My brickwall Looking for help to complete my Jordan. My Jordan line listed below are buried in Mecklenburg county NC at Hickory Grove Cemetery. I am looking for more info on Issac Jordan and family before him. His family is shown in the 1850 census. GGGGF Issac Jordan B 1791 D 1871 M Phoebe ? B 1790 GGGF Issac son George Jordan B 6-22-1818 D 5-18-1899 M Maary Eveline Noles B 6-14-18211 D 3-19-1909 SMILE, LAUGH, REACHOUT, GO WITH THE FLOW MACK JORDAN

I descend from Joshua Jordan b 1818 and Jemima Jordan b 1822. According to The History of Wayne County Illinois, 1884 p. 77 Joshua's father was "a son of Samuel Jordan, an old soldier in the Indian wars." I tend to think this is probably accurate because one of Joshua and Jemima's sons, Sanford C, whom the article was about, was still living and hopefully was the source of the information. Some of my relatives on this list think otherwise, that Joshua was the son of John Jordan b. 1781 and Delila, but I am supposing (no proof!!!!!) that he was the son of John's brother Samuel Jordan and Sarah Summers. I was a very green genealogy amateur when I found information that John, b 1781 had a brother Samuel and have not retraced my steps since then to try to substantiate any of this. If either of these men (John or Samuel) was Joshua's father, then we likely descend from Josiah Jordan b 1712 and Mourning Ricks. We have some distant male Jordan cousins and I ought to try to get one of them to do the DNA tests so we can get to the bottom of this. I am only a casual genealogist because of lack of time and money, not because of lack of interest. I guess I should say that Joshua and Jemima's daughter , Mary Frances Jordan b. 06Sept1844 married Joseph Paul Pittman 1844-1919. Their son Ralph C. Pittman 1870-1944 and Ethel Faye Reid 1882-1974 were my grandparents and Paul C. Pittman 1918 is my father. My mother was Mary C. Hazen 1921-1973. Jane Pittman McIrvin