The Old Jordan Cemetery is located at Triune, Williamson County, Tennessee. Triune is an unincorporated community in eastern Williamson County, Tennessee, approximately halfway between Franklin and Murfreesboro. The community is located along the Wilson Branch of the Harpeth River. The intersection of former local roads State Route 96 (Murfreesboro Road) and the concurrency of U.S. Routes 31A and 41A (Nolensville Road) is here. The community is located just north of these roads interchange with Interstate 840. Many of my Jordan ancestors are buried here.
From the Old Jordan Cemetery FindAGrave page:
Transcription for the Old Jordan Cemetery was recorded by Mr. Walter Jordan and son Lee Jordan, and is available in Burials, Volume I, published by the Williamson County Historical Society, 1973. Also available from that organization are two additional volumes, including corrections and addenda.
The cemetery is on private property southeast of Triune, TN. It dates from the 1832 burial of Elizabeth Walker Jordan, wife of Archer Jordan.
William Jordan, a Revolutionary War soldier, and wife Sally Wood moved with their famiily from Virginia to what is now Triune, Williamson County, TN, and settled on part of the land grant of Major John Nelson. After William’s death in 1822, son Archer Jordan bought the Jordan home place at the estate sale. William Jordan’s brick house burned in the 1830’s, and descendants Newton and Mary Jordan built a new one about 1840. The cemetery is located to the west of that house.
The New Jordan Cemetery
There is also a new Jordan Cemetery, located in nearby Eagleville, at 379 Rocky Glade Road, Rutherford County, Tennessee. See its FindAGrave page here.
A brochure of cemeteries in Rutherford County says the following:
“The Jordan Cemetery dates from at least the 1830s when it started as the Jordan family burial ground. Its size would suggest it is more than just a family cemetery, and it may have served the local community as well. The cemetery contains exquisite headstones and excellent examples of box tombs toward the back.”
I’ve requested photos from FindAGrave.com for the markers of my ancestors and I’d also love some shots of the overall cemetery. If you have any to share, please leave a comment below, thanks!
My family ancestors were also slaves on the plantation owned by GN Jordan in Yazoo, MS. GN supposedly impregnated the wife of Chaz Hubbard (the kids were considered mulattos). My great grandfather was a result of such. His last living child who died around 1999 or 2000 or so vividly told of such in many times talking to her to research family history. My great grandfather was Henry Hubbard. Henry was supposedly GN’s son. He was born around 1860 or so. GN is German Norman Jordan. He later went back up North during he Civil War around 1863 or so +/-. It looks as though our ancestors were on the same plantation.
Archer Jordan is my Grandfather’s (Thomas Lee Jordan, Jr.) grandfather. My mother Carol Jordan was born in Franklin. Is there a way to visit the private grave?
In the state of Tennessee a cemetery is not owned by any individual land owner. In TN the cemetery may be on land SURROUNDED by private property but access to the cemetery is allowed by law. No one can keep an individual from entering a cemetery even if that cemetery is surrounded by private property. This information can all be found online if you look up laws related to cemeteries in TN. It is considered polite to request access but by law is not required. IF you are entering land marked as being protected by firearms then I suggest that you contact the local sheriff’s office and have them escort you to the cemetery since your entrance cannot be denied BUT entering the land may result in a situation that is dangerous due to owners being unaware of the law.