Historical Marker

Daniel Boone's Parents

US 601 at Joppa Cemetery, NW of Mocksville · Mocksville · Davie

North Carolina marker

Inscription

Parents of frontiersman

Daniel Boone settled in

N.C. ca. 1751, purchased

land grant nearby, 1753.

Squire died, 1765; and

Sarah, 1777. Buried here.

Location

AddressUS 601 at Joppa Cemetery, NW of Mocksville
CityMocksville
CountyDavie
StateNorth Carolina
Coordinates35.909120, -80.578510

Sources

More markers in Davie

John Stokes

First U.S. Judge for District of N.C., 1790, captain in Revolution, state legislator, member of convention of 1789.

Boone Tract

In 1753 Lord Granville granted 640 acres on Bear Creek to Squire Boone who sold it in 1759 to his son Daniel.