The capture and rescue of Jemima Boone and the Callaway girls is a famous incident in the colonial history of Kentucky. Three girls were captured by a Cherokee - Shawnee raiding party on July 14, …

Discover life events, stories and photos about Jemima Anne Boone (1762–1834) of Yadkin, Rowan, North Carolina, British Colonial America.

Aug 14, 2025 · Fort Boonesborough State Park in Kentucky preserves the site where thirteen-year-old Jemima Boone proved that quick thinking beats panic every time. On July 14, 1776, she and two …

Mar 9, 2021 · Two years after settling, Jemima was canoeing with two friends – Elizabeth and Frances Callaway – on the Kentucky River. The girls were overtaken by a Cherokee and Shawnee raiding …

Oct 7, 2021 · In 1776, thirteen year-old Jemima Boone wandered away from her family's settlement and into one of the era's fiercest land disputes. On the day her life would be transformed, Jemima Boone …

Daniel Boone was a well-known American frontiersman who was important to early colonization and settlement efforts in modern-day Kentucky. Jemima Boone spent the first 11 years of her life in the …

Jemima. Jemima was born in North Carolina in 1762 and moved to Boonesborough with her mother and five brothers and two sisters in September, 1775. She was about 14 years old in 1776 when she was …

Mar 26, 2024 · The rescue of Jemima Boone and the Callaway sisters became one of the most celebrated stories of the American frontier. For Daniel Boone, the episode solidified his reputation as …

Hanging Maw, the raiders’ leader, recognized one of the captives as Jemima, daughter of Kentucky’s most influential pioneers, Daniel and Rebecca Boone. He realized she could be a valuable pawn in …

Mar 23, 2023 · On a quiet midsummer day in 1776, weeks after the signing of the Declaration of Independence, thirteen-year-old Jemima Boone and her friends Betsy and Fanny Callaway were …