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?SPITED CAVALRY
DATTLE AT ASHLAND
Troops of North an(l 8outh Clash
When Attempt Is Made to
Destroy Iii-ldge.
THE DASH ON OLD CHURCH
Veteran Tells of Bloody Affrays In
Fighting About Richmond, and Re
count* Ills Gruesome Experiences
at Cold Harbor.
During- tht progress of Grant's cam
paign against Richmond in May and
June, 18G4, It became a matter of tryich
iinportanco to the Federal romniandirs
to destroy the bridges of tiie Richmond
and Fredericksburg and Virginia Cen
tral Railroads which crossed the I'a
munkey River, and to tear up the
tracks in the vicinity of Ashland. The
destruction of the above-mentioned
bridge was effectually accomplished at
daybreak on the 11th day of June, so
Colonel J. B. Mcintosh reported, by a
regiment of Chapman's Brigade. He
further states that with three regi
ments of his own brigade?the Fifth
New York, Second Ohio and Hirst Con
necticut?he pushed on to Ashland, anfl
"there, while we were engaged in do
stroylng the railroad, we were at
tacked by two divisions of the enemy's
cavalry." P'or the protection of the
men engaged In the destruction of the
track, a body of dismounted men were
placed in position In a body of woods
through which ran, a deep ditch with a
considerable embankment, offering <x
celi?-!it protection against an attack.
No sooner than the advance of this
Federal body on Ashland was reported
to General W. H. F. I.ee than h* was
In motion with a part of his division
to oppose It.
When the Ninth Regiment of this di
vision reached the vicinity of the
woods occupied by the enemy, one of
our regiments had been dismounted
and were moving to attack them. We
were also quickly dismounted, and en
tered the woods as a support to the men
in advance. Beside a fence, at the >-d?e
of the timber, as we hurried forward,
lay the body of a soldier who had re
ceived a death shot as our first line of
skirmlshers had approached the fence
before us.
As our men proceeded in'o the woods,
a heavy Are was heard, and it was
supposed the resiment in front of us
was hotly engaged. Now and then
amidst the flying bullets one or another
of our men would be struck, but no
volley was fired by us for fear of kill
ir.K friends m the line which it was
thought we were supporting. It pres
ently became evident ttint not a Con
federate was In our front, the f tMinet^t
which we supposed to be there having
borne to one side or the other and left
only the Federals before us. well pio
tected in the ditch which has been men
t ioned.
MK.V HASH FORWARD
TOWARD FKDKRAI. DITCH
Whrrs ihts discovery was made our
regiment at nm e. raised a yl) and
<i sh- ! forward fr?r ih'- ditch, while it
cup.ints. leaping over th?> hank, boit
hasty retreat A shot from one of
ih. in 1>< fore turning his back to us
s;:urk the man at my side ? It IV Hpil
jati?and, the bullet striking his teeth:
and destroying several of them, pitp.-ed
nilt r.f his oh-fk. The contact of the
b.'li with his teeth sounded to me v.-ry
much a; if It had struck and shattered;
china plate or cup. The won ruled
man told me later that thlu noise wasj
caused bj* the bullet striking the metal,
plate of his carbine, from which it
gl.ir.ced to his mouth
Close to this ditch .John Neale. an
other comrade near me. was mortally
?wounded, and I never saw him again. ?
Here. too. f?ll a brave young fellow
named Gaines, from Cttlneper bounty.!
Further to the left fell I.ieutenant .lohn]
B. Harwood, of the Richmond Gountyi
Cavalry, an uncle of the late Colonel)
John B Harwood, of Richmond, for
whom he was named. My Inst glimpse]
of htm was as William R?amy bore his!
body on his shoulder back from where
he fell. For this sad task Reamy wan:
eo stout and stalwart an to need noj
assistance.
When we reached the farther odge,
of the woods an open field of no great j
slzo appeared before us. whore the re
treating enemy were seen mounting'
their horses amidst considerable con
fusion. An officer who = at proml-j
nently on his horse directing the dis
mounted men as they regained their
saddles offered a tempting target to
Tom Jett, who chanced to stand near
me and called to me, saying, "See me
knock that officer ptt." and then rais
ing his oarblne. taking aim and firing.
The officer fell back on his horse and
t/ion to the ground as If killed or badly
wounded. Our Are here was rapid, and
evidently with sorlous effects on the
confused ranks of the enemy, who
rapidly retired front our view.
