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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  William Richard King was born Apr 1882, , Sevier County, Tennessee (son of William Ford King and Martha "Patty" Ownby).

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 91, 255.
    Dee Lansford GEDCOM, 24 September 1995.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  William Ford King was born 18 Nov 1846, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of Nathaniel King, Jr. and Sarah "Sally" Ogle); died 6 Nov 1933; was buried Fort Hill Cemetery, Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Some sources list death as 6 November 1938.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 18, 88, 91, 252, 254.
    "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 95.
    Dee Lansford GEDCOM, 24 September 1995.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 244.

    William married Martha "Patty" Ownby 7 Feb 1867, Sevier County, Tennessee. Martha (daughter of James S. "Big Cadger Jim" Ownby and Sophia Evans) was born 22 Feb 1852, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 2 Feb 1932; was buried Fort Hill Cemetery, Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Martha "Patty" Ownby was born 22 Feb 1852, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of James S. "Big Cadger Jim" Ownby and Sophia Evans); died 2 Feb 1932; was buried Fort Hill Cemetery, Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 18, 88, 91, 252, 254.
    "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 95.
    Dee Lansford GEDCOM, 24 September 1995.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 244, 298.

    Children:
    1. Sarah Elizabeth King was born 17 Nov 1868, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 5 Sep 1904; was buried Plemons Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. Lewis Materson King was born 16 Apr 1871, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 5 Jan 1954; was buried Pigeon Forge Baptist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. Sophia Elizabeth King was born 10 Jun 1874, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 9 Feb 1925, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 10 Feb 1925, Friendship Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. Mary Rosetta King was born 20 Aug 1876, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 6 Apr 1958; was buried Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery, Bradley County, Tennessee.
    5. Isaac N. King was born Nov 1878, , Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. 1. William Richard King was born Apr 1882, , Sevier County, Tennessee.
    7. John Loy King was born 25 Apr 1885, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 30 Dec 1967; was buried Valley View Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    8. Martha Cordie King was born 20 Nov 1887, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 8 Feb 1970, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Pigeon Forge Baptist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    9. James Harrison King was born 3 May 1890, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 21 Sep 1960; was buried Pigeon Forge Baptist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    10. Samuel W. King was born Feb 1893.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Nathaniel King, Jr. was born 1808, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of Nathaniel King and Elizabeth Runyan); died Bef 1900, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Cartertown Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Listed in the 1840 through 1880 Federal Census of Sevier County, Tennessee.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978. p 42, 44.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 140, 230, 252.
    Timothy Welch Stinnett GEDCOM, August 1995.
    Dee Lansford GEDCOM, 24 September 1995.

    Nathaniel married Sarah "Sally" Ogle Abt 1832, Sevier County, Tennessee. Sarah (daughter of Isaac "Shucky" Ogle and Susannah Bohanon) was born 1817, Sevier County, Tennessee; died Aft 1880, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Cartertown Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Sarah "Sally" Ogle was born 1817, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of Isaac "Shucky" Ogle and Susannah Bohanon); died Aft 1880, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Cartertown Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    There is a deed in Sevier County Courthouse from Isaac Ogle to Sarah King "for love and affection for my daughter, Sarah King." Sarah and Nathaniel's family appear in the Sevier County Federal Census records, 1840 through 1880.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 42, 44, 244.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 140, 230, 252.
    Timothy Welch Stinnett GEDCOM, August 1995.
    Dee Lansford GEDCOM, 24 September 1995.

    Children:
    1. Susannah King was born 15 Mar 1834, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 12 Feb 1908, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Plemons Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. Margaret King was born 1836, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. Nancy Adeline King was born 1838, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 10 Feb 1892, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Cartertown Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. Elizabeth King was born 1837, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 2 Oct 1864, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Stinnett Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. Dinah "Dicy" King was born Apr 1842, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 14 Jul 1906; was buried Baskins Creek Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. Isaac King was born 25 May 1844, , Sevier County, Tennessee; died 2 Jan 1897, , Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    7. 2. William Ford King was born 18 Nov 1846, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 6 Nov 1933; was buried Fort Hill Cemetery, Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee.
    8. Nathaniel M. King was born 15 Mar 1848, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 3 Sep 1906; was buried Glades Lebanon Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    9. Sarah King was born 25 Apr 1850, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 3 Jul 1924, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Glades Lebanon Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    10. Mary Ann King was born 1852, , Sevier County, Tennessee.
    11. Phebia E. King was born 1854, , Sevier County, Tennessee.
    12. Pleasant "Pleas" King was born Mar 1856, Sevier County, Tennessee.

