THOMAS BOON IMMIGRANT DIED 1723 ISLE OF WIGHT CO., VIRGINIA AND 1000 OF HIS DESCENDANTS was written by Rupert Farnham Thompson in 1981. When Rupert was writing the book; he called me here in Canada and I was able to provide him with the name of Kinchin Boon as the husband of Mary Elizabeth Foster and father of our direct ancestors - Fannie (Boon) Mears and Eugenia (Boon) Farnham. I had been given the name from my grandmother, Minnie (Mears) Jobe who died in August 1972 just 3 months shy of being 97. At this time; I was known as Cora Ann (Jobe) Desjardins. I was blesed to have been given the second copy of Rupert's book which he inscribed as:

Copy #2
To Cora Ann (Jobe) Desjardins
2nd Cousin, once removed
For helping find our Kinchen Boon, Jr with proof,
For furnishing so much material, and
For being such an Inspiration
Rupert F. Thompson

Ater the publication of the first book, Rupert set out to continue the Boon history in a second volume which he called BOON IMMIGRANTS AND THEIR DESCENDANTS (1985). This second volume contains many unidentified Boons, cenus records of Boons, etc. Being indexed and having close to 800 pages, it is a valuable resource for anyone researching the Boon family.

Rupert died in January 1994 and four years later I would buy a computer and, go online 'again picking up' the Boon search which I had put on hold for over 20 years. Therefore there will be some corrections and additions to this book. For example, it states at the bottom of page 50:

"Kinchen's parents died when he was a lad. He ran away from the home in which he was being raised in North Carolinia and went to Virginia, where he grew to manhood, and married Margaret Jones."

Though it has been PROVED that his father died when he was 9-10 years old--HIS MOTHER DID NOT and in fact IT HAS BEEN PROVED that she was still living in Franklin Co,NC in 1823 and was in fact guardian of some grandchildren (ALSO--Margaret Jones, d/o Council Jones & Susanna Denby, was from Franklin Co, NC-where his mother lived). If Kinchin did go to VA-it might have been for a short time as apprentice or to visit.--I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT HE WAS RAISED THERE). Anyway--by 1820 at the age of 20--HE IS SHOWING UP ON TAX RECORDS IN FRANKLIN CO, NC--where his mother lived and his future wife)

Kinchin Sr. was a carpenter by occupation and I'm sure that he was apprenticed to someone to learn this trade. We are still doing research to find any record that might indicate to who and where this happened.

Though a marriage record has not been located, it is known that Kinchin Boon Sr. married Margaret 'Peggy' Jones about 1809 in or around Franklin County, North Carolina where both were born and had spent their childhoods. They were both around 20 at the time of their marriage and both of their fathers were already deceased. They had both grown up as the children and grandchildren of very successful tobacco planters and neither of their mothers had remarried.

Jones and Denby Family

Margaret 'Peggy' Jones, the wife of Kinchin Boon Sr. was born about 1788 in Franklin Co., North Carolina and died about 1847 in Coweta Co., Georgia. She was the second child and oldest daughter of Council JONES (abt 1759 Nansemon Co., VA - 1805 Franklin Co., NC) and Susanna DENBY (early 1760's - Dec 1814 Franklin Co., NC). Council Jones was a tobacco planter and must have been an educated man as his name often in Franklin Co., NC as serving on numerous civic committees and grand juries. When Margaret was about 16, her father died - leaving a will dated March 5, 1805. (see link below) in which he mentions his daughter, Peggy. Susanna, her mother, would die in Decmeber 1814 in Franklin Co., NC when Peggy was 26.

"ITEM. I give and bequeath to my well beloved daughter Peggy JONES one Negro girl named Patty, also one Negro boy named Charles, and one Negro girl named Amy."

Council Jones was the son of Jacob Jones Sr. (abt 1729 - 1818 Franklin Co., NC. Council's mother's name is unknown at this time. Like Council, Jacob Jones Sr. was a tobacco planter and he lived on the North Side of the Tar River.

