In the October 8th issue of the Sangamo Journal for 1836 the following brief announcement appeared:
Deaths
In Athens, Sangamon County, on Thursday last: Mrs. Overstreet, aged 80, wife of Mr. John Overstreet.
There is no information as to her place of burial. Officially in 1836 Athens had no burial ground, but likely the area given to the city by her son-in-law, Abner Hall, in 1843 and known as the West Cemetery was the place.
She was the daughter of Cornelius and Mary Dabney.(The Dabney's
Descendants of the Hall-Overstreet line looking for distinguished ancestors may well find it in the Dabney family. The clue for this statement comes from the Revolutionary War pension application made by George Dabney, Nancy's brother, in 1833. He indicated that until 1772 the family had lived in Hanover county. He also pointed out a relationship of the group to the Shrewsbury family. These facts added to a series of land transactions leading to their ownership of Bedford county land, indicates that they may be considered a FFV - a First Family of Virginia.
With a reasonable degree of certainty it can be established that Nancy's father, Cornelius, c. 1740-1792, was a direct descendant of a Cornelius Dabney, 1630-1694, who was in Virginia in 1649. He came an immigrant from England, learned the Indian tongues and was known as 'the Interpreter.' In 1664 he obtained a great deal of land in York county. In time, members of the family moved westward in Virginia until they reached Bedford county.
Nancy's father was of the fourth generation in Virginia and had in his background distinguished forebeareres, who had fought in the Indians Wars and other of his generation that were prominent in the American Revolution. The Dabney family story is a complicated one, but is star-studded in Virginia history. This history extends down through the years through the Civil War into the present day, where in Virginia the name is still very important. The family inter-locks with many other families prominent in the state's history. It is a family story that is complicated by the attempt to link it with a historic past in England and with the formation of the famous Manakin-Hugenot colony in early Virginia.)
On November 3, 1785 he married Nancy Dabney of Bedford county. The consent to the marriage was given by her father, Cornelius Dabney, and the Surety was her brother, George. John was 25 years of age and Nancy 29. They were older that most couples of their time at marriage. It was Nancy's second marriage!
About this marriage there had been confusion. Questions were raised, who her first husband? Did they have children, etc.
Nancy Dabney was first married to Thomas Lane. In 1783 with the consent of her father and with James Hunt as Security, William Johnson performed the ceremony. That was all that was known.
Just by chance the author discovered some information about Lane. Lane was a Quaker converted to the Baptist faith. He had lived in New York, Virginia and North Carolina. Later, he was in Wayne county, Kentucky and there is trace of him in Hancock county, Illinois in the early 1800s. He was likely an iternant Baptist preacher and his Illinois association was with the Elderville Baptist church in Wythe Township. (He was possibly at Marion, Ill., at an earlier date.) There were Virginia migrants in the area and he was near his own life's end during the Illinois years.
Romance
It is not known if he deserted Nancy or they separated by mutual agreement. The author is inclined to believe that he deserted Nancy and may have been the father of the child known as John Overstreet, Jr. (see chapter on him).++
Nancy may have refused to go West with Lane, or, as was common on the frontier, a pro-longed absence of the male with no communications, an assumption was made that he was dead by natural or other causes. Lane may have returned to discover Nancy re-married or heard of it through other migrants and decided not to return. A similar incident befell Nancy's son, John Jr.
(This scenario for Nancy's first marriage is disputed by a Lane descendant who forms a theory of a co-incidental occurrence of perhaps two Cornelius Dabney's and of two Nancy Dabney's and of two Thomas Lane's all in Bedford county, Virginia at the time!
Was John, Jr. a child of Thomas Lane? If so, he was always known as John Overstreet. For the purpose of our family history it makes no difference. What matters is that John Overstreet Sr., did marry Nancy Dabney and in so doing, he remained in character - a man who might help a lady out of a bad situation. The Overstreet - Dabney marriage produced four children: John, Jane, Nancy and Dabney. Of great importance to the Grandfathers story is the fact that Jane and Nancy Overstreet married the brothers, Abner and Elisha, sons of Hezekiah Hall. It is from these marriages that the Hall - Overstreet family line descends.
