Jordan Mashburn (1810 - 1858)

Born 15 Jun 1810 in North Carolina

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Cowen) Mashburn — married 10 Nov 1842 in Polk County, Missouri

Descendants

Died 20 Nov 1858 at age 48 in Hickory County, Missouri

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Sharon Cowen [send private message]

Jordan Mashburn

Jordan Mashburn, son of William Mashburn and Sarah "Sally" Cowan, was born in North Carolina, June 15, 1810. Jordan came to Hickory County with his parents and siblings in 1841 from Trigg County, Kentucky. Jordan's occupation is listed as farmer.

Jordan Mashburn married Sarah Cowen November 10, 1842, in Polk County, Missouri. According to the Family Bible Record they had the following children:

1. Benjamin F. Mashburn, born July the 19th 1843.
2. Andrew Jackson Mashburn, born September the 28th 1845.
3. Henry Clay Mashburn, born April the 5th 1847.
4. Thomas Jefferson Mashburn, born the 1st day of December in the year of Our Lord 1849.
5. Mary Ann Mashburn, was born December 1, 1849.
6. John William Mashburn, was born August the 6th 1852.
7. Irving J. Mashburn, born March 12 1854, on farm 4 miles south of Hermitage Hickory Co. Mo.

Jordan Mashburn died November 20, 1858, in Hickory County, Missouri.^[1]

Additional Reading

• Hickory County, Missouri
• Hickory County Families
• Wilson's history of Hickory County (1909).

Notes

Name

Jordan Mashburn

Also known as:

Jordan Mashburn

Birth

Jordan Mashburn, son of William and Sally Mashburn, was born in North Carolina, June 15, 1810.

born in North Carolina, June 15, 1810.^[2]

son of William Mashburn and Sally Mashburn.^[3]

Religion

Occupation

Property

Jordan Mashburn's property. Patent. Patent.

SW quarter Section 11, Twp 36, range 22.(40 acres)

NE quarter of the SW quarter Section 11, Twp 36, range 22.(40 acres) (Transfer from Peter & Mary Cowen to Jordan)

Neighbors:

Chesley Pierce

Henry P. Cowen

Archibald Hollingsworth

LaFayette Dooley

See Maps: Plain, Outlined.

Census

• "United States Census, 1850," Jordan Mashburn in household of Jordan Mashburn, Hickory county, Hickory, Missouri, United States.

Name: Jordan Mashburn

Event: Census

Event Date: 1850

Event Place: Hickory county, Hickory, Missouri, United States

Gender: Male

Age: 42

Birthplace: North Carolina

Estimated Birth Year: 1808

Dwelling House Number: 312

Family Number: 312

Line Number: 18

Household Gender Age Birthplace

Jordan Mashburn M 42 North Carolina

Sarah Mashburn F 34 Kentucky

Benjamin F Mashburn M 6 Missouri

Andrew J Mashburn M 5 Missouri

Henry C Mashburn M 3 Missouri

Thomas J Mashburn M 0 Missouri

Mary A Mashburn F 0 Missouri

Note: In household #312 are Jordan and Sarah Mashburn and family - see Jordan Mashburn for history of his property. Was early Cowen property purchased on the same terms?^[4]

Events

• Henry borrowed $3.50 from Jordan Mashburn January 1, 1844...at 10% interest. Promissory Note.

• 1854 Land of the widow Mary Cowen transferred to Jordan Mashburn. Land Patent.

• January 18, 1859, Estate appraisel. Attached.

Will

Death

Jordan Mashburn died November 20, 1858, Hickory County, Missouri.

November 20, 1858, Hickory County, MO.

Sarah, Administrator. Attached.

Sarah lists Jordan's heirs. Attached.

Expenses Jordan's death. Attached.

January 18, 1859, Chesley Pierce, assigned to appraise property of Jordan Mashburn. Attached.

Buried

Family

Jordan Mashburn married Sarah Cowen on November 10, 1842 in Polk County, Missouri.

