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Overton, John
American lawyer
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association with Jackson
- In The Rise of Andrew Jackson: Marriage and Scandal
One was fellow lawyer John Overton who, like Jackson, had recently migrated to Nashville and had also become a protégé of William Blount. Overton was a native Virginian and, unlike Jackson, carried an aura of background and breeding marked by calm deliberation and tempered manners. Despite their differences, they…
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