TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY TED ROBERTS 1301 U.S HISTORY EXAM #3; 2026
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | A+ GRADED | WITH EXPERT SOLUTIONS
John Tarleton birth date - (ANSWER)November 1808
When he was orphaned, where did he and his brother go? - (ANSWER)John went to live with aunt in
Vermont, brother went to Virginia
How much money did he leave his aunt and how did he earn it? - (ANSWER)$15, he made it flailing
wheat
Where did he go to cradle wheat? - (ANSWER)North Carolina
How much was he paid for cradling wheat? - (ANSWER)$1.50 a day
How much was he paid for teaching school? - (ANSWER)$30 a month
Where did he go after leaving North Carolina? - (ANSWER)Knoxville, Tennessee
Where did he work in Knoxville? - (ANSWER)Cowan-Dickerson mercantile
How long did he work at Cowan-Dickerson mercantile? - (ANSWER)40 years
What did he invest his salary in? - (ANSWER)bounty certificates issued to veterans of the War of 1812,
which authorized them "to settle on any unsurveyed or unappropriated public land."
Where was the land he acquired? - (ANSWER)Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Kansas, and Illinois (AMIKI)
How many acres did he buy in Erath and Palo Pinto counties? - (ANSWER)10,000 acres
How much did he pay for his land in Texas? - (ANSWER)12.5 cents per acre
, TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY TED ROBERTS 1301 U.S HISTORY EXAM #3; 2026
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | A+ GRADED | WITH EXPERT SOLUTIONS
When Tarleton arrived in Texas, where did he go? - (ANSWER)Waco, he established a store there
Where is the John T bust located? - (ANSWER)South entrance of the administration building
Who did John Tarleton marry? - (ANSWER)Mary Louisa Johnson
When did John get married? - (ANSWER)September 1876
Why did John and Mary sign a pre-nuptial agreement? - (ANSWER)Her first husband left her over 1,000
acres of Brazos bottom game
Where did John and Mary go on their honeymoon? - (ANSWER)International Centennial exhibition in
Philadelphia
What did John do after their honeymoon that led to divorce? - (ANSWER)He charged Mary with half of
the trip expenses, she then asked for a more equitable division of property, John refused
Where did Mary Tarleton go after their first anniversary? - (ANSWER)St. Louis, where she filed for
divorce
What happened when John and Mary got divorced? - (ANSWER)The divorce was granted with no
division of property
When did John return to his lands in Erath county? - (ANSWER)1880
How did he hide his money when he walked from Waco to Erath county? - (ANSWER)a suitcase and his
money concealed in square-toed shoes and patches on his clothes
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | A+ GRADED | WITH EXPERT SOLUTIONS
John Tarleton birth date - (ANSWER)November 1808
When he was orphaned, where did he and his brother go? - (ANSWER)John went to live with aunt in
Vermont, brother went to Virginia
How much money did he leave his aunt and how did he earn it? - (ANSWER)$15, he made it flailing
wheat
Where did he go to cradle wheat? - (ANSWER)North Carolina
How much was he paid for cradling wheat? - (ANSWER)$1.50 a day
How much was he paid for teaching school? - (ANSWER)$30 a month
Where did he go after leaving North Carolina? - (ANSWER)Knoxville, Tennessee
Where did he work in Knoxville? - (ANSWER)Cowan-Dickerson mercantile
How long did he work at Cowan-Dickerson mercantile? - (ANSWER)40 years
What did he invest his salary in? - (ANSWER)bounty certificates issued to veterans of the War of 1812,
which authorized them "to settle on any unsurveyed or unappropriated public land."
Where was the land he acquired? - (ANSWER)Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Kansas, and Illinois (AMIKI)
How many acres did he buy in Erath and Palo Pinto counties? - (ANSWER)10,000 acres
How much did he pay for his land in Texas? - (ANSWER)12.5 cents per acre
, TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY TED ROBERTS 1301 U.S HISTORY EXAM #3; 2026
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | A+ GRADED | WITH EXPERT SOLUTIONS
When Tarleton arrived in Texas, where did he go? - (ANSWER)Waco, he established a store there
Where is the John T bust located? - (ANSWER)South entrance of the administration building
Who did John Tarleton marry? - (ANSWER)Mary Louisa Johnson
When did John get married? - (ANSWER)September 1876
Why did John and Mary sign a pre-nuptial agreement? - (ANSWER)Her first husband left her over 1,000
acres of Brazos bottom game
Where did John and Mary go on their honeymoon? - (ANSWER)International Centennial exhibition in
Philadelphia
What did John do after their honeymoon that led to divorce? - (ANSWER)He charged Mary with half of
the trip expenses, she then asked for a more equitable division of property, John refused
Where did Mary Tarleton go after their first anniversary? - (ANSWER)St. Louis, where she filed for
divorce
What happened when John and Mary got divorced? - (ANSWER)The divorce was granted with no
division of property
When did John return to his lands in Erath county? - (ANSWER)1880
How did he hide his money when he walked from Waco to Erath county? - (ANSWER)a suitcase and his
money concealed in square-toed shoes and patches on his clothes