  3. 6.  James S. "Big Cadger Jim" Ownby was born 1 Jan 1820, Tennessee (son of John Ownby and Mary Jane "Granny" Coone); died 13 Aug 1897; was buried Glades Lebanon Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    lthough of an age when he did not have to serve in the Civil War, James S. Ownby was reluctant for his oldest son, John Ownby, to serve alone. So he enlisted with his son in the Union Army in Company A, 6th Tennessee Infantry and in Company B, 2nd Tennessee Cavalry.
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    References:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 161.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 67, 88.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 298, 300.

    James married Sophia Evans Abt 1843, , Sevier County, Tennessee. Sophia (daughter of Jacob Evans and Martha Ogle) was born 15 Feb 1826, Tennessee; died 2 Mar 1910; was buried Glades Lebanon Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Sophia EvansSophia Evans was born 15 Feb 1826, Tennessee (daughter of Jacob Evans and Martha Ogle); died 2 Mar 1910; was buried Glades Lebanon Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Sophia Evans Ownby and her youngest son, Samuel, were mentioned in Jacob Evans' will.

    Sevier County Heritage lists birth as 15 February 1922.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 161.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 67, 88.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 298, 300.

    Children:
    1. John Ownby was born 15 Jul 1844, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 16 May 1915; was buried P. A. Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. Jacob "Jake" Ownby was born 4 Mar 1847, Tennessee; died 23 Sep 1893; was buried P. A. Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. George Ownby was born 1850; died See Notes.
    4. 3. Martha "Patty" Ownby was born 22 Feb 1852, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 2 Feb 1932; was buried Fort Hill Cemetery, Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee.
    5. Madison "Matt" Ownby was born 8 May 1854, Tennessee; died 14 Apr 1935.
    6. Richard "Dick" Ownby was born 11 Jan 1856, Greenbrier, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 16 Nov 1952; was buried Glades Lebanon Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    7. Mary C. Ownby was born 23 Feb 1858, Tennessee; died 24 Sep 1920; was buried Banner Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    8. James S. "Cadger Jim" Ownby was born 27 Aug 1860, Greenbrier, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 27 Mar 1936; was buried Banner Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    9. Sophia Ownby was born 8 Aug 1862, Knox County, Tennessee; died 3 Dec 1941, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee; was buried 5 Dec 1941, New Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.
    10. Samuel Ownby was born 8 Jun 1872, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 1 Aug 1965, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Pigeon Forge Baptist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Nathaniel King was born Abt 1775, South Carolina (son of William King and Lettice Bland); died 18 Nov 1843, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Nov 1843, Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 70

    Notes:

    Nathaniel may be been born in Virginia as some sources list him (Dee Lansford).

    In 1804 Nathaniel King and his family migrated to Tennessee from South Carolina. Nathaniel King with his wife, two sons and one daughter stayed for a few years in McMinn County, Tennessee. They were listed in the 1830 Federal Census there. The children settled in the Middle Creek and Wears Cove areas of Sevier County, Tennessee. They were listed in the 1830 Federal Census there.

    Nathaniel King has an entry for 100 acres of land on the waters of Middle Creek in the Sevier County, Tennessee. This could, however, be his son Nathanial as he was married that year. Further evidence suggesting such is that the land bordered his son William's property and was witnessed by his two sons.

    In surveyor's Book No. 1 dated in 1834 is the following:

    "State of Tennessee) "By virtue of Entry No. 1000 dated 7 day of March 1834
    Sevier County )

    "I have surveyed for Nathaniel King one hundred acres of land in said county lying joining the lands of Philip Roberts Sen

    "Beginning on a Poplar near a corner to said Roberts land, running then with Middle Creek S 68 E 60 Poles to a stake, N 59 E 94 Poles to a white Oak near the water fall a corner to an Entry in the name of William King, then with the same N 8 47 Poles to a white oak a corner to same, the with V[acant] L[ands] N 43 94 Poles to a Black Oak, S 70 W 102 Poles to a Black Oak and Pine on a Ridge, S 5 W 83 Poles to a stake & mulberry on or near the line of George Fox, S 38 E 25 Poles to the Beginning.