Susanna Denby was the daughter of James Denby (mid to late 1730's - 1795 Franklin Co., NC) and Patience NORFLEEET. James was also a tobacco planter. The Denbys lived near the Jones family on the North Side of the Tar River near Cypress Swamp.

Some other pages that I have for these families include:

Will of James Denby - 1795 Franklin Co., NC

Will of Jacob Jones Sr. - 1816 Franklin Co., NC

My NC Website for Bute, Granville, Franklin Counties

Franklin Co., North Carolina (1809 - 1816)

• 1809 - July 11, Franklin Co., NC
  --Sale of James Boon estate
  --Buyers: Elizabeth, Lucintha Boon, Lewis Boon, Henry Arrington, KINCHEN BOON; Eliz Boon execrx

• 1810 - Franklin Co., NC Tax List
  Kinchin Boon 1wp 3bp

• 1810 - Franklin Co, NC Census, p. 90
  --Mother Rebecca Boon is on the same census on the same page

• 1810 - October, Franklin Co, NC
  --Sale of estate of Joseph Stephens
  --Buyers: KINCHEN BOON, Jacob Jones, Capt

• 1812 - October, Franklin Co., NC
  --(Loose Estate Papers 1811-1825 Vol 11- # 975.6 B811NC)
  --Buyers of the estate of Benjamin Brickell included:
  ----KINCHEN BOON, several Abernathy, Josiah Eley, Allen Jones, Jacob Jones (SC), Susanna Jones, Alsey Jones, James Jones (son Joshua), Michael Eley, Joseph Denby, Capt Jacob Jones, Joshua Jones, Elisha Lankford, Keziah Byrd
  
  *Susanna Jones is mother of Margaret (Jones) - Kinchin's wife, Allen and Jacob Jones are her brothers, others are also related

• 1812 - December 28, Franklin Co., NC
  --Estate Sale of Elijah Denby
  --Buyers were: John Bartholomew, Jesse Kitchen, Betsey Denby, Susanna Jones, George Turnstall, John Fowler, John Tansil, Henry Denby, Peggy Stalling, Wilson Milner, James Murphy, Jacob Jones Jr, Sally Denby, Josiah Eley, Elisha Lankford, John Denby, Elias Mayo, Jordan Hill, John Thornton, Mrs. Denby, Isham Jones, John Thomas, James Denby, Micajah McMullen, KINCHEN BOON, John Parker
  Signed: Wilson Milner, June Court 1813
  
  *Elijah Denby was a 1st cousin to Margaret (Jones) Boon

• 1813 - April 8, Franklin Co., NC per Franklin Co. Kinfolk
  
  KINCHEN BOON gave a deed of-trust with the security being his interest in land and negroes bequeathed by his father, WILLIAM BOON, deceased, subject to the lifetime right of his mother, REBECCAH BOON"

• 1815 - April 4, Franklin Co., NC
  --Sale of Susanna Denby Jones Estate (mother of Margaret Jones Boon)
  --Buyers: David M. Lewis, Jacob Jones (S.C.), Josiah Eley, Keziah Byrd, REBECCA BOON, Buckner Abernathy, John Abernathy, Joseph Eley, KINCHEN BOON, Thomas Lanier, Green Ross, Josiah Bridgers, Jacob Jones Jr, Elisha Lankford, Halbert Harris, William Lancaster, Sr.; Organ Thomas, Joshua Perry, Council Jones, (Note: this would be Jr); James Hammons, Joshua Fowler, Joshua Johnson, Taylor 'Webb, John Bartholomew, Joshua Jones, James Davis, Zachariah Styles, Jacob Jones, Gilford Lewis, Ben Thomas, Samuel Tunstall, Sion Boon, James D. Jones, Hicks Wynn, Jordan Denson, Wilson Milner, Davis H. Lewis, Jeremiah Solomon, Cato Tabo, William Sherrod, Fren Hill, Robert Bell, W.P. Williams, Thomas Lanier
  Last Account March Court 1817

• 1815 Franklin Co., Tax List has Kinchen Boon

Alabama, Georgia, Briefly in TN

• 1819 March 19
  --Original US land grant of 80 acres in Autauga Co., Alabama (T 17, R 12E, S10) The land was located in the southwester part of the county near Statesville.

