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From: LindaDeR <>
Subject: [TART-L] Murders
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 08:44:48 -0400


My scanner is playing tricks on me again so I've typed the pages which
concern the Tartt's. If anyone wants copies, please send me your mailing
address and I'll get them to you right away. Also, if anyone can offer
more details on the murders, please post.

Taken from: William Johnston of Isle of Wright, Va. and his descendants
1648-1964
By: Coy K. Johnston

page 243Mary Celia Eason, born August 1, 1823, died September 20, 1866;
married Elnathan Tartt, December 8, 1841, in Sumter County. He was the son
of James and Sarah (Barne) Tartt, and wa born in Edgecomb County, August
11, 1816, and died circa 1900. After the death of Mary Celia he removed to
Lauderdale, Mississippi and married Delia Walker February 22, 1874.

page 244Martha Maund Andrews, daughter of John Andrews and his wife,
Elizabeth Maund Johnston, married Elnathan Tartt, son of Enos and Theresa
(Thomas) Tartt. He was born in 1798 in Edgecomb County, NC and died "a few
weeks" prior to March 2, 1835, in Sumter County, Alabama. He had married
Martha Maund Andrews May 31, 1824; his bondsman wa Louis D. Wilson. On
July 16, 1837, Martha Maund (Andrews) Tartt married John V. Welsh of Sumter
County; they moved to Waholak, in Kemper County, Mississippi, returned
later to Livingston, Alabama and were resident there at the times of their
deaths. Elnathan Tartt settled in Sumter County on Bodka Creek; he was on
the Poll List in Gainsville Beat on March 2, 1835. His will was dated
January 22, 1835, and probated April 13, 1835. He left his lands and
personal property, including slaves, to his wife Martha Ann (sic) Tartt,
and a proportionate share of the estate to each of his children "when he or
she comes of age". He named Benjamin D. Turner and James B. Tartt as
executors; witnesses were Thomas E. Tartt and C. A. Hatch. The executors
qualified May 25, 1835. On February 12, 1836, Martha M. Tartt petitioned
the court for a settlement of the estate. An inventory dated March 3,
1838, valued the slaves at $14,900 and other personal property at $12,000.
The final account of the disposition of the estate was presented April 21,
1842, by James B. Tartt, a brother of the deceased.
Children of Elnathan and Marth Maund (Andrews) Tartt:
Margaret Tartt; married a Dr. Herndon
Sally Tartt; also married a Dr. Herndon
Cadmus Elnathan Tartt
James Tartt

page 250Emily Lavina Eason, daughter of John Thomas and Winnifred (Carr)
Eason, was born January 20, 1827, in Greene County, NC. On April 24, 1845,
in Sumter County, Alabama, she married Enos Tartt, son of James and Sarah
(Barnes) Tartt; he was born November 19, 1817 in Edgecombe (now Wilson)
County, NC. Enos Tartt was murdered by William Thomas Simms. Children of
Enos and Emily Lavina (Eason) Tartt:
Thomas C. Tartt, born in 1846; he was a private in the Confederate Army in
1864.
Sarah Ann Tartt, born in 1849

page 252Cadmus Elnathan Tartt, son of Elnathan and Martha Maund (Andrews)
Tartt, married Anna M. Jones, daughter of Blake Baker and Elizabeth Davis
(Jenkins) Jones. They resided in the Warsaw area of Sumter County,
Alabama, and had a number of children. After killing Captain J. J. Little,
brother of Dr. Blake Little, he fled from Sumter County. Children of
Cadmus Elnathan and Anna M. (Jones) Tartt:
Martha M. Tartt, born July 27, 1863; died March 14, 1880 from typhoid fever
Annie Maund Tartt, born July 28, 1864; died March 4, 1880
Annie Laurie Tartt, born June 26, 1871; died September 28, 1871

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