When John Spurlock, Jr. was born on February 12, 1760, in Montgomery County, Virginia, his father, John, was 30 and his mother, Mary, was 22. He married Frances "Franny" Turman and they had 19 children together. He then married Mary Sarah Harbour in 1782 in Virginia. He died on December 2, 1816, in Floyd County, Kentucky, at the age of 56.
He is listed on the DAR Patriot Index as:
"Spurlock, John Jr., b ca 1750 VA; d a 12- -1816 KY, m Frances Turman, PS (patriotic service) VA"
He took the Oath of Allegiance to the American cause in 1778 in Henrico Co, Va.
He settled first in present Mason Co, Va before moving to Ky. where he built his home in the path of Shawnee warriors.
1789 - on the tax list of Montgomery Co, Va.
from the book ?Kentucky Kinfolk? (1974 by CE Shepherd):
?Col. John Preston of Virginia procured a grant of 100,000 acres from the State of Virginia in 1787 and sent John Graham, deputy surveyor of Mason County, Kentucky, to lay out the town under the direction of Major Andrew Hood, Solomon Stratton, and Matthias Harmon. They were known as the Adventurers on Sandy. The town was called Preston?s Station. John Spurlock, Montgomery County, Virginia, pioneer settler had preceded the Adventurers and built the first house in 1791.?
In 1791, 3 years before Gen. Anthony Wayne defeated the Indians at the Battle of Fallen Timbers, John moved to Kentucky where he built the first cabin on present East Court St. on the John Preston million-acre grant within the present town site of Prestonburg, Floyd County, Ky. (which at that time was a part of Mason County). He was the first white settler there. The land was not surveyed until 1797 when the town of Preston's Station was founded on the Levisa Fork of the Big Sandy River. It was renamed Prestonburg in 1799 when it was made the seat of newly-formed Floyd county.
From Pioneer Kentucky by Willard Rouse Jillson:
"Spurlock's Station was built by John Spurlock in the bog bottoms opposite the mouth of Middle Creek of the Levisa Fork of Big Sandy in 1791. A settlement gradually formed here and soon became known as Preston's Station, later Prestonburg (in 1797). In 1799 it was made, by legislative action, the county seat of Floyd County, which then comprised all of far eastern Kentucky. "
John built a cabin on what is now East Court Street, Prestonburg, Ky.
First Courthouse built in 1799; burned in 1808. John was one of the first judges. In 1803 the town consisted of John Spurlock's cabin, Solomon DeRossette's fur-trading post, and several other dwellings. The first post office opened in 1816.
In 1796 John bought (or sold?) land in Montgomery Co, Va. (Between 1792-97, John, William, David and Jesse Spurlock all bought land in Montgomery Co, Va. These were probably brothers of John.)
In 1803 the town of Prestonburg consisted of John Spurlock's cabin, Solomon DeRossette's fur-trading post, and several other dwellings. Between 1800 and 1815 DeRossette sent furs to France where they were made into hats for Napoleon's Grenadier Guards. When Napoleon was defeated at Waterloo and that revenue ceased DeRossette gave up his French citizenship and became an American.
John may have owned land in Lee County, Va. or in neighboring Knox County, Ky. in 1804. In 1809 John sold "one half acre on the riverside of Main Street in Prestonsburg below the Public Square no. 2" to his brother-in-law John Turman.
He was on the Floyd County, Ky. census in 1810 along with David & Matthew, and resided there from 1791 until his death in 1816. In 1812 John was the first jailer in Floyd Co.
There are numerous accounts of him in the Floyd County court records.
Mathew Spurlock (brother of John) and John & Rachel Turman (brother of Fanny) may have moved to Floyd County, Ky. with John & Fanny Spurlock, or soon afterwards. All their names were frequently mentioned in the town/county records.
In 1806 John and Mathew Spurlock both received a town lot in Prestonburg from the city trustees (Feb. & May respectively). It seems that the courthouse burned and all the records were lost, so the town trustees set the deeds of ownership straight and gave out new deeds to several people. Mathew received a deed for a 1/2 acre lot. John received 20 lots amounting to about 50 acres. Then Mathew gave John a 1/2 acre town lot (perhaps his only one).
