OVERBY, ANDERSON

Anderson/Andrew/Ansell/Anson Overby was born around 1862, likely enslaved.¹Andrew B. Overby death certificate: Ancestry.com. North Carolina, U.S., Deaths, 1906-1930 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/1014728:60090: accessed 29 Jul 2022. Original data: North Carolina, Deaths, 1906-1930. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013. His name appears to have been spelled in several different ways; he is referred to here as Anderson as that was the most common.

His parents were William Exum Overby and Amy Williamson Overby, who are first recorded in the 1870 Federal Census for Kittrell, NC.²1880 US Census Durham Township: Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditions applicable to this site. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/13428901:6742: accessed 25 Jul 2022. Original data: Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. Records disagree as to whether he was born in Virginia or North Carolina. He does not appear with his parents in the 1870 Kittrell census, but is first documented in 1880 as an 18-year-old factory hand, after he moved with his parents to Durham.³Durham: 1880 US Census Durham Township.

Kittrell: 1880 US Census Kittrell Township: Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditions applicable to this site. https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6742/images/4243276-00672?pId=14522169: accessed 26 Jul 2022. Original data: Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. He worked in Durham until at least 1887, but by 1895 had moved to Wilmington, NC, where he married Cornelia Bullock.⁴Directory of the Business and Citizens of Durham City for 1887 (Durham, N.C.: Levi Branson, 1887) p. 99, Overby surname; digital image, “North Carolina City Directories,” DigitalNC (https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/25123 : accessed 28 Jul 2022).

Anzel [sic] Overby marriage license: Ancestry.com. North Carolina, U.S., Marriage Records, 1741-2011 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/6204125:60548: accessed 28 Jul 2022. Original data: North Carolina County Registers of Deeds. Microfilm. Record Group 048. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, NC. He enlisted in Company B of the 3rd NC Volunteer Infantry for the Spanish-American War in 1898 from Wilmington; however, this unit never made it to the front lines.⁵Company B: North Carolina. Adjutant General’s Department. Roster of the North Carolina volunteers in the Spanish-American war, -1899 (Raleigh, Edwards & Broughton and E. M. Uzzell, state printers, 1900) p. 98. Web. https://lccn.loc.gov/01005585.

Front lines: William R. Navey, “A Brief History of the 3rd North Carolina Volunteer Infantry,” The Spanish American War Centennial Website.

By 1900 he was back in his parents’ Pine Street house with his wife, his two-year-old son Jacob, his six-month-old daughter Louise, his mother, his niece Georgiana, a niece on his wife’s side, a boarder, and even a servant. His occupation at this time was bricklayer.⁶1900 US Census Durham: Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7602/images/4117818_00629?pId=68146415: accessed 21 Jul 2022. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls. Three more children—Annie (b. 1903), Anderson, Jr. (b. 1905), and Fletcher (b. 1910)— followed.⁷Annie and Anderson, Jr.: 1910 US Census Durham: Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/20479752:7884: accessed 28 Jul 2022. Original data: Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA.

Annie and Anderson, Jr.: 1910 US Census Durham: Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/20479752:7884: accessed 28 Jul 2022. Original data: Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA. Records show that he bought a lot on Pine Street in 1906, though his last known address was 209 Markham Avenue, a rental property.⁸Durham County Deed Book 43: 261. (https://rodweb.dconc.gov/RealEstate/SearchEntry.aspx)

Rental: 1910 US Census Durham. He died on 10 February 1911 from a heart condition and was buried in Geer Cemetery.⁹Andrew B. Overby death certificate.

Cornelia remarried, to William Waller of Durham, later in 1911, and died on 17 March 1941.¹⁰Wm Waller marriage license: Ancestry.com. North Carolina, U.S., Marriage Records, 1741-2011 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/13023166:60548: accessed 2 Aug 2022. Original data:North Carolina County Registers of Deeds. Microfilm. Record Group 048. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, NC.

Note that Cornelia’s name is rendered here as “Kate C. Obliey.”

Cornelia Waller death certificate: Ancestry.com. North Carolina, U.S., Death Certificates, 1909-1976 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/1602262:1121: accessed 29 Jul 2022. Original data: North Carolina State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics. North Carolina Death Certificates. Microfilm S.123. Rolls 19-242, 280, 313-682, 1040-1297. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina. All of Andrew’s children lived in Durham until their deaths, while his grandchildren spread out geographically.¹¹Died in Durham: Jacob Overby death certificate: Ancestry.com. North Carolina, U.S., Death Certificates, 1909-1976 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/1121/images/S123_481-2896: accessed 29 Jul 2022. Original data: North Carolina State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics. North Carolina Death Certificates. Microfilm S.123. Rolls 19-242, 280, 313-682, 1040-1297. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina.

Louise: Ancestry.com. North Carolina, U.S., Death Indexes, 1908-2004 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/5774131:8908: accessed 29 Jul 2022. Original data: North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. North Carolina Death Records, 1968-1996. North Carolina Vital Records, Raleigh, North Carolina.

Annie: Annie Mae married McKinley Lewis on 27 Dec 1929 in Halifax VA (Ancestry.com. Virginia, U.S., Select Marriages, 1785-1940 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2014. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/3889243:60214: accessed 29 Jul 2022. Original data: Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013). She died in Washington CD on 13 Dec 1986, but was buried in Beechwood Cemetery in Durham. (Ancestry.com. U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/107142127:60525: accessed 29 Jul 2022.)

Anderson Jr.: Ancestry.com. North Carolina, U.S., Deaths, 1906-1930 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/1314241:60090: accessed 29 Jul 2022. Original data: North Carolina, Deaths, 1906-1930. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.

Fletcher Overby death certificate. Possible descendants living in Durham include families with surnames Lewis, Davis, Brown, or Horton. Other possible descendants might be found in other parts of North Carolina, New York, and Pennsylvania.

BORN: 1880 US Census Durham Township.¹³1880 US Census Durham Township.

DIED: 10 February 1911.¹⁴Andrew (Anderson) B. Overby death certificate.

BIRTH PLACE: Unknown.

DEATH PLACE: Durham NC.¹⁵Andrew (Anderson) B. Overby death certificate.

SPOUSE: Cornelia Bullock.¹⁶Anzel (Anderson) Overby marriage license.

PARENTS: William Exum Overby and Amy Williamson Overby.¹⁷1880 US Census Durham Township.

CHILDREN: Jacob (1898), Louise (1899), Annie (1903), Anderson, Jr. (1905), and Fletcher (1910).¹⁸Younger children: 1900 US Census Durham. Older children: 1910 US Census Durham.

OTHER FAMILY: Brothers John, Albert, William, Robert, and Jacob. Sisters Nancy, Sallie, and Mary.¹⁹John, Annie, Nancy, Wm Jr from 1870 US Census Kittrell Township: Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/34364118:7163: accessed 24 Jul 2022. Original data: 1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. Minnesota census schedules for 1870. NARA microfilm publication T132, 13 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.

Albert, Sallie, Robert, Jacob from 1880 US Census Durham Township.

FAMILY BURIED IN GEER CEMETERY: Grandmother Hannah Williamson, mother Amy Overby, sister Sally Yancey, niece Friendrica Yancey, brother-in-law James Armstead.²⁰xx

OCCUPATION: Bricklayer.²¹1900 US Census Durham.

CHURCH: N/A

AFFILIATIONS: N/A

ADDRESS: 209 Markham Avenue.²²Andrew B. Overby death certificate.

MILITARY SERVICE: Company B of the 3rd NC Volunteer Infantry.²³Roster of the North Carolina volunteers.