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 | Absalom Jordan_ Last Will & Testament_1859
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Bibb County Georgia
In the name of God Amen
I Absalom Jordan of Said State and County being advanced in age and knowing that I must shortly depart from this world deem it right and proper both as respects Myself and family that I should make a disposition of the property with which a kind providence has blessed me, I therefore make this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking and annuling all others heretofore made by me,
Item 1st I desire that all my just debts be paid without by my Executors hereafter named as I am unwilling my inheritors should be delayed of their rights especially as there is no necessity for delay.
Item 2nd I give and devise to my beloved Wife Julia Jordan with whom I have lived in the quiet and strict love for forty eight years all that I am possessed of both real and personal with the exception of one Negro man named Luck, she is the enjoy it till her death at which time I want all of my property to be equally divided between my children.
Item 3rd My Negro man Luck I want him to work for himself under a Guardianship of my Sons Wiley and James Jordan after the death of myself
Item 4th I Constitute and appoint my beloved sons Wiley and James Jordan Executors to this my last Will and Testament this July 24, 1859.
Sighed Absalom Jordan
Signed,
Sealed declared and published by
Absalom Jordan as his last Will and Testament in the presence of us the Subscribers who Subscribed our names hereto in presence of Said Testator and of each other this July 24th 1859: David Samuel Miller Solomon R. Johnson, D.W. Brasswell, Wm. J. Langston |
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| Name |
Absalom JORDAN |
| Birth |
1792 |
GA  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
Sep 1860 |
Jones County, Georgia |
| Notes |
- Will, Bibb County, GA, July 24, 1859 [2]
"In the name of God Amen I Absalom Jordan of Said State and County being advanced in age and knowing that I must shortly depart from this world deem it right and proper both as respects Myself and family that I should make a disposition of the property with which a kind providence has blessed me, I therefore make this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking and annuling all others heretofore made by me, Item 1st I desire that all my just debts be paid without by my Executors hereafter named as I am unwilling my inheritors should be delayed of their rights especially as there is no necessity for delay. Item 2nd I give and devise to my beloved Wife Julia Jordan with whom I have lived in the quiet and strict love for forty eight years all that I am possessed of both real and personal with the exception of one Negro man named Luck, she is the enjoy it till her death at which time I want all of my property to be equally divided between my children. Item 3rd My Negro man Luck I want him to work for himself under a Guardianship of my Sons Wiley and James Jordan after the death of myself Item 4th I Constitute and appoint my beloved sons Wiley and James Jordan Executors to this my last Will and Testament this July 24, 1859. Sighed Absalom Jordan Signed, Sealed declared and published by Absalom Jordan as his last Will and Testament in the presence of us the Subscribers who Subscribed our names hereto in presence of Said Testator and of each other this July 24th 1859: David Samuel Miller Solomon R. Johnson, D.W. Brasswell, Wm. J. Langston"
- 1840_US Federal Census_Bibb County Georgia
Lists Absalom Jourdan (Note Spelling)
Number and Age of family members match
DEATH: U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules Index Record about ABSALOM JORDAN
DEATH: Surname: ABSALOM JORDAN
Year: 1860
County: BIBB CO.
State: GA
Age: 68
Gender: M
Month of Death: SEP
State of Birth: GA
ID#: MRT197_173113
Occupation: NONE LISTED
Cause of Death: DROPSY
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- Barbara Shore Notes:
My earliest known JORDAN is Absalom, b. c 1792; d. Sep 1859 of Bibb Co., GA. He was married to Julia ROBERTS, daughter of Reuben ROBERTs and Margaret HUDSON of Jones Co., GA. Their ch:
Nancy b. 1813 md. 10 Jan 1837 Bibb Co., GA to Burwell PARKER
Wiley, b. 1821; md. Sarah Ann B. ?; died Aug 1860 k.c.w.
Francis, b. 1826; md. (1) 1 Jan 1850 Bibb Co. GA to Asa McKINNEY; md. (2) 24 Oct 1857 Bibb Co., GA to Michael NAVAL
Lucy Ann, b. 1828 ;. c1862; md. 8 Jun 1844 Bibb Co. GA to James Richard JONES
James J. JORDAN b. 1834; d. Nov 1862 k.c.s. md. a Miss WISE
Elizabeth, b. 1836 md. (1) 16 Jan 1842 Bibb Co., GA to Warren SUMMERLINE; md. (2) 9 May 1848 Bibb Co., GA to George RAYMON
Mary Jane, b. 1838; md. 18 Jan 1855, Bibb Co., GA to Thomas RABAND
Caroline, b. 1841 md. John J. ROBERTS (a cousin)
There were two other Absalom JORDANs in GA, one in Wilkes Co. and one in Wilkinson Co. I have not been able to make a connection with either of these two.
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| Person ID |
I35 |
Johnson & Hanson |
| Last Modified |
1 Jan 2022 |
| Family |
Julia (Judy) ROBERTS, b. Abt 1794, South Carolina d. Aft 6 Oct 1862, Bibb County, Georgia (Age ~ 68 years) |
| Marriage |
Abt 1811 |
Macon, Bibb County, Georgia |
| Children |
| + | 1. Nancy JORDAN, b. 1813, BIbb County, GA |
| + | 2. Wiley Henry JORDAN, b. 1818, BIbb County, GA d. Aug 1860 (Age 42 years) |
| | 3. Francis JORDAN, b. 1826, BIbb County, GA |
| + | 4. Lucy Ann JORDAN, b. 1828, Macon, Bibb County, Georgia d. 1862, Macon, Bibb County, Georgia (Age 34 years) |
| + | 5. James JORDAN, b. Abt 1834, BIbb County, GA d. Nov 1862, BIbb County, GA (Age ~ 28 years) |
| | 6. Elizabeth B JORDAN, b. 1836, BIbb County, GA |
| + | 7. Mary Jane JORDON, b. 1838, South Carolina d. WFT Est. 1894-1933 (Age 95 years) |
| + | 8. Caroline JORDAN, b. 11 May 1840, Jones County, GA d. 23 Nov 1924, Jones County, GA (Age 84 years) |
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| Family ID |
F16 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
16 Apr 2012 |
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