Hall-Overstreet Families Book, VOL. 1
Deaths
In Athens, Sangamon County, on Thursday last: Mrs. Overstreet, aged 80, wife of Mr. John Overstreet.
There is no information as to her place of burial. Officially in 1836 Athens had no burial ground, but likely the area given to the city by her son-in-law, Abner Hall, in 1843 and known as the West Cemetery was the place.
She was the daughter of Cornelius and Mary Dabney.(The Dabney's
Descendants of the Hall-Overstreet line looking for distinguished ancestors may well find it in the Dabney family. The clue for this statement comes from the Revolutionary War pension application made by George Dabney, Nancy's brother, in 1833. He indicated that until 1772 the family had lived in Hanover county. He also pointed out a relationship of the group to the Shrewsbury family. These facts added to a series of land transactions leading to their ownership of Bedford county land, indicates that they may be considered a FFV - a First Family of Virginia.
With a reasonable degree of certainty it can be established that Nancy's father, Cornelius, c. 1740-1792, was a direct descendant of a Cornelius Dabney, 1630-1694, who was in Virginia in 1649. He came an immigrant from England, learned the Indian tongues and was known as 'the Interpreter.' In 1664 he obtained a great deal of land in York county. In time, members of the family moved westward in Virginia until they reached Bedford county.
Nancy's father was of the fourth generation in Virginia and had in his background distinguished forebeareres, who had fought in the Indians Wars and other of his generation that were prominent in the American Revolution. The Dabney family story is a complicated one, but is star-studded in Virginia history. This history extends down through the years through the Civil War into the present day, where in Virginia the name is still very important. The family inter-locks with many other families prominent in the state's history. It is a family story that is complicated by the attempt to link it with a historic past in England and with the formation of the famous Manakin-Hugenot colony in early Virginia.)
On November 3, 1785 he married Nancy Dabney of Bedford county. The consent to the marriage was given by her father, Cornelius Dabney, and the Surety was her brother, George. John was 25 years of age and Nancy 29. They were older that most couples of their time at marriage. It was Nancy's second marriage!
About this marriage there had been confusion. Questions were raised, who her first husband? Did they have children, etc.
Nancy Dabney was first married to Thomas Lane. In 1783 with the consent of her father and with James Hunt as Security, William Johnson performed the ceremony. That was all that was known.
Just by chance the author discovered some information about Lane. Lane was a Quaker converted to the Baptist faith. He had lived in New York, Virginia and North Carolina. Later, he was in Wayne county, Kentucky and there is trace of him in Hancock county, Illinois in the early 1800s. He was likely an iternant Baptist preacher and his Illinois association was with the Elderville Baptist church in Wythe Township. (He was possibly at Marion, Ill., at an earlier date.) There were Virginia migrants in the area and he was near his own life's end during the Illinois years.
Romance
It is not known if he deserted Nancy or they separated by mutual agreement. The author is inclined to believe that he deserted Nancy and may have been the father of the child known as John Overstreet, Jr. (see chapter on him).++
Nancy may have refused to go West with Lane, or, as was common on the frontier, a pro-longed absence of the male with no communications, an assumption was made that he was dead by natural or other causes. Lane may have returned to discover Nancy re-married or heard of it through other migrants and decided not to return. A similar incident befell Nancy's son, John Jr.
(This scenario for Nancy's first marriage is disputed by a Lane descendant who forms a theory of a co-incidental occurrence of perhaps two Cornelius Dabney's and of two Nancy Dabney's and of two Thomas Lane's all in Bedford county, Virginia at the time!
Was John, Jr. a child of Thomas Lane? If so, he was always known as John Overstreet. For the purpose of our family history it makes no difference. What matters is that John Overstreet Sr., did marry Nancy Dabney and in so doing, he remained in character - a man who might help a lady out of a bad situation. The Overstreet - Dabney marriage produced four children: John, Jane, Nancy and Dabney. Of great importance to the Grandfathers story is the fact that Jane and Nancy Overstreet married the brothers, Abner and Elisha, sons of Hezekiah Hall. It is from these marriages that the Hall - Overstreet family line descends.
