Mary Ellen Jones: Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest

Generation: 1

Mary Ellen Jones was born 5 Dec 1862, Buncombe County, North Carolina (daughter of Elias M. Jones and Margaret Emmaline Ownbey); died 18 Dec 1931, Buncombe County, North Carolina; was buried Honeycutt Family Cemetery, Buncombe County, North Carolina.

Mary — Joshua Honeycutt. Joshua was born 12 Apr 1854, North Carolina; died 22 Jun 1940, Buncombe County, North Carolina; was buried Honeycutt Family Cemetery, Buncombe County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet]

Generation: 2

Elias M. Jones was born 21 Jan 1819, Buncombe County, North Carolina; died 7 Feb 1906, Buncombe County, North Carolina; was buried Ox Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Buncombe County, North Carolina.

Elias married Margaret Emmaline Ownbey 25 Dec 1845, Buncombe County, North Carolina. Margaret (daughter of Sims Ownbey and Rachel Jarrett) was born 25 Apr 1829, Buncombe County, North Carolina; died 1 Apr 1914, Buncombe County, North Carolina; was buried Ox Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Buncombe County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet]

Margaret Emmaline Ownbey was born 25 Apr 1829, Buncombe County, North Carolina (daughter of Sims Ownbey and Rachel Jarrett); died 1 Apr 1914, Buncombe County, North Carolina; was buried Ox Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Buncombe County, North Carolina.

Children:

Rachel Jones was born 1847, Buncombe County, North Carolina; died 10 Jul 1928, Reems Creek, Buncombe County, North Carolina; was buried Hemphill Cemetery, Buncombe County, North Carolina.
Lydia Jones was born 1850, Buncombe County, North Carolina.
John William Jones was born 9 Oct 1851, Buncombe County, North Carolina; died 13 Sep 1928, Buncombe County, North Carolina; was buried South Fork Cemetery, Buncombe County, North Carolina.
Josephine Jones was born 1856, Buncombe County, North Carolina.
Robert Jones was born 24 Oct 1858, Buncombe County, North Carolina; died 1 Dec 1946, Buncombe County, North Carolina; was buried Jones Cemetery, Buncombe County, North Carolina.
1. Mary Ellen Jones was born 5 Dec 1862, Buncombe County, North Carolina; died 18 Dec 1931, Buncombe County, North Carolina; was buried Honeycutt Family Cemetery, Buncombe County, North Carolina.
Thomas Lenoir Jones was born 14 Nov 1866, Buncombe County, North Carolina; died 13 Dec 1944, Buncombe County, North Carolina; was buried Jones Family Cemetery, Buncombe County, North Carolina.

Generation: 3

6.	Sims Ownbey was born 19 Mar 1796, Rutheford County, North Carolina (son of James Ownby and Joanna Sims); died Jul 1874, Buncombe County, North Carolina. Sims married Rachel Jarrett 24 Oct 1815, Burke County, North Carolina. Rachel was born 1796. [Group Sheet]

Rachel Jarrett was born 1796.

Children:

James Ownbey was born 20 Dec 1816, Buncombe County, North Carolina; died 2 Oct 1890, Canton, Haywood County, North Carolina.
Robert Lee Ownbey was born 1 Oct 1818, Buncombe County, North Carolina; died 7 Aug 1909, Buncombe County, North Carolina; was buried Riverview Methodist Church Cemetery, Buncombe County, North Carolina.
Milly Ownbey was born 1820, Buncombe County, North Carolina; died 1880.
George Ownbey was born 23 Jul 1823, Buncombe County, North Carolina; died 1 Jan 1865, North Carolina.
Lydia Ownbey was born 1824, Buncombe County, North Carolina; died 30 Oct 1860, Buncombe County, North Carolina; was buried Cane Creek Cemetery, Buncombe County, North Carolina.
3. Margaret Emmaline Ownbey was born 25 Apr 1829, Buncombe County, North Carolina; died 1 Apr 1914, Buncombe County, North Carolina; was buried Ox Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Buncombe County, North Carolina.
Lucinda Ownbey was born 29 Dec 1835, Buncombe County, North Carolina; died 30 Aug 1901, West Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina; was buried Green Hill Cemetery, Buncombe County, North Carolina.
John Stradley Ownbey was born 1836, Buncombe County, North Carolina.

Generation: 4

12.

James Ownby was born 6 Jan 1761, Amherst County, Virginia (son of John "Johny" Ownbey and Nancy Ann "Nannie" Porter); died 26 Sep 1850, Union Mills, Rutherford County, North Carolina; was buried Koon Family Cemetery, Rutherford County, North Carolina.

James married Joanna Sims 4 Mar 1785, Tryon County, North Carolina. Joanna (daughter of Captain William Sims and Annister Step) was born 24 Mar 1761, Albermarle County, Virginia; died 1 Apr 1852; was buried Koon Family Cemetery, Rutherford County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet]

13.

Joanna Sims was born 24 Mar 1761, Albermarle County, Virginia (daughter of Captain William Sims and Annister Step); died 1 Apr 1852; was buried Koon Family Cemetery, Rutherford County, North Carolina.

Children:

Anester Ownbey was born 14 Nov 1785, , Tryon, North Carolina; died 9 Sep 1862, Rutherford County, North Carolina; was buried Koon Family Cemetery, Rutherford County, North Carolina.
William Owensby was born 16 Oct 1787, Tryon County, North Carolina; died Sep 1864, Cocke County, Tennessee.
John Ownby was born 4 Apr 1791, Rutherford County, North Carolina; died 3 Sep 1857, Greenbrier, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried P. A. Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Susanna Ownbey was born 12 Dec 1793, Rutherford County, North Carolina; died 1877, Rutherford County, North Carolina; was buried Koon Family Cemetery, Rutherford County, North Carolina.
6. Sims Ownbey was born 19 Mar 1796, Rutheford County, North Carolina; died Jul 1874, Buncombe County, North Carolina.
Ambrose "Little Ambrose" Ownbey was born 28 Dec 1798, Rutherford County, North Carolina; died 31 Mar 1864, Henderson County, North Carolina; was buried Jones Family Cemetery, Henderson County, North Carolina.
Madison Ownbey was born 25 Oct 1801, Rutherford County, North Carolina; died 27 Nov 1868, Henderson County, North Carolina; was buried Ownbey-Moore Cemetery, Henderson County, North Carolina.