Sylum Inspiration: Daniel Boone

Border : Spy Liaison

Daniel Boone was born on October 22, 1734 to Squire Boone, Sr. and Sarah Morgan, and was the sixth child born to the couple, out of eleven. He lived in Pennsylvania with his Quaker family until 1750. After his sister and then his brother married people outside the Quaker faith, the entire family was expelled from the Quakers and they all moved to North Carolina. Daniel, though he considers himself a Christian, has never attended church since then.

Education-wise, he wasn’t given any formal education in his childhood or adolescent years. His full education didn’t actually occur until after he was Turned and his wife had died of old age and he went to reside in Sylum Manor.

He participated in the French and Indian War around 1755 as a wagon driver for General Braddock at the Battle of Monongahela. After his return in August of 1756, he married Rebecca Bryan, and with her, he had ten children prior to becoming a Vampire (one of whom was actually his brother’s child; his wife began a relationship with Daniel’s brother when Daniel went missing for two years after the “Cherokee Uprising” in 1759.)

In 1767, Boone and his brother, Squire Boone, Jr., met John Francis and Benton Fraser while on a long hunt that led them into Kentucky. When Boone decided to make a thorough, two-year expedition exploring Kentucky, he sent notice to John, who joined him for a brief time, luckily for Boone. An accident left him with a mortal wound, requiring John to Turn him, once Daniel gave his consent.