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John G. Jordan (Anderson County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1804? d. 1875

Anderson County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Jane H. Jordan. Father of Thomas Jordan, George W. Jordan, William A. Jordan, Elizabeth Jordan, Octavia Jordan, Calpernia Jordan, Edmund Jordan, and Lorell Jordan. Farmer with Thomas Jordan and George W. Jordan in Anderson County in 1850. Owned eight enslaved persons in Anderson County in 1850. Farmer with Edmund Jordan in Anderson County in 1860. Owned ten enslaved persons in Anderson County in 1860.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Anderson County, p. 209B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Anderson County, p. 93 (p. 8 of microfilm).

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Anderson County, pp. 559-60.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Anderson County, p. 18.

_ Kentucky, Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989 , Kentucky County, District, and Probate Courts, Hickman County List of Executors and Administrators, 1852-1896, p. 62 of microfilm (Accessed through ancestry.com on May 6, 2020).

_Find A Grave, "John Goodrich Jordan (1803-1875)," Memorial 181701470, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/181701470/john-goodrich-jordan (accessed May 6, 2020).

Citation

Jordan, John G.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32211643 (November 12, 2026).

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