Jesse Tatum

Information Provided by Pat Mill

Our first Jesse was born between 1750-1760.  He died after 1830.  His son Jesse was born between 1802-1805 in South Carolina .  He died after 1880 and was buried in an unmarked grave in the Roswell Methodist Church Cemetery in Roswell , Ga.   He married Sarah E. Rawson ( Rowzee ) on April 9, 1829 in Elbert County , GA.   Sarah was born Dec., 1811 in Virginia and died after 1900.  Jesse #2 and Sarah had nine children:  Martha Ann (b. 9/17/1833 in Elbert County , GA. ); Lucinda A. (b. 1834 in Elbert County ); Francis A (b. 1836 in Elbert County. – known as Frank.  Missing in action in CSA); James Josephus (b. 1838 in Elbert County – known as Jim – enlisted in Confederate Army Co. 1, 18^th Georgia Infantry in 1865); George W. (b. 3/15/1839 in Elbert County – Served in CSA); Mary F. (b. 1/02/1846 in Cobb County, GA); Sarah Jane (b. 1848 in Cobb County, GA); Jesse Alphus (my great grandfather – b. 1853 in Cobb County, GA.) and William M. (b. Mar. 1856 in Cobb County, GA. – known as Bill – Married Sam Ella Morton.) 

Jesse Alphus married twice.  His first wife (my great grandmother) was Mary Ann Henson.  They married on 12/26/1873 in Cobb County, GA and had 10 children:  Green Alexander (b. 6/21/1875; Mettie Tatum Paris (b. 10/08, 1877); Lucy Tatum Mostellar (b. 05/03/1880); Elizabeth Tatum Manning (known as Lizzie – b. 08/10/1883); Infant Tatum (b. 07/09/1889 – d. 07/27/1889); Jesse Henson (my grandfather – b. 06/23/1890); Clifford Leland Tatum (known as Jack – b. 08/23/1892); Horace Luther Tatum (b. 09/22/1895); Newton Warner Tatum (b. 3/10/1887 – d. 06/28/1889); Infant Tatum (b. 06//17/1897 – died same day). 

After Mary Ann Henson’s death, Jesse Alphus remarried.  His second wife was Marietta Alvarilla Bates, known as Rilla.  Together they had six children:  Irvin (b. 04/16/1906); John B. (b. 07/29/1912); James A. (b. 05/20/1916); Mary F. Tatum Randall (b. 01/06/1908); Annie Mae Tatum (b. 05/06/1909); Tatum ( still living.)  Jesse Alphus and both of his wives are buried in Old Big Creek Cemetery in Alpharetta , GA.   This area was originally in Milton County , but is now in Fulton County . 

Jesse Henson Tatum (my grandfather) married Annie Mae Queen Kinard in January of 1921 in Atlanta , GA.   Both were killed in an explosion at their Atlanta home in January of 1936 and are buried in Greenwood Cemetery , Atlanta , Ga.   Together they had two sons: Charles Mason Tatum (b. 07/08, 1921 – d. 05/21/2005); Tatum ( still living ).