Branch No. 31
 

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                                                 1 UNKNOWN (1) LATTA
Born____ Died____ Married______. Children: Had at least five sons who came to America about 1700.   Two settled in Pa. and three in N.C.  One son was:
2    JOHN (2).

                                                     2 JOHN (2) LATTA
     ____ (1).  Lived in Orange Co., N.C. and fought in the Revolutionary War.  Married.  His
three sons moved to Maury Co., Tenn.  Children:
3    JAMES (3).
4    JOHN B. (3) b. May 5, 1764 in NC; d. September 15, 1827.
5    THOMAS (3).
24  MARTHA (3) m. John Robinson.

                                                     3 JAMES (3) LATTA
     John (2) ____ (1).  b. _______________; d. _________________; m. Martha Moore.  It has been stated that "In 1813 he started from Orange Co., N.C. for Tenn. but died on the way; was buried under a tree."  However, there is an estate record for a "James Latta" in 1815 in Maury County, Tennessee, which looks like it is his. It looks like his brother, John Latta, and his widow, Martha Latta, bought items from the estate sale.  There is also a "Thomas Lata" who bought items.  Was this his other brother? Perhaps he stopped in Maury County also, since he moved from North Carolina to Williamson County, Tennessee.    Tennessee State Library & Archives: Nashville, TN Roll #179 - Probate Records, Maury County Clerk's Office, Wills: Vol. 1 (1806-1815). Pg 136 -  Inventory of chattel property owned by James Latta, dec’d, late of Maury Co., Tenn.  May 15, 1815, signed by John Latta.  Pg 137 -  June 16, 1815.  Sale of James Latta, dec’d.  Buying: Thomas Taylor, Thomas J. Hardaman, Martha Lata, William Webb, Josiah Hogan, Thomas Goad, John Latta, John Polk, Pleasant Crews, William Henty, Joseph Wingfield, John Kindows, Thomas Lata, James Oneal, David Wherton, Julius Burton, John Canada, William Seallars, Charles Neely, Andrew Mills, William Gant, John P. Powell, John Duckworth, Allen Rainey, Luke Patterson, Shadrick Chandler, Green B. Rogers.

    His widow with her two sons, accompanied by John, his brother, and his family, continued the journey to Maury Co., Tenn.   After his death, Martha married William Huchison on Nov. 23, 1819 (Maury County Marriages).  Martha and William Hutchinson had a daughter named Mary "Polly" Hutchison who married Tilman Morris in the 1840s.   James' grandson, Sims, said that James was returning from the Revolutionary War. (Or could it have been the War of 1812?)    LATTA JAMES 1 REG'T (METCALFE'S) W. TENNESSEE MILITIA. PRIVATE PRIVATE 122 602 COLONEL WILLIAM METCALF DESIGNATION: 1st Regiment West Tennessee Militia DATES: November 1814 - May 1815 MEN MOSTLY FROM: Davidson, Bedford, Franklin, Lincoln, Maury, Warren, and Giles Counties CAPTAINS: John Barnhart, Daniel M. Bradford, Barbe Collins, John Cunningham, Lewis Dillahunty, Alexander Hill, Bird S. Hurt, John Jackson, Thomas Marks, William Mullen, Andrew Patterson, William Sitton, Obidiah Waller BRIEF HISTORY: Part of the division under Major General William Carroll's at New Orleans, this regiment comprised the right section of Carroll's line at the breastworks at Chalmette. Muster rolls show casualties in the engagements of December 1814 and January 1815. Lieutenant Colonel James Henderson was killed in the skirmish of 28 December 1814. Captain Daniel Bradford led the elite corps known as "Carroll's Life Guard." The division reached New Orleans in mid-December 1814 after an excursion down the Mississippi River. 

Children:
7      MOSES (4) b. abt. 1806 in North Carolina.
6      JOHN (4) b. 1810 in Knob Creek, Maury Co., TN.


