John "Johny" Ownbey

1735 - 1824  (89 years)

• Name	John "Johny" Ownbey
  Born	1735	Lancastershire, England
  Gender	Male
  Died	1824	Bat Cave, Rutherford County, North Carolina
  Buried	Old Broad River Cemetery, Rutherford County, North Carolina   [1]
  Person ID	I9067	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	7 Feb 2013

  
  

  Father	Arthur Ownbey,   b. 1670, Lancashire, England ,   d. Abt 1737, Essex County, Virginia  (Age 67 years)
  Mother	Barbara Hill
  Family ID	F3429	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Nancy Ann "Nannie" Porter,   b. 1743, Orange County, Virginia ,   d. 1818, Rutherford County, North Carolina  (Age 75 years)
  Married	Abt 1760	Albermarle County, Virginia
  Children	+ 1. James Ownby,   b. 6 Jan 1761, Amherst County, Virginia ,   d. 26 Sep 1850, Union Mills, Rutherford County, North Carolina  (Age 89 years) + 2. Elizabeth Ownby,   b. 1763, Amherst County, Virginia   3. Milly Ownby,   b. 1766, Amherst County, Virginia   4. Susannah Ownby,   b. 1768, Amherst County, Virginia + 5. Ambrose Ownby,   b. 1770, Amherst County, Virginia + 6. Arthur "Little Arthur" Ownby,   b. 1772, Amherst County, Virginia ,   d. 1861, Rutherford County, North Carolina  (Age 89 years) + 7. Porter Ownby,   b. 1774, Amherst County, Virginia ,   d. 1850, Blairsville, Union, Georgia  (Age 76 years)   8. Thomas Ownby,   b. 1776, Amherst County, Virginia ,   d. 1865  (Age 89 years) + 9. John Ownby, Jr.,   b. 11 Jul 1781, Amherst County, North Carolina ,   d. 5 Sep 1869, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 88 years)   10. Nancy Ann Ownby,   b. 1784, , Rutherford, North Carolina   11. Ownby,   b. 1786, , Rutherford, North Carolina ,   d. Bef 1800  (Age < 13 years)   12. Ownby,   b. 1786, , Rutherford, North Carolina ,   d. Bef 1800  (Age < 13 years)   13. Joseph Porter Ownby,   b. 22 Feb 1788, , North Carolina ,   d. 15 Sep 1875  (Age 87 years)   14. Nicholas Ownby,   b. 1790, , Rutherford, North Carolina
  Family ID	F3347	Group Sheet

  
  

• 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. ---------- 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.

  
  

• Sources

  [S147] Find a Grave, (Memorial: 42092661).