Richard Tatom b. 12 May 1805 Orange County, North Carolina, USA d. 23 Jul 1869 Oregon, USA: Our Family History

1805 - 1869 (64 years)

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Name	Richard Tatom [1]
Born	12 May 1805	Orange County, North Carolina, USA [2, 3]
Gender	Male
Biography	WPA Interview of Solomon's Son, H. Clay Tatom "Mr. TATOM was interviewed at his farm home about one half mile north of Philomath. Mr. TATOM's father, who came to Oregon in the early days as a boy of seven, lived until a few years ago. However, neither Mr. TATOM nor his father made any written records, and he was able to tell me little of importance. Mrs. TATOM is also of pioneer stock but was absent from home and the interview with her was postponed until a later date. Mr. TATOM said: My Grandfather, Richard TATOM, came with his wife, Lavina, from Missouri to Oregon in 1854. Grandfather was captain of the team and they came without any special difficulty, so far as I know. The first winter they spent at Halls Ferry of the Willamette River and in the spring of 1855 they located at Kings Valley. Grandfather's donation land claim was on the hill just west of CHAMBERS and other first settlers. Grandfather seems to have been skilled at many trades, but he worked at blacksmithing more than any other except farming. Grandfather's children were James, Rebecca, William, Mary, Lavina, Isaac, Caroline, George, and Solomon. Solomon was my father. He was born in Missouri in 1847. My mother was Cyrena WOOD, who was born in Benton County in 1854. Her father's donation land claim was a little north east of Blodgett, near the head of Gellatly canyon on the Newport Highway. My parents were married in 1871. They had three children. My sisters, who are dead, were Nellie (Mrs. Frank PLUNKETT), and Minnie (Mrs. Jonnie PRICE). Father spent his boyhood and attended school in Kings Valley. I have often heard him talk of Fort Hoskins and the men who were there but I made no record and cannot give exact information. I know Phil SHERIDAN was one of the officers he talked of seeing. Father was nine when the fort was built and nineteen when it was abandoned. In 1901 I married Elsie MATHANY whose folks were also pioneers. Her mother was a cousin of Louis Albert BANKS who won as much fame as a evangelist and preacher. Our children are Mable (Mrs. Glenn BRADY), Minnie (Mrs. James McMURTRY), Calvin, Marian and Dean." [4]
Note	7 Apr 1823	Dickson County, Tennessee, USA [5]
	A William Tatom was appointed to oversee road in place of Jacob Walker at April Term 1823. The next road overseer appointed after him was George H. Walker. Could this be Richard's father or brother?
Land	3 Jun 1835	Lot 23, Greenville, Bond County, Illinois, USA [6]
	Richard purchased from the County Commissioners, in the "new town of Greenville," Lot 23, for $25.
Note	4 Jul 1835	Greenville, Bond County, Illinois, USA [7]
	From Perrin's History of Bond and Montgomery Counties, Illinois "The second jail was built by Richard Tatom on the public square for $321.74, payment made for same July 4, 1935, that probably being the date of receiving the building."
Deed	24 Feb 1836	[Tatom to Hartley Jr], Bond County, Illinois, USA [8]
	On this date Richard Tatum sold 47 1/2 acres for $200 to his brother-in-law, James Hartley, Jr. Acknowledged/proved and filed on the same date.
	". . . in the county of Bond . . . and described as a part of the north west quarter of Section No. twenty two Township six north in Range three west and bounded as follows [:] Beginning at the north west corner of said Section and Runing 'six] East 80 pees Thence south 80 poles Thence west 80 poles to the section line Thence west 24 poles to a small creek Thence up the meanders of said creek upwards of 80 poles to a willow tree thence East to poles the Beginning containing forty seven acres & a half."
Land	12 Jan 1837	Lot 23, Greenville, Bond County, Illinois, USA [9]
	Richard sold lot 23, town of Greenville, to James Bradford for $300. Acknowledgment and dower relinquishment, 12 January 1837. No filing date.
Land	10 Sep 1844	Sec. 2, Twp. 34N, Rg. 26W, Cedar County, Missouri, USA [10]
	Richard Tatom, along with partner Oliver Hubbard were granted by land patent 160 acres in Section 2 of Township 34N, Range 26W in Cedar County. Oliver Hubbard is unknown at this point.
Land	1 Nov 1848	Sec 10, Twp 33N, Rg 2W, Cedar County, Missouri, USA [11]
	Richard patented forty acres in his name alone in Section 10 of Township 33N, Range 25W.
Residence	1 Sep 1854	Benton County, Oregon, USA [3]
	Oregon Land Donation file indicates that he settled on the property for which he later filed on this date.
Land	16 Nov 1854	Benton County, Oregon, USA [3]
	Richard Tatom filed for Oregon Donation Lands on this date. The 322.63 acres was located in T10S, R6W, Sections 8 and 17, "the North half to the said Richard Tatom, and the South half to his wife, the said Levina Tatom."
	Citation: Richard Tatom (Benton County), donation lands, final certificate no. 4667, Oregon City, Oregon, Land Office; Oregon and Washington Donation Land Files, 1851-1903, Records of the Bureau of Land Management, Record Group 49, NARA, Wash., D.C., microfilm publication M815, roll 51.
Tax Record	1855	Benton County, Oregon, USA [12]
Tax Record	1856	Benton County, Oregon, USA [13]
Probate Settlement	1869	Polk County, Oregon, USA [14]
Died	23 Jul 1869	Oregon, USA [15]
	Probably died in Benton or Polk County.
Buried	Dallas Cemetery, Polk County, Oregon, USA [15, 16]
Person ID	I1076	Full \| ProgenitorWalker
Last Modified	26 Jun 2014