It began now to be reported (hat
General Rosser, with his brigade, had
gotten In their rear, and that there
was a fine prospect of our making a
large capture. We were, therefore,
marched In th? direction of our led
horses, and when we got to them, lo!
Instead of mounting them, we were
hurried forward on foot in the woods
on the right, while Lieutenant Chris
tian led a squadron In n charge down
the road, only lo find the road barri
caded and in possession of a fresh Fed
eral brigade which had come to the
rescue of the men whom we had b?cn
fighting. The timely arrival of this
brigade enabled the enemy to escape,
with his ambulances filled with his
seriously wounded, of whom, however,
thirty remained In our hands. Ihe Fed
erals not having had adequate means
to carry them away. This escape was
largely accomplished also by the open
ing up of a road through some dense
woods and over a way that had been
leemed by us Impassable.
M.VTH VIRGINIA CAVALRY
IS CHOSEN FOn DVTY
A few days later the Federal lln-s
efore 'he ?'onfederate lntrenchments
? t Cold Harbor became very close, and
the scouts of l,ee's army were unable
lo enter'to secure information whiih
>e deemed it necessary to obtain. Ac
cordingly on J.tne 10 he directed *'!on
?tal \Y. II. F. T-.ee to send a recon
loiterlnir force sufficient to break
(?rough the Federal picket line and to
|:iake th-s not-df.ul observation. Tho
S'lnth Virginia Cavalry vas chosen for
[his reoonnol:,at'co. and was led by its
lolonel, and General Chamhllss, who
iccompanled It In person.
The direction in this enterprise led
lis to-vardfi the Cold Harbor and Old
Hhurch Road, near to which the move
lent of the regiment was concealed by
Ivooda. In a road that ran through
these woods our mer., in advance, met
the enemy's picket, and made ji dash
for Its capture, and the snuadron to
which I wan attached followed at n
gallop. When we reached the Old
Church Ftoad strands of barbed wlrf.
the first we had seen In military us;
were ??nco??ntered. which ran Into the
woods with only a narrow spaco left
between two small pine trees suflcicnt
to admit one horse at a time. Hero sev
eral" of the enemy were captured, and
none wan left to Rive warning of out
approach Our course was taker, from
this point at a wallop towards Old
Church, and two or three Federal cav
alrymen whose horses had been left at
the Kates of houses by the roadside
were seen lushing from the houses to
the woods in til" rear.
Half a mile or so beyond we came
? ipon the reserve picket, most of whom
had discovered our approach, mounted
their horses and lied, but several had
not yet mounted, and a few seemed to
halt for battle. One of these was killed
and the others captured.
An anima-tliiK chase now ensued, and
the captain commanding the Federnl
squadron. Jrsepli HacUen, l>v name, was
j endeavoring to tally his men and make
]a .stand when we came upon hint, and
i he fell dead in the road. Farther on.
j Lieute nant Lai. Washington, having
j reached the enemy's ranks, raised his
I right arm. not less powerful than that
I of the Kngllsh King styled "Cour do
! Leon.' and smote one of them with his
sharp saber a ghastly and fatal blow,
i splitting hia skull in twain.
At Old Church our impetuous rhase
? was abruptly halted when we came into
? view of a line of entrenchments well
j manned with infantry and artillery.
! This halt was not true, however, of .Mm
} Sullivan, of the Lancaster troop, who
| having b?en shot through his wrist, was
unable to check his spirited steed, and
so dashed on and into the breastwork* j
and was made a prisoner. The Federal
infantry encountered here were of a
dusky and sable hue, and heionsred to
General Ferrero's negro division, and
our contact with them at this pointi
I offered the only slight opportunity we i
| ever had of exchanging a shot with'
| them. I
Though fully anticipating a vigorous
pursuit by the Federal cavalry, and ar
ranging to meet it, our return was
without serious interruption On reach
ing the spot where the Connecticut
captain had fallen, I glanced at his
! nearly nude body with a s?*nse of shame
i for that email part of our men whose
I aim in battle seemed to l>e rather for
i the pockets of the enemy's dead than
the armed persons of the living, and
! whose bravery was less noticeable than
j their brutality.
