Thomas Overton (1753–1824) was an American military and political leader best known for having been the second to Andrew Jackson in his duel with Charles Dickinson in 1806.[1]
He married Sarah Woodson in 1787 and Penelope Holmes (a sister of Gabriel Holmes) in 1795. His daughter Jane (by his first wife) was the mother of Thomas Overton Moore, Governor of Louisiana from 1860 to 1864. His son (by his first wife) Walter Hampden Overton was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1828.[5]
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