During the Revolutionary War he served in France and Holland in diplomatic roles, and helped negotiate the treaty of peace. From 1785 to 1788 he was minister to the Court of St. James's, returning to be elected Vice President under George Washington.
Booneville is the county seat of Prentiss County, Mississippi. Booneville was incorporated in 1861 and named after R.H. Boone, a relative of Daniel Boone. The population was 8,625 at the 2000 census. It is one of 21 certified Mississippi retirement cities.
Booneville is located in the northeastern corner of Mississippi. It was named for the Boone family who settled here before 1853. By the year 1850, the region comprising the county has become thickly populated with an excellent class of emigrants from Virginia, the Carolinas, Tennessee, and Alabama. These settlers were mainly Anglo-Saxon or British. Booneville was incorporated in 1861.