John Ownby

1791 - 1857  (66 years)

• Headstones

  John Ownby Apr. 4, 1791 Sept. 3, 1857 Husband of Mary Coon

  
  

• Name	John Ownby
  Born	4 Apr 1791	Rutherford County, North Carolina   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	3 Sep 1857	Greenbrier, Sevier County, Tennessee
  Buried	P. A. Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee   [2]
  Person ID	I1945	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	28 Feb 2015

  
  

  Father	James Ownby,   b. 6 Jan 1761, Amherst County, Virginia ,   d. 26 Sep 1850, Union Mills, Rutherford County, North Carolina  (Age 89 years)
  Mother	Joanna Sims,   b. 24 Mar 1761, Albermarle County, Virginia ,   d. 1 Apr 1852  (Age 91 years)
  Married	4 Mar 1785	Tryon County, North Carolina
  Family ID	F3342	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Mary Jane "Granny" Coone,   b. 1793, Rutherford County, North Carolina ,   d. 1881, Greenbrier, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 88 years)
  Married	17 Feb 1812	Rutherford County, North Carolina
  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
  Children	+ 1. Nicholas H. Ownby,   b. 11 Dec 1812, Rutherford, North Carolina ,   d. 15 Aug 1883, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 70 years) + 2. Mary Ownby,   b. 1814, Rutherford, North Carolina ,   d. 1886, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 72 years) + 3. David Ownby,   b. 24 Jun 1816, Rutherford County, North Carolina ,   d. 10 Oct 1889, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 73 years) + 4. Rachel Ownby,   b. 1818, Rutherford County, North Carolina ,   d. Aft 1880, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age > 63 years) + 5. James S. "Big Cadger Jim" Ownby,   b. 1 Jan 1820, Tennessee ,   d. 13 Aug 1897  (Age 77 years) + 6. Sarah Elmira "Sally" Ownby,   b. 18 Mar 1823, Rutherford County, North Carolina ,   d. 2 Dec 1919, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 96 years) + 7. John B. Ownby,   b. 1824, North Carolina ,   d. 1899  (Age 75 years)   8. Ownby,   b. 1826, Buncombe County, North Carolina ,   d. See Notes + 9. George Ownby,   b. 1828, Buncombe County, North Carolina ,   d. 1 Nov 1914  (Age 86 years)   10. Ownby,   b. 1830, Buncombe County, North Carolina ,   d. See Notes + 11. Madison Ownby,   b. 9 Apr 1832, Buncombe County, North Carolina ,   d. 6 Nov 1861  (Age 29 years)
  Family ID	F726	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 4 Apr 1791 - Rutherford County, North Carolina Married - 17 Feb 1812 - Rutherford County, North Carolina Died - 3 Sep 1857 - Greenbrier, Sevier County, Tennessee Buried - - P. A. Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• 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." ---------- 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.

  
  

• Sources

  [S94] Sevier County, Tennessee Census, family 218, page 400b, line 25, 26 Aug 1850. http://files.usgwarchives.net/tn/sevier/census/1850/pg0396a.txt [S34] In the Shadow of the Smokies, Smoky Mountain Historical Society, (1993), 553.