| b 28 Dec 1798, , , Rutherford, North Carolina | ||||
| d 1882, | bur , , Henderson, North Carolina | Arthur Ownbey | ||
| John 'Johny' Ownbey | b 1670 | |||
| | b 1735 | ||||
| James Ownby | d 1824 | Benjamin Porter | > | |
| |b 06 Jan 1761 | | | Ambrose Porter | Ann Campbell | |
| |d 26 Sep 1850 | Nancy Ann 'Nannie' Porter | b 1731 | ||
| | | b 1743 | Jemima | ||
| Ambrose 'Little_Ambrose' Ownbey | d 1818 | James Sims | ||
| |Margarette 'Peggy' Hodge | Richard Sims | Willmouth | |m 04 Mar 1816 | William Sims, [Captain] | b 1676 |
| | | |b 25 Feb 1731 | Mrs. Joanna Sims | ||
| Joanna Sims | d 1797 | b 1678 | Abraham Stapp | > |
| b 24 Mar 1761 | | | Joshua Stapp | Dorothy Moss | > |
| d 01 Apr 1852 | Annister Step | b 1688 | Edward Coffey | > |
| b 1731 | Martha 'Patsy' Coffey | Ann Powell | > | |
| d 1759 | b 1690 | |||
| 1 | Kate Ownbey | 2 | < | Zillah Ownbey | 3 | < | Susanna Ownbey | 4 | Cynthia Ownbey | 5 | Joanna Ownbey | 6 | Rebecca Ownbey | 7 | Eliza Ann Ownbey | 8 | Mattie Ownbey | 9 | Sophia Ownbey | 10 | Clarice Ownbey | 11 | Ownbey |
'I, Ambrose Ownbey, being somewhat unwell but sound mind and memory Thanks be to God for his Blessings do make this my last will and Test. revoking all others. I Will my soul to God that gave it and my body to be decently buried.
First, of all my just debts to be paid and all the rest of my property I will to my beloved wife, Margaret Ownbey during the term of her natural life or widowhood. I will my lands, horses, cattle, hogs, sheep, farming tools, household and kitchen furniture all to be disposed of as she may think proper during her life time or widowhood.
At the expiration of her life or Widowhood, I will the property be equally distributed among my children. Only my daughter Zelly Murphy for the wrongs and insults done to me during my lifetime by her husband A. B. Murphy, I will her $1 for her part of my estate.
Signed this day and date above written. I ordain Margaret Ownbey and Robert H. Ownbey my Exrs of this my last Will and Test.
Ambrose Ownbey
Probated Fall term 1864.
Source: 'Kinfolk, Ownbey Family Lines of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina', p 5, 16. 'Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3', 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 66.