Hall-Overstreet Families Book, VOL. 1
In the October 8th issue of the Sangamo Journal for 1836 the following brief announcement appeared:
Deaths
In Athens, Sangamon County, on Thursday last: Mrs. Overstreet, aged 80, wife of Mr. John Overstreet.
There is no information as to her place of burial. Officially in 1836 Athens had no burial ground, but likely the area given to the city by her son-in-law, Abner Hall, in 1843 and known as the West Cemetery was the place.
She was the daughter of Cornelius and Mary Dabney.(The Dabney's
Descendants of the Hall-Overstreet line looking for distinguished ancestors may well find it in the Dabney family. The clue for this statement comes from the Revolutionary War pension application made by George Dabney, Nancy's brother, in 1833. He indicated that until 1772 the family had lived in Hanover county. He also pointed out a relationship of the group to the Shrewsbury family. These facts added to a series of land transactions leading to their ownership of Bedford county land, indicates that they may be considered a FFV - a First Family of Virginia.
With a reasonable degree of certainty it can be established that Nancy's father, Cornelius, c. 1740-1792, was a direct descendant of a Cornelius Dabney, 1630-1694, who was in Virginia in 1649. He came an immigrant from England, learned the Indian tongues and was known as 'the Interpreter.' In 1664 he obtained a great deal of land in York county. In time, members of the family moved westward in Virginia until they reached Bedford county.
Nancy's father was of the fourth generation in Virginia and had in his background distinguished forebeareres, who had fought in the Indians Wars and other of his generation that were prominent in the American Revolution. The Dabney family story is a complicated one, but is star-studded in Virginia history. This history extends down through the years through the Civil War into the present day, where in Virginia the name is still very important. The family inter-locks with many other families prominent in the state's history. It is a family story that is complicated by the attempt to link it with a historic past in England and with the formation of the famous Manakin-Hugenot colony in early Virginia.)
On November 3, 1785 he married Nancy Dabney of Bedford county. The consent to the marriage was given by her father, Cornelius Dabney, and the Surety was her brother, George. John was 25 years of age and Nancy 29. They were older that most couples of their time at marriage. It was Nancy's second marriage!
About this marriage there had been confusion. Questions were raised, who her first husband? Did they have children, etc.
Nancy Dabney was first married to Thomas Lane. In 1783 with the consent of her father and with James Hunt as Security, William Johnson performed the ceremony. That was all that was known.
Just by chance the author discovered some information about Lane. Lane was a Quaker converted to the Baptist faith. He had lived in New York, Virginia and North Carolina. Later, he was in Wayne county, Kentucky and there is trace of him in Hancock county, Illinois in the early 1800s. He was likely an iternant Baptist preacher and his Illinois association was with the Elderville Baptist church in Wythe Township. (He was possibly at Marion, Ill., at an earlier date.) There were Virginia migrants in the area and he was near his own life's end during the Illinois years.
Romance
It is not known if he deserted Nancy or they separated by mutual agreement. The author is inclined to believe that he deserted Nancy and may have been the father of the child known as John Overstreet, Jr. (see chapter on him).++
Nancy may have refused to go West with Lane, or, as was common on the frontier, a pro-longed absence of the male with no communications, an assumption was made that he was dead by natural or other causes. Lane may have returned to discover Nancy re-married or heard of it through other migrants and decided not to return. A similar incident befell Nancy's son, John Jr.
(This scenario for Nancy's first marriage is disputed by a Lane descendant who forms a theory of a co-incidental occurrence of perhaps two Cornelius Dabney's and of two Nancy Dabney's and of two Thomas Lane's all in Bedford county, Virginia at the time!
Was John, Jr. a child of Thomas Lane? If so, he was always known as John Overstreet. For the purpose of our family history it makes no difference. What matters is that John Overstreet Sr., did marry Nancy Dabney and in so doing, he remained in character - a man who might help a lady out of a bad situation. The Overstreet - Dabney marriage produced four children: John, Jane, Nancy and Dabney. Of great importance to the Grandfathers story is the fact that Jane and Nancy Overstreet married the brothers, Abner and Elisha, sons of Hezekiah Hall. It is from these marriages that the Hall - Overstreet family line descends.
