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.
In 1901, the Arkansas Legislature divided Logan County into two judicial districts with Booneville as the locale for the courthouse for the south half of the county. The 1928 stone structure that stands in the town today replaced an original wood courthouse and is on the National Register of Historic Places.