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==== Research Guides  ====
==== Research Guides  ====


*[http://www.tn.gov/tsla/history/county/factoverton.htm Genealogical "Fact Sheets" About Tennessee Counties: Overton County], courtesy: [http://www.tennessee.gov/tsla/ Tennessee State Library and Archives]. (Identifies published county histories, published local records, census records, newspapers and local records on microfilm, and select manuscripts.)
*[http://www.tn.gov/tsla/history/county/factoverton.htm Genealogical "Fact Sheets" About Tennessee Counties: Overton County], courtesy: [http://www.tennessee.gov/tsla/ TSLA]. (Identifies published county histories, published local records, census records, newspapers and local records on microfilm, and select manuscripts.)


==== African American  ====
==== African American  ====
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==== Law and Legislation  ====
==== Law and Legislation  ====


*Tennessee State Library and Archives, ''Acts of Tennessee 1796-1850: Index to Names.'' January 25, 2005. [In addition to creating new laws, legislative acts were often required to obtain a divorce, grant legitimacy to a child, or for appointments to or grant payments for public service.] The [[Tennessee State Library and Archives|Tennessee State Library and Archives]] has created an index to names that appear in these acts covering the years 1796 to 1850. To read more about this valuable resource [http://www.tn.gov/tsla/history/misc/actsintro.htm Click here]. The searchable index is available at [http://www.tn.gov/tsla/history/misc/actsintro.htm#names The Tennessee State Library and Archives]; another version is available at [http://worldvitalrecords.com/indexinfo.aspx?ix=usa_tn_acts World Vital Records].
*Tennessee State Library and Archives, ''Acts of Tennessee 1796-1850: Index to Names.'' January 25, 2005. [In addition to creating new laws, legislative acts were often required to obtain a divorce, grant legitimacy to a child, or for appointments to or grant payments for public service.] [[Tennessee State Library and Archives|TSLA]] has created an index to names that appear in these acts covering the years 1796 to 1850. To read more about this valuable resource [http://www.tn.gov/tsla/history/misc/actsintro.htm Click here]. The searchable index is available at [http://www.tn.gov/tsla/history/misc/actsintro.htm#names TSLA]; another version is available at [http://worldvitalrecords.com/indexinfo.aspx?ix=usa_tn_acts World Vital Records].


==== Local Histories  ====
==== Local Histories  ====
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==== Newspapers  ====
==== Newspapers  ====


Many Tennessee newspapers are filmed and available at the [http://www.tn.gov/tsla/history/newspapers/tn-paper.htm Tennessee State Library and Archives]. Most of these newspapers may be accessed by interlibrary loan to libraries within Tennessee, although there are some newspapers which are not available in or outside of Tennessee. For further information regarding interlibrary loan policies and newspapers not available for interlibrary loan click [http://www.tn.gov/tsla/history/mailill.htm#newspapers here]. For a list of newspapers available at the archives for Overton County click on the following town:  
Many Tennessee newspapers are filmed and available at [http://www.tn.gov/tsla/history/newspapers/tn-paper.htm TSLA]. Most of these newspapers may be accessed by interlibrary loan to libraries within Tennessee, although there are some newspapers which are not available in or outside of Tennessee. For further information regarding interlibrary loan policies and newspapers not available for interlibrary loan click [http://www.tn.gov/tsla/history/mailill.htm#newspapers here]. For a list of newspapers available at the archives for Overton County click on the following town:  


*[http://www.tn.gov/tsla/history/newspapers/paper-l.htm#Livingston Livingston]
*[http://www.tn.gov/tsla/history/newspapers/paper-l.htm#Livingston Livingston]
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Learn if your Overton County ancestors went to prison!  
Learn if your Overton County ancestors went to prison!  


*[http://www.state.tn.us/tsla/history/state/inmate1.htm Inmates of the Tennessee State Penitentiary 1831-1850], free index available online, courtesy: [http://www.state.tn.us/tsla/ Tennessee State Library and Archives].  
*[http://www.state.tn.us/tsla/history/state/inmate1.htm Inmates of the Tennessee State Penitentiary 1831-1850], free index available online, courtesy: [http://www.state.tn.us/tsla/ TSLA].  
*[http://www.state.tn.us/tsla/history/state/inmate4.htm Inmates of the Tennessee State Penitentiary 1851-1870], free index available online, courtesy: [http://www.state.tn.us/tsla/ Tennessee State Library and Archives].
*[http://www.state.tn.us/tsla/history/state/inmate4.htm Inmates of the Tennessee State Penitentiary 1851-1870], free index available online, courtesy: [http://www.state.tn.us/tsla/ TSLA].


