Overstreet Family Newsletter
Vol. 2, #1
January 1982
Editor:  Gregory S. Smith
Rt. 1, Box 35
Mt. Olive, MS 39119

OVERSTREETS OF GEORGIA


Henry Overstreet was an early inhabitant of the the Colony of
Georgia.   Records indicate that he was there as early as 1737,
and records also indicate that he may have previously lived in the
Carolinas.   Your editor believes he was the same Henry Overstreet
who resided in Bertie County, North Carolina between 1723 and
1736, but he is not to be confused with the Revolutionary Henry
Overstreet of Halifax County, North Carolina.

Henry Overstreet was from Great Britain and when he arrived in
Augusta, Georgia, he appeared to have a family consisting of a
wife and six children.    There is evidence that he was closely
associated with the Indians, as were his descendants.   From a
document published in London in 1743, the Township of Augusta,
outside the garrison seems to have embraced a small colony of
Indian traders.    The list of settlers at the fort shows sixteen names,
among them Henry Overstreet.   There is a tradition among certain
members of my family that one of our Overstreet ancestors signed
a treaty representing the Indian nation.    He is believed to have
been Henry's son, Henry Overstreet, Jr.   It has also been claimed
that all the children of Henry Overstreet, Jr., married Indians, or
half-breeds.   I have had little success in verifying this theory.   At
any rate, Henry Overstreet is the ancestor of many Georgia
Overstreets and those who later moved into Alabama and
Mississippi, and on westward.

James Overstreet, probably related to Henry, possibly a nephew,
was born in North Carolina about 1750.   He later moved to Barnwell,
South Carolina and became a Revolutionary War martyr.   Two of his
sons, Henry and John Overstreet moved to Georgia and became the
ancestors of many Wiregrass Georgians.    Another ancestor of
Georgia Overstreets and those who later inhabited northern Florida
was William Overstreet.   He is reported to have been born about
1795, in North Carolina, and was an early settler of Appling County,
Georgia.

Most of these early Overstreet settlers became inhabitants of Burke
and Washington Counties, or from counties formed later taken from
portions of the mother county, being either Burke or Washington.
These counties, namely, Emanuel, Montgomery, Tattnall, Appling,
and Coffee lie from just south of Altamaha River, northward to
Savannah River, which is the South Carolina border.    Burke County
was originally St. George's Parish, Montgomery was formed from
part of Washington prior to 1800, and Emanuel was formed in 1812
from parts of Bulloch and Montgomery counties.   Here in the
Wiregrass Country along the Altamaha, Oconee, Hoopee, Canoochee,
and Ogeechee Rivers, and along the numerous other creeks and
streams, the Overstreets were able to make suitable homes for
themselves, until it would be time to move on once again.



