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     Jordan was born circa 1849 in Kentucky, USA. He was the son of William G. Denton and Mary Solesbury Willingham. Jordan died after 1860.
     Jordan was listed as a household member living with William G. Denton on the 1850 Census, 1850 Federal on June 1, 1850 in Household No. 185, District No. 2, Henderson Co., Kentucky, USA.¹ Jordan was listed as a household member living with Peter Bethel on the 1860 Census, on June 1, 1860 in Household No. 4, District No. 2, Henderson Co., Kentucky, USA.²

     Jordan was born in 1799 in North Carolina, USA. He was the son of Samuel Denton and Mary Elizabeth Mitchell. Jordan was married to Jane C. Talbott, daughter of Dr. Edmund Talbott and Elizabeth Gordon, Sunday, August 20, 1820 in Warrick Co., Indiana, USA. Jordan was married to Caroline B. Denton, daughter of John Dalton Denton and Sarah Starck, Sunday, September 30, 1832 in Henderson, Henderson Co., Kentucky, USA.¹ Jordan was married to Rebecca Jane Woody, age 30, daughter of Hugh Woody and Sarah McMullin, Wednesday, October 23, 1850 in Henderson, Henderson Co., Kentucky, USA.² Jordan died after 1851 in Henderson Co., Kentucky, USA.
     His Ancestral File Number is AFN:1431-N1D. Jorden Denton to Alex G. Hicks, September 2, 1850, 100 acres for $195, being $1.95 per acre, being land conveyed to John Dennis and his wife to Jordan Denton.

On the cover of the booklet "Historic Henderson" published in 1974 for Henderson's Bicentennial, there is a copy of a letter on the front addressed to Mrs. Jordan A. Denton in the early 1800's from Winchester, Illinois. Jordan was listed as a Family Member living in Samuel Denton's household on the 1820 Census, on August 7, 1820 in Household No. 457, Henderson Co., Kentucky, USA. Jordan was listed as the Head of the Family on the 1830 Census, on June 14, 1830 in Henderson Co., Kentucky, USA.³ Jordan was listed as head of household with his wife Caroline on the 1840 Census, on June 1, 1840 in Henderson Co., Kentucky, USA.³ Jordan was listed as the head of a family on the 1850 Census, on June 1, 1850 in Household No. 591, District No. 2, Henderson Co., Kentucky, USA.⁴ Jordan was listed as a neighbor of Thomas Spencer on the 1850 Census, on June 1, 1850 in Household No. 592, District No. 2, Henderson Co., Kentucky, USA.⁴ Jordan was listed as a neighbor of George W. Denton on the 1850 Census, on June 1, 1850 in Household No. 590, District No. 2, Henderson Co., Kentucky, USA.⁴

     Jordan was born on Sunday, June 1, 1873 in Dublin, Logan Co., Arkansas, USA. He was the son of Palestine A. Denton and Lucy Clark Gwaltney.

     Joseph was born on Monday, February 14, 1729 in Orange Co., New York, British Colony. He was the son of Capt. Abraham Denton , Jr. and Mary O'Dell. Joseph was married to Ann Hogg, daughter of Gideon Hogg and Judith Pittman, 1765 in North Carolina, British Colony. Joseph died in 1800 in Stockton Valley, Adair Co., Kentucky, USA, at age 70 years.
     From "The Denton Family" by David H. Templin: "It seems that Joseph Denton moved about a great deal. Joseph was a member of a militia company which was commanded by Captain John Tipton during 1775. A Joseph appears briefly in Washington County, NC and after a brief pause in the Cumberland settlements. Joseph then moved north into Kentucky and appears in the Stockton Valley of Kentucky."

Apparently Joseph deserted from Col. John Tipton's company in the Revolutionary War and probably moved at that time to North Carolina. This was noted in a manuscript called the "Romney and Winchester Pay Roll," which included a list of Col. John Tipton's company.

Joseph set up a Station north of the Cumberland River opposite what is now Nashville, TN in 1779. He endured Indian skirmishes until about 1783. His name is on the Cumberland Compact of May 13, 1780. At that time he was further west than any other Denton. Later he would move northeast up the Cumberland into Kentucky. He received a grant for 200 acres in 1806 on the Alligator Fork Creek of the Wolf River in Stockton's Valley, KY. Joseph and Ann simply faded away with no documented final chapter. However, their children left their mark along the Kentucky and Tennessee Border.

According to Dorothea W. Sargent, a descendant, Joseph was married first to a Patience who was killed by Indians along with his son. This may have been the reason for his desertion from Col. Tipton's company.

     Joseph Denton was the son of Richard Denton and Mary Foster Thurston.