It was built in 1833 for Judge John Overton, and it was home to a state senator and the mayor of Collierville.

The house was built in 1830 for Judge John Overton, a banker and politician who owned slaves.

[2] From 1833 to 1844, it belonged to his daughter Ann and her husband, Robert Campbell Brinkley, who helped build the Memphis and Charleston Railroad.

[2] During the American Civil War of 1861–1865, Leake turned the house into a hospital for the Confederate States Army.

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