BERTIE County Jordan House Natives refer to this as the Jerden House, possibly due to French influence. Supposedly built in 1714, this house is one of the more architecturally important houses in North Carolina. The house originally had the 3 room- Quaker plan, but the interior was burned in the 1920s. It is builte of Flemish brick with arched window openins and T-shaped chimneys at each end of the house. This story-and-a half house has a high basement. A cemetery with elaborate iron fence and large marble markers is nearby. Mrs. Edith Dunston contributed an ownership chart for the 1979 survey. Joseph Jordan (born 1756 - d 1816) Nancy Jordan (d. 1829) [wife of Joseph] Joseph Jordan (d. after 1860) [nephew of Joseph - son of Isaac] Lora Ann Swain (Joseph's niece) John Peter Rascoe William W. Rascoe Cora Rascoe Gillam Francis Gillam (Cora's grandson) Previously contributed by Harry Thompson: (See also the JORDAN Family Cemetery) Joseph Jordan (born 1756 - d 1816) Nancy Jordan (d. 1829) [wife of Joseph] Joseph Jordan (d. after 1860) [nephew of Joseph - son of Isaac] Found in the notes of others, but unproven. Isaac JORDAN left property to son, Joseph JORDAN (Isaac JORDAN had a daughter, Prudence, who married Standly KITTRELL...this could be correct because they had a son named Isaac Jordan Kittrell.) Since Isaac Jordan, father of Prudence Jordan Kittrell and Joseph Jordan were brothers, it is possible that Isaac is also buried here. They appear to be sons of Joseph Jordan, Sr. Joseph Jordan Sr. died 1776. Isaac Jordan died 1790. Isaac had a son, Joseph who died in 1860. Standly and Prudence Kittrell owned property at Speller's Ferry, which is not far from the Jordan house and location of this cemetery. Prudence and the children sold this property about 1841 as they were living in Limestone Co, Alabama at that time. It is believe that Standly had died in the 1830's. Does anyone connect to any of this Jordan family? If you have additional info to add, please do write to me! ======================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation.