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Family Histories
Tatum
Nathaniel Tatum came over to Virginia in the "George" before
1683 and settled in Charles City County. He was in Prince George
County in 1703. His wife was named Ann. Their known children
were Samuel, Mary, and Nathaniel who was in Prince George by 1704.
It has been clearly proven in several publications that the second
Nathaniel was the father of Nathaniel, Jr., Edward, Chris., and possibly
others.
Nathaniel Tatum, Jr. had a wife named Elizabeth. He had died
by 1750, leaving children Peter, Rebecca, Edward, and Nathaniel.
Edward Tatum, son of the second Nathaniel, died in 1739. His
wife was Rebecca Rives. Edward Tatum's will was recorded in Surry
County, Virginia 1736-9. They had at least two sons, Nathaniel and
Peter. Peter had a wife name Mary, by whom were born: Littleberry
(April 10, 1739), Eps, Ruth, and Peter (went to Georgia in 1743 and died
in 1791). The second Peter Tatum was the father of Epps, Thomas,
Peter, Rebecca, Howell (married H. Ogden), Nancy, and Sally.
Chris. Tatum, son of the secon Nathaniel, was born in 1683 and died
in 1750 in Surry County, Virginia. He married Bridget Scott, daughter
of John Scott of PrinceGeorge County. Chris and Bridget (Scott) Tatum
were the parents of Joshua, Bethia, John, Crances (married George Rives),
and Chris (died in 1769 in Sussex County, Virginia and had a wife, Elizbeth)
(w.B. 3 Surry County, Virginia, p. 132).
Joshua Tatum, son of Chris and Bridget, married Amey Chappell, who
was born in Virginia, the daughter of James Chappell. Joshua Tatum
and his wife Amey wre blessed with sons Major Howell Tatum (born in 1753)
and James Tatum. James died in davidson County, Tennessee, leaving
a wil, dated 1821 (W.B. 8, p. 28 Davidson County, Tennessee). He
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Red River Settlers
Howell Tatum was a Revolutionary soldier and advanced to the rank
of "Major." He married Rosannah Wendel in Davidson County, Tennessee
on 24 December 1795. Their Children were Edward M. and Eliza, who
married Macijah Wade.
Major Tatum divorced his wife in 1812. His pension application
(R 2027) was based upon Revolutionary War service rendered while he was
a residen of North Carolina. On 21 August 1773, he was appointed
ensign of the First North Carolina Regiment. On 21 August 1773, he
was appointed ensign of the First North Carolina Regiment. In 1776,
he was promoted to Lieutenant, and on 3 April 1777, he was made a captain
of said regiment. He also acted as aid-de-camp and assistant deputy
quartermaster. He was captured at the surrender of Charleston, South
Carolina, was held prisoner until August 1781, and coninued in service
until sometime in 1783. He also served under General Andrew Jackson
and fought against the Indians during the War of 1812. After this
service, he was military storekeeper at Nashville, Tennessee for a year
or more. He was Judge of the Circuit court in Nashville District.
He died at Nashville in October 1822. Rosannah Tatum was living with
her son, Edwin M. Tatum, in 1853. Rosannah was married in Bedford
County, Tennessee in September 1828 to Anderson Claxton, who died in September
1849 in Pulaski County, Arkansas.
On 16 November 1853 while living in Sebastian County, Arkansas,
Rosannah Claxton, aged sevety-six years, applied for a pension on th eaccount
of the Revolutionary War service of Howell Tatum. He claim was not
allowed, as she had been divorced from Howell Tatum.
In 1853, Stephen Cantrell of Jefferson County, Arkansas stated that
he became acquainted with Howell Tatum about 1804 and that afterwards he
went to live with the firm of dederick and Tatum in the city of Nashville,
of which firm said Howell Tatum was a member, and that in 1909 he married
Howell Tatum's wife's sister.
Howell Tatum was assigned a large nubmer of grants in nearly all
the Middle Tennessee counties. From the records in the various court
houses, I believe Mr. Tatum was what might be called a real estate dealer,
buying and selling lands.
The Davison County records (Book P, p. 345) 17 November 1829, the
settlement of Howell Tatum, deceased, shows cash pai to Edwin M. Tatum,
on of the heirs of the said Howell Tatum. Micajah Wade married Eliza
Tatum. John P. Wiggins is also mentions, but the record does not
reveal whether he married a daughter of Tatum or not. Andrew Erwen,
Jonior is also mentioned as guardian.
There is a will in Davidson County, dated 26 February 1836, recorded
23 August 1844, and signed by Nathnaile Tatum, in which there is mention
of a "sister" Rebecca Tatum and a "niece' Margaret Edwards (W.B. 13, p.
78).
Peter Ttum married Fanny Jones on 24 September 1811 in Davidson
County (m.B. 1, p. 119).
David Spears, asking that he be issued a military warrant in Davidson
County, Tennessee, stated that Howell Tatum, a captain in the First North
Carolina Regiment in the Recolutionary War, kndw him and knew that he,
Spears, was a soldier or a non-commissioned officer in the second Regiment
of that state from the spring of 1776 until after the fall of Charleston
in May 1780, at which time spears and Tatum were both captured (Tennessee
Genealogical records, Vol. 4, p. 38 by Whitley).
There is an indenture, dated 5 Jun 1799, between Howell Tatum and
Rosannah Tatum, his wife, on the one part and Anthony Foster, Robert Searcy,
and Francis B. Sappingotn, carpenters, on the other part ofr $350.00, etc.
(Davidson County, D.B. E, p. 231).
As I have previously stated, Howell Tatum was a dealer in real estate.
He never actually resided in Montgomery County, that I can find, but did
a rather large business in that section of the country.
The Tatum family was well represented in Middle Tennessee prior
to 1820. By that year, Dasney, John C. William, Nathaniel, Howell,
Jesse, Edward, Edward, Jr., Jonathan, Isaiah, Benjain, James, John, Jr.,
Peter, Stepeh, Dry, and two |