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James Jordan Junior

James Jordan, also referred to as James Jordan Junior, was born on June 24, 1768 in Virginia; died on November 16, 1846 in Cabell County, (West) Virginia; and was buried in the old Jordan Graveyard in Cabell County, West Virginia. He married (1) Mary (last name unknown) circa 1795 probably in Greenbrier County, (West) Virginia. Mary born circa 1779; died on October 20, 1809; buried in the old Jordan Graveyard, Cabell County, West Virginia. He also married (2) Peninah "Penny" Lee, in 1810 in Cabell County, (West) Virginia. Peninah born circa 1780; died November 2, 1849; buried in the old Jordan Graveyard, Cabell County, West Virginia.[1]

Evidence that James is the son of James and Sarah Jordan
  • James first appears on Greenbrier County PPT records in 1795 around age 27, suggesting that he was being counted in his father's household before that time and indicating that he married his first wife Mary around this time. Both James Senior and James Junior appear on Greenbrier PPT lists until 1798, then move to the Kanawha County PPT lists in 1801. The 1801 Kanawha PPT list identifies James Jordan Junior as living in the Mud River area, along with James Jordan Senior, William Jordan and John Jordan.
  • In March 1813, James Junior received 125 acres of land on the Mud River from James Jordan Senior. This transfer was one of four gifts comprising most of the land James Senior had taken possession of when he first moved to Kanawha County. At least two of the recipients (Andrew and Jonathan), and perhaps all four (including James Jr. and John), were already living in their own homes on this land. These 1813 transfers probably indicate that James, who was getting on in years, was either beginning to pass his worldly goods on to his sons or was formally transferring ownership of land that he had already given them years before. Either way, these transactions provide solid evidence that all four recipients—James Jordan Jr., John Jordan, Andrew Jordan and Jonathan Jordan—were James Jordan's sons.
Land Records
  • March 15, 1809 - Survey for James Jordan Junior of 98 acres in Kanawha (Cabell) County on the west side of Mud River adjoining and above a survey of one thousand acres made for John P. Duvall on which James Jordan now lives. Warrant #19,193 issued September 6, 1783. Patent signed by James Barbour, Governor of Virginia, on August 22, 1812, and delived to Mr. Jno Morris Jun. on May 20, 1813. [Original]
  • March 4, 1813 - James Jordan Senr. sells for $1 to James Jordan 125 acres in Cabell County situated on the Mud River above and adjoining the Widow Sanders' land. Recorded April 16, 1813 by Edm'd Morris, Clerk of Cabell County. [Transcript]
Censuses in which James Jordan (Junior) appeared
  • 1820 Cabell County, Virginia - James Jordan.
    1 white male under 10 (possibly Thomas Lee Jordan)
    1 white male 16-18
    1 white male 45 and above (James Jordan)
    1 white female under 10 (possibly Sarah Jordan)
    1 white female 26-45
    1 white female 45 and above (probably Peninah Lee Jordan)
    2 engaged in agriculture
  • 1830 Cabell County, Virginia - James Jordon.
    1 white male 15-20 (possibly Thomas Lee Jordan)
    1 white male 60-70 (James Jordan)
    1 white female 15-20 (possibly Sarah Jordan)
    1 white female 50-60 (probably Peninah Lee Jordan
  • 1840 Cabell County, Virginia - Possibly listed in the household of son-in-law Samuel E.O. Wilson.
