Ludwell OVERBY ¹

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Tax List: 1829, Barren County, Kentucky. ⁵

1829, Loch Co., Overby, Ludwell: 1 white male 21+.

2. Census: 1830, Barren County, Kentucky. ⁶

Overby, Ludwell:
1 male under five, 1 male 20-30; 1 female 20-30.

3. Census: 1840, Christian County, Kentucky. ⁷

Ludwell Overbey:
1 male under five, 2 males 5-10, 1 male 20-30; 1 female 5-10, 1 female 30-40.

4. Census: 1850, Graves County, Kentucky. ²

Dwelling 548, Family 548, District 1:
L Overbey, age 43, male, farmer, born in VA
Jane Overbey, age 42, female, born in VA
Mary Overbey, age 19, female, born in KY
William Overbey, age 17, male, farmer, born in KY, attended school
John Overbey, age 14, male, born in KY, attended school
Robert Overbey, age 12, male, born in KY, attended school
Edward Overbey, age 7, male, born in KY, attended school
Ludwell Overbey, age 5, male, born in KY
Nancy Overbey, age 1, female, born in KY

5. Census: 1860, Graves County, Kentucky. ³

Dwelling 1789, Family 1789, Mayfield P.O.:
Ludwell Overby, age 53, male, white, farmer, $4000 real property, $300 personal property, born in Virginia
Jane S. Overby, age 51, female, white, housewife, born in Virginia
Edward C. Overby, age 16, male, white, born in KY, attended school
Ludwell K. Overby, age 14, male, white, born in KY, attended school
Nancy J. Overby, age 10, female, white, born in KY, attended school

6. Census: 1870, Graves County, Kentucky. ⁴

Dwelling 167, Family 169, Farmington:
Overby, Ludwell, age 64, male, white, farm and surveyor, $2000 real property, $250 personal property, born in Virginia
Overby, Jane, age 63, female, white, keeping house, born in Virginia
Overby, Edward, age 26, male, white, cropping on farm, born in Kentucky
Overby, Ludwell, age 23, male, white, cropping on farm, born in Kentucky
Overby, Nancy, age 21, female, white, cropping on farm, born in Kentucky

Ludwell married Jane S. KING, daughter of John KING and 1st Mrs. John King, on 12 Nov 1829 in Barren County, Kentucky.¹ (Jane S. KING was born in 1807-1809 in Virginia ^{2 3 4} and died after 1870 in probably Graves County, Kentucky ⁴.)

  Marriage Notes:

Margaret Lester Hill has seen the marriage bond and is of the opinion it was dated 9 Nov 1829. Martha Powell Reneau, on the other hand, has it dated 29 Nov 1829. Margaret's date fits with the 12 Nov 1829 marriage date provided by Reneau. Reneau appears to have realized there was a date inconsistency, but seems to have thought the problem was with marriage date, since that date was underscored. Instead, the problem seems to have been with her reading of the date of the bond. Reneau also states John King was the surety for the bond and that the marriage was performed by Jacob Lock. ^{1 8}