William Ownbey

b 16 Oct 1787, , , Tryon, North Carolina
d Sep1864, , Cook, Tennessee		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
William Ownbey	d 1818		James Sims
\|Sarah (Sally) Brown-1 +		Richard Sims	Willmouth
\|m 28 Nov 1826	William Sims, [Captain]	b 1676
\|, , Buncombe, North Carolina	\|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

Children

Uriah Ownbey

Notes

William was a soldier in the War of 1812 and received a pension for his service. After his second marriage, William moved to Sevier County, Tennessee, and later moved to Cooke County Tennessee where he died.

William went with his brother, John and his uncle John to Sevier County, Tennessee, about 1825-1826.

Source: 'Kinfolk, Ownbey Family Lines of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina', p 4, 5, 14. 'Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3', 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 65.

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