In trying to trace William Henry Jordan B: MS or AL 1852/53, found in 1870 US Census Alabama-Mobile-Beat 2, Image 17 of 84 Ancestry.com Line 3-148-148-Jordan Francis-69-M-W-House Keeping B: SC. Living with him or her was Jordan, Wm-17-M-W-At Home B: AL; Johnson, James35-M-W-Coal Burner B; MS; Johnson, Sarah-23-F-W-House Wife B: AL; and Johnson Joseph-2-M-W-B: AL. Could there be a connection in these families. Thanks for any and all clues. Vivian ----- Original Message ----- From: <RAWacker@aol.com> To: <JORDAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 3:49 PM Subject: Re: [JORDAN] Re: Samuel Jordan Descendants > In a message dated 7/2/2004 1:06:35 PM Pacific Standard Time, > hcm100130@troycable.net writes: > >From a Will of Elizabeth and her husband, Samuel Jordan (Will 1834) > of Giles County, Tennessee, it is recorded that their children > were: Archibald Moore Jordan, Pleasants Harvey Jordan; > son-in-law John Hawkins; daughters Elizabeth N. Johnson, > and Sarah W. Jennings. The names of the children sound > a lot like the Jordan names from North Carolina, so it is > thought that this Samuel was the grandson of Josiah and > Moourning Rix Jordan. > This paragraph in Octavia's book is in error. I am a descendant of Archibald > Moore Jordan. > His father was Enoch Jordan and mother Elizabeth Stepp. Elizabeth Stepp > Jordan left a Will filed in 1844 in Giles Co. Tn. The widow of Samuel Jordan also > Elizabeth was still living in a different taxing district. > The 1844 Will of Elizabeth (wife of Enoch) names Heirs of son John > deceased, Mary Dickey (wife of Matthew), Nancy Gibson (wife of James), Archibald > Moore Jordan (wife Lucinda Brown), William Jordan and Pleasants Harvey Jordan, > grandson. (We assume Pleasants Harvey was the oldest son of John (Jonathon)) > The location of Elizabeth at her death was near the community of Dianah > in the northeast corner of Giles Co. The Samuel Jordan widow lived more in the > southcentral area of Giles closer to the Alabama border. > > Octavia did a fabulous job for the Jordan's but she was not perfect and > we have spent a great deal of time untangling her error on our line. > We have been unable to establish the parentage of Enoch. He is first > found in Orange Co. NC in 1790. There is probably a relationship between him and > a Robert and Thomas also of that county. A Thomas married Prudence Hargis. A > Robert married Anne Pinkerton widow of David Pinkerton and Robert's second > wife. Later in about 1823 purchases of quartersections of land in Lauderdale Co > AL were adjacent: Matthew Dickey, Enoch Jordan and Robert Jordan. The land > was located about 6 miles sounth of Giles Co. TN and 3 miles west of Limestone > Co. AL We have been unable to track Robert Jordan. Enoch moved back to Giles by > 1830 census and does not appear on 1840 census but his widow (?) Elizabeth > does and Samuel's widow Elizabeth does. > > La Nita Jordan Wacker > > > ==== JORDAN Mailing List ==== > List webpage - http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/j/jordan.html > some JORDAN resources - http://www2.netdoor.com/~cch/surnames/jordan/ > Genealogy Links - http://www2.netdoor.com/~cch/GEN-links.htm >