                                                 4 JOHN B. (3) LATTA
     John (2) ____ (1).  Born in N.C. May 5, 1764; d. September 15, 1827; m. 1) Mary Jackson in NC on June 10, 1804; and 2) Elizabeth Wood.  Went from Orange Co., N.C. to Maury Co., Tenn. in 1813.  Mrs. Emily Prowell, grand daughter of James Latta Sparkman, said he married Mary Jackson, who was born January 11, 1761 and died August 18, 1828.  William J. Latta, son of 11 Calvin Latta, wrote that all but Wiley, Thomas and John were the children of Elizabeth Wood Latta.  As Rebecca's son was named John Jackson, it looks as if he had been named after Mary Jackson, the mother of Rebecca.  James' wife's name is also given as Elizabeth Wood of N.C.  Another writer gives the names of the children of Mary Jackson as all but Wiley, Calvin, Nancy, Caroline and Martha.  It is said of Elizabeth Wood Latta that one of her sons had a daughter named Emily and one son died returning from the army.  Martha's husband, Jesse Mitchell, said that three of sons and three daughters lived in Williamson Co., Tenn. prior to 1852.  Mrs. Emily Prowell, daughter of Jane Latta Sparkman, writes from Leiper's Fork, Tenn. March 1, 1916, (she was then 84 years of age), (she left out Wiley, Calvin, Nancy, Caroline, and Martha) the rest were all the children that I never knew of. If there were more, I never knew it. All of John Latta's daughters are dead, and all of their children except Rebecca's son, Samuel Sparkman and his wife, and James' daughter, Emily Powell. If I had an Uncle Calvin Latta I never knew of it. I never knew anything of an Aunt Martha. I think there must be some mistake in the history of John Latta given you by Dr. William Latta and Jesse Mitchell. For they have him born five years later than my chronology, and I feel sure he married Mary Jackson, for I have a piece of all fancy work she did with her name on it. I do not think I had an Aunt Martha to marry a Mitchell as late as 1846. My mother, (Jane Latta Sparkman), was the only unmarried daughter when my grand father died about 1827 and she married in 1828 or 1829. I think my Uncle John married a Mitchell, and possibly his name was John Calvin. (This could not be, as John and Calvin were brothers, according to William, son of Calvin). I think it must be the same John Latta that Dr. William Latta and Jesse Mitchell have with one mistake, John, James and Thomas were brothers of Rebecca.

1814 DEED to John Latta from William Polk for 222 3/4 acres of land in Maury Co TN.  In John' will probated 11 Aug 1829, he mentions his wife Elizabeth and daughters Jane Latta, Ruth wife of Seth Sparkman, Sarah Moore, Mary Robinson, and son, Thomas B Latta. He mentions John and Moses Latta and calls them his sons but they could have been his orphaned nephews.

WILL OF JOHN LATTA - In the name of God Amen. I John Latta late of Maury County state of Tennessee being in sound mind and memory and willing to the mortality of my body do make and ordain this my last will and testament, I first of all I resurrect my sole to God who gave it my body to the earth who gave it to be buried in a like manner at the discretion of my and forsaking such worldly or goods when which it had pleasured God to bless me. I give bequeath and distribute in the following parameters this after my funeral expense and debts paid and I bequeath to my daughter Jane our horse his shoes and saddle and bridle one chair four sheets two beds and featherbed one pot and six plates six and six knives and forks One negro girl named Charity, and of the said negro girl Charity amount to more than her equal share Jane is to pay back and if the said negro does not amount to her equal part then it is to be made up to Jane & equal with the rest. The other property before mentioned not to be valued in her part only the negro. I give and bequeath to my daughter Rebecca wife of Seth Sparkman one negro girl named Chorlett said if last negro Chorlett dect net amount to her part besides what they had already got. Rebecca to be made equal to the rest but if said negro Chorlett should amount to more than share then Rebecca to pay back. I give and bequeath to Shadrack Chandler ten dollars and to the heirs of the body of Elizabeth Chandler my daughter. I give and bequeath one M??? to be equally divided between them but after Shadracks death if Elizabeth his wife is not provided for then Elizabeth to be supported by rest that then during her natural life or widowhood. I give and bequeath to Moses Latta one hundred dollars to his brother John Latta twenty five dollars. And pay with it that my son Moses Latta and my son John Latta and my daughter Mary Robinson and my daughter Sarah Moore give an equal part of all my property besides what they already got. Save my land & three negros Charity & Buck David & Milley May be valued and sold or properly dist and my heirs can agree. only the two first named negros Charity and Chorlett valued & I also will that my son Thomas B Latta & that Alex B Moore & John Moore be the sole executors of this my will and testament in who set my hand the 11th of August 1829 Moses Latta Sign.

Children  with Elizabeth Wood:

26     WILEY (4).
11     CALVIN (4) b. abt. 1812 in NC
27     NANCY (4) m. Mr. Sellers in Maury Co., Tenn. about 1847.  In 1871 lived in
Jackson Co., Ill.
28     CAROLINE (4).
29      MARTHA A. 94) m. Jesse Mitchell in Maury Co., Tenn. in 1846.  In 1905 they
lived in Shelby, Crawford Co., Ark.  He was a brother of Arminta Mitchell who m. Calvin Latta, Martha's brother.

