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William Jordan

Lieutenant William Jordan b. 3/31/1744 Richmond, N. C., d. 9/23/1826 Warren Co., Ga. M. 1786 in Virginia, Ann Medlock, b. 3/17/1759 Va., d. 11/29/1817 Warren Co., Ga., daughter of Charles and Agatha Medlock. Buried near Warrenton, Ga. Near their home which was built in 1794 (was in a good state of preservation in 1906). The home was remembered by his great-granddaughter, Theo M. Jordan (Mrs. J. F. Wood) as a two-story building constructed of logs and having an immense fireplace. Lt. William Jordan was wounded in the thigh with a musket ball by the Tories; released from prison at Wilmington, N. C. When Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown, Va. On 10/19/1781. Military service was under Gen. Nathaniel Greene.

Issue:

1. Henry William Jordan b. 4/17/1787 in Richmond, N. C. d. 1/24/1826 Chatham Co., Ga.
   
   
2. Thomas George Jordan b. 7/22/1788 Richmond, N. C. d. 10/25/1872 Bulloch Co., Ala. m. 7/21/1814 Warren Co., Ga. Mary Lovicy Chambliss, daughter of Christopher Chambliss of the Revolutionary War, b. 10/15/1792 Warren Co., Ga., d. 3/28/1857 Barbour Co., AL.
   
   Issue:
   
     A. Abry Henry Jordan b. 4/27/1815 Warren Co., Ga., d. 8/25/1815 Warren Co., Ga.
   
     B. Eleanor Myllie Jordan b. 1/6/1816 Warren Co., Ga., d. 7/26/1879 Dade Co., AL m. Rev. Pitt M. Calloway, Baptist Preacher.
   
     C. Henry William Jordan b. 6/27/1817 Warren Co., Ga., d. 12/24/1858 Barbour Co., AL.
   
   

   D. Ira Thomas Jordan was b. 1/9/1819 Jones Co., Ga., d. 11/8/1888 in Midway, AL, m. (1st) Mary Temperance Feagin, daughter of Thomas Feagin and Temperance Wilson, b. 2/22/1824, d. 9/22/1868 Midway, AL. They are buried in the cemetery next to the Baptist Church in Miday. He m. 2nd, Missouri E. Feagin, sister to his first wife, and had no issue.

   
   
   

Issue by 1st wife:

   
1. i. Nora Jordan m. Lafayette Thornton and had issue: Ira Thornton, Mamie Thornton, Walter Thornton, Porter Thornton, Joseph Patrick Thornton, Willie Lee Jordan and Roy Thornton.
   
      
2. Alry Gunn Jordan d. 4/1921 m. His cousin, Almira "Dumpy" Feagin, d. 3/1931, buried Midway, AL.
   
   

   iii. Walter Joshuaway Jordan was b. 11/29/1851 at Society Hill, Macon Co., AL, d. 6/2/1918 Midway, AL, m. 1st, Marie Antoinette Katharine Parmalee Carlisle on 11/2/1875. She was b. 10/31/1853 Milltown, Chambers Co., AL., d. 9/14/1876 at Brundidge, AL. Their only child: Walter Carlisle Jordan was b. 9/3/1876 Brundidge, AL. Walter m. 2nd, Lilla Green Carlisle, daughter of Green Whatley Carlisle and Mary Elizabeth Leverett, buried Brundidge, AL.

   Issue:
   
   a. Rev. Ira Lafayette Jordan b. 12/7/1880 Midway, AL, d. 5/30/1929 Tuscaloosa, AL, buried Tuscaloosa, AL m. Lollie Eddins on 6/12/1918 Tuscaloosa, AL.
   
   
   
   b. Carlisle Alry Jordan b. 12/11/1881 Midway, AL, d. 12/6/1946 Dothan, AL m. 11/22/1909 Isabelle Maude Henderson, daughter of Daniel Pleasant Henderson and Abigail Jane Legg, b. 9/29/1882, Chattanooga, TN. Issue: Jeane Marie Jordan and Carlisle Alvin Jordan.
   
   c. Walter Roy Jordan b. 4/14/1885 Midway, AL, d. 3/30/1853 Dothan, AL, buried Ozark, AL m. 1st, 11/26/1912 Charlotte, N. C., Annie Mae Hunter, b. 1/2/1893 Charlotte, N. C., d. 3/7/1913 Montgomery, AL, buried Charlotte, N. C. He m. 2d, 6/24/1916 in Ozark, AL, Ethel Eva Pippin, b. 9/9/1893 in Ozark, AL, d. 4/15/1953 Dothan, AL, buried Ozark, AL. 1953.
   
   d. Lucille Grace Jordan b. 11/7/1888 Midway, AL m. 1/3/1912 Midway, AL, Eugene Clifton Cooner b. 11/23/1880, d. 2/23/1947 Montgomery, AL, buried Greenwood Cemetery. (Issue: Lillian Eugene Cooner, Eugene Clifton Cooner, Jr., Walter Jordan Cooner who m. Mary Joane Hayne 12/17/1949 Little Rock, AR (Issue: Walter Jordan Cooner, Jr. b. Auburn, AL, Joseph Hayne Cooner b. Little Rock, AR, Leslie Cooner, b. Honolulu); Lucille Cooner, d. Infant, twins; Emily Cooner m. Wilton Willard Rabren 12/28/1949 Montgomery, AL (issue:Lynn Wilton Rabren and Rebecca Anne Rabren; Evelyn Cooner; Betty Evans Cooner who m. 1st, Ed Guy, 2nd, Jack E. Ruston (issue: Gregory Rushton, Richard Rushton, Walter Randal Rushton.)
   
   e. Watt William Jordan b. 2/2/1894 Midway, AL m. 6/4/1916 Midway, AL To: Lorena Britt, b. 9/12/1897 Pineapple, AL, d. 10/10/1966 Union Springs, AL, buried Oak Hill Cemetery (Issue: Robert Britt Jordan b. 4/6/1918 Midway, AL, d. 20 mos. Old; Lilla Lorena Jordan b. 10/2/1921 Union Springs, AL; Dr. Watt William Jordan II, U. S. Navy, b. 9/29/1928 Union Springs, AL m. Dorothy Ann Sires on 6/16/1956 Charleston, S. C. (Issue: Watt William Jordan III b. 4/30/1957 Washington, D. C. And Suzanne Lorene Jordan b. 4/28/1960 in Ga.
   
