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Tureman Susannah [Female] b. ABT 1775 Culpeper Co., VA - d. AFT 1850

Susanna Tureman, dau. of Ignatius Tureman & Eleanor Medley, b. abt 1775 in Culpeper Co., VA, d. aft 1850, probably in Orange Co., VA; m. on 20 Dec 1791 in Culpeper Co., VA, Willis Overton. (Jones(2)*)

Willis Overton & Susanna Sturman were married 20 Dec 1791 in Culpeper Co., VA by minister George Eve (Baptist). (Vogt(3)*:83)

1840 Federal Census (1840.06.01) Berkely Parish, Eastern Dist. Spotsylvania Co., VA - Pg 145, Ln 16, #256 - Susanna Overton
- Free white males 20 - 29...1
- ............. females 15 - 19...1
- .......................... 20 - 29...1
- .......................... 60 - 69...1
- .......................... Slaves...5
- .... Involved in Agriculture...3

See Notes of daughter Susannah's husband William B. Chewning for 1850 Federal Census entry.

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Eleanor Medley, born probably in early or middle 1750s to Jacob and Elizabeth (née Crosthwait) Medley, died aft 11 Oct 1824 probably in Orange Co., VA; m1 bef. 15 May 1777 in Culpeper Co., VA, Ignatius Tureman; m2 bet 1782-1784 in Culpeper Co., VA, James Crow; m3 on 31 Jan 1788 in Culpeper Co., VA, Obediah Overton (née Howerton). (Jones(2)*)

The following comes from "Keider Connections," by Nita Keider, on the Ancestry World Tree of Ancestry.com*:
- Title: MyFamily.com, Inc- May 18, 2003
- Page: Family History: Southern Genealogies #1, 1600s-1800s Historical Southern Families, Vo., XXIII, Overton of Georgia, Page 128.
- Text: "Willis Overton married December 20, 1791 in Culpeper County, Virginia, Susannah Tureman. Ignatius Tureman, whose will was proven April 15, 1782, names his daughters Susannah and Lucy, and widow Eleanor. (Culpeper Co., P. 42.) Ignatius was a son of Robert Tureman, whose will, proven Feb. 21, 1754 names his widow Ann and Children: Susannah, George, Ignatius, Ann, and Robert Tureman. (Will Bkl, A. Culpeper County, p. 93) Robert Tureman married Mary Rice on Dec. 23, 1737 and she died March 12, 1942/43. (Christ Church Register, Middlesex County). Robert's second wife Ann, who survived him, may have been a Bohannon, because Robert Tureman received 200 acres for 20 pounds in regard to the King &Queen County, Virginia, Will of Robert Bohannon, Bathsheba Bohannon executrix. (Culpeper Co. Deed Bk. B., Sept. 21, 1753.

Ignatius Tureman (heir at law of Geo. Tureman, Decd.), and Eleanor, his wife, of Spts. Co. to Thomas Jenkins of same Co. �75 curr. 150 a. in Spts. Co. No witnesses. (Ancestry.com* - Deeds J:329, 15 May 1777, Recorded 15 May 1777, Spotsylvania Co., VA)

John Tankersley of Spts. Co. and Susanna, his wife, to Bennett Pemberton. �100. 48 a. in Spts. Co., bounded by lands of Chas. Pemberton, Ignatius Tureman, and Chas. Tureman's Estate, formerly purchased of Jno. Holloday, Sr., etc. Thos. Pritchett, Edwd. Hern-don, Richd. Gatewood. (Ancestry.com* - Deeds J:340, 17 Nov 1778, Recorded 19 Nov 1778, Spotsylvania Co., VA)

