There are at least two Group 8 families that consistently use the name Overton as a middle name; George Overton Harris George Harris Sr b ca 1758 of Hanover d May 1824 in Warren Co KY. Married to Sarah Hudson ca 1772. Children: Graves Harris b 1773 m Elizabeth Wheeler (of Mark) 15 Oct 1799 Louisa co VA William Hudson Harris b ca 1775 m Catharine Anderson 5 Oct 1805 Warren Co KY Elizabeth Dickson Harris b 1783 d 30 Nov 1838 m Major Holland Frances Harris b 1784 d bef 22 Jan 1842 Warren Co KY m Hezekiah Holland Sarah (Salley) Harris b 1790 d 10 Nov 1855 Warren Co KY m Charles Epperson George Overton Harris Jr b 1790 d 10 Nov 1855 Warren Co. m Elizabeth Holland Married: Elizabeth Holland 5 Apr 1813 Warren Co Mary Graves Harris b 1793 m James Thomas Lucy Overton Harris b 1799 d aft 1850 LaFayette Co MO Lucy m 1st Allen Johnson 26 Nov 1817 Warren Co. 2nd Richard R. Merritt 20 Oct 1825 Warren Co and from another Harris Group 8 John Harris m Jane Hambleton Son Solomon Harris b ca 1779 m Betty Hogan has a son Stephen Overton Harris b 1818 m Diana Smith Solomon also names another son William Overton Harris m Barbara LNU Pat In a message dated 8/31/2008 11:12:10 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Dear Ms. Wallace, As I have mentioned before, "Overton" was also a frequent given name in my Harris family of Georgia (descendants of John Harris died 1826 and his wife Mary Fielder). It is the most common given name in that family. The second most common given name (considering most of the descendants were through daughters) was "Harris". As many will know (including yourself), this fact does not automatically guarantee an Overton connection. Even so, I, too, would be interested to see the Overton data you have (to supplement my own). Whether or not all or any of these various Harris families were genetically related to the Overtons of England, one thing at least is clear--they were all of them proud of the name, and wished to claim a relationship to them! Thanks again for all your selfless, dedicated work on behalf of us all. T.J. White ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message **************It's only a deal if it's where you want to go. Find your travel deal here. (http://information.travel.aol.com/deals?ncid=aoltrv00050000000047)