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Jonathan (John) SPURGEON

Jonathan (John) SPURGEON

Male 1787 -

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  • Name Jonathan (John) SPURGEON 
    Born CA 1787  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1810  Monongalia Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1820, 1830, 1840  Preston Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1850  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Although the following excerpt from the 1979 "History of Doddridge County," p. 247, states that Jonathan Spurgeon was born on Bear Fork, Doddridge County, documents and records of that time do not support that. He and his family were in Doddridge County at the time of the 1850 Census, but earlier records place them in Preston County. Jonathan's birthplace may have been in Preston County or somewhere in eastern Virginia, but it was not in present-day Doddridge County.

      "Johnithan (John) [Spurgeon], a frontiersman, was born on Bear Fork, Doddridge County. He located on Bull Run, near Masontown, Preston County. He had 6 boys and 3 girls. They moved from Bull Run to Tom's Fork, Doddridge County in the Pearcy Settlement. From there he came back to Bear Fork of Cove Creek where he resided until his death and was buried in the Boyce Cemetery (located on the Frank Schulte farm on Bear Fork) and was the first to be buried there, he and his wife. Their children were Phillip, Jesse, George, John, James and Jeremiah, sons, and Cathryn, Rachael and Mary Ann, the daughters." [3]
    Person ID I37227  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 28 Jan 2021 

    Family 1 Ruth JEFFREYS,   b. 1790,   d. 1813  (Age 23 years) 
    Married 1807 
    Children 
     1. James SPURGEON,   b. 31 Aug 1808, Monongalia Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Feb 1878, Medina, Outagamie Co, WI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years)
     2. Elizabeth SPURGEON,   b. CA 1810, Preston Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1894, Outagamie Co, WI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 84 years)
    +3. John C. SPURGEON,   b. CA 1812, Virginia (now West Virginia) Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Jan 1908, Salina, Saline Co, KS Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 96 years)
    Family ID F57124  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Elizabeth Catherine SMELL,   b. CA 1786 
    Married 1816  Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Notes 
    • Jonathan Spurgeonin the 1820 United States Federal Census
      Name: Jonathan Spurgeon
      Home in 1820 (City, County, State): Preston, Virginia
      Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820
      Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 3
      Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15: 1
      Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 1
      Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 1
      Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 1
      Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 1
      Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1
      Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 2
      Free White Persons - Under 16 : 6
      Free White Persons - Over 25 : 2
      Total Free White Persons: 9
      Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 9

      Jonathan Spurgeon in the 1830 United States Federal Census
      Name: Jonathan Spurgeon
      Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Preston, Virginia
      Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 1
      Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 2
      Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 1
      Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1
      Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49: 1
      Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 1
      Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9 : 1
      Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 1
      Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39: 1
      Free White Persons - Under 20 : 7
      Free White Persons - 20 thru 49 : 3
      Total Free White Persons: 10
      Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 10

      Jonathan Spurgenin the 1840 United States Federal Census
      Name: Jonathan Spurgen
      Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Preston, Virginia
      Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 1
      Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 3
      Free White Persons - Males - 50 thru 59: 1
      Free White Persons - Males - 90 thru 99: 1
      Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 2
      Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 1
      Free White Persons - Females - 50 thru 59: 1
      Persons Employed in Agriculture: 4
      Free White Persons - Under 20 : 4
      Free White Persons - 20 thru 49 : 3
      Total Free White Persons: 10
      Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 10

      1850 Census, Doddridge Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Jul 29 1850:
      Jonathan Spurgin, 63, farmer; Catherine, 63; Catherine, 23; Rachel, 19; Stephen Greathouse, 46, farmer. [4, 5]
    Children 
     1. Phillip SPURGEON,   b. CA 1817,   d. 1872, Preston Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 55 years)
     2. Jesse SPURGEON,   b. CA 1819,   d. 1889, Preston Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 70 years)
    +3. George W. SPURGEON,   b. CA 1822, Preston Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Feb 1884  (Age ~ 62 years)
    +4. Mary Ann SPURGEON,   b. May 1824, Preston Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Mar 1916, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 91 years)
    +5. Jeremiah SPURGEON,   b. CA 1825, Preston Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aug 1853, Lost Creek, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 28 years)
     6. Catharine SPURGEON,   b. 11 May 1826,   d. 13 Jul 1911  (Age 85 years)
     7. Rachel SPURGEON,   b. CA 1831, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F14767  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S941] 1850 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA.

    2. [S2541] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, (Ancestry.com).

    3. [S215] The History of Doddridge County, West Virginia, (Taylor Publishing Co, 1979), p. 247.

    4. [S1567] Marriage record of son.

    5. [S1604] Death record of son.