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Note: John Manly Overstreet was a salesman for Nelson Hardware Co. for 45 years.
His family attended the First Baptist Church in Roanoke, VA. and are buried in Evergreen Burial Park, Roanoke, VA
Personal Notes;
I lived next door to Johnny when I was growing up in the 1930s & 40s in
Roanoke , Va. Vaughnie had a Model A Ford coupe, on which I learned to drive. Johnny usually had a new Chevrolet supplied by Nelson Hardware.
One of his favorite pastimes was going to watch the Roanoke baseball team play and I often went with him.
His sisters, Sadie & Lois lived on the family farm in Moneta, and he often
went there on weekends, sometimes he took me. There was a big church with a cemetery located beside it (some of the Overstreets are
buried there). To reach the farm you turned down the dirt road beside the cemetery, across the N& W Ry. tracks and on for about a mile or so. Today it is a bridge, but in those days it seemed like a grade crossing.
The farm house was a large frame house on the right with a barn and other buildings behind it. The water pump was on the east side about 40 ft. from
the kitchen. The kitchen was extreamly large, and the sisters had closed
off the rest of the house and lived in the kitchen, even had their beds there.
Sadie did the farm chores and was a tall thin woman. Lois did the cooking
and was a little plump and slow.
In the chicken coop they had a 1920 Model T Ford, with 1932 tags. The car
was completely filled with chicken droppings. Sadie later commited suicide, and Lois had to move into town. The house
later burned down. Today the road is paved and there is no sign the farm ever existed.
When I learned to drive in 1949, the sisters gave me the Ford, my first car.
In payment I had to take them one day to Bedford VA for a shopping trip. Cleaning the car was a real chore, but my dad and I finally towed it back to Roanoke and eventually got it running. It was one of the early Fords that
had an electric starter and the shifting of gears was done by pedels on the floor.
Larry Snyder 1997
The following is from the 1870 Census of Bedford County Va.
Apparently The Town of Bedford was known as Liberty in those days. Some was difficult to read, therefore ?, KH means Keepinghouse, FL means Farm Laborer, AH At Home, DS Domestic Servant, M Male, F Female, W White, B Black, AS At School.
Pg 81, Liberty Twp. Liberty
Overstreet Jno. E 64MW Farmer
Catherin? 62FW KH Nathi? 21MW FL Paulina 19FW AH Davis L 16MW FL Pg 86
Overstreet Martha 25FW DS
Pg 51 Liberty Twp. Liberty
Overstreet Granville 43MW Farmer
Mary H. 50FW KH Nancy E. 22FW Mildred 20FW James R. 16MW Cenry? 9MW Elizabeth 78FW Pg. 53
Overstreet Jno. S 24MW FL
Nannie W. 25FW KH Wm. D. 3/12 MW Craighead Julia 9FW
Pg. 53
Overstreet Nancy 42FW KH
May A. 22FW AH Wm. B. 21 MW FL Alexandra15FW AS Martha 13FW Anchio? 6MW Whorley Mary E. 8FB
Page 26 Lisbon Twp. Bufords
Overstreet Wm. A. 35MW Farmer
Lucy VA. 25FW Alma Bell 1FW Jennings Mary J. 10FB DS
Pg. 1 Lisbon Twp. Liberty Va
Overstreet Wm. H. 45 MW Farmer
Mary J. 45FW James H. 9MW Marietta 7FW Wm. L. 5MW Shelton Virginia 18FB DS
Pg. 11 Lisbon Twp. Liberty
Overstreet Martha 45FW AH At Wells House
Meary 11FW Pg. 1 Otter Twp. Liberty
Overstreet J. ? 32MW Farmer
Susan V. 30 FW Lelsie M. 7FW Jessie L. 5FW Everett 2MW Cyrus 1MW Nancy Fanny 15FW FL Pg. 17 Otter Twp. Liberty
Overstreet Joshua 55MW Farmer
Mary J. 38FW Martha 18FW Eliza A. 16FW Jasper 15MW Stephen 10MW Wm. C. 7MW Mary L. 5MW Robert P. 1MW Pg. 22 Otter Twp. Liberty
Overstreet Jesse 31MW Farmer
Meary J. 27FW KH Berry Z. 6MW Sarah M. 4FW Pg22 Otter Twp. Liberty
Overstreet Linieberry 60MW Farmer
Mildred 60FW KH Betsy A. 31FW AH Martha 24FW AH Addison 10MW Pg. 22 Otter Twp. Liberty
Overstreet James 54MW Farmer
Missouri 6FW Pg.22 Otter Twp. Liberty
Overstreet Stephen 52MW Shoemaker
Mary A. 44FW KH Mildred 16FW AH William 13MW AH Sally 6FW AH Pg. 55 Otter Twp. Liberty
Overstreet Raleigh 49MW Farmer
Martha 34FW KH Wilson Mary J. 16FW Overstreet Serina 9FW
Lelia 8FW Edmond 6MW Robert V. 2MW ? 1/12MW Lee Fanny 18FB DS
Pg. 60 Otter Twp. Liberty
Overstreet Tabitha 38FW KH
Jane 13FW Mary G. 12FW Pg. 61 Otter Twp. Liberty
Overstreet Calihill 35MW FL At Bonds House
Pg. 72 Otter Twp. Liberty
Overstreet William 58MW Farmer
Catharine 45FW Judy 23FW Davis E. 18MW Robert W. 15MW Sarnoia? 14FW Charles 10MW Harriet 8FW Presly 4MW Pg. 72 Otter Twp. Liberty
Overstreet Daniel 21MW FL At Sterns House
Pg. 3 Staunton Twp. Liberty
Overstreet Thomas 70MW Farmer
Margaret 40FW KH Walter B. 7MW John B. 5MW Maggie B. 1MW Pg. 38 Stanuton Twp. Liberty
Overstreet Jesse 44MW Farmer
Ann E. 42FW KH Ann B. 18FW AH John S. 16MW AH Addison P. 13MW AH Jesse G. 10MW AH Pg. 58 Stanuton Twp. Liberty
Overstreet Ann 30FW DS At Dowdys House
Pg. 58 Staunton Twp. Liberty
Overstreet Wm. C. 30MW Farmer
Elsie J. 27FW Eugina C. 1FW Pg. 67 Staunton Twp. Liberty
Overstreet James 29MW Farmer
Julia A. 30FW Missouri 10FW Mary S. 8FW Laura B. 6FW Jeneralo 4FW Irea? 5/12FW Pg. 76 Staunton Twp. Liberty
Overstreet Armcalra? 66MW Farmer
Henerietta 60FW Sarah E. 28FW Eliza M. 28FW Roasmore ? 22FW Pg. 57 Chamblisburg Twp. Liberty
Overstreet Charles 18MW FL
Pg. 70 Liberty
Overstreet Edmond 23MW FL
Eliza 21FW KH Hurbert? 2MW Cossifa Robert 9MB
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