Lilly Owenby: Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest

Generation: 1

1. Lilly Owenby was born Abt 1878 (daughter of William Owenby and Cindy).
Notes:
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Reference:
"Kinfolk, Ownbey Family Lines of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina", p 9.

Generation: 2

William Owenby was born Abt 1834, , North Carolina (son of Ambrose "Big Ambrose" Owenby and Cindy Ruff).

Notes:

Located in the 1880 census of Edneyville Township, Henderson County, North Carolina
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Reference:
"Kinfolk, Ownbey Family Lines of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina", p 9.

William — Cindy. [Group Sheet]

Cindy

Notes:

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Reference:
"Kinfolk, Ownbey Family Lines of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina", p 9.

Children:

Tula Owenby was born Abt 1870.
Sonny Owenby was born Abt 1873.
1. Lilly Owenby was born Abt 1878.

Generation: 3

Ambrose "Big Ambrose" Owenby was born 1806, North Carolina (son of Arthur "Little Arthur" Ownby and Barbara Hill); died 8 Jan 1891; was buried Conner Cemetery, Henderson County, North Carolina.

Notes:

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Reference:
"Kinfolk, Ownbey Family Lines of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina", p
9.

Ambrose — Cindy Ruff. [Group Sheet]

Cindy Ruff

Notes:

From Rutherford and Polk County, Mill Spring, North Carolina.
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Reference:
"Kinfolk, Ownbey Family Lines of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina", p
9.

Children:

Joseph Owenby was born Abt 1831, , North Carolina.
2. William Owenby was born Abt 1834, , North Carolina.
Malimos Owenby was born Abt 1836, , North Carolina.
Margaret Owenby was born Abt 1837, , North Carolina.
John Owenby was born Abt 1839.

Generation: 4

Arthur "Little Arthur" Ownby was born 1772, Amherst County, Virginia (son of John "Johny" Ownbey and Nancy Ann "Nannie" Porter); died 1861, Rutherford County, North Carolina; was buried Old Broad River Cemetery, Rutherford County, North Carolina.

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]

Barbara Hill was born 1776 (daughter of William Augustus Hill and Dorcus Moberly Colvard); died 1854; was buried Old Broad River Cemetery, Rutherford County, North Carolina.

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.

Children:

Anna Owenby was born 1798, North Carolina; died 26 Aug 1854.
Mary Owenby was born 1803, North Carolina.
4. Ambrose "Big Ambrose" Owenby was born 1806, North Carolina; died 8 Jan 1891; was buried Conner Cemetery, Henderson County, North Carolina.
Joshua Ownby was born 7 Nov 1807; died Apr 1850; was buried Old Broad River Cemetery, Rutherford County, North Carolina.
Ephraim Ownby was born 1808.
Joseph Ownby was born 1809.
Ezekial Owenby was born 1811, North Carolina; died 1890.
Amos Ownby was born 1812; died 1880, Fannin County, Georgia.
Margaret Ownby was born 1815; died 1878.