John B. Ownby

b 1824,
d 1899, Arthur Ownbey
bur Big Greenbrier, Sevier, Tennessee John 'Johny' Ownbey  
James Ownby b 1735 Ambrose Porter >
| b 06 Jan 1761 Nancy Ann 'Nannie' Porter Jemima
John Ownby  d 26 Sep 1850 b 1743 Richard Sims >
|b 04 Apr 1791 | William Sims, [Captain] Mrs. Joanna Sims
|d 03 Sep 1857 Joanna Sims b 25 Feb 1731 Joshua Stapp >
|  b 24 Mar 1761 Annister Step Martha 'Patsy' Coffey >
John B. Ownby  d 01 Apr 1852 b 1731  
|Jane 'Jennie' Whaley Benedictus Kuhn  
|m 1846 Nicholas Koon d 1790  
|, Sevier, Tennessee |    
Mary Jane 'Granny' Coone    
 b 1793 |    
 d 1881 Mary DeWalt  
     
 

Children

1 < Sarah Ownby
2 < Miriam Ownby
3 < William Ownby
4 Ownby
5 < John N. 'Injun_John' Ownby
6 Ownby
7 < Westley Ownby
8 < Mary Ann Ownby

Notes

Listed in the 1850 through 1880 Federal Census of Sevier County, Tennessee.

Buried in the Plemmons Cemetery, Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

SMHS lists birth as 1825.

Source: 'Smoky Mountain Clans', Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 93, 288. 'Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3', Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 5, 28, 67, 98. 'In the Shadow of the Smokies', Smoky Mountain Historical Society, 1993, p 710.


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