Brief Life History of George
When George Jordan was born on 12 June 1785, in Lunenburg, Virginia, United States, his father, William Benjamin Jordan, was 36 and his mother, Sarah Wood, was 31. He married Sallie Puckett on 12 December 1815, in Williamson, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He died after 1821, in Williamson, Tennessee, United States.
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- George Jordan, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
- Geo Jordan, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
- George Jordan, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
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1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
1788 · Becomes the 10th state
On June 25, 1788 Virginia became the 10th state.
1796 · Tennessee Becomes a State
On June 1, 1796, Tennessee became the 16th state.
Name Meaning
English, German, French (mainly Alsace and Haute-Savoie), Polish, Czech, and Slovenian; Spanish and Hungarian (Jordán): from the Christian personal name or nickname Jordan. This is taken from the name of the river Jordan (Hebrew Yarden, a derivative of yarad ‘to go down’, i.e. to the Dead Sea). At the time of the Crusades it was a common practice for crusaders and pilgrims to bring back flasks of water from the river in which John the Baptist had baptized people, including Christ himself, and to use it in the christening of their own children. As a result Jordan became quite a common personal name.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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