Ashley Decator Ownby

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 122, 123.
Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 85, 88.

Ashley — Dora Belle Howard. Dora (daughter of Thomas Joseph Howard and Martha Jane Yarberry) was born Oct 1881. [Group Sheet]

1. Roger M. Ownby was born Aug 1899.
2. Grady Ownby was born 29 Oct 1902; died 8 Mar 1978.
3. Clyde Ownby died Bef 11 Jan 2000.
4. Martha Ownby died 1958.

Other Events:

• AFN: 1TQP-L1

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 115, 122.
Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 64, 85.
"Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 141.
"Proffitt Family History", Jeff Bridgett, p 9.
Bob Parton Family Group Sheets, 11 January 1996, p 8.

Marion married Sarah Proffitt 17 Mar 1862, Sevier County, Tennessee. Sarah (daughter of James Jackson Proffitt and Celia McMahan) was born 28 Oct 1845, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 6 Jan 1934; was buried 7 Jan 1934, Marion Ownby Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

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• AFN: 1TQP-ZW

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 115, 122.
Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 64, 85.
"Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 141.
Proffitt GEDCOM, Joe Payne, 14 December 1995.
"Proffitt Family History", Jeff Bridgett, p 9.
Bob Parton Family Group Sheets, 11 January 1996, p 8.

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• AFN: 1TQN-T3

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.
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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.

Aaron married Mary "Polly" Buckner 1834, Sevier County, Tennessee. Mary (daughter of Joel Buckner and Mourning Carr) was born 17 Sep 1817, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 12 Feb 1902, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 15 Feb 1902, Aaron Ownby Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

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• AFN: 1TQN-V8

Notes:

Mary was listed in the 1840 through 1880 Federal Census of Sevier County, Tennessee with her husband.
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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.

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• AFN: 1TQN-WF

Notes:

Co E, 2nd Regiment of Tn. Cal.

Died of typhoid fever in Civil War and is buried in National Cemetery.
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Reference:
T. D. W McMahan records, Johnny Scott Large, p 64.
Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 13, 58, 64.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 48.
Proffitt GEDCOM, Joe Payne, 14 December 1995.
"Proffitt Family History", Jeff Bridgett, p 8.
Bob Parton Family Group Sheets, 11 January 1996, p 8.
"Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 195.

James married Celia McMahan 4 Mar 1841, Sevier County, Tennessee. Celia (daughter of James Balford "Jim Bally" McMahan and Mary Ann "Polly" Wilson, "Granny Mack") was born 7 Mar 1827, North Carolina; died 5 Jun 1895, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Aaron Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

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• AFN: 1TQN-XL

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 48.
T. D. W McMahan records, Johnny Scott Large, p 64.
Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 13, 58, 64, 105.
Proffitt GEDCOM, Joe Payne, 14 December 1995.
"Proffitt Family History", Jeff Bridgett, p 8.
Bob Parton Family Group Sheets, 11 January 1996, p 8.
"Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 195.

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• AFN: 1TQP-13

Notes:

John Ownby Jr. served in the War of 1812 with the North Carolina malitia. Records from the National Archives show John Ownby as a private in Captain Bradly's Company of North Carolina militia for six months but was not called out until February and continued in actual service for over fourteen days. He was discharged in Rutherford County, North Carolina on 6 March 1815. In 1858 John Ownby applied for a bounty land grant on the basis of his military service. He received a grant of 158 acres in Sevier County, Tennessee.

In 1816, just after the War of 1812 was over, John Ownby Jr. and his family moved from Rutherford County, North Carolina to Sevier County, Tennessee. This Ownby family was the only one listed in the 1830 Federal Census of East Tennessee.

On 4 February 1858, John Ownby Jr. made a will to dispose of his property. In his will, he said, "I give and bequeath to my son John H. Ownby all my property both real and personal consisting of one hundred and twenty five acres of Land, Cattle, Hogs, Horses, household furniture, etc. I have given and bequeath all my property to said son John in consequence of his kindness in taking care of myself and wife in our age and during our infirmity."
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Reference:
"Kinfolk, Ownbey Family Lines of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina", p 13.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 64, 105.
"Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 203.

