Jessie Benton is in my family tree. She wrote the first journals of Fremont’s explorations of the Oregon Territory.
I found this:
August, 1752. Joseph Kennedy to John ROSEMAN, 380 acres, 20 poles.
The most famous GUN in American history belonged to Daniel Boone. Walt Disney gave birth to the NRA the way I see it.
Hart, Benton, Boone Brothers
When I was a boy, Daniel Boone was a Brand Name. American Youth thought he was all about being free in this Democracy. He came here to be himself, and do what he wants. No one could stop him. He is above the law. The truth is, he was in constant litigation after the failure of Boonsborough and Transylvania Company that he co-founded with Colonel Thomas Hart, and his brother, Nathaniel Hart, who are kin to Senator Thomas Hart Benton, and the famous artist of the same name who was father-figure to artist, Jackson Pollack. The artists, Garth Benton, his daughter, Drew…
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