; i:sTAi?Lisnr.i> iiivim ac
M lAlt COM) 11A II HUH
After tins we established our bivouac
in the rear of ami near the Cold Harbor
breastworks. Very soon It became ap- [
parent that firant, weary of his unsuc- j
cessful and bloody assaults here, was !
retiririir. and that Lee was also with- !
drawing to oppose him south of the!
James Iltvcr. Our regiment followed j
the line <4" the retreating Federals, and j
in doing so passed through the works ;
which General l^c's men had h'-M. It :
was enough to rnake otie shudder to g>>? !
on this line how the bodies of the cedar 1
trees had hcon scarred and chipporl, and
the branches cut an#l splintered, and |
the foliage plied on the earth with th??
twigs from the terrific artillery and i
musketry tirr to which the brave men J
uri'ier l.e?- had been exposed.
f^n reaching the opposing works \
where the Federals had fought, these
evidences of the frrtllc discharge of
shot and slu:ll and bullets which they I
had faced were no less marked.
Between the two lines of works |
where thousands had fallen, there ap- <
pea red as we traversed the ground what
seemed to have been an intervening
line of earthworks that had 1>> er. dug
down and levelled In crossing this
iM-wIy-turncd earth our horses hesitat
ed and showed much unwillingness to
proceed, as if distrustful of the ground
beneath them When we ureed them
forward the sinking of their feet and
the breaking of bones beneath them re- i
vealed tho horrible truth that we were!
marching over n long sepulchre of dead
.soldiers, a faet of which we had no
previous suspicion. In the gospel it is;
recorded: "For ye are as graves which
appear not. nnd the men who walk over
them are not aware of them," but this
trulv pould not be said of our horses
in their walk over the graves of the
dead at Cold Harbor
.
YOUNGEST CONFEDERATE
Jnmrn T. Shelton. of Clintlioni, Entered
the Array at the Age of
Tit rive Yenrs.
.
At tho reunion of old soldiers at I
Richmond recently the question of who j
was the youngest poldler of the Con- |
fcderacy was brought up, and we think
a prize was given to some man in Ala
bama, but now we are convinced that
the honor was given to the wrong man,
and If this be truo wo think some in
vestigation should be made and th?
honor placed where It belongs, says a
writer In the Chatham (Va.) Enter
prise.
J. T. Shelton was, In our estimation,
the youngest Boldler of the entire
Southern army, and here Is our evi
dence.
Mr. Shelton was born at Galveston,
this county, In the year 1849. He was
the son of Victor Shelton nnd Mary
Shelton.
Some time during the spring of 1861. J
he does not remember the exact dale, !
he joined a company of Captain Davis j
Dyer, with his father and one brother, j
From that time until tho close of the
war ho was in aotive service, being In
several battles and being wounded sev
eral times, being shot In the face once
and In the arm nnd leg once.
Thus we see that It comes about that
Mr. Shelton became a regular soldier
at the ago of twelve years, and thus
became tho youngest soldier of whom
wo have any knowledge.
If there is any other younger,-or as
young, we would like to henr of him.
If not, wo insist that Mr. Shelton should
assert his right to the honor and the
reward or prize. If such there bo.
Something was awarded In Richmond !
at the reunion for the youngest soldier, I
but it seems that It went the wrong I
way.
Mr. Shelton savs he can show evl- j
deuce of all the dates spoken of here
and If he can there is little doubt but :
that he was the youngest of them all.
and we hope he will be recognized as
such in the near future.
BELONA
[Special to The Times-Dispatch.]
BELONA, VA., September 11.?Mr. and
Mrs. T. A. Chandler, of Washington. I
are the guests of Mrs. W. F. Henry, of
Glen Henry, near Belona. Mr. and Mrs.
Chandler have recently returned from |
the exposition and a tour of tho West.
Mrs. K. A. Raugh and Miss Birdie
Bnugh. of Belona, motored to Rich
mond. and are the guests of Mrs. J. j
B. Chadick. of "08 Went Grace Street.
Ralph Whltlock has returned to hia I
home at Tobaccovlllc, after spending I
three weeks In the mountains of Vlr- !
glnla.
Mrs. Minnie Burwell. of Jacksonville,
Fla., is spending the summer with Mr.
and Mrs. R. P. Burwell. of "Indian
Camp," their country home, in Pow
hatan County.
Miss Lois Rudd. of Belonn, Is the
guest of her sister, Mrs. W. T. Tucker, '
of Maiden.
; "Who Is the Lady?"
