Contributor: Carl Jones.
Tarlton/Talton; served in the United States Marine Corps in the War of 1812.
Tarlton Colvin was born in 1787/8 in South Carolina and died 7 Feb 1814 in New Orleans, LA. Buried in New Orleans, LA. Private, 1st Regiment, Mississippi Volunteers.
(War Dept., Adjutant Generals Ofc., Wash., D.C.)
The records show that one Talton Colvin served in the War of 1812 as a Private in Captain Jacob Guice Company of Infantry, Colonel Ferdinand L. Claiborne Regiment, Mississippi Territorial Militia. His service commenced 14 Sep 1812. He volunteered 19 Dec 1812 for 12 months in Captain Gerard C. Brandon Company, 1st Regiment Mississippi Territorial Volunteers, commanded at various times by Brigadier General Ferdinand L. Claiborne, Colonel Cowles Mead and Colonel Joseph Carson. He appears on muster rolls from 31 May 1813 to 17 Jan 1814, dated Mount Vernon, 17 Jan 1814.
Enlisted in the Marine Corps, but the date of his enlistment is not shown. The records show he was paid to 31 May 1813, but no later record of him has been found.
(HQ, USMC, Wash., D.C.)
Information on file indicates that Tarlton Colvin enlisted in the Marine Corps 12 June 1813 at Baton Rouge, LA, to serve 5 years and died 7 Feb 1814 while serving as a private at the Marine Barracks, New Orleans.
At the time of Colvin enlistment, his personal description was as follows: age 26 years, botn in South Carolina,height 68 3/4 inches, gray eyes, brown hair, dark complexion, former occupation farmer.
(Signed D.P. Hall, Colonel, Asst. Adjutant & Inspector, U.S. Marine Corps)
Tarlton had traveled with his brother Daniel to Lincoln Parish, in north-central Louisiana. He reportedly was wounded in the Creek Indian War of 1813, possibly at Ft. Mims, Alabama.
[Colvin and Allied Families, 1965]
As far as we know, never married, no children.
Tarlton/Talton; served in the United States Marine Corps in the War of 1812.
Tarlton Colvin was born in 1787/8 in South Carolina and died 7 Feb 1814 in New Orleans, LA. Buried in New Orleans, LA. Private, 1st Regiment, Mississippi Volunteers.
(War Dept., Adjutant Generals Ofc., Wash., D.C.)
The records show that one Talton Colvin served in the War of 1812 as a Private in Captain Jacob Guice Company of Infantry, Colonel Ferdinand L. Claiborne Regiment, Mississippi Territorial Militia. His service commenced 14 Sep 1812. He volunteered 19 Dec 1812 for 12 months in Captain Gerard C. Brandon Company, 1st Regiment Mississippi Territorial Volunteers, commanded at various times by Brigadier General Ferdinand L. Claiborne, Colonel Cowles Mead and Colonel Joseph Carson. He appears on muster rolls from 31 May 1813 to 17 Jan 1814, dated Mount Vernon, 17 Jan 1814.
Enlisted in the Marine Corps, but the date of his enlistment is not shown. The records show he was paid to 31 May 1813, but no later record of him has been found.
(HQ, USMC, Wash., D.C.)
Information on file indicates that Tarlton Colvin enlisted in the Marine Corps 12 June 1813 at Baton Rouge, LA, to serve 5 years and died 7 Feb 1814 while serving as a private at the Marine Barracks, New Orleans.
At the time of Colvin enlistment, his personal description was as follows: age 26 years, botn in South Carolina,height 68 3/4 inches, gray eyes, brown hair, dark complexion, former occupation farmer.
(Signed D.P. Hall, Colonel, Asst. Adjutant & Inspector, U.S. Marine Corps)
Tarlton had traveled with his brother Daniel to Lincoln Parish, in north-central Louisiana. He reportedly was wounded in the Creek Indian War of 1813, possibly at Ft. Mims, Alabama.
[Colvin and Allied Families, 1965]
As far as we know, never married, no children.
