(transcriber unidentified) The table below is searchable. Consider creative spellings. Enslaved individuals are listed with the surname Slave. There is one Free Man of Color, whose surname is give as Bob, because he was known locally as “Black Bob.”
Continue reading →(transcriber unidentified) The index as previously published on the Overton County TNGenWeb site contains only the date identifier “1848-“. The only record book that appears to be a close match is for the period October, 1848 – August, 1854. Clarification … Continue reading →
Probate Court Private Acts of 2000 Chapter 67 SECTION 1. Chapter 20 of the Private Acts of 1967 is hereby repealed. SECTION 2. Chapter 295 of the Private Acts of 1972 is hereby repealed. SECTION 3. The Chancery Court of … Continue reading →
This list was contributed in 2000 by Tami Ramsey. It is probably out-dated (corrections appreciated). Current inventories of microfilmed records are maintained by the Tennessee State Library & Archives. Click here for details. Minutes [which court?] 1815-1906 Enrollments [which court?] … Continue reading →
Contributed by Overton County Historical Society Deaths TAYLOR, Moses died intestate 5 July 1852. John TAYLOR, admr. FANCHER, James filed August 1853 COPELAND, William, no will. Jefferson COPELAND and Mark COPELAND appointed administrators. RAY, Benjamin B, filed December 1852. Catherine … Continue reading →
Contributed by Overton County Historical Society. Records were not transcribed in order or in a table as presented here at the original Web site. No information about completeness of abstraction was included in the original document. Petitioner Respondent Date Notes … Continue reading →
Tennessee became a state in 1796. Overton County was formed in 1806 from Jackson County, TN. Jackson County was formed in 1801 from Smith County. Smith County was formed in 1799 from Sumner County, which was formed in 1796. Several … Continue reading →
This article contains a name index, only. The original book contains minutes of causes tried and adjudicated by the Circuit Court. The record was transcribed and indexed by Vonnie Looper Munnerlyn. Copies of her book were available from the Overton … Continue reading →
This article contains a name index, only. The original book contains 479 pages of causes tried and adjudicated by the Circuit Court. The record was transcribed and indexed by Vonnie Looper Munnerlyn. Copies of her book were available from the … Continue reading →
The information in this article was transcribed by Tami Ramsey. For more information about the Circuit Court’s purpose, click here to read Chuck Sherrill’s excellent article Tennessee Court System Prior to 1870.
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