Children with Mary Jackson:

8       JOHN (also seen as John Jackson) (4).
9      THOMAS B. (4) b. in Orange Co., NC; m. Polly Moore on Oct. 4, 1803 in Orange Co., NC.
10     JAMES (4).

30       ELIZABETH (4) m. Shadrack Chandler on Feb. 27, 1810 in Maury Co., Tenn.  (Bondsman: Jas. Latta) Children: Rebecca, Amelia, Sarah, John, Shelby, and James.
31      REBECCA (4) b. 24 Feb. 1797, Orange Co., NC; d. 20 Apr. 1883, Boston, Williamson Co., TN; bur. Sparkman Cemetery, Williamson Co., TN (see tombstone picture below) ; m. Seth Sparkman, son of William Sparkman and Rosanna Williams, of Boston, Williamson Co., Tenn. July 9, 1822.  She lived near Franklin, Maury Co., Tenn.  Children: Mary, William, John, Seth, Samuel, James, and Nathan. Daughter, Mary Sparkman Alexander buried in the Alexander Cemetery, Maury County, TN.   Williamson County, TN Land Records:  WILLIAM SPARKMAN and SETH SPARKMAN witness deed 19 Apr. 1819 from GEORGE ROPER to STEPHEN PIGG; $150 for 50 acres on the head waters of Lick Creek lying on both sides of the Natchez Road where PIGG lives.  Entered 15 June 1819.  Deed Book F, pg. 53.

32      SARAH/Sally (4) b. Oct. 20, 1794 (Maury County Cousins, page 365) in Williamson Co., Tenn.; m. Alexander Moore of Maury Co., Tenn.  Alexander Moore was born October 10, 1789. (Maury County Cousins, page 365) Alexander Moore's sister, Mary Millie Moore, married #5 Thomas Latta, Sarah's uncle. Children: James and John.
33       MARY (4) m. John Robinson of Boston, Williamson Co., Tenn. December 9,
1813.  Lived in Boston, Tenn.  Children: Rebecca, Mary Ann, Matthew Sparkman, John Latta, Srah Jane, and Charles Marion.
34       JANE (4) b. 1803, Orange Co., NC; d. 1850, Williamson Co., TN; bur. (believed) Sparkman Cemetery, Williamson Co., TN; m. Charles Robinson Sparkman, son of William Sparkman and Rosanna Williams, of Boston, Tenn. Lived in Williamson Co., Tenn.  Children: Mary, Emily, Thomas, Jane, and Margaret.

Sparkman Cemetery, Boston, Williamson Co., TN

Seth and Rebecca (Latta) Sparkman

http://bellsouthpwp.net/k/s/ksparkman/cemetery_listings.htm

Seth and Rebecca Latta Sparkman, date unknown

Picture from Kendall Sparkman. http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/w/a/t/Michael-e-Watkins/index.html

                                        5 THOMAS (3) LATTA
     John (2) ____ (1).  Married Mary Millie Moore, daughter of Catherine Robinson and John Moore.  Catherine Robinson was born in Orange County, NC.  Catherine Robinson Moore and John Moore both died in Williamson Co., TN.  Mary Millie Moore was born in 1783 in Kentucky. http://hometown.aol.com/tlc4304113/michealrobinsonal.html

Williamson County, Tennessee Land Records:  WILLIAM SPARKMAN deed to JAMES WALDRIP 22 Jan. 1805; $40 for 30 acres on Leepers Fork adjacent SPARKMAN.  JOHN MOORE and THOMAS LATTA, witness.  Entered 23 Aug. 1805.  Deed Book A1, pg. 661.

Williamson County, Tennessee Court Records: Inventory Book I, Page 156; Jan. Court, 1807.  Inventory of the Property of CATHERINE MOORE, dec'd.; estate sale 27 Nov. 1806; buyers include JOHN MOORE, JESSE SPARKMAN, THOMAS LATTA, JESSE WHITE, CHARLES ROBINSON, WILLIAM SPARKMAN, BETSY MOORE, HENRY MOORE, DAVID ROBINSON, WILLIAM SIMPSON, ALEXANDER MOORE, JOHN ROBINSON.  DAVID ROBINSON & JOHN MOORE, Admr.

Thomas later lived in Louisiana.  Had children.

