Ambrose "Little Ambrose" Ownbey^[1]

1798 - 1864  (65 years)

• Name	Ambrose "Little Ambrose" Ownbey
  Born	28 Dec 1798	Rutherford County, North Carolina
  Gender	Male
  Died	31 Mar 1864	Henderson County, North Carolina
  Buried	Jones Family Cemetery, Henderson County, North Carolina   [2]
  Person ID	I9378	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	27 Nov 2012

  
  

  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	Margarette "Peggy" Hodge,   b. 10 Jul 1802, North Carolina ,   d. 7 Feb 1884, Henderson County, North Carolina  (Age 81 years)
  Married	Abt 4 Mar 1816
  Children	+ 1. Kate Ownbey,   b. 1817, McDowell County, North Carolina + 2. Zillah Ownbey,   b. 11 Jul 1818,   d. 9 Jun 1911  (Age 92 years) + 3. Susanna Ownbey,   b. 19 Mar 1820, , Rutherford, North Carolina ,   d. 1897, , Henderson, North Carolina  (Age 76 years)   4. Cynthia Ownbey,   b. Abt 1823, North Carolina   5. Joanna Ownbey,   b. Abt 1825, North Carolina   6. Rebecca Ownbey,   b. Abt 1825, North Carolina   7. Eliza Ann Ownbey,   b. Abt 1829, North Carolina + 8. Caroline "Mattie" Ownbey,   b. 25 Sep 1822, Henderson County, North Carolina ,   d. 19 Jan 1897, Henderson County, North Carolina  (Age 74 years)   9. Sophia Ownbey,   b. Abt 1830/1839,   d. Abt 1910  (Age ~ 71 years)   10. Clarice Ownbey + 11. Mary Ownbey,   b. 16 Jun 1843, Henderson County, North Carolina ,   d. 16 Feb 1914, Henderson County, North Carolina  (Age 70 years)
  Family ID	F3481	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 28 Dec 1798 - Rutherford County, North Carolina Died - 31 Mar 1864 - Henderson County, North Carolina  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  Buried in "Koon Family" Cemetery. "I, Ambrose Ownbey, being somewhat unwell but sound mind and memory Thanks be to God for his Blessings do make this my last will and Test. revoking all others. I Will my soul to God that gave it and my body to be decently buried. First, of all my just debts to be paid and all the rest of my property I will to my beloved wife, Margaret Ownbey during the term of her natural life or widowhood. I will my lands, horses, cattle, hogs, sheep, farming tools, household and kitchen furniture all to be disposed of as she may think proper during her life time or widowhood. At the expiration of her life or Widowhood, I will the property be equally distributed among my children. Only my daughter Zelly Murphy for the wrongs and insults done to me during my lifetime by her husband A. B. Murphy, I will her $1 for her part of my estate. Signed this day and date above written. I ordain Margaret Ownbey and Robert H. Ownbey my Exrs of this my last Will and Test. Ambrose Ownbey Probated Fall term 1864. ---------- Reference: "Kinfolk, Ownbey Family Lines of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina", p 5, 16. "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 66.

  
  

• Sources

  [S84] E-Mail, Carroll Biddix [cmbiddix1@msn.com], 30 Jun 2009. [S147] Find a Grave, (Memorial: 49654086).