Littleberry Overby

Birth Date

c1822

Death Date

c1871

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer and merchant. Virginia native. Married to Elizabeth Overby. Father of Cornelius Overby, Robert Overby, Otto Overby, and Hugh Overby. Farmer in Trigg County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned nine enslaved persons in Trigg County in 1850. Merchant in Princeton in 1860. Owned seven enslaved persons in Princeton in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Trigg County, District 1, p. 298A.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Trigg County, District 1.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 23.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 224A.
Kentucky, Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989, Kentucky County, District, and Probate Courts, Caldwell County Administrators Bonds, 1863-1878, p. 29.

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