Overbey Cemetery, Robertson Co, KY

Located in south-central Robertson County, this Overbey family cemetery is not in very good shape. It is in an unprotected field and all the stones have been moved and piled near the one standing monument.

The big monument is Henry Harvey Overbey's marker. In 2 pieces is a separate stone for his wife:
OVERBEY
Henry H.
Mar. 9, 1814
June 30, 1893
Elizabeth
wife of
Henry H. Overbey
born
Aug. 30, 1816
died
May 2, 1850

Henry H. Overbey's parents were: Henry & Mary "Polly" (Conway) Overbey.
These stones were only partially located:

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Henry Overby
orn
1777
POLLY
fe of
VERBY
born
[illegible]
died
Mar. 6, 1824
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Polly's father John Conway, Jr. was a RevWar soldier and was captured at Ruddles Station in 1780.

There are also two markers for infant son and daughter of N.P. and E. Overbey. These would have been Henry and Polly Conway's grandchildren:
Jessie H.
son of
N.P. & E. Overbey
born
Aug 21, 1853
died
May 31, 1855
Mary E.
dau of
N.P. & E. Overbey
born
May 21, 1855
died
Oct. 7, 1856(8?)

Although I had been told that this cemetery also contained Nathaniel Perry Overbey, Seth Curtis, Jane Curtis, Job Curtis and Margery Curtis, I found no stones indicating these names. There were other illegible stones that might have been these.



A nearby Overbey family log cabin.

My appreciation to my cousins Wendell and Carroll Curtis for their extensive Overbey research.

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