in the Mud River Area
In 1809 the southwestern section of Kanawha County, including the Mud River area, was broken off to form Cabell County. Over the next thirty years, Cabell County Deed Books recorded many transactions involving James Jordan and his family.
Among the first land deals recorded in Cabell County were those of James‘ son and daughter-in-law William and Blanche Jordan.
- October 1810 (Indenture) – William Jorden buys 280 acres in Cabell County from Archibald Bennett and Patsy his wife (of Clermont County, Ohio.
- April 25, 1812 (Indenture) – William and Blenchy Jordan sell 89½ acres in Cabell County to the heirs of John Guin.
- April 25, 1812 (Indenture) – William Jordan and Blench his wife sell 70 acres in Cabell County to Lawrence Briant.
Between 1813 and 1817 James Jordan divested himself of much of his substantial holdings in the Mud River area, giving most of it away to his children…
- March 2, 1813 (Indenture) – James Jordan Senr. sells 150 acres in Cabell County to Jonathan Jorden.
- March 4, 1813 (Indenture) – James Jordan Senr. sells 125 acres in Cabell County to James Jorden.
- March 4, 1813 (Indenture) – James Jordan Senr. sells 150 acres in Cabell County to John Jorden.
- March 4, 1813 (Indenture) – James Jordan Senr. sells 100 acres in Cabell County to Andrew Jorden.
- March 4, 1813 (Indenture) – James Jordan Senr. sells 100 acres in Cabell County to William Saxton.
- December 10, 1817 (Indenture) – James and Sarah Jordan sell 150 acres in Cabell County to John Morris Junr.
…but he also bought one last parcel of land:
- April 10, 1814 (Indenture) – James Jordan Senr. buys 100 acres in Cabell County from Nehemiah and Eva Wood of Gallia County, Ohio.
James Jordan‘s children, Jane Morris, John Jordan and Jonathan Jordan were involved in land transactions.
- May 14, 1816 (Indenture) – John Morris Junr and Jane his wife sell 20 acres in Cabell County to Laurence Briant.
- March 27, 1820 (Indenture) – John Jorden and wife Sinah sell for $1000 to William Fullerton 140 acres on the Mud River plus an additional 40 acres in Cabell County.
- April 15, 1821 (Indenture) – John Jorden Senr. and wife Siney sell 100 acres in Cabell County to William N. Jorden.
- September 13, 1826 (Indenture) – Jonathan and Rachel Jordan sell 150 acres in Cabell County to Thomas Maupin.
William and Blanche Jordan moved from Virginia to Indiana in 1827, after selling their home farm to Joseph Malcomb. The sale to Malcomb was a complex transaction, firstly because they had to repurchase their farm from their son, who had taken title of it in 1821. Then, after moving to Indiana, they found out that part of the land had never been officially theirs, and they had to recover that acreage from the heirs of John Morris before they could finally sign it over to Malcomb.
- April 2, 1821 (Indenture) – William and Blanche Jordan sell 100 acres in Cabell County to their son, James Jordan.
- October 16, 1827 (Indenture) – William Jordan Senr buys 100 acres in Cabell County from his son and daughter-in-law, James and Nancy Jordan.
- October 17, 1827 (Indenture) – William Jorden Senr. and wife Blanche sell 300 acres in Cabell County to Joseph Malcom.
- September 7, 1833 (Indenture) – William Jordan (through his son John Jordan) of Tippecanoe County, Indiana sells 85 acres in Cabell County to Joseph Malcombe.
The Jordan Family 