                                        6 JOHN (4) LATTA
     James (3) John (2) ____ (1).  Born in 1810 at Knob Creek, Maury Co., Tenn.; m. Louisa
Craig, daughter of William Craig, of Tenn.  He lived at Columbia, Tenn.  He formerly lived in N.C. and in 1837 with his family in a covered wagon, went to Texas, not liking it there he returned to Tenn.  Eleven children all born in Maury Co., Tenn. and those that are dead died there.  He died in 1873.  In 1813 brought to Tenn. in a covered wagon.  The 1850 Slave Census for Maury County, Tennessee, lists slave owners John Latta, Samuel Latta, and William Latta. These were John's sons listed below.  John Latta owned one 14 year old and one 12 year old male slave.  Samuel Latta owned one 29 year old, one 28 years and one 9 year old male.  William Latta owned one 25 year old and one 28 year old male, and one 26 year old female slave.
12   WILLIAM ALBERT (5) b. Dec. 30, 1835; d. Feb. 9, 1877. Confederate soldier.  Buried at the Rose Hill Cemetery, Columbia, TN (outside the confederate lot). Cemetery record: 30 Dec 1835 - 9 Feb 1877.  (C.S.A.;  MCTC).  Buried ROSE HILL CEMETERY.  There were two, one served in the 3rd Tn Inf., the other in lst Tenn Inf.  No records were found matching this search criteria.  (Civil War Soldiers and Sailors).
35    SOPHIA (5) b. September 27, 1837; d. soon after the Civil War.  Married William
Marion Ham on September 11, 1859.  Had two children, John Davis, b. June 9, 1860; d. June 8, 1861.  Sophia Ann b. May 17, 1862; m. Abb. Adkinson August 30, 1885.  When his wife died
William Ham m. his wife's sister, Susan.
36   JAMES (5) b. March 8, 1839; d. August 22, 1855.
13   SIMS (5) b. April 6, 1860; d. 193_.  Confederate soldier.  Buried at the Rose Hill Cemetery, Columbia, TN (outside the confederate lot). Cemetery record: 6 Apr 1840 - 24 Sep 1934.  Father.  (95 yrs.).  (Pvt. Co. E, Tenn. Cav., C.S.A., Cross.;  MCTC).  Buried ROSE HILL CEMETERY.  6th (Wheeler's) Battalion, Tennessee Cavalry, Co. E, Confederate side, rank in Pvt. rank out Pvt.  (Civil War Soldiers and Sailors)
37   MARTHA (5) b. January 8, 1842; d. January 18, 1891; m. Thomas J. Stewart
December 2, 1866.  Children: Walter (m. Ida Edwards), Blanche (m. William Colquit), Allison Templeton, Stewart "Allie" (m. Mary Ethlene Lanius in 1919).  Allie lived in Carrollton, Dallas County, Texas. All born in Maury Co.
14   JOHN (5) b. April 14, 1844; d. Nov. 12, 1912.  Confederate soldier. Buried at the Rose Hill Cemetery, Columbia, TN (outside the confederate lot).  Cemetery record: 1844 - 1912.  C.S.A. Cross.  Was the son of John and Lousie Craig Latta.  He was born on 14 Apr 1844 in Maury County.  His marriage to Anna Narcissa Cherry produced four sons and four daughters.  During the War Between the States he serve in Co. E., lst Tenn. Infantry and later in Co. E., 6th Tenn Cavalry.  He died in 1912.  (MCTC).  6th (Wheeler's) Battalion, Tennessee Cavalry, Co. E, Confederate side, rank in Pvt. rank out Pvt.  (Civil War Soldiers and Sailors).

38    SUSAN (5) b. May 30, 1846; d. about 1889; m. William Marion Ham (or Hann) February 27, 1866.  Children: Minnie Mazie m. William Burnett.  Three children.  Mattie Louise m. Harran E. Famsey.  William Wallace m. Jane McClelland.  Four children.  Walter Mack.
39     LOUISA (5) b. September 11, 1848; d. September 19, 1857 in Maury Co., Tenn.
40     MOSES (5) b. August 31, 1850; d. August 9, 1855 in Maury Co.
41     SAMUEL (5) b. December 20, 1853; d. August 30, 1855 in Maury Co.
42     FRANCES TOWLER (5) b. July 12, 1855; d. September 11, 1861 in Maury Co.

