Peake - Stiles - Person Sheet
Peake - Stiles - Person Sheet
NameLt. John BOONE 
FatherHenry BOONE (1723-)
Misc. Notes
Lt. John Boone was the son of Henry Boone, and the grandson of John Boone & Elizabeth Beaven. He was the nephew of our Charles Boone. Lt. John Boone served seven years in the American Revolution from 1776 to 1783, in other words during the entire war. He served in the 1st Maryland Regiment, and was soon thereafter transferred into the 3rd Regiment where served out the rest of the war. He served in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and then Virginia. Lt. John Boone was wounded at the battle of Eutaw Springs, South Carolina where his regiment served in the center of the line. However, regardless of the wound, he was still able to serve out his term six weeks later as he was also at the Battle of Yorktown a month later for the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown.
If you have ever seen Mel Gibson’s movie “The Patriot”, then you have seen a dramatized version of the Battle of Eutaw Springs in South Carolina. Mel Gibson’s character was a takeoff of Francis Marion aka “The Swamp Fox”. The Patriots were badly out matched in South Carolina, so Francis Marion formed a group of twenty to thirty men who basically harassed the British constantly with guerrilla warfare which he learned from fighting in the French & Indian War. The Indians used it on the Colonists and British in the French & Indian War. Francis Marion and his men would flee into the swamps and hide in the trees. He knew the land inside and out and used it to his advantage. The British also hated chasing them into the swamps as they also had to deal with the copperheads and water moccasins snakes. The British commander in charge of South Carolina was Tarleton, whose ruthlessness and evilness was portrayed not only in the movie the “The Patriot”, but also in the Netflix mini-series “Turn”, which is about Washington’s Spies.
At the Battle of Eutaw Springs, Lt. John Boone fought along with Brigadier General Francis Marion from SC, Lt Col. Henry (Lightfoot) Lee from Virginia, the grandfather of Robert E. Lee, and Lt. Col. John Eger Howard, also from Maryland (Baltimore). Lt. Col. Henry Lee was the brother of Philip Lee of Maryland. Philip Lee was a neighbor in Prince George County, Maryland to our John Boone & Elizabeth Beaven, Lt. John Boone’s grandparents and our direct line. Lt. Col. John Eger Howard, is not related to our line of Howards in Maryland, as there were four different Howard family lines. He was the hero at the Battle of Cowpens, South Carolina.
Lt. Col. John Boone was also encamped at Valley Forge and would have received training from the famous Hessian Major General Baron von Stueben. He helped General Washington whip the disorganized and unruly colonists into real soldiers to help them match the well trained British soldiers.
Lt. John Boone was at the Surrender at Yorktown, the 3rd Maryland Regiment served in the center of the line, right flank, right next to General Washington, see the last page in the Yorktown Battlefield file above. Lt. John Boone not only fought alongside General George Washington, but also Inspector General Baron von Stueben, Major General Marquis de Lafayette from France, Brigadier General “Mad” Anthony Wayne (a famous Indian Fighter in Ohio and Illinois after the war), and Lt. Col. Alexander Hamilton, who later became the first treasurer of the United States. Supposedly Lt. John Boone is in the picture of the Surrender at Yorktown, which is one of the four pictures in the White House Rotunda.
Finally, also worth noting, your other direct line relatives also served for Maryland, Walter (Wattie)Boone, Charles Boone, John Baptist Cambron, son Henry Cambron, and Edward Howard. Ignatius Boone in the muster roll file above is the brother of Lt. Col. John Boone, while Joseph Mattingly also ties into our lines. After Joseph Mattingly died in 1815 in Nelson County, Kentucky, our James Howard (brother of our William Howard), married his widow Sarah Brewer. Walter (Wattie) Boone ended up marrying Joseph Mattingly’s first wife Theresa Hagan for his second marriage.
Your Howard connection – 1) Theresa Boone Dressman, 2) Rena Howard Boone, 3) Francis Milburn Howard, 4) Austin Howard, 5) Joseph (Joe) Howard, 6) William Howard – brother James Howard, 7) Edward Howard (assumed).
So there you have it, the rest of the story.
Martin
If you have ever seen Mel Gibson’s movie “The Patriot”, then you have seen a dramatized version of the Battle of Eutaw Springs in South Carolina. Mel Gibson’s character was a takeoff of Francis Marion aka “The Swamp Fox”. The Patriots were badly out matched in South Carolina, so Francis Marion formed a group of twenty to thirty men who basically harassed the British constantly with guerrilla warfare which he learned from fighting in the French & Indian War. The Indians used it on the Colonists and British in the French & Indian War. Francis Marion and his men would flee into the swamps and hide in the trees. He knew the land inside and out and used it to his advantage. The British also hated chasing them into the swamps as they also had to deal with the copperheads and water moccasins snakes. The British commander in charge of South Carolina was Tarleton, whose ruthlessness and evilness was portrayed not only in the movie the “The Patriot”, but also in the Netflix mini-series “Turn”, which is about Washington’s Spies.
At the Battle of Eutaw Springs, Lt. John Boone fought along with Brigadier General Francis Marion from SC, Lt Col. Henry (Lightfoot) Lee from Virginia, the grandfather of Robert E. Lee, and Lt. Col. John Eger Howard, also from Maryland (Baltimore). Lt. Col. Henry Lee was the brother of Philip Lee of Maryland. Philip Lee was a neighbor in Prince George County, Maryland to our John Boone & Elizabeth Beaven, Lt. John Boone’s grandparents and our direct line. Lt. Col. John Eger Howard, is not related to our line of Howards in Maryland, as there were four different Howard family lines. He was the hero at the Battle of Cowpens, South Carolina.
Lt. Col. John Boone was also encamped at Valley Forge and would have received training from the famous Hessian Major General Baron von Stueben. He helped General Washington whip the disorganized and unruly colonists into real soldiers to help them match the well trained British soldiers.
Lt. John Boone was at the Surrender at Yorktown, the 3rd Maryland Regiment served in the center of the line, right flank, right next to General Washington, see the last page in the Yorktown Battlefield file above. Lt. John Boone not only fought alongside General George Washington, but also Inspector General Baron von Stueben, Major General Marquis de Lafayette from France, Brigadier General “Mad” Anthony Wayne (a famous Indian Fighter in Ohio and Illinois after the war), and Lt. Col. Alexander Hamilton, who later became the first treasurer of the United States. Supposedly Lt. John Boone is in the picture of the Surrender at Yorktown, which is one of the four pictures in the White House Rotunda.
Finally, also worth noting, your other direct line relatives also served for Maryland, Walter (Wattie)Boone, Charles Boone, John Baptist Cambron, son Henry Cambron, and Edward Howard. Ignatius Boone in the muster roll file above is the brother of Lt. Col. John Boone, while Joseph Mattingly also ties into our lines. After Joseph Mattingly died in 1815 in Nelson County, Kentucky, our James Howard (brother of our William Howard), married his widow Sarah Brewer. Walter (Wattie) Boone ended up marrying Joseph Mattingly’s first wife Theresa Hagan for his second marriage.
Your Howard connection – 1) Theresa Boone Dressman, 2) Rena Howard Boone, 3) Francis Milburn Howard, 4) Austin Howard, 5) Joseph (Joe) Howard, 6) William Howard – brother James Howard, 7) Edward Howard (assumed).
So there you have it, the rest of the story.
Martin