Early Greenbrier County Personal Property Tax (PPT) lists actually consisted of several lists per year, each identified by the name of a constable, clerk or other authority who had prepared and submitted it. By finding taxpayers whose residence locations are already known, the researcher can infer the location of others on the same list. This is especially helpful when trying to follow two taxpayers with the same name, e.g., James Jordan.
The records on this page include all Jordans listed on the Greenbrier PPT lists from 1782 to 1799, during the time that James Jordan and his family were living there. Spelling is left as in the original; and clarifying comments are added where appropriate.
James Jordan and his children are printed in bold, when known, to avoid confusion with other residents of the same name.
1782
Name
Polls
Negroes
Horses
Cattle
Comments
James Jurden
1
0
5
14
Samuel Brown’s list [SC]
James Jurden
William Renick’s list [GR]
Note:
[SC] List of Sinking Creek/Williamsburg-area residents
[GR] List of Greenbrier River/Great Levels-area residents
1783
Name
Polls
Negroes
Horses
Cattle
Comments
James Jordan
1
0
7
9
Mr. Ward’s list/Captain McCoy’s Company [SC]
James Jordan
1
0
4
6
Captain Millar’s Company
Note:
[SC] List of Sinking Creek/Williamsburg-area residents
1784
Name
Polls
Negroes
Horses
Cattle
Comments
James Jordan
1
0
5
5
Col. Henderson’s list
1785
Name
Polls
Negroes
Horses
Cattle
Comments
James Jordan
1
0
6
7
Col. Donnally’s list
1786
Name
Polls
Negroes
Horses
Cattle
Comments
James Jordan
1
0
5
11
Mr. Renick’s list [SC]
James Jordan*
Col Donnally’s list
Note:
[SC] List of Sinking Creek/Williamsburg-area residents
* On November 22, 1786, a Greenbrier County Grand Jury presented James Jordon “for having omitted to give in a list of [his] taxable property for this year.”
1787
Date of Receiving Lists from Individuals
Persons Names Chargeable with the Tax
Names of White Male Tithables Above 21
White Males Above 16 and Under 21
Blacks Above 16
Blacks Under 16
Horses, Mares, Colts & Mules
Cattle
Apr 17
Jas. Jordan
Jas. Jordan
1
0
0
5
9
May 10
Jas. Jordan (weaver)
Jas. Jordan
0
0
0
3
4
Note:
James Jordan (Junior) would have been 18 or 19 years of age in 1787, and therefore was probably the white male above 16 and under 21 who was noted in the James Jordan household recorded on April 17, 1787.
His numbers of horses and cattle track closely with the Jordan found on Sinking Creek in the 1782, 1783, and especially the 1786 tax lists.
This indicates that the second James Jordan (the weaver) was probably the one located in the Greenbrier River/Great Levels-area.
1788
Date
Names Chargeable with the tax
Tithables
Slaves above 16
Slaves 12-16
Horses
James Jordan
2
0
0
5
1789
Date
Names Chargeable with the tax
Tithables
Slaves above 16
Slaves 12-16
Horses
June 4
James Jordan
3
0
0
6
1790
Date
Names Chargeable with the tax
Tithables
Slaves above 16
Slaves 12-16
Horses
James Jordan
3
0
0
5
1791-1792
NO JORDAN FOUND ON THE TAX LISTS OF 1791-1792, BUT MANY OTHER NAMES ARE MISSING AS WELL, INDICATING THAT SURVIVING RECORDS ARE ONLY A PART OF THE INDIVIDUAL LISTS.
1793
Date
Names Chargeable with the tax
Tithables
Slaves above 16
Slaves 12-16
Horses
June 11
James Jordan
3
0
0
9
1794
Date
Names Chargeable with the tax
Tithables
Slaves above 16
Slaves 12-16
Horses
May 14
James Jordan
2
0
0
4
May 14
William Jordan
1
0
0
5
Note:
The appearance of William Jordan in 1794, along with the number of tithables charged to James Jordan going from three in 1793 to two in 1794 shows that James’ son William, born circa 1772, has come of age and has started his own household (William married Blanche Fullerton on February 20, 1794).
1795
Date
Names Chargeable with the tax
Tithables
Slaves above 16
Slaves 12-16
Horses
June 2
James Jordain Senr.
2
0
0
3
June 2
James Jordan Misur
1
0
0
1
June 15
William Jordain
1
0
0
5
June 15
James Jordan Junr.
1
0
0
0
Notes:
(1) The second male over 16 charged to James Jordan Sr. is probably his son John, who was born circa 1775.
(2) The abbreviations “Misur” and “Mir” are only found in the lists for 1795 and 1796 and appear to stand for the honorific “Mr.” This is evidently the clerk’s way of showing that a third James Jordan (apart from Senior and Junior) is being taxed.
1796
Date
Names Chargeable with the tax
Tithables
Slaves above 16
Slaves 12-16
Horses
June 7
William Jordan
1
0
0
5
June 7
James Jordan Mir
1
0
0
1
June 20
James Jordan Sr
2
0
0
3
June 20
James Jordan Junr.
1
0
0
2
1797
Date
Names Chargeable with the tax
Tithables
Slaves above 16
Slaves 12-16
Horses
May 2
William Jordin
1
0
0
4
May 2
James Jordin Sr
2
0
0
5
May 3
James Jordin Junr
1
0
0
2
May 31
James Jordin
1
0
0
1
1798
Date
Names Chargeable with the tax
Tithables
Slaves above 16
Slaves 12-16
Horses
March 20
James Jordon
1
0
0
3
March 21
James Jordon Senier
2
0
0
4
March 21
William Jordon
1
0
0
5
1799-1802
NO JORDAN IS FOUND ON THE TAX LISTS OF 1799-1802.
TAX LISTS BEYOND 1802 FOR GREENBRIER COUNTY WERE NOT RESEARCHED.
The Jordan Family 