Individual Details

Seth Spurlock

(29 Oct 1826 - 10 Apr 1923)

As told by Mutt Hager, Seth became hungry and wanted to buy food from some women who told him that they only had buttermilk and cornbread. Seth said that's just what I want. Seth gave the women a $5.00 bill and they only had a $1.00 bill, a .50 cent piece and 1 dime. He accepted this as his change, brought the coins home and gave them to Mutt's mother. The .50 cent piece was one of only a few made and became very valuable. However, someone stole the coin out of an old trunk that belonged to Mrs. Hager.

Events

Birth29 Oct 1826Logan County, Virginia
Marriage24 Dec 1849Boone County, Virginia - Jane Hart
OccupationMar 1865Scout - Mud River, Big Laurel Creek, West Virginia
Census1870Lincoln County, West Virginia
Census (family)19 Jun 1880Jefferson District, Lincoln County, West Virginia - Jane Hart
Occupation19 Jun 1880a farmer - Jefferson District, Lincoln County, West Virginia
Census1890Lincoln County, West Virginia
Census (family)12 Jul 1900Glade, Webster County, West Virginia - Jane Hart
Death10 Apr 1923Lincoln County, West Virginia
Militarythe American Civil War
Description5 feet 11 inches tall with a fair complexion, blue eyes, and brown hair

Families

SpouseJane Hart (1833 - 1913)
ChildCandus "Kansas" Spurlock (1852 - )
ChildElizabeth Spurlock (1854 - 1915)
ChildMary Ann Spurlock (1856 - 1917)
ChildCandace Spurlock (1857 - 1935)
ChildMarshall Leander Spurlock (1859 - 1932)
ChildElias Powell Spurlock (1861 - )
ChildAmbrose Kelly Spurlock (1866 - 1949)
ChildDoliver Spurlock (1869 - 1902)
ChildAlpheus Spurlock (1871 - 1964)
ChildFulton Spurlock (1876 - 1959)
FatherCharles Buckhannon Spurlock (1773 - 1857)
MotherBarthena Hager (1775 - 1880)
SiblingThomas Spurlock (1803 - )
SiblingEli Spurlock (1808 - )
SiblingCatherine Spurlock (1811 - )
SiblingCharles Spurlock
SiblingRobinson John Spurlock (1813 - 1898)
SiblingJohn Spurlock (1819 - 1907)
SiblingEliphus Spurlock (1824 - 1911)
SiblingJulia Spurlock (1826 - )
SiblingMary A. Spurlock (1830 - )

Notes

Census

The Special Schedule of the 1890 Census notes under "Disability Incurred" that Seth was "crippled in shoulder," and adds that "he was not on duty," and "health bad."

Census (family)

This census states that she had 11 children, but only 9 were currently alive.

Military

Seth, 5th Sgt. Company K in the 7th West Virginia Calvary. He enlisted 1 September 1861 and served until 2 August 1865. According to his grandson, Mutt Hager, Seth was "in the biggest cavalry battle ever fought. He was with a scouting party one time and the Rebs cut trees across the road, but they fought their way through losing seventeen men out of a troop of seventy-five." He was left at New Creek, Virginia on 4 October 1862 because of sickness. He rejoined his unit at Cumberland, Maryland.

Endnotes

1. Harold Ray Smith (PO Box 346 Ranger, WV 25557; (304) 778-7705; Halbr549@aol.com).

2. Pat Spurlock Elder (P.O. 567 Blountville, TN 37617-0567; (423) 323-1356; patelder@usa.net; 1997).

3. Seth Spurlock, 1880 US Census, Jefferson District, Lincoln County, West Virginia, Page 14B, Household #125, Family #125; 1880 Federal Census - http://www.ancestry.com..

4. Seth Spurlock, 1900 US Census, Glade, Webster County, West Virginia, Sheet 30, Household #520, Family #532; 1900 Federal Census - http://www.ancestry.com..

5. Harold Ray Smith (PO Box 346 Ranger, WV 25557; (304) 778-7705; Halbr549@aol.com).

6. Pat Spurlock Elder (P.O. 567 Blountville, TN 37617-0567; (423) 323-1356; patelder@usa.net; 1997).

7. Harold Ray Smith (PO Box 346 Ranger, WV 25557; (304) 778-7705; Halbr549@aol.com).

8. Pat Spurlock Elder (P.O. 567 Blountville, TN 37617-0567; (423) 323-1356; patelder@usa.net; 1997).

9. Seth Spurlock, 1880 US Census, Jefferson District, Lincoln County, West Virginia, Page 14B, Household #125, Family #125; 1880 Federal Census - http://www.ancestry.com..

10. Pat Spurlock Elder (P.O. 567 Blountville, TN 37617-0567; (423) 323-1356; patelder@usa.net; 1997).

11. Seth Spurlock, 1880 US Census, Jefferson District, Lincoln County, West Virginia, Page 14B, Household #125, Family #125; 1880 Federal Census - http://www.ancestry.com..

12. Harold Ray Smith (PO Box 346 Ranger, WV 25557; (304) 778-7705; Halbr549@aol.com).

13. Seth Spurlock, 1900 US Census, Glade, Webster County, West Virginia, Sheet 30, Household #520, Family #532; 1900 Federal Census - http://www.ancestry.com..

14. Pat Spurlock Elder (P.O. 567 Blountville, TN 37617-0567; (423) 323-1356; patelder@usa.net; 1997).

15. Harold Ray Smith (PO Box 346 Ranger, WV 25557; (304) 778-7705; Halbr549@aol.com).

16. Harold Ray Smith (PO Box 346 Ranger, WV 25557; (304) 778-7705; Halbr549@aol.com).