Find an Answer
It Was Mrs. Ilughson, of Basic
City, Who Was Assisted
Through Battle Lines.
Kditor of The Times-Dispatch'
^'r,? lti The Times-Dispatch of An
gust 1, II. (irmo, of Phoenix, Arix.,
under tho caption of "Who Is the
Lady?" writes about an incident of the
battle of Trevllians, in which ho as
sisted a younR woman who tfas lleeing
with her baby through the battb- lire".
That lady was Mrs. Lucy A. HukIi
.son, of this place, and the baby she car
ried is now Kev, Otis Iluphso':. of Lex
ington, Ky.
1'he lady, who celebrated her seventy
eighth birthday on August 15 last, told
mo this morning the story of her ad
ventures on that far-off day.
In the morning of the first day's bat
tle she heard the sound of cannonading
a mile or two east of Trevllians. and
as the morning wore on It came nearer,
and by 11 or 12 o'clock the Southern
forces had been pUHhed back through
the village by tho enemy, who took a
position, with her home near the cen
tor.
While looking from a window in the
upper story, tho Confederates, who had
made a stand a short distance away,
began to shell the Yankees. She was
accosted by an ofllcer. who sharply
commanded her to take her head inside
the window. Answering her inquiry
an to wh^re she should go. he replied:
"Get In the cellar." She told him thero
was none. He replied: "Well, then, one
place is as gno?j as another."
In a few minutes, n shell ornshed
through the house, upon which she
took up her baby and dashed out of
the house and yard and ran as hard as
she could for a neighbor's house a mile
away. The Union soldiers yelled at
her to eo back in the house, telling
her she would be killed, but she kept
rieht on, and entered a pine wood.
By that time the battle was raging,
with shells and bullets tearing through
the pines. She nrrived safely at the
neighbor's house and remained theie
until ratxt morning.
During the night she could hear the
re-enforcements from General Lee's
army hurrying towards Trevllians. i
She returned to Trevllians next morn-'
Ing to see what hsd happened to her,
house. Right at her yard gato the
splendid horse ridden by the oHicer who'
accosted her the day before lay dead.I
Site never learned the fate of the rider.'
She found her house sacked and'
everything destroyed or taken away;'
her tables had been taken to the ynrdj
and several barrels of flour drngrcd
from the attic and fed to the hordes,
cn the tables. One of the tables showed
where a piece was bitten out hv ,i
horse. All bedding, bed clothes, etc., I
had b^en taken to the railroad station.j
which had been converted into a hos-j
pital, where the wounded of both
armies were being cared for.
When she started to leave they
talne?i her. but finally consented for
her to go and gave her a pass throueh
the lines, but before she could get out
they took her before the commanding!
general, who tore the pass up and said
she knew too much about the army and'
would have to stay. j
Straightening up. she told him she'
was going to her baby, ami with that I
she started as hard as she could and
pushed her way through the hors-s of1
Sheridan s cavalry, which was massed,
at that point. She Koi to her destlna-1
t'?n safely. She snvs she would love
to meet and greet the old veteran who!
so gallantly assisted her on that fear
ful day. and regrets so much that they!
were unknown to each other while 1*0 i
and his mother were in Virginia list'
Juno A. P. CALFEK, |
Har-ic City. Va.
?7- ' 7~-TV- -rr-t?
Genealogical Notes
Queries and Answers
Aridren* all rommnniraf Inns ft
rirnrnlOKlcnl Kill for. The Time*.
Dliipafeh.
Overfon ( Confirmed.)
William fS) Overton, Fon of Cap
tnin .Tames <2i Overton, married
Jemima Harris, his cousin. Issue:
Rlizaheth (4), married Samuel Over
ton (Who was this Samuel Overton?);
William, Rally (4), married Cap
tain John Syme, half-nephew of Pat
rick Henry; Nancy, married Captain
John Winston, Revolution officer;
James, married Mildred ; Mary
(4). married Colonel Richard Morris;
John (4). born January 20, 175D, mar
ried, first, Susan Garland; second, An
nie Paeon.
Samuel Overton, who married Eliza
beth (4) Overton, raised the first com
pany of volunteers in Virginia after
Braddock's defeat, and was a member
of the Committee of Safety for Han
over County during the Revolution.
