Mial Scurlock

Mial Scurlock's birth date is disputed. The Dictionary of North Carolina Biography gives May 25, 1803, as the second of Joseph and Martha Scurlock's five children, while the Alamo's own page gives May 25, 1809, and lists him at age 26. The brothers entered Texas at Gaines Ferry in 1834 with the people they enslaved and settled in San Augustine. Mial took part in the siege of Bexar, December 5 to 12, 1835, and stayed in San Antonio when Santa Anna's forces arrived. He died at the Alamo on March 6, 1836.

What the plaque says

Mial Scurlock (b. 1809) and his brother William Scurlock (1807-85) left their Mississippi home in 1834 to settle in Texas, then a part of Mexico. That same year they received a land grant here in the Sabine District and, with their slaves, began farming the site. The following year, when disputes between Texas settlers and Mexico resulted in the Texas Revolution, the Scurlocks joined the Texas army at San Augustine. Mial participated in the Siege of Bexar and in the Battle of the Alamo, where he was killed on March 6, 1836, in the defense of his adopted land. (1983)

Where it stands

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