| b 11 Jul 1781, , , Amherst, North Carolina | ||||
| d 05 Sep 1869, , Sevier, Tennessee | bur Big Greenbrier, Sevier, Tennessee | |||
| Arthur Ownbey | ||||
| | b 1670 | ||||
| John 'Johny' Ownbey | d 1737 | |||
| |b 1735 | | | |||
| |d 1824 | ||||
| | | ||||
| John Ownby, Jr. | Nicholas Porter | |||
| |Elizabeth Hill-1 + | Benjamin Porter | |m 14 Mar 1803 | Ambrose Porter | b 1675 |
| |, , Rutherford, North Carolina | |b 1731 | Ann Campbell | ||
| Nancy Ann 'Nannie' Porter | b 1704 | |||
| b 1743 | | | |||
| d 1818 | Jemima | |||
| 1 | < | Amos Ownbey | 2 | < | Margaret 'Peggy' Ownbey | 3 | < | Westly Ownbey | 4 | < | Harrison Ownbey | 5 | < | Aaron Ownbey | 6 | < | Mourning Ownbey | 7 | Rhoda Ownbey | 8 | < | Mary Olief 'Olive' Ownbey | 9 | James Ownbey | 10 | Ann Ownbey | 11 | < | John H. 'Humpy_John' Ownbey | 12 | Martha Ownbey | 13 | Son Ownbey |
In 1816, just after the War of 1812 was over, John Ownby Jr. and his family moved from Rutherford County, North Carolina to Sevier County, Tennessee. This Ownby family was the only one listed in the 1830 Federal Census of East Tennessee.
On 4 February 1858, John Ownby Jr. made a will to dispose of his property. In his will, he said, 'I give and bequeath to my son John H. Ownby all my property both real and personal consisting of one hundred and twenty five acres of Land, Cattle, Hogs, Horses, household furniture, etc. I have given and bequeath all my property to said son John in consequence of his kindness in taking care of myself and wife in our age and during our infirmity.'
Buried in Plemons Cemetery, Greenbriar Cove, near Gatlinburg, Tennessee.
Source: 'Kinfolk, Ownbey Family Lines of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina', p 13. 'Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3', Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 64, 105. 'In the Shadow of the Smokies', Smoky Mountain Historical Society, 1993, p 710. 'Mountain Ways', Gene Aiken, 1983, p 203.