John Overton High School is a public high school located in Oak Hill, Tennessee. It is named after prominent Judge John Overton (1766–1833), advisor to President Andrew Jackson. The school opened in September 1958 and was renovated and expanded in 1995. The school most recently underwent a US$30,000,000.00 renovation, approved for FY 2015–2016, which strategically expanded school classrooms and other spaces. The school has won 14 state championships.
John Overton High School
The Awesome John Overton Band most recently won the 2008 state championship
Nick Coutras Stadium
Bill Tucker Field
John Overton was an American planter, and a friend/advisor of Andrew Jackson, a judge at the Tennessee Supreme Court, a banker and political leader.
John Overton (judge)
Travelers Rest, his plantation home in Nashville