The Cochrane & Allied Families
Cochranes from Scotland to Colonial Virginia (c 1760), to Kentucky (1811), to Kansas (1859) and beyond. Allied families to the United States from England, Scotland, Ireland and Switzerland.
OVERTON, Capt. James Jr.
1726 - 1816 (90 years) Has 17 ancestors and 28 descendants in this family tree.
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Name OVERTON, James [1] Prefix Capt. Suffix Jr. Birth 1726 Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK 
[1] Gender Male FindaGrave Memorial ID 261871470 Individual Event 21 Dec 1764 Louisa County, Colony of Virginia, UK [2] He was a Justice of the Peace Death 8 Feb 1816 Louisa County, Virginia, USA [1] Obituary 17 Feb 1816 Richmond, Henrico, Virginia, USA [3] Richmond Enquirer
"DIED - On Thursday the 8th inst. in the 91st year of his age, Capt. James Overton, an old and very respectable inhabitant of the county of Louisa."
Age 90 years Person ID I3333 Cochrane Genealogy Last Modified 16 Nov 2025
Father OVERTON, Capt. James Sr., b. 14 Aug 1688, New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England d. 18 Jun 1749, Louisa County, Colony of Virginia, UK (Age 60 years) Mother GARLAND, Elizabeth, b. 1684, New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England d. 19 Nov 1739, Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK (Age 55 years) Family ID F1298 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family WALLER, Mary, b. 22 Oct 1730, Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK d. 8 Feb 1816, Louisa County, Virginia, USA (Age 85 years) Marriage 6 Apr 1749 [1] Age at Marriage He : ~ 23 years and 4 months - She : 18 years and 6 months. Children > 1. OVERTON, Waller, b. 14 Nov 1750 d. Yes, date unknown> 2. OVERTON, Capt. Thomas, b. 15 Aug 1753, Louisa County, Colony of Virginia, UK d. Yes, date unknown3. 
OVERTON, Elizabeth, b. 24 Jun 1755 d. Yes, date unknown4. OVERTON, James III, b. 6 Aug 1757 d. 1797 (Age 39 years)5. OVERTON, William, b. 5 Oct 1759 d. 8 Jul 1857 (Age 97 years)6. OVERTON, Mary, b. 10 Aug 1761 d. Yes, date unknown> 7. OVERTON, Nancy, b. 1764 d. Yes, date unknown> 8. OVERTON, John, b. 9 Apr 1766, Louisa County, Colony of Virginia, UK d. 12 Apr 1833, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA (Age 67 years)+ 9. OVERTON, Samuel, b. 17 Sep 1768 d. Abt 1832 (Age 63 years)10. OVERTON, William, b. 9 Nov 1770 d. 8 Jul 1857 (Age 86 years)> 11. OVERTON, Sally, b. 5 May 1773 d. Yes, date unknownFamily ID F1311 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 19 Sep 2018
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Event Map 
Birth - 1726 - Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK 
Individual Event - He was a Justice of the Peace - 21 Dec 1764 - Louisa County, Colony of Virginia, UK 
Death - 8 Feb 1816 - Louisa County, Virginia, USA 
Obituary - Richmond Enquirer - 17 Feb 1816 - Richmond, Henrico, Virginia, USA = Link to Google Earth
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Sources - [S540] John Bennett Boddie, Book - Historical Southern Families, Vol. V (Ancestry), (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Reprinted in 1967.), 29 Jan 2014, p 131.
Overtons - Historical Southern Families, vol V - [S1292] Magazine - Bulletin of the Virginia State Library (Google Books), 16 Jul 2020, "Justices of the Peace of Colonial Virginia, 1757-17775," April, July 1921, Vol. 14, No. 2 & 3, p 56; digital images, Google Books (https://books.google.com : accessed 16 July 2020).
- [S512] Virginia. Richmond., Newspaper Article - Richmond Enquirer [VA] (Genealogy Bank), 18 Jul 2020, "Obituary," 17 March 1816, p. 3, col. 3; digital images, GenealogyBank (https://www.genealogybank.com/ : accessed 18 July 2020).
Obituary - Capt. James Overton II
- [S540] John Bennett Boddie, Book - Historical Southern Families, Vol. V (Ancestry), (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Reprinted in 1967.), 29 Jan 2014, p 131.