Person

Joseph Tatom (Christian County, and Caldwell County, private 8th ky cav. )

b. 1843? d. 1863-04-21

Christian County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Tennessee native. Son of John Tatum and Jane Tatum. Student in Caldwell County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Christian County in 1860. Served in the 8th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a private. Died while in service at Bowling Green on April 21, 1863.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 1, p. 288B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, p. 612.

U.S., Registers of Deaths of Volunteers, 1861-1865, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M823, Kentucky, L-Z, p. 142.

"Josephus Tatom (1842-1863)," Find A Grave, Memorial #149357924, accessed September 23, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/149357924.

Citation

Tatom, Joseph. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32207134 (November 12, 2026).

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