Tureman Lewis and Mary, his wife, of first part; Thomas Henderson and Mary, his wife, of second part, to Stockley Towles of the third part. �150 curr. to the sd. Tureman Lewis in hand pd. the sd. Lewis conveys to the sd. Towles 253 a. whereon sd. Lewis formerly lived, and devised to him the sd. Lewis by Ignatius Tureman, Decd., etc., and the sd. Henderson for the sum of 50s. conveys to the sd. Towles a tract of land containing about 5 a. on s. side River Ta, etc., etc. Witnesses, Geo. Ball, Clement Borraighes, Jno. Pierce, Henry Gatewood, jr.; A. Frazer. (Ancestry.com* - Deeds J:443, 3 Nov 1790, Recorded 7 June 1791, Spotsylvania Co., VA)

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Eleanor Medley, born probably in early or middle 1750s to Jacob and Elizabeth (née Crosthwait) Medley, died aft 11 Oct 1824 probably in Orange Co., VA; m1 bef. 15 May 1777 in Culpeper Co., VA, Ignatius Tureman; m2 bet 1782-1784 in Culpeper Co., VA, James Crow; m3 on 31 Jan 1788 in Culpeper Co., VA, Obediah Overton (née Howerton). (Jones(2)*)

Obadiah Overton & Ellender Crow were married 31 January 1788 in Culpeper Co., VA by minister George Eve (Baptist). (Vogt(3)*:83)

Sidney Ellender "Ellen" (Crow), wife of Obediah Overton, died 1 June 1833 & is buried at Hancock Cemetery, Franklin Co., KY. Inscription states she was "Aged 65 years."

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Elizabeth Overton, dau of Willis Overton, Sr. & Susannah Tureman, m. before 1830, James Jones. (Jones(1)*)

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Elizabeth Overton, dau of Willis Overton, Sr. & Susannah Tureman, m. before 1830, James Jones. (Jones(1)*)

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Lucy Overton, dau. of Willis Overton & Susannah Tureman, m. in Orange Co., VA on 18 January 1822, Proctor Biggers. (Jones(1)*)

See husband Proctor's Notes for 1850 Federal Census entry. Not listed with family for 1860 Census.

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Lucy Overton, dau. of Willis Overton & Susannah Tureman, m. in Orange Co., VA on 18 January 1822, Proctor Biggers. (Jones(1)*)

1830 Federal Census (1830.06.01) Eastern Dist., Orange Co., VA - Pg 297, Ln 1 - Proctor Bickers
- Free white males under 5...1
- .............................. 5 - 9...2
- .......................... 20 - 29...1
- ............ females under 5...2
- .......................... 20 - 29...1
- .......................... 40 - 49...1
- .......................... Slaves...1

1840 Federal Census (1840.06.01) Eastern Dist., Orange Co., VA - Pg 4A, Ln 14 - Proctor Bickers
- Free white males under 5...2
- .............................. 5 - 9...3
- .......................... 10 - 14...2
- .......................... 15 - 19...1
- .......................... 40 - 49...1
- ............ females under 5...1
- .......................... 10 - 14...2
- .......................... 40 - 49...1
- .......................... Slaves...0

1850 Federal Census (1850.06.01, Recorded 1850.09.28) Orange Co., VA - Pg 239A, Ln 37, 350/353
- Proctor Bickers, 50 year old male Millwright, born in Va. Real property valued at $200.
- Lucy " , 51 year old female, born in Va.
- Susan A. " , 33 year old female, born in Va.
- Sivinia(?) ", 22 year old female, born in Va.
- Julia M. " , 16 year old female, born in Va.
- John M. " , 15 year old male Laborer, born in Va.
- Alexander " , 13 year old male, born in Va.
- Reuben L. " , 12 year old male, born in Va.

1860 Federal Census (1860.06.01, Recorded 1860.08.14) Orange Co., VA - Pg 98, Ln 40, 739/739
- Proctor Bickers, 62 year old male Miller. Real property valued at $300, personal property at $5,000.
- John Bickers, 24 year old male, born in Virginia.
- Julia Morris, 38 year old female.
- Susanna, 4 year old female.

See son John's Notes for 1870 & 1880 Federal Census entries.

