Capt. Samuel Overton

"The Overton Family," Andrew Meade of Ireland and Virginia, p. 149.

Anne Pettus, who married Joseph Eggleston, is said to have been adaughter of Dabney, or John Pettus, and his wife, Anne Overton.

There appeared in the genealogical columns of the Times Dispatch of Sept.5 and 12, 1915, a very interesting article by Mr. Wilson Miles Cary, a prominent genealogist of Baltimore, dated July 20th, 1910, he having died since that time, in regard to the Overton family, from which h e was descended. This article will be found in our Meade Papers, Vol. II. It is very comprehensive and full.

Mr. Cary in his article, giving "the family of Samuel Overton, who married Miss Carr", states : "In the Virginia Land office there is record of a deed for land on 'south and north folks o f Elk Creek, 7 January,1725, to William Overton, son of Samuel Overton, sometime of New Kent county'. It was SAMUEL OVERTON'S daughter ANN OVERTON, who married JOHN PETTUS, grandson of COLN. THOMAS PETTUS, of "Littleton, who was Councilor of State for Virginia, 1641-1660.

We see that this, contradicting our other account, states that JOHN, not Dabney, Pettus married ANN OVERTON, and that he was a grandson of COLN. THOMAS PETTUS, of "Littleton", the Councilor of 1641-1660. Mr. Cary, being a descendant and a very skillful genealogist, was probably right.And this settles two points; first that ANNE OVERTON'S husband was a grandson of COLN. THOMAS PETTUS, SR., and second that most probably hisname was JOHN, and not Dabney, or possibly he may have had both names, thus JOHN DABNEY PETTUS."

Source: http://www.southern-style.com/Pettus.htm

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