Captain John Syme and Sally (4)
Overton had Issue; Helen, who mar
ried John Cochran, and had issue, Hel
en, who married Edward Garland; Pat
trick Henry, who married Minnie
Meauxr John Overton, who married
Mary Winston, the daughter of H. G.
Winston and granddaughter of Cap
tain John.
James (4) Overton, son of William
(3), served In the Revolution as lieu
tenant and died in February, 17S2. He
married Mildred . who had as her
second husband a Mr. North. Issue
of James and Mildred Overton: Wil
liam (i>), Elizabeth (5) and Jemima,
who married a Mr. Spencer, of Char
lotte County."
Colonel Richard Morris and Mary
(4) Overton had issue: Betsy, married
Edward Garland: Clara \V., married
H. G. Winston: Maria. married Dr.
Frank Carr; Or. James, married Ann
Morris; Patsy, O. S. P.; William.
O. S. P.
Dr. Frank Carr and Maria (5) Mor
ris had issue Francis Carr, who mar
ired Sally Carr and had George W.
Carr.
Dr. James (5) Morris and Ann, his
wife, had issue: Nannie, married Wil
liam F. Gordon and had daughter
Patsy: W. F. Jr., J. M. M., Bessie and
Mary W.. William, killed at Gaine's
Mill, 1S-62; James, Susan W? Rich
ard. married Julia Watson; Patsy, mar
ried Eugene Davis; Betty, married P.
R Jones, and Susan, married, first.
Major Joseph W. Anderson, killed at
Bakers Creek; married, second. Dr. O. |
A. Crenshaw. Eugene Davis and Pat
sy Morris had John. .James, married
Alice Sanders and had Ijlly and Alice,
and Ann W.
John (4) Overton, son of William
(3) and Jemima Overton, had by his
first wife Susan Garland. Susan, horn
, married Major Steger; Nan
cy. born . married George Banks;
Sally, born , married Richmond
Terrell; William (5), born , mar- !
lied Martha Gilliam; Eliza, O. S. P.,j
?f ' / g i
born ; Fanny, born , married f
Oeorni* Trueheart.
John (I) Overton, by his second '
wife, Annie Bacon, had Issue: Lucy I
(5). born , married Abner N*. Mar
ids. a cousin: and John Bacon, born j
, married Mary Overton, daUKh- j
tor of Juinnn Overton and son of Snm- j
uel and ICllzaheth, William (5) Over-!
ton, son of John < 4 >. married ?-?j
Martha Gilliam and had Issue: Wil
liam <(>). who married Nannie B. Giles, I
and folly (6), who married John Gil
liam.
Captain William "">) Overton. Con-:
federate Slates Army, and Nannie 15. I
Giles, his wife, had Issue: William j
Gile?, Framrls Giles and Martha Cath- ;
urine Gilllutn Overton.
Abnor Nelson Harris, son of Nelson'
and Mary (Pryor) Harris and Lucy
(5) Overtoil, had issue: A. N. Harris,'
Jr.. married, first. 1S57, Mary C. Klm
broiinh. second. Victoria Harris; John i
< >. Harris, died in army July. 1*>62:!
Fred, killed at McDowell. Sth May,
1802: William K. Harris, married Mrs.)
Guerrant, who was Miss Kmllv Shel-j
ton; Jemima, married John Waddy:
Maria L.. married D. Isaac Cyrd; I.ucy i
13.. married Charles Newell; Clara M., j
married Charles Klmbrough, second, I
Henry Gardner: Ann O., married, 1SS3. j
Captain William T, Harris.
Captain James ? 3 ? Overton, son of i
Captain James (2), lived In Louisa i
County, Va.. and married, April fi. 1710. i
Mary Waller (born October 22, 17.10;
died February S. 1 Si fit. daughter ?f
John and Agnes (Carr) Waller, and
died February IS, 1S16. He was an
oflleor in Braildock's army. Issue:
Waller (I), born November 11, 1750;
Thomas ? I >. horn August 1 r., 1753;
Kllzabeth (41. born June 21, 1755;
James ? 4?. born August 6, 1757; Wil
liam (4). born October 5, 1 759; Mary
(4>. born An trust lft, 1761; Nanc.v, mar
ried 1 lawes Coleman; Samuel ( I >, born
September 17, 17HS. second William (4>,
born November t>, 1770; Sally (t), born j
May 5, 177S. *
Judge John <4> Overton (170f>-1 822) j
went to Tennessee before IS10, and ;
patented ? large body of land near j
Nashville, which Is still in the posses
sion of his descendants. He became
judue of the Supreme Court of Ten
nessee. He married. In 1S20, Mary Mc
Connell (White May, daughter of Gen
eral James White, a Revolutionary
officer and founder of Knowvllle, and
widow of Dr. Francis May. Their
issue were: first. John (5) Overton, of :
Travellers Best i married, first, Rachel
Harding; second, Harriet Virginia Max
well); second, Ann (o) Overton (mar
ried R. C. Brlnklev, of Memphis);
third. Kllzabeth (5> Overton (married
Judne John M. Lea>.