    "Surveyed 19' day of May 1838

    Wm. King )
    & ) C. C. John Mullendore, Cty Surveyor"
    Geo. King)

    Nathaniel King and his wife Elizabeth Runyan were listed in the 1840 Federal Census of Sevier County, Tennessee.
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    Reference:
    "Clabo Family Tree", Gardner Clabo, p 35.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 229.
    Dee Lansford GEDCOM, 24 September 1995.

    Nathaniel married Elizabeth Runyan Abt 1794, Greenville, South Carolina. Elizabeth was born 1779, South Carolina; died 6 Aug 1852, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Elizabeth Runyan was born 1779, South Carolina; died 6 Aug 1852, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 71

    Notes:

    In the 1850 Sevier County, Tennessee Census, there is an Elizabeth King age seventy one living with her son Wyly King age forty nine, and wife Margaret Adair King age forty nine. From the information gathered so far, Elizabeth would have been born about 1779, married about 1795 or early 1796, at age sixteen or seventeen. Her first child, daughter Lavina King was born about 1796, her second child son, Wyley King was born in February of 1798. Elizabeth would have been age thirty nine when her last child, son Andrew Jackson King was born. Elizabeth was about age seventy three when she died in Sevier County, Tennessee.
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    Reference:
    Dee Lansford GEDCOM, 24 September 1995.
    Census of Sevier County, Tennessee.
    "Clabo Family Tree", Gardner Clabo, p 35.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 229.

    Children:
    1. King was born Abt 1796, , South Carolina.
    2. Lavina King was born 1798, South Carolina; died 1870/1880, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. Wyley King was born Feb 1800, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 11 May 1859, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. William Riley King was born 1803, South Carolina; died Aft 1880.
    5. George Washington King was born 10 Apr 1806, Tennessee; died 19 Dec 1857, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. 4. Nathaniel King, Jr. was born 1808, Sevier County, Tennessee; died Bef 1900, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Cartertown Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    7. King was born Abt 1810, , Tennessee.
    8. Elizabeth Catherine King was born 1812, , Sevier County, Tennessee.
    9. Nancy Ann King was born 1815, Tennessee; died 27 Nov 1877, Blount County, Tennessee; was buried 1877, Brickey Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.
    10. Andrew Jackson King was born 1818, Tennessee; died 15 Mar 1891.

  3. 10.  Isaac "Shucky" OgleIsaac "Shucky" Ogle was born 1788, Edgefield County, South Carolina (son of William "Billy" Ogle and Martha Jane Huskey); died 2 Sep 1881; was buried Banner Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Shucky moved with the family to Sevier County, Tennessee as early as 1805, soon after the death of his father.

    Isaac was one of the first settlers in Gatlinburg. No land records prior to 1824 were found for Isaac Ogle but it is shown by Richard Reagan's early grants that Isaac and William, his brother, entered land adjoining Richard's land on Mill Creek. This ran from Mill Creek down to "the lane" (Reagan Lane) and nearly to the old river road. Later records show this land as belonging to Isaac alone and still later to his son, Elijah Ogle. Isaac also entered land near the road from the Glades, running down to the mouth of Roaring Fork Creek in Gatlinburg. As his sons and daughters became of age, he gave them these lands and he moved to the Banner area north of Gatlinburg.

    Isaac and his wife, Susannah, were charter members of the White Oak Flats Baptist Church. The family appears in the Sevier County, Tennessee Federal Census records, 1830 to 1880. Isaac died 2 Sep 1881 according to the Death Register of 1881 found in Sevier County Courthouse.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 225.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 138.

    Isaac married Susannah Bohanon Abt 1809, Sevier County, Tennessee. Susannah (daughter of Henry Bohanon and Amillia Shotwell) was born 1793, Virginia; died Bef 1880, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Banner Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Susannah Bohanon was born 1793, Virginia (daughter of Henry Bohanon and Amillia Shotwell); died Bef 1880, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Banner Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1974, p 82.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 138.

