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From: MR WILLIAM L DENNEY< >
Subject: John Denny & Daniel Boone
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 1998 18:22:34, -0500


-- [ From: Bill Denney * EMC.Ver #2.5.3 ] --

All,
While looking for a reference book I found the following item for sale
(being touted as containing a rare signature of the Daniel Boone):

Miscellaneous Document, Signed ("Deputy Daniel Boone"), written and
signed by John DENNY, 1 page, dated December 16, 1807, Being a Draught
and copy of a survey of a tract of land in Mercer County, KY belonging
to the estate of John Coghill with a diagram of the property. A
supplementary paragraph in another hand lays off the land as dower of
Nancy, his widow; signed by William Wood and John Oberley and dated
April 3, 1809. Daniel Boone (1734-1820) was born near Reading, PA. He
left NC in 1750 and settled in Buffalo Lick, KY the following year.

The one-page document is for sale at a price of $7500 (no, I didn't drop
a decimal point) for anyone who just has to have this for their Denny
collection <G>. For more details, see http://www.bibliocity.com/

I believe that the John Denny above would be the following person:

1. John DENNY was born on 5 Oct., 1750 in PA (to David Denny, Sr. who
was born in Londonderry?, Ulster, Ireland). Died on 14 Apr., 1834 in
Burgin, Mercer County, KY. Buried in Apr., 1834 in Mercer County, KY
(Shawnee Run Bapt. Church.). John was a surveyor. They settled in
Lincoln County, KY near Harrodsburg around 1790 and later, settled in
Edgefield County, SC per Dixon & Vann. (I think the John Denny of
Edgefield was another John Denny--anyone else know for sure??)

John was on the 1790 Mercer Co., KY tax list with his brothers, Robert
and Samuel.

He was living in Kentucky in 1811, when his brother Walter died.

He married Martha HALL Twin on 7 Apr 1789 in Frederick County, VA. The
place came from the book "Frederick County, VA Marriages 1771-1825" by
Eliza Timberlake Davis. Martha HALL (twin) was born on 10 Nov., 1767.
Died on 7 Nov., 1839 in Mercer County, KY.

They had the following children:

+2 i. Margaret "Peggy" DENNY
+3 ii. Elizabeth B. DENNY
4 iii. John DENNY Jr was born in 1795 in KY?. Died in 1814.
5 iv. Mary S. DENNY was born in 1797. Died in 1821.
+6 v. Sarah Hall DENNY
+7 vi. James Hall DENNY
+8 vii. Walter DENNY
9 viii. Martha H. DENNY was born on 12 Mar 1808. Died on 19 Sep
1889.

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Bill Denney--Vancouver USA

Researching: DENNEY/DENNY, BEEM, BENNETT, DANIEL, HILL, HOLT,
HOOPER, HOWARTH, ROBINSON, SOUTHARD/SUDDART

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