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Overton, John, 1766-1833. John Overton papers, 1827-1830 [manuscript].

Title: John Overton papers, 1827-1830 [manuscript].

The collection includes letters received by John Overton, chiefly about family matters. Included are three family letters chiefly concerning the sickness and death of Overton's sister, Mrs. Hawes Coleman; and four miscellaneous personal and business letters from Samuel Carr, E. J. Claybrooke, John Claybrooke, and Hawes Coleman.

ArchivalResource: 7 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/23294706 View

Armstrong, Martin. Murdock collection of Overton papers : addition.

Title: Murdock collection of Overton papers : addition.

Account books, accounts, correspondence, court records, land records, and other items relating to John Overton (1766-1833) and John M. Lea (1818-1903) of Nashville, Tennessee.

ArchivalResource: 125 items + 3 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/27192639 View

Minor, Henry, 1783-1839. Letter, 1830.

Title: Letter, 1830.

Letter, 1830 Apr. 15, from Henry Minor in Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa Co., Ala., to John Overton, in Nashville, Tenn., discussing the Alabama Reports, which covers Ala. jurisprudence; the recent constitutional change in which supreme court justices were elected to six year terms instead of two year terms, his son Henry's appointment to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., and Mrs. Minor's ill health.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122330738 View

John Overton Papers, ., 1827-1830

Title: John Overton Papers, . 1827-1830

John Overton was a Tennessee lawyer and politician.John Overton (1766-1833), Tennessee pioneer, jurist, and dedicated supporter of Andrew Jackson, born in Louisa County, Va.Personal letters (1827-1830) from Overton's Virginia relations chiefly detailing the illnesses (dyspepsia and pleurisy) and death of Overton's sister, Ann Coleman (d. 1828), with comments on the division of her slaves among her heirs, diet, the election of 1828, and a Tennessee land dispute. The collection includes letters received by John Overton, chiefly about family matters. Included are three family letters chiefly concerning the sickness and death of Overton's sister, Mrs. Hawes Coleman; and four miscellaneous personal and business letters from Samuel Carr, E. J. Claybrooke, John Claybrooke, and Hawes Coleman.

ArchivalResource: 7

http://www2.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv/o/Overton,John.html View

Yandell family. Yandell family papers, 1823-1877.

Title: Yandell family papers, 1823-1877.

The papers primarily consist of correspondence, diaries, and medical notes. Most of the letters were written by Wilson Yandell, Lunsford Pitts Yandell, Susan Wendell Yandell, and Lunsford Pitts Yandell, Jr. The letters consist mostly of family news but also contain information relating to a variety of other topics, including medical practice, physicians of Ky., medical politics at Transylvania and the Louisville Medical Institute, state politics and economic conditions in Ky. and Tenn., references to important citizens in Louisville and Lexington, the career of David W. Yandell, disease, slavery, the secession crisis, and the Civil War. In addition to correspondence, the collection also includes lectures of Lunsford P. Yandell, material about his father Wilson Yandell, notes for medical biographies, diaries of Lunsford P. Yandell, and a scrapbook. Correspondents include Elisha Bartlett, Charles Caldwell, Daniel Drake, Austin Flint, Timothy Flint, Samuel D. Gross, Philip Lindsley, Henry Miller, and Benjamin Rush.

ArchivalResource: 2.66 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49492081 View

Overton, John, 1766-1833. Letter, dated 1808 February 19, Nashville, Tennessee, to Return J. Meigs.

Title: Letter, dated 1808 February 19, Nashville, Tennessee, to Return J. Meigs.

Written to Col. Return J. Meigs, who was the Indian agent in Tennessee, to recommend David Barclay to run a ferry service. Asks Meigs to give his permission and secure the permission of the Indians.

ArchivalResource: 1 item ; 21 x 35 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/47091540 View

Overton family. Collection of miscellaneous papers, 1827-1830. [microform] Mostly business letters to John Overton.

Title: Collection of miscellaneous papers, 1827-1830. [microform] Mostly business letters to John Overton.

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http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/33355523 View

Henley, David, 1749-1823. David Henley papers, 1794-1808, bulk 1794-1801.

Title: David Henley papers, 1794-1808, bulk 1794-1801.

Papers pertaining to Henley's duties as Indian agent for the U.S. War Dept. Prominent correspondents include John Overton, James Robertson, Seth Lewis, Benjamin Hawkins, Capt. William Rickard, Col. John McKee, Opiamingo, Sampson Williams, W.C.C. Claiborne, Capt. David Campbell, Capt. John Chisholm, Lt. Col. Edward Carrington, and John Bright. Also included are a deposition of Sampson Williams, 1795; a list of people killed by Indians in the Mero District, Nov. 1795; and bills and receipts.

