Wade & Webb Family History

Elizabeth1800–1850

North Carolina · Lauderdale · Child's Family Cemetery

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  1. Family Record
  2. Life
  3. Places
  4. Timeline
  5. Open questions
  6. Searches made
  7. Notes

Birth

  1. about 1800 North Carolina

Marriages

  1. Date unknown John N Owens

Death and burial

  1. after 1 Jun 1850 Death: place not recorded
  2. Date unknown Burial: Child's Family Cemetery, Round Oak, Jones, Georgia

Family

Parents
Not recorded
Spouse
John N Owens 1783–1859
Children
Elijah M. Owens 1816–1880
Susan James Owens 1809–1895
Louisa S. Owens 1806–1887
Nancy Harris Craddock 1832–1918
Aryann A. Owen 1811–1865
Arry Ann Owens 1811–1845

Line of descent Webb line

  1. Elizabeth
  2. Clarissa Ann Mitchell Owens, daughter
  3. Clarrissa Jane Carlisle, daughter
  4. James Pleasant Webb, son
  5. Hilda Webb, daughter
  6. William Albert Webb Wade, son

3rd great-grandmother of Webb Wade, from whom this history is traced. Why Webb Wade?

Life

Elizabeth, the wife of John N. Owens and the mother of a large family born in Georgia between about 1806 and 1816, is one of the least documented people in this history: the FamilySearch tree records her only by her given name, and the two sources attached to her are open to doubt.1 The tree names as her children Louisa S. (born 1806), Clarissa Ann Mitchell (1808), Susan James (1809), Aryann (1811), Elizabeth Childs (1814) and Elijah M. Owens (1816).2 It also lists a second Arry Ann Owens, born in 1811 and dead in 1845, and Nancy Harris Craddock, born in 1832; the first is probably a duplicate entry for Aryann, and the second was the wife of Clarissa's son John Bunyan Carlisle, so both links are doubtful.3 Louisa, Clarissa and Susan are all recorded as born in Putnam County, Georgia, and an index of the federal census of 1820 places a John Owens in that county.4

Her name

Her Find a Grave memorial, as indexed by FamilySearch, names her Elizabeth Lucinda Childs Owens and places her burial in the Child's Family Cemetery at Round Oak, Jones County, Georgia; the tree's own label for that source calls it "not reliable" and the burial place "unknown."5 Inference Her daughter's name, Elizabeth Childs Owens, fits a maiden name of Childs, but the memorial gives no evidence for it, and the surname remains unproved.5

Her dates

The tree gives her birth as about 1800, in North Carolina, and her death as after 1 June 1850, with a residence in Lauderdale County, Alabama, on 9 November 1850.6 These facts appear to come from a single census entry: an Elizabeth Owens in the household of a John Owens in the federal census of 1850.6 That entry is very doubtful as hers, for three reasons.7 First, a woman born in about 1800 could not have been the mother of children born in 1806 and 1808.7 Second, John N. Owen married Nancy Orr in Tallapoosa County, Alabama, in July 1850, on the 4th or the 8th as the indexes variously read, so by November 1850 his wife was not Elizabeth.8 Third, the same Lauderdale household contains an "Eliza Owens" whom the tree identifies as her daughter Elizabeth Childs Owens, although that daughter had married George Dunson in 1834 and is found with him in Chambers County, Alabama, in 1860.9 Inference The Lauderdale County household was most probably that of another John Owens, and its Elizabeth another woman; if so, nothing is known of this Elizabeth's birth, and John N. Owen's remarriage in July 1850 suggests that she had died before then.10

Her husband

John N. Owens, born in Virginia in about 1783, died at Daviston, Tallapoosa County, Alabama, in 1859 and was buried in the Darian Cemetery there; his Find a Grave memorial names him John Nicholson Owens.11 Several of the children went west with their own families: Clarissa to Tallapoosa and Coosa Counties, Alabama, Elizabeth to Chambers County, Alabama, Elijah to Coosa County, Susan to Texas and Aryann to Louisiana.12

Places

  1. 1850Lauderdale
  2. undatedChild's Family Cemetery

Timeline

  1. about 1800BirthNorth Carolina
  2. after 1 Jun 1850Death
  3. 9 Nov 1850ResidenceLauderdale, Alabama

Open questions

None recorded yet.

Searches made

  1. 2026-11-09Find a Grave search: Elizabeth Owens, b. 1800 ±3, d. 1850 ±3: 1 resultsbest: [Elizabeth Putman Owens (1799 – 1850), Burial Details Unknown, ](https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45139561/elizabeth-owens); score 8 (medium, before review)
  2. 2026-11-09Assessment of the Find a Grave batch candidates (2026-11-09)Not recorded: Elizabeth Putman Owens (1799-1850), memorial 45139561, burial details unknown and no family links; possible but unproven.
  3. 2026-11-09Internet Archive hits assessed: 0 searchesNo Internet Archive search was run for her: the tree gives no surname, so the planner made none. Her husband's and daughter's searches found nothing about her.
  4. 2026-11-09DPLA hits assessed: 0 searchesNo DPLA search was run for her: the tree gives no surname, so the planner made none. Her husband's search ("John Owens") found nothing about her.

