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Jordans Chapel Cemetery Summary Report, page 10

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The land purchases by Batt (Batte, Bate) Jordan [see index above] point to a location for Jordan's Chapel (and cemetery) in the area of Sections 4, 8, or 9 of Township 4S, Range 1W. They specifically rule out consideration of the Mullin's Flat area or the area around the intersection of Buxton Road and Patton Road in the center or even on the south end of the arsenal, since Batt Jordan never owned land in those areas. Jordan's Chapel was located in the area of the north end of the arsenal. Bartholomew Jordan could not have deeded land that he did not own, and the land for the church would have to be located around the neighborhood where the trustee families lived. In the days before automobiles, people generally attended church very near where they lived, since commuting by foot, horseback, or wagon made traveling impractical for more than a very few miles. Therefore, the census records which showed trustees of Jordan's Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church in proximity to one another reinforce this preliminary deduction about the location. This is especially true when one considers where the Bibb, Ellison (Allison), Jordan, and Lanford families are known to have owned land and lived, as well as where their neighbors in the census records are known to have lived. ia ■ ■ HEADS OP FAHIUHB. w 1 "?. 'I 1 JI 1 It t f 'l I n 1 "1 1 1 n ? ro"?s8 H a to sc few L UV,**. 1 K OxteTj i tote F“ I I n Mao 1 OttHfl I *1>*J 1 •■! (ifyf.-far ww ass 4

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