Family Levina Hartley, b. 24 Jan 1811, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA , d. 7 Nov 1870, Benton County, Oregon, USA (Age 59 years)

Married 26 Mar 1826 Dickson County, Tennessee, USA [3]

Richard's Oregon Donation Lands file states that he and his wife Levina were married in "Dixon" County, Tennessee, on this date. Many of the early Dickson County marriage records are missing, due to a tornado that destroyed the courthouse in 1830, explaining why no record has been located.

Children

+	1. James Tatum, b. 1827, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA , d. After 1880 (Age 54 years)
	2. William Tatum, b. Abt 1831, Illinois, USA , d. 1888, Polk County, Oregon, USA (Age ~ 57 years)
+	3. Elizabeth Tatum, b. Abt 1833, Illinois, USA , d. 1859, Oregon, USA (Age ~ 26 years)
	4. Levina Tatum, b. Abt 1836, Illinois, USA , d. 11 Sep 1913, Polk County, Oregon, USA (Age ~ 77 years)
+	5. Isaac Tatom, b. Abt 1837, Missouri, USA , d. 7 Nov 1872, Oregon, USA (Age ~ 35 years)
+	6. Caroline Tatom, b. 28 May 1841, Missouri, USA , d. 11 Mar 1926, Independence, Polk County, Oregon, USA (Age 84 years)
	7. George Tatom, b. Abt 1844, Missouri, USA , d. After 1910 (Age ~ 67 years)
	8. Solomon Tatom, b. Abt 1848, Missouri, USA , d. 2 Nov 1928, Benton County, Oregon, USA (Age ~ 80 years)

Last Modified 27 Dec 2012

Family ID F460 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Documents

Deed from Richard Tatom to his brother-in-law James Hartley, Jr., 47 1/2a, 1836, Bond County, Illinois
Bond County, Illinois, Deeds, D: 51, Richard Tatom to James Hartley, Jr. (1836); FHL film no. 1,315,968.

