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Historical Markers in Tatum

 
Clickable Map of Rusk County, Texas and Immediately Adjacent Jurisdictions image/svg+xml 2019-10-06 U.S. Census Bureau, Abe.suleiman; Lokal_Profil; HMdb.org; J.J.Prats/dc:title> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usa_counties_large.svg Rusk County, TX (91) Cherokee County, TX (111) Gregg County, TX (153) Harrison County, TX (101) Nacogdoches County, TX (157) Panola County, TX (44) Shelby County, TX (37) Smith County, TX (114)  RuskCounty(91) Rusk County (91)  CherokeeCounty(111) Cherokee County (111)  GreggCounty(153) Gregg County (153)  HarrisonCounty(101) Harrison County (101)  NacogdochesCounty(157) Nacogdoches County (157)  PanolaCounty(44) Panola County (44)  ShelbyCounty(37) Shelby County (37)  SmithCounty(114) Smith County (114)
Henderson is the county seat for Rusk County
Tatum is in Rusk County
Rusk County (91)  ►
ADJACENT TO RUSK COUNTY
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Harrison County (101)  ►
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Panola County (44)  ►
Shelby County (37)  ►
Smith County (114)  ►
 
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1 ► Texas, Rusk County, Tatum — Grant Cemetary — Moved to Martin Cemetary June, 1985 —
On County Line Road (Farm to Market Road 3231) 3.5 miles south of State Highway 43, on the right when traveling south.
Members of the Scots-Irish Grant clan sailed from the British Isles to the new world early in the 1600's bound for Colonial Virginia and Maryland. Matthew Matthias Grant was born in Virginia where he grew to adulthood and married Caroline . . . — — Map (db m268554) HM
2 ► Texas, Rusk County, Tatum — 16818 — Martin Cemetery —
On County Line Road (Farm to Market Road 3231) 3.5 miles south of State Road 43, on the right when traveling south.
Daniel Martin and his family settled at this site ca. 1833, adjacent to the historic Trammel's Trace. Although the cemetery may have been in use much earlier, the oldest documented burial in Martin Cemetery is the 1883 grave of Jewel Williamson. The . . . — — Map (db m268553) HM
3 ► Texas, Rusk County, Tatum — 11073 — Tatum Cemetery —
On Forest south of Stevens.
Begun as a burial ground for the family of pioneer settler Albert Tatum (1810-70), this land was the site of the rose garden near his plantation home. It was first used as a cemetery in 1862 for the interment of his son William. Also buried here is . . . — — Map (db m268542) HM
4 ► Texas, Rusk County, Tatum — 11074 — Town of Tatum —
On Hill Street (State Road 149) at W Beauregard Street, on the left when traveling north on Hill Street.
Wealthy Alabama native Albert Tatum (1810-1870) settled here at Trammel's Trace and Grand Bluff Road crossing in the 1840s. Slave labor built Tatum's plantation home, a social center for the area. His wife Mary gave land and a station in 1882 for . . . — — Map (db m268547) HM
5 ► Texas, Rusk County, Tatum — Trammel's Trace —
On Hill Street (State Road 149) at Stevens, on the left when traveling north on Hill Street.
An early Indian trail later named for Nicholas Trammel who surveyed it in 1813 for the U.S. used in describing most of the boundary between Rusk and Panola Counties. Portions of the Trace are incorporated into the County Line Road, 7/10 of a mile . . . — — Map (db m268545) HM
 
 
 
 
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Nov. 10, 2026