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Guide to Overton County, Tennessee ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.


County Facts
County seat: Livingston
Organized: September 11, 1806
Parent County(s): Jackson[1]
Neighboring Counties
Clay • Cumberland • Fentress • Jackson • Pickett • Putnam
See County Maps
Courthouse
Overton County, Tennessee Courthouse.JPG
Location Map
Location of Overton County, Tennessee.PNG

County Information[edit | edit source]

Description[edit | edit source]

Overton County was named for John Overton and is located in the north-central area of the state.[2]

County Courthouse[edit | edit source]

Overton County Courthouse
317 East University St.
Livingston, TN 38570
County Courthouse Phone: 931-823-2536
County Clerk Phone: 931-823-2631
County Register of Deeds Phone: 931-823-4011
County Circuit Court Clerk Phone: 931-823-2312

County Clerk has marriages, probate record from 1867
Clerk Circuit Court has divorce, court records
Register of Deeds has land records[3]

Overton County, Tennessee Record Dates[edit | edit source]

Information for this chart was taken from various sources, often containing conflicting dates. This information should be taken as a guide and should be verified by contacting the county and/or the state government agency.

Known Beginning Dates for Government County Records[4]
Birth* Marriage Death* Court Land Probate Census
1914 1867 1914 1815 1792 1867 1810
*Statewide registration for births and deaths began in 1908 (1913 missing). General compliance by 1927.

Record Loss[edit | edit source]

1865 Fire damaged courthouse records.[5]

  • Lost census: 1810
  • Lost marriage records: 1806 to 1866
  • Lost probate records: 1806 to 1869

For suggestions about research in places that suffered historic record losses, see:

Boundary Changes[edit | edit source]

  • 1806--Overton County was established 11 September 1806 from Jackson County. Early records may be found under Jackson County.
  • County seat: Livingston[6]

For animated maps illustrating Tennessee county boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Tennessee County Boundary Maps" (1777-1985) may be viewed at the MapofUS.org website.

Populated Places[edit | edit source]

For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit HomeTown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:[7]

Towns
Unincorporated communities


History Timeline[edit | edit source]

Additional Information
Middle Tennessee county. Established 1806.

The county is named after "John Overton (1766-1833), one of the cofounders of Memphis, Tennessee."[8]

Resources[edit | edit source]

Bible Records[edit | edit source]

Biographies[edit | edit source]

Business, Commerce, and Occupations[edit | edit source]

  • Middle Tennessee's Forgotten Children: Apprentices from 1784 to 1902. 2004. By Alan N. Miller. Baltimore, Md.: Clearfield Company. FS Library US/CAN 976.8 U2ma. Includes Overton County.

Cemeteries[edit | edit source]

Cemeteries of Overton County, Tennessee online and in print
Tombstone Transcriptions Online
Tombstone Transcriptions in Print (Often more complete)
List of Cemeteries in the County
See Tennessee Cemeteries for more information.

 

Additional Cemetery Resources

Census Records[edit | edit source]

Historical populations
Census Pop. %±
1810 5,643 —
1820 7,128 26.3%
1830 8,242 15.6%
1840 9,279 12.6%
1850 11,211 20.8%
1860 12,637 12.7%
1870 11,297 −10.6%
1880 12,153 7.6%
1890 12,039 −0.9%
1900 13,353 10.9%
1910 15,854 18.7%
1920 17,617 11.1%
1930 18,079 2.6%
1940 18,883 4.4%
1950 17,566 −7.0%
1960 14,661 −16.5%
1970 14,866 1.4%
1980 17,575 18.2%
1990 17,636 0.3%
2000 20,118 14.1%
2010 22,083 9.8%
Source: "Wikipedia.org".

1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, and 1940 federal population censuses of Overton County are available online. For tips on accessing census records online, see Tennessee Census. If you're having trouble finding your ancestors in online indexes, try checking printed indexes. Created by local experts familiar with the area's families, these indexes are often transcribed more accurately than nationwide online indexes.

See Tennessee Population Schedule Indexes: Fiche, Film, or Book for more information about statewide printed indexes.