Waller Overton, son of James and
Mary Waller O., was sheriff of Louisa
County, Va., during the Revolution. J
He married Martha Bagland, and had j
Thomas, (killed In the battle of River I
Basin [Tlppacan'oe]); Kllzabeth (mar- j
rled W. T. Smith); Martha: Lucy (mar- i
ried Major William T. Barry); Sally Ann
(married Whitney i; John W. O. S. P.,
(private secretary to General Jack
son'; Dabtiey Carr (married Kliz*\
beth D. Harris); Dr. James (married
Miss Dixon); Samuel (appointed Pro
visional Governor of Florida by Gen
eral Jackson; married a Miss Mitchell,
daughter of the first Governor of ?
Florida; no issue); Archibald Waller
(married Miss Dixon, sister of wife of
Dr. James O.; no issue).
Major William T. Barry and Xaicy i
Overton bad Susan Lucy < married Cbl- ]
onel James Taylor), and .J6hn (mar- j
ried Martha Hutchison). /
Colonel James Taylor and Susan Lucy j
Barry had Mary (married Colonel J
Thomas L. Jones and had James T.
Lizzie | married Brent Arnold] and
Thomas); Lucy (married Captain
James Albert and had Susan T. Nellie
and Jennie): Martha (married Dr.
Richard W. Saunders, surgeon in Brit
ish army, and had Susan T., Martha
[married Davis], Betty and WestropV;
Barry (married, first, Lizzie Hunton;
second, Mary Lammon, and had Logan.
Susan and .Dillon); John B. (married
Betty Washington); James (married
Maggie Poterfleld. and had James
(married Ktta l?oc Morgan], Mary
[married Joseph Humphries]!. John
Barry married Martha Hutchison, nnri
had Lucy (who married John Mar
shall and had Ann Marshall, who mar
ried Georgo Wilshlre).
Samuel Bullock and Kliza O. Whit
ney had Waller O. Bullock, who mar
ried Rally O. Overton, and had Sallio
O. (married Robert Cave I; Waller O.:
Sa m u e 1 A.; Fred D.; Joseph 11 , and
Barry.
I'iinncv Carr Overton, son of Wal- !
!<-r ami Martha iHaRland), married J
Eliza Dorothea Harris, daughter of i
Fred Harris and Catheline Smith, and 1
hart (2) Catherine Smith (born Oc- j
toher 31. 1R37; married Oram Green);
(S> Waller <!born November 17, 1853;
married Alice Pendleton); (3) Fred
erlck II. (born September, 1RI0; mar
ried Martha Garland); f4) Sally Ann
(born January 13, ISM, married D.
Waller O. Bullock; <S Archibald (born |
November 11, 1345; married Laura El- i
len Harris); (6> Eliza H (born Juno '
IS, 1SJ7); (1) Juliana Barrett (born '
Aupuvt, ISS-l; married William Duff
Heed; ?7? Dabney Car (born March 11, j
1850); ('S) Waller Overton and Al|co j
Pendleton, a cousin, had Kate P., Susan '
W., William Oahney and Mnrtha.
(2) Grant Green and Catherine
Smith Overton had Henry Dixon, j
Eliza O., Grant, Waller, Kate and John.
(3) Frederick Overton and Martha !
Garland, a cousin, had Richard Oar
land, Virginia Barret (married Gup- j
tave Starke) o*nd Susan Taylor.
Dr. Waller O. Bullock and (4) Sallie
Overton, a cousin, had Samuel Wal- j
ler, Sallie, Fred, Joseph II. and Barry. |
William Duff Reed and tl) Julia
Barrett Overton had Annie K., Eliza
O., Jano M. and Dabney Overton.