   

      
3. Mary Alice Jordan 1857-8/21/1919 m. In 1877,Isaac Cheney Thompson, b.1855. (Issue: Benson Thompson, Joseph Thompson, Lillie Thompson, Lottie Vacquilla Thompson).
   
      
4. Ida Lee Jordan m. Rev. Roy Turner Goodrum, buried Cedartown, Ga. (Issue: Lois Goodrum b. 4/3/1897 Cedartown, Ga., d. 2/10/1967 Atlanta, Ga., buried Greenwood Cemetery, Barnesville, Ga., m. 1st, Oscar Hermann, 2nd, James Herschel Davenport, b. 10/21/1885, d. 2/21/1968 Forest Park, Ga.; and Agnes Goodrum m. 8/16/1905 James Patrick Gormley who d. 2/22/1961).
   
      
5. William Jordan 2/8/1861-2/16/1862, buried Midway, AL.
   
      
6. Lillie Jordan m. Barney Ivey.
   
     
7. Louise Jordan b. 10/18/1820 Jones Co., Ga., d. 9/29/1822 Jones Co., Ga.
   
     
8. Narcissa Eliza Jordan b. 2/2/1822 Jones Co., Ga., d. 11/2/1843 Montgomery Co., Ala.
   
     
9. Thomas William Jordan b. 5/2/1823 Jones Co., Ga., d. 9/10/1823 Jones Co., Ga.
   
     
10. Albert Crawford Jordan b. 8/21/1824 Jones Co., Ga., d. 8/1/1899 Caplen, Texas, and had 11 children.
    
      
11. Samuel Varn Jordan b. 2/5/1826 Jones Co., Ga., d. 8/14/1855 Macon Co., AL
    
      
12. Mary Ann Lovicy Jordan m. 1st, John Martin White who d. 7/9/1859 leaving her with 8 minor children. She m. (2) William Long and had three children, viz: Melissa Ann Long b. 7/27/1829 Jones Co., Ga., d. 12/14/1916 Amarillo, Tx m. J. Sanford Calaway; Warren Jourdan Long b. 2/16/1831 Talbot Co., Ga., d. 1/4/1861 Barbour Co., AL m. 12/21/1852 Elizabeth Temperance Myrick, b. 3/30/1833, d. 5/2/1912; Walter Golightly Long b. 9/3/1832 Talbot Co., Ga., d. 1/28/1906 Tuscaloosa, AL.
    
      
13. K. William Christopher Jordan b. 7/10/1834 Talbotton, Talbot Co., Ga., d. 9/22/1923 Woodland, Talbot Co., Ga., buried Midway, AL on 9/23/1823. His wife, Frances A. Thornton, b. 5/1/1838, d. 12/30/1917 in Midway, AL m. 2/14/1856 in Barbour Co., AL. He was a member of Co. B, 15th Alabama Regt., C. S. A., and wrote a book entitled "Some Events and Incidents During the Civil War", published in 1909 by Paragon Press, Montgomery, AL. See: Northern Alabama Historical and Biographical Illustrated, 1888. Issue:
    
    1. Ira Thomas Jordan m. Susie Smith.
    
    2. Theodosia Jordan b. 1856 m. 1878 James Pinckard Wood (had issue:Annie Wood and Julia Wood).
    
    3. Lovina Jordan.
    
    4. Carry T. Jordan (Twin) m. Margaret Mabson (had issue: Thomas Jordan, Virginia Jordan).
    
    5. Curry Jordan (Twin).
    
    6. Early Jordan.
    
    7. Pitt Jordan, unmd.
    
    8. Annie Jordan.
    
    9. Mildred Jordan.
    
    
    
    
14. Charles Jordan b. 7/29/1790 Richmond Co., N. C.
    
    
15. Joshua Medlock Jordan b. 7/10/1792 Richmond Co., N. C. d. 3/1860 Butts Co., Ga.
    
    
16. Israel Sneed Jordan b. 10/11/1793 Richmond Co., N. C., d. 7/18/1829 Bibb Co., Ga.
    
    
17. Mary Walton Jordan b. 8/28/1794 Warren Co., Ga., d. 10/5/1871 Hancock Co., Ga., m. Howell.
    
    
18. William Warren Jordan b. 3/31/1797 Warren Co., Ga., d. 4/18/1854 Crawford Co., Ga. m.Miss Wilson.
    
    
19. Elizabeth Jordan b. 8/22/1798 Warren Co., Ga., d. 11/25/1858 Forsyth, Monroe Co., Ga. m. 10/14/1819 to John M. Chambless.

Reference: Jean Marie Jordan, Atlanta, Ga.; The William Jordan File, Manuscript Section, GA State Archives; Northern Alabama Historical and Biographical Illustrated, 1888; Virginia Militia in the Revolution, page 187; Bibb Co., Ga. Marriages.