Alamo Defenders

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Comment by Elizabeth Ashworth-Beard on August 20, 2009 at 8:59pm

Hi, My name is Elizabeth Tumlinson Ashworth-Beard. Born Gonzales Co. TX
I descend from James and Elizabeth Tumlinson of Austin's Colony.
Their son Wm P. Tumlinson is my gggrandfather and his brother George W. Tumlinson died at the Alamo.
George W. Tumlinson was one of the "32 Men from Gonzales".
By 1850 James and Elizabeth had lost 10 children. James, David,John, Polly,
George, Josiah, Andrew, Eddy, Thomas and Littleton. Wm P. and two nephews
were the only ones left. Wm P. is buried in the Harwood Cem, Harwood, TX.
Elizabeth

Comment by mark m burton on August 10, 2009 at 5:42pm

hi here is what i found for james l hannum- born 8 aug 1815 pa father washington lee hannum mother martha robertson- it appears the family moved to texas as washington lee died in matagora texas in 1836 james is listed on tax rolls 1830-39 as residing at the alamo-if i find more will post more mark burton

Comment by Cyndi Beane Henry on August 5, 2009 at 1:45pm

We moved to Pleasanton, in Atascosa County, in 2003, to take care of my husband's mother who was ill. After she passed away, we came back to West Virginia to help care for my mother. No one knows how much I miss Texas!!! Most of my husband's family is there, and works in San Antonio.

I'll never forget the awesome experience it was to enter the Mission! What a reverent experience! There was a wonderful parks person there who was so kind to answer all of my many questions. And pointing out the many things that the average tourist would have overlooked.

I grew up viewing places frequently that pertained to our nations history: Colonial Williamsburg, the fort at Jamestown, Yorktown, Gettysburg, Washington, DC [I was a Navy brat]. Next to Gettysburg, the Alamo was one of the places that touches you most strongly. Both places you could feel the past, as palpable as if it had just occurred!

What an awesome experience!

Comment by Betty Vaughn on August 5, 2009 at 8:51am

I created this last March in memory of our brave men

Comment by Betty Vaughn on August 5, 2009 at 8:45am

Cyndi, I am far from Texas too now.. Oh how I miss my Home!! I am in South Carolina now.. where many of my ancestors came from before they got to Texas and decided they had found heaven and it was time to stop traveling

Comment by Cyndi Beane Henry on August 5, 2009 at 8:39am

Oh! Such awesome history here! I am awed!!!

Comment by Betty Vaughn on August 5, 2009 at 8:22am

My 4th Great Grandmother, Betsy Trammell was married to William Pryor who was a member of the Old 300. I believe that the Burke Trammell that died at the Alamo was her brother. The list of men that gives age and where from for the men have Burke listed as 18 yrs old and from Ireland. Other documents in the archives identify Burke as brother of James Trammell and a son of Sampson Trammell who died in Stewart Co, TN before Nov 1814. My William Pryor was named guardian of some of Sampson's children. I have so many many "clues & leads" but no actual proof YET! ..... someday.................

Comment by mark m burton on August 2, 2009 at 11:43am

notes on william depriest sutherland)original family name sutherlin from danville, pittsylvania co., va)william was the son of Frances(Menefee)and George Sutherland.born 10 aug 1818. nephew of Alamo courier Dr. John Sutherland. He lived with his uncle in Tuscumbia, Alabama, as a medical student at LaGrange University after his parents moved to Bexar texas in 1830.He was in texas by 1835.On 17 jul 1835 he attended a meeting at the Navidad and Lacava rivers, calling for a consultation of texas committies. He joined the garrison at san Antonia de Bexar on 18 jan 1836, where he arrived with his uncle in the company of Capt. William H. Patton. Died 6 mar 1836.

Comment by Linda K. Tart on August 2, 2009 at 11:08am

My Great, Great, Great, Grandfather was the leader of the 32 from Gonzales. His name is George C. Kimble.

Comment by Gen Story Girl on August 1, 2009 at 9:25pm

This really gets to me especially knowing that one of my ancestors was one of the 32------"At dawn on the first of March [1836], Capt. Albert Martin, with 32 men (himself included) from Gonzales and DeWitt's Colony, passed the lines of Santa Anna and entered the walls of the Alamo, never more to leave them. These men, chiefly husbands and fathers, owning their own homes, voluntarily organized and passed through the lines of an enemy four to six thousand strong, to join 150 of their countrymen and neighbors, in a fortress doomed to destruction. Does American history, or any history, ancient or modern, furnish a parallel to such heroism? ......They willingly entered the beleaguered walls of the Alamo, to swell the little band under Travis, resolved "never to surrender or retreat." In after many years it was my privilege to personally know and live near many of their widows and little ones and to see the latter grow into sterling manhood and pure womanhood. I never met or passed one without involuntarily asking upon him or her the blessings of that God who gave the final victory to Texas"------by John Henry Brown in History of Texas.

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