William Seaton Ownby

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 100.

William — Lou Emma Ownby. Lou (daughter of James Monroe Ownby and Marinda Mary Scruggs) was born 11 Oct 1886, Tennessee; died 14 Sep 1935; was buried Glades Lebanon Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

1. Rev. Robert Spence Ownby was born 24 Apr 1910, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 27 Aug 2002; was buried 29 Aug 2002, Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
2. Luther Curtis Ownby was born 20 Jun 1919, Tennessee; died 20 May 1983; was buried Mountain View Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
3. Chester Field Ownby was born 1 Aug 1924, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 10 Feb 1995; was buried Gists Creek Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Notes:

Listed in the 1880 Federal Census of Sevier County, Tennessee.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 91, 93-94.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 28, 98, 100.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 286.
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 299.

John married Sarah E. Huskey 10 Feb 1879, Sevier County, Tennessee. Sarah (daughter of Billie John Huskey and Barbara Emert) was born 1862, Sevier County, Tennessee; died Bef 1892. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Listed in the 1880 Federal Census of Sevier County, Tennessee.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 91, 93-94.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 28, 98, 100.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 286.
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 299.

Notes:

Listed in the 1850 through 1880 Federal Census of Sevier County, Tennessee.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 93, 288.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 5, 28, 67, 98.

John married Jane "Jennie" Whaley Abt 1846, , Sevier County, Tennessee. Jane (daughter of William M. Whaley and Mary Ann Ogle) was born 1827, Tennessee; died 10 Feb 1883; was buried Plemons Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Listed in the 1850 through 1880 Federal Census of Sevier County, Tennessee.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 93, 288.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 5, 28, 67, 98.

Notes:

Listed in the 1850 through 1880 Federal Census of Sevier County, Tennessee and
1900 Federal Census of Pigeon Forge County.

During the Civil War, John Huskey enlisted 1 July 1863 in Company E, 2nd
Tennessee Cavalry and was discharged 4 Dec 1863. His personal description was:
height - 5' 10", complexion - fair, hair - black, and eyes - blue.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 68, 91.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 283, 286.

Billie married Barbara Emert 23 Feb 1843, , Sevier County, Tennessee. Barbara (daughter of Frederick E. Emert, Jr. and Celia Drusilla Reagan) was born 13 Oct 1817, Emerts Cove, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 9 May 1896, Emerts Cove, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Alonzo Huskey Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Donald B. Reagan lists burial in the Emerts Cove Cemetery.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 68, 91.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 283, 286.

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:

In the 1880 Mortality Schedule for Sevier County, Tennessee gave the birthplace of William M. Whaley's parents -- father and mother were born in South Carolina.

Some researchers say he was born in Orangeburg District, South Carolina but have not provided the source.

Family traditions say William M. Whaley, his two brothers, John and Middleton, and a sister, Delania, came to Sevier County, Tennessee from South Carolina.

Records of William M. Whaley's military service in the War of 1812 were found in the National Archives, Washington, D.C. He enlisted on 13 November 1814 as a fifer in Captain John Porter's Company, Colonel Edwin E. Booth's Regiment, East Tennessee Drafted Militia and was discharged on 20 May 1815 at Mobile, Alabama.

On 4 November 1850 (aged 62 years) and 2 April 1855 (aged 66 years), William M. Whaley filed applications and received bounty land grants as a result of his service in the War of 1812.

William M. Whaley filed for pension for his War of 1812 service in the East Tennessee Militia. His pension papers give a detailed story of his military service in the War of 1812. It is given below:

"State of Tennessee)
Sevier County SS. On this 22nd day of May A.S. one
thousand eight hundred and Seventy one, personally appeared before me W. H.
Duggan, Clerk of County Court, a court of record within and for the County and
State aforesaid, William Whaley, aged Eighty two years, a resident of 2nd
district, County of Sevier, State of Tennessee who being duly Sworn according
to law declares that he is married that his wifes name was Mary Ogle to whom he
was married in Sevier County, State of Tennessee on the 26th day of December
1811 that he served the full term of Sixty days in the military Service of the
United States in the War of 1812. That he is the identical William Whaley who
was drafted in Captain Wilson Maples Company, Col Booths Regiment -- Brigade --
Division at Sevier County, State of Tennessee on or about the day of November
1814 and was honorably discharged at Mobile, Alabama on or about the day of
March 1815 that he does not recollect the Numbers of the Regiment or Brigade,
that Captain Maples resigned and the Company was then Commanded by Captain John
W. Porter that he at no time during the late rebellion against the authority of
the United States adhered to the Cause of the enemies of the Government giveing
them aid or comfort or exercised the functions of any office whatever under any
authority or pretend authority in hostility to the United States and that he
will support the Constitution of the United States, that he is not in receipt
of a pension under any previous act, that he makes this declaration for the
purpose of being placed on the pension roll of the United States under the
provision of the act approved February 14, 1871 and he hearby constitutes and
appoints with full power of Substitution and revocation M.W. McCown of
Sevierville, Tennessee his true and lawful attorney to prosecute his claim and
obtain the pension certificate that may be issued. And that his post office is
at Sevierville, Sevier County, State of Tennessee and that his domicile or
place of abode is on the big East fork of Little Pigeon river in Greenbyor
Cove"

"Attest His
Jeremiah Chamberlain William X Whaley
John W. Huskey Mark

Applicant

"Also personally appeared Jeremiah Chamberlain residing in 2nd district, County
of Sevier & John W. Huskey residing in 2nd district, County of Sevier persons
whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit and who being by me
duly Sworn Say, They were present and Saw William Whaley, the claiment make his
mark to the foregoing declaration, that they have every reason to believe from
the appearance of Said claiment and their acquaintance with him that he is the
identical person he represents himself to be, and that at no time during the
late rebellion against the authority of the United States did he adhere to the
cause of the enemies of the Government giving them aid or comfort, and they
have no interest in the prosecution of this claim.