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Gilchrist Overton, child of Willis Overton, Sr. & Susannah Tureman, settled in Greene Co., GA. (Jones(1)*)

Gilchrist Overton, b. 10 Jan 1800 in Orange Co., VA, d. 17 Oct 1860 in Sharon, Taliaferro Co., GA; m. Hannah Rice Morris, b. 8 Jan 1801 in Greene Co., GA, d. 3 Oct 1856 in Sharon, Taliaferro Co., GA. (Ancestry.com* - Matt Redman's entry "The Descendants of John Redman..." on Ancestry World Tree - cites Allan B. Johnson, 1240 Kimbrough's Hill Way, Greensboro, GA 30642)

Hannah R. Morris & Gilchrist Overton were marred in Greene Co., GA on 29 Nov 1821. (Ancestry.com* - Georgia Marriages to 1850)

1830 Federal Census (1830.06.01) Taliaferro Co., GA - Pg 365, Ln 20 - Gilchrist Overton (On line below entry for presumed brother Thomas Overton)
- Free white males under 5...1
- ........................... 30 - 39...1
- ............. females under 5...2
- .............................. 5 - 9...1
- .......................... 20 - 29...1
- .......................... Slaves...3

1840 Federal Census (1840.06.01) Taliaferro Co., GA - Pg 241B, Ln 14 - John G. Overton
- Free white males 10 - 14...1
- .......................... 40 - 49...1
- ................ females 5 - 9...1
- ......................... 10 - 14...1
- ......................... 15 - 19...1
- ......................... 30 - 39...1
- ......................... Slaves...0

1850 Federal Census (1850.06.01, Recorded 1850.10.14) Division 78, Taliaferro Co., GA - Pg 336B, Ln 24, 313/313
- Gilcrist Overton, 50 year old male Farmer, born in VA, married within the year (sic). Real property valued at $5,000.
- Hanah R. " , 49 year old female, born in Geo.
- Marthaana(?) " , 21 year old female, born in Geo.
- Hariett A. " , 19 year old female, born in Geo.

1860 Federal Census (1860.06.01, Recorded 1860.07.29) Crawfordville P.O., Taliaferro Co., GA - Pg 43, Ln 28, 342/336
- Gilchrist Overton, 60 year old male Farmer, born in Va. Real property valued at $12,800, personal property at $38,000.
- Amanda E. " , 33 year old female, born in Ga.

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Thomas Overton, child of Willis Overton, Sr. & Susannah Tureman, settled in Greene Co., GA. (Jones(1)*)

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Mildred Overton, dau of Willis Overton, Sr. & Susannah Tureman, m. bef 1830, George Overton, her apparent first cousin. They removed to Hardeman Co., TN. (Jones(1)*)

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Mildred Overton, dau of Willis Overton, Sr. & Susannah Tureman, m. bef 1830, George Overton, her apparent first cousin. They removed to Hardeman Co., TN. (Jones(1)*)

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Nancy Overton, dau of Willis Overton, Sr. & Susannah Tureman, m. on 20 Oct 1826, Richard Richards, Jr. (Jones(1)*)

See husband's Notes for 1850 through 1870 Federal Census entries.

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Nancy Overton, dau of Willis Overton, Sr. & Susannah Tureman, m. on 20 Oct 1826, Richard Richards, Jr. (Jones(1)*)

1830 Federal Census (1830.06.01) Orange Co., Eastern Dist., VA - Pg 325, Ln 21 - Richard Richards
- Free white males under 5...2
- .......................... 20 - 29...1
- .......................... 40 - 49...1
- ............. females 20 - 29...1
- .......................... 40 - 49...1
- .......................... Slaves...5

