Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Edward H. Tarrant

Full Name: Edward H. Tarrant
Birth date: 1796
Death date: August 2, 1858

Terms of Service

House, 4th Legislature
11/3/1851 - 11/7/1853
House, 3rd ⁽¹⁾ Legislature
11/5/1849 - 11/3/1851

(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

Resolutions and Journal entries

50th Legislature, R.S., HSR 67, 2/10/1947, p. 287. Resolutions - Memorial .

Other Resources

Biographical sketch, pp. 178-179. Birth year 1796. Biographical Directory of the Texan Conventions and Congresses, 1832-1845 1942.
General Edward H. Tarrant, born 1796, death date 8/2/1858 in Fort Belknap, Texas, burial in Pioneers Rest Cemetery, Fort Worth. 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. Find a Grave .
Edward H. Tarrant, born 1796, death date 8/2/1858 in Fort Belknap, Texas, burial in Pioneer's Rest Cemetery, Fort Worth, Tarrant County. Includes portrait, biographical sketch. Find a Grave .
TARRANT, EDWARD H. (1799-1858). "Edward H. (possibly for Hampton) Tarrant," born 1799. Handbook of Texas Online .
TARRANT COUNTY named for Edward H. Tarrant. Handbook of Texas Online .
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 .
Robert L. and Pauline H. Jones, "Edward H. Tarrant," The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 69, Number 3, January 1966, pp. 300-323, crediting Texas State Historical Association. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
Delegate to Constitutional Convention, 1845. Journals of the Convention, assembled at the city of Austin on the Fourth of July, 1845, for the purpose of framing a constitution for the State of Texas, pp. 377-378. Austin: Miner & Cruger, printers to the Convention, 1845. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin) 2009.