Kate Rebertha Nanney

Kate married Luther Brown Ledbetter 11 Jan 1912, McDowell County, North Carolina. Luther (son of William Higgins Ledbetter and Lafaria Viola Searcy) was born 11 Dec 1887, McDowell County, North Carolina; died 29 Mar 1969, Buncombe County, North Carolina; was buried Broad River Baptist Church Cemetery. [Group Sheet]

1. Sudie Myurtle Ledbetter was born 13 Oct 1912, Buncombe County, North Carolina; died Nov 1980, McDowell County, North Carolina.
2. Benjamin Higgins Ledbetter was born 21 Dec 1913, Buncombe County, North Carolina; died 3 Mar 1977, Henderson County, North Carolina; was buried Bald Mountain Baptist Church Cemetery.
3. Dessie Ledbetter was born 10 Sep 1920, Buncombe County, North Carolina.
4. Truby J. Ledbetter was born 27 Jul 1922, Buncombe County, North Carolina.

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Reference:
"Kinfolk, Ownbey Family Lines of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina", p
44.

Benjamin — Amanda Jane Dalton. Amanda (daughter of Alfred Anderson Dalton and Mary Kate Murphy) was born 1 Feb 1865, Rutherford County, North Carolina; died 23 Jan 1926, Buncombe County, North Carolina; was buried Bald Mountain Baptist Church Cemetery. [Group Sheet]

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Reference:
"Kinfolk, Ownbey Family Lines of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina", p
44.

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Reference:
"Kinfolk, Ownbey Family Lines of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina", p 27, 53.

Alfred married Mary Kate Murphy 22 May 1853, McDowell County, North Carolina. Mary (daughter of Ledbetter and Zillah Ownbey) was born 6 Mar 1836, Buncombe County, North Carolina; died 10 Oct 1922, Rutherford County, North Carolina; was buried Bald Mountain Baptist Church Cemetery. [Group Sheet]

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Kate raised Carrie Lee after her mother, Olive Ownbey died.
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Reference:
"Kinfolk, Ownbey Family Lines of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina", p 27.

Notes:

Of McDowell County, North Carolina and earlier of Rutherford County, North
Carolina.
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Reference:
"Kinfolk, Ownbey Family Lines of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina", p 53.

David — Ruth Davis. [Group Sheet]

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Of Rutherford County, North Carolina.
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Reference:
"Kinfolk, Ownbey Family Lines of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina", p 53.

— Zillah Ownbey. Zillah (daughter of Ambrose "Little Ambrose" Ownbey and Margarette "Peggy" Hodge) was born 11 Jul 1818; died 9 Jun 1911; was buried Ledbetter Cemetery, Buncombe County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Before William Murphy married Zillah, she was with child. He married her anyway and before the child was born, he came up missing. He spent a few years in Charlotte, North Carolina, driving a stage, where he had a son, James, by Nancy Fagin (illegitimate). He returned to his wife, they forgave one another and each accepted the children and raised them as their own blood.

The private cemetery in which William A. B. Murphy was buried is on Highway #9 just north and west from Bat Cave. It has a narrow, faint path that winds its way up the side with the plot - a lush thick forest and undergrowth carpet which slants away from the approach. Here is the tall grave marker of Zillah (Ownbey) Murphy. It is engraved as Zillah Ownby, wife of Will A. B. Murphy.
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Reference:
"Kinfolk, Ownbey Family Lines of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina", p 16, 27.