Contributor: Carl Jones.
Tarlton/Talton; served in the United States Marine Corps in the War of 1812.
Tarlton Colvin was born in 1787/8 in South Carolina and died 7 Feb 1814 in New Orleans, LA. Buried in New Orleans, LA. Private, 1st Regiment, Mississippi Volunteers.
(War Dept., Adjutant Generals Ofc., Wash., D.C.)
The records show that one Talton Colvin served in the War of 1812 as a Private in Captain Jacob Guice Company of Infantry, Colonel Ferdinand L. Claiborne Regiment, Mississippi Territorial Militia. His service commenced 14 Sep 1812. He volunteered 19 Dec 1812 for 12 months in Captain Gerard C. Brandon Company, 1st Regiment Mississippi Territorial Volunteers, commanded at various times by Brigadier General Ferdinand L. Claiborne, Colonel Cowles Mead and Colonel Joseph Carson. He appears on muster rolls from 31 May 1813 to 17 Jan 1814, dated Mount Vernon, 17 Jan 1814.
Enlisted in the Marine Corps, but the date of his enlistment is not shown. The records show he was paid to 31 May 1813, but no later record of him has been found.
(HQ, USMC, Wash., D.C.)
Information on file indicates that Tarlton Colvin enlisted in the Marine Corps 12 June 1813 at Baton Rouge, LA, to serve 5 years and died 7 Feb 1814 while serving as a private at the Marine Barracks, New Orleans.
At the time of Colvin enlistment, his personal description was as follows: age 26 years, botn in South Carolina,height 68 3/4 inches, gray eyes, brown hair, dark complexion, former occupation farmer.
(Signed D.P. Hall, Colonel, Asst. Adjutant & Inspector, U.S. Marine Corps)
Tarlton had traveled with his brother Daniel to Lincoln Parish, in north-central Louisiana. He reportedly was wounded in the Creek Indian War of 1813, possibly at Ft. Mims, Alabama.
[Colvin and Allied Families, 1965]
As far as we know, never married, no children.
Tarlton/Talton; served in the United States Marine Corps in the War of 1812.
Tarlton Colvin was born in 1787/8 in South Carolina and died 7 Feb 1814 in New Orleans, LA. Buried in New Orleans, LA. Private, 1st Regiment, Mississippi Volunteers.
(War Dept., Adjutant Generals Ofc., Wash., D.C.)
The records show that one Talton Colvin served in the War of 1812 as a Private in Captain Jacob Guice Company of Infantry, Colonel Ferdinand L. Claiborne Regiment, Mississippi Territorial Militia. His service commenced 14 Sep 1812. He volunteered 19 Dec 1812 for 12 months in Captain Gerard C. Brandon Company, 1st Regiment Mississippi Territorial Volunteers, commanded at various times by Brigadier General Ferdinand L. Claiborne, Colonel Cowles Mead and Colonel Joseph Carson. He appears on muster rolls from 31 May 1813 to 17 Jan 1814, dated Mount Vernon, 17 Jan 1814.
Enlisted in the Marine Corps, but the date of his enlistment is not shown. The records show he was paid to 31 May 1813, but no later record of him has been found.
(HQ, USMC, Wash., D.C.)
Information on file indicates that Tarlton Colvin enlisted in the Marine Corps 12 June 1813 at Baton Rouge, LA, to serve 5 years and died 7 Feb 1814 while serving as a private at the Marine Barracks, New Orleans.
At the time of Colvin enlistment, his personal description was as follows: age 26 years, botn in South Carolina,height 68 3/4 inches, gray eyes, brown hair, dark complexion, former occupation farmer.
(Signed D.P. Hall, Colonel, Asst. Adjutant & Inspector, U.S. Marine Corps)
Tarlton had traveled with his brother Daniel to Lincoln Parish, in north-central Louisiana. He reportedly was wounded in the Creek Indian War of 1813, possibly at Ft. Mims, Alabama.
[Colvin and Allied Families, 1965]
As far as we know, never married, no children.
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