Daniel Boone's Burial Site in Missouri

03/18/2026

This is a 1975 article from The Corbin Times newspaper in Kentucky. I'm not vouching for its total accuracy but you might find it intersting to read today on the anniversary of her death. 18 March 1813. Hopefully you can zoom in for easier reading.

02/19/2026

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For American long hunters like Daniel Boone, hunting did not stop when snow fell. Winter was a prime time to collect certain seasonal hides and meats that were in demand. Valuable market pelts like beaver were harvested during the winter and made up a significant part of a hunter’s annual income. Another winter favorite was bears, who were sought after for their fat, tender meat and fur coats. Animals like coyotes, rabbits, squirrels and racoons were hunted during the cold months for their supply of meat and pelts for coats, hats, gloves, etc.

10/22/2025

This is the date Daniel claimed as his "real" birthday.. Happy birthday, Daniel Boone!
(Image: Jim Dressler portraying Daniel Boone in his last years. Painted by David Wright.)

06/08/2025

06/08/2025

Daniel Boone and his men arrive in Kentucky. 250th anniversary.

09/28/2024

September 28, 2024

Exactly 204 years ago today a most significant event occurred at this little spot at the edge of the woods near the banks of the wide and muddy Missouri River.

On that Thursday morning many friends and family had gathered at the farm of Flanders and Jemima (Boone) Callaway, just across Tuque Creek and present State Route 47. Some had travelled from as far away as St. Louis but most were from the surrounding area. Word had spread that the man who had done so much for them over the years and whom they followed from the east into the wilderness of Kentucky and from Kentucky into the western frontier of Spanish Louisiana, had passed away. The people came to follow Daniel Boone one last time.

After a service led by Rev. James Craig, a Baptist preacher, a processional was organized to deliver the body here to this place, chosen by Daniel himself seven years earlier. They would lay their esteemed leader to rest beside his beloved Becky as he had requested. History tells us it was quite a sight to see. At the head of the long solemn parade, teenage James Bryan hoisted the American flag and slowly rode his horse followed by the farm wagon carrying the body of Daniel Boone in the coffin he had fashioned for himself.

Heads bowed and hearts ached as the wooden coffin was lowered into the grave and one of the most formative eras of our American history came to an end. Right here in this now very historic little spot at the edge of the woods.

06/10/2024

A little about Boone Monument Village at Marthasville, MO.

Now known as Boone Monument Village, it was the FIRST settled homestead in this area.

In 1799 when Daniel Boone brought his family and a few friends to this area, one of those family members was David Bryan (1757-abt 1837). David is referred to as an adopted son of Daniel and Rebecca (Bryan) Boone. He was raised by them and was a relative of Rebecca. His mother had died when he was a child. As a member of Daniel Boone's family he was granted the land by the Spanish government.

David married Mary Powers in Kentucky in 1791. They settled on their Spanish land grand and started a farm, built a log house, and raised their family. They planted an apple orchard with seeds he brought "in his vest pocket" from Kentucky. That apple orchard was between their log home (present Civil War era brick house) and where the cemetery came later (prob. in 1813).

Daniel and Rebecca never established a permanent home of their own in Missouri, although they had their own houses at various times in various locations. They did as people in their sixties and older did in those times - they spent their time with their children, staying for awhile with one and then another, helping them out with their families and building up their own homes. They loved David and his farm and spent a lot of time living here.

When Rebecca passed away after a short illness, at her daughter Jemima's home located just across Tuque Creek from David's farm, Daniel chose to bury her at the end of the apple orchard on David's farm. As far as we know hers was the first burial here and the beginning of the family cemetery. He told his children to make sure "when my time comes" to bury him beside her. They were both laid to rest here on David Bryan's farm.

Daniel spent even more time at the Bryan farm after his wife passed to be near her. The family reported that when he would disappear from sight they would often find him sitting next to her grave in the little graveyard.

The David Bryan farm (Boone Monument Village) is a very historic place and an important part of Missouri and American history. It is still well cared for, beautiful, and peaceful and those of us who love it consider it an American treasure.

09/26/2023

On this day in this place

Marthasville, Missouri is a long way from Berks County, PA. where a boy was born to an English Quaker family on November 2, 1734. The path he took in life was one of joy, adventure, tragedy, and heartache. In his own words, he was "but a common man." It didn't take much to make him happy, a blue sky, a creek full of beaver, a woods to roam (alone or with his fellow wanderers), a log cabin made by his own hands, and a gentle dark haired lady who gave him children who all loved and admired him all their lives.

It took great strength and fortitude to make the journey. He sacrificed much along the way, but his principles and convictions he carried with him to the end. He shared whatever good came to him and defended, doctored, and helped however he could. He served his country in many ways, including lieutenant-colonel of the militia, sheriff of Fayette County, Kentucky, deputy surveyor, and two terms as Kentucky State Representative. But Daniel Boone was no politician and even a strong man can be hurt. There were then, as there are now, those who stay back in safety and comfort while those beneath them in society sacrifice and die to make the way, then they step in and take the helm, making all new rules.

As Daniel aged, he made a decision to leave it all behind and go where he might live out his life in peace. He spent the last twenty-one years of his tumultuous life watching his grandchildren grow, hunting and trapping, traveling the Missouri River on his old flatboat, a familiar site to those who lived in the small villages of Charette (Marthasville), and Femme Osage (Defiance) where he and his family settled in 1799. For awhile he felt some bitterness for the treatment he had received. Green Clay of Kentucky wrote a letter to him asking him to come back to help settle a land dispute. He replied that he'd rather lay his head on the chopping block than to ever step foot on Kentucky soil again.

In 1813 his dark haired Rebecca passed away in the home of their daughter, Jemima. He chose to lay her to rest above Teuque Creek on a nearby farm at Marthasville in view of the apple orchard she had loved. He gave instructions to his remaining children to make sure he was buried beside her when his time came. Seven years later, on September 26, 1820, it came... and they did as he had asked. This was where he chose to end his earthly journey.

Today people still come to this simple humble gravesite from all over the world. There is hardly a day without visitors. Something of his spirit lives on among the little hills and creeks surrounding this special spot chosen specifically by him. He found his peace here at last. ---------Margy Miles