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George W. Overstreet (Overton County, Tennessee, farmer, merchant and tobacco dealer)

b. 1823?

Overton County, Tennessee, farmer, merchant and tobacco dealer. Tennessee native. Married to Lean Overstreet. Father of William Ambrose Overstreet, Sarah Overstreet, Thomas Lafayette Overstreet, John Overstreet, and Eula Lee Overstreet. Farmer in Overton County, Tennessee, in 1860. Owned eight enslaved persons in Overton County in 1860. Guardian of sixteen enslaved persons for W. W. Overstreet and S. S. Overstreet, in Cumberland County, Kentucky, in 1860. Merchant, tobacco dealer, and partner in trade with S. Taylor in 1864.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Overton County, District 8, p. 232.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Tennessee, Overton County, District 8.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Cumberland County, District 2.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Overton County, District 8, p. 342B.

Internal Revenue Assessment Lists for Kentucky, 1862-1866 NARA RG 58, Microfilm Series M768, Roll 06, Adair County, Kentucky, 1864.

Citation

Overstreet, George W.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32202792 (November 12, 2026).

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