(o) Archibald Waller Overton and
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Laura Ellen Harris had Natalie Dab
noy and Waller Bullock.
Grant Green and < 2 > Catherine
Smith Overton had llonry Dixon, Eliza
O. <married (tcorgo B, Alexander; had
Grant ?? Alexander and Alice Hunt
Alexander); Mary II.; Dab no y O.:
lirant Green imtirri?il Joel (.ray; hud
Joel Gray Green, Catherine Green, John
Davis Green and tSrant Green); Wal
ler O.; Kate O. (married William War
rail), and John T.
Dr. James Overtoil, son of Waller O.
and Martha Kauland, married a Miss
Dixon and had Waller, , Archi
bald, (married Glenn), ,
L>ixon.
General Thomas Overton (son of
James and Mary (Waller) Overton)
was born in Virginia August 15, 1753.
He served throughout the Revolution;
second lieutenant. Ninth Virginia Reg
iineut, A<mlist 11. 1T7; llrst lieutenant,
March 1788; transferred to First Vir
ginia March 11, 1 7sS; lleutenant-ndju
tant. Fourth Continental Dragoons,
July 1, 1779; captain April 24.1781; mem
ber Legislature of North Carolina; np
pointed brigadier-general by Legisla
ture; wan Gene raj Andrew Jackson's
second in the Dickinson duel; member
of the Oriler of Cincinnati. Thomas
Overton married, first, in 17 87. Sarah
Woodson, of Louisa CounJ-J*, Va., and
had issue: General Walter Hampden
Overton (of Jackson's staff), born in
Virginia In 1 78M; died in Louisiana De
cember 24, 1S43; married Harriet K.
Winter, of Louisiana, and left issue.
Jean Overton (married Thomas Moon,
of North Carolina, and left issue); Ma
ria Overton (married Butler, of North
Carolina, and left issue). Thomas
Overton married, second, 1795, Pene
lope Holmes, daughter of Gabriel and
Mary Carson Holmes, of North Caro
lina, and a sister of Governor Holmes,
of that State. She was born March 2,
1765; died July 15, 1843. They had
issue: John Holmes Overton (born
March 23, 17'-?7 ) ; Patrick Henry Overton
(born in North C'nrollna 1801, died in
Louisiana March. 186tS; in Rebecca Phil
lips. of Tennessee, issue died in In
fancy); Harriet B. Overton (born In
Tennessee January, 1803; died In Louis
iana November 10, 1821, married De
cember ?, 1823, Robert C. Ilvnson, left
Issue); William S. Overton (O. S. P. at
West Po!i:i Military Academy); James
G. Overton (O. S. P.)..
Judge John Holmes Overton, son of
General Thomas Overton, was born In
North Carolina March 28, 1797; married
Juno 6. 1828, died New York City
March 25. 1883. Engaged in the war
against the Seminole Indians, IRIS. He
studied law, and was admitted to the
bar, member Louisiana Legislature,
prosecuting attorney and judge for his
district, commissioner to determine the
boundary line of the republic of Texas.
First president of the New Orleans and
Obelousas Railroad, now the Southern
Pacific Railroad. He married Emily
Matilda King (born Louisiana January
17, 1813; died September 10, lhtiO;
?laughter of Judge George King and
Amelia Matilda Jeune, his wife), and
bad Issue: George King Overton (born
1S29; died In infancy); Henry King
Overton (born 1S31; died In Infancy);
Walter King Overton (born 1833; died
In Infancy); Thomas Overton (born
Louisiana March 26, 1835; see below);
Penelope Overton (born October 20,
1S37; married, first, June 19. 1S56,
James A. White, of New Orleans; he
died March 8. 1S 7 9; married, second,
I January 15. DM, Henry Morgan, of
New York: he died March 13, 1891);
I Ella Overton (born February 7, 1841;
married in New Orleans Joseph M.
Moore, of upeiousas. La., July 21, 1870.
He died December 15, 1890. He was a
lawyer, and electcd to both houses of
I General Assembly, nominee for Con
I gross, member Constitutional Conven
tion 1879, senior Judge Court of Ap
peals. Third District, eight years.
Issue: Emily Overton Mooro (born Au
gust 31, 1882); John King Overton
(born July 2S, 1844, captain, C. S. A);
Walter Henry Overton (born October
2S, 18 18. died August 22, 1863).
