Jasper County GaArchives Cemeteries.....Merriweather - Jordan Cemetery - Complete Survey ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Suzanne Forte suzanneforte@bellsouth.net August 28, 2004, 4:50 pm Abstracted By: Dennis Dean & Nancy Kelly Smithboro Road; Jasper Co, GA Last Name First Name Middle Name Birth Death Comment ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jordan John Fleming Jul 26 1791 Mar 19 1868 Jordan Ann Rebekah Meriweather Aug 26 1790 Jul 22 1853 * Merriwether Rebecca Matthews Sep 24 1770 Jul 21 1825 Ins** Merriwether Thomas 1761 1831 Ins*** Merriwether Dr. George Matthews Aug 3 1797 Sep 11 1828 Ins**** Matthews Charles Lewis Jun 18 1811 Mar 1822 Ins***** Additional Comments: *Per the book "Georgia Extracts, Jasper County, Ga, 1812-1887", obits, Ann Jordan died 22 July 1853, age 62, consort of Col Fleming Jordan daughter of the late Thomas and Rebecca Meriwether; **Rebecca Merriwether Sacred to the memory of;Daughter of Gov George Matthews ***Thomas Merriwether - Va Mil Rev War;Born in Amherst Co. Va; Served as a private under Gen La Fayette; He moved to Ga. and settled with other members of his family on the Broad River in Oglethorp, but several years later he followed his children and son-in-law to Jasper Co.He received bounty land for his services in Wilkes Co. He married Rebecca Mathews daughter of Gov. George Matthews. He died in Jasper Co. ****George Merriwether Sacred to the memory; Who departed this life; Leaving one child who with all his surviving friends and relations lament his untimely death and testify his great worth *****Charles Matthews - Sacred to the memory; Son of Charles Lewis and Lucy Matthews; 2 other grave stones but no writing; File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/jasper/cemeteries/gcm55merriwea.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 2.3 Kb