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Overton ELKINS is a son of Harvey and Elizabeth D. (May) Elkins, who were
living here before the organization of Lincoln county. Overton Elkins was born in what was then Logan county,
Virginia, December 20, 1831, and in Wayne county, March 31, 1853, by the Rev. D. K. Elkins, he was joined in
marriage with Nancy Estep. She was born in Wayne county, December 25, 1838, and her parents were Corbiri and
Elizabeth (Davis) Estep. To Mr. and Mrs. Elkins ten children have been given: William F., born May 2, 1856;
Pheribe E., May 1, 1858; Clarinda, March 18, 1860; Mary Jane, June 29, 1862; Luanna, May 30, 1864; Nancy E.,
March 18. 1866; Bethany C., March 9, 1868, died February 26, 1879; Emily, September 23, 1870; Ellery C., June
25, 1872; Susan R., August 10, 1877. Miles Elkins, brother of Overton, was in the late war, and served from
the commencement until the close, and came home without a scar. Shadrack Estep, brother of Mrs. Elkins, served
in the Confederate ranks in the war of 1861, and David J. and William 0., also her brothers, were in the Federal
army, 25th Virginia Regiment. William 0. died soon after the close of the war from illness brought on during
the service. Richard Elkins, grandfather of Overton, built the first cabin in Hart Creek district, (now)
Lincoln county, about the year 1816, when Harvey, Overton�s father, was but fifteen years of age. Darby H.,
brother of Harvey, at the age of nine years killed a panther with a pocket knife and the assistance of his
dogs. The animal measured nearly nine feet from the nose to the tip of the tail. Mr. Elkins� mother was born
January 10, 1800, and at the date of this writing (July 25, 1883) she can walk twenty miles a day. Overton
Elkins is a farmer in Hart Creek district, owning 100 acres of land on Fourteen-mile creek of Guyandotte river,
30 acres under cultivation. His farm is rich and very productive, and contains coal, some lead and fine
building stone. Direct any mail for Mr. Elkins to Fourteen, Lincoln county, West Virginia.
Extracted from West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia, a reprint of Hardesty's Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia Lincoln County, WV, Biographies List, 1884.