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Henry A. Jordan (abt. 1800 - aft. 1860)

Henry A. Jordan
Born about in Mississippi Territory, United Statesmap
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married 1820 in Pickens Co, Alabamamap
Husband of — married 30 Oct 1845 in Union, Arkansas, United Statesmap
Descendants descendants
Father of , , , , , , , , , and
Died after after about age 60 in Louisiana or Texasmap
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Contents

Biography

Henry Jordan was born in 1800. He passed away after 1860. [1]

Oral tradition says that Henry A. Jordan was alive in "East Texas" after the Civil War when James Franklin Jordan went there and found him. [2]

Marriage 1

Henry married Mary Ann Roberts (born about 1803 in Alabama, USA) about 1820 in Pickens County, Alabama, USA

Children

  1. William Jordan, born about 1821 in Pickens County, Alabama USA. Married Demarius Reed (about 1838), Rachel C. Anderson (1853), Ann Elizabeth Sanford (1885).
  2. Mary Elizabeth Jordan Knowles, born about 1824 in Pickens County, Alabama, USA married Richard John Knowles.
  3. (?)Levi Jordan born January 1826 in Pickens County, Alabama USA, married 1st Melissa Whitehead.
  4. Daniel Jordan, born about 1828 in Pickens County, Alabama, USA. Married Margarette Suttles, Caroline Byerly, Nancy Ann Watson.
  5. John Jordan born about 1828 in Alabama, USA. Married Martha Elizabeth Thomas (1850)
  6. Morning Caroline (Madie) Jordan Marshall, born 12 Aril 1829 in Pickens County, Alabama,USA. Married Edward Smith, John Robert Marshall.
  7. Sarah Jane Jordan Cousins Byerly Miller, born 17 January 1831 in Neshoba County, Mississippi, USA. Married Robert L. Cousins, Thomas Claiborne Byerly, Robert Marcus Miller
  8. Henry Jordan, born about 1832 in Neshoba County, Mississippi, USA.
  9. Abraham (Abe) Jordan, born about 1834 in Neshoba County, Mississippi, USA. Married Elsa Jane Bond, Susan Jane Frances Ozment
  10. James Franklin Jordan. born 17 May 1839 in Neshoba County, Mississippi, USA, married Martha Ann Sarah Phelps.
  11. Claborn Jordan, born about 1844 in Neshoba County, Mississippi, USA.

Marriage 2

Henry Jordan married Lucy Jane Greene (Love, Knowles) (born about 1812 in Tennessee, USA) on 30 October 1845 in Union County, Arkansas, USA. Both Henry A. Jourdan and Mrs. Lucy D. Noles (Knowles) were of Union Parish, LA. Performed by Thomas Gray, JP.[3]

Children

  1. Albert P. Monroe Jordan, born November 1849 in Union Parish, Louisiana, USA. Married Ann Mirah Swearingen

Research Notes

1830 Pickens County, AL census: [4] Henry JORDAN - 1 male 20-30, 2 males under 5, 1 male 5-10 1 female 20-30, 1 female under 5, 1 female 5-10 No slaves.[5]

Land Sales by Federal Land Bank 10 November 1834 to Henry JOURDAN, 160 acres,T 23, R 2, S 3 and 4 , 3 June 1825 [6]

Henry JORDAN, 160 acres, T 22, R 15, S 4 and 21Next door to Daniel Roberts Signed 03 June 1825

1840 Neshoba County, MS census: [7] Henry A. JORDAN - 1 male 30-40, 2 males under 5, 1 male 5-10, 3 males 10-15, 1 male 15-20; 1 female 30-40, 1 female under 5, 1 female 5-10, 1 female 10-15, 1 female 15-20

William Jordan, age 70-80 is listed next door. Many researchers believe this is his father.

Land Patent in Neshoba County, MS: Signed 1 Sept. 1846, MS1460__.253 Henry A. JORDAN, Sec 17, TWN 11-N, Range 13-E 159.57 acres[8]

William JORDAN, Sec 18, TWN 11-N, Range 13-E, 159.3 acres Signed 1 Sept. 1846, MS1460__.254 [I believe this is his eldest son, who was born about 1821. He is listed as William Jordan, Jr in the records for that section, township, and range]

1841 - Henry is listed as the head of family on the 1841 state census for Neshoba County, MS. He has 13 in his family. Listed directly above him is William Jordan with 3 in his family. [9]

1843 - Land Patent Neshoba Co, MS Signed 11 Nov 1843, Deed Book page 414-416 Henry A. JORDAN and Mary Ann JORDAN, SW 1/4, Sec 20, T11-N, Range 13-E

1845 - Resident of Union Parish, LA when married Lucy Greene KNOWLES: Henry A. JOURDAN, 46, to Mrs. Lucy D. Noles, 32, both of Union Parish, LA on 30 October 1845 by Thomas Gray, JP. Marriage took place in Union County, Arkansas[10]

1848 - Newton County, Texas - listed as owning 177 acres, valued at $50.00; original grantee Thomas H. Holmes[11]. SOURCE - Assessment of Property in Newton County, Texas - Owned by Residents Living Thereof, 1847-1910.

