Edgecombe County, NC - Newspaper - JORDAN FAMILY File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Coley Jordan Pages of Edgecombe Co. record book in Raleigh Archives. CHARLES JORDAN RECORDS From the old Reporter's Column, Evening Telegram, Rocky Mount, N.C. Charles Jordan m. Sally Bailey who b. in 1812 Children 1. Charles H. Jordan b. 1835. 2. Catherine Jordan b. 1831, d. before 1867. 3. J. C. Jordan. 4. Louisa Jordan b. 1833 or 1834, m. a Littleton. 5. Martha A. Jordan b. 1842, m. Jan. 24, 1861, Samuel H. Ruffin, bonded by C. H. Jordan. (See Bible Record: ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pug/usgenweb/nc/wilson/bibles/jhru1881.txt) 6. Emily Jordan b. 1833. 7. Pheasington Jordan d. after 1850. Charles H. Jordan m. Mary Agnes Gowan. Children 1. Dainie E. Jordan b.1861, m. Thomas Weldon Braswell. 2. Charles Jordan. 3. John Jordan. 4. Thomas Jordan. 5. Frank Jordan. GRAY JORDAN, SR. From the files of Hugh B. Johnston, Jr. Wilson, N.C. Gray Jordan, Sr. m. Penelope Hargrove, dau. of Aaron and Unity Hargrove, prior to 1801. Gray Jordan, Sr. made his will on July 26, 1841 and it was probated in November Court, 1841. RANDOLPH JORDAN RECORDS From the Old Reporter's Column, Evening Telegram, Rocky Mount, N.C. Randolph Jordan b. about 1768, apparently in Virginia. His wife, Constant Thornell, was born about 1783. Etheldred Jordan, s. of Randolf Jordan; b. 1820; m. Sept. 24, 1840, Lydia Beland, b. 1821. Old home still standing west of U. S. 301 between Sharpsburg and Elm City. Children 1. Elizabeth Jordan b. 1842; m. a Wells. 2. Prescilla Jordan b. 1844; m. John Land. page 140 3. Mary Eliza Jordan b. 1847; d. 1908; m. Richard Adams (1853-1925). 4. Rosina Jane Jordan b. 1850, was still living in 1880. Etheldred Jordan m. (2) Jan. 5, 1853, Polly Land, b. 1831. Bonded by Charles Land of Edgecombe Co. Children 1. Smith Jordan b. 1855. 2. Henry Jordan b. 1857. 3. Charles Jordan b. 1859. 4. Martha Jordan b. 1861. 5. Etheldred Jordan b. 1864. 6. Catherine Jordan b. 1867. 7. John Jordan b. 1869. 8. Longenia Jordan b. 1877. Richard Jordan Family Bible Contributed by T. R. Adams and T. C. Jordan, Jr. of Oxford, North Carolina. This Bible is in the possession of Dr. Robert Jordan of Dunn, N. C. Marriages Richard Jordan and Elizabeth Gay m. Edgecombe Co., N. C., Mar. 14, 1826. George (McGowan) Smith and Mrs. Elizabeth Jordan, relict of the late Richard Jordan, were married in Edgecombe, Co., N. C., Jan. 7, 1839. Births Richard Jordan b. in Edgecombe Co., N. C., Feb. 2, 1796. Elizabeth Gay b. in Nash Co., N. C., March 13, 1809. Henry Jordan b. in Edgecombe Co., N. C., Jan. 7, 1827. Kintchin Jordan b. in Edgecombe Co., N. C., Aug. 11,1828. Marquis Lafayette Jordan b. in Edgecombe Co., N. C., July 6, 1830. Tycia Ann Jordan b. in Edgecombe Co., N. C., Jan. 9, 1832. William Andrew Jackson Jordan, s. of Elizabeth Jordan, b. in Edgecombe Co., N. C., July 31, 1834. George Washington Smith b. in Edgecombe Co., N. C., Jan. 28, 1840. Agnes Gowan Smith b. in Edgecombe Co., N. C., Mar. 4. 1841. page 141 William Gowan Smith b. in Edgecombe Co., N. C., Sept. 5, 1842. John Henry Clay Gowan Smith b. in Edgecombe Co., N. C., Jan. 20, 1844. Deaths Richard Jordan d. in Edgecombe Co., N. C., Jan. 1, 1834. George Smith d. in Edgecombe Co., N. C., Sept., 1848. Notes George Washington Gowan or McGowan added Smith to his name as he had to flee edinburgh, Scotland, for his life, about 1835. Grandparents of T. C. Jordan Jr.: Cornelius Haywood Jordan b. Mar. 7, 1837, d. Mar. 7 1903; his wife Agnes McGowan Smith b. Mar. 4, 1841, d. Dec. 9, 1925. Both are buried in the Fishers row in country cemetery near Autryville and Stedman, North Carolina. Elizabeth Gay m. (1) Richard Jordan, (2) George Gowan, (3) (?) Bradley, (4) Walter Henderson. End of Jordan Archives middle of page 142. ============================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. The electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ==============================================================