We do not know where he is buried.
He is listed on the DAR Patriot Index as:
"Spurlock, John Jr., b ca 1750 VA; d a 12- -1816 KY, m Frances Turman, PS (patriotic service) VA"
He took the Oath of Allegiance to the American cause in 1778 in Henrico Co, Va.
He settled first in present Mason Co, Va before moving to Ky. where he built his home in the path of Shawnee warriors.
1789 - on the tax list of Montgomery Co, Va.
from the book ?Kentucky Kinfolk? (1974 by CE Shepherd):
?Col. John Preston of Virginia procured a grant of 100,000 acres from the State of Virginia in 1787 and sent John Graham, deputy surveyor of Mason County, Kentucky, to lay out the town under the direction of Major Andrew Hood, Solomon Stratton, and Matthias Harmon. They were known as the Adventurers on Sandy. The town was called Preston?s Station. John Spurlock, Montgomery County, Virginia, pioneer settler had preceded the Adventurers and built the first house in 1791.?
In 1791, 3 years before Gen. Anthony Wayne defeated the Indians at the Battle of Fallen Timbers, John moved to Kentucky where he built the first cabin on present East Court St. on the John Preston million-acre grant within the present town site of Prestonburg, Floyd County, Ky. (which at that time was a part of Mason County). He was the first white settler there. The land was not surveyed until 1797 when the town of Preston's Station was founded on the Levisa Fork of the Big Sandy River. It was renamed Prestonburg in 1799 when it was made the seat of newly-formed Floyd county.
From Pioneer Kentucky by Willard Rouse Jillson:
"Spurlock's Station was built by John Spurlock in the bog bottoms opposite the mouth of Middle Creek of the Levisa Fork of Big Sandy in 1791. A settlement gradually formed here and soon became known as Preston's Station, later Prestonburg (in 1797). In 1799 it was made, by legislative action, the county seat of Floyd County, which then comprised all of far eastern Kentucky. "
John built a cabin on what is now East Court Street, Prestonburg, Ky.
First Courthouse built in 1799; burned in 1808. John was one of the first judges. In 1803 the town consisted of John Spurlock's cabin, Solomon DeRossette's fur-trading post, and several other dwellings. The first post office opened in 1816.
In 1796 John bought (or sold?) land in Montgomery Co, Va. (Between 1792-97, John, William, David and Jesse Spurlock all bought land in Montgomery Co, Va. These were probably brothers of John.)
In 1803 the town of Prestonburg consisted of John Spurlock's cabin, Solomon DeRossette's fur-trading post, and several other dwellings. Between 1800 and 1815 DeRossette sent furs to France where they were made into hats for Napoleon's Grenadier Guards. When Napoleon was defeated at Waterloo and that revenue ceased DeRossette gave up his French citizenship and became an American.
John may have owned land in Lee County, Va. or in neighboring Knox County, Ky. in 1804. In 1809 John sold "one half acre on the riverside of Main Street in Prestonsburg below the Public Square no. 2" to his brother-in-law John Turman.
He was on the Floyd County, Ky. census in 1810 along with David & Matthew, and resided there from 1791 until his death in 1816. In 1812 John was the first jailer in Floyd Co.
There are numerous accounts of him in the Floyd County court records.
Mathew Spurlock (brother of John) and John & Rachel Turman (brother of Fanny) may have moved to Floyd County, Ky. with John & Fanny Spurlock, or soon afterwards. All their names were frequently mentioned in the town/county records.
In 1806 John and Mathew Spurlock both received a town lot in Prestonburg from the city trustees (Feb. & May respectively). It seems that the courthouse burned and all the records were lost, so the town trustees set the deeds of ownership straight and gave out new deeds to several people. Mathew received a deed for a 1/2 acre lot. John received 20 lots amounting to about 50 acres. Then Mathew gave John a 1/2 acre town lot (perhaps his only one).
We do not know where he is buried.
