Aaron Ownbey

1815 - 1897  (82 years)

• Name	Aaron Ownbey
  Born	26 Oct 1815	Buncombe County, North Carolina   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  AFN	1TQN-T3
  Died	29 Oct 1897	Sevier County, Tennessee
  Buried	1898	Aaron Ownby Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee   [3]
  Person ID	I9734	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	7 Feb 2013

  
  

  Father	John Ownby, Jr.,   b. 11 Jul 1781, Amherst County, North Carolina ,   d. 5 Sep 1869, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 88 years)
  Mother	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
  Family ID	F656	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Mary "Polly" Buckner,   b. 17 Sep 1817, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 12 Feb 1902, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 84 years)
  Married	1834	Sevier County, Tennessee
  Children	+ 1. Joel Ownby,   b. Apr 1836, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 2 Jan 1909, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age ~ 72 years) + 2. Elizabeth M. Ownby,   b. 18 Jun 1838, , Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 2 Jul 1870  (Age 32 years) + 3. James Pruit Ownbey,   b. 8 Jun 1840, Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 23 Mar 1923, Morganton, Fannin, Georgia  (Age 82 years) + 4. Marion Harrison Ownby,   b. 6 Dec 1842, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 26 Feb 1917  (Age 74 years) + 5. Albert Brazlin Ownby,   b. 1844, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 20 Aug 1885  (Age 41 years) + 6. Nancy Jane Ownby,   b. 8 Jul 1849, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 24 Sep 1898  (Age 49 years) + 7. Brazelton Ownby,   b. 10 Feb 1851, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 1 Sep 1892  (Age 41 years)   8. Vera Ownbey,   b. Abt 1854, , Sevier County, Tennessee + 9. Aaron Isaac Ownby,   b. 1856, , Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. Abt 1874/1875  (Age 19 years) + 10. Rev. John West Ownby,   b. 24 Oct 1859, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 4 Jun 1935  (Age 75 years)
  Family ID	F566	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 26 Oct 1815 - Buncombe County, North Carolina Married - 1834 - Sevier County, Tennessee Died - 29 Oct 1897 - Sevier County, Tennessee Buried - 1898 - Aaron Ownby Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Photos

  Sarah (Ownby) Ball submission

  
  

• Notes

  Aaron Ownby served as the clerk for White Oak Flats Baptist Church and also served as the Justice of Peace for the 11th Civil District of Sevier County, Tennessee. They were listed in the 1840 through 1880 Federal Census of Sevier County, Tennessee. ---------- Reference: "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 106, 115. "Kinfolk, Ownbey Family Lines of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina", p 13. "Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 203.

  
  

• Sources

  [S94] Sevier County, Tennessee Census, 453a, 2 Jul 1870. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tn/sevier/census/1870/0453a.gif [S94] Sevier County, Tennessee Census, family 235, page 402a, line 3, 27 Aug 1850. ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/census/tn/sevier/1850/pg0396a.txt [S34] In the Shadow of the Smokies, Smoky Mountain Historical Society, (1993), 550.