1850 Federal Census (1850.06.01, Recorded 1850.09.04) Orange Co., VA - Pg 232B, Ln 16, 249/251
- Richard Richards, Jr., 46 year old male Farmer, born in Va. Real property valued at $6,730.
- Nancy " , 45 year old female, born in Va.
- Lucien " , 19 year old male Teacher, born in Va.
- Rufus " , 13 year old male, born in Va, attended school within the year.
- Quintus " , 11 year old male, born in Va, attended school within the year.
- Titus " , 9 year old male, born in Va, attended school within the year.
- Richard T. " , 7 year old male, born in Va, attended school within the year.
- Flavius " , 6 year old male, born in Va, attended school within the year.
- Octavia " , 3 year old female, born in Va.
- Calons " , 1 year old male, born in Va.
- Richard Richards, Sr., 69 year old male Farmer, born in Va. Real property valued at $879.
- Mary " , 71 year old female, born in Va.

1860 Federal Census (1860.06.01, Recorded 1860.06.15) Orange Co., VA - Pg 1, Ln 1, 1/1
- Richard Richards, 56 year old male Comptroller of the Revenue, born in Virginia. Real property valued at $5,727, personal property at $25,000.
- Nancy " , 55 year old female, born in Virginia.
- Quintis " , 21 year old male, born in Virginia.
- R. Tamill " , 18 year old male, born in Virginia.
- Octavia " , 13 year old female, born in Virginia, attended school within the year.
- Calrus " , 10 year old male, born in Virginia.

1870 Federal Census (1870.06.01, Recorded 1870.06.21) Orange Co. Court House P.O., Madison Dist., Orange Co., VA - Pg 142, Ln 9, 989/1147
- Richards, Richard, 67 year old white male Farmer, born in Virginia. Real property valued at $7,000, personal property at $760.
-----, Nancy, 65 year old white female, Keeps House, born in Virginia.
- In same building, but different household (1148):
- Wyatt, Mary, 36 year old white female, At home, born in Virginia.
-----, Edmonia, 15 year old white female, At home, born in Virginia.

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Tureman C. Overton, child of Willis Overton, Sr. & Susannah Tureman. (Jones(1)*)

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Catherine Overton, dau of Willis Overton, Sr. & Susannah Tureman, m. bef 1847, Robert Richards. (Jones(1)*)

See husband's Notes for 1850 through 1880 Federal Census entries.

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Catherine Overton, dau of Willis Overton, Sr. & Susannah Tureman, m. bef 1847, Robert Richards. (Jones(1)*)

1850 Federal Census (1850.06.01, Recorded 1850.11.30) Spotsylvania Co., Eastern Dist., Virginia - Pg 412(B), Ln 16, 629/629
- Robert Richards, 29 year old male Merchant, born in Virginia.
- Catherine " , 30 year old female, born in Virginia.
- Susan Richards, 4 year old female, born in Virginia.
-----, John W. " , 4/12 year old male, born in Virginia.

1860 Federal Census (1860.06.01, Recorded 1860.07.10) Troymans Store P.O., Berkeley Parish, Spotsylvania Co., VA - Pg 42, Ln 11, 318/314
- Rob. Richards, 38 year old male Farmer, born in Virginia. Real property valued at $300, personal property at $125.
- Catherine Richards, 41 year old female, born in Virginia.
- Susan Richards, 14 year old female, born in Virginia, attended school within the year.
- Jno. Richards, 10 year old male, born in Virginia, attended school within the year.
- George Richards, 7 year old male, born in Virginia, attended school within the year.

1870 Federal Census (1870.06.01, Recorded 1870.07.18) Orange Court House P.O., Orange Co., VA - Pg 123 (271), Ln 16, 834/990
- Richards, Robert, 48 year old white male Farmer, born in Virginia.
-----, Catharine, 52 year old white female, keeps house, born in Virginia.
-----, John W., 20 year old white male, At home, born in Virginia.
-----, George E., 16 year old white male, born in Virginia.
-----, James, 9 year old white male, born in Virginia.

