• Letter R.S. Duncan 1893 to James Bourne. 

In 1734 John Bourne,Jr. sold his farm near Fredricksburg VA. and moved to Culpeper County, Virginia on the Rapidian River, with brothers Andrew and Henry.
Son Francis went to Kentucky in 1783-84 and led the "300" to Ky in 1789
in Fayette Co. in the fall of the year .
They suffered extreme hardships both going and after their arrival. Story by Daniel Bourne as told by father, Francis s/o John, Jr. and Ellen Davis Bourne.
 John and Andrew were in...