John Thomas Spurlock & wife Jane Goin, Union Parish Louisiana 

Submitted for the Union Parish Louisiana USGenWeb Archives by Bryan Price, 8/2005



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John Thomas Spurlock Family History

Prepared & submitted by W. Bryan Price, Great Great Great-Grandson of J.T. Spurlock 
           and Jane Goin Spurlock

Source: "A Book of Favorite Recipes" Compiled by the Decendants of John William and 
         Martha Grace Spurlock.
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In the early 1880's John Thomas Spurlock married Jane Goin in Jasper County. To the 
union were born eight children:  John William, who married Martha Grace Jones; Texas 
Alabama (Bama), who married Tom C. Crawford;  Pearl; Beulah; Jeff; Edward who married 
Kate Carroll; Ellis, who married Pearl Elkins, and Margaret (Mag), who married E.A. Robinson.  
 
The family left Alabama journeying to Texas to settle.  While traveling through 
Mississippi, the family had to stop for the birth of a child.  This daughter was named 
Texas Alabama because of the journey they were undertaking.  We know this child as "Aunt Bama".
 
Traveling along with the J.T. Spurlock family was a brother, Jack Spurlock who went on to 
Texas where it was heard that he settled in the Greenville, Texas area.  To our knowledge, 
the family was never heard from again,  although many Spurlocks are listed in the telephone 
directory in many Texas towns and cities.   After most of the J.T. Spurlock children were 
grown the family moved on to Louisiana in the late 1880's where they settled in the Bethel 
Community, never consummating the trip to Texas.  Four of the children, John William, Edward, 
Ellis and Margaret, remained in the Bethel community and reared families.  The other three 
children Pearl, Beulah, and Jeff died before marrying.  
 
The Family was active in Church at Mt. Nebo Church then at Bethel Church after it was built 
since it was nearer their homeplace and travel was very limited.  John Thomas Spurlock 
participated in Church activities by performing funeral services when the pastor was not 
"in town" as well as leading the congregational singing.

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