John Overton Papers, . 1790-1840

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John Overton Papers, . 1790-1840

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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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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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Overton, John, 1766-1833

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John Overton was a Tennessee lawyer and politician. From the description of John Overton papers, 1827-1830 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 23294706 John Overton was an early Tennessee jurist, who served on the Tennessee Supreme Court. Also, he was a founder of Memphis, Tennessee. From the description of Letter, dated 1808 February 19, Nashville, Tennessee, to Return J. Meigs. (University of Tennessee). WorldCat record id: 47091540 John Ove...