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Person · C. J. Owens
The record
- HHomethe fan · what changed · open questions
- MMigrationbirths and deaths on a map, by decade
- TTimeline609 entries · 5 eras
- PPeople290 cards, by generationC. J. Owens
- LLines13 surname pages
The evidence
- DDocuments896 thumbnails, filterable
- SSourcesS1–S1207, with where each is cited
The findings
- How the wall came downProeger line
- The glass patentsProeger line
- How the Caffey half was closedCaffey line
- What the DNA saysits own page
- Four routesMigration
- The asymmetryLines
- Open questions20 questions
- Add to this recorda form, read by Earl
How to read this record
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Most family trees flatten everything into the same confident typeface. This one does not.
The three research tags below are the whole point of the exercise: they say what a document
proves, what the weight of evidence suggests, and what nobody has found yet. A fourth marks
what the family stated directly, where no document has been retrieved at all — it is kept
separate on purpose and is never quietly promoted to confirmed. A fifth, added on
13 September 2026, marks biological evidence: a DNA result is not a document, and it is not
testimony either. Two further labels mark where this page withholds information
rather than lacking it.
ConfirmedAttested by a document that was actually retrieved and read — a census sheet, a
government index, a grave marker, a family-written obituary.
ProbableStrongly supported but not nailed down: a user-contributed tree, a masked index field,
or a chain of consistent circumstances. Believable, not proven.
Not foundSearched for and not located. This is a statement about the search, not about the
person — the record may well exist somewhere unsearched.
Family testimonySupplied by the family and recorded on their word — no document has been retrieved for
it. Note the diamond rather than the dot: this is provenance, not proof, and it stands
apart from the three record tags above S24.
DNA evidenceBiological evidence consistent with a claim. It corroborates origins; it does
not by itself establish a person or a link. Note the bar rather than a dot or a diamond:
no DNA result on this page is ever counted as confirmed, because no document
was read for it S46.
Living — withheldThe person is living. By the privacy rule for this page, name and relationship are
shown, and at most a year the family has already published. Full dates of birth, ages,
places of residence and record identifiers are held back.
Research in progressA branch that is actively being worked on. The node exists in the structure so the
shape of the family is honest; the detail is simply not in yet.
- Born
- about 1810
- Sources
- 2
Research status
Research status: PROBABLE — accepted by Earl 28 September 2026 pending more evidence. In the 1850 census of Claiborne County, Tennessee, read from the image,
Joseph Owens, 16, a laborer born in Tennessee, is in the household of
C. J. Owens, 40, a wagonmaker born in Tennessee
S843. Joseph's age fits the 19-year-old Joseph Owens who married Chiney Parton in neighbouring Whitley County, Kentucky, in January 1852, a marriage also indexed in Claiborne County
S810. What is weak: the 1850 census states no relationships, and no document names C. J. as Joseph's father
Probable confirm or correct → Evidence: In the 1850 Claiborne County, Tennessee, census, read from the image, Joseph Owens, 16, is in the household of C. J. Owens, 40, a wagonmaker; Joseph's age fits the groom of the 1852 Whitley County marriage to Chiney Parton, which is also indexed in Claiborne County. Weak or missing: The 1850 census states no relationships and no document names C. J. as Joseph's father; the tree's 'Charles Joseph', Virginia birth and 1862 death are on no record read. Not yet confirmed. Know more? Confirm or correct this →
Life in the order the records give it
Census1850
In 1850, at Claiborne County, Tennessee (enumerated 25 October): C. J. Owens, 40, wagonmaker;
Nancy Owens, 33, born North Carolina; Joseph, 16; Isaiah V., 11; Gilbert B., 9; and Boston W., 7, all born Tennessee
S843Birth1810
Born about
1810,
Tennessee, by his 1850 age
S843. An online tree's given names “Charles Joseph”, its Virginia birthplace and its death on 9 July 1862 in Dickson County, Tennessee, are on no record read; the page gives only the initials C. J.
Open questions what is probable, weak or missing — confirm or correct it
In the record
Generation 6 — Kristin's 3rd-great-grandparents
- S810Kentucky marriage register, Whitley County: Joseph Owens and Chiney Parton, 30 January 1852. Ancestry record 4192 (roll 994058). Image examined, read 27 September 2026 (image KYVR_994058-0164). Probable Joseph Owens, 19, and Chiney Parton, 16, both single, living in and born in Whitley County, Kentucky, married “Jany 30th”. The year is a ditto mark: the only year on the page is “August 22nd 1852” in the first row, and the rows are out of date order, so the page is a compiled return and the year may be 1853. A Tennessee compiled index (Ancestry record 1034394) has China Parton and Joseph Owens married on 30 January 1853 in Claiborne County, Tennessee, which borders Whitley; the day and month agree, the year does not. Collection: Kentucky, U.S., Marriage Records, 1852–1914.
- S8431850 U.S. census — 9th Subdivision, Claiborne County, Tennessee, dwelling and family 988: C. J. Owens household, enumerated 25 October 1850. Ancestry collection 8054, record 6021837 (image 4191100-00159). Image examined, read 28 September 2026. Probable C J Owens, 40, waggonmaker, born Tennessee; Nancy Owens, 33, born North Carolina; Joseph Owens, 16, laborer; Isaiah V., 11; Gilbert B., 9; Boston W., 7, all born Tennessee. The 1850 census states no relationships. FamilySearch 1:1:MCD4-G6M indexes the same page. Collection: 1850 United States Federal Census.