Reverend
David
Owens
Born about in England
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Mary (Palmer) Owens
— married
19 Feb 1764 in Marion Precinct, Georgetown District, Province of South Carolina
Husband of
Mary Elizabeth (Jenkins) Owens
— married
5 Feb 1786 in Marion, South Carolina, United States
Husband of
Ruth Gregg
— married
after 1787 in Marion County, South Carolina
Descendants 
Father of
Nancy Ann (Owens) Phillips, Ann (Owens) Philips, William Owens, Rebecca (Owens) Dawsey, Martha (Owens) Williamson, Elizabeth (Owens) Edwards and Solomon Owens
Died
at about age 69
in Marion, South Carolina, United States
Profile last modified
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Contents |
Biography
David Owens was a South Carolina colonist.
David Owens was part of a Southern Pioneer Family.
Reverend David Owens performed Patriotic Service in South Carolina in the American Revolution.
David's parent are at this time unknown. (see research below) W. W. Sellers has him being born in England.
He married Mary Palmer on 19 Feb 1764 and they had issue [1]
- Ann 'Nancy' m William Phillips [2]
- William , Penelope[2]
- Elizabeth (1769-1770)
- Rebecca m James Dawsey [2]
- Martha m James Williamson [2]
- David (1778-1779)
- Elizabeth (2nd) m Richard Edwards[2]
David married secondly to Mary Elizabeth Jenkins on 05 Feb 1786 [3] They had issue:
- Solomon m Annis flowers [2]
David married a 3rd time to Ruth Gregg aft 1787. [2] They had no children.
Time Line
He was the Pastor of the Gapway Little Pee-Dee Baptist Church, which was organized in 1775. The old meeting house was located on the northwest side of Little Peedee River on the south side of the road leading to Marion and about three miles south of Mullins. He owned the land that church was built. He was also associated with two other churches: Terrell's Bay Baptist Church in 1793 and the Gapway Baptist Church, where he also owned the land where the church was located. This church is still serving the community.
1776 David was sympathetic to the cause of the America fight for independence. He was a Patriot and he furnished supplies to the militia during the war. [4]
19 May 1784 South Carolina David was issued an indent for 21 pounds, 3 shillings sterling for the Amount of a Certificate from Wm Hort, Esq. marked PM No 46 for one beef and eight sheep supplied the State Commissary. Principal: £21, 3 shillings, at annual interest of £1, 9 shillings, 7 pence. (These indents were promises by the State of South Carolina to later pay persons who supplied and or aided or soldiers who served South Carolina in the Revolution at a time when the state could not pay them. Indents were arranged in Books named alphabetically, then each Indent numbered in these books.) [5]
30 Jul 1784 South Carolina received an indent for fifty nine pounds and eight pence sterling for an unspecifed amount of beef for the Militia's use in 1782. Account audited Principal £59, 8 pence, at annual interest rate of £4, 2 shillings, 7 pence. [5]
01 Oct 1784 Georgetown District SC between Elias Wiggins of Georgetown District SC planter of the one part and David Ownes of the state and district aforesaid minister of the other part in consideration of 21 pounds 10 shillings sterling paid unto E. Wiggins the said David Owens at and before sealing and delivery of presents sold unto David Ownes all that tract of land containing 100 acres on a place called "Watering Hole" a part of Cypress Creek a branch of Little Pee Dee granted to E. Wiggins 2 Apr 1772 recorded book KKK page 585. Also all and singular house, out houses, barn, stables, garden yards, meadows, pastures, feeding common woods, etc. Signed Elias (his mark) Wiggins Mary (her mark) 1 Oct 1784. Witnesses: Wright Wall, Josiah Lewis, David Palmer. [6]
07 Jul 1788 David had a patent for 42 acres northeast side Great Pee Dee River on Williams Swamp. [7]
1790 US Census. Prince George Parish Georgetown District SC [8]
- Free White Persons - Males - Under 16 2 David's son David Jr and Solomon
- Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over 2 This would David and his son William
- Free White Persons - Females 4, This would be David's daughters; Ann, Rebecca, and Elizabeth
- Number of Slaves 15
- Number of Household Members 23
1800 US Census Marion District, Liberty County, SC [9]
