File for Arthur Ownby - Cemetarian

(3) On 5 February 1769, John Ownby s old to David Blitz for nine pounds, twelve shillings, 70 acres,
situated on the branches of Buffalo River, being a part of a large tract belonging to the said John
Ownby. Also John Ownby's wife relinquished her dower rights at that time. (4) On 25 February 1769,
John Ownby sold to William Mays, 178 acres, situated on the branches of Buffalo River starting with
James Williamson's corner and ru nning with the lines of David Blitz, being a part of a large tract
belonging to the said John Ownby.
In the early 1770's, John Ownby and his family migrat ed to Pittsylvania County, Virginia where
Ambrose Porter died leaving a will in 1773. In Ambrose Porter's will, he mentioned his daughter Ann
and her five you ngest children, namely, John, Milly, Susanna, Ambrose, and Arthur. Each of Ann' s
five youngest children was willed 'one cow of heifer each to be delivered to them as they come to the
age of nine or then years old.'
In the late 1770's , John Ownby and his family moved again to Tryon County, North Carolina (later
Rutherford County). Here he began to buy lands and remained until his death. Th ey lived in the area
of Colonel Hampton's Mill near Cove Road in Rutherford Cou nty, North Carolina.
They were listed in the 1790 through 1820 Federal Cens us of Ruterford County, North Carolina.
John Ownby was buried in the 'Old F ield Cemetery' which is located five miles north of Bat Cave just
off North Car olina Highway #9.
Source: 'Kinfolk, Ownbey Family Lines of the Blue Ridge M ountains of North Carolina', p 78. 'Smoky
Mountain Clans, Volume 3', Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 63-64. IGI, Batch 8712005, Sheet 25, Source Call
Number 1396341 , Film.
More About John 'Johny' Ownbey:
Burial: 1824, Rutherford, North Carolina
Notes for Nancy Ann Porter:
Nickname: Nannie
More About Nancy Ann Porter:
Burial: 1818, Buried in Mountain Creek Church Cemetery
Record Change: May 11, 2000
More About John Ownbey and Nancy Porter:
Marriage: 1760, Buncombe, NC
Children of John Ownbey and Nancy Porter are:
+ 24 i. James 19 Owenby, born January 06, 1761 in Amherst, Virginia; died September 26, 1850 in Union Mills,
Rutherford, North Carolina.
+ 25 ii. Elizabeth Ownbey, born 1763 in Amherst, Virginia; died 1815.
26 iii. Infant John Ownbey, born 1764 in Rutherford, North Carolina; died 1800.
More About Infant John Ownbey:
Burial: 1800
27 iv. Milly Ownbey, born 1766; died Unknown.
28 v. Susannah Owenby, born 1768 in Amherst, Virginia; died Unknown.
+ 29 vi. Ambrose Ownbey, born 1770 in Amherst, Virginia; died Unknown.
+ 30 vii. Arthur Ownbey, born 1772 in Amherst, Virginia; died 1861 in Rutherford, North Carolina.
+ 31 viii. Porter Ownbey, born 1774 in Amherst, Virginia; died 1850 in Blairsville, Union, Georgia.
32 ix. Thomas Ownbey, born 1776 in Amherst, Virginia; died 1865. He married (1) Mourning Hills April 16,
1798; died Unknown. He married (2) Winnie Shelton December 10, 1799; died Unknown.
More About Thomas Ownbey:
Burial: 1865
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