Kentucky:  A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 3rd ed.,
1886. Barren County.

HEZEKIAH A. JORDAN was born September 6, 1824, in the house where he now
resides and has always resided, in Barren County, Ky.  His father,
Samuel Jordan, a native of Albemarle County, Va., was born September 3,
1781, removed to Kentucky in 1807, was a brick-maker and mason,
constructing many good homes in Barren County, and died August 13, 1827.
He was married, March 13, 1806, to Polly, daughter of Col. Samuel and
Susan (Preyer) Murrell, of Albemarle County (born April 9, 1785, died
June 25, 1865), and their offspring are Susan F., (Preston), Mary J.
(Rodes), Martha A. (deceased), Eliza (Rodes), Samuel, Caroline (Cockrill
and Payne), John, James, subject and Emily A. (deceased).  Our subject
obtained a good education for the times, at the old style schools of his
day, and is a reading man.  He was married, December 19, 1844, to Miss
America, daughter of James and Frances E. (Foster) Carden, of Barren
County (born August 4, 1824), and to them have been born Samuel J.,
Christopher C., (deceased), William H., Mary F. (Rogers), Mattie B.
(Fant) and Susan E. (Read).  Subject is a farmer by vocation, owning 430
acres of well improved and productive land, in good condition, and in a
high state of cultivation.  He is an active member of the Old School
Presbyterian Church, and also of the K. of P.  In politics he is an old
line Whig in principle, a strong Union man, and lost eighteen slaves by
the late war.
 

Jordan Carden Cockrill Fant Foster Murrell Payne Preston Preyer Read Rodes
Rogers
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Albemarle-VA
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