1880 Census - Columbia, Maury Co., TN

                                              7 MOSES (4) LATTA
     James (3) John (2) ____ (1).  abt. 1806 in N. C., d. Dec. 27, 1872 in Concord, Maury Co, TN.  28 Oct. 1829 Maury Co. court minutes - Moses Latta indicted for disturbing public worship.  1830 - 8 Dec. Samuel Craig buys 72 acres on Knob Creek from Moses Latta for $650 (the part of William Craig left for Matilda Graig Latta). 1837 Maury Co. tax list Dist. 19 - Jno F. Craig, Robert Craig, Robt. Campbell, Jr., Samuel Craig, Moses Latta. 1840 - Apr. Samuel W. Craig dies. John Latta appt. guardian of minor children, Robt. Campbell admin. of estate. 1840 - 20 May Estate sale of Samuel Craig - purchasers include widow Susan, Robt. Campbell, Jackson Craig (Wm. Jackson), John Shadden; estate holds notes on John F. Craig, John & Moses Latta. Jackson Craig buys 2 sows and 2 pigs.    On Sept. 25, 1827 he married Matilda Craig, half sister to Louise Craig, who married his brother, John.  Matilda was born abt. 1807 in Maury  Co., TN.  She died March 2, 1893. They lived in N.C. and at Santa Fe., Maury Co., Tenn.  1850 Census, Dist. 18, Maury Co., TN: Moses Latta, 45, farmer, Matilda Latta, 44, William J. Latta, 17, Mary E. Latta, 15, Mariah E. Latta, 14, John Latta, 12, Nancy Latta, 10, Adaline Latta, 8, and Moses Latta, 3.  1860 Census, Dist. 1, Maury Co., TN: Moses Latta, 54, Matilda Latta, 52, John Latta, 20, N. H. Latta, 18, E. A. Latta, 16, and Moses Latta, 12.   Children:
15   MOSES (5). b. June 1847 in Maury, TN.  He married Talitha Ann E. Watson.
16   WILLIAM J. (5). b. abt. 1833 in TN, died 1865 in Maury, TN.  He married Mary Eliza Akin.

90   MARY E.  (5) born abt 1835 in TN.
91   MARIAH CAROLINE   (5) born abt 1836 in  TN; m. Carroll Pinkney Saunders.  Children: George W., Eliza Polk, O. Pinkney, and Alfred M. Saunders.
92 JOHN  (5) born abt 1838 in TN.
93  NANCY H.  (5) born abt 1840 in TN.  She married Louis J. Hutchison on 11 Jan
1862 in Maury County, TN.   Louis J. Hutchison was born abt 1815 in TN. Children of Nancy H. Latta and Louis J. Hutchison were as follows: Miles W. Hutchison, born abt 1863 in TN; Rosetta Hutchison, born abt 1866 in TN; Orleans Hutchison, born abt 1868 in TN; Lelia Hutchison, born abt 1872 in TN; Nana Louiza Hutchison, born abt 1875 in TN; James M. Hutchison, born abt 1879 in Maury, TN.
94   E. ADALINE  (5) born abt 1842 in TN.   Shows as "E. A." ae 16 in the
1860 census.

Notes for Moses LATTA
1850 Maury Co., TN census, 18th Dist., p 204.
1860 Maury Co., TN census, 1st Dist., p 300.
1870 Maury Co., TN census, 18th Dist., p 547.
 
Obit: _The Columbia Herald_, Maury Co., TN, 3 Jan 1873:
 
Mr. Moses LATTA was found frozen to death on the morning of the 27th of December, near his house. He left Sante Fe on the evening of the 26th under the influence of whisky.  He carried two bottles with him.  He was seen within half a mile of his house about sundown.  His wife waited for him until late, and supposing he had stopped for the night with a neighbor, retired, and rising early, found his horse in the yard.  She went to the barn about two hundred yards, and there found the body of her husband.  Mr. LATTA was over fifty years of age, honest and respected by all his neighbors - his only fault was an occasional over indulgence in intoxicating drinks.  He leaves several children of respectability in the neighborhood.  He is an uncle of our present estimable Sheriff, Sims LATTA.

Obit of Matilda Craig Latta, The Columbia Herald (TN), 10 March 1893
 
Mrs. Matilda Latta died Thursday afternoon on the 2nd at the residence of her granddaughter, Mrs. Dennis Hicks, near Concord in this county.   She was 86 years old and her feebleness coupled with the effects of la grippe which attacked her last year caused her death.  Her body was laid to rest at Concord Church on Friday. She  was the widow of Moses Latta who died many years ago.  She leaves numerous descendants.  Her only living son is Mr. Moses Latta; Mrs. Joe Slaton of Nashville and Mrs. Hutchinson are her daughters.  She had been a life long member of the Methodist Church and the memory of her good deeds lives after
her.


                                             8 JOHN JACKSON (4) LATTA
     John (3) John (2) ____ (1).  Mrs. Emily Prowell (see note on page 2), said that she
thought her Uncle John married a Miss Mitchell.  His brother, Calvin, married an Armita Mitchell, daughter of John and Mary Mitchell, in Maury Co., Tenn in 1842.  Perhaps he married one of her sisters.