Person

Littleberry Overby (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer and merchant)

b. 1822? d. 1871?

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.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

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.

Citation

Overby, Littleberry. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32200548 (November 12, 2026).

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