See Overton County, TN census assignments, including links to transcribed files and scanned images of census microfilm. The USGenWeb Census Project®.

1810 Lost A Substitute is available:

  • Sherrill, Charles A. The Reconstructed 1810 Census of Tennessee: 33,000 Long-lost Records from Tax Lists, Court Minutes, Church Records, Wills, Deeds and Other Sources. Mt. Juliet, Tenn.: C.A. Sherrill, 2001. FS Catalog book 976.8 X2s 1810.

1810-1891

1820

  • Bentley, Elizabeth P. Index to the 1820 Census of Tennessee. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1981. FS Library 976.8 X22b 1820. Online at Ancestry ($).
  • Houston, Martha Lou. 1820 Census of Overton County Tennessee. Washington, D.C.: M. L. Houston, 1900. Online at Internet Archive.
  • Waldrep, G.C. "'Free Colored' Heads of Household in the 1820 Tennessee Census," online at Free African Americans. Includes free African Americans in this county.

1830

1840 Revolutionary War Pensioners

1850 Agricultural Census

1890 Lost, but substitutes are available:

  • Reed, Sue S. Enumeration of Male Inhabitants of Twenty-one Years of Age and Upward, Citizens of Tennessee, January 1, 1891, as Provided for by an Act of General Assembly of Tennessee, Passed January 15, 1891, and Approved January 22, 1891. 8 vols. Houston, Texas: S.S. Reed, 1989. FS Library US/CAN Book 976.8 X2r v. 5 1891. Overton County is included in Vol. 5.
  • Sistler, Byron H. and Barbara Sistler. 1890 Civil War Veterans Census, Tennessee. Evanston, Ill.: Byron Sister and Associates, 1978. FS Library US/CAN Book 976.8 X2s 1890.

1891 Male Voters

1920

Church Records[edit | edit source]

List of Churches and Church Parishes

Baptist

  • Spring Creek. Minutes (1802-1868) available online.

Court Records[edit | edit source]

Law and Legislation

  • Tennessee State Library and Archives, Acts of Tennessee 1796-1850: Index to Names. [9] January 25, 2005. In addition to creating new laws, legislative acts were often required to obtain a divorce, grant legitimacy to a child, or for appointments to or grant payments for public service. The TSLA has created an index to names that appear in these acts covering the years 1796 to 1850. Online searchable index at TSLA.

Directories[edit | edit source]

Emigration and Immigration[edit | edit source]

Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups[edit | edit source]

African American

  • Waldrep, G.C. "'Free Colored' Heads of Household in the 1820 Tennessee Census," available online, courtesy: Free African Americans website. Includes free African Americans in this county.
  • African American Poll Tax, 1867, Overton County Historical Society Newsletter, Vol. 5, No. 1 (Spring 2001).

Funeral Homes[edit | edit source]

Genealogies[edit | edit source]