• 1819, May
  --Bought land in Dallas Co, Alabama (Lots # 10, 11 & 52)

• 1820 - Hancock Co., Georgia census

• 1822 - March 13, Greene Co., GA (Deed Book H, page 185
  --Kinchen sold land to Richard Asbury

• 1824 - Briefly in Tennessee

• 1827 - Hancock Co., Georgia
  --Kinchen signed a promissory note, giving as security: one sorrell mare, two cows and calves, three feather beds, bedsteads and furniture, chest of carpenter tools, complete
  
  *Kinchen was a carpenter and may have developed the lots in Alabama. It does appear that he moved to where there was new development

• 1827 - Coweta Co., Georgia, 3rd District
  --Listed in COWETA COUNTY l825-80 by Anderson as being a first settler and there in 1827

• 1830 - Coweta Co., Georgia Census

• 1830 - Heard Co., GA was formed from Coweta Co., GA

  BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH

  We get a brief history of this church from "Historic Landmarks of the South" by Annie Hadden Crensaw, Greenville, Alabama:

  "Bethel Baptist Church - the oldest church in Heard County - was organized in 1828 in what was then Coweta County, with nine members under Reverends James Reeves and John Wood. A site was chosen for a church to be built at 'Henderson's Spring', a strong clear water source noted and used by early settlers. This location became part of newly-created Heard County in 1830, and there the church grew and prospered. Its membership increased to 175, and included many of the pioneer families of both Coweta and Heard counties. Bethel became for a time the largest church in the Western Baptist Association and owned 30 acres at the springs until after the Civil War. In 1925, plans were made under the direction of Robert Lee Wilson, Sr. to rebuild the existing structure (which was in poor condition) and to use as much of the old wood as possible. Although the old church burned before the project was completed, the pulpit, pews and other interior furniture were saved from the fire and installed in the new building and are in use today. The 1925 structure was restored in 1972 under Robert Lee Wilson, Jr., with support from descendants of its pioneer members."

  Minutes Transcribed and sent to me by Eugenia Pye in March 1972
  Coped from Microfilm of Bethel Baptist Church, Heard Co., GA minutes 1828-1901
  Master Negative #151 by GA Dept. of Archives and History, Atlana

  Eugenia Pye was d/o Perry Gouldsby Pye, gd/o Amanda Elizabeth (Boon) Pye, gt gd/o Allen Boon and Elizabeth Ann Davis and 2nd gt gd/o Kinchin Boon Sr. and Margaret Jones. Eugenia was born in 1907 and died in February 1998. Regarding the church minutes, Eugenia writes:

  "The film record moves right to left instead of left to right as usual, beginnng with page 6, running through page 406 followed by an index to members of 28 pages. I am going to show the index to members at the beginning instead of at the end. (I exerpted names that I was interested in only).

  Photos courtesty of Linda Jones Risinger, descendant of James Denby Jones and Ann Simms
  

• 1830 - February 20 on page 18 of the minutes
  

  "Margaret Boon was received by letter on Feb 20,1830 on page 18 and the minutes are signed by James D Jones, C Ck"

  Note Margaret was being received by letter - transferring from another Baptist Church.
  At this time, I'm not sure what church this was.
  
  Above picture shows the James Denby Jones - Simms Land. James was a brother to Margaret (Jones) Boon. The Boon - Jones land must have been very similiar, geographically-wise, as they lived very near each other and attended the same church.

• 1834 - August 11 on page 44 of the minutes
  

  "...received by Experience Nancy Heard & Kinchen Boon (Sr.)..."

• 1834 - October 13 on page 46 of the minutes
  

  "Received by Experience Kinchen Boon Jr, Alfred C. Boon, Council Jones . . ."

