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Spurlins of Old Hebron Cemetery, Pike County, Georgia

Old Hebron Cemetery near Concord, Pike County, Georgia, holds the family of William Spurlin or Spurling (1769–1835), whom genealogists describe as a son of "Big" John Spurling of North Carolina, together with his son James Spurlin (1802–1887) and later descendants.

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The cemetery

Old Hebron Cemetery, also known as Hebron Baptist Church Cemetery, is at Concord in Pike County, Georgia. Find a Grave places it at about 33.088° N, 84.456° W. In September 2026 its page listed 719 memorials, 86% of them with grave photographs.[1] A Flickr album of 42 photographs also documents the cemetery.[2] Pike County was formed from part of Monroe County in 1822.[3] Old Hebron should not be confused with the NRHP-listed Hebron Church, Cemetery, and Academy near Commerce, Georgia, in Banks County.[4]

William Spurlin (1769–1835)

WikiTree files him as William Spurling. His profile says he was born on 12 January 1769 in North Carolina, the son of a John Spurling, and that he was named in his father's will of 1822.[5] Its biography says he married a woman named Sarah, leaving her surname blank, in South Carolina before 1793, that the couple moved to Pike County, and that he died on 30 April 1835. The profile's family links, however, name her as Sarah (Dickerson) and give the marriage year as 1791.[5] Its sources include the 1820 census, which lists a "Wm Sperling" at Monticello in Jasper County, Georgia, and Norman Kent Spurling's 1998 family history.[5] The profile lists his children as including Curren Happock (1793–1878), Green K. (about 1795–1860) and James A. (1802–1887), the James Spurlin buried at Old Hebron.[5] The westward moves of the older sons are covered in Spurlins of early Georgia.

An earlier article by Norman Kent Spurling, "The John Spurlin Family" in The Heritage of Cleveland County (1982), identifies William as a son of John Spurlin Sr. of Orange, Richmond and Lincoln counties, North Carolina, the ancestor researchers call "Big John", and says William was probably born in Orange County. It gives the same birth and death dates, says that Sarah was born about 1767 in South Carolina and died in November 1859, and describes William as a planter with six children who is buried with his wife at Old Hebron.[6]

His Find a Grave memorial spells the name Spurlin. It quotes a 1986 family history by Larry R. Spurlin that calls William the fifth child of "Big" John Spurlin and his first wife, Miley, and one of 23 children from John's two marriages.[7] According to that account, William moved through Greene County and then Baldwin County (in a part later renamed Randolph and then Jasper County) before settling in Pike County. He and Sarah were believed to be buried near the graves of their son James and his wife Nancy, but by 1976 the old inscriptions had worn away.[7] WikiTree's profile of the father, John Spurling, gives his birth in 1740 at Truro, Virginia, and his death in June 1822 in Lincoln County, North Carolina (see "Big John" Spurling and the Spurlin DNA project).[8]

A separate Find a Grave memorial names William's wife as Sarah Catherine Dickenson Spurlin (WikiTree spells the surname Dickerson), born about 1767 in South Carolina, who died on 4 November 1859.[9][5] It quotes Pike County records that give her age as 93 and her cause of death as "Dropsey of the Heart," and a family Bible that gives her age as 92.[9]

James and Nancy Spurlin

James Spurlin (20 June 1802 – 18 November 1887) was born in Greene County, Georgia. His Find a Grave memorial names William and Sarah as his parents.[10] His wife, Nancy Mitchell Spurlin (18 August 1808 – 13 December 1875), was born in Alabama according to her memorial.[11] James's memorial lists seven children born between 1831 and 1846. They include Wilson Lumpkin Spurlin (1832–1910), William G. Spurlin (1836–1864) and Rhoda Obedience Spurlin (1846–1924).[10]

Corporal William G. Spurlin (28 January 1836 – 16 July 1864) is not buried at Old Hebron. His memorial places him in Finn's Point National Cemetery in New Jersey, where Confederate prisoners who died at Fort Delaware were reburied.[12] His widow, Lydia E. "Liddie" Coats Spurlin (1834–1906), and their son William Charles "Charlie" Spurlin (1865–1888) are buried at Old Hebron.[13][14]

