Conrad Overleese (1754 - abt. 1834)

Born 1 Jan 1754 in Germany

Husband of Margaret Peggy (Hairston) Overleese — married 7 Nov 1788 in Franklin County, VA

Descendants

Died about 20 Jul 1834 at about age 80 in Milroy, Rush County, IN

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Biography

Birth: 1754 Death: Jul. 20, 1834

Died at age 80 years.

Married Margaret (Peggy) Hairston in Franklin Co, Virginia on November 7, 1788.

Parents of 12 children: Jacob Nancy Abraham (1796-1872) Henry (B: 1797) Daniel (1798-1868) Mary (1801-1879) Elizabeth (1803-1869) Catherine (1803-1874) John (1806-1870) Susan (1809-1846) George (B: 1809) James (B: 1810)

Family links: Spouse: Margaret Hairston Overleese (1754 - 1819)*

Children: Daniel Overleese (1798 - 1868)* Catherine Overleese Bruner (1803 - 1874)* Susanah Overleese Sturgeon (1809 - 1846)*

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Burial: Overleese Cemetery Rush County Indiana, USA

Born: ABT 1754 in Germany Buried: in Overleese Cemetery in Milroy, Rush Co., Indiana IMMI: ABT 1775 in From Germany as a British mercenary _MILT: 1776 in as a Hessian Solidier in the Revolutionary War Also Known As: Conrad SSN: 1786 VA, 1804/05 KY, 1815 OH, 1827-1833 IN Occupation : in Farmer Died: 20 JUL 1834 in Milroy, Rush Co., Indiana Notes:

Konrad may have been in service to the patriots during the Revolutionary War. I found a Sons of the Revolution Chapter's web page that listed a Conrad Overleese as a Patriot buried in Rush County, Indiana.

The following is from the Overlease papers that were in possession of Roland L. Groat, Author - An Unknown Overlease

entered by Michael Groat in Groat Family history:

Konrad Overleese AKA Conrad

It is our belief that Konrad Overleese came to America as one of the thousands of Hessian soldiers in the pay of the British to fight the colonist in the Revolution: this of course would be in the mid 1770s. Like many of his countrymen, he decided to stay in America after the war and settled in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. His grandson, John Foglesong, stated that Konrad had served in the Revolution, however, to date no record of his patriot service has come to light.

By the year 1786 we find him residing in Franklin Co., Virginia. Around 1804/1805 he and his young family migrated to "the woods and barrens" of ???, Rockcastle Co., Ky.

For reasons not known to us today, around 1815, the Overleases once again picked up and moved, this time to Madison Twp., Montgomery Co., Ohio in the vicinity of Dayton, where Conrad continued to farm. Dayton was becoming a busy shipping port on the Miami River; the local people had even introduced keel boats to the river as early as 1819 along with the usual flat boats to carry their produce to Cincinnati and beyond.

Once again, either in the very late 1820s or very early 1830s. Conrad picked up stakes and moved to Rush Co., Indiana. Some of his older children and their growing families moved westward with him; however, his younger children seemed to have chosen to stay in Madison Twp. with their married brother, Henry, and his young family.

Konrad died in, or near, Milroy, Rush Co., Indiana on July 20, 1824 and was buried in the Overleese Cemetery in Milroy, where his tombstone still stands.

He married Margaret (alias Peggy), daughter of ??? and ??? Hairston on Nov. 7, 1788 in Franklin Co., Virginia, Margaret was born before ???, 1766 in ??? and died on ??? in ???

Ref: Family Records: Franklin Co., Virginia and History. M. Wingfield, p. 208

Additional data on Konrad,

We know that Konrad was born abroad, as his son, James states that his father was a foreign born in the 1870 Census. The country, Germany, is chosen as the name is German without a doubt.

Germany 1754 Franklin Co., VA 1786 Rockcastle Co., KY 1804/1805 Madison TWP., Montgomery Co., OH 1815 Milroy, Rush Co., Indiana early 1820s or 1830s

Marriage info

Marriage Bonds of Franklin County Virginia 1786-1858 page 172

Sources

• http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=62996101

• Michael M. Groat's Genealogical Database: http://cgibin.cs.unm.edu/mgroat-bin/igmget.cgi/n=GroatFamily?1822541

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