Jeremiah Chamberlain
John W. Huskey

"Sworn to and Subscribed before me this 22nd day of May 1871 and I hearby
Certify that the Contents of the foregoing declaration & c were fully made
Known and explained to the applicant and witnesses before Swearing and that I
have no interest direct or indirect in the prosecution of this claim

"Given under my hand and Seal of office at office in
Sevierville this 22nd day of May 1871

"W. H. H. Duggan, Clear"

In December 1817 when the White Oak Flats Baptist Church was formed as an arm of the Fork of Little Pigeon Baptist Church in Sevierville, William Whaley and his wife were listed as charter members.

At the July 1833 meeting of the Church, William M. Whaley said, "he had been led to think it (is) his duty to Execrcise a public gift where upon the Church grants to him the privileges of Exercising where in the County as duty may call him". At this meeting William M. Whaley was ordained as moderator.

It is not known just when William M. and Mary Ann Ogle Whaley moved to Big Greenbrier, Sevier County, Tennessee (now part of Great Smoky Mountain National Park), but they were well settled between 1830 and 1840.

William Sr. is listed in the 1840 Sevier County, Tennessee census 2 males 0-5, 3 males 5-10, 1 male 15-20, 1 male 50-60, 1 female 5-10, 1 female 10-15, 1 female 20-30 and 1 female 40-50

William M. Whaley died from "abcess of side" and was buried beside his wife Mary Ann.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 143, 288.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 3-5.
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, 45, 186, 214.
Wanda Schomp, wjcrafter@email.msn.com, 17 May 1999.

William married Mary Ann Ogle 26 Dec 1811, Sevier County, Tennessee. Mary (daughter of William "Billy" Ogle and Martha Jane Huskey) was born 1793, Edgefield County, South Carolina; died 1872/1880, Greenbrier, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Plemons Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Mary moved with the family to Sevier County, Tennessee as early as 1805, soonafter the death of her father.

Verification of her marriage is from William M. Whaley's War of 1812 papers inthe National Archives, Washington, D. C.

Mary and William were members of the White Oak Flats Baptist Church. Theirfamily appears in Sevier County, Tennessee Federal Census Records, 1830 through 1880.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 143, 288.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 5.
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, 186, 214.

Other Events:

• AFN: HS84-QB

Notes:

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Reference
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 341.

William married Dorothy "Dolly" Trotter 5 Jul 1818, Bibb County, Alabama. Dorothy (daughter of John Trotter and Polly Haggard) was born 8 Feb 1801, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 1 Jun 1872, Emerts Cove, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Emerts Cove Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• AFN: HS84-RH

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Historical Society Journal", Summer 1995, Vol XXI, No. 2, p 31.
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 341.

Other Events:

• AFN: MC7N-L0

Notes:

Frederick Emmert Jr. was born in what is now Tennessee. He was drafted on 10 January 1814 as a private in Captain Isaac Williams' Company, part of Colonel Samuel Bunch's Regiment during the War of 1812 and was discharged on 14 May 1814.

Frederick Jr. and his wife Celia Drusilla lived in the Emert Cove, Sevier County, Tennessee area before moving to Tuckaleechee Cove, Blount County, Tennessee about 1826. Frederick Jr. was a Methodist minister there. They were listed in the 1830 Federal Census of Blount County, Tennessee. There were ten children inthe household: one male age 5 and under; one male and three females age 5-10; two males and one female age 10-15; and two males age 15-20.

They were also listed in the 1840 Federal Census of Blount County, Tennessee. There were now eight children at home: one male and one female age 10-15; one male and three females age 15-20; and two males age 20-30.

In 1850 they were still listed in the Federal Census of Blount County, Tennessee. All the children had married and left home except one son, Frederick S., age 24. They also were listed in the 1860 Federal Census of Blount County, Tennessee. There were no children in the household at this time.

Frederick Emmert Jr. was listed alone in the 1870 Federal Census of Blount County, Tennessee. He was buried beside his wife in the Campground Cemetery.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 2a, 68.
Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 42.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan," Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 282.

Frederick married Celia Drusilla Reagan 5 Nov 1812, , Sevier County, Tennessee. Celia (daughter of Timothy Reagan and Elizabeth Trigg) was born 15 Feb 1792, Caswell County, North Carolina; died 29 Aug 1869, Blount County, Tennessee; was buried Tuckaleechee Campground Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• AFN: MC7N-3D

Notes:

Buried in Campground Cemetery.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 2a, 68.
Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 42.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan," Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 282.