1880 Federal Census (1880.06.01, Recorded 1880.06.21) Woolfolk Dist., Orange Co., VA - ED 121, Pg 35, Ln 38, 288/293
- Richards, Robt., 58 year old married white male Farmer. He & parents born in Virginia.
-----, Catharine. Wife, 60 year old married white female, Keeping House. She & parents born in Virginia.
-----, Jas. T. Son, 18 year old single white male Farm Laborer. He & parents born in Virginia.

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Eleanor Medley, born probably in early or middle 1750s to Jacob and Elizabeth (née Crosthwait) Medley, died aft 11 Oct 1824 probably in Orange Co., VA; m1 bef. 15 May 1777 in Culpeper Co., VA, Ignatius Tureman; m2 bet 1782-1784 in Culpeper Co., VA, James Crow; m3 on 31 Jan 1788 in Culpeper Co., VA, Obediah Overton (née Howerton). (Jones(2)*)

Obediah Overton, head of family of 6 whites, listed by Benja. Grymes for Orange Co., VA in 1782. Is followed on the list by George Overton, with 7 whites. (ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/orange/miscellaneous/1782oran.txt - Heads of Families)

Obadiah Overton & Ellender Crow were married 31 January 1788 in Culpeper Co., VA by minister George Eve (Baptist). (Vogt(3)*:83)

** From Jones(1)*

Obediah2 Overton (apparently John1) was born before 1745 in order for his son, Willis, Sr., to be older than the Willis Overton, Jr., who married in 1788 at, presumably, twenty-one or more years of age. Family tradition holds that Obediah's first wife was Frances [-?-].(35) Positive confirmation of this has not been found; however, the 1782 personal-property tax list of Orange County enigmatically lists "Overton, Obadiah, Fanny"-implying that Obediah was being assessed for personal property owned by a wife of that name. On 31 January 1788 in Culpeper County, to which he had removed, Obediah married Ellender Crow.(36) The last record found of him is his personal-property tax assessment of 1817 in Orange County; no estate record is on file. The widowed Ellender last appears on record in 1824.(37)

Obediah, like his proposed brother George, surfaced in Orange County in the 1770s; both were in their mid-to-late twenties. Three years before George and Obediah affixed their signature to the legislative petition to divide Orange, Obediah made his first appearance of record. On 14 August 1774, he witnessed a deed there between Alexander Spotswood and Aaron Denny.(38)

As with most of this family, the young Obediah is best tracked through tax rolls. From the inception of the state-level rolls in 1782, he is regularly assessed for personal items through 1785 in Orange. By 1787 he had relocated in Culpeper, where one Francis Madison (an apparent employer) was charged with his tithe that year. Through 1791, he paid his own assessment in Culpeper but drops from the roll in 1792-the year that a portion of that county was cut away to create Madison. With the first extant roll for Madison, dated 1793, Obediah can again be tracked through 1801; from there he returned to Orange, whose rolls carry him through 1817.

The county-level records of Madison and Orange augment this skeletal reconstruction of Obediah's life. On 17 April 1796, in Madison, he secured the marriage bond of John Kinser and Lucy Tureman,(39) whose sister Susanah had married Obediah's son Willis three years earlier. In mid-1800, apparently, Obediah and Eleanor disposed of their Madison property in anticipation of a return to Orange. By a deed of 29 July (with a Polly and a Betsy Overton as witnesses), they sold to one Joshua Willis a tract of unspecified size on the "south side of Beautiful Run"-a tract that is not previously accredited to them in either land or tax rolls.(40) Indirect references to this property do exist in two other contexts, however. A series of deeds executed in 1800 and 1801 between William Lospect and Ignatius Tureman mention Obediah Overton's "plantation";(41) and the 1801 assessment rolls show an untaxed tract of unspecified acreage added to the land-tax list for Willis, with the notation "of O. Overton."

Three months after the sale of the Beautiful Run place, Obediah (as a resident of Madison) purchased 169 acres in Orange County;(42) but he did not keep the property. On 27 April 1801, still calling himself a resident of Madison, he and Eleanor deeded the tract, "with love and affection to our son Dudley Overton."(43) It appears likely that the couple moved onto the place with their unmarried son, as Obediah is dropped from the rolls of Madison and appears on the personal-tax lists (but not land rolls) of Orange from 1801 through 1817.

