What People are Saying...

Wow! What a great program last Sunday! You really made history come alive with your dramatic, enthusiastic presentation laced with humor! Thank you for a wonderful program and for all you do to preserve and promote the rich history of our state!
- Patti Dunlap, president, Stokes County Historical Society

Your presentation was excellent. You are one of the few speakers I have known who can hold an audience's attention so well and leave the audience wanting more.
- Linda Lindsey, Historic Burke Foundation

“We knew you would be good, but Wow, you knocked it out of the park!
Combining wit with stellar research is always a winning combination. Your exuberance brought history alive to our audience, and everyone I’ve spoken to gave you rave reviews and asked if we could have you back. The board concurs! Your visit to Concord delighted us all.”

 - Vicki Isenhour, Concord Friends of the Library, Concord, NC

Randell Jones absolutely lives up to his reputation of delighting audiences with his storytelling and fascinating historical perspectives.  Even old history buffs walk away from his programs having learned something new.  He has a way of walking you through history, bringing it to life with wit, humor, and insight.
 - Laurie Johnston, North Carolina Room Curator,
Burke County Public Library

We are expecting several dozen for the Randell Jones lecture tomorrow! Response has been outstanding! Looking forward to another great program!
- Kay Peninger, president and CEO, Charlotte Museum of History

Your presentation at our “Historians Huddle” played a key role in furthering our goal of teaching our members about our shared history. You exceeded my expectations; I have received positive feedback may times at the 2017 SAR National Congress and at subsequent SAR events. 
- Jack Manning, Historian General
National Society, Sons of the American Revolution

Wow, Randell! That was such a great program tonight on “Other Lives of Daniel Boone”!  You covered it all—even the wagon train in the 1960s and all of his statues!  You were such a good speaker and very energizing for the crowd.  Very nice crowd.  I saw people I had not seen in years!  Take care and come back anytime!
- Merrikay Brown, President
Lewisville Historical Society, Lewisville, NC

Speaking Engagements

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For 2025, future events listed first; scroll down to discover more immediate upcoming events—

2025

June 7&8, 2025

250th Anniversary of the Settling of Kentucky
2-day event commemorating the founding of Fort Boonesborough in 1775
Fort Boonesborough Foundation
Fort Boonesborough State Park, KY
(featured speaker and storyteller)
June 7 is National Daniel Boone Day.

May 10 & 11, 2025

Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
”Daniel Boone’s America and Boone Trace, 1775” & book signing
Visitor Center (Talks - TBA)
“Pass the Axe” Relay Hike passes through the Gap
Middlesboro, KY

March 18, 2025

Stanly County Historical Society
”Daniel Boone’s America: Boone Trace, 1775” & book signing
United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall
Albemarle, NC (Tuesday, 7:00pm)

February 27, 2025

Davie County Historical Society
”Boone’s America: Between Two Sons”
—Daniel Boone during the American Revolution, 1773-1782 & book signing
Davie County Public Library, 371 N. Main Street
Mocksville, NC (Thursday, 7:00pm, open to the public)

February 23, 2025

Stokes County Historical Society
”Daniel Boone’s America: Boone Trace, 1775” & book signing
Walnut Cove Public Library, 106 5th Street
Walnut Cove, NC (Sunday, 2:00pm, open to the public)

2024

Dec. 14, 2024

Hewes Hooper Penn Chapter, (lunch meeting)
North Carolina Sons of the Revolution
”Boone Trace 1775”
High Point Country Club, High Point, NC

Dec. 1, 2024

Dedication of Boone Heritage Monument, unveiling (attendance by invitation)
Brenda Councill, sculptor
Dan’l Boone Inn
Boone, NC (serving as emcee)

Nov. 20, 2024

The Bookhouse (hosting “In the spirit of Boone” event)
”In the Footsteps of Daniel Boone,” storytelling and reading
120-A Reynolda Village Way
Winston-Salem, NC 7:00pm

Nov. 18, 2024

Lewisville Historical Society
”The Yadkin River—A Watershed of History”
Mary Alice Warren Community Center
Lewisville, NC 6:30pm (mtg begins at 6pm)

Nov. 13, 2024

Burwell School Historic Site (hosting “In the spirit of Boone” event)
”Daniel Boone’s America and Boone Trace, 1775” & book signing
319 N. Churton St.
Hillsborough, NC (talk+ fundraiser for Helene disaster relief) 6:30pm

