George Brook Tunstall
TUNSTALL, GEORGE BROOK, planter, editor, was born December 14, 1793, in Pittsylvania County, Va., and died July 28, 1842, atMontgomery Hill, Baldwin County; son of Edmund Savage Tunstall, a North Carolinian who died in Christian County, Ky.
The Tunstall family are lineal descendants of Sir Brian Tunstall, who in 1573, was killed at the battle of Floddon Field, in the war between England and Scotland. They came from England some time in the early part of the seventeenth century and settled in the lower eastern counties of Virginia.
He was a planter, and a newspaper man. He was at one time editor of the "Nashville Whig," and was the founder of the "Floridan," the first English newspaper published in Pensacola, Fla.
Married:
1. Eloisa Tate, daughter of David Tate, for whom the shoals on the Alabama River are named
2. Miss Randon, granddaughter Col. Tate who was an officer in the English army, and Sehoy McGillivray; great-granddaughter of Lachlin and Sehoy (Marchand) McGillivray; and great- great-granddaughter of Capt. Marchand of Ft. Toulouse and an Indian princess named Sehoy; niece of William Weatherford (q. v.).
Children:
1. Mary, m. Dr. William Leigh Tunstall
children, Arthur and Mrs. Dillard
2. Lucy, m. a Mr. Lumsden
children, Capt. Frank and George
3. Peyton Randolph, m. Laura Slaughter
children, Peyton R., jr., Clem Clay, Edmund Savage, Tom Tate, and two daughters
4. Betsie Barker, m. John Weatherford, nephew of Red Eagle Weatherford
children, four daughters
5. Rebecca Brian, m. a Mr. Hobbs
child, a daughter, m. Neville Merchant;
6. George Washington, veteran of the War of Secession, married
children, George and Edmund;
7. E. S., d. in 1883;
8. Tom Tate (q. v.).
Last residence: Montgomery Hill.
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Transcribed April 2009 by Dawn Conway