Jordan Reese 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: Abt 1805 - Virginia
    Christening: 
          Death: Abt 1882 - Lincoln Co., Tennessee
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:
Parents 
         Father: John Reese (Abt 1770-Abt 1863)
         Mother: Nancy Hale (Abt 1772-      )
Notes
General:
CENSUS:

1840: Jordan Reese/Reece/Rees appears not to be in the census.

<pre>1850 Marshall Co., Tennessee, District No 15; Aug 27
19/19 [Jordan Reed in the index]
Jordan Reece 45 Va $100 Merchant
Martha D. " 43 Va
Uriah E. Squires 26 Ky $--- Trader
Amanda " 23 Ky
John W. " 8/12 Ky </pre>

In the Slave Schedule Jordan Reese in the owner of 1 slave. Uriah E. Squires owns 2.

<pre>1860 Lincoln Co., Tennessee, Civil District No. 6, p.o. Mulberry; June 22; pg 75
547/529
Jourdan Reese 55 Va $600/$6000 Merchant
Martha " 52 Va
Hardy " 6 Ms
Thomas A. James 21 Tn Clerk </pre>

In the Slave Schedule Jourdan Rees is the owner of 2 slaves. In 1870 Hardy is living with Wm. H. Reese in Lincoln Co. He is a son of Jourdan's deceased brother John.

<pre>1870 Bedford Co., Tennessee, Civil Dist No 23, p.o. Shellyville; Aug 13; pg 12 [Ruse in the index]
84/84
Jorden Reese 65 Va $1800/$1318 Farmer
Martha " 63 Va Keeping house
John J. Reaus 22 Tn Farmer </pre>

One black female (domestic servant) with 3 children is also in the household.

<pre>1880 Lincoln Co., Tennessee, 5th and 6th Civil Districts, ED 122; June 17; pg 35
244/248
Jordan Rees 74 Va Va Va Farmer
Martha D. " 72 Va Va Va Keeping house </pre>

Jordan's nephew Joel T. Rives (29) lives at 245/249.

LAND in LINCOLN CO.:

Mulberry Creek flows into the Elk River from the north on the north side of a meander that creates an excrescence with a narrow neck about 5 miles east of Fayetteville. Norris Creek flows into the Elk River on the east side of Fayetteville.

https://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/nwismap/?site_no=03582310&agency_cd=USGS

https://tennessee.hometownlocator.com/maps/feature-map,ftc,1,fid,1295058,n,mulberry%20creek.cfm


In "All Tennessee, U.S., Early Land Register, 1778-1927" at ancestry.com, there are multiple references to two tracts (50 acres and 68 acres) surveyed for Jordan Reese in Lincoln Co. They were probably later patented to him. The description of the 68 acres suggests that he also owned another tract.

By virtue of entry # 9459, dated 1 Aug 1816, founded on certificate # 2181 for 300 acres issued to William P. Anderson 50 acres of land in Lincoln Co. on the waters of the west fork of Norris Creek, a branch of Elk river, were surveyed 25 Jan 1817 for Jordan Reece, assignee of said Anderson. The tract is described by metes and bounds. It is a square each side of which is 90 poles long. (pg 250, image 135/385)

By virtue of entry # 10405, dated 12 Oct 1817, founded on certificate # 1216 for 100 acres issued to Joseph Greer 68 acres of land in Lincoln Co. on the waters of the west fork of Norris Creek of Elk river were surveyed for Jordan Reece, assignee of said Greer. The tract is described by metes and bounds. It is a rectangle with a piece removed from the SE corner. The north boundary line is the same as the south boundary line of Jordan Reece's 50-acre tract. It appears from the description that the west boundary of the rectangle is the east boundary of a tract where Jordan Reece now lives. (pg 31, image 16/582)

On 6 Sep 1833 Jordan Reece is the grantee of 50 acres. Is this 50 acres the same as the 50 acres surveyed in 1817? I don't know.

PROBATE:

Tennessee Probate Court Files, 1795-1955 > Lincoln Co. > Chancery Court, Probate estate cases > 1840-1920 > Rowls, Edith May - Robertson, Henderson at familysearch.org; images 390-395/1247:

Jno. H. Rees is the administrator. In the August 1882 term of the County Court 3 commissioners are appointed to set apart one year's provisions for the widow and family of Jordan Rees, dec'd.
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