NameSarah King Bohannon
Birth17 Jan 1804, Mississippi, USA [288]
Death27 Mar 1855, Warren, Mississippi, USA [288]
Spouses
Birth4 Sep 1799, Hancock, Georgia, USA [17], [287]
Deathaft 11 Sep 1873, Hamburg, Ashley, Arkansas, USA
Burialaft 11 Sep 1873
OccupationPlanter
Marriageabt 1819, Covington, Mississippi, USA
Biography notes for Sarah King Bohannon
Sarah King Ragan (Bohannon) is buried in the Bohannon-Ragan Cemetery at Antioch in Warren County, Mississippi. (32.2472, -90.8236) Her tombstone inscription includes: “wife of Jessie B Ragan, Daughter of Wyley and Ann King.”
Census notes for Sarah King Bohannon
1820 U.S. Federal Census
Jesse Ragan Household
Covington County, Mississippi
Jesse Ragan, a: 16-25
+Female, a: 16-25 (Sarah King Bohannon)
Male, a: 0-9
Female, a: 0-9 (Eliza Ann Ragan)
1830 U.S. Federal Census
J. B. Ragan Household
Warren County, Mississippi
J. B. Ragan, a: 20-29
+Female, a: 20-29 (Sarah King Bohannon)
Female, a: 10-14 (Eliza Ann Ragan)
Female, a: 5-9
Female, a: under 5 (Amanda Susan Ragan)
Male, a: under 5 (John Curtis Ragan)
Slaves: 5
1840 U.S. Federal Census
Jesse B. Ragan Household
Hinds County, Mississippi
Jesse B. Ragan, a: 40-49
+Female, a: 30-39 (Sarah King Bohannon)
Male, a: 20-29 (William P. Stone)
+Female, a: 15-19 (Amanda Susan Ragan)
Male, a: 10-14 (John Curtis Ragan)
Female, a: 10-14 (Laura Ragan)
Male, a: 5-9 (Wylie Bohanan Ragan)
Male, a: 0-4 (William Ragan Stone)
Female, a: 0-4 (Sarah Ragan)
1850 U.S. Federal Census
Jesse B. Ragan Household
Warren County, Mississippi
2 Oct 1850
Jesse B. Ragan, a: 50, b: Georgia (Planter)
+Sarah K. Ragan, a: 44, b: Georgia
John Ragan, a: 23, b: Mississippi
Wylie B. Ragan, a: 16, b: Mississippi (Student)
Sarah Ragan, a: 12, b: Mississippi
Sarina Ragan, a: 10, b: Mississippi
Ashburn Ragan, a: 1, b: Mississippi
Real Estate Value: $20,000
Research notes for Sarah King Bohannon
Research Notes
The 1850 U.S. census of Warren County, Mississippi enumerates Sarah K. Ragan (Bohannon) as 44 years of age. This age is inconsistent by two years with a date of birth of 17 Jan 1804.
The Mississippi Census, 1805-90 (
Ancestry.com) includes a record for a Sarah Bohannon, 1860, Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi as appearing on a Federal population schedule. (Source: MS 1860 Federal Census Index; Page 891; accessed 12 Dec 2009) Sarah Bohannon has not been identified in 1860 Federal census records.