  1834 - October 19 on page 46 of the minutes
  

  "...Received by Experience Wm Boon (and others)..."

  William, Kinchin Jr and Alfred ares sons of Kinchin Sr. and Margaret
  Council Jones is brother to Margaret (Jones) Boon

• 1837 - February 11 on page 61 of the minutes
  

  "...took up the case of Bro. K. Boon getting drunk and using bad language the church though best to expel him and done (sic) so ... "

• 1845 - August 9 on page 131 of minutes
  

  "...Item 3 Took up the reference of Bro. William Boon having used profane language the church believing it to be most for the Glory of God and the goal of his cause to exclude him from the fellowship of the church...Item 7 The church charges Bro. Kinchen Boon (Jr) of denying the faith of the church and the church believing it to be most for the Glory of God and the goal of his church to exclude him from the fellowship of the church..."

• 1848 - August 15 on page 159 of minutes

  "...by restoration Kinchen Boon (Sr)"

• 1848 - August 17 on page 159 of minutes

  "by Experience for Baptism MARY BOON (this would be Foster and wife of Kinchen Jr) by restoration Kinchen Boon Jr..."

• 1849 - August 11th on page 166 of minutes

  "...appointed Correspondents to New Hope...bo Enocn, K. Boon (Jr)..."

• 1840 Heard Co., Georgia Census

• 1847 - Coweta Co., GA
  --Margaret (Jones) Boon died

Kinchin Boon Sr. - A Widower

• 1850 - Coweta Co., GA
  --Kinchin Boon Sr. is enumerated with Robert Burch family
  Robert S. Burch is nephew of Ann Simms Jones. One of her sisters married Gerald Burch.
  Ann Simms had married James Denby Jones, brother to Margaret (Jones) Boon.

• 1851 - September 27, Coweta Co., Georgia
  --Kinchin Boon joins Newnan Baptist Church

• 1858 - January 18, (Heard Co., Georgia - Tallapoosa Co., Alabama)
  --Kinchin Boon (resident of Heard Co., GA) purchased property in Tallapoosa co., Alabama

• 1858 - November 17, (Heard Co., Georgia - Tallapoosa Co., Alabama
  --Kinchin Boon (resident of Heard Co, GA) executed a deed of gift of the property purchased in Jan 1858 to his daughter-in-law Lucina P. Boon, a resident of Tallapoosa Co, Ala

• 1867 - August 29, Greene Co., Georgia
  --Kinchin Boon joined White Plains Baptist Church (where several of his children were members) by letter from Crawfordville, GA

• 1871 - January 15, Greene Co., Georgia
  --Kinchin Boon left White Plains Baptist Church probably to live with his won, William J. Boon (Boone) in Rock Springs Community near Dadeville, Alabama

• 1875 - Dadeville, Tallapoosa Co., Alabama
  --Living with his son, William Joshua Boon, when he died - fell off a log float, crossing the river and froze to death. It is believed that he may have had a heart attack.
  ----He was 85 at the time
  ----Buried at family burial grounds at Vines Family Cemetery near Buttston in Tallapoosa Co., Alabama

1. Alfred Council Boon

   --b. abt 1810 Franklin Co., NC
   --d. after 1880 probably Washington Co., GA
   --m.
   --Aug 29, 1833 Greene Co., GA ----b. abt 1815 Georgia
   ----d. after 1870 probably Greene Co., GA
   

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2. Allen Boon

   --b. Feb 1, 1813 Franklin Co. NC
   --d. June 11, 1892 Mt. Lebabnon, Beinville Parrish, Louisiania
   ----buried Mt. Lebanon Louisiana Cemetery, Bienville Parrish,
   --m. Elizabeth Ann DAVIS
   --May 9, 1836 Wilkes Co., GA
   ----b. December 15, 1820 Wilkes Co., Georgia
   ----d. June 27, 1872 Enon Grove, Heard Co, Georgia
   ------buried Enon Grove Cemetery, Enon Grove, Heard Co., GA
   ------d/o William Davis, Jr. and Joicie JOHNSON
   

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3. Susanna C. Boon

   --b. abt 1815 Franklin Co., NC
   --m. Amos JOHNSON
   --July 20, 1831 Coweta Co., GA
   ----d. 1835/1845
   

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4. Kinchin Augustus 'K. A.' Boon JR.