Other Spurlin burials

A Find a Grave search for the surname Spurlin at Old Hebron returns seven memorials. Besides those above, they include Charles William Wilson "Charlie" Spurlin (1888–1920), whom the memorial of William Charles "Charlie" Spurlin lists as his son.[14][15] Mattie Spurlin Carter (1887–1984) also has a memorial at Old Hebron, filed under her married name. The 1984 Atlanta Journal notice transcribed on it, however, places her graveside service at Concord City Cemetery.[16] The family's spelling varies across records: Spurling on WikiTree, Sperling in the 1820 census, and Spurlin on the Find a Grave memorials.[5][14]

See also

  • Spurlins of early Georgia · Genealogy mixed
    Spurlins were in Georgia from the late 18th century, around Warrenton, Greene County and Macon, and several were children or grandchildren of "Big John" Spurlin of North Carolina. From there branches moved into Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Florida and Texas.
  • "Big John" Spurling and the Spurlin DNA Project · Genealogy mixed
    John Spurlin (or Spurling) Sr., known to researchers as "Big John", lived in Orange, Chatham, Richmond and Lincoln counties, North Carolina, and left a will in 1822 naming 23 children. Y-DNA testing places a descendant in the same paternal line as the Jeremiah Spurling family of Virginia, but no document yet found names his parents.
  • Spurlin cemeteries · Places weak
    A roundup of burial grounds named for the Spurlin family on Find a Grave: eight Spurlin cemeteries in Arkansas, Tennessee, Indiana, Kentucky and North Carolina, plus Spurlington- and Spurling-named cemeteries and the graves of notable Spurlins.
  • Spurlin Family History in America · History mixed
    An overview of Spurlin and Spurling families in America, from colonial Virginia and New England through southern and western migration, Civil War service, and published genealogies.
  • W. H. Spurlin (Georgia pioneer) · Genealogy mixed
    W. H. Spurlin was a Confederate veteran born in Shelby, North Carolina, who settled in Pulaski County, Georgia. His descendants spread through Worth County, Sylvester and Valdosta.
  • James M. Spurlin (Georgia Baptist preacher) · History mixed
    Rev. James M. Spurlin (1802–1887) was a Baptist preacher, ordained in Chambers County, Alabama, who served churches in Randolph County, Alabama, and Troup and Fayette counties, Georgia. He is buried at Antioch Baptist Church in Fayette County, Georgia.
  • 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

  1. ↑ Old Hebron Cemetery in Concord, Georgia — Find a Grave — also known as Hebron Baptist Church Cemetery; 719 memorials Genealogy
  2. ↑ Old Hebron Cemetery ~ Concord ~ Pike County ~ Georgia — Flickr album — 42 photos Social
  3. ↑ Pike County, Georgia — Wikipedia — formed from Monroe County in 1822 Reference
  4. ↑ Hebron Church, Cemetery, and Academy — Wikipedia Reference
  5. ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ William Spurling (1769–1835) (Spurling-593) — WikiTree — biography, family links (wife "Sarah (Dickerson)", married 1791) and sources Genealogy
  6. ↑ "The John Spurlin Family" (article 1011, by Norman Kent Spurling), in The Heritage of Cleveland County (1982) — Internet Archive Book
  7. ↑ ↑ William Spurlin (1769–1835) — Find a Grave Memorial — quotes Larry R. Spurlin, "Spurling Family" (1986) Genealogy
  8. ↑ John Spurling (1740–1822) (Spurling-231) — WikiTree — read via the WikiTree API Genealogy
  9. ↑ ↑ Sarah Catherine Dickenson Spurlin (1767–1859) — Find a Grave Memorial Genealogy
  10. ↑ ↑ James Spurlin (1802–1887) — Find a Grave Memorial Genealogy
  11. ↑ Nancy Mitchell Spurlin (1808–1875) — Find a Grave Memorial Genealogy
  12. ↑ Corp William G. Spurlin (1836–1864) — Find a Grave Memorial — Finn's Point National Cemetery, Pennsville, New Jersey Genealogy
  13. ↑ Lydia E. "Liddie" Coats Spurlin (1834–1906) — Find a Grave Memorial Genealogy
  14. ↑ ↑ ↑ Spurlin memorials in Old Hebron Cemetery — Find a Grave — 7 records (September 2026) Genealogy
  15. ↑ William Charles "Charlie" Spurlin (1865–1888) — Find a Grave Memorial — parents William G. and Lydia; son Charles William Wilson Spurlin Genealogy
  16. ↑ Mattie Spurlin Carter (1887–1984) — Find a Grave Memorial — burial listed as Old Hebron; transcribed Atlanta Journal notice, 12 Oct 1984 Genealogy

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Last reviewed 2026-09-24.