Will of Duncan Bohannon

Duncan Bohannon named his wife, three sons, two daughters and granddaughter; Benjamin received land; sons Benjamin and Richard and John Brantley were executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Duncan Bohannon (printed DUNCAN BOHANNON)

Dated

1760

A second reading

Mark Chilton’s index of the will books gives the date as 29 October 1760. Check the will book to settle it.

Family named

Susannah (wife); John (son); Benjamin (son); Richard (son); Frankey Boyd (daughter); Mary Bohannon (daughter); Betty Bohannon (granddaughter)

Executors

Benjamin (son); Richard (son); John Brantley

Witnesses

Hannah Brantley; Jos. Fuller; Jos. Brantley

Land

one survey of land at the mouth of Second creek of New Hope joining land formerly John Rhodes

Places

Second creek of New Hope

Also named

John Rhodes

Names and places are given as the abstract writes them, spelling and all. This record has not been checked against the will book.

Where to find it

• Orange County Will Book A, page 5.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded 1752 through 1800 in Orange County, North Carolina, Will Books A, B and C (Davie Poplar Chapter NSDAR, revised edition 1966), page 7.
• Also listed in Mark Chilton, “Wills Recorded in Orange County, NC 1756–1893” (Wandering through the NC Piedmont, 2019), an index of the will books with references to the court minutes.
• Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 80001, “Record of Wills, 1752–1795, Vols. A, B” (State Archives film).