Alice Ogle

Other Events:

• Census: 1910, District 13, Sevier County, Tennessee

Alice — Burkett. [Group Sheet]

Alice — Garrison. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Census: 1910, District 13, Sevier County, Tennessee

Notes:

Twin of Mariam.
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Reference
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1974, p 42
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 191.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 87.

Harkless — Eliza Jane Thomas. Eliza was born May 1869, North Carolina; died Bef 1 Nov 1948. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Census: 1900, District 13, Sevier County, Tennessee
• Census: 1910, District 13, Sevier County, Tennessee
• Census: 1920, District 16, Sevier County, Tennessee
• Census: 1930, District 5, Sevier County, Tennessee

Other Events:

• Census: 1880, Wears Valley, Sevier County, Tennessee

Notes:

William H. Ogle, called Buck or Bucky, came to Sevier County with his family about 1805. He is listed in the census records of Sevier County from 1830 through 1880. He died after 1880 and is buried in Little Greenbrier Cemetery in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 143.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 67, 87.

William married Rachel Ownby Abt 1835, , Sevier County, Tennessee. Rachel (daughter of John Ownby and Mary Jane "Granny" Coone) was born 1818, Rutherford County, North Carolina; died Aft 1880, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried P. A. Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Census: 1880, Wears Valley, Sevier County, Tennessee

Notes:

Rachel came to Sevier County with her parents in 1833.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountaion Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 143.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 67, 86, 87.

Notes:

That Hercules was married in 1803 is indicated by the will of his father, William Ogle. Hercules was willed the 100 acres of land on which he was living at that time. He was also named executor of the will along with his brother, Thomas Ogle.

The first record found in Sevier County, Tennessee is a deed by Hercules and Thomas Ogle to William Murphy for 48 acres of land at the mouth of Walden's Creek. They held title to the land by "virtue of seizure and occupancy." This deed was executed in 1807, indicating that they had lived in Sevier County for at least a year or two.

An early land grant for Hercules Ogle was found in the Tennessee State Archives. This was surveyed 25 May 1807 and granted 18 May 1810:
"....unto Hercules Ogle assignee of David Waddle a certain tract or parcel
of land containing fifty-four acres lying in the County of Sevier in the
District South of French Broad and Holston on Walden's Creek there being
due and chargeable on said land the sum of Fifty four Dollars..."

Just when Hercules moved from here is unknown but it is said that he settled on Dudley Creek in the Glades settlement and did not take part in the settlement of Gatlinburg.

Hercules Ogle and his wife are listed among the charter members of the White Oak Flats Baptist Church in 1817. He also appears on the 1830 and 1840 Federal census for Sevier County.

In the GUARDIANS, EXECUTORS & ADMINISTRATORS Settlement Book for Sevier County, Tennessee, there is a record of settlement of the estate of Hercules Ogle. Before the courthouse of 1856, Brice McFalls was appointed administrator for the estate of Hercules Ogle, but he resigned for some reason. Just about 1856 the County Court of Sevier County appointed William W. Bohanon to administer and wind up the estate of Hercules Ogle. From aforesaid book, the heirs of Hercules Ogle are listed in this order, "Sarah Graham, William H. Ogle, John H. Ownby, the heirs of Stephen Huskey, and William Bohanon and wife."
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 141-142, 143.

Hercules married Elizabeth Haggard Abt 1800, Edgefield County, South Carolina. Elizabeth was born Abt 1784, South Carolina; died Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Listed among the charter members of the White Oak Flats Baptist Church in 1817.
Also listed in the 1830 and 1840 Federal Census of Sevier County, Tennessee.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 141, 143.

Notes:

John Ownby lived with his parents in Rutherford County, North Carolina, later Buncombe County, North Carolina.

In 1833, John Ownby and his family migrated to Sevier County, Tennessee from Buncombe County, North Carolina. They made their home in the Glades community, 2nd Civil District of Sevier County, Tennessee. Here John Ownby lived until his death.

John Ownby and his family were listed in the 1840 and 1850 Federal Census of Sevier County, Tennessee. Listed as John Ownsby in 1840 census.

An interesting story about John Ownby at the time of his death was told by his grandson, Samuel Ownby. It is:

"...Mother told me this story and I don't think my mother would tell me something that wasn't true. Mother said that the day before Grandfather Ownby died he walked from his house to the store, that he told the people in the store that he would die about that same time on the following day. The next day at about the time he had told them this, he layed down on the bed, talked as fast as he could, telling his family how to live, what to do, etc., then turned his face to the wall & died."
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References:
"Kinfolk, Ownbey Family Lines of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina", p 1.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 66.
Wiley Emmett Koon, Jr., 15 July 1995.
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 298.

John married Mary Jane "Granny" Coone 17 Feb 1812, Rutherford County, North Carolina. Mary (daughter of Nicholas Koon and Mary DeWalt) was born 1793, Rutherford County, North Carolina; died 1881, Greenbrier, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Plemons Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Mary Koone Ownby, known to all as "Granny Coone", lived with her children until her death.

Roger Gardner lists birth as 1796.
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Reference:
"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.
"Benedict Kuhn (Coon, Koon, Koone) Immigrant & His Descendants", Roger L. Gardner, D.C., 1 March 1998, p 4.

Notes:

Bride: M Coon
Groom: John Ownby
Bond Date: 17 Feb 1812
County: Rutherford
Record #: 01 245
Bondsman: George Coone
Witness: Jas O Lewis
Bond #: 000135547

North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868