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Jordan, John

 Person

Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:

General, 1969 - 1970

 File — Box 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents This file consists of two copies of introductory notes to the Rockbridge Heritage House tour for the years 1969 and 1970. The convered houses in the notes have historical backgrounds. The following houses appear in the notes: Alexander-Withrow House, VMI Superintendent's Quarters, Stono, Clifton, Maple Hill, Timber Ridge Church, Horatio Thompson House, The Red House, Mulberry Grove, New Providence Presbyterian Church, Briarwood, Bellevue, Maxwelton, Level Loop, Windy Glen, Cedar Grove,...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1969 - 1970

Ironmasters

 Collection — RHS Collections #0060 - #0076
Identifier: RHS-Coll-0065
Scope and Contents

This file contains records related to the history of Ironworks in Rockbridge County. Includes typescript papers on Ironmasters, different iron works locations, extracts from law suits, newspaper clippings, biographical sketches, publication materials, and maps of Irish Creek.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1930 - 1956-09-15

James River and Kanawha Company Papers - John Jordan

 Collection — RHS Collections #0060 - #0076
Identifier: RHS-Coll-0068
Scope and Contents This file consists of a contract for locks between the James River and Kanawha Company and James Jordan, dated November 26th, 1835. The contract also includes specification for locks, articles of agreement, and a signature by James Cabell. The file additionally includes a letter to John Jordan from W.P. Munford noting that a lock contract has been voided (dated October 3rd, 1830). Finally, the file contains a page of handwritten notes on financing for the lock, as well as participant...
Dates: 1830-10-03

John Jordan Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0052
Scope and Contents

In this letter, dated 1822 Aug. 15, John Jordan gives the Committee of the Board of Trustees, specifications for construction of the center building at Washington College in Lexington, Va.

Dates: 1822-08-15

John Jordan Papers

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0211
Scope and Contents

This collection contains receipts and letters concerning John Jordan's financial matters.

Dates: Inclusive 1835-1841

Jordan, Captain John

 File — Box 6: [Barcode: 0000000258], Folder: 131
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This box contains folders on George Jackson, Thomas Stonewall Jackson, Thomas Jefferson, Chauncy Jerome, Abner Nash Johnson, Mary Eddie Scott Jones, John Jordan, Charles Irwin Junkin, and William F. Junkin.

Dates: Other: Date Not Yet Determined

Jordan, John

 File — Box 5, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents

File includes a copy of a magazine titled "The Iron Worker" as well as handwritten and typewritten copies of "A Sketch of Colonel John Jordan (1777-1854). Also includes a paper, "John Jordan, Virginia Builder," by Marshall Fishwick, and a photocopy of Summer 1973 Virginia Cavalcade article, "John Jordan: Builder and Entrepreneur," by L. Moody Simms, Jr.

Dates: 1700 - 2018

Jordan, John

 File — Box 6: [Barcode: 0000000258], Folder: 127
Scope and Contents This folder contains a copy of the magazine "The Iron Worker," dated August 1957, with a biographical piece on John Jordan. Also included is a photocopy of a November 7, 1873 Lexington Gazette article, giving the particulars of the blowing up of the Jordan Furnace in Amherst County, on October 28, 1873. Two men were killed, Henry Watkins and a black man, by the name of Tom Watson. An excerpt of this newspaper article, from the Virginia Cavalcade, Summer 1973, is also included in this...
Dates: Other: Date Not Yet Determined

Jordan, John - Biography

 File — Box 6: [Barcode: 0000000258], Folder: 129
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This box contains folders on George Jackson, Thomas Stonewall Jackson, Thomas Jefferson, Chauncy Jerome, Abner Nash Johnson, Mary Eddie Scott Jones, John Jordan, Charles Irwin Junkin, and William F. Junkin.

Dates: Other: Date Not Yet Determined

Jordan, John - Newspaper Clippings

 File — Box 6: [Barcode: 0000000258], Folder: 128
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This box contains folders on George Jackson, Thomas Stonewall Jackson, Thomas Jefferson, Chauncy Jerome, Abner Nash Johnson, Mary Eddie Scott Jones, John Jordan, Charles Irwin Junkin, and William F. Junkin.

Dates: Other: Date Not Yet Determined

Jordan, John - Newspaper Clippings

 File — Box 6: [Barcode: 0000000258], Folder: 130
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This box contains folders on George Jackson, Thomas Stonewall Jackson, Thomas Jefferson, Chauncy Jerome, Abner Nash Johnson, Mary Eddie Scott Jones, John Jordan, Charles Irwin Junkin, and William F. Junkin.

Dates: Other: Date Not Yet Determined

Newspaper Clippings and Mementos, 1920 - 1942

 File — Box 7: [Barcode: 0000005235], Folder: 12
Scope and Contents

This file consists of newspaper clippings, Graham's Laissez, a correspondence with the editor of Choral Publications, and a photograph of Graham.

Dates: 1920 - 1942

Plunkett House, 1957

 File — Box 2, Folder: 72
Scope and Contents

This folder contains a report on Plunkett House, including owners of the house such as James Jordan, J.C. Boode, and Mrs. Minne Reed Brown; the physical location of the house and its surroundings; photographs of the house and a floorplan.

Dates: 1957

Stono, 1953 - 1990

 File — Box 2, Folder: 86
Scope and Contents

This folder contains a newspaper article, notes, and photographs of Stono, originally known as Jordan’s Point and built by Colonel John Jordan. The article and notes discuss owners, including John L. Campbell, Mrs. Anne R. Howell, and William J. Driver. It also discusses the Virginia Military Institute, near which Stono stands.

Dates: 1953 - 1990

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Archival Object 10
Collection 4
 
Subject
Correspondence 2
Photography 2
Virginia -- Rockbridge County 2
Building 1
Canals -- Administration 1