James H Overstreet

Male1837–

Brief Life History of James H

James H Overstreet was born in 1837, in Bedford, Virginia, United States.

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    1844 · Lumpkin's Jail

    Age 7

    In 1844 when Robert Lumpkin bought land in Virginia, this would be the spot of the Infamous Slave Jail (or Lumpkin’s Jail). The slaves would be brought here during the slave trade until they were sold. Lumpkin had purchased the land for his own slave business.

    1846

    Age 9

    U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

    1863

    Age 26

    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

    Name Meaning

    Probably an altered form of Flemish Overstraete: topographic name for someone who lived ‘on the other side of the street’, or a habitational name from a place so named. This surname was brought to North America from England.

    Possibly also an Americanized form of German Oberstrass: topographic name from a field so named, in particular one near Wermelskirchen in Rhineland.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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