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From: Larry Jordan <>
Subject: [NCBERTIE] More about William Enoch Jordan from NC to GA to AL
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 19:49:11 -0800


Posted on: Bertie County NC. Query Forum
Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/NC/Bertie/1694

Surname: Jordan, Jourdan, Jorden, Jurdin
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As I indicated earlier, I am seeking the ancestors of William Enoch Jordan.
I now know more facts about him and his family as indicated below:

Name characteristics: Surname spelled Jorden or Jourdan and pronounced
Gher-dun
Born: NC
Birth Date: abt 1803
Wife: Jamima born abt 1814 in NC
Mother: Possibly Julia/Judith b. abt 1780 in NC (1850 Coffee Co., AL census)
Siblings: Probably Mary Jordan b. abt 1820 in NC (1860 Covington Co., AL
census)
Skill/Occupation: Mechanic (probably cotton gin)
Lived in: North Carolina, Heard Co., GA; Autauga, Co., AL; Coffee Co.,
AL; Covington Co., AL
Slaves: Had at least one slave in the 1840 census of Heard Co., GA
Communications: Relatives from NC migrated to live with his family in Alabama
15-25 years after he left NC
Religion: Baptist with active participation in New Hope Missionary Church,
Covington Co., AL
Location preference: Migrated to the frontier as it moved south and without
the company of other siblings/relatives
Military: May have been in the Army when Andrew Jackson invaded Spanish
Florida or was Governor of Florida (1819-1824)
Other characteristic: May have raised sheep when he migrated into Alabama

Children of William Enoch Jordan and Jamima:
??female JordanAbt. 1830 -
Nicholas (Nick) Enoch Jordan1832 - 1920
Robert Jordan1833 -
??female JordanAbt. 1835 -
??male JordanAbt. 1836 -
Henry Jordan1838 -
William Jordan1842 -
Ginger Jordan1843 -
James Jordan1845 -
George Fenel Jordan1847 -
James "Jim" M. Jordan1850 -
Martha Ann Jordan1851 -
Andrew Jordan1855 - 1869

Based on the above facts, I am looking for ancestors in NC who:
- pronounced their name Gher-dun
- had experience in manufacturing or cotton gin business as mechanics
- were active Baptists
- owned a small number of slaves in 1800-1830
- had descendants who migrated to Heard/Carroll Co., GA and Autauga Co.,
AL
- had preference for male names: Enoch, Nicholas, William, Robert, Henry,
James, George, Andrew
- had preference for female names: Jamima, Ginger, Martha, Missouri, Henrietta,
Mary, Caroline, Elizabeth

I keep all of the informastion I have about this family and possible relatives
on the following web site:
http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/j/o/r/Larry-E-Jordan/


Link: Jordans from NC to GA to AL
URL: <http://www.lumbee.homestead.com>;

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