Individual Details

Frederick OVERLY

(2 Mar 1765 - 3 May 1848)

Ross County Ohio Families Vol. IV
Published 1998, Page 98

Frederick Overly was a scout in the Revolutionary War at the age of 12. He was baptized on Palm Sunday, 1776 at Beaver Creek (Altalana Lutheran Church) Rehrersburg, PA. In his will he left his large farms as follows: the farms in Springfield Twp, Ross Co., OH went to his sons, John and George; Elizabeth received the farm in Green Twp; Susan the one in Colerain Twp; Polly and Margaret the one in Harrison Twp.

Will of Frederick Overly

To son Geo O farm I now live on called home place in Spfd twp. 276a exc 82a of NE part S5 T8 R21. To son John tract adj. home place in Spf T. 118a being part tract purch by bro. Martin O. together wi 82a. NE above named. desire road to be laid bet two divis land of son Geo & John to Chill Rd. Dau Elizabeth Overly now Elizabeth Tharp 158a in Green T. SE 1/4 Sec 33 T9 R21.

Dau Polly now Polly Smidley 160a in Harrison T SW 1/4 Sec 9 T9 R20 she now lives Rd bet dau Margaret Wheeland & Polly Rd to Adelphi Rd. Dau Susanna Jennings 160a Colerain NE 1/4 S2 T10 R20. Dau Margaret Wheeland 240a Harrison T NE 1/4 Sec 8 T9 R20 also E ½ NW 1/4 Sec 8 T9 R20.

Appt John son sole exec. 5 Aug 1843

Witnessed by James Miller and Jno H. Bennett.

Codicil 5 Aug 1843 - No tracts to be sold until youngest surv heir of either my heirs aforesaid shall arrive 21y then may dispose. When heirs of s. Goe arrive 21y they may sell.

Witnessed by OPE Evans and Lewis W. Sifford

Proven 19 May 1848 by Bennett also Joseph Miller and Agnus L. Fullerton well acquainted to James Miller dec'd handwriting also Lewis W. Sifford witt to codicil.

Events

Birth2 Mar 1765Bethel, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Residence1775 - 1783Ohio
Marriage24 Feb 1795Bourbon County, Kentucky - Mary Ann HINES
Residence1800 - 1902Ross County, Ohio
Residence1806Ross County, Ohio
Residence1807Ross County, Ohio
Residence1809Ross County, Ohio
Residence1817Ross County, Ohio
Residence1840Ross County, Ohio
Death3 May 1848Springfield, Ross, Ohio
MilitaryAmerican Revolution: Frederick was a scout at the age of 12. - Pennsylvania

Families

SpouseMary Ann HINES (1774 - 1850)
ChildJohn Overly
ChildGeorge Washington Overly (1798 - 1861)
ChildElizabeth OVERLY (1802 - 1843)
ChildSusanna Overly (1811 - 1884)
ChildMary Ann "Polly" Overly (1813 - 1885)
ChildMargaret "Peggy" Overly (1815 - 1897)
FatherMartin OVERLY (1732 - 1804)
MotherEva Marie NAGLE (1729 - 1809)
SiblingBoston Sebastian Overly (1762 - 1827)
SiblingCasper Overly (1764 - 1831)
SiblingMartin Overly (1767 - 1848)
SiblingJohn Christopher Overly (1771 - 1861)

Endnotes

1. , Ross County Genealogical Society, 1998., Ross County, Ohio Families,Vol. IV (N.p.: n.p., n.d.).

2. Ancestry.com, The Official roster of the soldiers of the American Revolution buried in the state of Ohio (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005).

3. Ross County Genealogical Society, 1998., Ross County, Ohio Families,Vol. IV.

4. Ancestry.com, The county of Ross : a history of Ross County, Ohio, from the earliest days, with special chapters on the bench and bar, medica (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005).

5. Ancestry.com, Ohio, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999).

6. Ancestry.com, Ohio, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999).

7. Ancestry.com, Ohio, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999).

8. Ancestry.com, Ohio, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999).

9. Ancestry.com, 1840 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010), Year: 1840; Census Place: Springfield, Ross, Ohio; Page: 445.

10. Grave Marker.

11. , Clark, Marie and Robert Casari, Abstracts of Estate Settlements: Probate Court of Ross County, Ohio (1992.) (N.p.: n.p., n.d.), Case Number 04768 p.21.