William Chisholm Tomlinson
1805 - 1836 (31 years)
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Name William Chisholm Tomlinson [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] Birth 5 May 1805 Georgia 
- according to his obituary.
Gender Male Obituary Death Notice, True American (New Orleans, LA), 2 June 1836, p2:
DIED - at Baton Rouge, on the 30th ult. of typhus fever, Wm. C. Tomlinson, a native of Geo. The Georgia and Franklin papers will please copy the above.Death 30 May 1836 Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana Notes - This person's ancestry is a stumper! Can anyone help? The name also appears as Tumblinson, Tamlinson, Tumbleston, Tomelson, Tomblenson, Tomblesson, even Thompson.
about possible origins:
His obituary asks Franklin papers to copy—presumably the Franklin in St. Mary Parish (or Attakapas).
Ganier notes that "the following appear in 1790 census records of Bucks Co., Pennsylvania: Jacob Knight, John Horner, Henry Knight, William Tomlinson, William Hamilton, Peter Hartman, Jacob Hartman - all names that occur in this area of Louisiana" (3). Pennsylvania is a guess, though; there's no evidence of a connection.
Other Tomlinsons, maybe or maybe not related
According to family researcher Karen Theriot, a son of Thomas Tomlinson and "Geuty" (Gertrude, or Margaret?) named Jesse "acted as sponsor or witness on William's family records." Hebert's Southwest Lousiana Records names Jesse's father as Thomas Tombleson and Jesse's mother as "Guerty." Jesse Tomlinson appears elsewhere on this site connected via other family in St. Mary Parish. See him for more information.
William Chisholm Tomlinson, who was born in 1805, would have been of an age to be one of the 25-40 year-old men in Jesse Tomlinson’s household in the 1830 census. He was not there, though, in 1820, when he would have been 15.
• Nathaniel and Elizabeth/Isabel Tomlinson from Natchez appear in New Orleans judicial records around the year 1800.
• John Chappell Tomlinson died in 1845 in Nacogdoches, m. to Margaret. His family was from Georgia. Leonard Tomlinson was a son of John Chappell. A biography of William Chisholm's grandson Edgar Austere says that William Chisholm's family was from in Georgia, as does his obituary. William Chisholm's wife Tabitha Knight appears as a citizen in the Republic of Texas (1836-1845), along with "Leonard Tomlinson" and "Aaron Tomlinson." I have not seen evidence to connect John Chappell's family to William Chisholm's, however.
• Tomlinsons appear in Georgia newspapers before 1825, but it’s a big state.
• There is a Tomlinson Cemetery in Heflin, Bienville Parish, Louisiana.
• There was a Chisholm family from St. Landry Parish.
I have seen no evidence to connect these three families - Jesse's, William Chisholm's, and John Chappell's. [6, 7]
Person ID I3874 Last Modified 8 May 2025
Spouse / Partner Tabitha Marguerite Knight
b. 16 Oct 1807, St. Martinville, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana
d. 26 Nov 1890, San Antonio, Bexar Co., Texas (Age 83 years)
Other Partners:
└─Thomas C. Baker
d. Yes, date unknown m. 17 Feb 1837
└─Louis Bouillet
d. Yes, date unknown m. 11 Nov 1841
└─Frederick Shumane
d. Yes, date unknown m. 11 Feb 1844
└─John Madison Farrow
b. 5 Jan 1811, Virginia
d. 3 Oct 1877, Austin, Travis Co., Texas (Age 66 years) m. 18 Mar 1850 Marriage 5 Jun 1827 Franklin, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana [4, 8, 9, 10, 11] - permission granted on 4 June
Children 4 sons and 1 daughter 1 . John Raphael Tomlinson
b. 1 Jul 1828
d. 7 Jun 1829 (Age 0 years)+ 2 . Capt. Augustus Austere Tomlinson
b. 13 Jun 1830, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana
d. 3 Jul 1898, Bellville, Austin Co., Texas (Age 68 years)└─ Mary Leonese Hartman (Age 61 years) m. 24 Oct 18503 . Reuben Austin Tomlinson
b. 9 Feb 1832
d. 15 Feb 1833 (Age 1 year)> 4 . William Chisholm Noel Tomlinson
b. 13 Dec 1833, Louisiana
d. 31 Oct 1873 (Age 39 years)└─ Martha Penn5 
. Alice Catherine Tomlinson
b. 6 Sep 1836
d. 18 Sep 1841 (Age 5 years)Family Charts Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 12 May 2025
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Event Map 
Birth - 5 May 1805 - Georgia 
Marriage - 5 Jun 1827 - Franklin, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana 
Death - 30 May 1836 - Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Histories 
Louisiana and Texas Family Mysteries The Louisiana branches (most, but not all, from New Orleans) have not historically been as well researched as families on this website from Maryland and New England. Asahel McLellan, whose family moved from the northeast to New Orleans, has a fairly well documented family. Research on the other families on the site—the Pitards, Gamards, Courets, Maupays, DeGranges, and the rest—has required some rewarding research.
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Reference Pitard, D. "William Chisholm Tomlinson". Genealogy at Pitard.net. https://ancestors.pitard.net/getperson.php?personID=I3874&tree=1sttree (accessed May 18, 2025).
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