1850 Newton County, Texas census: #59

  • Henry JOURDEN 50 AL?
  • Lucy 38 OH
  • Joseph A Love (Lucy's son?)
  • Albert P. M. 3 LA[12]

1853 - Newton County, Texas - Field Notes and Affidavit: Description of the metes and bounds of 320 acres in Newton County, surveyed 24 Aug 1853, attached to "Affidavit of Settlement" Newton County, applies for a survey of 320 acres as a preemption, believes the section on which he resides and is making improvements is vacant public land. Signed Henry A. JORDAN SOURCE: Archives and Records Division of the Texas General Land Office

1855 - Newton County, Texas - Preemption Certificate: 11 Jan 1855, county clerk states Henry A. JORDAN has resided upon and cultivated land as a preemption claim for three consecutive years. SOURCE: Archives and Records Division of the Texas General Land Office

1855 - Newton County, Texas - Transfer: 13 Jan 1855, Henry A. JORDAN and Lucy D. JORDAN, his wife, both of Newton County, transfer land to Samuel H. Smith, witness Daniel JORDAN, signed Henry A. JORDAN and shows mark of Lucy D. JORDAN. SOURCE: Archives and Records Division of the Texas General Land Office

1860 Rapides Parish, LA census: #444 [13]

Henry JOURDAN 76? AL
Lucy Jane 48 TN
Albert P. 12 LA

Sources

  1. ↑ Unsourced Information provided by Tereza Gonzalez on 04 Jan 2013
  2. ↑ Researcher Helen Jordan Bailey
  3. ↑ Union County ArArchives History .....AR Marriages, 'USGenWeb Archives, (http://files.usgwarchives.net/ar/union/vitals/marriages/1869/armarria85gms.txt) accessed May 29, 2018.
  4. ↑ "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHPL-QD3 : 20 February 2021), Henry Jordan, Pickens, Alabama, United States; citing 129, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 2; FHL microfilm 2,329.
  5. ↑ 1830; Census Place: Pickens, Alabama; Series: M19; Roll: 2; Page: 129; Family History Library Film: 0002329
  6. ↑ U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907
  7. ↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRL-VR8 : 8 December 2020), Henry A Jordan, Neshoba, Mississippi, United States; citing p. 131, NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm .
  8. ↑ https://glorecords.blm.gov/details/patent/default.aspx?accession=MS1460__.253&docClass=STA&sid=4jrjq0js.v4k
  9. ↑ "Mississippi, State Archives, Various Records, 1820-1951", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:W6Q8-YB2M : 5 April 2021), Henry Jordan, 1841.
  10. ↑ http://files.usgwarchives.net/ar/union/vitals/marriages/1869/armarria85gms.txt
  11. ↑ https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fho41
  12. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXLL-KF4 : 12 April 2016), Henry A Jourdin, Newton county, Newton, Texas, United States; citing family 59, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  13. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFP7-7MW : 18 February 2021), Henry Jourdan, 1860.

Acknowledgments

Biography Jordan-2835 started by Tereza Gonzalez.
Biography Jordan-3873 started by Scott Ledbetter.




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Holmes-16158 Eleanor (Holmes) Colson
I and many researchers have researched Henry A Jordan for many years and have never seen the information that his mother was Delilah or that his father William was from North Carolina. The William Jordan who we believe was his father was living next door to Henry in 1840 Neshoba County, MS, age 70-80.

James Franklin Jordan told his family that his grandfather, [Henry A. Jordan's father=William], was Scotch-Irish, born in Ireland, came to America as an indentured servant after 1776, and landed in Charleston, South Carolina [Researchers currently think that he might have meant Charlestown, Maryland as there is a William Jordan aboard the Randolph that sailed from Devon. I don't believe he is the same as the William from NC.

Would you please consider removing these parents until proof can be found? No evidence has been found of sisters and brothers for Henry A. Jordan either. Please review the research note evidence in this profile.

Thank you, Eleanor Colson

Do you have primary sources of this relationship? Ancestry Family Trees are not considered good sources by WikiTree.

posted by Eleanor (Holmes) Colson
Holmes-16158 Eleanor (Holmes) Colson
Jordan-14945 and Jordan-2835 appear to represent the same person because: When I made the profile for Jordan-14945, profile Jordan-2835 did not come up. They are clearly the same person and need to be merged.
posted by Eleanor (Holmes) Colson
Thomas-8856 Allan Harl Thomas (1951-2021)
Jordan-9228 and Jordan-2835 appear to represent the same person because: While this is the same person I'm still trying to prove that John Jordan is his son. Please read bio.
posted by Allan Harl Thomas (1951-2021)
Thomas-8856 Allan Harl Thomas (1951-2021)
Jordan-9228 and Jordan-2835 appear to represent the same person because: While this is the same person I'm still trying to prove that John Jordan is his son. Please read bio.
posted by Allan Harl Thomas (1951-2021)

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