Overton family deeds to Virginia land [manuscript], 1737-1840, n.d.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Overton family deeds to Virginia land [manuscript], 1737-1840, n.d.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647953537

The collection contains the following deeds : 1737 Jan 2 William Gooch to Roger Thompson for land in Hanover County; 1749 Jul 25 William Gooch to Mary English for land in Louisa County; 1786 May 24 Patrick Henry to John Overton for land in Harrison County (2 deeds); 1788 Mar 26 Edmund Randolph to Richard Morris and John Overton for land in Berkeley County; 1789 Jul 22 Beverly Randolph to John Overton for land in Louisa County; 1796 Mar 25 Robert Brooke to John Overton for land in Louisa County; 1803 Jan 24 Thomas Jefferson (and James Madison as Secretary of State) to John Overton for land in the Ohio Territory; and 1840 Nov 29 James McDowell to William Overton for land in Louisa County. The collection also contains 20th century copies of a plat of 100 acres of land patented by Mary English in 1749 and a plat of land patented by Roger Thompson in 1737.

11 items.

University of Virginia. Library

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7930744

University of Virginia. Library

Related Entities

There are 14 Entities related to this resource.

Randolph, Edmund, 1753-1813

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62s4j3v (person)

Edmund Jennings Randolph (August 10, 1753 – September 12, 1813) was an American attorney and politician. He was the 7th Governor of Virginia, and, as a delegate from Virginia, he attended the Constitutional Convention and helped to create the national constitution while serving on its Committee of Detail. He was the first United States Attorney General (1789-1794) and the second Secretary of State (1794-1795) during George Washington's presidency. Born in Williamsburg in the Colony of Virgini...

Henry, Patrick, 1736-1799

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6s0045v (person)

Patrick Henry (May 29, 1736 – June 6, 1799) was an American attorney, planter, politician, and orator known for declaring to the Second Virginia Convention (1775): "Give me liberty, or give me death!" A Founding Father, he served as the first and sixth post-colonial Governor of Virginia, from 1776 to 1779 and from 1784 to 1786. Henry was born in Hanover County, Virginia, and was for the most part educated at home. After an unsuccessful venture running a store, and assisting his father-in-law ...

Overton, John, fl. 1786-1803.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6md8ktc (person)

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60d5jrb (person)

Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was an American statesman and third president of the United States. From the description of Thomas Jefferson letter, 1809. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367818629 Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was the third president of the United States, born in Goochland (now Albemarle County), Virginia. He was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses from 1769 to 1775, and with R. H. Lee and Patrick Henry initiated the inter-colonial committee of correspond...

English, Mary, fl. 1749.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64r6n17 (person)

Gooch, William

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w661107j (person)

Lieutenant Governor of the Colony of Virginia. From the description of Land patent, 1748. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367554079 From the description of Land patent, 1748 January 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122629689 Epithet: Major; Lieutenant -Gov. of Virginia British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000702.0x0002ee Governor of Virginia (Colony) From the description of...

Randolph, Beverley, 1754-1797

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jw8q65 (person)

Governor of Va. From the description of Papers, 1789-1791. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 36321599 Governor of Virginia. From the description of Letter of appointment, 1791. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367392280 Wingfield lived at "Bellair" in Albemarle County, Va. Married Mary Lewis. Appointed magistrate in 1794 and served as sheriff in 1819. Family tradition (unproven) that he was Episcopal minister. He died in 1819. From...

McDowell, James, 1795-1851

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hh6qvt (person)

Governor of Virginia, U.S. Representative, and planter. From the description of Papers, 1767-1888. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19934292 James McDowell (October 13, 1795–August 24, 1851) was a U.S. Congressman and Governor of Virginia from 1843 to 1846. From the guide to the Gov. James McDowell Land Grant to Samuel Blackburn, 1843 June 30, (John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation) Governor and U.S. representat...

Brooke, Robert, 1761?-1800

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6p57q5b (person)

Va. governor. From the description of Papers, 1795-1796. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 38745061 ...

Overton family.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xf0hx0 (family)

Madison, James, 1751-1836

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64850wc (person)

James Madison (1751-1836) was the fourth president of the United States, born in Port Conway, Virginia. He was a member of the Virginia legislature from 1776 to 1780 and from 1784 to 1786, and the Continental Congress from 1780 to 1783. His proposals at and management of the Constitutional Convention in 1787 earned him title "father of the U.S. Constitution." He cooperated with Alexander Hamilton and Jay in writing a series of papers (pub. 1787-88 under title of The Federalist) explaining the ne...

Overton, William, fl. 1840.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dp3rtf (person)

Thompson, Roger, fl. 1737.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67t6fx1 (person)

Morris, Richard, fl. 1788.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wb4303 (person)