Jordan of Edgefield County, South Carolina & DeKalb County, Georgia

Jesse Jordan was born 1785 in Virginia and died September 1863 in DeKalb County, Georgia, buried in the Wesley Chapel Cemetery. He was married to Rachel Bird, a daughter of Solomon Bird and his wife, Nancy of Edgefield County, South Carolina. Jesse Jordan was found on the 1810 Edgefield County, South Carolina Census. The Last Will and Testament of Jesse Jordan dated 1/14/1860, probated 9/23/1863, DeKalb County, directed that he be buried in the Wesley Chapel Cemetery. This is now a suburb of Atlanta, off of I-20 East. To his wife, Rachel, he bequeathed the plantation of 300 acres which was originally in Henry County, now in DeKalb. He named all of his children, plus the children of Elijah B. Jordan - "the said deceased being married the second time and Sarah Ann Crockett receiving no part of her father's estate in Florida. Son-in-law, Robert Hollingsworth, executor. It is believed that Jesse Jordan resided on Turkey Creek near the home of Elijah Bird. The creek flows into the Savannah River, so must be near Augusta.

Note: Jesse Jordan appears to be a son of William Jordan of Edgefield County, South Carolina. According to the 1810 Census, William had a son born 1800-1810, 2 sons born 1794-1800, daughter born 1800-1810 and daughter born ca 1804, William being born ca 1765 or before. Jesse (born 1785) and Joseph Jordan (born 1784-1794) were listed separately. In 1791 William Jordan was a witness to a deed in Edgefield County, and it is therefore presumed that he left Virginia when his children were young to remove to Edgefield County.

Issue:

1. Elijah B. Jordan, born 1810 in Edgefield County, South Carolina. He was married to Lucy Stephens on 5/26/1836 in Henry County, Georgia, and died in DeKalb County before 1860. Child: Sarah Ann Jordan who married Joel J. Crockett.
2. William Jordan, born 1813 in Edgefield County, South Carolina. He married Berdellia ca 1835 in DeKalb County and had the following children: Margaret E. Jordan, born 1837; Martha Jordan, born 1839; Mary Ann Elizabeth Jordan; born 1839; Sarah P. Jordan, born 1842; Emily Jordan, born 1844 DeKalb County; and Rachel Jordan, born 1849 in DeKalb County.
3. Sarah A. C. Jordan, born 1813 in Edgefield County, South Carolina. She married Robert Hollingsworth.
4. Nancy A. Jordan, born 1815 in Edgefield County, South Carolina. She married N. A. Hannada.
5. Solomon E. Jordan, born 1819 in Edgefield County, South Carolina. He married Mary A. E. Warren 1/11/1844 in DeKalb County. Children: Nancy A. Jordan, born 1845; William T. Jordan, born 1847; and James C. Jordan, born 1849.
6. Mary E. Jordan, born 1825 in Edgefield County, South Carolina, died 8/3/1895. She married Silas Pritchard.
7. James Jordan, born 1836 DeKalb County.
8. Larden A. Jordan, born 1837 DeKalb County.
9. Sarah Ann Jordan, born 1838 DeKalb County. She married Joel J. Crockett.

1. Mary Ann Elizabeth Jordan, born 1839 in DeKalb County, daughter of William Jordan and Berdellia, was married to Berry C. Perkins on 11/2/1853 in DeKalb County, a son of Reuben B. Perkins. Their children

:

1. Albert Perkins, born 1855
2. William T. Perkins, born 1859
3. Martha Josephine Perkins, born 1863
4. Lis Perkins, born 1865
5. Frank Perkins, born 1867.

Turkey Creek, Edgefield County, South Carolina.

Saluda River, Edgefield County, South Carolina.

Sources: 1830-1880 DeKalb County Census; DeKalb County Marriages; Edgefield County, South Carolina Deeds; 1810 Edgefield County Census, Jesse Jordan, male 16-26, female 16-26; *Personal records of Jeannette Holland Austin, a great-granddaughter of William and Berdellia Jordan of DeKalb County.