==== Probate  ====
==== Probate  ====
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*'''[1836]''' Tatum, Ausborn C. "Overton County, Tennessee 1836 Tax List," ''Ansearchin' News,'' Vol. 30, No. 1 (Spring 1983):15-20; Vol. 30, No. 2 (Summer 1983):80-82. For FHL and online access, as well as indexes, see [http://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Overton_County,_Tennessee#Periodicals Periodicals].  
*'''[1836]''' Tatum, Ausborn C. "Overton County, Tennessee 1836 Tax List," ''Ansearchin' News,'' Vol. 30, No. 1 (Spring 1983):15-20; Vol. 30, No. 2 (Summer 1983):80-82. For FHL and online access, as well as indexes, see [http://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Overton_County,_Tennessee#Periodicals Periodicals].  
*'''[1836]''' Douthat, James L. ''1836 Overton County, Tennessee Civil Districts & Tax List''. Signal Mountain, Tenn.: Mountain Press, 2001. [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=1104378 FHL US/CAN Book 976.8684 R4d].  
*'''[1836]''' Douthat, James L. ''1836 Overton County, Tennessee Civil Districts & Tax List''. Signal Mountain, Tenn.: Mountain Press, 2001. [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=1104378 FHL US/CAN Book 976.8684 R4d].  
*'''[1836]''' Tax List and Civil Districts, 1836, ''Tennessee Genealogy and History'', Vol. 5, Nos. 1-2 (2001).
*'''[1836]''' Tax List and Civil Districts, 1836, ''Tennessee Genealogy and History'', Vol. 5, Nos. 1-2 (2001).  
*'''[1836]''' Tax List, 1836, ''Overton County, Tennesse Kin'', Vol. 9, No. 3 (Jul. 2003); Vol. 10, No. 1 (Jan. 2004).
*'''[1836]''' Tax List, 1836, ''Overton County, Tennesse Kin'', Vol. 9, No. 3 (Jul. 2003); Vol. 10, No. 1 (Jan. 2004).  
*'''[1836]''' County Tax Records, 1836 (sel.), ''Overton County Historical Society Newsletter'', Vol. 8, No. 4 (Winter 2004).
*'''[1836]''' County Tax Records, 1836 (sel.), ''Overton County Historical Society Newsletter'', Vol. 8, No. 4 (Winter 2004).  
*'''[1860s]''' "Civil War Union Tax Assessments," ''The Upper Cumberland Researcher'', Vol. 2, No. 2 (Dec. 1977):14-; Vol. 3, No. 1 (Feb. 1978):4-. For access, see [http://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Overton_County,_Tennessee#Periodicals Periodicals].  
*'''[1860s]''' "Civil War Union Tax Assessments," ''The Upper Cumberland Researcher'', Vol. 2, No. 2 (Dec. 1977):14-; Vol. 3, No. 1 (Feb. 1978):4-. For access, see [http://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Overton_County,_Tennessee#Periodicals Periodicals].  
*'''[1862]''' Tax List, 1862, ''Overton County, Tennessee Kin'', Vol. 9, No. 3 (Jul. 2003); Vol. 9, No. 4 (Oct. 2003).
*'''[1862]''' Tax List, 1862, ''Overton County, Tennessee Kin'', Vol. 9, No. 3 (Jul. 2003); Vol. 9, No. 4 (Oct. 2003).  
*'''[1867]''' Released from Paying Tax, 1867, ''Overton County Historical Society Newsletter'', Vol. 3, No. 4 (Winter 1999).
*'''[1867]''' Released from Paying Tax, 1867, ''Overton County Historical Society Newsletter'', Vol. 3, No. 4 (Winter 1999).  
*'''[1867]''' African American Poll Tax, 1867, ''Overton County Historical Society Newsletter'', Vol. 5, No. 1 (Spring 2001).
*'''[1867]''' African American Poll Tax, 1867, ''Overton County Historical Society Newsletter'', Vol. 5, No. 1 (Spring 2001).  
*'''[1874-1875]''' Sales of Land for Unpaid Taxes, 1874-1875, ''Overton County Historical Society Newsletter'', Vol. 7, No. 1 (Spring 2003).
*'''[1874-1875]''' Sales of Land for Unpaid Taxes, 1874-1875, ''Overton County Historical Society Newsletter'', Vol. 7, No. 1 (Spring 2003).  
*Men in Army Released from Poll Tax, ''Overton County Historical Society Newsletter'', Vol. 5, No. 4 (Winter 2001).
*Men in Army Released from Poll Tax, ''Overton County Historical Society Newsletter'', Vol. 5, No. 4 (Winter 2001).


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