This just came in today to the JORDAN list. A TURNER is mentioned, and hopefully the connection will help someone on this list. Forwarded with permission, in two parts. Carol >Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 11:03:36 -0500 >From: BevBarney <bev@barney.org> >Old-To: Jordan List <JORDAN-L@rootsweb.com> >Subject: [JORDAN-L] Jordon, Jones Co., GA Research Part 1. > >Hi ~~ Recently, a highway project uncovered an unknown cemetery in >Jones Co., GA. In an effort to locate descendants an intensive research > >study was instituted by the State of Georgia. As I am a Cook/Jordan >descendant, the following report was furnished to me. Please note that >these James Jordon is mentioned three times in the report. I suspect >that this is the same James Jordan that is my ancestor. Also the >bibliography at the end should assist those of us researching in this >part of Georgia. > >Hope this helps someone and hope I didn't clog up anyone's system with >this large report. > >Bev > >Jones County Cemetery Project > >Chain of Title >The cemetery is located within the 202.5 acres of Land Lot 20, District >9, in what was originally designated as Baldwin County. In the summer >of 1806 the Georgia General Assembly passed an act providing for the >distribution of the land demarcated as Wilkinson and Baldwin counties. >On December 12, 1807, Sarah Granberry was a fortunate drawer in the land > >lottery and was awarded Land Lot 20 in District 9, as shown in Figure ** > >(Superior Court, Baldwin County, Plat Book PP:118). During some point >in the following three years the land came into possession of Larry >Granberry, who may have been Sarah�s son. On November 18, 1810, Larry >Granberry sold the property to John J. Earnest (Superior Court, Jones >County, Deed Book B:530). > >Earnest sold parcels of Land Lot 20 during the ensuing seven years. In >the spring of 1813 he sold a portion of Land Lot 20 (acreage not >calculated on deed) to Samuel Cook (Superior Court, Jones County, Deed >Book D:317). Four years later, Earnest included the remainder of Land >Lot 20 along with Land Lot 21, in a sale of 300 acres to David White >(Superior Court, Jones County, Deed Book G:310). White held his Land >Lot 20 acreage until 1825, when he sold it to Samuel Cook for $3,000. >Meanwhile, Cook sold a two acre parcel to Daniel Rosser for $60 >(Superior Court, Jones County, Deed Book E:111). The date for this >transaction was April 1, 1812 (recorded on October 22, 1813). No extant > >deeds were discovered showing Samuel Cook to have owned any of Land Lot >20 prior to his partial purchase of it from Earnest in 1813, therefore, >it is assumed that the 1812 date is inaccurate. > >Daniel Rosser sold his two acre tract to Samuel Dennis on December 24, >1817 (Superior Court, Jones County, Deed Book J:408). In a separate >transaction on the same day, Rosser sold Dennis an additional parcel of >Land Lot 20 measuring 141.5 rods (Superior Court, Jones County, Deed >Book J:407). Since Rosser only obtained two acres from the Cook >transaction, he apparently got the additional acreage elsewhere. It is >possible that he obtained a portion of Land Lot 20 from John Rosser >through purchase or inheritance. John Rosser bought a parcel from John >Earnest in August of 1811 (Superior Court, Jones County, Deed Book >E:112). The description on the deed does not indicate a land lot number > >and suggests that the parcel is located in the town of Clinton, however, > >the parcel may have been within Land Lot 20. Regardless of Rosser�s >procurement of the property, Dennis found himself with 4.25 acres of >Land Lot 20 which he sold in 1819 to James Jordon (Superior Court, Jones > >County, Deed Book G:256). > >On the same day in 1819 Jordon sold the property to Samuel Cook >(Superior Court, Jones County, Deed Book K:193). Cook owned this in >conjunction with the 117 acres in the northeastern part of the land lot >he purchased earlier from David White along with the remainder of Land >Lot 20 that he had purchased from John J. Earnest. Cook held Land Lot >20 in its entirety for five years. On January 15, 1825 Cook sold Land >Lot 20 to Bershababa (also Bersheba) Jones (Superior Court, Jones >County, Deed Book N:76). Apparently the property made its way back into > >the possession of the Cook family. Samuel Cook died in 1828. His will >stipulated that, "...at the time Samuel T. Cook becomes of age this said > >house and land where I now live shall be equally divided by lot sale or >other ways between him and George W. Cook..." (Probate Court, Jones >County, Will Book C:171). Land Lot 20 was auctioned on the first >Tuesday in December, 1845, in keeping with the decree of Samuel Cook�s >last will and testament. Samuel�s son, Samuel T. Cook was the highest >bidder and succeeded in purchasing 350 acres "...adjoining lands of >Peter