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Jordans Chapel Cemetery Summary Report, page 12
CLUE 2, Deed Details - “whereon the said Batt Jordan now resides”:
The census records above for 1830 indicate that Batt Jordan lived among several people known to have resided in the area along what was then Brown's Ferry Road, just west of old Huntsville. Today, part of that same stretch of road is called Old Madison Pike, but in the early 1800s the town of Madison was not yet established, so the current name would not have been applicable at that time. The eastern part of the road that was then known as Brown's Ferry Road is now identified as Bob Wallace Avenue. The road tracks along the section line dividing sections 4 and 9 and dividing sections 5 and 8 in township 4S, range 1W. In fact, the road was maintained according to custom of the time by those who lived along it, which included two sons of Bartholomew Jordan. These sons were Henry and Jesse, who were assigned by the County Commissioner's Court to oversee maintenance of the road, giving landmarks of the portions for which they were responsible in terms of features of known neighbors' properties. The designation of the stretches of road for which they were responsible shows
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