Alexander (Overby) Overbay (1763 - 1848)

Born 1763 in Dinwiddie, VA

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Died 1848 at about age 85 in Farmington, Graves, KY

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1820 Census Mecklenburg, VA

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Acknowledgments

Thank you to Kitty Smith for contributions to this profile.

Biography

From "The Gilchrist-O'Dell Connection" NOTES: (Taken from the Libby Overbay book, p 107) Alexander Overbay...and his wife whose name is unknown. Alexander appears to be the eldest child. He was born ...in Dinwiddie County moving to Mecklenberg as a lad in 1765. His first wife was named Martha as evidenced by deed records prior to 1830; following that time his wife was Sarah Parker. Alexander was a blacksmith with a shop situated just off the present day Clarksville-Virgilina Road. Alexander continued to live in Mecklenberg County with his large family. Alexander's first land transaction of which there is a record concerns the sale of 50 acres on Buffaloe Creek. On September 9, 1799 he purchased 40 acres on Buffaloe Creek. The next month he purchased 21 acres on Buffaloe Creek; in 1801 he purchased 124 acres on Buffaloe Creek which he promptly sold to Peter Z. Overbey for 5 pounds less than he paid for it! (This property was the old place of William Vaughan. Vaughan had many connections to the Overbay family.) In 1807 he sold 100 acres on Great Buffaloe Creek. In 1824 he sold 21-1/4 acres on Great Buffaloe Creek. He was 71 years of age and may have given up farming. he grew older and some of the children went west to Kentucky to Henderson County. Alexander, now past 80 years of age, left Virginia and moved to Henderson County, appearing in the 1840 census there. He is reputed to have lived to be 95 years of age, so he must have died in 1848. His widow Sarah was living in the home of her son in 1850 and she appeared on the tax list in 1859. Libby Overbay adds a foot note to page 107 concerning the birthdate of Alexander Overbay--"Some records give his birthdate as 1757."

1840 KY Census, Henderson Co, KY Alex. Overby 1male 40-50, 1 male 80-90, 1 female 60-70

Sources

• "Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1771-1989," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG12-6MV7 : 8 December 2021), Alexander Overbay in entry for Thomas Tillotson and Sarough Overbay, 2 Mar 1835; citing Marriage, Virginia, United States, Circuit court clerk offices, Virginia. ( Marriage of daughter “Sarough” ( Sarah ) ... mother is Sarah Parker ( 3rd wife )*

• "Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1771-1989," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG12-6MV6 : 8 December 2021), Sarough Parker in entry for Thomas Tillotson and Sarough Overbay, 2 Mar 1835; citing Marriage, Virginia, United States, Circuit court clerk offices, Virginia.

• "Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1771-1989," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG12-6MV7 : 8 December 2021), Alexander Overbay in entry for Thomas Tillotson and Sarough Overbay, 2 Mar 1835; citing Marriage, Virginia, United States, Circuit court clerk offices, Virginia.

• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=tmbean&id=I9384

Research Note: Adaptation of the " Overbey" name to " Overby" began with some siblings in this generation ...as found in the spelling permutations in multiple records with one or both uses within the same familial line. Some siblings of this parentage kept and carried the "Overbey" surname to Tennessee, Kentucky,Missouri, Mississippi, Alabama,Arkansas, Texas and other westward migrations for multiple generations...while others who remained in Virginia adopted the shortened " Overby" surname. Current DNA technology confirms that these name variations often come from the same genetic lineage. * ( Overbey - Overbay - Overby )