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Jeremiah Overby (Hopkins/ Webster County, Ky, farmer )

b. 1804?

Hopkins County and Webster County, Kentucky, farmer. Virginia native. Married to Margaret Overby. Father of Lucy R. Overby, William Overby, Jane Overby, Margaret Overby, James Overby, and Martha Overby. Farmer in Hopkins County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Webster County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Webster County in 1860.

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Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 2, p. 128B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Webster County, p. 606-07.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Webster County, p. 485B.

Citation

Overby, Jeremiah. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32214903 (November 12, 2026).

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