Pioneer Family Histories of Watauga County

Councill Jordan Council, Sr. (1769-1839), married to Sarah Howard (1771-1816), were first settlers of the Town of "Boone, originally known as Councill's Store. Jordan, Sr. was a prominent citizen, farmer and merchant. His son Jordan, Jr. (1799-1875) continued the founding family traditions and was a successful merchant, miller, blacksmith, long-haul livestock trader and owner of Councill's Store where in 1823 he served as postmaster. His businesses encompassed a large geographic area of import and export which sustained and expanded the local region's commerce. Councill's Store was a purveyor to the early frontier trade route which ran from the local area to the burgeoning frontier of Kentucky. In 1849 the North Carolia Legislature appointed Councill as one of three commissioners to help lay out the Town of Boone on 50 acres of land donated by Jordan Councill, Jr. and local resident, Ransom Hayes.Councill tenth generation, Frederick Moore Council and Martha Hardin Counicll, children of James Hardin Councill and Margaret Moore CouncillThe children of John Hardin Councill(1929-2008), and Rebecca Sue Shoemake (1934-2015), recognize their pateral grandparents, Mayor Edward Tracy Councill(1899-1936), and Grate McNinch Councill (1900-1974). Richard Jefferson Councill (1923-2008) descendants honbr Dr. William Bower Councill, Sr. (1829-1899), who rode on horseback with saddle bags of medicine serving the mountain region, and his wife, Alice Bostwick Councill (1832-1935).