16A quote from Nathan Boone about Israel Boone:
[Israel] Died of consumption at an early age. His wife had previously died, and as no other Boones ever had it, it was thought he caught it from his wife. Young Jesse was raised by my father and mother. Jesse was always unlucky, first breaking his leg and then his arm. We don’t believe that Jesse Boone came to Kentucky during this hunt; Neeley was the man who came out with Squire Boone and returned home by himself.