Gaither McKinley Ownby

Other Events:

• Census: 1910, District 11, Sevier County, Tennessee
• Census: 1920, Sevier County, Tennessee
• Census: 1930, District 3, Monroe County, Tennessee

Notes:

Born in Fighting Creek Community between Sugarlands Visitor Center and Elkmont.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 76.
"Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 12, 197.

Gaither — Josie Emaline Stinnett. Josie (daughter of John Bunyan Stinnett and Rebecca Frances Roberts) was born 29 Jan 1908, Tennessee; died 12 Dec 1965; was buried Headrick Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

1. Ezlea Ownby was born 30 Sep 1925; died 31 Aug 1926; was buried Headrick Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
2. Eurstel Ownby was born 14 Feb 1929; died 18 Feb 1929; was buried Headrick Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
3. Bertha Ownby was born 8 Jan 1946; died 8 Jan 1946; was buried Headrick Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
4. Mildred I. Ownby was born Abt 1928, Tennessee.

Other Events:

• Census: 1900, District 11, Sevier County, Tennessee
• Census: 1910, District 11, Sevier County, Tennessee
• Residence: Abt 1870/1914, Humphrey Ownby log cabin; Avent Cabin, Elkmont, Sevier County, Tennessee
• Census: 1920, Sevier County, Tennessee
• Census: 1930, Bales, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 69, 76.
"Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 12.

Humphrey married Mary Elizabeth "Bessie" Williams Abt 1900. Mary (daughter of William M. Williams and Mary Ogle) was born 24 Feb 1872, Tennessee; died 30 Jun 1920; was buried Lower Fighting Creek Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Census: 1910, District 11, Sevier County, Tennessee
• Census: 1920, Sevier County, Tennessee

Notes:

Donald B. Reagan lists Elizabeth as being buried in the Forks of the River
Cemetery, Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 69, 76.
"Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 12, 197.
"Smoky Mountian Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 165.

Notes:

Listed in 1840 Sevier County, Tennessee census.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 193.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 67, 69.
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 294.

Nicholas married Mary Ogle Abt 1834, Sevier County, Tennessee. Mary (daughter of Thomas J. Ogle and Sophia Bosley) was born 24 Jan 1815, Tennessee; died 7 Feb 1903; 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 193
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 67, 69.
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 294.

Notes:

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Reference
"Smoky Mountian Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 165.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 174.
"A Genealogy of the Rolen Family of Sevier County, Tennessee," Wilma Rolen 1980, p 5.
"Williams Report", Sim Seckbach, 14 July 1995, p 1.

William married Mary Ogle 18 Mar 1857. Mary (daughter of William Thomas Ogle and Sarah E. Bohanon) was born 8 Apr 1840, Tennessee; died 9 Mar 1897; was buried Williamsburg Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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Reference
"Smoky Mountian Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 165.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 174.
"Williams Report", Sim Seckbach, 14 July 1995, p 1.

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

Notes:

Thomas went with his parents to Ninety Six District, Edgefield County, South Carolina from Wilkes County, Georgia.

Tom was named with his brother, Hercules, as coexecutor of their father's will in 1803 in Edgefield District, South Carolina. He also signed the 1811 deed of conveyance which disposed of the land left by William Ogle to his "four boys". Another deed, dated in 1825 and disposing of land in Edgefield District, South Carolina, was signed by Thomas and Sophia Ogle. They had apparently rented out this land after moving to Sevier County, Tennessee.

No Tennessee land grants prior to 1824 were found for Tom Ogle but it is known that he was in Sevier County as early as 1805. He and Hercules Ogle deeded 48 acres of land at the mouth of Walden's Creek to William Murphy in 1807. According to the deed, found in the Tennessee State Library and Archives, they held title to the land "by virtue of seizure and occupancy". The exact date of Tom's settlement in Gatlinburg is not known but he was one of the first settlers there.

Records of Tom's service in the War of 1812 were found in the National Archives. He served in Captain Andrew Lawson's Company of East Tennessee Drafted Militia Regiment, commanded by Colonel William Johnson, and fought against the Creek Indians. In 1850 and 1855, Tom received bounty land grants as a result of his service.