    2 white males 5-10 (possibly Thomas I. Wilson and Allen Wilson)
    1 white male 30-40 (Samuel E.O. Wilson)
    1 white male 70-80 (possibly James Jordan)
    1 white female under 5 (possibly Louisa Wilson)
    1 white female 20-30 (probably Sarah Jordan Wilson)
    1 white female 60-70 (possibly Peninah Lee Jordan)
    2 engaged in agriculture
PPT Lists in which James Jordan (Junior) appeared Children of James Jordan and Peninah Lee
    1. Thomas Lee Jordan born circa 1815 in (West) Virginia; died in 1878 in Jefferson County, Kentucky; buried in Middletown Cemetery, Jefferson County, Kentucky. Married (1) Malinda Killgore, daughter of Thomas Kilgore and Hettie Sanders, before 1840 in (West) Virginia; Malinda born July 4, 1822 in Virginia; died January 2, 1855; buried in Killgore Cemetery, Cabell County, West Virginia. Married (2) Eliza F. Gallaher, daughter of James Gallaher, on November 15, 1855, in Cabell County, (West) Virginia; Eliza born August 24, 1820 in Cabell County, (West) Virginia; died August 28, 1856; buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Cabell County, West Virginia. Married (3) Mary L. Waring, daughter of Bazel Waring and Tabitha Mackoy, on October 28, 1858, in Greenup County, Kentucky. Mary born in 1834 in Kentucky and died in 1879 in Kentucky; buried in Middletown Cemetery, Jefferson County, Kentucky. Thomas is found in the censuses of 1840-CabellVA, 1850-WayneVA, 1860-WayneVA, and 1870-JeffersonKY; he is probably also in 1820-CabellVA and 1830-CabellVA in the household of James Jordan.[2]
    Children of Thomas Lee Jordan and Malinda Kilgore
      1.1. James C. Jordan born January 8, 1843; died January 15, 1843; buried in Killgore Cemetery, Cabell County, West Virginia.
      1.2. Robert C. Jordan born July 3, 1846 in Ceredo, (West) Virginia; died February 27, 1916 in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky; buried in Middleton Cemetery, Jefferson County, Kentucky. Never married.
      1.3. Emma A. Jordan born July 15, 1849/50 in (West) Virginia, died March 26, 1926 in Jefferson County, Kentucky; buried in Middletown Cemetery, Jefferson County, Kentucky. Married John Charles Downey (1850-1923) circa 1876.
        Children of Emma A. Jordan and John Charles Downey
          1.3.1. Ruth O. Downey (1876-1963)
          1.3.2. Ella L. Downey (1879-?)
          1.3.3. Charles J. Downey (1885-1935)
          1.3.4. Thomas Lee Downey (1889-?)
    Children of Thomas Lee Jordan and Mary L. Waring
      1.4. Edward Waring Jordan. born in March 1860 in (West) Virginia; died on June 5, 1925 in Jefferson County, Kentucky; buried in Middleton Cemetery, Jefferson County, Kentucky. Never married.
      1.5. Sallie Jordan born April 29, 1867 in Jefferson County, Kentucky; died September 28, 1928 in Jefferson County, Kentucky, buried in Cave Hill Cemetery, Jefferson County, Kentucky. Married James Robert Bullock circa 1908. James died October 16, 1949 and is buried in Cave Hill Cemetery, Jefferson County, Kentucky.
      1.6. Mary Jordan born May 4, 1871 in Kentucky; died on May 4, 1939 in South Crestwood, Oldham County, Kentucky; buried in Floydsburg Cemetery, Oldham County, Kentucky; married Franklin Talleyrand (Tal) Pearce, son of Bernard Pearce and Margaret Pinell, circa 1905. Franklin born in March 1873, died in South Crestwood, Oldham County, Kentucky on January 3, 1835 of a gun shot to the head; buried in Duncan Memorial Cemetery, Oldham County, Kentucky.
        Child of Mary Jordan and Franklin T. Pearce
          1.6.1. Robert J. Pearce (1906-1996)
      1.7. Dr. James Basil Jordan born August 1, 1873 in Middletown, Kentucky; died August 5, 1948 in Middletown, Kentucky; buried in Middletown Cemetery, Jefferson County, Kentucky. Married Ada Creel Miller April 28, 1904.
        Child of James Basil Jordan and Ada Creel Miller
          1.7.1. Mary Waring Jordan (1912-2000)
    2. Sarah Jordan born in 1811/1812 in Virginia; died March 4, 1888 in St. George, Kansas; buried in St. George Cemetery, Pottawatomie County, Kansas. Married Samuel Engle Oakford Wilson in Cabell County, (West) Virginia on October 18, 1831. Samuel born April 20, 1808 in Maryland and died November 13, 1869 in Kansas; buried in St. George Cemetery, Pottawatomie County, Kansas. Sarah Jordan is found in the censuses of 1850-WayneVA, 1860-PottawatomieKS, 1870-RileyKS, 1880-PottawatomieKS; she is probably also in 1820-CabellVA and 1830-CabellVA in the household of James Jordan and 1840-CabellVA in the household of Samuel E.O. Wilson.[3]
    Children of Sarah Jordan and Samuel Wilson
      2.1. Thomas L. Wilson born in 1831/1832 in Virginia; died in Kansas on April 15, 1880; buried in St. George Cemetery, Pottawatomie County, Kansas.