   --b. April 28, 1818 Possibly Dallas or Autauga Co., Alabama
   --d. December 11, 1863 Texkarkana, Miller Co., AR
   --m. Mary Elizabeth FOSTER
   --July 19, 1845 Troup Co., Georgia
   ----b. March 3, 1831 LaGrange, Troup Co., Georgia
   ----d. September 22, 1912 Portales, Roosevelt Co., New Mexico
   ------d/o Francis Foster and Amy Harry EDWARDS
   --------gd/o Lt. John Hardin Foster and Martha 'Patsy' WINGFIELD
   --------gd/o John Edwards and Elizabeth BUSSEY
   

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5. William Joshua 'Buck' Boon

   --b. April 24, 1826 Hancock Co., Georgia
   --d. February 18, 1877 Tallapoosa County, Alabma --m.
   --January 23, 1851 Dudleyville, Tallapoosa Co., Alabama
   ----b. January 4, 1832 Abbeville District, South Carolina
   ----d. December 22, 1913 Boone Valley near Jackson's Gap, Tallapoosa Co., AL
   ------d/o Jabez 'Jabe' Vines and Nancy MATTISON
   

1. Two Books by Rupert Farnham Thomson as mentioned above
2. Census Records for Hancock, Coweta and Heard Co., GA as mentioned
   
3. Bethel Baptist Church Minutes (see above)
4. Troup Co., GA Courthouse Records - Personal visit in 1970
5. Boddie's History of Southern Families - Volum 7, page 101
6. Records of Newman Baptist Church, Heard Co., GA
   ---- as provided by Eugenia Pey
7. Manuscript of Boone Family History - compiled by Judge John H. Boon abt 1925
   ----I have certified copies of exerpts
8. Certified Bible pages from Bible of Allen Boon, s/o Kinchin Sr
9. A Genealogy of the Davis Family, compiled by Henry Tom Clark (1905) Montgomery, AL
   --reprinted by Mrs. Joe D. Stephens, Franklin, GA in 1970's as provided by Eugenia Pye
10. Pictures of Tombstone Inscriptions of various descendants of Allen Boon - as provided by Eugenia Pye
11. Susie F. Fowler - professional Genealogist hired by Rupert Farnham Thomposon (1981)
12. Coweta County History 1825-1880 by Anderson
13. Deeds of Hancock Co., GA
14. Bible Record of William Joshua Boon, s/o Kinchin Sr
    ---- as provided by Charles Douglas Boon, grandson
15. Will of William Boon - Will Book A 1799, page 137, Franklin Co., NC
16. Tallapoosa Co., Alabama Census
17. Boones and Some Connections written by Judge John H. Boon in 1925
18. The Story of Selma (Dallas Co., AL) by Walter M. Jackson (1954) - page 17
19. Heard County, GA - A History of Its People (1980) by Lynda S. Eller
20. The Farnham Newsletters published for years for reunion of Eugenia (Boon) Farnham Descendants
    ----I have many of these issues!
21. Fanny (Boon) Mears Bible Record
22. Bowie Co., Texas Census Records
23. Death certificate of Mary Elizabeth (Foster) Boon
24. Varilous Records of Cass Co., Texas
25. Cemetery Records at Memphis, Hall Co., Texas
    ----visited personally
26. E. N. Burkhalter - a Burkhalter Researcher
27. Original Marriage record for Thomas Monroe Boon (1898 Hardeman Co. TX)
    ---- given to me by country clerk in 1970 (never picked up)
28. Courthouse records for Throckmorton, Hardeman and Wilbarger Co., Texas
    ---- from personal visits made about 1970