Pennsylvania
Nathaniel Boone
1742 in Exeter, Berks, Pennsylvania
Squire Boone
5 Oct 1744 in Exeter, Berks, Pennsylvania
Hannah Boone
24 Aug 1746 in Exeter, Berks, Pennsylvania


I’ve checked each sibling and none has a son named Joshua. Furthermore, research shows that the parents of Joshua are Sion Boone and Chasey Council. Can anyone else connect these families?
Tina