Virginia, I have two by marriage connections to the SPLAWN line in Wise Co. George Washington SPLAWN's daughter Bernice married my g uncle, Floyd CLIFTON. I knew them both. And Plato Durham SPLAWN's wife, Charlie Victoria GOODRUM is kin to me. Her mother, Susan Pearl CLIFTON is my gg aunt. Sheryl McNeely Shaw sjmcs@earthlink.net > [Original Message] > From: <VaGreen100@aol.com> > To: <TXWISE-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: 7/22/2004 8:43:05 PM > Subject: [TXWISE-L] Re: Splawn's of Wise County > > I am researching the descendants of William Splawn of Polk County, NC. > Several of his children went to Wise County, some stayed and some moved on. > >From William's will and other sources, his 13 children can be proven and I am > listing them here. > Thanks for this wonderful list. > I would love to hear from anyone interested in this family. > Virginia Green [VaGreen100@aol.com] > > Descendants of William Splawn > > > Generation No. 1 > > 12. GEORGE WASHINGTON SPLAWN, b. February 22, 1861, Polk County, NC; d. > November 26, 1924, Decatur, Wise Co., TX.. He married (1) S. EMMA CLARKE March 14, > 1887 in Polk County, NC. She died in North Carolina. He married (2) LOU .W. > EDWARDS August 15, 1889 in Polk County, NC. She was born February 25, 1869, > and died January 25, 1897. He married (3) FANNIE ARNETT 1899. She was born > September 18, 1866 in TN, and died December 27, 1959 in Decatur, Wise Co., TX. > S. E. Clarke and G. W. Splawn were married 14 March 1887 Polk County Record > #01 022; witness: W. H. McFarland; Bond # 000110271; additional Data on License > "North Carolina Marriage Bonds 1741-1868" [I don't know why this marriage is > found here as it occurs after 1868.VG] LOU W. EDWARDS: Burial: Slidell > Cemetery, Wise County, TX > > 13. PLATO DURHAM SPLAWN, b. Abt. 1872, North Carolina; d. 1929 Oklahoma. I > found that he married CHARLIE VICTORIA GOODRUM, daughter of JOHN GOODRUM and > SUSAN CLIFTON. She was born October 1879 in Greenwood, Wise Co., TX. In the > 1920 census he is in the Western Oklahoma State Hospital and he died (and is > buried there) in 1929.