Start My Family Tree Welcome to Geni, home of the world's largest family tree.
Join Geni to explore your genealogy and family history in the World's Largest Family Tree.
Follow

Overton County, Tennessee

Project Tags

Top Surnames

Armstrong, Bates, Clark, Copeland and 9 others
view all

Profiles

  • William Barnett McDonald, (CSA) (1810 - 1863)
    Updated from MyHeritage Family Trees via son Samuel W Mcdonald by SmartCopy : Apr 24 2015, 15:22:56 UTC
  • Anna Clark (1850 - d.)
  • Maj. Luke Tiernan Armstrong, (CSA) (1827 - 1909)
    from A BRIEF HISTORY OF CLAY CO., TN. By Landon B. Anderson (abt 1939)L.T. Armstrong was Major of a company in the Confederate Army for four years, and at the close of the war he married Miss Martha Wa...
  • Cordell Hull U.S. Secretary of State, Nobel Peace Prize 1945 (1871 - 1955)
    Hull (October 2, 1871 – July 23, 1955) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Tennessee. He is best-known as the longest-serving Secretary of State, holding the position for 11 years (1933–1...
  • Albert H. Roberts, Governor (1868 - 1946)
    Houston Roberts (July 4, 1868 – June 25, 1946) was an American politician, educator, and jurist. He served as Governor of Tennessee from 1919 to 1921, having previously served as a state court judge an...

Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Overton County, Tennessee.

Official Website

Overton County, Tennessee was formed in 1806. The county was named for Andrew Jackson's friend Judge John Overton, Judge of the State Supreme Court, and co-founder, with Andrew Jackson and James Winchester, of Memphis.

On May 10, 1933, a half-mile wide F4 tornado struck the small community of Beatty Swamps (also referred to as Bethsadia). The tornado destroyed every structure in the town and either killed or injured nearly every inhabitant, with 33 of the 35 deaths occurring in the area. Much of the area was swept clean of debris, a reaper-binder was thrown 500 yards (460 m), and cars were moved hundreds of feet.

Adjacent Counties

Towns & Communities

  • Allons
  • Allred
  • Alpine
  • Crawford
  • Hardy's Chapel
  • Hilham
  • Livingston (County Seat)
  • Mineral Springs
  • Monroe
  • Rickman
  • Timothy

Links

Wikipedia

RootsWeb

RAOGK

Nat'l Reg. of Hist. Places

USS Overton County LST-1074

TN GenWeb

TN Century Farms
English (US)   eesti   Svenska   Español (España)   Français   עברית   Norsk (bokmål)   dansk   Nederlands   Deutsch   »
To enable the proper functioning and security of the website, we collect information via cookies as specified in our Cookie Policy. Geni does not use any third-party cookies.