Clower, Wiley Patterson, Frances Gibson and others, it being the >place whereon the said Samuel Cook died, said lands having been turned >over to Stephen Clower, guardian for Samuel T. and George W. Cook" at a >bid of $2,200 (Superior Court, Jones County, Deed Book Book R:70). >Samuel T. Cook sold parts of Land Lot 20 three times in the next three >years. On November 10, 1847 he sold the following four acres to Charles > >Hutchings for $46.25: > >...all that tract...commencing at the public road immediately opposite >the corner of Mrs. Elizabeth Lowther�s garden where it comes with Mrs. >Mary George�s land and leaving said road at a right angle and running a >straight line to a corner opposite the eastern corner of Wiley B. Pope�s > >lot thence in a straight line to the said eastern corner of Wiley B. >Pope�s lot, thence along the line dividing said Pope�s lot from said >Cook�s land to the corner of said Pope�s lot, adjoining Joseph Winship�s > >stable lot, thence along the line dividing said Windship�s said lot from > >said Cook�s land to the corner of said Hutching�s stable lot, thence >along the line dividing said Hutching�s stable lot from said Cook�s land > >until it strikes said public road, thence a straight line to the >beginning corner, containing four acres and nine sixteenths of an >acres...(Superior Court,Jones County, Deed Book R:172). > > >In September of 1848 Samuel T. sold Willie Patterson 200 acres >"...adjoining lands of Peter Clower, Wiley Patterson, Elizabeth Hart, >Jonathan Watson, Silvanus Hitch, and Elizabeth George and others-it >being the place where Samuel Cook died and place where Samuel T. Cook >now resides..." (Superior Court, Jones County, Deed Book R:231). >Patterson purchased the property for $1,200. In December of the same >year Samuel T. sold 150 acres to Elizabeth Lowther for $1,200. This >parcel consisted of "...all the lands owned by the said Samuel T. Cook >near Clinton and not sold and conveyed to the said Wilie Patterson >containing one hundred and fifty acres more or less" (Superior Court, >Jones County, Deed Book R:335). The chain of title fades at this point, > >resuming with a transaction in 1860, when Eliza Cox�s husband and >guardian, T.I. (J?) Cox sold her property to Radford Turner. This >property included land in addition to Land Lot 20. Cox sold Turner 250 >acres "...adjoining lands of Elizabeth Lowther, Elizabeth Hart, Peter L. > >Clower, Martha Seabrook, number not known, but known as the place >whereon one Samuel Cook died and upon which said Eliza Cox now resides. >It also adjoins the town of Clinton..."(Superior Court, Jones County, >Deed Book S:396). Turner�s will was probated on December 2, 1889. Part > >of it gave 275 acres jointly to all four of his children (Mary Malinda >Turner Green, Mattie Lowe Turner, Nettie Turner, and Radford Turner), >including Land Lot 20 and "...all that tract or parcel of land lying on >the outskirts of the Town of Clinton known as the Cox Place..." >(Probate Court, Jones County, Will Book E:247). (See the attorney�s >chain of title for post 1896 deeds). > >Information on Individuals Associated with the Cemetery Property >Samuel Cook >Samuel Cook was in Jones County by at least 1811, when he appeared as a >member of Captain Allen Thompson�s District living on a 202.5 acre land >lot on Wolf Creek (Williams 1957:716). This land lot was originally >granted to someone named Burges and was not Land Lot 20. In 1818 Samuel > >495 acres of land, including Clinton town lots valued at $6,000 (Cawthon > >1984:235). By 1820 Samuel was doing quite well. He appeared in the >1820 Census as head of the household of 33 people, including 22 enslaved > >African-Americans (Georgia 1820 Census, Roll 7:111). Five people in his > >household were employed in manufacturing while 18 practiced >agriculture. In 1820, Samuel�s household also contained (in addition to > >himself) two boys under 10 years old, two between the ages of 10 and 15, > >two girls under 10, two girls between 10 and 15 years old, a woman aged >26-44, and another over 44 years old (Georgia 1820 Census, Roll 7:111). >The African-Americans were listed as: five boys and five girls under 14 >years old; four males and five females between the ages of 14-25; one >male and one female between 26-44; and one woman over 44 years old >(Georgia 1820 Census, Roll 7:111). Samuel married a second time after >his first wife was killed by lightning. He had children by both wives. >Samuel was at 64 years old when he died at his plantation on Land Lot >20, on July 13, 1828 (The Recorder, July 26, 1828; Superior Court, Jones > >County, Deed Book S:396). His obituary read as follows: "...