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OVERTON, Barbara Ann

OVERTON, Barbara Ann

Female 1720 - 1794  (74 years)   Has 17 ancestors and 55 descendants in this family tree.


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  • Name OVERTON, Barbara Ann  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] 
    Birth 20 Apr 1720  Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] 
    Gender Female 
    FindaGrave Memorial ID 174660981 
    Death Dec 1794  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] 
    Will Probated 1795  Louisa County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Age 74 years 
    Burial Topping Castle Cemetery, Houstons Corner, Caroline, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Address:
    Topping Castle Cemetery
    Houstons Corner, Virginia
    USA 
    Person ID I3351  Cochrane Genealogy
    Last Modified 21 Dec 2025 

    Father OVERTON, Capt. James Sr.,   b. 14 Aug 1688, New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Jun 1749, Louisa County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years) 
    Mother GARLAND, Elizabeth,   b. 1684, New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Nov 1739, Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years) 
    Family ID F1298  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family CARR, Col. John Sr.,   b. 25 Dec 1706, Louisa County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Jun 1778, Louisa County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years) 
    Marriage 27 Dec 1737  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] 
    Age at Marriage She : 17 years and 8 months - He : 31 years. 
    Marriage Status Ended with Husband's death 
    Children 
       1. Male CARR, John Jr.,   b. 10 Feb 1737/38   d. 3 Nov 1747 (Age 9 years)
       2. Male CARR, James Sr.,   b. 20 Aug 1740   d. 6 Sep 1740 (Age 0 years)
       3. Male CARR, James Jr.,   b. 15 Nov 1741   d. 10 Oct 1747 (Age 5 years)
    +  4. Male CARR, Dabney,   b. 26 Oct 1743, Bear Castle, Louisa County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 May 1773, Charlottesville, Albemarle, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 29 years)
    >  5. Male CARR, Capt. Samuel,   b. 6 Jan 1745/46   d. 16 May 1777 (Age 31 years)
    >  6. Female CARR, Elizabeth,   b. 28 Dec 1747   d. Yes, date unknown
       7. Male CARR, John III,   b. 11 Aug 1750   d. 5 Apr 1753 (Age 2 years)
    +  8. Male CARR, Overton Sr.,   b. 17 Jul 1752   d. Yes, date unknown
    +  9. Male CARR, Garland,   b. 10 Jul 1754, Bear Castle, Louisa County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Oct 1837, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
    >10. Female CARR, Mary,   b. 14 Sep 1756   d. 9 Jun 1799 (Age 42 years)
     11. Female CARR, Sarah,   b. 25 Sep 1758   d. 12 May 1759 (Age 0 years)
    Family ID F1322  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 14 May 2021 

  • Notes 
    • (Research):A couple of sources say her parents were William and Peggy Garland Overton, but the great majority say they were James and Elizabeth Garland Overton.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 20 Apr 1720 - Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsWill Probated - 1795 - Louisa County, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - Address:
    Topping Castle Cemetery
    Houstons Corner, Virginia
    USA - - Topping Castle Cemetery, Houstons Corner, Caroline, Virginia, USA    		 Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Sources 
    1. [S540] John Bennett Boddie, Book - Historical Southern Families, Vol. V (Ancestry), (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Reprinted in 1967.), 29 Jan 2014, p 130.
      Overtons - Historical Southern Families, vol V      		 Overtons - Historical Southern Families, vol V


    2. [S491] Magazine - VA Magazine of History & Biography (JSTOR), 19 Feb 2014, C. G. Broadhead, "Genealogy - The Carr Family," Oct 1895, Vol. 3, No. 2, p 208-17; digital images, Jstor (www.jstor.org : accessed 19 Feb 2014).
      VA Magazine of History & Biography, Vol. 3, p 208-17      		 VA Magazine of History & Biography, Vol. 3, p 208-17


    3. [S491] Magazine - VA Magazine of History & Biography (JSTOR), 11 Mar 2021, W. G. Standard, "Library of Dabney Carr, 1773, with a Notice of the Carr Family," Oct 1894, Vol. 2, No. 2, p 221-228; digital images, Jstor (www.jstor.org : accessed 11 March 2021).
      VA Magazine of History & Biography, Vol. 2, p 221-228      		 VA Magazine of History & Biography, Vol. 2, p 221-228


    4. [S1436] Edison I. Carr, Book - Carr Family Records (Ancestry), (Rockton, Illinois: Herald Printing House, 1894.), 22 Mar 2021, p 72-73.
      Carr Family Records      		 Carr Family Records


    5. [S141] Cemetery Records - Find A Grave, (http://www.findagrave.com: n.d.), 15 Mar 2021, accessed 15 March 2021<, Barbara Ann Overton Carr, Memorial #174660981.

    6. [S1164] Magazine - William and Mary College Quarterly - Series 1 & 2 (JSTOR), 14 May 2021, Col. Wilaon Miles Cary, "Carr Family," Series 1, Vol. 8, No. 2, Oct. 1899, 106-108; digital images, Jstor (https://www.jstor.org/ : accessed 14 May 2021).
      Williama & Mary Quarterly, Vol. 8, No. 2      		 Williama & Mary Quarterly, Vol. 8, No. 2


    7. [S495] John H. Gwathmey, Book - Twelve Virginia Counties, (1937; reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogy Publishing Company, 2006.), 7 Aug 2013, Albemarle County: 329.


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