Gray JORDAN, SR.
DNA: FamilyTreeDNA.com results show that descendants from this line have the same DNA markers as several other Jordan families throughout Georgia and the Carolinas. The earliest known ancestor of this family group is Richard Jordan, who was born in either England or Virginia in 1620. His descendants moved to the Carolinas and then on to Georgia.
Nickname:Peggy
Buried in grave 22.
Nickname:Nancy
He married Margaret Chandler 1816 at Franklin, Georgia . Margaret Chandler was born at Mississippi 1795 daughter of Shadrick Chandler and Martha Elizabeth Brister .
They were the parents of 10
children:
William Hendric Jordan
born 30 Aug 1817.
Wyatt Jordan
born 10 Feb 1819.
Samuel Jordan
born 22 Nov 1821.
James J. Jordan
born 22 Oct 1823.
Malinda Jordan
born 1825.
Susan Jordan
born 1826.
Martha Ann Jordan
born 30 Oct 1827.
Mary Ann Jordan
born 25 Aug 1832.
Unknown Jordan
born 1838.
Simon Jordan , Simeon
born 1840.
Gray Jordan, Sr. died 1864 at Lawrence, Mississippi .
Margaret Chandler died 1845 at Lawrence, Mississippi .