Updated October 29, 2000
Go to Pat's Genealogy Page"By the time Lewis Bohannon married Catherine Henry in 1851, he was 68years old and he had outlived two wives. Only two of his 15 grownchildren -- the first born in 1804 in Knox County, Tennessee; the restborn 1806-1826 in White County were nearby. All the rest had scatteredto Ill, Iowa, MO., Ark, and ALA. When Lewis died without a will in 1853,he had a siable estate -- A fine farm of 546 acres (in 1842) and elevenslaves. The records don't state why Catherine filed suit against theother heirs in September 1855, but the squabble dragged though the courtsof White and Putnam Counties for the next 14 years. If it weren't forall these Court records, little would be known about the large family ofLewis Bohannon.
One of the heirs of Lewis was a grandons, William Henry, who waslisted as being in Illinois in 1853, sone of Dicey (Bohannon) Henry,dec'd. No record has been found of Dicey, Son William, or the given nameof his father. Assuming that Dicey married one of the Henrys of WhiteCounty, I can see only two possibilities: Thomas Henry b 1790-800 orJohn M. Henry b 1820-25, son of Joseph Henry. Diceyis believed to beeither the oldest daughter b 1804 or one of the younger ones b c 1821" BH
Email November 1, 1998, from JamieRkSdr@aol.com in which she states"Dicie was born in 1804 the daughter of Lewis Bohannon and Lucy Lower(y)" She had no given name for her husband either. She is descendedfrom Lewis Bohannon and Lucy (Lower(y)"By the time Lewis Bohannon marriedCatherine Henry in 1851, he was 68 years old and he had outlived twowives. Only two of his 15 grown children -- the first born in 1804 inKnox County, Tennessee; the rest born 1806-1826 in White County werenearby. All the rest had scattered to Ill, Iowa, MO., Ark, and ALA.When Lewis died without a will in 1853, he had a siable estate -- A finefarm of 546 acres (in 1842) and eleven slaves. The records don't statewhy Catherine filed suit against the other heirs in September 1855, butthe squabble dragged though the courts of White and Putnam Counties forthe next 14 years. If it weren't for all these Court records, littlewould be known about the large family of Lewis Bohannon.
One of the heirs of Lewis was a grandons, William Henry, who waslisted as being in Illinois in 1853, sone of Dicey (Bohannon) Henry,dec'd. No record has been found of Dicey, Son William, or the given nameof his father. Assuming that Dicey married one of the Henrys of WhiteCounty, I can see only two possibilities: Thomas Henry b 1790-800 orJohn M. Henry b 1820-25, son of Joseph Henry. Diceyis believed to beeither the oldest daughter b 1804 or one of the younger ones b c 1821" BH
Email November 1, 1998, from JamieRkSdr@aol.com in which she states"Dicie was born in 1804 the daughter of Lewis Bohannon and Lucy Lower(y)" She had no given name for her husband either. She is descendedfrom Lewis Bohannon and Lucy (Lower(y)
Sources according to Benton Henry
White County Census 1850-1870
Hargis Family UCGA Vol 7, No. 4
Suttle Family UCGA Vol 6, No 2Sources according to Benton Henry
White County Census 1850-1870
Hargis Family UCGA Vol 7, No. 4
Suttle Family UCGA Vol 6, No 2
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Have more information on the children of George Henry and ElizabethStamps. Not entered on 9/8/1998Have more information on the children ofGeorge Henry and Elizabeth Stamps. Not entered on 9/8/1998
Benton Henry lists his sources as:
Ruth Henry Sapp (1981)
Bible and Cemetery records
Census RecordsBenton Henry lists his sources as:
Ruth Henry Sapp (1981)
Bible and Cemetery records
Census Records
Benton Henry lists his sources as:
Ruth Henry Sapp (1981)
Bible and Cemetery records
Census RecordsBenton Henry lists his sources as:
Ruth Henry Sapp (1981)
Bible and Cemetery records
Census Records
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