Joanna Sims

1761 - 1852  (91 years)

• Name	Joanna Sims
  Born	24 Mar 1761	Albermarle County, Virginia
  Gender	Female
  Died	1 Apr 1852
  Buried	Koon Family Cemetery, Rutherford County, North Carolina   [1]
  Person ID	I9059	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	7 Feb 2013

  
  

  Father	Captain William Sims,   b. 25 Feb 1731, Orange County, Virginia ,   d. 1797  (Age 65 years)
  Mother	Annister Step,   b. Abt 1731, Orange County, Virginia ,   d. Abt 1759  (Age ~ 28 years)
  Married	6 Aug 1751	Orange County, Virginia
  Family ID	F7	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	James Ownby,   b. 6 Jan 1761, Amherst County, Virginia ,   d. 26 Sep 1850, Union Mills, Rutherford County, North Carolina  (Age 89 years)
  Married	4 Mar 1785	Tryon County, North Carolina
  Children	+ 1. Anester Ownbey,   b. 14 Nov 1785, , Tryon, North Carolina ,   d. 9 Sep 1862, Rutherford County, North Carolina  (Age 76 years) + 2. William Owensby,   b. 16 Oct 1787, Tryon County, North Carolina ,   d. Sep 1864, Cocke County, Tennessee  (Age 76 years) + 3. John Ownby,   b. 4 Apr 1791, Rutherford County, North Carolina ,   d. 3 Sep 1857, Greenbrier, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 66 years) + 4. Susanna Ownbey,   b. 12 Dec 1793, Rutherford County, North Carolina ,   d. 1877, Rutherford County, North Carolina  (Age 83 years) + 5. Sims Ownbey,   b. 19 Mar 1796, Rutheford County, North Carolina ,   d. Jul 1874, Buncombe County, North Carolina  (Age 78 years) + 6. Ambrose "Little Ambrose" Ownbey,   b. 28 Dec 1798, Rutherford County, North Carolina ,   d. 31 Mar 1864, Henderson County, North Carolina  (Age 65 years) + 7. Madison Ownbey,   b. 25 Oct 1801, Rutherford County, North Carolina ,   d. 27 Nov 1868, Henderson County, North Carolina  (Age 67 years)
  Family ID	F3342	Group Sheet

  
  

• Photos

  Carroll Biddix submission

  
  

• Notes

  Joanna Sims Ownby was born at Aspen Grove Plantation on Priddy's Creek. She was allowed a pension on her application executed on 13 March 1851 while resident of Rutherford County, North Carolina. She was buried in the Koon family cemetery near Union Mills beside her husband. ---------- Reference: "Kinfolk, Ownbey Family Lines of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina", p 5. "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 64.

  
  

• Sources

  [S147] Find a Grave, (Memorial: 12131524).