Private John Jordan
Private John Jordan was enlisted 11 May 1861, in Thomson, Columbia County ( today McDuffie County), Georgia, by Captain William Johnston for the duration of the war. In November 1861, he was allowed a 25 day furlough to Georgia. In March 1862, he was sick in a Williamsburg, Virginia, hospital. From 4 May to 5 June 1862, he was sick with fever at Chimborazo Hospital #5 in Richmond, Virginia. He was discharged 12 September 1862, for disability (chronic Napatiza of nearly whole left lung causing disability from any exertion). The release was made by George R. C. Todd, Chief Surgeon. Note: Dr. George Robert C. Todd was the brother of Mary Todd Lincoln, President Abraham Lincoln’s wife.
At the onset of the war, Dr. Todd joined the Confederate army as a surgeon. At odds with his brother-in-law President Abraham Lincoln, Dr. Todd referred to his sister, the First Lady, as “a poor, weak-minded woman.” It was in the role of Confederate officer that Dr. Todd’s brutality was most evident. He was frequently accused of maltreatment of Union prisoners and was known to abuse the corpses of Union soldiers while calling them “damn abolitionists.” Fellow officers complained directly to Confederate president Jefferson Davis of Dr. Todd’s behavior, and he was reassigned from his first post in Virginia to the 10th Georgia Volunteer Infantry. Here, his fellow Confederate soldiers endured more harshness from the doctor. In one recorded instance, Dr. Todd purchased an expensive keg of brandy and refused to share it with his troops. The soldiers later stole the keg from his tent, causing an outraged Dr. Todd to demand the arrest of the culprits, though no one was charged.
In the Revolutionary War, Miles Jordan was a private in the 3rd Regiment of Infantry. He filed for a pension while living in Georgia. His name was placed on the pension role 28 February 1821 and it ended 15 September 1825. The annual allowance was $48 and the total sum received was $340. The statement indicates he died 18 February 1815.
It is believed that Miles Jordan married Malala Blue. Malala Jordan, on 16 May 1838, thru a deed, gifted with love and affection to her three children, Frances, John and Amanda, a parcel of land in the 7th District, Lot #165, in Monroe County, Georgia, 202.5 acres.
In the 1850, Columbia County census, John Jordan, 18 years of age is the overseer on the William Dunn plantation. In the 1860 Columbia County census, John is 27 years of age, living alone, and is an Overseer with a net worth of $600.
On 9 August 1869, John Jordan married Jane Weathers in Columbia County, Georgia. She was probably the daughter of Nancy Conner and Vachel Dorsey Weathers. In the 1880 Columbia County, Georgia, John was 46 years of age and his wife Jane was 38 years old. The had six living children between 2 and 11 years old.
There is considerably more information in the Thomson Guards book, pages 313-317. Jan Howard (Mrs. James Keith) of Thomson provided the photo and much of the valuable family history.
At the onset of the war, Dr. Todd joined the Confederate army as a surgeon. At odds with his brother-in-law President Abraham Lincoln, Dr. Todd referred to his sister, the First Lady, as “a poor, weak-minded woman.” It was in the role of Confederate officer that Dr. Todd’s brutality was most evident. He was frequently accused of maltreatment of Union prisoners and was known to abuse the corpses of Union soldiers while calling them “damn abolitionists.” Fellow officers complained directly to Confederate president Jefferson Davis of Dr. Todd’s behavior, and he was reassigned from his first post in Virginia to the 10th Georgia Volunteer Infantry. Here, his fellow Confederate soldiers endured more harshness from the doctor. In one recorded instance, Dr. Todd purchased an expensive keg of brandy and refused to share it with his troops. The soldiers later stole the keg from his tent, causing an outraged Dr. Todd to demand the arrest of the culprits, though no one was charged.
In the Revolutionary War, Miles Jordan was a private in the 3rd Regiment of Infantry. He filed for a pension while living in Georgia. His name was placed on the pension role 28 February 1821 and it ended 15 September 1825. The annual allowance was $48 and the total sum received was $340. The statement indicates he died 18 February 1815.
It is believed that Miles Jordan married Malala Blue. Malala Jordan, on 16 May 1838, thru a deed, gifted with love and affection to her three children, Frances, John and Amanda, a parcel of land in the 7th District, Lot #165, in Monroe County, Georgia, 202.5 acres.
In the 1850, Columbia County census, John Jordan, 18 years of age is the overseer on the William Dunn plantation. In the 1860 Columbia County census, John is 27 years of age, living alone, and is an Overseer with a net worth of $600.
On 9 August 1869, John Jordan married Jane Weathers in Columbia County, Georgia. She was probably the daughter of Nancy Conner and Vachel Dorsey Weathers. In the 1880 Columbia County, Georgia, John was 46 years of age and his wife Jane was 38 years old. The had six living children between 2 and 11 years old.
There is considerably more information in the Thomson Guards book, pages 313-317. Jan Howard (Mrs. James Keith) of Thomson provided the photo and much of the valuable family history.