Mary appears in the NC census records for 1860 - 1900.
Marriage records show the license for her marriage to Jonas Overcash was issued on 1 August 1859 and her marriage took place the following day.
Sources
North Carolina census records for 1860, 1870, 1880 and 1900 (the 1890 census has been lost).
"North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8ZQ-GZ6 : 22 December 2016), Jonas W. Overcash and Mary C. Lipe, 01 Aug 1859; citing , Rowan, North Carolina, United States, p. , Office of Archives and History, Division of Archives and Records. State Archive of North Carolina and various county Register of Deeds; FHL microfilm 1,760,524.
"North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8LV-9X4 : 22 December 2016), Jonas W. Overcash and Mary C. Lipe, 02 Aug 1859; citing , Rowan, North Carolina, United States, p. bk 2 pg 77, Office of Archives and History, Division of Archives and Records. State Archive of North Carolina and various county Register of Deeds; FHL microfilm 1,760,525.
"North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8CG-WXJ : 22 December 2016), Jonas W. Overcash and Mary C. Lipe, 01 Aug 1859; citing , Rowan, North Carolina, United States, p. , Office of Archives and History, Division of Archives and Records. State Archive of North Carolina and various county Register of Deeds; FHL microfilm 317,002.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mary:
~3.12%Ronda Templeton :
23andMe, yourDNAportal RONfc3b0838
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch QH3740666[compare], yourDNAportal RONfc3b0838, Ancestry member RondaTempletonDavidson
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, yourDNAportal RONfc3b0838, FTDNA kit #1012486