Histories

WPA Interview of H. Clay Tatum, grandson of Richard Tatom and Lavinia Hartley.
“WPA Records,” transcriptions, Benton County, Oregon, GenWeb Page (http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~orbenton/ : accessed 7 September 2011), interview with H. Clay Tatom, grandson of Benton County pioneers Richard Tatum and Lavinia Hartley; citing WPA records held by the Oregon State Library, Salem

Sources

[S143] Hartley - e-mail (Dianne Erwin, 1999), (Dianne Erwin to Janis Walker Gilmore, e-mail, 2 June 1999).
[S675] Oregon, Benton - 1860 U.S. Census, Oregon, Benton County, Kings Valley, Benton County, Oregon, Page 47 (penned), Page 24 (stamped), Dwelling 477, Family 477, Richard Tatom family, jpeg image (Reliability: 3).
[S2957] Richard Tatom (Benton County), donation lands, final certificate no. 4667, Oregon City, Oregon, Land Office; Oregon and Washington Donation Land Files, 1851.

[S3007] "WPA Historical Documents for Benton County: Interviews, Letter T," Benton County, Oregon, GenWeb Page (http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~orbenton/ : accessed 1 January 2013), WPA interview of H. Clay Tatom, no date stated; citing Series 1, Box 27, Oregon State Library, Salem.

[S3087] Dickson County, Tennessee, Circuit Court, v. 1 (1810-1815), April Term 1823, for William Tatom, appointed to oversee road; TSLA microfilm Dickson County 1, TSLA, Nashville.

[S3028] Bond County, Illinois, Deeds, C: 108, County Commissioners to Richard Tatom, 1835, Lot 23, "new town of Greenville"; FHL microfilm no. 1,315,968.

[S2987] William Henry Perrin, History of Bond and Montgomery Counties, Illinois (Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 1882), 121, reference to Richard Tatom; digital images, Internet Archive (http://www.archive.org : accessed 30 December 2012), downloadable as a pdf.

[S2123] Bond County, Illinois, Deeds, D: 51, Richard Tatom to James Hartley, Jr. (1836); FHL film no. 1,315,968.

[S3027] Bond County, Illinois, Deeds, D: 136-137, Richard Tatom to James Bradford, 1837, Lot 23, Greenville; FHL microfilm no. 1,315,968. .

[S3029] Richard Hartley and Oliver Hubbard, (Cedar County, Missouri), preemtion patent no. 4544 (10 September 1844); “Land Patent Search,” digital images, General Land Office Records (http://www.glorecords.blm.gov : accessed 6 January 2012). .

[S3030] Richard Hartley (Cedar County, Missouri), patent no. 8858 (1 November 1848); “Land Patent Search,” digital images, General Land Office Records (http://www.glorecords.blm.gov : accessed 6 January 2012). .

[S1496] Oregon Secretary of State, "Oregon Historical Records Index," database,Oregon State Archives (http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/ : accessed 8 September 2011), Richard Tatom, tax roll, 1855, Benton County, Provisional and Territorial, case no. 14001.

[S1497] Oregon Secretary of State, "Oregon Historical Records Index," database,Oregon State Archives (http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/ : accessed 8 September 2011), Richard Tatom, tax roll, 1856, Benton County, Provisional and Territorial, case no. 14002.

[S1495] Oregon Secretary of State, "Oregon Historical Records Index," database,Oregon State Archives (http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/ : accessed 8 September 2011), Richard Tatom, estate, 1869, Polk County, case no. 0617.

[S2964] Shiela [no surname stated], transcriber (Sweetpea59ml@ao.com), "Cemeteries: Surnames M-W Dallas Cemetery, Polk County, Oregon, Established 1847," database, USGenWeb Archives (http://files.usgwarchives.net : accessed 28 December 2012), entry for Richard Tatom (23 July 1869), "age 64y2m1d"; citing a 1986 book published by the Polk County Genealogical Society (name of publication not stated), transcribed from the book and published on USGenWeb by their permission.

[S1425] “Russell-Burrous-Bussell-Bennett Family Tree,” family trees, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 28 Mary 2011), for Richard Tatum (1805-1869); citing Polk County, Oregon, Tombstone Inscriptions of Dallas Cemetery (Dallas, Or.: Polk County Genealogical Society, Dallas Public Library, 1986).