  • Bates - Bates, Madison C. Bates, a Brief History and Genealogy of Joseph Harrison Bates. Galesburg, Ill.: Wagoner Printing Co., 1915. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, HathiTrust.
  • Bilbrey - Eldridge, Charles S. History, Tennessee, My People and Me. Dayton, Ohio: C.S. Eldridge, 1991. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273EL24ec.
  • Carlock - Carlock, Marion Pomeroy. History of the Carlock Family and Adventures of Pioneer Americans: Including the Kimbrough, Goodpasture, Hoyl, Fite, Fancher, Lee, Wells, Judy, Tracy, Settles, Gaddis, Rowell, Moore, Cornelison, Harrold, Brown and other Connecting Families. Los Angeles, CA: M. P. Carlock, 1929. Available at FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 C196c; FS Library US/CAN 1033974 Item 4; digital version at Ancestry ($).
  • Copeland - Orpha Halssell and Charlcie Pauline Carlton Fletcher Ancestors and descendants of Solomon Addison Copeland Oklahoma City, Oklahoma P.C. Fletcher, 1988 FS Catalog book 929.273 C79 Digital version available at FamilySearch Digital Library
  • Crawford - Edward Crawford's Family: With Special Emphasis on those Descendants Who Lived in or Passed through Macoupin County, Illinois: With Eventual Concentrations in Illinois, Missouri, Oregon, Texas, Tennessee. n.p.: Crawford Family Book Committee, 1988. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 C856.
  • Dale - Edgerly, Dorthea Roach and Raymond Henry William Dale (1783-1857)of Lawrence County, Indiana Oceanside, California D.R. Edgerly FS Catalog book 929.273 D156e.Digital version available at FamilySearch Digital Library..
  • Finley - Finley, Carmen J. "John and Mary Finley of Montgomery (Wythe) County, Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 34, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1990):243-255; Vol. 35, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1991):18-33; Vol. 35, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1991):122-135; Vol. 35, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1991):173-185; Vol. 35, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1991):251-262. Digital version at American Ancestors by NEHGS ($). FS Library Book 975.5 B2vg v. 34 (1990)-v. 35 (1991).
  • Finley - Finley, Carmen J. "John Finley of Montgomery/Wythe County, Virginia: Additional Children Identified," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 39, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1995):3-22; Vol. 39, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1995):94-103; Vol. 39, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1995):202-212; Vol. 39, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1995):282-294. FS Library Book 975.5 B2vg v. 39 (1995). Online at: American Ancestors by NEHGS ($).
  • Garrett - Parke, Iris Garrett. Garrett Family of Buckingham County, Virginia and Overton County, Tennessee. Typescript, microfilmed in 1980. FS Library US/CAN Film 1035813 Item 18.
  • Gerlach - See Carlock.
  • Goodpasture - Bates, Madison C. Bates, a Brief History and Genealogy of Joseph Harrison Bates. Galesburg, Ill.: Wagoner Printing Co., 1915. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, HathiTrust.
  • Goodpasture - Goodpasture, Robert Abraham. The Goodpastures of Iowa and Washington: With Related Families. Georgetown, Calif.: R.A. Goodpasture, 1978. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 G624gra.
  • Gregg - Rucker, Frank. Josiah Gregg. Independence, Missouri: Independence Examiner, 1949. FS Library FAM HIST Book 921.73 A1 no. 108.
  • Hammons - Williams, Sharon Ruth Hammons. Descendants of Hammons brothers John Milton and Elcanah C., 1820-1990. Chillicothe, Ohio: S.H. Williams, 1990. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 H184w.
  • Harp - Smith, Mattie Benson. Harp Strings. Broken Arrow, Oklahoma: M.B. Smith, [1986?]. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 H23s.
  • Huddleston - Huddleston, George. Huddleston Family Tables. Concord, NH: Rumford Press, 1933. Available at FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 H866h 1973. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Ancestry ($).
  • Kimbrough - See Carlock.
  • Goodpasture - See Carlock.
  • Lovell - Pompey, Sherman Lee. Some Descendants of William Lovell of Overton County,Tennessee. Clovis, Calif.: S.L. Pompey, 1970. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 A1 no. 293.
  • Parrott - Kelsey, Mavis P. Benjamin Parrott c. 1795-1839 and Lewis Stover 1781-1850/60 of Overton County, Tennessee and Their Descendants. Houston, Texas: M.P. Kelsey, 1979. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 P249k.
  • Phillips - Sroka, John. A Workbook on the Phillips Families of Overton County, Tennessee. South Jordan, Utah: J. Sroka, 2006. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 P541sj.
  • Robbins - Gray, Shawn Descendants of Isaac Robbins Muncie, Indiana S. Gray, [2003] FS Catalog book 929.273 R535g. FamilySearch Digital Library}.
  • Smith - Smith, Oma Ivadell. Smith-Garrett and Allied Families of Overton, Fentress and Pickett Counties, Tennessee: The Genealogy of Joseph Albert Smith and Nova Catherine Garrett. Jacksonville, Fla.: O. Smith, 1979. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 Sm61e.
  • Stover - Kelsey, Mavis P. Benjamin Parrott c. 1795-1839 and Lewis Stover 1781-1850/60 of Overton County, Tennessee and Their Descendants. Houston, Texas: M.P. Kelsey, 1979. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 P249k.
  • Vaughn - Vaughn, Charles P. and Bernice Elizabeth Hoke Vaughn. The Vaughn Genealogy: from Wake County, North Carolina, to Jackson and Overton Counties, Tennessee. Ventura, Calif.: B.E. Vaughn, 1990. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 V465vc.
  • Overton County, Tennessee: Genealogical Records at Ancestry ($)

