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According to Linda Barnette, a Dwiggins
descendant and former library trustee, "the John Boone who signed
this deed was the son of Daniel's first cousin John Boone, who died
in approximately 1803. It remained in my family for 200 years in the
possession of my grandmother Blanche Dwiggins Smith who passed it on
to my aunt Helen Smith Wrenn, who lives in Fayetteville and gave
this deed to the Davie County Public Library in January, 2013. The
Ashley Crews to whom the land was sold was my 5th great-grandfather.
His daughter Ursula Crews married Daniel Dwiggins, who was my
grandmother's great- great-grandfather. They are buried in the old
Dwiggins family cemetery on Boone Farm Road. The Dwiggins's and the
Leaches mentioned in this deed were all ancestors of ours as well.
Zadok Leach's daughter Sarah married Daniel Dwiggins's son Ashley.
After the original Dwiggins burials, the other generations are
buried at Center. My aunt decided to give this deed as a gift to the
library so that it would be preserved for future generations and to
honor our ancestors." Donor: Helen S. Wrenn.