Edward H. Tarrant
Full Name: Edward H. Tarrant
Date of birth: 1796
Date of death: August 2, 1858
|
|
|
Terms of Service top
|
| Chamber |
District |
Dates of Service |
Legislatures |
Party |
City/County |
Note |
Counties in District |
|
H
|
27
|
Nov 3, 1851 - Nov 7, 1853
|
4th
|
|
Unknown / Navarro
|
|
Limestone, Navarro
|
|
H
|
31
|
Nov 5, 1849 - Nov 3, 1851
|
3rd
(1)
|
|
Unknown / Navarro
|
|
Limestone, Navarro
|
|
(1)
Roster of members elect of the 3rd Legislature, Matthewson, R.C., Texas State Gazette (Austin, Texas), 9/29/1849, p. 6, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.
Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
|
|
|
|
Biographical Notes and Resources top
|
| Resolutions and Journal entries |
|
50th Legislature, R.S., HSR 67, 2/10/1947, p. 287.
Resolutions - Memorial.
|
| Biographical Sketches |
|
Biographical sketch, pp. 178-179. Birth year 1796.
Biographical Directory of the Texan Conventions and Congresses, 1832-1845, 1942.
TARRANT, EDWARD H. (1799-1858). "Edward H. (possibly for Hampton) Tarrant," born 1799.
Handbook of Texas Online.
Biographical sketch, "Edward H. Tarrant," Vol. 69, No. 3, January 1966, pp. 300-323.
Southwestern Historical Quarterly.
|
| Military Service Notes |
|
Veteran of the War of 1812 and took part in the Battle of New Orleans, January 8, 1815; Veteran of Texas War of Independence, 1836; Commander of the Ranger Forces of the Northwestern Frontier, 1837; General of Militia at Village Creek Indian Fight, 1841. Grave marker inscription, General Edward H. Tarrant, born 1796, death date 8/2/1858 in Fort Belknap, Texas, burial in Pioneers Rest Cemetery, Fort Worth.
Find a Grave.
Militia, Colonel, War of 1812. Militia, Brigadier General, 4th Brigade of Northeast Texas defenders. "There is no record of his participation in the Texas Revolution."
Handbook of Texas Online.
|
| Other Resources |
|
TARRANT COUNTY named for Edward H. Tarrant.
Handbook of Texas Online.
|
|
