George Washington Tumlinson

1813 - 1836  (22 years)

• Name	George Washington Tumlinson
  Birth	3 Dec 1813	Tennessee, USA
  Gender	Male
  Death	6 Mar 1836	San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
  Burial	Texas Alamo, San Antonio, Texas
  Person ID	I10750	Brownlow
  Last Modified	19 Feb 2025

  
  

  Father	James S Tumlinson,   b. 18 Jul 1783, Lincoln County, North Carolina, USA d. 9 Jul 1839, Gonzales, Gonzales County, Texas (Age 55 years)
  Mother	Mary Elizabeth White,   b. 26 Jul 1781, Lincoln, North Carolina, USA d. 12 Dec 1832, Colony, Laurel, Kentucky, USA (Age 51 years)
  Family ID	F3531	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 3 Dec 1813 - Tennessee, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Alamo Defender. Age 27, rank private, native of Missouri, resident of Gonzales and was one of the famous thirty-two who went to the Alamo on March 1, 1836, and died there on March 6, 1836. ************ George W. Tumlinson, 22, born 1814 in MO, a resident of Gonzales and Private artilleryman in Capt. Carey's Company. He was the son of James and Elizabeth Tumlinson. He joined the Texas artillery under Capt. Almeron Dickinson on 20 Sep 1835. He was in the Siege of Bexar, discharged and re-enlisted on 14 Dec 1835 into Capt. Carey's Company. Tumlinson was at home in Gonzales when the Alamo was surrounded and joined the Gonzales relief force to return to his post. Source: Used with permission. from Alamo Defenders-Index SONS OF DEWITT COLONY TEXAS , Wallace L. McKeehan, All Rights Reserved Bio by: Debora Tumlinson