When John Spurlock, Jr. was born on February 12, 1760, in Montgomery County, Virginia, his father, John, was 30 and his mother, Mary, was 22. He married Frances "Franny" Turman and they had 19 children together. He then married Mary Sarah Harbour in 1782 in Virginia. He died on December 2, 1816, in Floyd County, Kentucky, at the age of 56.
He is listed on the DAR Patriot Index as:
"Spurlock, John Jr., b ca 1750 VA; d a 12- -1816 KY, m Frances Turman, PS (patriotic service) VA"
He took the Oath of Allegiance to the American cause in 1778 in Henrico Co, Va.
He settled first in present Mason Co, Va before moving to Ky. where he built his home in the path of Shawnee warriors.
1789 - on the tax list of Montgomery Co, Va.
from the book ?Kentucky Kinfolk? (1974 by CE Shepherd):
?Col. John Preston of Virginia procured a grant of 100,000 acres from the State of Virginia in 1787 and sent John Graham, deputy surveyor of Mason County, Kentucky, to lay out the town under the direction of Major Andrew Hood, Solomon Stratton, and Matthias Harmon. They were known as the Adventurers on Sandy. The town was called Preston?s Station. John Spurlock, Montgomery County, Virginia, pioneer settler had preceded the Adventurers and built the first house in 1791.?
In 1791, 3 years before Gen. Anthony Wayne defeated the Indians at the Battle of Fallen Timbers, John moved to Kentucky where he built the first cabin on present East Court St. on the John Preston million-acre grant within the present town site of Prestonburg, Floyd County, Ky. (which at that time was a part of Mason County). He was the first white settler there. The land was not surveyed until 1797 when the town of Preston's Station was founded on the Levisa Fork of the Big Sandy River. It was renamed Prestonburg in 1799 when it was made the seat of newly-formed Floyd county.
From Pioneer Kentucky by Willard Rouse Jillson:
"Spurlock's Station was built by John Spurlock in the bog bottoms opposite the mouth of Middle Creek of the Levisa Fork of Big Sandy in 1791. A settlement gradually formed here and soon became known as Preston's Station, later Prestonburg (in 1797). In 1799 it was made, by legislative action, the county seat of Floyd County, which then comprised all of far eastern Kentucky. "
John built a cabin on what is now East Court Street, Prestonburg, Ky.
First Courthouse built in 1799; burned in 1808. John was one of the first judges. In 1803 the town consisted of John Spurlock's cabin, Solomon DeRossette's fur-trading post, and several other dwellings. The first post office opened in 1816.
In 1796 John bought (or sold?) land in Montgomery Co, Va. (Between 1792-97, John, William, David and Jesse Spurlock all bought land in Montgomery Co, Va. These were probably brothers of John.)
In 1803 the town of Prestonburg consisted of John Spurlock's cabin, Solomon DeRossette's fur-trading post, and several other dwellings. Between 1800 and 1815 DeRossette sent furs to France where they were made into hats for Napoleon's Grenadier Guards. When Napoleon was defeated at Waterloo and that revenue ceased DeRossette gave up his French citizenship and became an American.
John may have owned land in Lee County, Va. or in neighboring Knox County, Ky. in 1804. In 1809 John sold "one half acre on the riverside of Main Street in Prestonsburg below the Public Square no. 2" to his brother-in-law John Turman.
He was on the Floyd County, Ky. census in 1810 along with David & Matthew, and resided there from 1791 until his death in 1816. In 1812 John was the first jailer in Floyd Co.
There are numerous accounts of him in the Floyd County court records.
Mathew Spurlock (brother of John) and John & Rachel Turman (brother of Fanny) may have moved to Floyd County, Ky. with John & Fanny Spurlock, or soon afterwards. All their names were frequently mentioned in the town/county records.
In 1806 John and Mathew Spurlock both received a town lot in Prestonburg from the city trustees (Feb. & May respectively). It seems that the courthouse burned and all the records were lost, so the town trustees set the deeds of ownership straight and gave out new deeds to several people. Mathew received a deed for a 1/2 acre lot. John received 20 lots amounting to about 50 acres. Then Mathew gave John a 1/2 acre town lot (perhaps his only one).
