From letter by Dr. Arthur Hieronymus of Oakland, California, to Edith O. Morris of Richmond, California, in which the following contents were found:
"James Overstreet, the emigrant, was born in London in 1736. He was a mariner. He quit the sea and came to Virginia. In 1749, he married and settled in Culpeper Co. He became quite an extensive land owner and a man of considerable means. He married three times, first to Jenny ?; she was born in 1742, died in 1770, and married Dec. 6, 1759, had five children; second to Annie?; she died Oct 13, 1781, had five children; third to Nancy Davis, born in 1760, died Oct. 29, 1832, married July 25, 1783, had eleven children, two were born in VA, nine in Kentucky. In 1790, he sold his Virginia lands and moved to KY, with his slaves, horses, cattle and chattels. Travel was by flat boat on the Ohio River. An attack by Indians causing much excitement was reported and he had three sets of children to look after. He lived in Fayette County later Jessamine County died in Feb. 1817. "
(Letter Courtesy Walter Overstreet)