Lawrence W. Overton (born c. 1848) was a state legislator in Mississippi. He was born in Kentucky. He represented Noxubee County in the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1876. [1] [2] [3] Hampton L. Jarnagin and Marshall McNeese were his fellow representatives from Noxubee County. [4] He married Izella Richmond with whom he had three children. [1]