[he] had >resided in this county for many years; as a husband and parent he was >kind, affectionate and amiable; as a friend he was sincere, as a citizen > >he was upright and conciliatory, and as a Christian he was pious, >exemplary, and correct..." (The Recorder, July 26, 1828). Samuel Cook >left a very detailed will. In addition to the instructions regarding >his wife and youngest sons, he specified how to run the plantation. >Samuel stated that, "...there shall not be more then two acres of land >cleared on the place per year-nor no more timber cut on the land then >will keep up out side fences..." and "...that my farm here be from one >third to half sowed in small grain every year and that my wife keep her >two mules Jenney and Pompey for the good of the farm together with all >the necessary stock on the place..." (Probate Court, Jones County, Will >Book C:171). By early nineteenth century standards, Samuel died a >wealthy, old man. He left real and personal estate in the form of land, > >bank stock, 45 slaves, a house, furniture, and livestock. The inventory > >in his will valued his real and personal property at $31,725 at the time > >of his death (Probate Court, Jones County, Will Book C:172-3). > >Sarah E. Cook was the second wife of Samuel Cook. Sarah was rumored to >have been an "...English lady, of fine education"(Spengler and Spengler >1994). Two years after Samuel�s death she was listed as head of the >household in the 1830 census. Other members of her household included >one boy under five years old, one boy age 5-10 years, one girl age >10-14, one woman age 30-39. Sarah also owned eighteen slaves at that >time, bringing the number in her household to 22 people. Enslaved >African-Americans included: four boys under 10 years old; two males >10-23 years old; four men 24-35 years; three girls under 10; three >females between 10 and 23 years; and two women aged 24-35. (Georgia 1830 > >Census, Roll 18:450). Ten years later her household had changed, but >only increased by two, one of whom was a slave. The 1840 household >consisted of one boy between the age of 10-14, one age 15-19, two girls >under 5 years old, one woman 20-29 years, and 19 African-Americans. >Slaves included two boys under 10; four ranging in age from 10-23, one >age 24-35, one 36-54, six girls under 10, three between 10-23 years old, > >one woman age 24-35, and one age 36-54(Georgia 1830 Census, Roll >18:450). Seven members of the household worked in agriculture. Samuel >Cook stipulated in his will that Sarah receive two negroes, Anna and >Ben, and that she continue to live shere she does and have charge of the > >place and negroes belonging to the two youngest sons, Samuel T. Cook and > >George W. Cook" (Probate Court, Jones County, Will Book C:170). Samuel >Cook also put more severe restrictions on his wife after his death, if >she was to inherit anything. He stipulated that "...she is not admitted > >to teach a school here or keep a boarding house further then to teach or > >board my own childredn and whenever she marry again she has no claims >whatever..." (Probate Court, Jones County, Will Book C:171). When >Samuel�s son�s, Samuel T. an George, came of age, his will directed them > >to divide the assets, "...and that my wife Sarah E. Cook have no further > >claim...but look to George W. for the balance of her maintenance" >(Probate Court, Jones County, Will Book C:171). Thirteen years after >Samuel�s death she married Jonathan Shropshire on July 4, 1841 and may >have moved to his property immediately, or waited until the Cook >property was sold four years later (Probate Court, Jones County, >Marriage Record Book B:220). > >Samuel T. Cook >Samuel T. Cook was around four years old when his father died, based on >information in the census records and wills. He continued living with >his mother and brother on the Cook plantation until he came of age and >could abide by the stipulations made in his father�s will. In 1845, >Samuel T. Cook reached the age of majority, at which time the Cook >property and house was sold and the profits divided between Samuel T. >and his brother George. Samuel T. was the highest bidder and purchased >the property to live there. He also received through his father�s will, > >at this time, eight slaves named Napper, Harry, Charlot, Henry, Silvey, > >Emanuel, Solomon, and Celina (Probate Court, Jones County, Will Book >C:172). In January of 1846 Samuel T. married Frances A. A. Phillips >(Probate Court, Jones County, Marriage Records Book C:85). Samuel T. >sold all of Land Lot 20 in various parcels between 1847 and 1848. >Presumably, he left both the county and the state of Georgia at this >time because he does not appear in either the 1850 or 1860 Census >records for the state. He may have died, or more likely, moved west to >find more fertile land. > > > >-- >Bev Barney, P O Box 956, Grantham, NH 03753 PH: 603-863-2810 > > > >==== JORDAN Mailing List ==== >Visit Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet - http://www.CyndisList.com >