Genealogy Report: Descendants of James C. Overbay
Descendants of James C. Overbay
1.JAMES C.2 OVERBAY(PETER1) was born 1770 in Virginia, and died 1829 in Jefferson County, Illinois.He married LUCRETIA WADE 1800 in Virginia.She was born 1780 in Virginia, and died 1835 in Jefferson County, Illinois.
Notes for JAMES C. OVERBAY:
From "The History of Wayne and Clay Counties, Illinois, 1886", 1969 Reprint, furnished by Edna Overbee Flanagan.He was of Scottish descent and was born a few days after the coming of his parents to the United States.He grew to manhood in Virginia.He fought in the war of 1812 and, afterward, moved to Kentucky, where the family resided until the year 1827.In that year, attracted by the promises of Edward Maxey, who was then a settler of Jefferson County, Illinois, he moved his family to that county.His death came only two years after moving his family from Kentucky.
More About JAMES OVERBAY and LUCRETIA WADE:
Marriage: 1800, Virginia
Child of JAMES OVERBAY and LUCRETIA WADE is:
| 2. | i. | JAMES CARROLL3 OVERBEE, b. April 22, 1820, Allen County, Kentucky; d. July 10, 1891, Fairfield, Wayne County, Illinois. |