Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer. Caldwell County, Kentucky, native. Son of James Jordan, Sr. and Temperance Jordan. Married to Elizabeth "Betty" Jordan. Father of Lynn Jordan and James Jordan. Laborer in Caldwell County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1860. Employed Mary Jordan as a domestic servant in Princeton in 1860.

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Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 1, p. 323B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 97.

Citation

Jordan, James, Jr.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32212839 (November 12, 2026).

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Petition
T. W. Pickering et al. to Beriah Magoffin
1861-01-21

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