Born in North Carolina in about 1781, Wiley Bohannon was a son of Duncan Bohannon and Elizabeth (Williams) Bohannon (411).
In about 1800, Wiley Bohannon married Ann King, a daughter of Azariah King and Mary (Abell) King. Presumably, the couple married in the Mississippi Territory, where Ann King was born. A daughter, Sarah King Bohannon, was born to Wiley and Ann Bohannon on 17 Jan 1804, likely in Mississippi (624). A son Curtis W. Bohannon was born to Wiley and ann Bohannon in about 1806, likely in Mississippi.
Wiley Bohannon’s father, Duncan Bohannon, died in about 1811 at Lincolnton in Lincoln County, Georgia (411, 933).
During the War 1812, Wiley Bohannon served as a Private in the 13th Regiment (Nixon’s) of the Mississippi Militia (1001). He commenced service on 6 Jan 1815 and served through 5 Feb 1815 and was paid $8.
On 5 Apr 1812, the Governor of Georgia ordered a passport prepared for Wiley Bohannon and for George King. The order noted that Wiley Bohannon would travel with his wife, two children, and eleven negroes, and that George King would travel with his wife, mother, and 44 negroes. All applicants were of Wilkes County, Georgia. In Mississippi on 6 Dec 1814, Wiley Bohannon signed a Memorial to Congress to petition for a post road through the center of the Mississippi Territory, to commence at the Chocktaw Agency at Pearl River, there intersecting the Nashvill rout, and thence to Montecello on said River, etc. (925).
In about 1819, Wiley and Ann Bohannon’s daughter, Sarah King Bohannon, and Jesse Battle Ragan married in Covington County, Mississippi.
The 1820 federal census of Lawrence County, Mississippi enumerates the Wiley Bohannon household including a female, age 26–44 years, and a male, age 10–15 years (924). Wiley Bohannon was 26–44 years of age, and the female, age 26–44, was presumably his wife Ann (King) Bohannon. The male, age 10–15 years, was likely Curtis Bohannon. The 1820 census lists the Wiley Bohannon household adjacent to the household of Ann (King) Bohannon’s younger brother Meshack King. Before 1827, the Wiley Bohannon family migrated from Lawrence County, Mississippi to Warren County, Mississippi where Wiley Bohannon served as an Associate Justice at some point during the period 1820–1827.
The 1830 federal census of Warren County, Mississippi enumerates the Wiley Bohannon household including Wylie Bohannon, age 40–49 years, a female, age 40–49 years, and two males, both age 20–29 years (929). The female age 40–49 years presumably was Ann (King) Bohannon. The identities of the two males, age 20–29 years, are unknown.
In Warren County, Mississippi on 24 Jan 1831, Wylie Bohannon, Mary F. Bohannon, and Curtis W. Bohannon made bond of $10,000 as administrators of the estate of Isaiah Bohannon, deceased (1021). Isaiah Bohannon was a brother to Wylie Bohannon.
On 28 Sep 1836, J. B. Ragan acquired by indenture 255 acres of land in Section 23 of Township 15 of Range 4 East in Warren County, Mississippi from Willie Bohannon (618). Willie Bohannon and his wife Ann (King) Bohannan signed the indenture. On 1 Mar 1837, Wylie Bohanon and his wife Ann made a deed in Washington County, Mississippi to W. H. and A. M. Paxton (412). William P. Stone witnessed the deed.
On 11 Jul 1848, Wiley Bohannon gave a deposition at his home in Warren County, Mississippi (467). The deposition was regarding a survey by John Ragan on 10 Jul 1820 of a 160 acre parcel in Section 23 of Township 7 North in Range 21 West of Lawrence County, Mississippi. James Walker purchased 160 acres of land from John Ragan, and the survey was made to identify that parcel. The deposition was to inform a decision in a suite by Maney H. Smith against the estate of Elam S. Ragan, Lazarus B. Ragan, Administrator. The case was before the Southern District Chancery Court at Monticello in Lawrence County, Mississippi.
The 1840 federal census of Warren County, Mississippi enumerates Wiley Bohannon as 50–59 years old and living alone (930). The 1845 Mississippi State Census also enumerates Wyley Bohannon as living in Warren County, Mississippi (928). At the 1850 Federal Census, Wiley Bohannon was living adjacent to the Jesse B. Ragan household (931).
Wyley Bohannon died intestate before the probate of his estate on 30 Mar 1859 in Warren County, Mississippi (265, 927). On 30 Mar 1859, the probate court for Warren County, Mississippi issued letters of administration for the Estate of Wyley Bohannon to Horace H. Miller, Thomas A. Marshall, and C. B. Buckner (927). The administrators paid a bound of $3,000.
Notes and Comments
The Will of Duncan Bohannon, made in Lincoln County, Georgia before his death on 24 Mar 1803, names a son Wyley Bohannon (411). If Wiley Bohannon was at least 21 years old at the time of his father’s will, then he was born before 1782. Duncan Bohannon migrated from North Carolina to Wilkes County, Georgia before 14 Jul 1785. Thus, Wiley Bohannon may have been born in Wilkes County; however, Duncan Bohannon was about 50 years old in 1785. Wiley Bohannon was probably born well before 1785 in Orange County, North Carolina. For the 1850 federal census of Warren County, Mississippi, Wiley Bohannon stated that he was born in North Carolina (931).