Hall-Overstreet Families Book, VOL. 1
Deaths
In Athens, Sangamon County, on Thursday last: Mrs. Overstreet, aged 80, wife of Mr. John Overstreet.
There is no information as to her place of burial. Officially in 1836 Athens had no burial ground, but likely the area given to the city by her son-in-law, Abner Hall, in 1843 and known as the West Cemetery was the place.
She was the daughter of Cornelius and Mary Dabney.(The Dabney's
Descendants of the Hall-Overstreet line looking for distinguished ancestors may well find it in the Dabney family. The clue for this statement comes from the Revolutionary War pension application made by George Dabney, Nancy's brother, in 1833. He indicated that until 1772 the family had lived in Hanover county. He also pointed out a relationship of the group to the Shrewsbury family. These facts added to a series of land transactions leading to their ownership of Bedford county land, indicates that they may be considered a FFV - a First Family of Virginia.
With a reasonable degree of certainty it can be established that Nancy's father, Cornelius, c. 1740-1792, was a direct descendant of a Cornelius Dabney, 1630-1694, who was in Virginia in 1649. He came an immigrant from England, learned the Indian tongues and was known as 'the Interpreter.' In 1664 he obtained a great deal of land in York county. In time, members of the family moved westward in Virginia until they reached Bedford county.
Nancy's father was of the fourth generation in Virginia and had in his background distinguished forebeareres, who had fought in the Indians Wars and other of his generation that were prominent in the American Revolution. The Dabney family story is a complicated one, but is star-studded in Virginia history. This history extends down through the years through the Civil War into the present day, where in Virginia the name is still very important. The family inter-locks with many other families prominent in the state's history. It is a family story that is complicated by the attempt to link it with a historic past in England and with the formation of the famous Manakin-Hugenot colony in early Virginia.)
On November 3, 1785 he married Nancy Dabney of Bedford county. The consent to the marriage was given by her father, Cornelius Dabney, and the Surety was her brother, George. John was 25 years of age and Nancy 29. They were older that most couples of their time at marriage. It was Nancy's second marriage!
About this marriage there had been confusion. Questions were raised, who her first husband? Did they have children, etc.
Nancy Dabney was first married to Thomas Lane. In 1783 with the consent of her father and with James Hunt as Security, William Johnson performed the ceremony. That was all that was known.
Just by chance the author discovered some information about Lane. Lane was a Quaker converted to the Baptist faith. He had lived in New York, Virginia and North Carolina. Later, he was in Wayne county, Kentucky and there is trace of him in Hancock county, Illinois in the early 1800s. He was likely an iternant Baptist preacher and his Illinois association was with the Elderville Baptist church in Wythe Township. (He was possibly at Marion, Ill., at an earlier date.) There were Virginia migrants in the area and he was near his own life's end during the Illinois years.
Romance
It is not known if he deserted Nancy or they separated by mutual agreement. The author is inclined to believe that he deserted Nancy and may have been the father of the child known as John Overstreet, Jr. (see chapter on him).++
Nancy may have refused to go West with Lane, or, as was common on the frontier, a pro-longed absence of the male with no communications, an assumption was made that he was dead by natural or other causes. Lane may have returned to discover Nancy re-married or heard of it through other migrants and decided not to return. A similar incident befell Nancy's son, John Jr.
(This scenario for Nancy's first marriage is disputed by a Lane descendant who forms a theory of a co-incidental occurrence of perhaps two Cornelius Dabney's and of two Nancy Dabney's and of two Thomas Lane's all in Bedford county, Virginia at the time!
Was John, Jr. a child of Thomas Lane? If so, he was always known as John Overstreet. For the purpose of our family history it makes no difference. What matters is that John Overstreet Sr., did marry Nancy Dabney and in so doing, he remained in character - a man who might help a lady out of a bad situation. The Overstreet - Dabney marriage produced four children: John, Jane, Nancy and Dabney. Of great importance to the Grandfathers story is the fact that Jane and Nancy Overstreet married the brothers, Abner and Elisha, sons of Hezekiah Hall. It is from these marriages that the Hall - Overstreet family line descends.
Hall-Overstreet Families Book, VOL. 1
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