Mary Jane "Granny" Coone

1793 - 1881

• Born	1793	Rutherford County, North Carolina   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  _UID	252F787791142F40B076B9099F06DAB16F9A
  Died	1881	Greenbrier, Sevier County, Tennessee
  Buried	Plemons Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee   [4]
  Person ID	I1773	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	29 May 2011

  
  

  Father	Nicholas Koon,   b. Abt 1753, Newberry County, South Carolina ,   d. 26 Dec 1831, Rutherford County, North Carolina
  Mother	Mary DeWalt,   b. 1760,   d. 1844
  Married	Abt 1773
  Family ID	F3485	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	John Ownby,   b. 4 Apr 1791, Rutherford County, North Carolina ,   d. 3 Sep 1857, Greenbrier, Sevier County, Tennessee
  Married	17 Feb 1812	Rutherford County, North Carolina
  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
  Children	> 1. Nicholas H. Ownby,   b. 11 Dec 1812, Rutherford, North Carolina ,   d. 15 Aug 1883, Sevier County, Tennessee > 2. Mary Ownby,   b. 1814, , Rutherford, North Carolina ,   d. 1886, , Sevier County, Tennessee > 3. David Ownby,   b. 24 Jun 1816, Rutherford County, North Carolina ,   d. 10 Oct 1889, Sevier County, Tennessee > 4. Rachel Ownby,   b. 1818, Rutherford County, North Carolina ,   d. Aft 1880, Sevier County, Tennessee > 5. James S. "Big Cadger Jim" Ownby,   b. 1 Jan 1820, Tennessee ,   d. 13 Aug 1897 > 6. Sarah Elmira "Sally" Ownby,   b. 18 Mar 1823, Rutherford County, North Carolina ,   d. 2 Dec 1919, Sevier County, Tennessee > 7. John B. Ownby,   b. 1824, North Carolina ,   d. 1899   8. Ownby,   b. 1826, , Buncombe County, North Carolina ,   d. See Notes > 9. George Ownby,   b. 1828, , Buncombe County, North Carolina ,   d. 1 Nov 1914   10. Ownby,   b. 1830, , Buncombe County, North Carolina ,   d. See Notes > 11. Madison Ownby,   b. 9 Apr 1832, , Buncombe County, North Carolina ,   d. 6 Nov 1861
  Family ID	F726	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 1793 - Rutherford County, North Carolina Married - 17 Feb 1812 - Rutherford County, North Carolina Buried - - Plemons Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  Mary Koone Ownby, known to all as "Granny Coone", lived with her children until her death. Roger Gardner lists birth as 1796. ---------- 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.

  
  

• Sources

  [S94] Sevier County, Tennessee Census, 342a, 21 Jul 1870. [S94] Sevier County, Tennessee Census, family 218, page 400b, line 26, 26 Aug 1850. ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/census/tn/sevier/1850/pg0396a.txt [S94] Sevier County, Tennessee Census, 322D, 1880. Son George's household [S34] In the Shadow of the Smokies, Smoky Mountain Historical Society, (1993), 710.