OUR TARLTON STORY--PART FIVE/Alexander Craig Tarlton
ALEXANDER CRAIG TARLTON by KEITH WAYNE RAGAN · In this 1920 map of Wayne County, the yellow spray indicates the area of the original Tarlton estate and plantation where Alexander was born and had agricultural interests for most of his adult life. He purchased property either a part of the original estate or adjoining just prior to his death. The purple spray indicates the location of his properties and home at the time of his murder. His demise was likely here. The red spray indicates the location of the old Moore and Rucker communities. Our Tarlton Story--Part Five It is stated that Alexander C. Tarlton was born about 1828 in the vicinity of Ojibway, Missouri in Wayne County in the book “Back Home” written by Nelson Morgan about the communities of Rucker, Cool Springs, and Taskee. In the “History Of Southeast Missouri” by Douglas it is stated that “Alexander C. Tarlton was born in 1828 at the old Tarlton home in Wayne County, Missouri, abo...