Ancestry of
Janis Joplin

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Nimrod Overby

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• • 4th Great-grandfather of Janis Joplin — 7th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 94 
  • Father:
  • Meshack Overby 
  • Mother:
  • Mary Mitchell   
  • Birth Date:
  • 9 Apr 1770 
  • Birth Location:
  • Virginia 
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  • Death Date:
  • 22 May 1855 
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  • Burial Location:
  • Overby-Pinson Cemetery, Laurens, Laurens Co., South Carolina 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Elizabeth -----
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  • Child:

  Martha Overby (Ahnentafel No:47 )

• Sources for Nimrod Overby

  • ¹ Bible of Basil Earl Overby (1848-1914), (accessed 04/11/2021).
  • ² Federal Census, SC, Laurens County, 1850, Image 34 of 159.
  • ³ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 04/11/2021).
  • ⁴ South Carolina, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1670-1980, 20 FEB 1854, Will of Nimrod Overby.
  • ⁵ Lester, Memory Aldridge, Old Southern Bible Records: Transcriptions of Births, Deaths, and Marriages from Family Bibles . . ., Baltimore, Maryland: Reprinted for Clearfield Co., Inc. by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. (2002), 245, Bible of brother Nicholas Overby.