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Kaye: I came on to this site this morning with the intentions of doing some research on
the Overtons in Morgan County, and there was your message at the top of the list!
I only recently found out that Rebecca, one of my GGGrandparents, married to Hiram
Collins in Morgan county(we never knew her maiden name)..was an Overton!
I found this out when I obtained a death certificate from the Martinsville county clerks
office for George H. Collins(son of Hiram and Rebecca. It stated that his father was Hiram
Collins and his mother Rebecca Overton.
Just about all the Collins left and went to Missouri because of a feud they were in with
OVERTON family, but we could never understand why Hiram and Rebecca stayed. Now that we
know she was an Overton, it seems Hiram stayed with her and she stayed with her family.
William Overton lived next to the Collins. There were other Overtons in the county, but
unsure just how all were related.
As to the cemetery, I am searching for it too. Jim McNulty