Descendants of Nathaniel Tatum
Generation No. 1
1. NATHANIEL TATUM was born in VA, and died in Surry
CO, VA. He married EMELIA SCOTT.
Source: article from the Trousdale County History
Child of NATHANIEL TATUM and EMELIA SCOTT is:
2. i. BOYCE5 TATUM, b. Abt. 1738, SURRY CO., VA; d. Abt. 1794.
Generation No. 2
2. BOYCE TATUM was born Abt. 1738 in SURRY CO., VA,
and died Abt. 1794. She married ROBERT RICKMAN Bef. 1762 in Halifax
County, North Carolina, son of THOMAS RICKMAN and UNKNOWN.
Source: article from the Trousdale County History
Notes for ROBERT RICKMAN:
1830 Sumner County, Tennessee Census, Don't know if any connection
784 RICHMAN, JAMES 000001 02001
1542 RICKMAN, JOSHUA 00003 000101001
1550 RICKMAN, SAMUEL 00001 0000101
1333 RICHMOND, JOHN 00001 000100001
1334 RICHMOND, MARY 2011 01101
Children of BOYCE TATUM and ROBERT RICKMAN are:
3. i. ANN6 RICKMAN, b. Abt. 1767, North Carolina; d. West Goose Creek
community, Trousdale Co, TN?.
4. ii. MARCUS RICKMAN, b. 1762; d. August 14, 1805, Willow Grove, TN.
iii. NATHAN RICKMAN.
Generation No. 3
3. ANN RICKMAN was born Abt. 1767 in North Carolina, and died in West Goose Creek community, Trousdale Co, TN?. She married (1) WILLIAM STORY Abt. 1788 in North Carolina, son of JAMES STORY and SARAH JENKINS. She married (2) JOHN HARRISON August 13, 1800.
Notes for ANN RICKMAN:
Harrison, John & Story, Ann married 13 August 1800 Bondsman
Giles, Josiah E.
Children of ANN RICKMAN and WILLIAM STORY are:
i. ANN7 STORY.
ii. SARAH 'SALLY' STORY, b. 1785; d. 1851, Ash Springs, Harrison
Co., TX; m. RICHARD SANDERS, January 07, 1804, Sumner Co., TN.
Notes for RICHARD SANDERS:
Sanders, Richard & Storey, Sally 7 January 1804 Bondsman was
William Cathey
iii. JAMES B. STORY, b. Abt. 1789, North Carolina; d. Bet. 1860 - 1870, Macon Co, Tn; m. (1) NANCY WATSON, September 29, 1808, Sumner Co., TN; m. (2) JANE LAUDERDALE, March 18, 1822, Sumner Co., TN.
Notes for JAMES B. STORY:
Early Sumner County Marriage Records Through 1850, taken from surviving
original bonds and licenses.
Story, James & Watson, Nancy September 29, 1808 Bondsmen
were John Mills & Tandy P. Duncan
Story, James & Lauderdale, Jane M. September 11, 1837
1830 Sumner County, Tennessee Census
1026 STORRY, JAMES 1111001 231201
1 male under 5
1 male 5-10
1 male 11-15
1 male 16-20
1 male 41-50
2 female under 5
3 female 6-10
1 female 11-15
2 female 16-20
1 female 31-40
iv. ELIZABETH S. STORY, b. February 26, 1792, Halifax Co., North Carolina; d. March 26, 1878, Trousdale Co., Tn; m. ISAAC LEATH, October 11, 1809, Sumner Co., TN.
Notes for ELIZABETH S. STORY:
Buried in Leath Cem. Trousdale Co. TN
Notes for ISAAC LEATH:
Isaac is listed in the Caswell County records as a child of Charles
Leath at the time of his death in 1795. Also, he is listed as a purchaser
at Mason Leath's estate sale in 1808.
Isaac moved to Sumner County, TN around 1810.
Leath, Isaac & Story, Elizabeth married 11 October 1809 Bondsman was William Carter
1840 Census Smith, TN
PG# 247 LN# 27
Leath, Isaac
1 male 5-10 years old
1 male 10-15
1 male 50-60
2 female 5-10
1 female 10-15
1 female 20-30
1850 Census Macon Co
Leath, Issac 63 M Farmer NC
Elizabeth
58 F NC
Charles 19 M Farmer NC
Permeila 19 F NC
Nancy G. 4 F NC
Not listed in the 1860 Macon Co census
Buried in Trousdale Co. TN
4. MARCUS RICKMAN was born 1762, and died August 14, 1805 in Willow Grove, TN. He married MARY HARPER.
Notes for MARCUS RICKMAN:
Mark and his wife, Mary Harper Rickman, came to Tennessee from Rowan
County, N. C. in 1787. They
first settled in Nashville, and in 1800 they bought a farm in the Templow
area of what is now Trousdale County. They built a log home there,
which is still standing. Mark Rickman was born in 1762 and was a
private in the Revolution. Mark Rickman was in the 1st NorthCarolina
regiment in the Revolutionary War. He died in 1805, and he and his
wife, Mary, are buried in the Willow Grove Cemetery, which was given to
the Willow Grove Methodist Church by the Rickman family.
