LEWIS2 BOHANNON, SR. (WILLIAM1) was born 1783 in Henry Co., Virginia, and died April 24, 1853 in Putnam Co., Tennessee. He married (1) LUCY LOWER ABT 1802 in Tennessee. She died Aft. March 16, 1826. He married (2) NANCY KERR Aft. April 19, 1828 in Tennessee. She was born February 22, 1791, and died May 26, 1850 in White Co., Tennessee. He married (3) CATHERINE HENRY March 6, 1851 in White Co., Tennessee -3rd. wife, daughter of VINET HENRY and ROSANNA LOWER. She was born December 26, 1819 in White Co., Tennessee, and died March 28, 1879 in Putnam Co., Tennessee


Lewis Bohannon, born in Virginia c. 1783, was the next to last of eight children born to William Bohannon and his second wife, Judith Legg Bohannon. His father, William Bohannon had another family of eight children by his first wife who died c. 1772. Some of these children were very young when their mother died and Judith probably raised them along with her own eight children. Not all of the first family accompanied the large William Bohannon family that moved to Tennessee, c. 1809 to settle on the land granted to William for service in the Revolutionary War. Although already married, son Lewis and wife Lucy Bohannon did move with the William Bohannon family to White County.
Not much is known of the life of Lewis and his wife Lucy Lowry Bohannon. They married c. 1804, in Virginia. They were the parents of ten children (Elijah was the third born). They lived the remainder of their lives in White County, on land belonging to Lewis's father William Bohannon. Lewis died in 1853 and Lucy in 1859. Records are on file in White County regarding the disposition of land and personal property of Lewis Bohannon, along with court records providing for the care of Lucy Bohannon, referred to as the "deaf and dumb" widow of Lewis Bohannon.
Of the ten children born to Lewis and Lucy Bohannon, the youngest son, James remained in White County and was executor of his father's estate. He also puchased the shares of land inherited by his brothers, William, Elijah, Lewis (II) and his sister Rebecca Bohannon McBride, all of whom had migrated first to Illinois, then to Missouri before the death of their parents. The brothers and sister who settled in Missouri never returned to Tennessee, but a letter written in 1859 to his brother James in Tennessee is filed with the legal papers of Elijah Bohannon in the Laclede County, Mo. courthouse.

W/O Lewis Bohannon. Children:Frances, Sarah, Alice, Mary Ann, Dicey.


FRANCES "FRANKY" BOHANNON, b. ABT 1809, White Co., Tennessee; d. Bet. 1850 - 1860, Madison Co., Arkansas.- vi. JUDITH "JUDY" BOHANNON, b. August 12, 1810, White Co., Tennessee; d. March 17, 1877, Wayne Co., Iowa.- vii. ELIJAH BOHANNON, b. July 15, 1812, White Co., Tennessee; d. April 25, 1878, Laclede Co., Missouri.- viii. SARAH "SALLY" BOHANNON, b. December 27, 1814, White Co., Tennessee; d. April 13, 1898, Appanoose Co., Iowa.- ix. CATHERINE BOHANNON, b. September 10, 1816, White Co., Tennessee; d. June 23, 1847, Madison Co., Arkansas.- x. ELIZABETH "BETSY" BOHANNON, b. ABT 1818, White Co., Tennessee; d. Bef. June 6, 1853; m. JOHN FOX, September 5, 1841.-Notes for ELIZABETH "BETSY" BOHANNON:Polk Co., Mo. is around Bolivar-James Bradly was under her guardianship-he was the admin. of her estate in White Co., Tenn.-Dead before her father, Lewis, died-More About JOHN FOX and ELIZABETH BOHANNON:Marriage: September 5, 1841 xi. REBECCA M. BOHANNON, b. January 26, 1820, White Co., Tennessee; d. May 10, 1900, Organna, Laclede Co., Missouri.- xii. LEWIS BOHANNON, JR., b. ABT 1822, Tennessee; d. May 18, 1862, Laclede Co., Missouri.- xiii. MARY ANN BOHANNON, b. September 11, 1823, White Co., Tennessee; d. May 13, 1865, Madison Co., Arkansas.- xiv. JAMES JORDAN BOHANNON, b. March 16, 1826, White Co., Tennessee; d. January 11, 1865, Putnam Co., Tennessee.- Child of LEWIS BOHANNON and CATHERINE HENRY is: xv. ROSA "ROZY"3 BOHANNON, b. December 23, 1851, White Co., Tennessee; d. September 26, 1869, Putnam Co., Tennessee.


Children of LEWIS BOHANNON and LUCY LOWER are:i. ALICE3 BOHANNON, b. Tennessee; d. Bef. June 6, 1853, Alabama.- ii. DICY BOHANNON, b. ABT 1804, Tennessee; d. Bef. June 6, 1853, Illinois.- iii. :SR. WILLIAM D. BOHANNON, SR., b. September 30, 1806, White Co., Tennessee; d. January 17, 1888, Laclede Co., Missouri.- iv. LUCY BOHANNON, b. ABT 1808, White Co., Tennessee; d. Bef. July 29, 1859, Missouri.-Notes for LUCY BOHANNON:CENSUS1850 White Co., TN p. 201 11th. Civil District#1381Bohannon, Lewis 67 Lucy 42 (daughter)never married-died before 1860 census- Lucy was deaf and dumb but she could handle her money-she once bought 100 acres of land from her brother, James for $300-died within 40 or 50 miles of where her brother Elijah lived--Elijah sent a return letter dated July 29, 1859 acknowledging the death of Lucy-apparently he had received that information from someone in a previous letter to him-++++++not in the 1860 Mortality Schedule for Missouri meaning she apparently did not die in the year immediately before the census-++++++More About LUCY BOHANNON:Burial: ABT 1859, MissouriCensus: 1850, White Co., Tennessee Medical Information: deaf & dumb

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Sarah Bohannon -Birth: unknown-Death: 1898 -F: Lewis Bohannon -M: Lucy Lower -Birth: - White, Tennessee, USA (United States )-Death: 1898 - Appanoose, Iowa, USA (United States )-Marriage: - Iowa, USA (United States )


Mary Ann Bohannon -Birth: unknown-Death: unknown -F: Lewis Bohannon -M: Lucy Lower -Birth: White Putnam (White), Tennessee, USA (United States )-Death: 1865 - Madison, Arkansas, USA (United States )


Frances Bohannon -Birth: unknown- -F: Lewis Bohannon -M: Lucy Lower -Birth: White, Tennessee, USA (United States )Death: 1849 - Madison, Arkansas, USA (United States )-Marriage: White, Tennessee, USA (United States )


Dicey Bohannon -Birth: unknown-Death: unknown -F: Lewis Bohannon -M: Lucy Lower -Birth: White, Tennessee, USA -Death: 1853 - Illinois, USA


Note- Another researcher says:
Lucy Lower Bohannon, wife of Lewis Bohannon died sometime after
16 Mar 1826 ( birthdate of her youngest son James Jordan Bohannon). The Lucy in the letter you have posted is Lucy & Lewis's daughter who was deaf & dumb, and never married. You'll see her listed in her father's will as deaf & dumb. Lewis's second wife was Nancy Kerr Stamps Bohannon who married Lewis sometime after 19 Apr 1828. They had no children and her death date is given as 26 May 1850 (1859?). Catherine Henry was Lewis's third wife whom he married 6 Mar 1851 in White Co, TN. This letter was written to James Jordan & Jane England Bohannon.