In other records of Orange, Obediah surfaces twice more. In February 1804, he was chosen as guardian by Elizabeth Crow, an orphan [over fourteen years of age, apparently] of James Crow.(44) Finally, on 12 December 1817, he posted the marriage bond for the union of his daughter Fanny to John Riner.(45)

Footnotes from the original:
- 37. Orange Co. Deed Book 30:499.
- 38. Ibid.,16:301.
- 39. Madison Co. Marriage Register 1:247.
- 40. Madison Co. Deed Book 2:481. The relationship of Polley and Betsy to Obediah is not yet known.
- 41. Madison Co. Deed Book 2:495,502.506.
- 42. Orange Co. Deed Book 22:108.
- 43. Ibid., 200.
- 44. Orange Co. Orders and Minutes. 4:538. Elizabeth Crow was likely related to Obediah's wife Eleanor.
- 45. Orange Co. Marriage Register 1, 1757-1867:97.

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See husband Obediah's Notes.

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Nancy Overton, "perhaps" a dau. of Obediah Overton & Eleanor Medley, b. 22 Apr 1792 in Culpeper Co., VA, d. Apr 1830 in Washington Co., IN; m. on 1 June 1816 in Washington Co., IN, Valentine "Felty" Baker. (Jones(2)*)

Nancy Overton and Valentine Baker had 5 children, two of whom died young. She died at 38 and he remarried. (Martha H. Fitzgerald, a descendant - martha@marthafitzgerald.com)

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** From Jones(1)*

John Howerton (Sr.) should have been born prior to 1723 (assuming he was at least twenty-two when his son George was born) but more probably by 1719 (in order to have attained legal adulthood by his first service as a witness). His only identified wife is Mary [-?-], to whom he was married by 1767 and who appears to have predeceased him. John died shortly before 7 August 1792, the date upon which his will of 27 April 1791 was ordered recorded in Spotsylvania(5). With the exception of two deeds drafted in that county under the name Overton (1),6 all local references call him John Howerton.

This earliest-known progenitor of the line emerges in Spotsylvania County on 21 August 1740, at which time he witnessed a deed from George Dowdey to William Marsh.(7) While exceptions to the rule can be documented, legal witnesses within this society normally had attained the age of majority. Following the title to the land that Dowdey sold provides an apparent clue to the birth family of John. On 1 May 1750, the tract was purchased by one Obediah Howerton, who held it for a year.(8) However, when John Howerton subsequently petitioned for a grant of 350 aces in Saint George's parish of Spotsylvania, the tract he chose (and eventually received a final title to on 7 August 1760) adjoined Obediah (9). This first Obediah, who makes only a cameo appearance in Spotsylvania records, has not yet been placed into a parental family; but a connection to John appears certain(10).

With one possible exception, John's land remained within the family and passed to his offspring. On 28 August 1767, as John Howerton, he and his wife Mary sold 50 acres to James Floyd of Caroline County(11). Whether the "land followed blood" in this case (to use a popular early-American saying) is yet unproved. On 23 October 1786 he disposed of another tract, deeding 100 acres for a token �5 to a William Overton whose relationship was not specified(12). Then, on 7 April 1791, shortly before his death, John gave 150 acres to his son George via a document that renders their name as Howerton(13). The remaining 50-acre parcel of his 1760 grant clearly is the "60" acre tract bequeathed to his granddaughter Frances Carr in the will that he drew up (as a Howerton) three weeks after making his donation to George(14). The discrepancy in acreage might be attributed to a surveying or copying error.

