Pierce A. Tatum
Born: April 1824 Buncombe County, North Carolina
Married: Elizabeth L. Forester
Born: about 1830 Tennessee
Death: unknown
Death: unknown
Parents: Hardy Coates Tatum and Lavica Ann Roberts
Children
Born: about 1848
Born:
15 March 1851 Dade County,
Georgia
Married:
Louella Virginia Evatt
Death:
18 November 1907
Buried:
Hanna Cemetery, Rising Fawn, Georgia
Born: about 1853
Born:
about 1855 Dade County,
Georgia
Married:
John Franklin Acuff 21 January 1877
Dade County, Georgia
Born: about 1857 Dade County, Georgia
Born: about 1859
Born:
about 1861
Married:
John Franklin Acuff
Born: about 1864
Born:
2 February 1865
Death:
14 August 1946
Buried:
Head Springs Cemetery, DeKalb County, Alabama
Married:
Ada E.
Born: about 1868
Born:
about 1872
Married:
10 March 1895 Dade County, Georgia
Spouse:
S. P. Ellis
Born: about 1874
CENSUS RECORDS
1850 Dade County, Georgia, Page 25B, 20 October 1850, Family 344
Pearce A. Tatum 27 M
Farmer North Carolina
Elizabeth
20 F
Tennessee
Nancy
2 F
Georgia
James (?) Lowry 11 M
Georgia
1860 Dade County, Georgia, 1129 District, family 121
Pierce A. Tatum 34
M
North Carolina
Elizabeth
30 F
Tennessee
Robert P.
9 M
Georgia
George H.
7 M
Georgia
Charles M.
5 M
Georgia
Elward L.
1 M
Georgia
1870 Dade County, Georgia, Trenton, Family 398
Piearce A. Tatum 46 M
farmer
North Carolina
Elizabeth
40 F keeping house
Tennessee
Robert P.
19
M teaching school
Georgia
Charlsey M.
15 F
Georgia
Charles C.
14
M
Georgia
Edward L.
12
F
Georgia
Zebedia G.
6
M
Georgia
Joshua M.
4
M
Georgia
Elizabeth
2
F
Georgia
1880 Dade County, Georgia, Mill Dristrict 876, page 31, family 334 16 June 1880
| Pierce Tatum | 56 | Farmer | NC | NC | -- |
| Bettie | 50 | GA | GA | -- | |
| Anna | 17 | GA | GA | GA | |
| Gaynes | 15 | GA | GA | GA | |
| Jock | 14 | GA | GA | GA | |
| Bettian | 12 | not in school | GA | GA | GA |
| Henryetta | 8 | not in school | GA | GA | GA |
| Newton | 6 | GA | GA | GA |
INFERIOR COURT MINUTES - DADE COUNTY
1853-1884
(Roll 186-30 Georgia Archives)
Pages 255-256 18 July 1876
E. L. Tatum petitions the court to have P.A. Tatum declared a lunatic.
Page Unknown
P. A. Tatum is declared a lunatic and sent to state lunatic asylum. His assets are listed as such that he has to pay his own upkeep. Peter Forrister, Elizabeth Tatum and Edward L. Tatum are listed as the petitioners.
Page not noted, 1 February 1877
Robert P. Tatum petitions the court to be appointed guardian of P. A. Tatum's estate since he has been assigned to state lunatic asylum.
[Note: In the 1880 census (family 334, Rising Fawn) Pierce is back with the family.]