Coosa County AlArchives Cemeteries.....Jordan Private Cemetery, Coosa Co., AL - Complete Survey
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Ronald Bridges bridgesrd@knology.net November 7, 2004, 7:14 pm

Abstracted By: Ronald D. and Eunice R. Bridges

Jordan Private Cemetery is located in Coosa Co., AL near 
Kellyton, off Coosa County Rd 65 on the Five Star 
Plantation with Historical Ann Jordan Lodge; established 
circa 1836. The cemetery is behind the lodge in the woods 
on a hill. The cemetery has about a one-foot thick square 
cement wall around it – about 54 feet by 36 feet. The wall 
is approximately four feet high, and there is no gate to 
the cemetery.  It has cement steps on one side of the wall 
in which to climb and adjacent steps to step down into the 
cemetery.  Surveyed by Ronald D. Bridges with his wife 
Eunice on 4 Jun 2001.  

Last Name     First Name    Middle Name   Birth           Death            Comment
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Maxwell       Orrie         Pearl         APR. 1, 1869    SEP. 16, 1883    DAUGHTER OF F. M. & A. R. MAXWELL
JORDAN        REUBEN                      MAY 30, 1782    AUG. 23 1840     BORN IN VIRGINIA DIED IN COOSA CO. ALA AGED 58 Ys. 3Ms. 3Ds.
JORDAN        ANN           SPIVEY        1799            DEC. 1, 1888     IN MEMORY OF LOVING WIFE OF REUBEN
JORDAN        CHARLOTTE     POCOHONTAS    OCT. 19, 1832   DEC. 26, 1836    DAUGHTER OF REUBEN & ANN JORDAN
JORDAN        ELMIRA        SOPHIA        APRIL 11, 1831  OCTOBER 3, 1865  WIFE OF WILLIAM MANDON MITCHELL



Additional Comments:
    There are several unmarked graves, three graves with a rock at the head 
and a rock at the foot, and a grave with many rocks piled about a foot and a 
half high.  All the marked graves have fairly new headstones. Some of the foot 
markers with initials are leaning against the inside wall.   Orrie Pearl 
Maxwell’s old headstone is broken in half and is stacked upon the grave which 
has many rocks piled about a foot and a half high. It appears someone has 
replaced the old headstones, while leaving some remnants of the old headstones 
and foot markers. 


IN MEMORY OF
ORRIE PEARL
DAUGHTER OF F. M. & A. R. MAXWELL
BORN APR. 1, 1869
DIED SEP. 16, 1883

IN MEMORY OF
REUBEN JORDAN 
BORN IN VIRGINIA
MAY 30, 1782
DIED IN COOSA CO. ALA
AUG. 23 1840
AGED 58 Ys. 3Ms. 3Ds.

IN MEMORY OF
LOVING WIFE OF REUBEN
ANN SPIVEY JORDAN
BORN 1799
DIED DEC. 1, 1888

CHARLOTTE POCOHONTAS
DAUGHTER OF REUBEN & ANN JORDAN
BORN OCT. 19, 1832
DIED DEC. 26, 1836

After ascending the cement steps and then descending the adjacent steps, one 
can see inlayed into the back inside wall a very large engraved stone with the 
following:

IN MEMORY OF REUBEN JORDAN BORN IN AMELIA COUNTY, VIRGINIA, MAY 20, 1782 – 
DIED IN COOSA COUNTY, ALABAMA, AUGUST 23, 1840
    Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright, for the end of that man is 
peace.
AND HIS WIFE ANN SPIVEY JORDAN BORN IN NORTH CAROLINA IN THE YEAR 1799 – DIED 
IN COOSA COUNTY, ALABAMA DECEMBER 1, 1888 AND THREE OF THEIR CHILDEN
ELMIRA SOPHIA JORDAN BORN APRIL 11, 1831 – DIED OCTOBER 3, 1865 WIFE OF 
WILLIAM MANDON MITCHELL
CHARLOTTE POCOHONTAS JORDAN BORN OCTOBER 19, 1832 – DIED DECEMBER 26, 1836
REUBEN ELMORE JORDAN BORN JULY 17, 1837 – DIED MARCH 21, 1881

Note: When a previous survey was done by the Coosa County Historical Society 
in the late 1970s the inlayed stone plaque was not there. Also, the Coosa 
County Historical Society had the headstone of Elmira Sophia Mitchell, Wife of 
William M. listed. It appears that whomever placed the new headstones up did 
not know where to put her headstone, thus listed her on the inlayed stone 
plaque. The Coosa County Historical Society did not have the death month or 
day of Reuben and Ann Spivey listed or her maiden name. 


Reuben Jordan was a Captain of a company of South Carolinians, in the War of 
1812, serving under Andrew Jackson.  My interest in Reuben Jordan is because 
he is my Great-Great-Great-Great Granduncle. Ronald D. Bridges.

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