One could go on all day about the time travel. In the first episode, the Revolutionary War is about to break out (1775), so either the Revolution was just about to start, or it had started and word just hadn't reached Kentucky yet. In all seasons they jump back and forth between "during the Revolutionary War" to "after the Revolutionary War" like a yo-yo, anywhere from a few years to up to thirty years' difference. One episode definitely mentions Daniel participating in Revolutionary War battles though no episode actually depicts that. Daniel is shown doing various other things to aid the Revolution and in one episode he even supplies information and aid to the British which is left unexplained.
Suddenly in Season 2, episode 7, "The Aaron Burr Story," they go as late as 1807. The capture of Aaron Burr occurred at Wakefield, in Mississippi Territory, now in the state of Alabama, (not Kentucky) on February 19, 1807, by Edmund P. Gaines and Nicholas Perkins III (not Daniel Boone). Besides the considerable fact twisting and time jump, the episode contains other things which did not exist in 1776 such as Federal troops. In other episodes, it is "long after the war" and George Washington is president (1789-1797), in another episode John Adams is president (1797-1801), in another Boone saves the Louisiana Purchase from the British, during which time Thomas Jefferson was president (1801-1809). 1807 is the latest I have seen them go specifically and I am well along in Season 6. Some episodes take place not long after the American Revolution, such as one in which a man who switched sides during the war returns to Boonesborough, while at least two take place during the French Revolution (1789-1799) and some mention the whiskey tax of 1791 and its repeal in 1802. During all of this, they keep skipping back to the American Revolution, meanwhile no one changes in age significantly. It goes without saying that Israel Boone continues to appear despite the real Israel having died on August 19, 1782 (ironically 175 years to the day before actor Darby Hinton's birth).
The most baffling episode is Season 5, episode 12, "Minnow for a Shark." It begins with Daniel Boone supplying some information to the British. This can only be during the Revolution, which started in Season 1. Israel's sea captain friend even mentions the British as being distinct from the Americans and the Americans' reasons for not liking them, and the king is mentioned as still being in power so the Revolution is not over. By the end of the episode, Daniel and Israel have helped the British by recovering some wealth (which would no doubt be used to finance the war) and been rewarded for it, which would make Daniel, at least, guilty of treason, even if Israel was let off due to his young age.
Season 6, episode 17: Again, time travel, people! Granted, it is true that the Boone and Lincoln families were neighbors, and Tom Lincoln was known for orneriness, but that's about it. (Despite his orneriness, Tom managed to have two very nice wives.) Season 1 of Daniel Boone: 1775. Season 6 should be 1780. Thomas Lincoln, born 1778. Age in 1780: 2 years. Nancy Hanks, born 1784. Age in 1780: Minus four years. Marriage date June 12, 1806, again pushing the timeline boundaries, almost as far as the Aaron Burr episode. First child was a girl, Sarah, born 1807, who everyone forgets, including Rosemary Benét, who wrote the silly poem "Nancy Hanks," in which the ghost of Nancy Hanks speaks of Abraham as being "all alone," completely ignoring the fact that he had an older sister! This episode is in the same silliness category as that poem but lacking any literary merits it may possess.
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