OUR TARLTON STORY--PART ONE/General Azion Tarlton in York, South Carolina
GENERAL AZION TARLTON IN YORK, SOUTH CAROLINA by KEITH WAYNE RAGAN The Battle of King's Mountain OUR TARLTON STORY--PART ONE In our direct line , General Azion Tarlton is the earliest that can be positively identified. It may be that his first name of General is a given name and not reference to military rank., but if so, may relate to a former family member of that rank--his namesake if you will. Cletis Ellinghouse in his book regarding Wayne County, MINGO , does cover quite a bit, at least generally, in recognition of the Tarltons entrance to Wayne County, but he believed General Tarlton and Azion Tarlton brothers. There is nowhere- -in any census or probate document-- that refers to General Tarlton. That’s is because General and Azion Tarlton were one and the same individual. He preferred to be called Zion based on researched census transcriptions, and he was probably born between the years of 1771 – 1776. Our country was engaged in a full-blown war against Gr...