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General George Washington Overton

Birth
Alabama, USA
Death
1886 (aged 27–28)
Blount Springs, Blount County, Alabama, USA
Burial
Blount Springs, Blount County, Alabama, USA Add to Map
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The following information was given to me in 2001 by Joyce Jones of Hamilton, Alabama:

"General George Washington Overton married Nancy Lucressy Smith in 1874 Randolph County, Alabama. General Overton left Randolph County, Alabama about 1883 with his family going west to Texas in a covered wagon. They did not stay there long, because on the way back to Randolph County, Alabama, they camped at Blount Springs, Blount County, Alabama. Here General Overton was stabbed and killed by Jeff Vanhorn. Their son Jacob Overton was around 6 months old at this time. Nancy Smith Overton had no money so she could not stay to prosecute the man for murder. I have been told there is NO MARKER on General Overton's grave where ever it is. Nancy Smith Overton left Blount County, Alabama and went to Clay County, Alabama where she raised all five children alone."
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Children of General George Washington Overton and Nancy Loucressy Smith Overton

Ida E. Overton Cook
Della O. Overton Taylor
Melvina Overton
Leonard W. Overton
Jacob McDonald Overton
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Note: NOT SURE HE IS BURIED IN THIS CEMETERY! The only information is, that he was buried near Blount Springs, Blount County, Alabama.
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The following information was given to me in 2001 by Joyce Jones of Hamilton, Alabama:

"General George Washington Overton married Nancy Lucressy Smith in 1874 Randolph County, Alabama. General Overton left Randolph County, Alabama about 1883 with his family going west to Texas in a covered wagon. They did not stay there long, because on the way back to Randolph County, Alabama, they camped at Blount Springs, Blount County, Alabama. Here General Overton was stabbed and killed by Jeff Vanhorn. Their son Jacob Overton was around 6 months old at this time. Nancy Smith Overton had no money so she could not stay to prosecute the man for murder. I have been told there is NO MARKER on General Overton's grave where ever it is. Nancy Smith Overton left Blount County, Alabama and went to Clay County, Alabama where she raised all five children alone."
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Children of General George Washington Overton and Nancy Loucressy Smith Overton

Ida E. Overton Cook
Della O. Overton Taylor
Melvina Overton
Leonard W. Overton
Jacob McDonald Overton
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Note: NOT SURE HE IS BURIED IN THIS CEMETERY! The only information is, that he was buried near Blount Springs, Blount County, Alabama.
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