Slaves of James D Tatum, Mississippi

Location: Monroe, Mississippi, United States
Surnames/tags: Slavery Black_Heritage Tatum

This page's purpose is to record the people enslaved by James D Tatum in Monroe County, Mississippi, and attempt to connect them to their families.

In 1860 James D Tatum was enslaving 23 people in six slave houses in Monroe County, Mississippi:^[1]

Age	Sex	Color
75	Male	Black
50	Male	Black
50	Female	Black
50	Female	Black
50	Female	Black
35	Male	Black
32	Female	Black
30	Male	Black
27	Male	Black
25	Male	Black
25	Male	Black
25	Male	Black
19	Female	Black
17	Female	Black
16	Male	Black
11	Male	Black
9	Male	Black
7	Female	Black
5	Female	Black
3	Male	Black
1	Female	Mulatto
16	Female	Mulatto
16	Female	Black

From Pet Franks' ex-slave narrative:^[2]

• Pet Franks (abt.1856-abt.1941)
• Martin Franks (abt.1815-aft.1900), Pet's father
• Martha Franks (abt.1830-aft.1900), Pet's mother
• The narrative doesn't name Pet's siblings, but several of them were likely enslaved by him. See Martin Franks profile for list of his children.

Sources

1. ↑ 1860 Census - Slave Schedule - "United States Census, 1860, Slave Schedule," Western Division, Monroe County, Mississippi, USA; page 84, column 1, lines 11-33, slave owner James D. Tatum; https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WKLR-ZJ2M
2. ↑ The Federal Writers' Project, Slave Narratives; A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, Vol. 9, Mississippi, p. 56-60, Pet Franks narrative, Washington, District of Columbia : The Library of Congress, 1941; image copy, Library of Congress (https://www.loc.gov/resource/mesn.090/?sp=60 : accessed 26 Oct 2021).