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MAJ Thomas Hempstead Rattan

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MAJ Thomas Hempstead Rattan

Birth
South Carolina, USA
Death
11 Nov 1854 (aged 67)
McKinney, Collin County, Texas, USA
Burial
Melissa, Collin County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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Thomas Rattan (1787 South Carolina-11 November 1854 Texas; buried Throckmorton Cemetery, Collin County, Texas). He married Minerva Milligan and had eleven children. [E. E. Moore, "Thomas Hempsted Rattan," in History of the Carrollton, Illinois Area, 1821-1989 (Carrollton, Illinois: Greene County Genealogical Society, 1989), 448; Thomas H. Rattan tombstone; Rebecca J. Rattan tombstone]

Thomas came to Texas in 1840 and staked his headright about three miles southwest of the presnt town of Anna. He was short, energetic, stockily built and a thorough man of business. He sold out when preparing to come to Texas.
He had held high offices, besides his business ventures. In Illinois, the Governor had appointed him Justice of the Peace. In Carrolton, he had contracted and built the first Court House in Greene County. He was elected to the state legislature, having served in both Houses before coming to
Texas. He and Gillie built their cabin, dug their well for water, and settled down to the fine task of having and rearing a family of fourteen, five of them born in Texas.
Thomas Rattan (1787 South Carolina-11 November 1854 Texas; buried Throckmorton Cemetery, Collin County, Texas). He married Minerva Milligan and had eleven children. [E. E. Moore, "Thomas Hempsted Rattan," in History of the Carrollton, Illinois Area, 1821-1989 (Carrollton, Illinois: Greene County Genealogical Society, 1989), 448; Thomas H. Rattan tombstone; Rebecca J. Rattan tombstone]

Thomas came to Texas in 1840 and staked his headright about three miles southwest of the presnt town of Anna. He was short, energetic, stockily built and a thorough man of business. He sold out when preparing to come to Texas.
He had held high offices, besides his business ventures. In Illinois, the Governor had appointed him Justice of the Peace. In Carrolton, he had contracted and built the first Court House in Greene County. He was elected to the state legislature, having served in both Houses before coming to
Texas. He and Gillie built their cabin, dug their well for water, and settled down to the fine task of having and rearing a family of fourteen, five of them born in Texas.

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