Guardianship[edit | edit source]

Land and Property Records[edit | edit source]

Book Abstracts and Indexes

Local Histories[edit | edit source]

Maps and Gazetteers[edit | edit source]

Clay CountyPickett CountyFentress CountyCumberland CountyPutnam CountyJackson CountyTN OVERTON.PNG
Click a neighboring county
for more resources

Migration[edit | edit source]

Military Records[edit | edit source]

Revolutionary War
The following Overton County Revolutionary War records are available online through TNGenWeb:

Additional resources include:

  • A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services: With their Names, Ages, and Places of Residence, as Returned by the Marshals of the Several Judicial Districts, Under the Act for Taking the Sixth Census. 1841; reprint, Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing, 1967. FS Library US/CAN Book 973 X2pc 1840; FS Library US/CAN Film 2321. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Internet Archive, Ancestry ($). See Tennessee, Middle District, Overton County on page 157.
  • Rejected or Suspended Applications for Revolutionary War Pensions. Washington, D.C., 1852. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1969, and 1991. Reprints include "an Added Index to States." Digital version at Ancestry. Tennessee entries abstracted online at Tennesseans in the Revolutionary War at TNGenWeb. Includes veterans from this county; Tennessee section begins on page 381.

War of 1812

  • Embry, Hermione D. "War of 1812 - Tennessee Pensioners on List - January 2, 1883," Ansearchin' News, Vol. 8, No. 2 (Apr. 1961):49-52. FS Library US/CAN Book 976.8 B2a v. 8 (1961); digital version at journal website. Includes Overton County pensioners (p. 49).
  • Transcription typed and formatted by Harold Keisling. Third? Regiment Tennessee Militia, Capt. Wiley Huddelston's Company at TNGenWeb. Raised from men who were from Overton, Pickett and Fentress County, Tennessee.

Civil War

Online Records

Regiments. Men in Overton County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (part of a large regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies that were specifically formed in Overton County:

Confederate Soldiers

Union Soldiers

Additional sources for Civil War soldiers from Overton County:

Naturalization and Citizenship[edit | edit source]

Newspapers[edit | edit source]

Many Tennessee newspapers are filmed and available at TSLA. Most of these newspapers may be accessed by interlibrary loan to libraries within Tennessee, although there are some newspapers which are not available in or outside of Tennessee. For further information regarding interlibrary loan policies and newspapers not available for interlibrary loan click here. For a list of newspapers available at the archives for Overton County click on the following town:

Obituaries[edit | edit source]

Other Records[edit | edit source]

Prisons[edit | edit source]

Periodicals[edit | edit source]

Genealogical periodicals can contain unique sources and can be local, regional, or statewide. The following periodicals cover this county:

Probate Records[edit | edit source]

The Overton County Court has responsibility for the probate records.

Online Probate Indexes and Records


Book Abstracts and Indexes

School Records[edit | edit source]

Social Security Records[edit | edit source]

Tax Records[edit | edit source]

Book Abstracts and Indexes[10]

