Son of Thomas Jordan, Sr, b. 1743 Granville Co., N.C. d. Feb 1815 Jordon Fort, Franklin Co. Ill.
and Mary Lett Jordan.
They had 13 children born in various parts of North Carolina.
Francis Marion and his two brothers, Joseph (Fort Houston fame) Anderson County, and James (moved to Hopkins, Co) and their families came to the Republic of Texas as early pioneers.
He brought four of his children with him.
1. Levi C. b. 21 Aug 1792 Kentucky.
2. Elizabeth Jordan Odum b. 1794 Kentucky. Married Kinchen Odum. She died 1834, Nacogdoches, Texas.
3. John J. b. 1807 Jefferson Co, Ill. and wife Eliza Jane Saldorus Jordan, married 24 March 1832, Vermilion Co, Ill. and daughter Mary Jane. They moved around in Texas for a while and moved to Exeter, Tulane Co, Calif in April 1850
from Galveston, Texas to Tulare Co, Calif.
and stayed their the rest of their lives.
4. Francis Marion, Jr. b. 1817 Jefferson Co, Ill. He went with John to Calif. and married their and died in 1877.
Francis Marion first wife was Easter Boren married 1790.
(Buried unknown cemetery, Kentucky).
Their children;
1. William b. 1790 Kentucky d. 1838 Shelby Co, Ill.
2. Levi C. (info above)
3. Elizabeth (info above)
She died and then he married Mary Ann Browning of Lincoln, Kentucky.
They married 29 Nov 1796 Lincoln, Kentucky.
Their children;
1. Sarah b. 1802 Lincoln, Kentucky.
2. John J. (info above)
3. Easter Betsie b. 1811 Shelby Co, Ill.
4. Eliza Sophronia b. 1813
5. Mary Ann b. 1814 d. 1871 buried; Jordan Cemetery. Shelbyville, Shelby Co, Ill.
6. Philamena b. 1815, Franklin, Ill. (she went to California at some point and is buried in Monterrey Co.
7. Francis Marion Jordan, Jr. 1817-1877
Mary Ann died 1820 (buried, unknown cemetery, Ill)
He married the third time to Elizabeth Kirkpatrick Dement, 1820.
She died in 1840 in Nacogdoches, Texas. (unknown cemetery)
Francis Marion died 1835, Nacogdoches, Texas (unknown cemetery)
The following written by Jasper Douthit, first child of Mary
Ann Jordan Douthit, that stayed in Shelbyville, Shelby Co, Ill.
"My mother's people, as far back as I can learn, were habitual pioneers, ever keeping on the frontier. They came to the territory of Illinois through Tennessee from the South about the year 1804... Soon after her marriage, all my mother's people emigrated to Texas. ..Jordan's Saline, noted on the map of Texas, was founded by my Uncle John Jordan. Grandfather Jordan (Francis Jordan) and some others died in Texas, and most of the survivors pushed on to California...(Douthit).
and Mary Lett Jordan.
They had 13 children born in various parts of North Carolina.
Francis Marion and his two brothers, Joseph (Fort Houston fame) Anderson County, and James (moved to Hopkins, Co) and their families came to the Republic of Texas as early pioneers.
He brought four of his children with him.
1. Levi C. b. 21 Aug 1792 Kentucky.
2. Elizabeth Jordan Odum b. 1794 Kentucky. Married Kinchen Odum. She died 1834, Nacogdoches, Texas.
3. John J. b. 1807 Jefferson Co, Ill. and wife Eliza Jane Saldorus Jordan, married 24 March 1832, Vermilion Co, Ill. and daughter Mary Jane. They moved around in Texas for a while and moved to Exeter, Tulane Co, Calif in April 1850
from Galveston, Texas to Tulare Co, Calif.
and stayed their the rest of their lives.
4. Francis Marion, Jr. b. 1817 Jefferson Co, Ill. He went with John to Calif. and married their and died in 1877.
Francis Marion first wife was Easter Boren married 1790.
(Buried unknown cemetery, Kentucky).
Their children;
1. William b. 1790 Kentucky d. 1838 Shelby Co, Ill.
2. Levi C. (info above)
3. Elizabeth (info above)
She died and then he married Mary Ann Browning of Lincoln, Kentucky.
They married 29 Nov 1796 Lincoln, Kentucky.
Their children;
1. Sarah b. 1802 Lincoln, Kentucky.
2. John J. (info above)
3. Easter Betsie b. 1811 Shelby Co, Ill.
4. Eliza Sophronia b. 1813
5. Mary Ann b. 1814 d. 1871 buried; Jordan Cemetery. Shelbyville, Shelby Co, Ill.
6. Philamena b. 1815, Franklin, Ill. (she went to California at some point and is buried in Monterrey Co.
7. Francis Marion Jordan, Jr. 1817-1877
Mary Ann died 1820 (buried, unknown cemetery, Ill)
He married the third time to Elizabeth Kirkpatrick Dement, 1820.
She died in 1840 in Nacogdoches, Texas. (unknown cemetery)
Francis Marion died 1835, Nacogdoches, Texas (unknown cemetery)
The following written by Jasper Douthit, first child of Mary
Ann Jordan Douthit, that stayed in Shelbyville, Shelby Co, Ill.
"My mother's people, as far back as I can learn, were habitual pioneers, ever keeping on the frontier. They came to the territory of Illinois through Tennessee from the South about the year 1804... Soon after her marriage, all my mother's people emigrated to Texas. ..Jordan's Saline, noted on the map of Texas, was founded by my Uncle John Jordan. Grandfather Jordan (Francis Jordan) and some others died in Texas, and most of the survivors pushed on to California...(Douthit).