Judge Thomas Overton, son of John
Holmes Overton, was born In Louis
iana March 26, 1835, and died August
14, 1913. Ed. Fniversity of Virginia
and Louisiana Fniversity. Served as
captain In Confederate army; attorney
at law; married December 16. 1S69.
Laura WaddlU. daughter of John B.
Waddlll.
John King Ovorton, son of John
Holmes Ovorton an?i Emily Matilda
KlnK, wan born July 2$, 1844, In Ope
lousas. I.a., and died October P. 1910, :
In New York Cltv. He was the young
est non of Judge Ovorton. IIo on
listed in Company A, Louisiana Guards, '
April 15, 1861; served through entire
war: was captured at Tort Hudson and
paroled near Mansfield, La., Juno V,
1865, as captain In Weatheloy's Bat
talion of sharp shooters, Thomas's
Brlgado, in I'ollglaco's Division. After
the war he embarked in a mercan
tile career, and established the ilrm
of Overton it- Conrad, of Now Orleans.
Winston Overtoil, son of Judge
[Thomas Overton, Is living: in Lake
j Charles. He is considered one of the
most able Judges on the bench. He is
a member of the order of the Gin
j clnnati.
l.ettor from Colonel Wlson Mllles
(Cnry, attorney at law, member of
I ?cen on logical committee, .Maryland So
Jclety. Genealogical research a special
ity, Ha It I more.
My own interest in tho Overtoils arises
j from the fact that' on my mother's side I
Jam sixth in descant from Captain James
Overton, of Hanover County, who was
born August 11, liiSS, and died June
IS, 1711'. and who was one of the sons
'of William Overton, immigrant to Vlr
j ginia, who was born December 3, 1638,
I and married (his second wife) Mary
I Waters In 167.\ 24th November, In Vlr
i ginia. I have learned something about
the Overtoils from various Virginia
archives, but my notes are in Haiti
more at homo and inaccessible at
present. About 1752 my ancestor, "Cap
tain James Overton, of Hanover,", con
veyed some 400 acres on Elk Creek, in
Louisa, to his "son, James Overton, of
Louisa." who was doubtless your an
cestor, and the witnesses to the deed
were his two sons -In-law, John Carr
and DavH Cosby. Car tain James Ovor
ton, Sr.'s wife, Elizabeth, ivho died
November 19, 17 39, m.ist have been a
Garland. My great-great grnndfatner,
John Carr (born 1706; died 177S; son
of Major Thomas Carr, 1G7S-1 737. and
Mary Dabnev, born 16SS, died 174S),
married for his first wife Mary (?),
] who died March 10, 1736, leaving one
, son, Thomas, born 1736. John Carr's
| sec- ml wife.
j Colonel Cary's aecond wife was Bar
bara Overton, married Decomber 27.
1737 (born 1720; died 1794). She wan
' tho mother of four sons, my ancestor.
' First, Dabney Carr (1743?1773); see
. ond, Samuel (1745?1777); third. Over
| ton. born 1752; fourth. Garland Carr
'(1754?1837), etc.
(Signed ) WISON MILES CARY.
Whltten from Bar Harbor, July 20,
j 1910.
Held.
William Raskin, of South Carolina,
married Anne Held, daughter of George
Iteid. Whose son was this George
ltclil ? SUBSCRIBER.
In reply to query concerning Brod
nax. Kennon, Boiling, Harrison, I would
state that John Brodnax married the
first time Martha Clack, and their
only child, a daughter, Martha Kennon
Brodnax. married Nathaniel Harrison.
1 am quite positive that Martha Clack's
mother was Martha Kennon, daughter
of Klcliard Kennon, of "Conjuror's
Neck," and, consequently a sister of
Mary, who married John Boiling. [
think I have this Information some
where, but after a most diligent search,
| failed to lind it.
j John Brodnax (not Rroadnax) mar
j ried second time. Martha Rivers, and
i left several children, all of whom I
have record of. If your correspondent
will give me a record of the doscend
i ants of Harrison Brodnax I would up
I predate it.
John Brodnax was fifth in descent
| from Major John Brodnax, who died in
! York County, Va., In 1657. Will record
ed there.
Very truly vours.
JOHN W. BRODNAX.
BOWLING GREEN
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l>atinn.
Miss Annif Monour?\ who hap been
spending some time with her grand
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ltobert Ohowninfc. of I<ynehburi?, I?i
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