Nov. 2, 2024

Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
”Daniel Boone’s America and Boone Trace, 1775” & book signing
Visitor Center (Talks - 11:00 and 2:00)
Middlesboro, KY

Oct. 7, 2024 (Canceled due to storm damage from Helene)

Kings Mountain National Military Park
Commemorative Ceremony atop the mountain, 11:00 am
Principal address for the 244th Anniversary
Kings Mountain NM Park, SC

Sept. 29, 2024 (postponed Due to Helene)

Dedication of Boone Heritage Monument unveiling ( attendance by invitation)
Brenda Councill, sculptor
Dan’l Boone Inn
Boone, NC (serving as emcee)

Sept. 28, 2024

Outlandish Festival
”Great Scots! They Came to North Carolina” (speaking at noon)
vendor area and book signing all day
Ayr Mount
Hillsborough, NC

Sept. 22, 2024

Sycamore Shoals State Historical Park
book signing during “The Muster” event
Elizabethton, TN

Sept. 21, 2024

Appalachian Culture Festival
Whippoorwill Academy and Village
vendor and booksigning
Ferguson, NC

Sept. 15, 2024

Fort Boonesborough State Park
”The Siege” event
book signing for Fort Boonesborough Foundation
Fort Boonesborough State Park, KY

Sept. 14, 2024

Appalachian Chapter, NSDAR
”Daniel Boone’s America and Boone Trace, 1775,” 1:00pm
Galax-Carroll Regional Public Library
Galax, VA

March 21, 2024

“The Yadkin River—a watershed of history”
Yadkin Riverkeeper
Mary Alice Warren Community Center
Lewisville, NC 7:00pm

March 21, 2024

Shepherd Center Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon
”Lucy Bramlett Patterson—Our Lady of Letters”
Ardmore Baptist Church
Winston-Salem, NC 11:30am

February 8, 2024

“The Long ‘74”
Wadesboro Rotary Club
Wadesboro, NC Noon

February 1, 2024

“A Broader, Bolder Kings Mountain Story”
Daughters of the American Revolution (4 chapters)
Piedmont Club, Spartanburg, SC 11:00 am

January 20, 2024

North Carolina Sons of the Revolution
”The Tortured Life of the “Bully Drawcansir” John Malcom”
High Point Country Club, High Point, NC 11:00 am

2023

March 13, 2023

Lewisville Historical Society
”Other Lives of Daniel Boone—a wife, a daughter and his 20th century commemorators in North Carolina”
for National Women’s History Month
Mary Alice Warren Community Center, 6:00 pm
(seating is limited)

March 23, 2023

Davie County Historical & Genealogical Society
”Other Lives of Daniel Boone—a wife, a daughter and his 20th century commemorators in North Carolina”
for National Women’s History Month
Davie County Public Library, 7:00 pm

May 15, 2023

Surry County Genealogical Association
”Other Lives of Daniel Boone—a wife, a daughter and his 20th century commemorators in North Carolina”
Mt. Airy Public Library, 6:00 pm

September 28, 2023

Stanly County Historical Society
Membership Appreciation Dinner
”Stories About Us… Just Down the Road…Back When”
Albemarle, NC

November 11, 2023

NC Society, Sons of the Revolution
Yorktown Commemorative Luncheon
”The Gathering”—a new, broader, bolder Kings Mountain Story”
Winston-Salem, NC

November 13, 2023

Alpha Delta Kappa (international honorary organization of women educators)
”Lucy Bramlette Patterson—Our Lady of Letters”
Winston-Salem, NC

The pandemic interrupted all speaking engagements for a couple of years after March 2020.
Here are a few of the notable presentations made in 2021and 2022:

November 19, 2022
4th Annual American Revolution Symposium
South Carolina Archives and History Center, Columbia, SC
”The Gathering— the Route of Col. James Williams and South Carolina Militia for the Battle of Kings Mountain”

October 26, 2022
The Daniel Boone Forum (150th Anniversary of Town of Boone)
Appalachian Theater, Boone, NC
”Commemorating Daniel Boone in the 20th Century”

April 9, 2022
General Davie Chapter, NSDAR, Durham, NC
”Famous and Infamous Women of North Carolina”

September 10, 2021
Governors Club, Chapel Hill, NC
”Famous and Infamous Women of North Carolina”

July 30, 2021
Reynolda Rotary Club, Winston-Salem, NC
”Famous and Infamous Women of North Carolina”