Calloway Co, KY marriage records:
Ephraim Owens [Owings] married Lucinda Woodward, 1 July 1824
Thomas Grubbs married Nancy Woodward, 17 June 1823 Consent for bride: Proof of age
James Ingram married Phebe Woodward, 11 Sept. 1823 Consent for bride: Proof of age
William Woodward married Sarah Campbell, 2 July 1833
Jackson Justice married Rebecca Woodward, 8 Dec 1839
Obadiah Smelser married Nancy Owings 25 March 1823 Consent for bride: Proof of age by brot. Ephraim Owings
John Ingram married Mary Owens 13 Nov 1823 Consent for bride: Proof of age

1830 Census - Logan Co., Ky
Epraim M. Ewing
1 male under 5 - 1 male 5 to 10 - 1 male 20 to 30 - 1 male 30 to 40 - 1 female 30-40

1840 Census - Russelville, Logan Co., Ky
Ephraim M. Ewing
1 male 10 to 15 - 1 male 40 to 50 - 1 female 40 to 50

1850 Census - Calloway Co., Ky
p. 454
131  131
E. Owens - 50 - b. NC
L Owens - 50 - b. Ky
I(?) Owens - 20 - b. Ky
G. Owens - 18 - b. Ky
N(?) Owens - 13 - b. Ky
J. Owens - 7 - b. Ky

1860 Census - Calloway Co., Ky
577  577
Ephriam Owings - 59 - b. NC
Lucinda - 59 - b. Ky
Joshua - 16 - b. Ky
Letty S - 5 - b. Ky
Georges Owings - 27 - b. Ky

1870 Census - Calloway Co., Ky
5  5
Ephraim Owings - 70 - b. NC
Lucinda - 60 - b. Ky
 

According to Kelly ____, the following graves are located in the Owings Cemetery, Calloway Co., Ky:
Elder Ephraim Owing  1800 - 1877
Lucinda Owing  1802 - 1875
John Owing, son of Ephraim, no stone
Mrs. John Owing, no stone
William Owing, no stone
Mrs. William Owing, no stone
Owing, child of William, no stone
Owing, child of Arthur, no stone
 

The grants to Thomas Grubbs, James Ingram, and Ephraim Owings can be found on a map of original landhold grantees in Township 3, Range 4 East of the Jackson Purchase - this area identified as "North Central Calloway County, including the Wadesboro area". Their grants adjoined each other. No Woodwards or Utleys appear on this map. There is no date provided with the description of this map. But the Jackson Purchase was added to the state in 1818 when it was purchased from the Chickasaw Indians by Andrew Jackson, so any grants were certainly made after that date.

James Ingram held land in in the SE quadrant of section 9, Ephraim Owings' land was adjoining to the west in the SW quarter of section 9. Wades Creek began in Ephraim Owings' land and flowed eastward through James Ingram's land. Thomas H Grubbs' land was in the NE quarter of section 17 which adjoined the SW corner of Ephraim Owings' land. James Ingram held additional land farther south in the NW quarter of section 33.

This land was located in the Northern part of Calloway Co. Merrill Utley's land was located a little farther north in what is now Southern Marshall Co. No land records for James Woodward have been found at this time, but surely James was not living far from Merrill Utley.

Because these three families held land so near each other, it appears likely that the Woodward wives might have been sisters. We know from the will of Richard Woodward that he did not have daughters named Phoebe or Nancy. The mother of James Woodward's wife, Elizabeth Utley, was named Phoebe, so Phoebe Woodward could have been a daughter of James Woodward and Elizabeth Utley who was named for her maternal grandmother. Richard Woodward did have a daughter named Lucinda. Her husband can be proven as James Eubank by other records. So Lucinda Woodward who married Ephraim Owings cannot be Richard Woodward's daughter. Although Phoebe, Lucinda, and Nancy Woodward who married in Calloway Co, KY appear to have been the children of James Woodward, we have no records at this time that prove his children.

Several sources have been found that claim that Lucinda Woodward Owings was a daughter of James Woodward, but not one of them cited any records to prove this connection. One source, Owings and Allied Families by Addison and Elizabeth Owings, states that Ephraim Owings married "Lucinda Woodward (b. in NC 1802 d. 29 Aug 1875) dau of James Woodward".

Because no records were cited, we can't be sure that this wasn't just an assumption based on the fact that James Woodward lived in the same county and was of the right age to have been Lucinda's father. The Calloway Co records need to be carefully searched to try to find records that will prove James Woodward's children. At this point, all we can say is that Phoebe Woodward Ingram, Nancy Woodward Grubbs, and Lucinda Woodward Owings of Calloway Co, KY look likely.
 
 

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