We do not know where he is buried.
He is listed on the DAR Patriot Index as:
"Spurlock, John Jr., b ca 1750 VA; d a 12- -1816 KY, m Frances Turman, PS (patriotic service) VA"
He took the Oath of Allegiance to the American cause in 1778 in Henrico Co, Va.
He settled first in present Mason Co, Va before moving to Ky. where he built his home in the path of Shawnee warriors.
1789 - on the tax list of Montgomery Co, Va.
from the book ?Kentucky Kinfolk? (1974 by CE Shepherd):
?Col. John Preston of Virginia procured a grant of 100,000 acres from the State of Virginia in 1787 and sent John Graham, deputy surveyor of Mason County, Kentucky, to lay out the town under the direction of Major Andrew Hood, Solomon Stratton, and Matthias Harmon. They were known as the Adventurers on Sandy. The town was called Preston?s Station. John Spurlock, Montgomery County, Virginia, pioneer settler had preceded the Adventurers and built the first house in 1791.?
In 1791, 3 years before Gen. Anthony Wayne defeated the Indians at the Battle of Fallen Timbers, John moved to Kentucky where he built the first cabin on present East Court St. on the John Preston million-acre grant within the present town site of Prestonburg, Floyd County, Ky. (which at that time was a part of Mason County). He was the first white settler there. The land was not surveyed until 1797 when the town of Preston's Station was founded on the Levisa Fork of the Big Sandy River. It was renamed Prestonburg in 1799 when it was made the seat of newly-formed Floyd county.
From Pioneer Kentucky by Willard Rouse Jillson:
"Spurlock's Station was built by John Spurlock in the bog bottoms opposite the mouth of Middle Creek of the Levisa Fork of Big Sandy in 1791. A settlement gradually formed here and soon became known as Preston's Station, later Prestonburg (in 1797). In 1799 it was made, by legislative action, the county seat of Floyd County, which then comprised all of far eastern Kentucky. "
John built a cabin on what is now East Court Street, Prestonburg, Ky.
First Courthouse built in 1799; burned in 1808. John was one of the first judges. In 1803 the town consisted of John Spurlock's cabin, Solomon DeRossette's fur-trading post, and several other dwellings. The first post office opened in 1816.
In 1796 John bought (or sold?) land in Montgomery Co, Va. (Between 1792-97, John, William, David and Jesse Spurlock all bought land in Montgomery Co, Va. These were probably brothers of John.)
In 1803 the town of Prestonburg consisted of John Spurlock's cabin, Solomon DeRossette's fur-trading post, and several other dwellings. Between 1800 and 1815 DeRossette sent furs to France where they were made into hats for Napoleon's Grenadier Guards. When Napoleon was defeated at Waterloo and that revenue ceased DeRossette gave up his French citizenship and became an American.
John may have owned land in Lee County, Va. or in neighboring Knox County, Ky. in 1804. In 1809 John sold "one half acre on the riverside of Main Street in Prestonsburg below the Public Square no. 2" to his brother-in-law John Turman.
He was on the Floyd County, Ky. census in 1810 along with David & Matthew, and resided there from 1791 until his death in 1816. In 1812 John was the first jailer in Floyd Co.
There are numerous accounts of him in the Floyd County court records.
Mathew Spurlock (brother of John) and John & Rachel Turman (brother of Fanny) may have moved to Floyd County, Ky. with John & Fanny Spurlock, or soon afterwards. All their names were frequently mentioned in the town/county records.
In 1806 John and Mathew Spurlock both received a town lot in Prestonburg from the city trustees (Feb. & May respectively). It seems that the courthouse burned and all the records were lost, so the town trustees set the deeds of ownership straight and gave out new deeds to several people. Mathew received a deed for a 1/2 acre lot. John received 20 lots amounting to about 50 acres. Then Mathew gave John a 1/2 acre town lot (perhaps his only one).
We do not know where he is buried.
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