John married Elizabeth Hill 14 Mar 1803, Rutherford County, North Carolina. Elizabeth (daughter of John Hill) was born 6 Nov 1784, Buncombe County, North Carolina; died 24 Aug 1830, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

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• AFN: 1TQP-28

Notes:

Donald B. Reagan has birth date as 6 November 1786.
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Reference:
"Kinfolk, Ownbey Family Lines of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina", p
13.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 64, 105.
"Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 203.

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

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• AFN: BGW1-BX

Notes:

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Reference:
Misty Spenelli
"Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 203.

Joel — Mourning Carr. [Group Sheet]

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• AFN: BGW1-C4

Notes:

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Reference:
Misty Spenelli
"Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 203.

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• AFN: 1TQP-3F

Notes:

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Reference:
Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 58.
Proffitt GEDCOM, Joe Payne, 14 December 1995.
"Proffitt Family History", Jeff Bridgett, p 7.
Bob Parton Family Group Sheets, 11 January 1996, p 8.
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 325.

Benajah married Sarah Byrd Webb 1811. Sarah was born 17 Sep 1799, Virginia; died 20 Apr 1879, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Proffitt Cemetery, Jefferson County, Alabama. [Group Sheet]

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• AFN: 1TQP-4L

Notes:

In 1850 age 56.

Some researchers list birth as 1794 and death as 1859.
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Reference:
Proffitt GEDCOM, Joe Payne, 14 December 1995.
Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 58.
"Proffitt Family History", Jeff Bridgett, p 7.

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• AFN: BGW1-D9

Notes:

James Balford "Jim Bally" McMahan went from Sevier County, Tennessee to Greenville, South Carolina via Yancy County, North Carolina to help his father, Archibald McMahan II, taking a drove of mules to market. In Yancy County, North Carolina Ned Wilson, father of Polly Ann, had a "stop" (a place for drovers to bed down, and a pen to keep the livestock). Jim Bally and his father stopped at Wilson's. Polly Ann helped serve breakfast the next morning. Jim Bally liked her looks so much that when his father paid him for his work, he bought himself a fine suit of clothes and came back to Wilson's, as Granny Mc said, "this time he came a-courting." Later they were married and he took his bride to Sevier County, Tennessee to live.

Jim Bally McMahan was at the home of McNulty McMahan, Richardson Cove, Tennessee when he took sick and died (according to what Mrs. Lillie Templin told Fred O. McMahan).

He was buried in a little cemetery at the top of a hill in Richardson Cove near his brother, David. A native slate stone marks his grave with no inscription.
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Reference:
"McMahan Family Tree", Glenn F. McMahan, 10 March 1932, p 1.
T. D. W McMahan records, Johnny Scott Large, p 63.
Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 8, 13, 147."Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 143.
"In the Shadow of the Smokies", Smoky Mountain Historical Society, 1993, p 426.
Proffitt GEDCOM, Joe Payne, 14 December 1995.

James married Mary Ann "Polly" Wilson, "Granny Mack" Yancey County, North Carolina. Mary (daughter of Ned Wilson and Mary Ann Gilbert) was born 24 Nov 1796, Yancey County, North Carolina; died 25 Mar 1894; was buried Aaron Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

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• AFN: BGW1-FG

Notes:

Born on Black Cane River and died of pneumonia.

Rosa Lee Downey states that Granny Mc's parents came from Ireland, via England, when she was six years of age, and that one of her sisters was buried at sea. She was past 97 when she passed away.
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Reference:
T. D. W McMahan records, Johnny Scott Large, p 63.
Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 8, 13, 147.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 143.
Proffitt GEDCOM, Joe Payne, 14 December 1995.
"Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 195.