Spurlins of Navarro County, Texas
Georgia-born Spurlins were in Navarro County, Texas, around the time of statehood. An 1893 county history records Emma Spurlin as the first wife of Isaac B. Sessions, one of the county's organizers, and the Hamilton merchant John L. Spurlin was born at Chatfield Point in 1853.
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Early settlers
The 1893 Memorial and Biographical History of Navarro, Henderson, Anderson, Limestone, Freestone and Leon Counties, Texas mentions the family in its sketch of Egbert G. Sessions, whom it calls "the oldest living settler of Navarro county."[1] His father, Isaac B. Sessions, a North Carolina native, came in the spring of 1846 to what is now Navarro County, then part of Robertson County. The book says Isaac was one of the organizers of the county and foreman of its first grand jury.[1] Isaac's first wife, and Egbert's mother, was Emma Spurlin, who "was born in Georgia, a daughter of William and Ellen (Carter) Spurlin." The couple married in 1836 in Chickasaw County, Mississippi, and had seven children.[1] Emma died in 1850. In 1851 Isaac married "Mrs. Permilia (Spurlin) Gordan," who died in 1852, soon after the birth of their daughter Ellen P. Sessions.[1]
WikiTree's profile of the same woman, under the name Emily Spurlin, gives her dates as 1 September 1816 to 17 September 1850 and her place of death as Chatfield, Navarro County. It links her to Isaac Boone Sessions (1817–1884) by a marriage in Chickasaw County, Mississippi, in 1836.[2] Another WikiTree profile places Malissa Spurlin (1812–1887), born in Georgia, in Navarro County at her death.[3]
John L. Spurlin
The Hamilton merchant and railroad promoter John L. Spurlin was born in Navarro County. His Find a Grave memorial gives his birth as 17 September 1853 in Navarro County and records the inscription "Born Chatfield Point, Texas". It names his parents as L. B. Spurlin (1831–1854) and Sarah Roseanna Reagan Scogin (1832–1901). He died in Waco on 10 November 1935.[4] A 1908 newspaper described him as a nephew of John H. Reagan.[5] The town of Spurlin in Hamilton County was named for him.[6] See Spurlins of Hamilton County, Texas and Spurlin, Texas.
Elsewhere in Texas
Other WikiTree profiles place Spurlins who died in Texas in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. William Rufus Spurlin (1833–1899), born in Arkansas Territory, died in Bell County (see Spurlins of Hardeman County, Tennessee for his father's family). Another William Spurlin (1845–1915) died at Waxahachie, Ellis County.[7][8]
See also
- Spurlins of Hamilton County, Texas · History strong
John L. Spurlin (1853–1935), a Hamilton merchant, banker and railroad promoter and a nephew of John H. Reagan, was a founding director of the Hamilton National Bank in 1890 and gave his name to the railroad town of Spurlin in northwestern Hamilton County. - Spurlin, Texas · Places mixed
Spurlin is a ghost town in northwestern Hamilton County, Texas. It was laid out on the Stephenville North and South Texas Railway in 1908–1909 and named for its promoter, the Hamilton merchant John L. Spurlin. It had a church and a business in 1936 and had disappeared from maps by the late 1980s. - Spurlin family lines by state · Genealogy weak
A state-by-state guide to the main Spurlin and Spurling family lines in the United States, from colonial Virginia and North Carolina to Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, Texas and Indiana, with the sources behind each link.
References
- ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ A Memorial and Biographical History of Navarro, Henderson, Anderson, Limestone, Freestone and Leon Counties, Texas (Lewis Publishing, 1893) — Internet Archive — sketch of Egbert G. Sessions, pp. 585–587 Book
- ↑ Emily Spurlin (1816–1850) (Spurlin-151) — WikiTree — spouse Isaac Boone Sessions, married 1836, Chickasaw County, Mississippi (read via the WikiTree API) Genealogy
- ↑ Malissa Spurlin (1812–1887) (Spurlin-388) — WikiTree Genealogy
- ↑ John L. Spurlin Sr. (1853–1935), Memorial 65632814 — Find a Grave Genealogy
- ↑ Palestine Daily Herald, 16 October 1908, p. 8 (Chronicling America, Library of Congress) — "John L. Spurlin, a nephew of the late lamented John H. Reagan" News
- ↑ "A Town Built in Forty Days" — The Washington Herald, 5 March 1909, p. 3 (Chronicling America, Library of Congress) News
- ↑ William Rufus Spurlin (1833–1899) (Spurlin-53) — WikiTree Genealogy
- ↑ William Spurlin (1845–1915) (Spurlin-343) — WikiTree Genealogy
Last reviewed 2026-09-24.