Overton Love

Overton "Sobe" Love (c. 1823-1906) was a Chickasaw judge in Indian Territory in the nineteenth century. Love was born in Holly Springs, Mississippi c. 1823, the son of Colonel Henry W. Love.[1] Overton was among the Chickasaw forced to move to Indian Territory in the 1840s during Indian removal.[2] In Indian Territory, he was one of the largest landowners in the Chickasaw Nation, farming and raising cattle on 8,000 acres (32 km2) of Red River bottomland.[3] Love was a judge in the Pickens District of the Chickasaw Nation for many years. As a judge in the Dawes Commission era, Love worked to add tribal members to the Chickasaw Roll of Citizenship. Love also served as a Chickasaw representative to Congress and was named Treaty Commissioner on behalf of the Chickasaw Nation.[4]

Love County, Oklahoma was named after Overton Love.[5] He died in November 1906.[4]

  1. ^ Walker, Rickey Butch. Chickasaw Chief George Colbert: His Family and His Country. Available on Google Books. p. 59.
  2. ^ Chickasaw Nation Hall of Fame: Overton "Sobe" Love. Retrieved September 13, 2013.
  3. ^ Webb, Susan L. and Sandra L. Thomas. Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture. "Love County." Retrieved September 13, 2013.
  4. ^ a b Staff. "Overton "Sobe" Love". The Chickasaw Nation. Retrieved May 26, 2013.
  5. ^ "Love". Oklahoma Encyclopedia Online (PDF). Oklahoma Department of Libraries. 2005. Retrieved May 26, 2013.