Role Judge Name John Overton | Profession Judge, lawyer, banker Spouse(s) Mary McConnell White | |
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Died April 12, 1833, Nashville, Tennessee, United States | ||
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John Overton (April 9, 1766 – April 12, 1833) was an American planter, advisor of Andrew Jackson, a judge at the Superior Court of Tennessee, a banker and political leader.
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- John overton high school talent show 2009
- Construction delays start date at john overton hs
- Early life and education
- Career
- Personal life
- Later life and death
- Legacy
- References
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Early life and education
Overton was born on April 9, 1766 in Louisa County, Virginia. His parents were James Overton and Mary Waller; his father was a great-grandson of Robert Overton, the Parliamentarian military commander during the English Civil War (and friend of Marvell and Milton).
Career
In 1787, he began his law career and moved to Nashville, Tennessee in 1789, to practice law at the Davidson County court. He was elected to succeed his friend Andrew Jackson as a member of the Superior Court of Tennessee in 1804, where he served as a judge until 1810. His elder brother Thomas Overton served as Jackson's second in his duel with Charles Dickinson. In 1819, he founded Memphis, Tennessee on land he owned with Andrew Jackson and James Winchester.
He was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1820.
Personal life
He was married to Mary McConnell White, the daughter of Knoxville founder, James White.
Later life and death
He died April 12, 1833 at Travellers Rest, his Nashville home.
Legacy
The nearby John Overton Comprehensive High School, located just across the railroad tracks that abut the property, is named in his honor.
Overton Park in midtown of Memphis was named after John Overton.
The Overton Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons on the historic courthouse square in Rogersville, Tennessee was named after John Overton and is the oldest continuously operating Masonic lodge in the state of Tennessee, and has been operating from the same building since circa 1840, and is a contributing property to the Rogersville Historic District.
Richard Arvine Overton (born 1906), the oldest living World War II veteran, is his great-great-grandson, despite being of African-American descent. Currently (November 2015), Karl Burrows, of Beacon Technology Solutions, and his family are living descendants of Overton.
Other living direct descendants include the Overton family in Nashville who live very close to Travellers Rest. Perkins Baxter Overton grew up playing on the Travelers rest grounds and is the great great great grandson of Judge John. His son Thomas Perkins Overton also has a son named John Overton.