Notes

  1. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile KGS4-2HY: Elizabeth, no surname; wife of John N Owens "United States, Census, 1850", FamilySearch, Elizabeth Owens in entry for John Owens, 1850. Record: Elizabeth Owens in entry for John Owens, 1850 "Find a Grave Index", FamilySearch, Elizabeth Lucinda Childs Owens. Record: Find a Grave Index [burial unknown ; not reliable], Elizabeth Lucinda Childs Owens back to the text
  2. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile KGS4-2HY: children Louisa S. (1806), Clarissa Ann Mitchell (1808), Susan James (1809), Aryann A. (1811), Elizabeth Childs (1814), Elijah M. (1816) back to the text
  3. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile G97X-MLQ (their page): Arry Ann Owens, 1811-1845, no sources FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LK3Y-F2Y (their page): Aryann A. Owen, born 1811, in the 1860 census FamilySearch Family Tree, profile KJZD-DDZ (their page): Nancy Harris Craddock, born May 1832, wife of John Bunyon Carlisle FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LBL8-NMH (their page): son John Bunyon Carlisle (1833) back to the text
  4. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile 9S6G-NSD (their page): born 2 Aug 1806, Putnam, Georgia FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LBL8-NMH (their page): born 1 Apr 1808, Putnam, Georgia FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LWJT-7R4 (their page): born 5 Aug 1809, Putnam, Georgia 1820 U S Census; Census Place: Capt Wood Morelands District, Putnam, Georgia; Page: 98; NARA Roll: M33_9; Image: 165 Record: 1820 U S Census; Census Place: Capt Wood Morelands District, Putnam, Georgia back to the text
  5. "Find a Grave Index", FamilySearch, Elizabeth Lucinda Childs Owens. Record: Find a Grave Index [burial unknown ; not reliable], Elizabeth Lucinda Childs Owens FamilySearch Family Tree, profile KGS4-2HY: burial Child's Family Cemetery, Round Oak, Jones, Georgia FamilySearch Family Tree, profile L52M-RRC (their page): Elizabeth Childs Owens back to the text
  6. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile KGS4-2HY: birth about 1800, North Carolina; death after 1 Jun 1850; residence 9 Nov 1850, Lauderdale, Alabama "United States, Census, 1850", FamilySearch, Elizabeth Owens in entry for John Owens, 1850. Record: Elizabeth Owens in entry for John Owens, 1850 back to the text
  7. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile KGS4-2HY: birth about 1800 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile 9S6G-NSD (their page): born 1806 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LBL8-NMH (their page): born 1808 back to the text
  8. "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992", FamilySearch, John N Owen and Nancy Orr, 08 Jul 1850. Record: John N Owen and Nancy Orr, 08 Jul 1850 "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992", FamilySearch, John N Owen and Nancy Orr, 04 Jul 1850. Record: John N Owen and Nancy Orr, 04 Jul 1850 "Alabama, Marriages, 1816-1957", FamilySearch, John N. Owen, 8 July 1850. Record: John N. Owen, Alabama Marriages, 8 July 1850 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile KGS4-27Y (their page): marriage to Nancy Sims, 4 or 8 Jul 1850, Tallapoosa, Alabama back to the text
  9. "United States, Census, 1850", FamilySearch, Eliza Owens in entry for John Owens, 1850. Record: Eliza Owens in entry for John Owens, 1850 "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950", FamilySearch, George Dunson and Elizabeth C. Owens, 27 Nov 1834. Record: George Dunson and Elizabeth C. Owens, 27 Nov 1834 "United States, Census, 1860", FamilySearch, Elizabeth Dunson in entry for George W Dunson, 1860. Record: Elizabeth Dunson in entry for George W Dunson, 1860 back to the text
  10. "United States, Census, 1850", FamilySearch, Elizabeth Owens in entry for John Owens, 1850. Record: Elizabeth Owens in entry for John Owens, 1850 "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992", FamilySearch, John N Owen and Nancy Orr, 08 Jul 1850. Record: John N Owen and Nancy Orr, 08 Jul 1850 back to the text
  11. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile KGS4-27Y (their page): birth about 1783, Virginia; death 1859, Daviston, Tallapoosa, Alabama; burial Darian Cemetery, Daviston "Find a Grave Index", FamilySearch, John Nicholson Owens. Record: John Nicholson Owens, Find a Grave Index back to the text
  12. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LBL8-NMH (their page): residence 1850, Tallapoosa; 1860-1880, Coosa, Alabama "United States, Census, 1860", FamilySearch, Elizabeth Dunson in entry for George W Dunson, 1860. Record: Elizabeth Dunson in entry for George W Dunson, Chambers, Alabama, 1860 "United States, Census, 1860", FamilySearch, E M Owens, 1860. Record: E M Owens, Coosa, Alabama, 1860 "United States, Census, 1850", FamilySearch, Susan J Evans in entry for William G Evans, 1850. Record: Susan J Evans in entry for William G Evans, Smith County, Texas, 1850 "United States, Census, 1860", FamilySearch, Arrena Caldwell in entry for David Caldwell, 1860. Record: Arrena Caldwell in entry for David Caldwell, Catahoula, Louisiana, 1860 back to the text
Every FamilySearch record attached to Elizabeth (2)
  1. 1850Elizabeth Owens, "United States, Census, 1850"
  2. Find a Grave Index [burial unknown ; not reliable]