Richard L. Ownby

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 19, 26.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 104.

Richard — Minnie Huskey. Minnie (daughter of Isaac Stephen "Little Steve" "Ratty Steve" Huskey and Mary "Polly" Reagan) was born 13 Jul 1882. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Census: 1910, District 11, Sevier County, Tennessee

Notes:

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References:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 17, 19.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 14, 15, 75, 104.
"Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 108.

Isaac married Martha Ellen Reagan 19 Feb 1880, Sevier County, Tennessee. Martha (daughter of Richard Reason "Uncle Dick" Reagan and Martha Hurst) was born 4 Dec 1862, Tennessee; died 16 Jun 1888; was buried Forks of the River Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 17, 19.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 104.

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 19.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 68, 104.

Madison married Jane Huskey Abt 1856, , Sevier County, Tennessee. Jane (daughter of Stephen "Old Steve" Huskey and Mary Ann "Polly" Ogle) was born 29 Jan 1837, Tennessee; died 27 Apr 1880; was buried Forks of the River Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Buried in the Fork of the Rivers Cemetery near the Park Headquarters, Great
Smoky Mountains National Park.

Listed in the 1860 through 1880 Federal Census of Sevier County, Tennessee.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 19, 21, 118.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 68, 104.

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 1DDV-7W

Notes:

Listed in 1850 Sevier County, Tennessee census as farmer.

Richard Reason lived all his life in the Gatlinburg area. Some time after the Civil War he moved his home and store to the Sugarlands.

R. R. Reagan served the district for many years as a Justice of the Peace and as a tax collector. He was the county sheriff from 1870 to 1874. When the Gatlinburg Post Office was established in 1856 by the U. S. Postal Department, Richard served from 12 December 1871 to 10 July 1883 as postmaster, but not the first.

Serving the Union during the Civil War, R. R. Reagan enlisted 16 Sep 1862 in Company E, 2nd Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry. A commissary sergeant, he was discharged 5 July 1865 at Nashville, Tennessee. His personal description at that time was: 5' 9" in height, dark hair, dark complexion and yellow eyes.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 16, 17.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 144, 171.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 141, 146.
"Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 8.

Richard married Martha Hurst 12 Jul 1856, Sevier County, Tennessee. Martha (daughter of James Hurst and Sarah Jones) was born 2 Aug 1834, Tennessee; died 17 Mar 1878; was buried Ownby Addition Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 17.

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

Other Events:

• Census: 1880, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 45, 47.

Stephen married Mary Ann "Polly" Ogle Abt 1827/1828, Sevier County, Tennessee. Mary (daughter of Hercules "Hike" Ogle and Elizabeth Haggard) was born Abt 1808, Sevier County, Tennessee; died Bef Dec 1848; was buried Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Polly Ann appears in the 1830 and 1840 census of Sevier County. A mention of Polly Ann's death is made in the church minute book of the White Oak Flats Church at the December 1848 meeting. Mary Ann is believed to be buried in the White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
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Reference
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 101, 151.

Other Events:

• AFN: 2DDT-XD

Notes:

Daniel moved with his parents to White Oak Flats (Gatlinburg) when he was about four years old. He lived all of his life here or on various other tracts of land in the area.

Listed as Ragan in 1850 Sevier County, Tennessee census as farmer with $1000 property unable to read or write.

An industrious man, Daniel began acquiring land before he married. In theTennessee State Library and Archives there are records of eight entries in his name, dating from 1824 to 1872. The state archivist says this was all purchased land. He is listed in the 1837 tax lists of Sevier County, Tennessee.

An 1859 grant, previously surveyed land, was resurveyed and entered probably because of Gatlin's extensive claim in the area and the Courthouse fire. This 1859 grant was for 600 acres up both sides of the river from Baskins Creek to the Two Mile Branch. In May 1866, he added another 640 acres to this holding. There are also grants for 1,000, 600, and 4,000 acres on Roaring Fork granted in 1839, 1868 and 1872. Most of this land was divided among his children - no will has been found. Daniel moved around and lived on several of his farms - his wife said after his death that she wanted to spend the rest of her years in one spot, she was so tired of moving. She spent her remaining years with her stepdaughter and her husband, Mariah and Thomas H. McCarter.

Daniel was a blacksmith as well as a farmer. Tradition says he built the first wagon in the settlement, making the wheels of one piece of split white oak. His son, Charles C. Reagan, built the first wagon that crossed the Smokies. Although no record has been found to verify it, Daniel probably served as a Justice of Peace. He did keep the community post office. When the settlement officially became Gatlinburg and the post office was established, Daniel and Joel Conner received the contract to carry the mail from Sevierville to Casher's Valley, South Carolina. Daniel's sons, Richard R. and Ephraim Reagan, served as postmaster in the village.

Definitely a Union man but too old to go to service during the Civil War, Daniel served as "muster" officer and drilled the men of the village out in the "Flats". He also served the community as food distributor. Because of his activities and his three oldest sons being in the Union army, he often had to hide out in the mountains to escape the Confederates. The youngest son, Charles C., often told of his father taking him to the woods and showing him the meat and food supplies he had hidden. Daniel didn't think the Rebels would bother the women and children and if he did have to hide out, then Charles must see that food was brought in for the people as it was needed---a big responsibility for a seven year old boy.

A civic minded man, Daniel furnished the meeting house for the village--the five sided building used for the school, church and "voting place". According to one of the land grants, this was located at the "mouth of the lane", now Reagan Lane, near the old River Road. Although he furnished the meeting place for the Baptist Church for many years, Daniel was not found on the membership roll of the church and did not give the land for the present building site, as has been stated by many sources.

Daniel Wesley Reagan did give the land for the oldest part of the White Oak Flats Cemetery (Gatlinburg Cemetery) to the community. This was originally a family plot on the farm of his father, Richard Reagan. The first burial there was a child of Daniel Milsaps, the first school teacher in Gatlinburg.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 6a, 15-16.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 51.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 45.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 37.

Daniel married Nancy Ogle 30 Jan 1830, Sevier County, Tennessee. Nancy (daughter of Thomas J. Ogle and Sophia Bosley) was born 24 Aug 1810, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 18 Feb 1844, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• AFN: 2DDT-ZK

Notes:

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 6a, 16, 167.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 51.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 37.

Notes:

Rosa Downey lists given name as John.
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Reference:
Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 120.

James married Sarah Jones 1830, Sevier County, Tennessee. Sarah was born Abt 1816, Sevier County, Tennessee; died Aft 1880, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]