Sims Ownbey^[1]

1796 - 1874  (78 years)

• Name	Sims Ownbey
  Born	19 Mar 1796	Rutheford County, North Carolina
  Gender	Male
  Died	Jul 1874	Buncombe County, North Carolina
  Person ID	I9380	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2009

  
  

  Father	James Ownby,   b. 6 Jan 1761, Amherst County, Virginia ,   d. 26 Sep 1850, Union Mills, Rutherford County, North Carolina  (Age 89 years)
  Mother	Joanna Sims,   b. 24 Mar 1761, Albermarle County, Virginia ,   d. 1 Apr 1852  (Age 91 years)
  Married	4 Mar 1785	Tryon County, North Carolina
  Family ID	F3342	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Rachel Jarrett,   b. 1796
  Married	24 Oct 1815	Burke County, North Carolina
  Children	+ 1. James Ownbey,   b. 20 Dec 1816, Buncombe County, North Carolina ,   d. 2 Oct 1890, Canton, Haywood County, North Carolina  (Age 73 years) + 2. Robert Lee Ownbey,   b. 1 Oct 1818, Buncombe County, North Carolina ,   d. 7 Aug 1909, Buncombe County, North Carolina  (Age 90 years) + 3. Milly Ownbey,   b. 1820, Buncombe County, North Carolina ,   d. 1880  (Age 60 years) + 4. George Ownbey,   b. 23 Jul 1823, Buncombe County, North Carolina ,   d. 1 Jan 1865, North Carolina  (Age 41 years) + 5. Lydia Ownbey,   b. 1824, Buncombe County, North Carolina ,   d. 30 Oct 1860, Buncombe County, North Carolina  (Age 36 years) + 6. Margaret Emmaline Ownbey,   b. 25 Apr 1829, Buncombe County, North Carolina ,   d. 1 Apr 1914, Buncombe County, North Carolina  (Age 84 years) + 7. Lucinda Ownbey,   b. 29 Dec 1835, Buncombe County, North Carolina ,   d. 30 Aug 1901, West Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina  (Age 65 years)   8. John Stradley Ownbey,   b. 1836, Buncombe County, North Carolina
  Family ID	F3482	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Married - 24 Oct 1815 - Burke County, North Carolina Died - Jul 1874 - Buncombe County, North Carolina  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  Settled in Buncombe County, North Carolina. ---------- Reference: "Kinfolk, Ownbey Family Lines of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina", p 5. "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 66.

  
  

• Sources

  [S84] E-Mail, Carroll Biddix [cmbiddix@msn.com], 13 Mar 2009.