July 2, 2004 From the book "These Jordans Were Here" by Octavia Jordan Perry There are two William Jordans. One, the son of Edward and Elizabeth discussed in the last paragraph sent in earlier and William Jordan, born in Virginia in 1748, was a soldier in American Revolution, married Sallie Wood who was born in 1753. This William moved to Triune, Tennessee and died there in 1822. This William Jordan. because of probably the son of Matthew, who was a son of Samuel Jordan and the ninth son of Thomas Jordan of Chuckatuck, and the brother of Colonel Samuel Jordan. This William had issue: William, Granville, Henry and Robert. From a Will of Elizabeth and her husband, Samuel Jordan 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. Now returning to the Edward Jordan family of Lunenburg County, Virginia, we find that Edward was a deputy sheriff in Lunenburg under Daniel Claiborn; from 1767 to 1769, sheriff of the county. And it is believed that he was the Edward Jordan vestryman and captain in the Revolutionary War. On July 21, 1820, he made his will which was probated the following month. In this will he names his wife as Susannah Jordan, and the following children: Baxter, Miles, Labon, John, James, Susannah, Mary Jeffress, Polly Jordan, Francis Jordan (deceased) who had children. Nancy Jordan, Martha Frances Jordan, and William Jordan. Baxter Jordan married Mary (Polly) Lipscomb Pettus, daughter of John Pettus, who gave a letter of consent to the marriage. The marriage was on December 29, 1803. Baxter made his will on April 11, 1823 which was probated August 11, 1823. He does not mention the names of his children. He mentions his wife, Mary. The record of Baxter and Mary's marriage is recorded in Lunenburg County, Va on "Old Free State" 11, Page 391. Miles Jordan married Harriott Pettus of Mecklenburg County, Virginia on November 12, 1804. There is a note from W. Pettus, brother of Harriott along with the record of their marriage. John Jordan, fourth child named in Edward Jordan's Will, married Elizabeth Jordan, dau, of Benjamine Jordan of Charlotte County, Virginia on August 3, 1799. James Jordan, the fourth son of Edward Jordan, was a member of the county court in Lunenburg County, Virginia in 1781. Polly Jordan, a dau of Edward Jordan, mar Thomas Cheatham on Jan. 31, 1815 in Lunenburg Co., VA. Submitted July 2, 2004. Collene Mount