    Children:
    1. Susannah Ogle was born 1810, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. Thomas I. J. Ogle was born 1813, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 19 Jun 1886; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. 5. Sarah "Sally" Ogle was born 1817, Sevier County, Tennessee; died Aft 1880, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Cartertown Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. Ogle was born Abt 1819; died See Notes.
    5. Isaac Ogle, Jr. was born 1821, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 28 May 1866; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. Elizabeth "Betsy" Ogle was born 1823, Tennessee.
    7. Elijah Ogle was born 1824, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 22 Jan 1888; was buried Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    8. Ogle was born 1825/1826.
    9. Margaret "Peggy" Ogle was born 1827, Tennessee; died 28 Mar 1897; was buried Banner Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    10. Elisha Ogle was born 1828, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 7 Sep 1864, North Carolina.
    11. Matilda "Tildy" Ogle was born May 1829, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 10 Sep 1891, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Banner Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    12. Alpha Ogle was born 1832, Sevier County, Tennessee; died Mar 1860, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Huskey Grove Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    13. Mary R. "Polly" Ogle was born 1834, Tennessee; died 17 Apr 1885; was buried Banner Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

  5. 12.  John OwnbyJohn Ownby was born 4 Apr 1791, Rutherford County, North Carolina (son of James Ownby and Joanna Sims); died 3 Sep 1857, Greenbrier, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried P. A. Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    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]


  6. 13.  Mary Jane "Granny" Coone was born 1793, Rutherford County, North Carolina (daughter of Nicholas Koon and Mary DeWalt); died 1881, Greenbrier, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Plemons Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    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

    Children:
    1. Nicholas H. Ownby was born 11 Dec 1812, Rutherford, North Carolina; died 15 Aug 1883, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Forks of the River Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. Mary Ownby was born 1814, Rutherford, North Carolina; died 1886, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Cartertown Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. David Ownby was born 24 Jun 1816, Rutherford County, North Carolina; died 10 Oct 1889, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. Rachel Ownby was born 1818, Rutherford County, North Carolina; died Aft 1880, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried P. A. Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. 6. James S. "Big Cadger Jim" Ownby was born 1 Jan 1820, Tennessee; died 13 Aug 1897; was buried Glades Lebanon Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. Sarah Elmira "Sally" Ownby was born 18 Mar 1823, Rutherford County, North Carolina; died 2 Dec 1919, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 3 Dec 1919, Plemons Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    7. John B. Ownby was born 1824, North Carolina; died 1899; was buried Plemons Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    8. Ownby was born 1826, Buncombe County, North Carolina; died See Notes.
    9. George Ownby was born 1828, Buncombe County, North Carolina; died 1 Nov 1914.
    10. Ownby was born 1830, Buncombe County, North Carolina; died See Notes.
    11. Madison Ownby was born 9 Apr 1832, Buncombe County, North Carolina; died 6 Nov 1861.

  7. 14.  Jacob Evans was born 1797, South Carolina (son of William Evans); died Abt Mar 1878; was buried Glades Lebanon Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Martha and Jacob gave the land for the Lebanon Baptist Church in the Glades. They left a joint will which is recorded in Will Book I, page 247, Sevier County Courthouse. Their daughter, Sophia Ownby, and her son, Samuel, are mentioned in it. The will was probated in April 1878.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 158.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 52, 298.

    Jacob married Martha Ogle Abt 1823, , Sevier County, Tennessee. Martha (daughter of Thomas J. Ogle and Sophia Bosley) was born 1807, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 1885; was buried Glades Lebanon Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  8. 15.  Martha Ogle was born 1807, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of Thomas J. Ogle and Sophia Bosley); died 1885; was buried Glades Lebanon Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Martha and Jacob gave the land for the Lebanon Baptist Church in the Glades. They left a joint will which is recorded in Will Book I, page 247, Sevier County Courthouse. Their daughter, Sophia Ownby, and her son, Samuel, are mentioned in it. The will was probated in April 1878.

    Samuel Ownby told of his grandmother's love of the mountains. His parents, James and Sophia Evans Ownby along with his grandparents, Martha and Jacob Evans had moved to Copperhill, Tennessee. Martha yearned for the mountains so much, she started walking home. Jacob and James rode after her and finally persuaded her to stay until they made their harvest that year. She held them to their promise and they returned that fall to the Smokies.

    Census records verify the story above mentioned. They are listed in the 1850 Federal Census of Gilmer County, Georgia, right near the state line of Tennessee and Georgia.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 158.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 52, 298.

    Children:
    1. Richard E. "Preacher Dick" Evans, Rev. was born 4 Jan 1824, Tennessee; died 6 Dec 1901; was buried Forks of the River Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. Mary Evans was born 1825, Tennessee.
    3. 7. Sophia Evans was born 15 Feb 1826, Tennessee; died 2 Mar 1910; was buried Glades Lebanon Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.