In December of 1817 when the White Oak Flats Baptist Church was formed as an arm of the Sevierville church, Tom Ogle and his wife were listed as charter members. The first church building was started in 1855 on Tom's land. It was located where the Arrowcraft Shop stands now. A deed conveying title of the land to the church by Thomas Ogle was executed on 8 April 1861. This is found in Sevier County Courthouse in Deed Book M, page 211.

Thomas J. Ogle has three land entries, which are dated from 1 May 1824 through 23 Jan 1826, in the Surveyor's Book No. 1 of Sevier County, Tennessee. These land entries were granted by the state of Tennessee. All these were located in the White Oak Flats community and Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Tom left a will dated 27 Sep 1861 and probated in County Court in February of 1862. It is recorded in Will Book I, p 74-75. William T. Ogle is mentioned as Tom's eldest son and is named executor of the will. Also Tom mentioned "my son Thomas Ogle... my Sons, to wit., Preston, Levi and Caleb..." In the Court records, Thomas Ogle's will was admitted for probate 3 Feb 1862. On 3 March 1862, Caleb Ogle and Wilson Duggan were appointed administrators of the estate of Thomas Ogle. (Court Minutes Book I, page 747 and 752)

There is a list of "Inventory of the property belonging to the estate of Thomas J. Ogle, Dec'd., late of Sevier County, Tennessee in the Inventory Book, page 190/92.

In the GUARDIANS, EXECUTORS and ADMINISTRATORS Settlement Book for Sevier County, Tennessee, there is a record for the estate of Thomas J. Ogle. From this book, the following list of the living heirs of Thomas J. Ogle is quoted: "the above Settlement shows that there is in the hands of the administrators the sum of $187.23 to be equally divided among twelve heirs, to wit., Levi, Hercules, Isaac, Rebecca wife of Preston, William T., Celeb, Thomas, Esther Trantham, Hichols Ownsby, Jacob Evans, Andrew Conner, and David Owensby & wife."

The family appears in the Federal Census records of Sevier County from 1830 through 1860. The census and other records found show that the second generation of Ogle sons in Gatlinburg began using their father's initial in their names when there was confusion created by the same names.
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Reference
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1974, p 47-48.
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 154-155, 211.

Thomas married Sophia Bosley Abt 1804. Sophia was born Abt 1789, Maryland; died 13 Jul 1857, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Sophia is spoken of as the "red-headed woman" in the family stories. It is said she hoped and prayed for a church and minister of their own in the community. Her hopes were realized when their son, William T. Ogle, became a minister of the Gospel, as did a younger son, Caleb Ogle.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1974, p 47-48.
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 154-155, 211.

Notes:

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Reference:
"A Genealogy of the Rolen Family of Sevier County, Tennessee," Wilma Rolen Stucker, 1980, p 4, 5.
Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 112.
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, 390.

Berry — Lurana Brooks. Lurana (daughter of Billy Brooks and Rachel Waters) was born 24 Apr 1818, Tennessee; died 28 Apr 1893; was buried Shults Cemetery, Jones Cove, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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Reference:
"A Genealogy of the Rolen Family of Sevier County, Tennessee," Wilma Rolen Stucker, 1980, p 4, 5.
Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 112.

Notes:

William T. Ogle was licensed to preach at the September 1834 meeting of the White Oak Flats Baptist Church. He was ordained at Bethel Baptist Church on the 4th Saturday of October 1836. He served the Gatlinburg church and others until his death.

In 1860, William T. and his family appear in the census records with his father in the 11th district (Gatlinburg). He was mentioned as the oldest son and was named executor of his father's will in 1862.
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Reference
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1974, p 52.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 139, 174.

William married Sarah E. Bohanon 22 Dec 1825, Sevier County, Tennessee. Sarah (daughter of Henry Bohanon and Amillia Shotwell) was born 1807, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 25 Sep 1887; was buried Boogertown Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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Reference
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1974, p 52.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 139, 174.
"A Genealogy of the Rolen Family of Sevier County, Tennessee," Wilma Rolen p 4.