Elizabeth (Jordan) Wooten (abt. 1760 - abt. 1826)

Born about 1760 in Southwark Parish, Surry County, Virginia

Ancestors

Wife of Joel Hardy Wooten — married 1780 in Newport Parrish, Isle of Wight, Virginia for South Carolina Marriages

Descendants

Died about 1826 at about age 66 in Telfair, Georgia, USA

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Biography

Elizabeth was born about 1760. Her father might be Joseph Jordan died 1770 and her mother might be Hannah Cooper who died after 1781 probably in North Carolina. Hannah Cooper's father is William Cooper died 1759 in Surry County, Virginia.

Some say Joseph Jordan may have had two wives because some children of his are much younger than the first set of his children.

Elizabeth had children named Jesse and Henry and she probably had brothers named Jesse Jordan and Henry Jordan. And perhaps also relatives with the name of Benjamin Jordan: she named one of her sons Bryant Benjamin Wooten.

In 1772 her mother sold the property, just two years after her father's death. Elizabeth was only around ten years old when her father died.

Deed Bk 10 p 249, -22 Dec 1772 HANNAH JORDAN of Southwark Parish to Stephen Sorsby (Sowerby) for 15 lbs, 200 ac in Southwark Parish in branches of John Shehawkin Swamp [land bought by JOSEPH JORDAN from his father RICHARD JORDAN on 21 Oct 1737] with 130 ac of land being mortgaged to Richard COCKE SR on 15 Sep 1761 and other part sold as stated in the Will of Joseph Jordan. Wit: Lewis Collins, John Stewart, Hannah Jordan Rec. 22 Dec 1772

There were two parishes in 1738, called Lawn's Creek and Southwark, running the whole length of the county toward the Carolina line, being one hundred and twenty miles. At that time each of them were curtailed; and, as in the case of the Isle of Wight parishes, Black River divided them. Those parts of the parishes which lie south of Blackwater River formed a parish by the name of Albemarle, in what is now Sussex county, and the parts north of Black River formed another parish, retaining the name of Southwark, - that of Lawn's Creek being henceforth dropped.

Elizabeth Jordan married Joel Wooten (1754/1813). Joel, a Revolutionary Soldier, was a son of William Wooten who died in Edgecombe County NC in 1792.

Some of their Children: ^[1]

• Jesse b. 1782 m. Pollie Phillips
• Redden b. 1785 m. Sussannah Bryd M. Martha Dykes
• Richard b. 1786 m. Elizabeth Brannen
• Isabella b. 1792
• Bryant b. 1795 m. Jincy Lee Dec 1825
• Elizabeth b. 1800 m. James Rawlins
• Henry b. 1801 m. Jane McArthur
• Simon b.1805 m. Margaret McGlothlin m. Catherine Lashlie
• Lou Gincy b.1807 m. John C. Love

Deed

Joel's step-brother and Elizabeth Jordan's possible relative live next to each other: 363-(299) Edward Summerling of Edgecomb Co to Amos Johnston of same, 16 Nov 1799, 750 silver dollars, 530 acres on the north side of Aughtreys Creek, joining James Scarborough, Joseph Jordan, Amos Wooten, the land said Summerling sold Amos Hearn now said Johnston's line, Balcums former corner, Elizabeth Maund Bell. Wit: Henry Hines, Jacob Johnston. Proved Nov Ct 1799. Edward Hall CC^[2]

She passed away about 1826. ^[3]

Notes

There is another Elizabeth Jordan, daughter of Joshua Jordan and his wife Edith Flowers.

I have Joshua's and Edith's daughter, Elizabeth, marrying a Coleman. It's just a guess, I have no proof. -Nina

Edith Flowers Jordan does not mention any of these names from the Wooten family in her will. After Edith's death in 1833, her children sued her estate because she gave most of her property to only one great grandchild, the daughter of Bartley Deans. At the time of her death her only children still alive were Joshua Jordan, Henry Jordan (died in 1836), little Edey Jordan Barns and Cornelius Jordan. The only names mentioned in the suit contesting Edith's will were Deans, Jordan, Coleman, Barns, Ellis, Hedgepath and Pitway, mostly her grandchildren. My source is her estate file; North Carolina, Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998 for Eadath Jordan, Wills, Vol F, 1823-1853, and estate papers found on familysearch.org 1835 - Nina

Sources

1. ↑ [Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia. Vol 1
2. ↑ Edgecombe County, NC deeds vol 6. 1798-1802
3. ↑ Entered by Karen Brubaker, Apr 11, 2012

• Children: From: Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Ga. Vol 1
• Daughters of the American Revolution
• South Carolina, Compiled Marriage Index, 1641-1965
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54642760/elizabeth-wooten
• Jordan Family
• See Jordan