John JORDAN

Other Events:

• Occupation: Abt 1825

Notes:

Occupation:
Attorney

Family/Spouse: Sarah ???. Sarah was born about 1805; died in Deceased. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Property: 20 Apr 1796; 220 acres
• Residence: 20 Apr 1796, , Greenbrier, West Virginia, USA
• Residence: Abt 1800, , Cabell, West Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1827, , Tippecanoe, Indiana, USA
• Census: 1830, , Tippecanoe, Indiana, USA; pg 101

Notes:

"Abstract of Deed Book V 1830-1835 Cabell County Virginia/West Virginia" by Carrie Eldridge, page 251 30 Jul 1833 attorney William Jordan Sr of Tippicanoe, IN names John Jordan to dispose of 80 acres in Cabell Co which Jordan purchased of Leroy Newman and bounded by Adam Black, Joseph Malcomb and Sampson Sanders and adjoining where Joseph Malcomb now lives. Justice IN: John Lovejoy, Sam'l Hoover, Judge James Wylie.
page 253 7 Sep 1833 indenture
William Jordan [by attorney John Jordan atty] to Joseph Malcomb 85 acres [recovered by suit from heirs of John Morris Sr].

(Research):1860 Tippecanoe Co, IN Census Index
522 Jordan, Ann E.
522 Jordan, George
522 Jordan, Joshua M.
522 Jordan, Lydia A.
522 Jordan, William
531 Jordon, Milton

Burton Cemetery, Tipp. Co, IN
JORDAN Liles G. b: 1863 d: 1886
JORDAN William H. b: 1833 d: 1892

1862 Militia Enrolment
028 William JORDAN age 27 Farmer

Residence:
Buffalo Lick Mountain

William married Blanche FULLERTON on 20 Feb 1794 in , Greenbrier, West Virginia, USA. Blanche (daughter of William FULLERTON) was born about 1774; died before 1850 in , Tippecanoe, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She may have been born in Ireland.

Other Events:

• Residence: Abt 1770, , Greenbrier, West Virginia, USA
• Residence: Abt 1800, , Cabell, West Virginia, USA

Notes:

(Research): William was born circa 1774 in Greenbrier County, (West) Virginia, probably near Sinking Creek around present-day Lewisburg. He was the son of James and Sarah Jordan who had settled in the area a few years earlier and, as a small child, was with his parents when they took refuge in Fort Donnally during one of the last Indian attacks in the area. James Jordan, William's father, was descended from Quakers who had settled in Virginia in the 1600s. [Jerry Jordan]
"On May 29, 1778, the last Indian raid of any consequence in the Greenbrier region occurred at Fort Donnally. Phillip Hammond and John Pryor, two scouts from Fort Randolph at Point Pleasant, followed the Indians, anticipating a raid on the Greenbrier Settlements.
The young men had been made up to represent Indians. "The Grenadier Squaw," sister of Cornstalk, assisted in disguising the scouts, using bear grease and red ochre for the purpose. They set out on their journey of over on hundred and sixty miles, through dense forests, competing against the savages. The scouts overtook and passed the Greenbrier. Reaching Fort Donnally as speedily as possible, they warned the settlers, thus preventing another terrible massacre.
The fort, built by Col. Andrew Donnally in 1767, stood about 100 yards east of the residence of the late Anthony Rader, on Rader's Run, 10 miles northwest of Lewisburg.
As soon as possible, word having been dispatched to Col. John Stuart, a relief party of 67 men under the command of Capt. William Johnston arrived from Camp Union. They entered the fort and helped beat off the Indians. At nightfall, realizing their plan had failed, the Indians withdrew, leaving 16 dead. four white men were killed.
"In comparison with what has occurred in driving the early frontiers of America westward, the Battle of Fort Donnally is but dust in the balance; yet, as being an important part of the warp and woof in the great drama acted out by our forefathers, it is of peculiar interest to the people of the Greenbrier region, and an all-important and outstanding even in its effect in the early days of convincing the Indian that his domain must be moved west of the Mississippi."
The following men with their families were among those known to be in the fort at the time of the siege: Col. Andrew Donnally, Lieut. John Williams, Ensign Richard Williams, William Cutlar, James Miller, James Sconce, William Blake, John McFerrin, John Lockridge, James Hugart, William Hugart, John Flinn, Christopher Hedrick, Johnathon Hughes, James Jordan, D. Williams, Thomas Cooper, N. H. Cavendish, Thomas Ellis, John Fenton, J. Hugart, W. Jamison, S. Greer, W. Gray, T. Hugart, John Pryor, William Pritchard, John Pritchard, James Million, William McCoy, Sr., William McCoy, Jr., Phillip Hammond, and Dick Pointer (negro).
The far-reaching effects of the Fort Donnally affair made possible the support given to George Rogers Clark, by almost two hundred citizens, in his operations which saved for the union the great Northwest Territory, as well as the assistance given to George Washington in the East." [Historical Booklet - Greenbrier County 160th Anniversary - 1778-1938 Published 1938]

Birth:
James was probably born in Pennsylvania.

James married Sarah ???. Sarah was born about 1749; died in Deceased. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Residence: Abt 1780, , Greenbrier, West Virginia, USA

Notes:

Her father, William Fullerton, was from Ireland and I believe Blanche was born there and came over at a very young age--Margaret noted in the 1880 census that her mother was Irish. William Fullerton also settled near Sinking Creek in Greenbrier County and lived there until the late 1700s or early 1800s, when he was killed by Indians. [Jerry Jordan]