They had the following children:

1. Benjamin F. Mashburn,^[5][6] born July the 19th 1843.^[7]
2. Andrew Jackson Mashburn,^[8][9] born September the 28th 1845.^[10]
3. Henry Clay Mashburn,^[11][12] born April the 5th 1847.^[13]
4. Thomas Jefferson Mashburn,^[14] born the 1st day of December in the year of Our Lord 1849.^[15]
5. Mary Ann Mashburn, was born December the 1st in the year of our Lord 1849.^[16]
6. John William Mashburn, was born August the 6th 1852.^[17]
7. Irving J. Mashburn, born March 12 1854, on farm 4 miles south of Hermitage Hickory Co. Mo.^[18][19]

Family Bible Record:

• Jordan Mashburn was Bornd June the 15th 1810 Sarah Kyas was Bornd March the 5th 1815
• Jordan Mashburn and Sarah Kyas was married in Polk County Missouri in the year of our Lord 1842 November the 10th
• Benjamin F. Mashburn son of Jordan Mashburn and Sarah Mashburn was born July the 19th 1843.
• Andrew Jackson Mashburn was born September the 28th 1845
• Henry Clay Mashburn was born April the 5th 1847
• Thomas Jefferson Mashburn was born the 1st day of December in the year of Our Lord 1849
• Mary Ann Mashburn was born December the 1st in the year of our Lord 1849
• John William Mashburn was born August the 6th 1852 Attached.

Irvin Mashburn Letter:

Irving J. Mashburn Seymour Mo

Date of birth March 12 1854,

on farm 4 miles south of

Hermitage Hickory Co. Mo. Attached.

Note: Child George F. Mashburn, (Ancestral File v4.19, database.) is not found in other records. (Bible record)(Irvin's Letter)

Note: November 10, 1842, in Polk County, Missouri.^[20]

Note: She married Jordan Mashburn November 11, 1842 in Polk County, Missouri, son of William Mashburn and Sarah "Sally". He was born June 15, 1810 in North Carolina, and died Bef. January 12, 1859 in Hickory County, Missouri.^[21]

Note: Jordan, was the father of Benjamin F., Andrew J., Henry C, Thomas J., and Irvin.^[22]

Notes

Note

Sources

Source

Attached is a page from the Bible of Jordan Mashburn and Sarah Cowen Mashburn. Sarah was the daughter of Peter Cowen and Mary (Polly) Merrill.

Notice their marriage is recorded as Sarah KYAS. This is the first place I have seen the surname actually spelled out.

Both Sarah and my husband grew up (didn't know each other) hearing about the name change, that the family was German and wanted to Americanize their name. Yet, this Bible page tells me they also had reverance for the original name. This page was given to us by Jim Mashburn who lives in Springfield, MO. Also the other page was written by his grandfather, Irving, son of Jordan and Sarah Mashburn.

This name of KYAS is rare, although there are a few in the US and Germany. The marriage of Jordan and Sarah was recorded in Polk Co (Hickory was originally a part of Polk) as Sarah Owens on the index however the original recording you could see that it was Cowens.

I have tried from time to time to find info on KYAS but to no avail. I wonder if the DNA program offered on ancestry might help. I recently suggested to my stepson that he do it and that way he could get the Cowen info and his mother's as he has been working on her line. It should clue us into the areas they came from in Europe, etc.

Sarah had thoughts about Peter's migration to KY. She thought perhaps he had inherited some money as he quickly bought up 800 acres of land in KY in the early 1800's. Perhaps he was a lone survivor of a family and that he maybe hooked up with Mary (Polly) and some Scotch Irish and when the name change came out of that. It appears on the early Simpson, Warren, Logan county census there are not German names that pop out.

Did he hook up with Sarah and marry her in NC? From your information and several genealogies on ancestry on the Merrills and Hadens I would think that a group of them came to KY near the same time or at least followed each other there.

Sharon Moffitt Cowen

Source

Wilson's history of Hickory County (1909)

Wilson, F. Marion, b. 1848,

Printed at the Herald Office by Wilson Bros. Hermitage, Missouri.

archive.org

MASHBURN FAMILY.

William Mashburn and Sally Mashburn, his wife, with their children, came to what is now Hickory county, from Kentucky, in 1841. They both died in Hickory county, Mo., William in 1847, and Sally in 1873.

children:

Charity, born in North Carolina, Feb. 13, 1807.

Turner, born in North Carolina, Jan. 1, 1809.

Jordan, born in North Carolina, June 15, 1810.

Martha, born in Kentucky, Dec. 5, 1817.

Emanuel, born in Kentucky, Jan. 1, 1820.

