John Ownby, Jr.

1781 - 1869  (88 years)

• Name	John Ownby
  Suffix	Jr.
  Born	11 Jul 1781	Amherst County, North Carolina   [1]
  Gender	Male
  AFN	1TQP-13
  Died	5 Sep 1869	Sevier County, Tennessee
  Buried	Plemons Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee   [2]
  Person ID	I1772	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	7 Feb 2013

  
  

  Father	John "Johny" Ownbey,   b. 1735, Lancastershire, England ,   d. 1824, Bat Cave, Rutherford County, North Carolina  (Age 89 years)
  Mother	Nancy Ann "Nannie" Porter,   b. 1743, Orange County, Virginia ,   d. 1818, Rutherford County, North Carolina  (Age 75 years)
  Married	Abt 1760	Albermarle County, Virginia
  Family ID	F3347	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Elizabeth Hill,   b. 6 Nov 1784, Buncombe County, North Carolina ,   d. 24 Aug 1830, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 45 years)
  Married	14 Mar 1803	Rutherford County, North Carolina
  Notes	Bride: Elizabeth Hill Groom: John Ownby Bond Date: 11 Mar 1805 County: Rutherford Record #: 01 245 Bondsman: Arthur Ownby Witness: R Lewis, Clerk of Court Bond #: 000135548 North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868
  Children	+ 1. Amos Ownbey,   b. 22 Dec 1807, , Buncombe County, North Carolina ,   d. 8 Sep 1894, , Reynolds, Missouri  (Age 86 years) + 2. Margaret "Peggy" Ownbey,   b. 20 Mar 1810, Rutherford County, North Carolina ,   d. 6 Feb 1849, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 38 years) + 3. Westly Ownbey,   b. 6 Apr 1812, Buncombe County, North Carolina ,   d. Nov 1869, Wayne County, Missouri  (Age 57 years) + 4. Harrison Ownbey,   b. 22 Jan 1814, , Buncombe County, North Carolina + 5. Aaron Ownbey,   b. 26 Oct 1815, Buncombe County, North Carolina ,   d. 29 Oct 1897, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 82 years) + 6. Mourning Ownbey,   b. 11 Aug 1817, Buncombe County, North Carolina ,   d. 21 Apr 1870, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 52 years)   7. Rhoda Ownbey,   b. 17 Aug 1819, , Buncombe County, North Carolina ,   d. 26 Aug 1827, , Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 8 years) + 8. Mary Olief "Olive" Ownbey,   b. 11 Jul 1821, , Buncombe County, North Carolina ,   d. 26 Apr 1908, , Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 86 years)   9. James Ownbey,   b. 17 Jun 1823, , Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 27 Aug 1827, , Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 4 years)   10. Ann Ownbey,   b. 9 Dec 1825, , Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 31 Aug 1827, , Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 1 years) + 11. John H. "Humpy John" Ownbey,   b. 27 Oct 1827, , Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 1 Dec 1875  (Age 48 years)   12. Martha Ownbey,   b. 1829, , Sevier County, Tennessee   13. Son Ownbey,   b. 1831, , Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. See Notes
  Family ID	F656	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Lucinda Mary Lacie,   b. Mar 1791, , South Carolina ,   d. 28 Dec 1870, , Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age ~ 79 years)
  Married	13 Nov 1832	, Sevier County, Tennessee
  Family ID	F3349	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Married - 14 Mar 1803 - Rutherford County, North Carolina Married - 13 Nov 1832 - , Sevier County, Tennessee Died - 5 Sep 1869 - Sevier County, Tennessee Buried - - Plemons Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  John Ownby Jr. served in the War of 1812 with the North Carolina malitia. Records from the National Archives show John Ownby as a private in Captain Bradly's Company of North Carolina militia for six months but was not called out until February and continued in actual service for over fourteen days. He was discharged in Rutherford County, North Carolina on 6 March 1815. In 1858 John Ownby applied for a bounty land grant on the basis of his military service. He received a grant of 158 acres in Sevier County, Tennessee. In 1816, just after the War of 1812 was over, John Ownby Jr. and his family moved from Rutherford County, North Carolina to Sevier County, Tennessee. This Ownby family was the only one listed in the 1830 Federal Census of East Tennessee. On 4 February 1858, John Ownby Jr. made a will to dispose of his property. In his will, he said, "I give and bequeath to my son John H. Ownby all my property both real and personal consisting of one hundred and twenty five acres of Land, Cattle, Hogs, Horses, household furniture, etc. I have given and bequeath all my property to said son John in consequence of his kindness in taking care of myself and wife in our age and during our infirmity." ---------- Reference: "Kinfolk, Ownbey Family Lines of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina", p 13. "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 64, 105. "Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 203.

  
  

• Sources

  [S94] Sevier County, Tennessee Census, family 229, page 401b, line 9, 27 Aug 1850. http://files.usgwarchives.net/tn/sevier/census/1850/pg0396a.txt [S34] In the Shadow of the Smokies, Smoky Mountain Historical Society, (1993), 710.