	OVERSTREET CHRONOLOGY - GEORGIA

c1736 - Henry Overstreet - a native of Great Britain, settled in St.
	 George's Parish (later Burke County) near Augusta with
	 his wife and six children.
1746 - Henry Overstreet - resident of Augusta with wife and three
	 children
1764 - Kindred Braswell - moved with his brother Robert from SC
	and applied for 100 acres of land on the Great Ogeechee
                   Swamp in St. George's Parish.
1764-66 - Henry Overstreet - granted 393 acres in St. Geroge's
		Parish (later Burke County).
1790 - Kindred Braswell, Jr. - Moved to Washington County (the
		 part which later became Montgomery).
1793 - Daniel Overstreet - probated a deed previously made (May 23,
		 1792) by Kindred Braswell and wife Rhoda to
		 Aaron Law, all of Washington County.  (Probated
		 January 26, 1797 in Montgomery County.)
1797 - Daniel Overstreet - probated a deed previously made (May 23,
		 1792) by Kindred Braswell and wife Rhoda to
		 Aaron Law, all of Washington County.  (Probated -
		 January 26, 1797 in Montgomery County).
1798 - Willis Brazael - tax list, Burke County
1798 - Jane Overstreet - tax list, Burke County
1798 - Braswell Overstreet - jury duty in Montgomery County
1798 - James Overstreet - resident of Savannah, Chatham County
1803 - Brasewell Overstreet - granted 350 acres in Montgomery
		 County
1805 - Daniel Overstreet - tax list, Montgomery County
1805 - John Overstreet - tax list, Montgomery County
1805 - Jacob Overstreet - tax list, Burke County
1805 - Murdock McDuffie - tax list, Montgomery County  (He m
		Abigail Braswell, daughter of Jacob Braswell).
1806 - Charles Griffis - tax list, Montgomery County   (He m Charity
		 Braswell, daughter of Kindred Braswell).
1807 - John Overstreet - granted 200 acres in Montgomery County.
1807 - John Overstreet - petit jury duty, Montgomery County.
1807 - Jacob Overstreet - tax list, Burke County
1807 - Robert Braswell - tax list, Burke County
1807 - Wynn Braswell - tax list, Burke County
1807 - Willy Braswell - tax list, Burke Country
1810 - Murdock McDuffie - Tax list, Telfair County
1811 - John Overstreet - ranted 230 acres in Montgomery County
1816 - John Overstreet, Jr. - granted 300 acres in Montgomery County
1818 - John Overstreet - granted 320 acres in Emanuel County
1818 - John Overstreet - granted 330 acres in Montgomery County
1818 - Eleanor Overstreet - granted 18 acres in Montgomery County
1818 - Daniel Overstreet - granted 400 acres in Montgomery County
1818 - Silas Overstreet - granted 1000 acres in Tatnall County
1819 - Silas Overstreet - tax collector of Tatnall County
1819 - John D. Overstreet - granted 75 acres in Wilkes County
1820 - John D. Overstreet - Wilkes County census
1820 - Daniel Overstreet - Emanuel County census
1820 - Silas Overstreet - Tatnall County census
1820 - William Overstreet - Burke County census
1820 - Moses Overstreet - Burke County census
1820 - Silas Overstreet - granted 150 acres in Tatnall County
c1823 - Henry Overstreet - moved to Screven County from
               Barnwell District, SC
1829 - Silas Overstreet - Appling County tax list
1829 - William Overstreet - Appling County tax list
1829 - George Overstreet - Appling County tax list
1825 - 49 - William Overstreet - Justice of Peace in Appling County
1829 - 33 - William Overstreet - Representative from Appling County
1830 - William Overstreet - Appling County census
1830 - William Overstreet - Burke County census
1830 - Moses Overstreet - Burke County census
1830 - John Overstreet - McIntosh County census
1830 - John D. Overstreet - Walton County census
1830 - Martha Overstreet -  Emanuel County census
1834 - McGilberry Overstreet - granted 104 acres in Tatnall County
1835 - John Overstreet - granted 250 acres in Emanuel County
1837 - John Overstreet - granted 228 acres in Emanuel County
1840 - John Overstreet - Emanuel County census
1840 - John D. Overstreet - Walton County census
1840 - Ann Overstreet - Screven County census
1840 - McGilberry Overstreet - Tatnall County census
1840 - Moses Overstreet - Houston County census
1840 - William Overtreet - Appling County census
1841 - Moses Overstreet - moved to Ware County from Houston
             County
1843 - John Overstreet - granted 335 acres in Emanuel County
1849 - John Overstreet - granted 1099 acres in Emanuel County
1850 - William Overstreet - tax collector of Emanuel County
1851 - Henry Overstreet - granted 302 acres in Emanuel County
1852 - James Overstreet - granted 202 acres in Emanuel County
1853 - James Overstreet - granted 355 acres in Emanuel County
1853 - Mathew Overstreet - granted 282 acres in Emanuel County
1854 - John Overstreet - granted 532 acres in Emanuel County
1854 - Henry Overstreet - granted 595 acres in Emanuel County
1857 - Henry Overstreet - granted 100 acres in Emanuel County
1859 - James W. Overstreet - Justice of Peace in Coffee County