John Jackson, born in Kentucky, Feb. 11, 1822.

William, born in Kentucky. Sept. 22, 1829.

FAMILIES OF THE SONS.

Turner, was the father of James H., and Thomas C. Mashburn, of Humansville, Mo.

Jordan, was the father of Benjamin F., Andrew J., Henry C, Thomas J., and Irvin.

Emanuel, was the father of George W., John H., William Turner, and Columbus A.

John Jackson, raised no family.

William, the youngest son, married Jane Pitts, and they have no children, he now owns and resides on the farm that his father, William Mashburn, settled in 1841.

Source

Sources

• Attached Documents.

• Bible page and letter belonged to Jim Mashburn, descendant of Jordan and Sarah Cowen Mashburn. Jim lives in Springfield , MO.

• Wilson's history of Hickory County (1909),Wilson, F. Marion, b. 1848, Printed at the Herald Office by Wilson Bros. Hermitage, Missouri. archive.org

• "United States Census, 1850," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MDZC-4L8 : accessed 14 Aug 2012), Jordan Mashburn in household of Jordan Mashburn, Hickory county, Hickory, Missouri, United States; citing dwelling 312, family 312, NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 401.

• Ancestral File v4.19, database, FamilySearch familysearch.org : accessed 13 July 2012), entry for Sarah Cowen.

• Cowen Family History, compiled by Sarah Gaunt Thompson.

• Cowen Family History, compiled by Judy Cowen-Hodges.

• Cowen Family History, compiled by Sharon Moffitt Cowen.

• Lechner Family History, compiled by Michael Lechner, with my father Ted Harrold Lechner. Lechner Family History.

External Source Credits

Merged WikiTree Files

Foot Notes

1. ↑ Entered by Michael Lechner and Sharon Moffitt Cowen, Aug. 18, 2012
2. ↑ Wilson's history of Hickory County (1909).
3. ↑ Wilson's history of Hickory County (1909).
4. ↑ Source: #S188 Data: Text: In household #312 are Jordan and Sarah Mashburn and family - see Jordan Mashburn for history of his property. Was early Cowen property purchased on the same terms?
5. ↑ Ancestral File v4.19, database.
6. ↑ Wilson's history of Hickory County (1909).
7. ↑ Family Bible Record. Attached.
8. ↑ Andrew J. Mashburn. Ancestral File v4.19, database.
9. ↑ Andrew J. Mashburn. Wilson's history of Hickory County (1909).
10. ↑ Family Bible Record. Attached.
11. ↑ Henry C. Mashburn. Ancestral File v4.19, database.
12. ↑ Henry C. Mashburn. Wilson's history of Hickory County (1909).
13. ↑ Family Bible Record. Attached.
14. ↑ Thomas J. Mashburn.Wilson's history of Hickory County (1909).
15. ↑ Family Bible Record. Attached.
16. ↑ Family Bible Record. Attached.
17. ↑ Family Bible Record. Attached.
18. ↑ Irvin Mashburn. Wilson's history of Hickory County (1909).
19. ↑ Irvin Mashburn Letter. Attached.
20. ↑ Entered by Michael Lechner and Sharon Moffitt Cowen, Aug. 18, 2012
21. ↑ Source: #S188 Sarah m. Jordan MASHBURN CONT She married Jordan Mashburn38,39,40 November 11, 1842 in Polk County, Missouri41, son of William Mashburn and Sarah "Sally". He was born June 15, 1810 in North Carolina, and died Bef. January 12, 1859 in Hickory County, Missouri42. Note: 37. 1850 Hickory County, Missouri Federal Census. CONT CONT 38. Br²derbund Software, Inc., World Family Tree Vol. 5, Ed. 1, (Release date: August 22, 1996), "CD-ROM," Tree #1662, Date of Import: Oct 24, 1998. CONT CONT 39. 1850 Hickory County, Missouri Federal Census. CONT CONT 40. Missouri Miscellaneous, Volume III. CONT CONT 41. Polk County, Missouri Marriages Book A - 1836-1859. CONT CONT 42. Br²derbund Software, Inc., World Family Tree Vol. 5, Ed. 1, (Release date: August 22, 1996), "CD-ROM," Tree #1662, Date of Import: Oct 24, 1998.
22. ↑ Wilson's history of Hickory County (1909).