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Will Bk 10 p 114-115,120-122
Written: 11 Oct 1770 Probated: 20 Nov 1770 by Joseph Cheatham
Surry Co,in the colony of VA being of weak body but sound mind... Bequeath my soul unto the hands of the Almightly God firmly hopingfrom the merits to the Lord Jesus to receive free pardon and remission ofall my sins and to obtain eternal salvation in the Kingdom of Heaven mybody I commit to the earth to be buried at the discresion of my Executorsand after my funeral expenses are depayed my estate I give and dispose ofin the following manner viz:
Item 1: son RICHARD JORDAN my best gun
Item 2: son WILLIAM JORDAN my other gun
Item 3: beloved wife HANNAH JORDAN the remaining part of my land andcrop of
corn and fodder, two cattle, and 3 sheep and all rest ofestate excepting
the Beds, Pots, Pewter, frying pan, spice morter & spitt and1 chest in
her life,
HANNAH at her decease to be equally divided amongest
ALL MY CHILDREN and then the
Land , crops, stock etc to be sold at publick sale, and justdebts to be pd
out of the money
Desire LAND be laid out for my WIFE and SMALL CHILDREN tolive on
during HER life and after her deceased ALL to be soldand the money
equally DIVIDED amongest ALL MY CHILDREN.

Sometime during the year 1768 Joseph and patience removed with their family to Northampton County, North Carolin a, and settled in a Quaker community known as Rich Square. They liked this community. Their children like it too. Richard like it so well that, when he ws of marriageable age, he married on of the rich Square girls.

At the age of twenty-five years, Richard Jordan became a Quaker minister muck interest in the Manumission of Slaves. He was so interested in this that between the yars 1790 and 1797 he attended sessions of the General Assembly of North Carolina, frequently to present his belief concerning slavery and pleading that they do something about this horribel practice.

Richard Jordan's concern over the slavery question was so convincing that his father, Joseph Jordan, on Auust 10, 1784, emancipated all of his slaves.

In 1797 and 1798, Richard JOrdan visited meetings in Virginia, Maryland and northward, as far as Mawsachusetts. Then in 1799, after he returned home, he began feeling a great concern to pay a religious visit to Friends in Europe. He decided to do this so, after visiting most of the Quaker meetings in North Carolina, Virginia, maryland, and Pennsylvania, he saided in Marth 1800 from New York for Europe. In his journal converning this trip, he wrote: " I was from home three years, one month, and ten days, and during this time I traveled by land and water about fifteen thousand miles. SOMETIME IN THE YEAR 1768 JOSEPH AND PATIENCE REMOVED WITH THEIR FAMILY TO NORTHAMPTON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, AND SETTLED IN A QUAKER COMMUNITY KNOWN AS RICH SQUARE. THEY LIKED THIS COMMUNITY. THEIR CHILDREN LIKED IT TOO. RICHARD LIKE IT SO WEE THAT, WHEN HE AS OF MARRIAGEABLE AGE, HE MARRIED ON OF THE RICH SQUARE GIRLS.

AT THE AGE OF TWENTY-FIVE YEARS, RICHARD JORDAN BECAME A QUAKER MINISTER MUCH INTERESED IN THE MANUMISSION OF SLAVES. HE WAS SO INTERESTED IN THIS THAT BETWEEN THE YEARS 1790 AND 2797 HE ATTENDED SESSIONS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBY OF NORTH CAROLINA, GREQUENTLY TO PRESENT HIS BELIEF CONCRINGING SLAVERY AND PLEADING THAT THEY DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS HORRIBLE PRACTICE.

RICHARD JORDAN'S CONCERN OVER THE SLAVERY QUESTION WAS SO CONVINCING THAT HIS FATHER, JOSEPH JORDAN, ON AUGUST 10, 1784, EMANCIPATED ALL OF HIS SLAVES.

Was in Northampton in 1778
Source: http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/j/o/r/Jack-A-Jordan-OR/BOOK-0001/0009 -0004.html

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