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James F. Overton (Meade Co. Ky miller)

b. 1831-06-24

Meade County, Kentucky, miller and Confederate soldier. Woodford County, Kentucky, native. Attended Centre College in Danville, Kentucky. Married Mary L. Sturgeon Overton in 1854 in Hardin County, Kentucky. Miller in Meade County in 1860. Captain of Company A, 3rd Tennessee (Forrest's) Cavalry Regiment (C.S.A.) on August 22, 1861. Captured at Fort Donelson, Tennessee on February 16, 1862. Imprisoned at Johnson's Island, Ohio until September 1, 1862. Exchanged at Vicksburg, Mississippi. Captain in the 2nd Kentucky (Woodward's) Cavalry Regiment (C.S.A.).

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Smith, Hicks & Jones, Personnel of the Texas State Government, with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, Embracing the Executive and Staff, Heads of the Departments, United States Senators and Representatives, Members of the Twenty-first Legislature (Austin: Smith Hicks and Jones, 1889), 241-243. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Meade County, Unknown District, p. 115. _Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers who Served in Organizations from the State of Tennessee, NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M268, Roll 0013.

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Overton, James F.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32200763 (November 12, 2026).

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