The land disposals by the elderly John are genealogically informative. Donations to a child by an elderly parent, such as the one of 1791 to George, were often made in exchange for a promise of care and maintenance by the favored offspring. Similarly, John's sale to William, with the token compensation of �5 for 100 acres,15 customarily denoted a father-son relationship. The fact that John Howerton was the father of George Howerton/Overton also indicates that John was at least a generation older than any of George's contemporary Overtons or Howertons in Culpeper, Madison, Orange, and Spotsylvania counties (excepting the Obediah of 1750-51). As their elder by one generation, John is a likely candidate for the father of the third Overton who was of the same age group as George and William-i.e., the Obediah with whom this search began.

No direct link has been found between the younger Obediah Overton and John Howerton; but a number of records do suggest a close relationship between Obediah and John's proved son George Howerton/Overton. Obediah and George both strayed to Orange County by 1777, where both signed a legislative petition that year to have Orange divided.(16) Both are also the only Overtons carried on the 1782 personal-property tax books in Orange County. The Spotsylvania personal-property lists for 1798 and 1799 indicate that both of them named a son Willis. In addition, Obediah's son Willis (q.v. no. 11) is found in possession, without benefit of a legal tide, of a tract of land that had earlier belonged to George.

Footnotes from the original:
- 5. Spotsylvania Co. Orders and Judgments, 1792-95:54.
- 6. Spotsylvania Co. Deed Books L:281; and M:432.
- 7. Spotsylvania Co. Deed Book C:400.
- 8. Spotsylvania Co. Deed Book 0:467,516.
- 9. Other adjacent tracts were owned by Anthony Street and one Colonel Corbin. See Virginia Land Office Patents, 33:877 (microfilmed manuscript, Virginia State Library). The Land Office card file at the State Library dates the grant at 7 August 1750, while the register enters it as 7 August 1760. The original patent, filed in that same repository, carries the 1760 date.
- 10. This Obediah may have been the one who died, apparently without children, in Essex Co. in 1811, a son of Thomas Howerton who died there in 1787. That Obediah had a brother John, also in Essex, whose heirs are accounted for in records of that county and, therefore, could not be the John Howerton of Spotsylvania_ Published information concerning the Essex family is found in Anne Bryant Arritt. "Thomas Howerton (Thomas Haywarten/Haywerton/Hourton)," serialized in Virginia Genealogical Society Quarterly 18 (October-December, 1980): 131-33; 19 (January-March 1981): 18-21; and 19 (April-June 1981): 51-52.
- 11. Spotsylvania Co. Deed Book G:119.
- 12. Spotsylvania Co. Deed Book L:281.
- 13. Spotsylvania Co. Deed Book M:432.
- 14. The land description within the will does not indicate that it adjoined the land John deeded to George and William Howerton; but it did have at least one common boundary with them. See Spotsylvania Co. Will Book E (Part 3): 117 / . The order to record the will was entered in Spotsylvania Co. Orders & Judgments, Etc., 1792-95: 54. Witnesses to the will were David Partlow, Samuel Partlow, and Samuel Partlow, Jr.
- 15. The paltry price placed upon these 100 acres is clear from a study of other deeds in the county. For example, in 1779, a 100-acre tract taxed at the same rate as the Howerton land was sold for �40; a 50-acre tract, also taxed at the same rate, was sold in 1780 for �100 pounds; see Spotsylvania Co. Deed Book J:508, 568.

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- 1763. Samuel Street & Lurana his wife, of St. Geo. Parish, Spots. Co., to Lewis Pine of same Par. and Co. 10 curr. 100 a. in St. Geo. Par. Spts Co., adjacent to lands of John Howerton, John Pitts, Antho. Street. 5 Sept 1764. (Ancestry.com* - Spotsylvania Co., Records - Deed Book F)

- Augt. 28, 1767. John x Howerton of Spts. Co., and Mary, his wife, to James Floyd of Caroline Co. �11 curr. 50 a. in Spts. Co. Robert Goodloe, George Goodloe, Daniel Lindsay. Octr. 5, 1767. (Ancestry. com* - Spotsylvania Co., VA Records, pg 258 - Deed Book G)

