The work in hand contains records of approximately 2500 early Overton County inhabitants and features abstracts of various classes of records. Principal contents include the following: Abstracts of Deeds Wills Grants and Minutes from Overton County Deed Books; Legislative Petitions 1801-1860; Officers in the Tennessee Militia 1807-1811; Pensioners in Overton and Adjoining Counties 1818-1883; and Index to Overton County Will Books 1870-1891.