  • 1814 - "Direct Federal Tax-Delinquent Property Owners Listed for 1814," Ansearchin' News, Vol. 43, No. 3 (Fall 1996):115-120. For possible FS Library and online access, as well as indexes, see Overton. Includes Overton County.
  • 1836 Tatum, Ausborn C. "Overton County, Tennessee 1836 Tax List," Ansearchin' News, Vol. 30, No. 1 (Spring 1983):15-20; Vol. 30, No. 2 (Summer 1983):80-82. For FS Library and online access, as well as indexes, see Overton.
  • 1836 Douthat, James L. 1836 Overton County, Tennessee Civil Districts & Tax List. Signal Mountain, Tenn.: Mountain Press, 2001. FS Library US/CAN Book 976.8684 R4d.
  • 1836 Tax List and Civil Districts, 1836, Tennessee Genealogy and History, Vol. 5, Nos. 1-2 (2001).
  • 1836 Tax List, 1836, Overton County, Tennesse Kin, Vol. 9, No. 3 (Jul. 2003); Vol. 10, No. 1 (Jan. 2004).
  • 1836 County Tax Records, 1836 (sel.), Overton County Historical Society Newsletter, Vol. 8, No. 4 (Winter 2004).
  • 1860's - "Civil War Union Tax Assessments," The Upper Cumberland Researcher, Vol. 2, No. 2 (Dec. 1977):14-; Vol. 3, No. 1, (Feb. 1978):4-. For access, see Overton.
  • 1862 Tax List, 1862, Overton County, Tennessee Kin, Vol. 9, No. 3 (Jul. 2003); Vol. 9, No. 4 (Oct. 2003).
  • 1867 Released from Paying Tax, 1867, Overton County Historical Society Newsletter, Vol. 3, No. 4 (Winter 1999).
  • 1867 African American Poll Tax, 1867, Overton County Historical Society Newsletter, Vol. 5, No. 1 (Spring 2001).
  • 1874-1875 - Sales of Land for Unpaid Taxes, 1874-1875, Overton County Historical Society Newsletter, Vol. 7, No. 1 (Spring 2003).
  • Men in Army Released from Poll Tax, Overton County Historical Society Newsletter, Vol. 5, No. 4 (Winter 2001).

Vital Records[edit | edit source]

  • W.P.A. Guide to Public Vital Statistics in Tennessee. Nashville, Tenn.: The Tennessee Historical Records Survey, 1941. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.

Birth[edit | edit source]

Marriage[edit | edit source]

Online indexes and Records


Book Abstracts and Indexes

Death[edit | edit source]

Divorce[edit | edit source]

Online Records

Research Facilities[edit | edit source]

Archives[edit | edit source]

Listed below are archives in Overton County. For state-wide archival repositories, see Tennessee Archives and Libraries.

FamilySearch Centers[edit | edit source]

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Local Centers and Affiliate Libraries

Libraries[edit | edit source]

Listed below are libraries in Overton County. For state-wide library facilities, see Tennessee Archives and Libraries.

Millard Oakley Public Library
107 East Main St.
Livingston, TN 38570
Phone: 931-823-1888
Website

Museums[edit | edit source]

Societies[edit | edit source]

Listed below are societies in Overton County. For state-wide genealogical societies, see Tennessee Societies.

Overton County Historical Society
West Broad Street
P.O. Box 753
Livingston, TN 38570
Phone: 931-403-0909
Website

Websites[edit | edit source]

Research Guides[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Tennessee.At various libraries (WorldCat); FS Library Book 973 D27e 2002.
  2. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Overton County, Tennessee" in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overton_County,_Tennessee, accessed 27 Dec 2018
  3. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists : United States of America, 10th ed., (Draper, UT: Everton Publishers, 2002) Overton County, Tennessee, p.642
  4. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Tennessee.At various libraries (WorldCat); FS Library Book 973 D27e 2002.
  5. ↑ Lost Records: Courthouse Fires and Disasters in Tennessee in Tennessee State Library and Archives in Tennessee Secretary of State (accessed 13 March 2016).
  6. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Tennessee.At various libraries (WorldCat); FS Library Book 973 D27e 2002.
  7. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Overton County, Tennessee," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overton_County,_Tennessee, accessed 8 December 2019.
  8. ↑ "List of counties in Tennessee," Wikipedia.
  9. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Tennessee.At various libraries (WorldCat); FS Library Book 973 D27e 2002.
  10. ↑ The Heritage Quest Online version of PERSI aided in the compilation of this list.
  11. ↑ Genealogical Society of Utah, Parish and Vital Records List (July 1998). Microfiche. Digital version at https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/images/8/88/Igitennesseel.pdf.
  12. ↑ Genealogical Society of Utah, Parish and Vital Records List (July 1998). Microfiche. Digital version at https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/images/8/88/Igitennesseel.pdf
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