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][2] He was appointed to the state supreme court in 1797, resigning the following year.

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

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