JORDAN CEMETERY, LOWNDES COUNTY, ALABAMA

Go out on Golson Road (Ft. Deposit) about 1/2 mile, turn right on first 
gravel road.  Go about 500 feet, on the left side of the road.


(Information in parentheses is added genealogical information by  Carolyn 
Golowka, vbtc56b@prodigy.com)

MCFARLAND, James L., b. Apr 6, 1826, d. Aug. 18, 1853, (son of James & Flora 
 MCFARLAND, husband of Lydia K. MOORE, married Sept. 25, 1849)
MCFARLAND, Flora, (b. abt. May 24., 1786), d. Oct. 14, 1851, Wife of James 
 McFarland
MCFARLAND, James, b. 1783, d. July 29, 1848, Native of Scotland

There is a large marker with the following names and dates on it:

JORDAN, Samuel, (b. abt. 1806), d. Dec. 26, 1880, Age 74 years
JORDAN, Sophia (McFarland), d. 1849, (Sophia MCFARLAND married Samuel Jordan 
 on Jan. 18, 1838 (1st wife), daughter of James & Flora MCFARLAND)
JORDAN, Elvina, no dates
JORDAN, Frances Ann, d. 1866, (daughter of Samuel & Nancy Ann Wood JORDAN, 
 born abt. 1852 from 1860 census)
JORDAN, Willie, d. 1866
HALE, Mary, no dates, (found living with Samuel JORDAN in the 1850 census, 
 age 65)
JORDAN, Sarah, no dates (daughter of Samuel & Sophia McFarland JORDAN, born 
 abt. 1844 from 1850 census)
JORDAN, Callie, no dates
JORDAN, Nancy Ann (Wood), (abt. 1818), Oct., 1867, (Nancy Ann WOOD married 
 Samuel Jordan on Oct. 10, 1850 (2nd wife))


Other markers in the cemetery:

SAMPLEY, Mary Hollingshead, b. Dec. 17, 1872, d. Sept. 1, 1964, (Mary 
 HOLLINGSHEAD married John William SAMPLEY on Dec. 21, 1892)
SAMPLEY, John William, b.Jan. 17, 1871, d. Mar. 17, 1900
SAMPLEY, Thomas J., b. Sept. 14, 1863, d. Nov. 13, 1917, Woodman of World 
 Memorial
SAMPLEY, Isabell, b. Sept. 22, 1920, d. Dec. 7, 1920
SAMPLEY, James S., b. June 17, 1867, d. Dec. 30, 1922
SAMPLEY, Susan (Hawkins), b. July 10, 1842, d. Jan. 30, 1911, (Susan HAWKINS 
 married Jessie S. SAMPLEY on Nov. 19, 1860, daughter of Stephen Marrow and 
 Sarah "Sallie" Whittle HAWKINS)
SAMPLEY, Jessie S., b. Feb. 25, 1840, d. Jan. 16, 1906
BOATRIGHT, J(ennie) M., b. July 8, 1856, d. May 20, 1906, (Jennie M. 
 STRICKLAND married G. R. BOATRIGHT on Feb. 5, 1879)
SAMPLEY, Deanie A. Martin, b. Feb. 27, 1878, d. Dec. 21, 1958, Wife of 
 W(esley) L. SAMPLEY
SAMPLEY, Wesley L., b. Oct. 11, 1873, d. Sept. 21, 1928
MARTIN, Jesse, b. Oct. 20, 1897, d. Jan. 4, 1898


Original survey compiled and published by the Lowndes County Historical 
Society, January, 1968.  Used by permission and contributed by Carolyn 
Golowka

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