Howell Tatum (died 1822) was a justice of theTennessee Supreme Court from 1797 to 1798.
Born inNorth Carolina,[1] Tatum was a soldier in theAmerican Revolutionary War,[2] serving as an ensign in the First North Carolina Regiment, Continental Line, in 1775.[1]
He moved to Tennessee in the late 1780s or early 1790s, settling in theMero District, which comprisedDavidson,Sumner andTennessee Counties.[1] He served as treasurer of the district from 1794 to 1796, and was then Attorney General for the district from 1796 to 1797.[1][2] He was appointed to the state supreme court in 1797, resigning the following year.[2] He was a topographical engineer in theWar of 1812.[2]
Tatum was interred with full military honors on September 9, 1822.[3]
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