Born in Davidson County, Tennessee
Ancestors 
Daughter of John W Overton
and Mary McConnell (White) Overton
Sister of
James Francis May Sr [half], John Richard Overton [half], John Overton and Elizabeth Belle (Overton) Lea
Wife of
Robert Campbell Brinkley
— married
18 Oct 1841 in Davidson, Tennessee, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Hugh Lawson White Brinkley and Anne Overton (Brinkley) Snowden
Died
at age 21
in Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee
Profile last modified
| Created 31 Jul 2012
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Biography
Anne was born in 1823 and grew up in Nashville, where her father Judge John Overton was prominent in banking and trade related to the expansion of cotton in Tennessee. Her father was also the owner of the land originally platted as the city of Memphis in the 1820s.
She married Robert Campbell Brinkley in 1841 and they had two children, Hugh Lawson White Brinkley b. 1842 and Annie Overton Brinkley b. 17 January 1845. Anne the mother died at age 21, on the same day that her daughter was born. Mr. Brinkley then continued to invest in the development of Memphis while managing the Overton family properties in Memphis and raising his two children.
After the Civil War was over, Anne was reinterred in the Overton family burial plot in Mount Olivet Cemetery in Nashville, Tennessee in 1868 . [1]
Excerpted from a biography of Anne's husband: "Robert Campbell Brinkley, son of William Brinkley, b. May 1816 Chatham Co, NC d. 11-28-1878, Iuka, MS. Graduated Bingham School, NC read law in office of Foster & Fogg, Nashville, TN, admitted to TN Bar. He Married (1) Ann Overton, Davidson Co, TN
(1) Ann Overton, b. 8-5-1823 near Nashville, TN, daughter of John & Mary Overton, d. 1845 Children: Hugh Lawson White Brinkley d. 1905 Anne Brinkley married Col. Robert Bogardus Snowden of Nashville"
... [source continues with information on RC Brinkley's 2nd wife and children, then this added note:] "R.C. Brinkley was at one time Pres. of Memphis & Little Rock Railroad and BRINKLEY, ARKANSAS is named for him. Ann Brinkley House, a residence for women in Memphis, TN is named for Ann Overton Brinkley." [2]
Research Notes
Although the History of Tennessee source spells the first name without an "e", the Overton and Brinkley families consistently use "Anne".
Sources
- ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 20 June 2019), memorial page for Anne Coleman Overton Brinkley (5 Aug 1823–1845), Find A Grave Memorial no. 16662920, citing Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA ; Maintained by DMLeForce (contributor 47131861) .
- ↑ History of Tennessee. New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1960. Vol III Page 108.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Anne 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 Anne:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Anne 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 Anne:
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Cari (Ebert) Starosta
E Kippner
Overton-481 and Overton-2387 appear to represent the same person because: Same mother and siblings. One was an incorrect duplicate profile.
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by E Kippner
Kathy (Foote) Durham
This unsourced profile is now de-linked from wrong John Overton as father. Ready to be merged with the real Anne Coleman Overton who married Robert Brinkley and died in 1845 (Overton-2387).
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by Kathy (Foote) Durham
Kathy (Foote) Durham
Unsourced profile, with wrong father. The real Ann Overton is fully documented as the daughter of Overton-2646 and White-9819. See Overton-2387. First step = delink this profile from Overton-469.
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by Kathy (Foote) Durham
Grace McKay
Overton-2387 and Overton-481 do not represent the same person because: Dates are wrong, siblings are wrong.
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by Grace McKay
Cari (Ebert) Starosta
Overton-2387 and Overton-481 appear to represent the same person because: same birth, parents
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by Cari (Ebert) Starosta
Kathy (Foote) Durham
Since Anne's father was prominent in early Nashville and later Memphis, you can use the links in Find a Grave (plus web searching) to add parents. Also see https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Overton-481 where she is listed in context of the many children of Judge Overton and Mary McConnell White.
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by Kathy (Foote) Durham
Kathy (Foote) Durham
See grave inscription for her marriage, children plus parents/sibling info on duplicate profile here: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Overton-2387 . She spelled her name with an "e" at the end, and died in childbirth with her second child, named after her. Her father was very prominent in early Nashville so much historical documentation could be added via the web.
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by Kathy (Foote) Durham
Kathy (Foote) Durham
First child of Anne Coleman Overton and Robert Campbell Brinkley was Hugh Lawson White Brinkley. Looks like you could get enough info for adding him to Wikitree. According to the obituary you can find at the link below, he was born in 1842 near Nashville, just before his parents moved to Memphis where his mother Anne's father had acquired a good deal of land. See this link to access the 1904 newspaper obituary as well as a tribute to Hugh LW Brinkley's prominence and philanthropy in Memphis after the Civil War: http://historic-memphis.com/biographies/hu-brinkley/hu-brinkley.html
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by Kathy (Foote) Durham
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