ArchivalResource: 50 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/27089472 View

John Overton Papers, ., 1790-1840

Title: John Overton Papers, . 1790-1840

MICROFILM ONLY. Correspondence, chiefly of John Overton, Nashville, Tenn., lawyer, judge, and land speculator. Topics include Tennessee and national politics, legal issues, land speculation, and Andrew Jackson's political career. Correspondents include Joseph Anderson (1757-1837), John Bell (1797-1869), Thomas Hart Benton (1782-1858), William Blount (1749-1800), Willie Blount (1767-1835), George Washington Campbell (1769-1848), Newton Cannon (1781-1841), William Charles Coles Claiborne (1775-1817), Henry Clay (1777-1852), William Cocke (1747-1828), John Coffee, William Dickson (1770-1816), John Henry Eaton (1790-1856), Thomas Emmerson, Edmund Pendleton Gaines (1777-1849), John Haywood (1762-1826), Andrew Jackson, Thomas Jefferson (1843-1926), William Berkeley Lewis (1784-1866), Philip Lindsley (1786-1855), John Sevier (1745-1815), Martin Van Buren, Hugh Lawson White (1773-1840), and James Winchester (1752-1826). Also included are eight original items, primarily Overton family personal correspondence.

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Overton, John, 1766-1833. John Overton papers, 1790-1840 [microfilm manuscript].

Title: John Overton papers, 1790-1840 [microfilm manuscript].

Correspondence, chiefly of John Overton, Nashville, Tenn., lawyer, judge, and land speculator. Topics include Tennessee and national politics, legal issues, land speculation, and Andrew Jackson's political career. Correspondents include Joseph Anderson (1757-1837), John Bell (1797-1869), Thomas Hart Benton (1782-1858), William Blount (1749-1800), Willie Blount (1767-1835), George Washington Campbell (1769-1848), Newton Cannon (1781-1841), William Charles Coles Claiborne (1775-1817), Henry Clay (1777-1852), William Cocke (1747-1828), John Coffee, William Dickson (1770-1816), John Henry Eaton (1790-1856), Thomas Emmerson, Edmund Pendleton Gaines (1777-1849), John Haywood (1762-1826), Andrew Jackson, Thomas Jefferson (1843-1926), William Berkeley Lewis (1784-1866), Philip Lindsley (1786-1855), John Sevier (1745-1815), Martin Van Buren, Hugh Lawson White (1773-1840), and James Winchester (1752-1826). Also included are eight original items, primarily Overton family personal correspondence.

ArchivalResource: 468 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/24678705 View

Catlett, Hanson, d. 1824. Figuers collection, 1764-1965.

Title: Figuers collection, 1764-1965.

Collection of historical and genealogical materials, primarily relating to Major Nathaniel F. Cheairs and the Cheairs family, but also including materials on the Overton family and the families of Bledsoe, Clendening, Figuers, McCoy, Norfleet, Patterson, Perkins, O'Neal, Sherrell, Taylor, and Worsham. Of special interest are the Civil War letters and memoir of Maj. Nathaniel F. Cheairs, 3rd Tennessee Infantry, CSA. The letters (1862-1864) were written from prisons at Fort Warren (Mass.) and Camp Chase (Ohio) and comment on Gen. Gideon Pillow's conduct at Fort Donelson and the treatment of prisoners of war. The memoir covers 1861 to 1865 and provides detailed observations about Cheairs' Civil War experiences. The collection also includes some published materials about Nathaniel Cheairs. The diary (1881-1885) of Harriet Pointer Cheairs primarily concerns daily life in Maury County, Tennessee. There is also an account of the Battle of Franklin (1864) written by Thomas Norfleet Figuers; a copy of a thesis entitled Life and activities of John Overton by Frances Clifton; a photocopy of the statement of Dr. Hanson Catlett relating to the Charles Dickinson-Andrew Jackson duel; and genealogical materials compiled by the collectors, Sherrell and Alice Overton Figuers, for inclusion in Dr. John Boddie's Historical southern families, volumes 3 and 5.

ArchivalResource: 1.26 linear feet.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26918266 View

Knox County (Tenn.). Land records of Knox and Davidson counties, Tennessee, 1786-1805.

Title: Land records of Knox and Davidson counties, Tennessee, 1786-1805.

Consists of a list of land entries for East Tennessee for Thomas Claybourne, Samuel Woods, and John Adair, ca. 1780s; a bill of complaint between James Robertson and Thomas B. Craighead relative to issuance of land for Craighead's services as pastor, ca. 1796; an affidavit by James Robertson on the condition of properties owned by John Overton, given in Knoxville, Oct. 20, 1794; a bond between William King and William Terrell, Jr., Perry County, N.C., Dec. 28, 1786; and a land indenture between John Brown, executor for Hugh Brown, deceased, and Jesse Hudnell, Knox County, Dec. 26, 1805, signed by Hugh Lawson White.

ArchivalResource: 5 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/28599722 View