Mary Jane 'Granny' Coone

b 1793, , , Rutherford, North Carolina
d 1881, Greenbrier, Sevier, Tennessee  
bur , Sevier, Tennessee    
Benedictus Kuhn  
| d 1790    
Nicholas Koon    
| |    
|    
|    
Mary Jane 'Granny' Coone  
|John Ownby    
|m 17 Feb 1812    
|, , Rutherford, North Carolina |    
Mary DeWalt  
  |    
     
   

Children

1 < Nicholas H. Ownby
2 < Mary Ownby
3 < David Ownby
4 < Rachel Ownby
5 < James S. 'Big_Cadger_Jim' Ownby
6 < Sarah Elmira 'Sally' Ownby
7 < John B. Ownby
8 Ownby
9 < George Ownby
10 Ownby
11 < Madison Ownby

Notes

Mary Koone Ownby, known to all as 'Granny Coone', lived with her children until her death. She was buried in Plemmons Cemetery, Great Smoky Mountain National Park.

Source: 'Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3', 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 66, 67. Wiley Emmett Koon, Jr., 15 July 1995. 'Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage', 1994, p 298. 'In the Shadow of the Smokies', Smoky Mountain Historical Society, 1993, p 710.


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