Howell Tatum

Howell Tatum (died 1822) was a justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court from 1797 to 1798.

Born in North Carolina,^[1] Tatum was a soldier in the American 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 the Metro District, which comprised Davidson, Sumner and Tennessee 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 the War of 1812.^[2]

Tatum was interred with full military honors on September 9, 1822.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d C.A. Snodgrass, The History of Freemasonry in Tennessee 1789-1943 (1944), p. 438.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Tennessee Supreme Court Historical Society. "Justices".
^ "Died", Knoxville Intelligencer (September 17, 1822), p. 3.

Political offices
Preceded by William C. C. Claiborne	Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court 1797–1798	Succeeded by Andrew Jackson

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[Freemasonry-1] C.A. Snodgrass, The History of Freemasonry in Tennessee 1789-1943 (1944), p. 438.

[TSCH-2] Tennessee Supreme Court Historical Society. "Justices".

[3] "Died", Knoxville Intelligencer (September 17, 1822), p. 3.

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