Individual Details
Frances Marion Jordan
(Abt 1763 or 1764 - 1836 or 1838)
Event: Deed Shelby Co., IL
Event: TaxList 1818 Franklin Co., IL
Event: Marriage Rec. Lincoln Co., KY
Event: Marriage Rec. Shelby Co., Ill
Census: 1860 Tulare Co., CA
ID: I0503
Note:
From the book: THE TITUS, SADORUS AND JORDAN FAMILIES IN AMERICA
Mount airy, Tennessee, is the community from which came the early settlers of the southeast part of what is now Saline County, Illinois. The Jordans were in a caravan of pioneers. They crossed the Ohio River on their homemade rafts near the
present Elizabethtown with Galena and the lead region as their planned destination, but smallpox broke out among them which necessitated their stop in this area. In a few years some of the Jordans became restless, and moved westward which
accounts for Jordan's Fort, 1804, in the now Franklin County.
There were several blockhouses to which the settlers could retreat in the time of danger from the Indians. One of these was on the farm of Francis Jordan. These blockhouses were built square and constructed for hewn logs which were assembled
with great care in order that there could be no opening through which the hand or weapon of an enemy could be thrust.
Among the four principal settlements which are considered to have been the first farms opened to cultivation was Francis Jordan's in Township 7, Range 5.
The first settlement in Franklin County was made in 1804 by the seven Jordan brothers and others, and very soon thereafter Frank Jordan settled in and built a fort in what is now Northern Precinct of this county. It was a stockade of timbers
enclosing about an acre, and on the inside were a number of log cabins and a well. It was know as the "Old Station". Francis was the first settler in the territory of Williamson County.
Frank Jordans fort later became know as Frankfort. Here the Jordans built their homes and erected a flour mill, grist mill and a saw mill. About 1830, Frankfort considered itself more important that Chicago because in 1823, Chicago had about
sixty-five people. Three things happened to slow down the growth of Frankfort... the county was divided, the court house was moved to Benton, and the Chicago and Eastern Railroad missed the town by one and one quarter miles. 1 HIST 7/8/2000 www.rootsweb.com -
1 HIST Lynnette Miller
Event: TaxList 1818 Franklin Co., IL
Event: Marriage Rec. Lincoln Co., KY
Event: Marriage Rec. Shelby Co., Ill
Census: 1860 Tulare Co., CA
ID: I0503
Note:
From the book: THE TITUS, SADORUS AND JORDAN FAMILIES IN AMERICA
Mount airy, Tennessee, is the community from which came the early settlers of the southeast part of what is now Saline County, Illinois. The Jordans were in a caravan of pioneers. They crossed the Ohio River on their homemade rafts near the
present Elizabethtown with Galena and the lead region as their planned destination, but smallpox broke out among them which necessitated their stop in this area. In a few years some of the Jordans became restless, and moved westward which
accounts for Jordan's Fort, 1804, in the now Franklin County.
There were several blockhouses to which the settlers could retreat in the time of danger from the Indians. One of these was on the farm of Francis Jordan. These blockhouses were built square and constructed for hewn logs which were assembled
with great care in order that there could be no opening through which the hand or weapon of an enemy could be thrust.
Among the four principal settlements which are considered to have been the first farms opened to cultivation was Francis Jordan's in Township 7, Range 5.
The first settlement in Franklin County was made in 1804 by the seven Jordan brothers and others, and very soon thereafter Frank Jordan settled in and built a fort in what is now Northern Precinct of this county. It was a stockade of timbers
enclosing about an acre, and on the inside were a number of log cabins and a well. It was know as the "Old Station". Francis was the first settler in the territory of Williamson County.
Frank Jordans fort later became know as Frankfort. Here the Jordans built their homes and erected a flour mill, grist mill and a saw mill. About 1830, Frankfort considered itself more important that Chicago because in 1823, Chicago had about
sixty-five people. Three things happened to slow down the growth of Frankfort... the county was divided, the court house was moved to Benton, and the Chicago and Eastern Railroad missed the town by one and one quarter miles. 1 HIST 7/8/2000 www.rootsweb.com -
1 HIST Lynnette Miller
Events
| Birth | Abt 1763 or 1764 | Franklin, Il - Nc |  | ||
| Marriage | Bef 1795 | Elizabeth Dement | |||
| Marriage | 29 Nov 1796 | Lincoln Co. Ky or Logan Co., Ky - Mary Browning | | ||
| Marriage | Aft 1797 | Easther Boren Christian Jordan | |||
| Death | 1836 or 1838 | Tx | |
Families
| Spouse | Elizabeth Dement (1767 - ) |
| Child | Susannah Jordan (1784 - ) |
| Child | William Jordan (1790 - 1838) |
| Child | Levi C. Jordan (1792 - 1835) |
| Child | Elizabeth Jordan (1794 - ) |
| Spouse | Mary Browning (1775 - ) |
| Child | Sarah Jordan (1798 - ) |
| Child | John Jordan (1807 - 1862) |
| Child | Easter Betsie Jordan (1811 - ) |
| Child | Mary Ann Jordan (1814 - ) |
| Child | Sophronia Jordan (1817 - ) |
| Child | Francis Jordan (1817 - 1877) |
| Child | "Filey" Jordan (1819 - ) |
| Child | Phillian Ann Jordan (1820 - ) |
| Spouse | Easther Boren Christian Jordan (1768 - ) |
| Father | Thomas Jordan (1743 - 1815) |
| Mother | Mary (1741 - ) |
| Sibling | Elias Jordan (1760 - 1836) |
| Sibling | Nancy Jordan (1765 - 1835) |
| Sibling | Thomas Jordan (1768 - ) |
| Sibling | James Jordan (1770 - ) |
| Sibling | Joseph Jordan (1772 - ) |
| Sibling | Matilda Jordan (1772 - ) |
| Sibling | William Jordan (1774 - ) |
| Sibling | Joshua Jordan (1776 - ) |
| Sibling | Reuben Jordan (1780 - ) |
| Sibling | Mary "Polly" Jordan (1784 - ) |
| Sibling | Alice Jordan (1786 - ) |
Endnotes
1. #486.
2. #522.
3. #522.
4. #522.
5. #486.