- Free White Persons - Males -10 thru 15: 1
- Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 1
- Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1
- Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 1
- Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over: 1
- Number of Household Members Under 16: 1
- Number of Household Members Over 25: 2
- Number of Household Members: 5
In 17 Jun 1804 David wrote a will
- In the Name of God Amen. I David Owens of South Carolina Marion District being [at] present very sick and weak in body but of sound Memory thanks be unto God calling unto mind the Mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die do Make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament. Principally and first of all I recommend my Soul unto the hands of Almighty God that gave it and my body I recommend to the Earth to be buried in decent Christian burial at the discretion of my Executors. Nothing doubting but at the General Resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty Power of God, and touching such worldly Estate wherewith it has pleased God to bless me in this Life I give demise and dispose of the same in the following manner and form--
- First I confirm unto Ruth my dearly beloved wife first one third of the tract of land that I now Live on to be laid out by the discretion of the Executors hereafter named. I give unto her two negroes one wench named Silvy and a girl named Beck and to have the use of a boy named Paul during her life or continuance in said State and then said boy to be equally divided amongst the Heirs. Also one third part of all the household furniture and one year old mair named Fan also five Cows and Calves and five oxen and the sheep and hogs to continue on the plantation for the Equal use of the said Ruth and Solomon Owens.
- Secondly I give and bequeath unto my Eldest daughter Ann Phillips Eight head of breeding cattle one to Each heir of her body.
- Thirdly I give and bequeath unto my Eldest son William Owens three negroes one fellow named Will one wench named Nanny one boy named John also half the profits of the mill and still.
- Fourthly I give and bequeath unto my Second Daughter Rebeckah Dawsey two hundred and fifty acres part of a five hundred acre tract on the East of Little Pedee River the said two hundred and fifty acres to be Laid out on the off side from the river also four head of stock cattle and four head sheep.
- Fifthly I give and bequeath unto my third daughter Martha Williamson and the heirs of her body two negroes one fellow named Tom and one boy named Jack.
- Sixthly I give and bequeath unto my fourth daughter Elizabeth Edwards and the heirs of her body one fellow named Forton and one wench named Sharlet.
- Seventhly I give and bequeath unto my second and youngest son Solomon Owens three negroes two fellows named Peter and Sam one girl named Rose also one tract of land containing seven hundred and fifty acres except the part above mentioned to the said Ruth Owens during her life also two small tracts joining on the north side of the said seven hundred and fifty acres one containing about seventy acres the other about forty acres Also one hundred acres that includes the mill Beat joining the said plantation.
- Eighthly I give and bequeath unto my grandson David Owens the son of William Owens a plantation or tract of land containing three hundred and ninety eight acres on the West side of Little Pedee River lying on said River known by the name of Shelly's land also one hundred acres of land on the east side of said River about Jordans Hearth and also all and every part and parcel of my Estate that are not herein mentioned after paying my just debts to be equally divided amongst my said Heirs and I now also constitute and appoint and ordain William Owens, John Williamson and Richard Edwards my Executors of this my last Will and Testament to act for the rest of my dear children and wife this motive and this after revoked disannul and disowning all other former Wills and Testaments intent and meaning.
- In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this seventeenth day of June in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and four.
- Signed in the presence of David (his seal) Owens. Witnessess: Sam'l Porter, Elijah Owens, Thomas Owens.
