Trying to find information on my great-great-grandfather, JJ Abbott from Tallapoosa County, AL. I know there are several JJ's and Jordans and Jeffersons, all with Abbott last names, but have yet to find any background on my J.J. I believe his name is Jordan Jefferson as his marriage certificate to my great-grandmother, Sarah Jane Whatley states he was Jordan J. As an adult, my great-grandmother (his daughter) reported his name to be Jefferson Abbott. The odd thing is that she named one of her sons (my grandfather) Judson Jefferson. So maybe he was actually a Judson, not Jordan. (Confused? I am). Anyway, marriage records show Jordan J. Abbott married Sarah Jane Whatley on Dec. 27, 1867 in Tallapoosa County, AL. Their daughter, my great-grandmother Frances Josephine was born February 2,. 1868. Looks like they married just a couple of months before "Josie" was born. Wonder if was a forced marriage or birthdates off. However, the 1870 census shows Only Sarah Abbott and Josie age 2 in the household, so 1868, probably right...month could be wrong. I wonder though if it was a forced marriage to give Josie legitimacy and then maybe they divorced...hence Sarah living alone with Josie. My grandmother, later known as Fannie, rather than Josie, reported her father died of Typhoid. So perhaps that's what actually happened. There was a John Jordan Abbott/Abbett son of John Ezekial Abbett and Mary Elizabeth Shockley who migrated from GA to Tallapoosa Co, AL.. This JJ Abbott died in Jackson's Gap from a cerebral hemmorhage in 1936. In 1882 he married Sarah Elizabeth Duck. Possibly they were kin to my JJ. There was also a Jordan A. Abbott b. ca 1845, son of James D. Abbott and Frances Belcher. So Jordan was obviously a popular Abbott name! Hope to hear from someone. By the way, some of the above info came from "Some Early Settlers of Tallapoosa Co, AL", "The Abbett/Abbott Family of Pike County, Georgia nad Tallapoosa County, Alabama. Laura Argo Higginbotham Pleasant Grove, Al

J.J. Abbott Private in Co. C 6th Alabama Cavalry. Was paroled at Montgomery, AL .MAY 29,1865. HOPE THIS HELPS YOU.... V. HOWARD.