The 1850 U.S. federal census of Warren County, Mississippi lists the birth place of Wiley Bohannon as North Carolina. On 21 Nov 1756, William Churton surveyed 695 acres of land in Orange County, North Carolina for Duncan Bohannon. Duncan Bohannon appears on a 1793 tax list for Wilkes County, North Carolina. Apparently, Wiley Bohannon was born in either Orange or Wilkes County.
On 5 Apr 1812, the Governor of Georgia issued a passport to Wiley Bohanan to travel through the Indian Nation to the Western Country. The passport noted that he had a wife and two children as well as 11 negroes. George King, his wife, mother, and 44 Negroes traveled on the same passport. All parties were from Wilkes County, Georgia. The Ragan, Bohanan, and King families likely were acquainted in Wilkes County and may have traveled together to Mississippi.
According to Letters of Administration for his estate, Wylie Bohannon died intestate (485).
Geographical Boundary History
Lawrence County, Mississippi was formed from Marion County on 22 Dec 1814. On 5 Feb 1819, Lawrence County lost land to the creation of Covington County. On 12 Feb 1819, Lawrence County lost land to Marion County, Mississippi.
On 9 Dec 1811, Marion County, Mississippi ws created from parts of Amite, Franklin, Wayne, and non-county area.
Sources
262. Bryan, Mary Givens. Passports Issued by Governors of Georgia, 1785-1809. National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Washington, D.C., 1964.
411. Will of Duncan Bohannon, Lincoln County, Georgia Will Book B, 1808–1832. Court of Ordinary, Lincoln County, Georgia. Georgia County, District and Probate Courts. (Images: Ancestry.com. Image on file.)
412. Deed by Wylie Bohannon and Wife Ann to W. H. and A. M. Paxton, Washington County, Mississippi, 1 Mar 1837. Washington County, Mississippi Deed Book G, 30 Dec 1837 – 23 Nov 1839, Page 230.
467. Deposition by Wiley Bohannon in Smith vs Ragan, Warren County, Mississippi, 11 Jul 1848. Southern District Chancery Court, Monticello, Lawrence County, Mississippi.
485. Letters of Administration, Estate of Wiley Bohannon. Warren County, Mississippi. 30 Mar 1859. Chancery Clerk, Warren County, Mississippi. (Images: Ancestry.com. Image on file.)
624. Gravestone. Sarah King (Bohannon) Ragan, Bohannon-Ragan Cemetery, Antioch, Warren County, Mississippi, USA. Find A Grave Memorial 27531527.
924. Wiley Bohannon Household, 1820 U.S. Federal Census, Wiley Bohannon Household, 1820 U.S. Federal Census, 7 Aug 1820. Page 64, NARA Roll M33_57, Image 80. U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C. (Images: Ancestry.com. Image on file.)
925. Memorial to Congress by Inhabitants of the Territory. Carter, Clarence Edwin (Ed.). The Territorial Papers of the United States. Volume VI. The Territory of Mississippi 1809–1817. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1938. Pages 470–471. (Images: HathiTrust. Images on file.)
927. Letter of Administration, Estate of Wiley Bohannon, Warren County, Mississippi, 30 Mar 1859. Administrators’ Accounts, Bonds, Letters; Guardian Bonds, 1842–1939. (Images: Ancestry.com. Image on file.)
928. Wyley Bohannon, Mississippi State Census, Warren County, Mississippi, 1845. Roll v229.3. Mississippi State and Territorial Censuses, 1792–1866. Heritage Quest. (Images: Ancestry.com. Image on file.)
929. Wiley Bohannon Household, 1830 U.S. Federal Census, Warren County, Mississippi, 1 Jun 1830. Series M19, Roll 71, Page 215, Family History Library Film 0014839. U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C. (Images: Ancestry.com. Image on file.)
930. Wylie Bohannon, 1840 U.S. Federal Census, Warren County, Mississippi, 1 Jun 1840. Roll 217, Page 272, Family History Library Film 0014841. U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C. (Images: Ancestry.com. Image on file.)
931. Wyley Bohannon Household, 1850 U.S. Federal Census, Warren County, Mississippi, 2 Oct 1850. Roll M432_382, Page 224A, Image 461. U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C. (Images: Ancestry.com. Image on file.)
933. Appraisal of the Estate of Duncan Bohannon, Lincoln County, Georgia, 15 Aug 1811. Volume Q 1807–1819, Pages 168–171. Georgia Probate Records, 1742–1990. (Images: FamilySearch.org. Images on file.)
934. Inventory of the Dwelling of Duncan Bohannon, Lincoln County, Georgia, 15 Aug 1811. Volume Q 1807–1819, Pages 229–232. Georgia Probate Records, 1742–1990. (Images: FamilySearch.org. Images on file.)
1001. Wiley Bohannon, Mississippi Militia, War 1812. Marion County, Mississippi, 6 Jan 1815. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers Who Served During the War of 1812 in Organizations from the Territory of Mississippi. M678. U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C. (Images: Ancestry.com. Image on file.)
1003. Birth, Jesse Battle Ragan, Georgia, 4 Sep 1799. Family Data Collection — Births. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 2001. (Database: Ancestry.com)
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