Children of MARCUS RICKMAN and MARY HARPER are:
i. WILLIAM7 RICKMAN, b. 1787; d. 1805.
ii. SALLIE RICKMAN, b. 1789; d. 1869; m. JOHN OWEN.
iii. ELIZABETH RICKMAN, b. 1791; d. 1881; m. WILLIAM STOVALL,
November 03, 1814, Sumner Co., TN.
Notes for ELIZABETH RICKMAN:
Rickman, Betsey Stovall, William 3 November 1814 Bondsman Stovall,
George
iv. ROBERT RICKMAN, b. 1794; m. CATHARINE REID, February 02, 1818, Sumner Co., TN.
Notes for ROBERT RICKMAN:
Rickman, Robert & Reid, Catharine 2 February 1818 Bondsman White,
Robert & Shelby, A. B.
v. NANCY RICKMAN, b. 1794; d. 1898; m. WILLILAM CARTER, July 29, 1822, Sumner Co., TN.
Notes for NANCY RICKMAN:
Rickman, Nancy Carter, William 29 July 1822 Bondsman Dalton, John
vi. FRANCES RICKMAN, b. 1799; m. JAMES MARTIN.
vii. REBECCA RICKMAN, b. 1803; m. JOEL STOVALL.
viii. SAMUEL HARPER RICKMAN, b. 1805; d. 18a91; m. FRANCES E.
HENRY, October 31, 1846, Sumner Co., TN.
Notes for SAMUEL HARPER RICKMAN:
Rickmon, Samuel H. Henry, Frances E. 31 October 1846 Bondsman Carter,
John W.
RICKMAN, ROBERT
FAMILY
Robert Rickman, born 1735, died 1777, was the son
of Thomas Rickman. His
wife was Boyce Tatum, daughter of Nathaniel and Amelia Scott Tatum.
Their
children were Mark, Joshua, Nathan, and Nancy. Mark and his wife,
Mary
Harper Rickman, came to Tennessee from Rowan County, N. C. in 1787.
They
first settled in Nashville, and in 1800 they bought a farm in the Templow
area of what is now Trousdale County.
They built a log home there, which is still standing.
Mark Rickman was
born in 1762 and was a private in the Revolution. He died in
1805, and he
and his wife, Mary, are buried in the Willow Grove Cemetery, which
was given
to the Willow Grove Methodist Church by the Rickman family.
The children of Mark and Mary were: William, born
in 1787 and died in
1805, was unmarried. Sallie, born in 1789 and died in 1869, married
John
Owen. Elizabeth, born in 1791 and died in 1881, married Wm. Stovall.
Robert, born in 1794, and died in -, married Catherine Reed.
Nancy, born in
1797 and died in 1898, married Wm. Carter. Frances, born in 1799
and died in
-, married James Martin. Rebecca, born in 1803 and died in -
married Joel
Stovall, Samuel Harper, born in 1805 and died in 1891, married Frances
Henry.
The children of Samuel Harper and Frances Rickman
were: John Henry, born
in 1852 and died in 1927, married first to Mattie Key and then to Ida
Darwin.
William Samuel born in 1866 and died in 1906, married Lucy Wood.
Mark D.,
born in 1849 and died in 1922, married Ella Mills. Carney H.,
born in 1864
and died in -, married Cora Pearson. Betty, born in 1861 and
died in -,
married Carey Nimmo. Emma, born in 1859 and died in - , married
M. H.
Cocreham. Louisa, born in 1847 and died in -, married John W.
Ray.
The children of John Henry and Mattie Key Rickman were: Odell
Key, who
married Maude L. Andrews. Allene married B. H. Perkins.
Edith married
Arthur Cooney.
The son of John Henry and Ida D. Rickman, Joseph
H., married Mary E.
Watson.
The children of Mark D. and Ella Mills were: Roy,
who married Nan Hall
and Mattie Lou who married Henry Smith.
The children of Wm. Samuel and Lucy Wood Rickman
were: Wood, who married
Velva Brown. Samuel did not marry. Noel B. married Leonora
Bratton.
The child of Carney H. and Cora Rickman was Margaret
who married Robert
Hall.
The children of Noel B. and Leonora Rickman are:
Bob, who married Jane
Ann Sparks. Bill, who married Ruth Yates, and Sam, who married
Amanda
Atkinson.
The son of Wood and Velva is William S., who married
Jane Davis.
The children of Odell and Maude L. Rickman are Odell (Buck) Rickman,
who
married Josephine Exum and Rebecca, unmarried.
The children of Joe and Mary Rickman are: Mary Joe, who married Charles
Butler and Ida Ann, who married James Watson.
The children of William S. and Jane D. Rickman are:
Judy, Janet, William
S. Jr., and Robert.
The children of Bill and Ruth Rickman are: Mary
Lisa, and Ara.
The children of Sam and Amanda Rickman are: Keith
and Amanda Joy.
By Joe Rickman
Trousdale County, TN History Book
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