- 20 March 1780. Wm. x Floid of Caswell Co., N.C. to Thomas Brightwell of Spts. Co., 50 a. in Spts. Co., bounded by lands of Thos. Brown, Wm. Gains, Jno. Howerton & Lewis Pines. (Ancestry.com* - Deed Book J)

- 23 Oct 1786. Jno. x Overton of Spots. Co. to Wm. Overton of same co. 5. 100 a. of land. Wm. Hall, Thos. x Brightwell, Capel Murray. June 5, 1787. (Ancestry.com* - Spotsylvania Co., VA Records. - Deed Book L)

- Feby. 16, 1791. John x Overton of Spots. Co. to his son, Geo. Overton, of Orange Co. Deed of Gift. 150 a. in Spots. Co. etc., etc. Silvones Fisher, Robt. Humble, Jno. Overton. April 5, 1791. (Ancestry.com* - Spotsylvania Co., VA Records, pg 440 - Deed Book M)

- Howerton, John, Spotsylvania Co., Wit. David Partlow, Samuel Partlow, Samuel Partlow, Jr. Leg. granddaughter, Frances Carr. This will is without date and no bond is filed. (Ancestry.com* - Spotsylvania Co, VA Records, pg 48 - Will Book E:1171)

** Will (Spotsylvania Co., VA, E:1171)

"In the Name of God, Amen I John Howerton of the County of Sptosylvania, Being sick and weak in body but of sound and perfect memory thaks be to God for the same and knowing the Uncertainity of this Earthly Life do make and declare this my Last will and Testament in manner and form following viz. Revoking and making void all will or wills by me formerly made, first I recommend my Soul to Almighty God in whom and by the merits of Jesus Christ I Trust and believe to be saved and my body to be Buried in such decent and Christian like manner as my Executors hereafter named may think fit and as for my Temperal Estate and what ever else God hath been pleased to bestow upon me I Give and bequeath as follows Imprimise I Give and Bequeath to my Gran Daughter Frances Car sixty acres of Land be the same more or less. Beginning at a Corner black oak in William Gaineses line on his Spring branch thence down the sd. branch to the fork thence to Cager Coxes line thence along Coxes line to Jewises Pincses Line. thence along Pincses line to Jacob Wades line thence along Wades Line to Gaineses Line thence along Gaineses Line to the Beginning likewise all my household Stuff and also one Cow and Calf.

"John Howerton his mark.

"David Partlow
"Samuel Partlow
"Saml. Partlow Jr.

"April the 27th 1791."

** Will (per Pam Stone, in email message published on Ancestry.com* in "My Carr Database" by Pat Noble, updated 27 Aug 2006)

"In the name of God, Amen, I, John Howerton of the County of Spotsylvania, Being sick and weak in Body, but sound and perfect memory, thanks be to God f or the same and Knowing the uncertainty of this earthly life do make and declare th is my last Will and Testament in manner and form following, Viz: revoking and making void all will or wills by me formerly made, first I recommend my Soul to Almighty God in Whom and by the merits of Jesus Christ I trust and believe to be saved in my body to be buried in such decent and Christian like manner as my Executors hereafter named may think fit and as f or my Temporal Estate and whatever else God hath been pleased to bestow up on me I give and bequeath as follows, Imprimise: I give and bequeath to my Granddaughter Frances CARR sixty acres of land be the same more or less Beginning at a corner black oak in William Gaineses line on his spring branch thence down the spring branch to the fork thence to Cager Coxes line thence along Coxes line to Lewis Pineses line thence along Pineses line to Jacob Wades line thence along Wades line to Gaineses line thence along Gaineses line to the beginning, likewise all my household stuff and also 1 cow and calf."
Wit: David Partlow
Samuel Partlow John (his mark) Howerton
Samuel Partlow Jr April 27, 1791
(Spotsylvania Co, VA, Will Book E, p. 1171; Will Proven bet. . 6 June 17 92 and
6 Nov 1792)

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