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 1762 - 1846 (83 years)
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| Name |
Jordan Holcombe |
| Birth |
19 Nov 1762 |
Bute County, North Carolina  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
3 Jul 1846 |
Gainesville, Hall, Georgia |
| Person ID |
I100 |
Georgia Revolutionary War Graves |
| Last Modified |
5 May 2007 |
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| Headstones |
 | Holcombe, Jordan
GPS: N 34 degrees 17.317", 083degrees 50.324", Elevation 1249
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| Notes |
- Jordan Holcombe was born on November 9, 1762 in Bute Co., North Carolina to William and Lucy Littleberry Holcombe. The family moved to Spartanburg District, South Carolina when Jordan was about 14 years old, which was around 1776.
According to Holcombe family historian Elizabeth Weir McPherson, in her book, The Holcombe’s, Nation Builders, Jordan’s father was killed by Tories and his mother provided aid to the Revolution by furnishing a horse to the noble cause.
Jordan volunteered his services on October 8, 1780, at the age of 18. He served under Captain John Lawson and the regiment of Colonel Thomas of the Spartanburg Militia. He was not involved in any regular battle or engagement at the time. His assignment was to chase Tories out of the country. He served under Capt. Lawson until he was killed by Tories in April 1781.
After Lawson’s death, Jordan served under Captain Jeremiah Dixon, Colonel Roebuck and Major Henry White. Pension records indicate that he served in this company as a volunteer from April 1781 to July 1781. During this time Jordan was involved in the Battle of Mud Lick. This was located in Newberry District at a Tory fort called William’s Fort on the banks of Mud Lick Creek.
The company and detachment in which Jordan belonged joined General Picking at “Ninety-Six”. The troops under Col. Roebuck returned to Spartanburg District to defend that part of the country. During this tour, Jordan served 4 months as a private in the S.C. militia.
Around the first of August 1781, Jordan volunteered in a company of Rangers under Capt. Culverson to help protect the frontiers. For this tour, he served three months as a private.
In all, Jordan served three tours for a total of thirteen months. He was paid 41 pounds by South Carolina for his service. He was a private in the militia and a horseman and for this service he claimed a pension.
Records show that Jordan took deed for land on the north side of Lawson’s Fork of the Little Pacolet River in Spartanburg District in 1785. In 1789, he took deed for land on the Middle Tyger River in Greenville District. He is listed as the head of household in the 1790 Census of Greenville District. He is again listed as head of household in the 1820 Census. In the 1840 census of Pickens District, S.C., Jordan is listed as 78 years old Revolutionary Pensioner and living at the home of his son, William.
On August 13, 1842, Jordan applied for a transfer of his pension from South Carolina to Georgia. His son William had died and Jordan moved to Hall County to live with his daughter Messina Holcombe Brown and her husband Minor Winn Brown.
Jordan died on July 3, 1846. He was buried in the Brown Family plot in the heart of Gainesville, the current site of the Hall County Library. His body, along with 21 others of the Brown family, was moved here to Alta Vista Cemetery in 1929.
We come together today to honor this family man, farmer and patriot. May we never forget his service to our country and our family.
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