Edward Tatum
Edward Tatum (born 1740-1750 in Virginia; died January 1835 in Mt Pinson) was a First Lieutenant in the American Revolutionary War and a pioneer settler of Jefferson County.
Tatum took his oath of allegiance to the United States in 1777 and joined the Henry County Militia. He saw action in 1781 at the Battles of Guilford Court House, Eutaw Springs, and Yorktown.
In gratitude for his service to the nation, Tatum was granted 656 acres of Virginia land in 1783. Even so, he moved southward with his family before 1800, spending time in South Carolina and Lincoln County, Tennessee, where he was elected coroner. In 1819 he joined family members already living in the McCalla area, and eventually settled near Mt Pinson.
Tatum died in January 1835 and is buried in a private cemetery near his homestead.
References
- Smith, Edward S. (1968) Edward Tatum: The Forgotten Revolutionary Soldier of Jefferson County, Alabama Baltimore, Maryland: Logical Products, Inc.
- Gray, Jeremy (June 13, 2013) "Ceremony, marker honor Revolutionary War veteran buried in Pinson." The Birmingham News
External links
- Edward Tatum at Find A Grave