Proved 2 July 1804
The following is an Inventory & appraisal of David Owens estate for probate:
- Negroes:
- Will $400
- Tom $400
- Fortune $500
- Peter $600
- Sam $400
- Paul $350
- Jack $230
- Charlotte $350
- Nanny & Jonny $550
- Siliva $350
- Rose $350
- Becky $200
- Animals: 9 Oxen $153 , 16 stears $144, 32 cows $160, 30 sheep $45, 111 hogs $166.50, 1 mare & colt $110, 1 sorrel mare $90, 1 brown filly $65, 1 mule $35, 8 beehives and bees $12
- Tools: Cooper tools $5, 1 scythe $2, 7 hoes $5, 9 axes $12, 1 lot bells $10, 1 linen wheel $4, 2 cotton wheels $5, 20 chains $9, Blacksmith tools $40, 2 curring knives $1, 1 grist mill $45
- Supplies: 9 bu. salt $11.25, 4 gallons honey $4, Nux Vomica $1.50, 50 gallons whisky $50
- Other: 1 lot of books $25, 1 feather bed $50, 3 Do. [feather beds] $90, 1 rifle $6, 1 musket $6, 1 smooth bore gun $8, 2 towing boats $50, 2 padling canoes $6,.
- Misc Property $615.75
- Total Estate Value (without land) $6724.00
He is said to be buried in Owen Family Cemetery, Marion County, S.C. It is hard to prove this as there is no headstone at several of the Owen family cemeteries.
Research
Parents: (unknown)
It has been suggested that David was the son of William Owens (1705-1788) but that profile is obviously a composite of two different men both having the same name. The David Owens of this profile is clearly NOT the son of the William Owens who died in Wilkes County, NC in 1788.
At the time of David's appearance in South Carolina there were a Walter & Edward Owens, brothers. They lived in Welsh Neck area and were on the voting records in 1769. Another Owens was a Lansford Owen was shown on the Catfish Baptist Church in 1752, and In 1759 he received a grant for 100 acres on Catfish Creek. He doesn't show up anywhere on the 1790 census. These Owen's were a separate line altogether. [10]
Sources
- ↑ SELLERS, W. W., Esq. HISTORY OF MARION COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA: from its earliest times to the present, 1901. Columbia: The R. L. Bryan Co. , 1902.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Probate of Rev. David Owens. 17 Jun 1804. Marion Co. Probate Judge's Office, Vol. 1, p. 31 Original will in Roll 621
- ↑ Owens, Daniel K. The Descendants of Reverend David Owens. Marion, SC: Pee Dee Chapter South Carolina Genealogical Society, 1993.
- ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 14 Jan 2018), "Record of David Owen", Ancestor # A085193.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Wates, Wylma Anne., and A. S. Salley. Stub entries to indents issued in payment of claims against South Carolina growing out of the Revolution: books C-F. South Carolina Archives, 1957. Book C, Entry 370, page 63 & Book H, Entry 208, page 102.
- ↑ Abstracts of Marion County, SC Deed Books L-M-N 1824-1831 Abstracted by Lucille Utley, Transcribed by A. Turner & B. E. Cribb. Three Rivers Historical Society 2003. Deed Book M, Pages 195-196. Page 178.
- ↑ Utley , Lucille , comp. Marion County South Carolina Abstracts of Deeds Volume One Books A-E 1800-1811. Edited by Alita White Sutcliffe. Charlotte, NC: Forebears Press , 1996. Book B 138, page 34.
- ↑ 1790 US Census Place: Prince Georges, Georgetown, South Carolina; Series: M637; Roll: 11; Page: 507; Image: 314; Family History Library Film: 0568151.
- ↑ 1800 US Census Place: Liberty, Marion District, South Carolina; Series: M32; Roll: 49; Page: 459; Image: 86; Family History Library Film: 181424
- ↑ Owens, Daniel K. The Descendants of Reverend David Owens. Marion, SC: Pee Dee Chapter South Carolina Genealogical Society, 1993.
See Also:
- Find A Grave: Memorial #79259508
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/79259508 (no tombstone, marker, or other evidence of burial can be found)
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with David by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with David:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with David by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with David:
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~0.78%
Rod Edwards
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Baragarose
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~0.78%
Joseph Stewart :
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~0.39%
S Hardwick :
23andMe
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~0.39%
Rose Edwards :
23andMe, GEDmatch HE8068220 [compare], yourDNAportal ROS689a5a22
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AncestryDNA, Ancestry member baragarose
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~0.39%
~1.56%
Bruce Campbell :
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A922004 [compare], Ancestry member brucelcampbell
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch PG1701927 [compare], FTDNA kit #MK39734
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