Jordan Johnson was an early pioneer of the Hope Community in Lavaca County, Texas.
Jordan Johnson was born in March 1823. His parents were from North Carolina. He was married 18 May 1845 to Priscilla "Cilly" Yaun in Lawrence County, Mississippi. On 2 November 1847, Jordan was elected Justice of the Peace in Marion County, Mississippi. His brothers-in-law, Sanders Walker and Cullen Yaun Esquire, had also been J.P.s in Marion County, Mississippi before moving to Jackson Parish, Louisiana.
Jordan & Priscilla (Yaun) Johnson had 10 children: Nicholas P. (Named after Nicholas Yaun-Priscilla's father), Mary E., Benjamin Franklin, John P., Priscilla J. "Jennie", Martha Rosella, James David, John W., Frances "Fannie" Alice and Belle.
After about 1874, Jordan took his family out of Pike County, Mississippi and into Texas to Lavaca County. There, they made a home around the community of Hope. Jordan was an engineer and a member of Yoakum Lodge No. 662, Ancient, Free & Accepted Masonic Lodge. In 1889, he sent samples to Austin of a new sack for cotton that he'd been working on that was made from the stalks of cotton.
Jordan died on 9 May 1907 at the home of his daughter, Martha (Johnson) McCoy, in Taylor, Texas. His wife, Priscilla (Yaun) Johnson had already passed on some years before.
Sources:
-Mississippi Probate Records
-United States Federal Census, Mississippi
-United States Federal Census, Texas
-The Houston Post (Houston, TX)
-The Galveston Daily News (Galveston, TX)
Wilton Hudgens
Jordan Johnson was born in March 1823. His parents were from North Carolina. He was married 18 May 1845 to Priscilla "Cilly" Yaun in Lawrence County, Mississippi. On 2 November 1847, Jordan was elected Justice of the Peace in Marion County, Mississippi. His brothers-in-law, Sanders Walker and Cullen Yaun Esquire, had also been J.P.s in Marion County, Mississippi before moving to Jackson Parish, Louisiana.
Jordan & Priscilla (Yaun) Johnson had 10 children: Nicholas P. (Named after Nicholas Yaun-Priscilla's father), Mary E., Benjamin Franklin, John P., Priscilla J. "Jennie", Martha Rosella, James David, John W., Frances "Fannie" Alice and Belle.
After about 1874, Jordan took his family out of Pike County, Mississippi and into Texas to Lavaca County. There, they made a home around the community of Hope. Jordan was an engineer and a member of Yoakum Lodge No. 662, Ancient, Free & Accepted Masonic Lodge. In 1889, he sent samples to Austin of a new sack for cotton that he'd been working on that was made from the stalks of cotton.
Jordan died on 9 May 1907 at the home of his daughter, Martha (Johnson) McCoy, in Taylor, Texas. His wife, Priscilla (Yaun) Johnson had already passed on some years before.
Sources:
-Mississippi Probate Records
-United States Federal Census, Mississippi
-United States Federal Census, Texas
-The Houston Post (Houston, TX)
-The Galveston Daily News (Galveston, TX)
Wilton Hudgens
Jordan Johnson was an early pioneer of the Hope Community in Lavaca County, Texas.
Jordan Johnson was born in March 1823. His parents were from North Carolina. He was married 18 May 1845 to Priscilla "Cilly" Yaun in Lawrence County, Mississippi. On 2 November 1847, Jordan was elected Justice of the Peace in Marion County, Mississippi. His brothers-in-law, Sanders Walker and Cullen Yaun Esquire, had also been J.P.s in Marion County, Mississippi before moving to Jackson Parish, Louisiana.
Jordan & Priscilla (Yaun) Johnson had 10 children: Nicholas P. (Named after Nicholas Yaun-Priscilla's father), Mary E., Benjamin Franklin, John P., Priscilla J. "Jennie", Martha Rosella, James David, John W., Frances "Fannie" Alice and Belle.
After about 1874, Jordan took his family out of Pike County, Mississippi and into Texas to Lavaca County. There, they made a home around the community of Hope. Jordan was an engineer and a member of Yoakum Lodge No. 662, Ancient, Free & Accepted Masonic Lodge. In 1889, he sent samples to Austin of a new sack for cotton that he'd been working on that was made from the stalks of cotton.
Jordan died on 9 May 1907 at the home of his daughter, Martha (Johnson) McCoy, in Taylor, Texas. His wife, Priscilla (Yaun) Johnson had already passed on some years before.
Sources:
-Mississippi Probate Records
-United States Federal Census, Mississippi
-United States Federal Census, Texas
-The Houston Post (Houston, TX)
-The Galveston Daily News (Galveston, TX)
Wilton Hudgens
Jordan Johnson was born in March 1823. His parents were from North Carolina. He was married 18 May 1845 to Priscilla "Cilly" Yaun in Lawrence County, Mississippi. On 2 November 1847, Jordan was elected Justice of the Peace in Marion County, Mississippi. His brothers-in-law, Sanders Walker and Cullen Yaun Esquire, had also been J.P.s in Marion County, Mississippi before moving to Jackson Parish, Louisiana.
Jordan & Priscilla (Yaun) Johnson had 10 children: Nicholas P. (Named after Nicholas Yaun-Priscilla's father), Mary E., Benjamin Franklin, John P., Priscilla J. "Jennie", Martha Rosella, James David, John W., Frances "Fannie" Alice and Belle.
After about 1874, Jordan took his family out of Pike County, Mississippi and into Texas to Lavaca County. There, they made a home around the community of Hope. Jordan was an engineer and a member of Yoakum Lodge No. 662, Ancient, Free & Accepted Masonic Lodge. In 1889, he sent samples to Austin of a new sack for cotton that he'd been working on that was made from the stalks of cotton.
Jordan died on 9 May 1907 at the home of his daughter, Martha (Johnson) McCoy, in Taylor, Texas. His wife, Priscilla (Yaun) Johnson had already passed on some years before.
Sources:
-Mississippi Probate Records
-United States Federal Census, Mississippi
-United States Federal Census, Texas
-The Houston Post (Houston, TX)
-The Galveston Daily News (Galveston, TX)
Wilton Hudgens
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