Inventory of the John Overton Papers, 1790-1840

Collection Number 1863


Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Collection Information
Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Online Catalog Headings
Collection Overview
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Descriptive Summary

Repository
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Creator
Overton, John, 1766-1833.
Title
John Overton Papers, 1790-1840.
Call Number
1863
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
468 items.
Abstract
MICROFILM ONLY. Correspondence, chiefly of John Overton, Nashville, Tenn., lawyer, judge, and land speculator. Topics include Tennessee and national politics, legal issues, land speculation, and Andrew Jackson's political career. Correspondents include Joseph Anderson (1757-1837), John Bell (1797-1869), Thomas Hart Benton (1782-1858), William Blount (1749-1800), Willie Blount (1767-1835), George Washington Campbell (1769-1848), Newton Cannon (1781-1841), William Charles Coles Claiborne (1775-1817), Henry Clay (1777-1852), William Cocke (1747-1828), John Coffee, William Dickson (1770-1816), John Henry Eaton (1790-1856), Thomas Emmerson, Edmund Pendleton Gaines (1777-1849), John Haywood (1762-1826), Andrew Jackson, Thomas Jefferson (1843-1926), William Berkeley Lewis (1784-1866), Philip Lindsley (1786-1855), John Sevier (1745-1815), Martin Van Buren, Hugh Lawson White (1773-1840), and James Winchester (1752-1826). Also included are eight original items, primarily Overton family personal correspondence.


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Administrative Information

Location of Originals
Originals may be located at the Tennessee State Library and Archives. See MS68-479, John Samuel Claybrooke Papers.
Processing Information
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the John Overton Papers, #1863, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
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Online Catalog Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

Anderson, Joseph, 1757-1837.
Bell, John, 1797-1869.
Benton, Thomas Hart, 1782-1858.
Blount, William, 1749-1800.
Blount, Willie, 1768-1835.
Campbell, George Washington, 1769-1848.
Cannon, Newton, 1781-1841.
Claiborne, William C. C. (William Charles Cole), 1775-1817.
Clay, Henry, 1777-1852.
Cocke, William, 1747-1828.
Coffee, John, 1772-1833.
Dickson, William, 1770-1816.
Eaton, John Henry, 1790-1856.
Emmerson, Thomas.
Gaines, Edmund Pendleton, 1777-1849.
Haywood, John, 1762-1826.
Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845.
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
Land speculation--Tennessee--History.
Lawyers--Tennessee--History--19th century.
Lewis, William Berkeley, 1784-1866.
Lindsley, Philip, 1786-1855.
Overton, John, 1766-1833.
Sevier, John, 1745-1815.
Tennessee--Politics and government--To 1865.
United States--Politics and government--1815-1861.
Van Buren, Martin, 1782-1862.
White, Hugh Lawson, 1773-1840.
Winchester, James, 1752-1826.
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Collection Overview

MICROFILM ONLY. Correspondence, chiefly of John Overton, Nashville, Tenn., lawyer, judge, and land speculator. Topics include Tennessee and national politics, legal issues, land speculation, and Andrew Jackson's political career. Correspondents include Joseph Anderson (1757-1837), John Bell (1797-1869), Thomas Hart Benton (1782-1858), William Blount (1749-1800), Willie Blount (1767-1835), George Washington Campbell (1769-1848), Newton Cannon (1781-1841), William Charles Coles Claiborne (1775-1817), Henry Clay (1777-1852), William Cocke (1747-1828), John Coffee, William Dickson (1770-1816), John Henry Eaton (1790-1856), Thomas Emmerson, Edmund Pendleton Gaines (1777-1849), John Haywood (1762-1826), Andrew Jackson, Thomas Jefferson (1843-1926), William Berkeley Lewis (1784-1866), Philip Lindsley (1786-1855), John Sevier (1745-1815), Martin Van Buren, Hugh Lawson White (1773-1840), and James Winchester (1752-1826). Also included are eight original items, primarily Overton family personal correspondence.