Caleb (Caliph) Ownbey

Notes:

Died while serving in the Civil War during the Battle of Missionary Ridge, Tennessee.

Caleb enlisted in the Civil War, 30 June 1862, and served in Company C, 60th Regiment. After the battle of Chichamauga in Georgia, near Chattanuga, there was a small battle in which Caleb was killed in September, 1863. His face was shot off and he was buried where he fell on Missionary Ridge, Tennessee, near Chattanoga. Much research has been made to locate the grave. Princer Clauden Searcy, a few years ago, visited all the old battlefields around where Caleb and John Ledbetter were killed, but failed to find their graves. "Uncle Billy" (William B. Searcy) was captured some months later and was taken to a prisoner of war camp in Ohio, where they offered him his freedom to go to Kansas and help gather the wheat harvest, a lucky thing for him. He drew a Union and Confederate pension until he died in October, 1904.

Adeline applied for a pension #359, dated 13 July 1885, and was living in Daisy, North Carolina. William B. Searcy witnessed for her. Again, "Broad River, North Carolina, June 19, 1901, to Thomas Morriss, Marion, North Carolina, written by D. L. Clements, stating they were sorrection her pension application proving that she was the widow of Caleb (Caliph) Ownbey ... that Thomas K. Patton was his captain, that the regiment was made up in Buncombe County, that W. B. Searcy was standing by Caleb's side in Combany C, 60 Regiment, when Ownby was shot down and killed in battle and W. B. Searcy says he saw Caleb shot and killed and that he helped to bury Ownby and will make oath to this if necessary ... that Mrs. Ownby had been drawing a stay pension ever since the law that granted it was enacted ... that Dr. Freeman witnessed it also."

Adeline had other children, parentages unknown to me. She was a midwife and it was her reputation she never lost a baby. George Dewey Ownbey owes her much, she delivered him. Caleb had a grandson, "Little Caliph" who died in 1909. Parent not named ... Broad River, now extinct, was situated at the junction of Highway #9, the road from Old Frot and Moffitt Hill, McDowell County, North Carolina, where the Broad River crosses the highway.

In census reading, I located a Rhodes line that was Indian, first name Alberta (male). According to G. D. Owenby, "Adeline was of Indian Blood." There were several Rhodes families in Henderson County, sons of Sheriff Rhodes of Henderson County, around 1905. While in North Carolina, I saw hanging on the wall, a picture (in Aunt Carrie Lee Nanney's home) of Adeline, she is in a group, the Indian features are very strong - GE White. Adeline claimed the T. B. came thru the Rhodes side of the family.
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Reference:
"Kinfolk, Ownbey Family Lines of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina", p
20, 29.

Caleb — Kitty Adeline Rhodes. Kitty was born Abt 1835; died Abt 1910; was buried Stonemountain, Buncombe County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet]

1. Daniel Rufus Ownbey was born 11 Nov 1856, Broad River Twp., Buncombe County, North Carolina; died 28 Mar 1898; was buried , Rutherford, North Carolina.
2. S. Franklin Ownbey was born 11 Nov 1856, Broad River Twp., Buncombe County, North Carolina.
3. Joshua Ownbey
4. Martha Ownbey
5. Samantha Ownbey was born Bef 1862/1863.

Notes:

Joshua was deacon in the Broad River Church during the years of 1844-45,
according to church records.

Resided in Rutherford County, North Carolina.
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Reference:
"Kinfolk, Ownbey Family Lines of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina", p
9, 20, 77.

Joshua married Millie Wheeler 15 Jan 1823. Millie was born 1789; was buried Old Broad River Cemetery, Rutherford County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Last name may be Wheelon. Resided in Rutherford County, North Carolina.
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Reference:
"Kinfolk, Ownbey Family Lines of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina", p
9, 20, 77.

Other Events:

• AFN: 8HFV-X2

Notes:

Buried in "Old Field's".
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Reference:
"Kinfolk, Ownbey Family Lines of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina", p 9.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 64.

Arthur married Barbara Hill 27 Jan 1795. Barbara (daughter of William Augustus Hill and Dorcus Moberly Colvard) was born 1776; died 1854; was buried Old Broad River Cemetery, Rutherford County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

There is probability that John Hill might be related to Barbara Hill since he
was a bondsman for her son, Joshua, and Millie Ownbey. It has been proven he
is not her father.

Barbara is buried in Friendship Cemetery, south of Culberson, North Carolina.
The cemetery is in Georgia state.
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Reference:
"Kinfolk, Ownbey Family Lines of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina", p 9.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 64.

Notes:

Following the path of migration to the West in Virginia, John Ownby came with his parents, sometime before 1760, to Albermarle County, Virginia (later Amherst County).

There are records of several land transactions for John Ownby in Amherst County, Virginia:
(1) On 27 April 1764, John Ownby bought from Charles Parkes, 359 acres, lying on the north branches of the Buffalo River and the north side of Fluvanna. This land ran with the lines of Ambrose Porter.
(2) On 5 September 1768, John Ownby sold to Martin Trap, 111 acres, lying on north branches of Buffalo River.
(3) On 5 February 1769, John Ownby sold to David Blitz for nine pounds, twelve shillings, 70 acres, situated on the branches of Buffalo River, being a part of a large tract belonging to the said John Ownby. Also John Ownby's wife relinquished her dower rights at that time.
(4) On 25 February 1769, John Ownby sold to William Mays, 178 acres, situated on the branches of Buffalo River starting with James Williamson's corner and running with the lines of David Blitz, being a part of a large tract belonging to the said John Ownby.

In the early 1770's, John Ownby and his family migrated to Pittsylvania County, Virginia where Ambrose Porter died leaving a will in 1773. In Ambrose Porter's will, he mentioned his daughter Ann and her five youngest children, namely, John, Milly, Susanna, Ambrose, and Arthur. Each of Ann's five youngest children was willed "one cow of heifer each to be delivered to them as they come to the age of nine or then years old."

In the late 1770's, John Ownby and his family moved again to Tryon County, North Carolina (later Rutherford County). Here he began to buy lands and remained until his death. They lived in the area of Colonel Hampton's Mill near Cove Road in Rutherford County, North Carolina.

They were listed in the 1790 through 1820 Federal Census of Ruterford County, North Carolina.

John Ownby was buried in the "Old Field Cemetery" which is located five miles north of Bat Cave just off North Carolina Highway #9.
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Reference:
"Kinfolk, Ownbey Family Lines of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina", p 78.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 63-64.
IGI, Batch 8712005, Sheet 25, Source Call Number 1396341, Film.

John married Nancy Ann "Nannie" Porter Abt 1760, Albermarle County, Virginia. Nancy (daughter of Ambrose Porter and Jemima) was born 1743, Orange County, Virginia; died 1818, Rutherford County, North Carolina; was buried Old Broad River Cemetery, Rutherford County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Buried in Mountain Creek Church Cemetery.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 63-64.

William — Dorcus Moberly Colvard. Dorcus was born 1750; died 1830; was buried Mountain Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Rutherford County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet]