 Adam Varner, son of Adam Peter Varner and N.N..Born ± ABT. 1730 [SibleyClay49139.ftw] Adam Varner and his wife Eve were first discovered in Bucks County, Pennsylvania records. Later they moved to Whitley Township, Green County. In a widely-circulated, old family letter, Isaac Daniel Varner wrote to a grandchild, "Well Now I will try and answer your questions . Your Grandfather Varner's name was Joseph and your Grand Mother's name was Lucy. Her maiden name was Andrews. A Half-sister to Tom Andrews. Your Great Grand Father Varner's name was John, and his wife's name was Sarah. Her maiden name was Moore. Your Great, great Grand Father Varner's name was Adam, and his wife's name was Eve. He lived to be one hundred and one, grandpa was a dutchman from Germany". He signed the letter, "I.D. Varner." According to oral family history, Adam Varner had a brother named, Peter (b. ca. 1734, d. ca . 1833), who died at the age of 99 years. Peter Varner is said to have been a companion of Daniel Boone, the famous explorer. Peter Varner went with Boone and Wetzel (the Indian fighter), and "settled a colony at Booneville." History records that Danie Boone was born in 1734 to a Quaker family and was raised in Berks County, Pennsylvania. In 1750, Boone's father m oved the family to the frontier country along the Yadkin River in North Carolina. In the yea r 1775, Daniel Boone set out with a party of thirty woodsmen, intent on widening the Indian t rail and establishing a route to the Kentucky wilderness so that settlers could move in an in habit the interior. Afterwards, the men built a forth south of the present-day town of Lexington, Kentucky and called it, "Boonesborough." Apparently Peter Varner was one of Boone's thirty woodsmen. AFN: 2TKQ-SP Married/ Related to:  Eve LnuDied after AFT. 1850 [SibleyClay49139.ftw] AFN BXTC-PO Child: 1. John Varner, IBorn Sep 2, 1772 at Green County, Pennsylvania, died ± ABT. 1846 at Belmont County, Oho, approximately 74 years [SibleyClay49139.ftw] Family tradition says that both John and Sarah are buried on their farm in the Varner Cemetery. Although John left no will, his heirs are listed in a deed, recorded in Belmont County . After John's death, his widow broke up housekeeping and went to live with her children, staying for a few months at a time with each one. John and Sarah made the long journey to Belmont County Ohio from Greene County, PA. John pur chased their homestead on April 19, 1826. Two years later John purchased 65 acres from Thomas Smith for $300. By then, he had one horse and two head of cattle, for which he paid 38 cents, 5 mils taxes. By 1830 John's sons, Samuel and Isaac also appeared on the Belmont County tax rolls. Most of John and Sarah's children migrated to Linn County, Iowa by 1860, to Kansas by 1872 and to Kay County, Oklahoma Territory at the time of the land rush in the late 1800's. These early Varners were farmers in Ohio and Iowa, and were intelligent, hard-working people. After moving to Kansas, they went into the building industry. Education was important, and even the earlier generation of Varner men were taught to read and write. | |||