Son of Thomas Jordan, Sr, b. 1743 Granville Co., N.C. d. Feb 1815 Jordon Fort, Franklin Co. Ill.
and Mary Lett Jordan.
They had 13 children born in various parts of North Carolina.
Francis Marion and his two brothers, Joseph (Fort Houston fame) Anderson County, and James (moved to Hopkins, Co) and their families came to the Republic of Texas as early pioneers.
He brought four of his children with him.
1. Levi C. b. 21 Aug 1792 Kentucky.
2. Elizabeth Jordan Odum b. 1794 Kentucky. Married Kinchen Odum. She died 1834, Nacogdoches, Texas.
3. John J. b. 1807 Jefferson Co, Ill. and wife Eliza Jane Saldorus Jordan, married 24 March 1832, Vermilion Co, Ill. and daughter Mary Jane. They moved around in Texas for a while and moved to Exeter, Tulane Co, Calif in April 1850
from Galveston, Texas to Tulare Co, Calif.
and stayed their the rest of their lives.
4. Francis Marion, Jr. b. 1817 Jefferson Co, Ill. He went with John to Calif. and married their and died in 1877.
Francis Marion first wife was Easter Boren married 1790.
(Buried unknown cemetery, Kentucky).
Their children;
1. William b. 1790 Kentucky d. 1838 Shelby Co, Ill.
2. Levi C. (info above)
3. Elizabeth (info above)
She died and then he married Mary Ann Browning of Lincoln, Kentucky.
They married 29 Nov 1796 Lincoln, Kentucky.
Their children;
1. Sarah b. 1802 Lincoln, Kentucky.
2. John J. (info above)
3. Easter Betsie b. 1811 Shelby Co, Ill.
4. Eliza Sophronia b. 1813
5. Mary Ann b. 1814 d. 1871 buried; Jordan Cemetery. Shelbyville, Shelby Co, Ill.
6. Philamena b. 1815, Franklin, Ill. (she went to California at some point and is buried in Monterrey Co.
7. Francis Marion Jordan, Jr. 1817-1877
Mary Ann died 1820 (buried, unknown cemetery, Ill)
He married the third time to Elizabeth Kirkpatrick Dement, 1820.
She died in 1840 in Nacogdoches, Texas. (unknown cemetery)
Francis Marion died 1835, Nacogdoches, Texas (unknown cemetery)
The following written by Jasper Douthit, first child of Mary
Ann Jordan Douthit, that stayed in Shelbyville, Shelby Co, Ill.
"My mother's people, as far back as I can learn, were habitual pioneers, ever keeping on the frontier. They came to the territory of Illinois through Tennessee from the South about the year 1804... Soon after her marriage, all my mother's people emigrated to Texas. ..Jordan's Saline, noted on the map of Texas, was founded by my Uncle John Jordan. Grandfather Jordan (Francis Jordan) and some others died in Texas, and most of the survivors pushed on to California...(Douthit).
and Mary Lett Jordan.
They had 13 children born in various parts of North Carolina.
Francis Marion and his two brothers, Joseph (Fort Houston fame) Anderson County, and James (moved to Hopkins, Co) and their families came to the Republic of Texas as early pioneers.
He brought four of his children with him.
1. Levi C. b. 21 Aug 1792 Kentucky.
2. Elizabeth Jordan Odum b. 1794 Kentucky. Married Kinchen Odum. She died 1834, Nacogdoches, Texas.
3. John J. b. 1807 Jefferson Co, Ill. and wife Eliza Jane Saldorus Jordan, married 24 March 1832, Vermilion Co, Ill. and daughter Mary Jane. They moved around in Texas for a while and moved to Exeter, Tulane Co, Calif in April 1850
from Galveston, Texas to Tulare Co, Calif.
and stayed their the rest of their lives.
4. Francis Marion, Jr. b. 1817 Jefferson Co, Ill. He went with John to Calif. and married their and died in 1877.
Francis Marion first wife was Easter Boren married 1790.
(Buried unknown cemetery, Kentucky).
Their children;
1. William b. 1790 Kentucky d. 1838 Shelby Co, Ill.
2. Levi C. (info above)
3. Elizabeth (info above)
She died and then he married Mary Ann Browning of Lincoln, Kentucky.
They married 29 Nov 1796 Lincoln, Kentucky.
Their children;
1. Sarah b. 1802 Lincoln, Kentucky.
2. John J. (info above)
3. Easter Betsie b. 1811 Shelby Co, Ill.
4. Eliza Sophronia b. 1813
5. Mary Ann b. 1814 d. 1871 buried; Jordan Cemetery. Shelbyville, Shelby Co, Ill.
6. Philamena b. 1815, Franklin, Ill. (she went to California at some point and is buried in Monterrey Co.
7. Francis Marion Jordan, Jr. 1817-1877
Mary Ann died 1820 (buried, unknown cemetery, Ill)
He married the third time to Elizabeth Kirkpatrick Dement, 1820.
She died in 1840 in Nacogdoches, Texas. (unknown cemetery)
Francis Marion died 1835, Nacogdoches, Texas (unknown cemetery)
The following written by Jasper Douthit, first child of Mary
Ann Jordan Douthit, that stayed in Shelbyville, Shelby Co, Ill.
"My mother's people, as far back as I can learn, were habitual pioneers, ever keeping on the frontier. They came to the territory of Illinois through Tennessee from the South about the year 1804... Soon after her marriage, all my mother's people emigrated to Texas. ..Jordan's Saline, noted on the map of Texas, was founded by my Uncle John Jordan. Grandfather Jordan (Francis Jordan) and some others died in Texas, and most of the survivors pushed on to California...(Douthit).
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Buried in Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches Co, Texas (Unknown Cemetery)
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