Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Hickman County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Eliza H. Jordan. Father of Martha A. Jordan, Eugene B. Jordan, Lenora A. Jordan, Virginia E. Jordan, and Edwin S. Jordan. Farmer in Moscow, Kentucky, in 1860. Owned fourteen enslaved persons in Hickman County in 1860.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hickman County, Moscow, p. 454.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hickman County, Moscow, pp. 1-2.

Citation

Jordan, William S.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32198161 (November 12, 2026).

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A. Cline to Thomas E. Bramlette

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