      2.2. Allen Wilson born circa 1835 in Virginia; died in Kansas after 1870; buried in St. George Cemetery, Pottawatomie County, Kansas.
      2.3. Louisa Wilson born on June 30, 1838 in Virginia; died in Kansas on December 15, 1900; buried in St. George Cemetery, Pottawatomie County, Kansas. Married William Wallace Emmons in St. George, Pottawatomie County, Kansas Territory on March 28, 1850. William born June 1, 1832; died July 21, 1912 in Kansas; buried in St. George Cemetery, Pottawatomie County, Kansas.
      2.4. Charles L. Wilson born on July 10, 1841 in Virginia; died in Kansas on April 29, 1900; buried in St. George Cemetery, Pottawatomie County, Kansas. Married Carrie Webster in Kansas. Carrie born circa 1843 in New Hampshire.
      2.5. Margaretta/Margaret Wilson born in March 1844 in Virginia; died after 1860.
      2.6. Malinda Wilson born on November 18, 1847 in Virginia; died in Kansas on September 8, 1913; buried in St. George Cemetery, Pottawatomie County, Kansas. Married William Vail in Kansas. William born on January 1, 1839 in New York; died on March 15, 1911 in Kansas; buried in St. George Cemetery, Pottawatomie County, Kansas.
      2.7. Morris L. Wilson (adopted) born in January 1861 in Kansas Territory; died in 1934; buried in St. George Cemetery, Pottawatomie County, Kansas.
Sources
    1Date of James Jordan's death is taken from tombstone; his date of birth is calculated from his age given on tombstone (78 years, 4 months, 23 days). His death is also reported (without exact date) in a letter written on February 9, 1848 by Andrew Sexton to William and Catherine Jordan. Birth and death dates of James' wives are taken from their tombstones (Mary aged 30 years at death, Peninah aged 69 years at death). Year of first marriage estimated from Greenbrier County Personal Property Tax (PPT) records; year of second marriage recorded in Cabell County marriage book.
    NB: Some family researchers mistakenly give James' birthdate as May 8, 1763, assuming that he was the son of James and Sarah Stodghill Jordan of Goochland County, Virginia, whose birth was listed in the Douglas Register. For more information see Greenbrier vs Goochland.
    2Year and location of Thomas Lee Jordan's birth taken from the censuses up to 1850; his tombstone gives his year of birth as 1820. Date of death taken from his tombstone. Malinda Kilgore Jordan's birth and death dates and confirmation of their marriage taken from her tombstone. Cabell County records for the marriage of Thomas Jordan and Eliza Gallaher in 1855 confirm Thomas Lee Jordan's father to be James Jordan. Records from the Penn Germania Genealogical Club identify Thomas as the son of James Jordan and Peninah Lee. According to the History of West Virginia and the People, Chapter 29, the town of Ceredo, West Virginia, was built on land originally owned by Thomas L. Jordan. Thomas owned a large estate on the Ohio River, which he sold after the Civil War, before moving to Jefferson County, Kentucky. Mary Waring's grandfather, Thomas Waring, served as a Second Lieutenant in Capt. Gaskin's Company of the 5th Virginia Regiment during the Revolution. Sallie Jordan Bullock (daughter of Mary Waring and Thomas Lee Jordan) was member # 139774 in the Daughters of the American Revolution. Thomas Lee Jordan's children's dates and locations taken from census records, tombstones, Kentucky death certificates, S. Scheiwe, and Middletown's Days and Deeds: The Story of 150 Years of Living in an Old Kentucky Town by Edith Wood, pub. 1946.
    3Birth and Death dates and locations for Sarah Jordan Wilson and her family taken from census records, Sarah and Samuel's tombstones, and Sarah's obituary in The Westmoreland Recorder. Records from the Penn Germania Genealogical Club identify Sarah as the daughter of James Jordan and Peninah Lee. Date and location of marriage taken from Penn Germania records, but I've not been able to find it in Cabell County records. Children's dates and locations taken from census records, tombstones, and/or Pottawatomie County, Kansas marriage records.