In 1784, Robert Bohannon made a Will in Wake County, North Carolina naming his wife Celia and children William Bohannon, Edmund Bohannon, Kinchin Bohannon, and Gideon Bohannon.

Will of Robert Bohannon
Wake County, North Carolina, USA
22 Mar 1784

Abstract

This indenture made in the name of God.

Wife Seleh Bohanan; whole estate for her life, then to four sons William, Edmond, Kinchen, Giddeon 840 acres. Son William: the plantation whereon I now live. Four daughters Silve, Saley, Ale, Sookke: equal parts of personal estate.

Executors: Wife Seleh, son William Bohanan
Witnesses: Silve Bohanon, Edmond Bohanan, Joseph Embry (Jurat)

Recorded in Wake County, North Carolina on 18 Jun 1781. (Page 186)

Source: Wynne, Frances Holloway. Abstract of Record of Wills, Inventories, Settlements of Estates, 1771-1802. Wake County , North Carolina, 1985.