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'''1806--'''Overton County was established 11 September 1806 from [[Jackson County, Tennessee|Jackson]] County. Early records may be found under Jackson County. <br>'''County seat: '''Livingston <ref name="Handybook">''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50140092 The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed.]'' (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).</ref> | '''1806--'''Overton County was established 11 September 1806 from [[Jackson County, Tennessee|Jackson]] County. Early records may be found under Jackson County. <br>'''County seat: '''Livingston <ref name="Handybook">''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50140092 The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed.]'' (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).</ref> | ||
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==== Military ==== | ==== Military ==== | ||
'''Revolutionary War''' | |||
The following Overton County Revolutionary War records are available online through TNGenWeb: | The following Overton County Revolutionary War records are available online through TNGenWeb: | ||
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*''Rejected or Suspended Applications for Revolutionary War Pensions''. Washington, D.C., 1852. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1969, and 1991. Reprints include "an Added Index to States." Digital version at [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48141 Ancestry] ($). Tennessee entries abstracted online at [http://tngenweb.org/revwar/ Tennesseans in the Revolutionary War], courtesy: [http://tngenweb.org/ TNGenWeb]. [Includes veterans from this county; Tennessee section begins on page 381.] | *''Rejected or Suspended Applications for Revolutionary War Pensions''. Washington, D.C., 1852. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1969, and 1991. Reprints include "an Added Index to States." Digital version at [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48141 Ancestry] ($). Tennessee entries abstracted online at [http://tngenweb.org/revwar/ Tennesseans in the Revolutionary War], courtesy: [http://tngenweb.org/ TNGenWeb]. [Includes veterans from this county; Tennessee section begins on page 381.] | ||
'''War of 1812''' | |||
*Embry, Hermione D. "War of 1812 - Tennessee Pensioners on List - January 2, 1883," ''Ansearchin' News'', Vol. 8, No. 2 (Apr. 1961):49-52. FHL US/CAN Book 976.8 B2a v. 8 (1961); digital version at [http://www.tngs.org/ansearchin/index.html journal website]. [Includes Overton County pensioners (p. 49).] | |||
*Transcription typed and formatted by Harold Keisling. [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tnoverto/docs/1812war.htm ''Third? Regiment Tennessee Militia, Capt. Wiley Huddelston's Company''] Raised from men who were from Overton, Pickett and Fentress County, Tennessee. Courtesy: [http://www.tngenweb.org/ TNGenWeb] | *Transcription typed and formatted by Harold Keisling. [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tnoverto/docs/1812war.htm ''Third? Regiment Tennessee Militia, Capt. Wiley Huddelston's Company''] Raised from men who were from Overton, Pickett and Fentress County, Tennessee. Courtesy: [http://www.tngenweb.org/ TNGenWeb] | ||
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==== Vital Records ==== | ==== Vital Records ==== | ||
===== '''Birth''' ===== | |||
*TSLA. ''Overton County Vital Records.'' Nashville, Tennessee: Filmed by the TSLA, 1988. {{FHL|1928804|film}} | *TSLA. ''Overton County Vital Records.'' Nashville, Tennessee: Filmed by the TSLA, 1988. {{FHL|1928804|film}} | ||
===== '''Marriage''' ===== | |||
The original Overton County marriage records are kept at the County Courthouse. Dur to fire, marriages were lost in Overton County until 1867. The following publication, based on early newspapers, helps to alleviate this genealogical obstacle: | The original Overton County marriage records are kept at the County Courthouse. Dur to fire, marriages were lost in Overton County until 1867. The following publication, based on early newspapers, helps to alleviate this genealogical obstacle: | ||
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Overton County is ''not'' included in Sistler's ''Early Middle Tennessee Marriages''. | Overton County is ''not'' included in Sistler's ''Early Middle Tennessee Marriages''. | ||
===== '''Death''' ===== | |||
*'''[1914-1925] '''Gray, Shawn. ''Overton Co., Tn. Death Certificates.'' S.I.:s.n., 2002. {{FHL|976.8684 V2g|book}} 2 vols. | *'''[1914-1925] '''Gray, Shawn. ''Overton Co., Tn. Death Certificates.'' S.I.:s.n., 2002. {{FHL|976.8684 V2g|book}} 2 vols. | ||