Saturday Sibling

Jordan Lee, Junior

Jordan Lee, Junior is a recently found second great grand uncle. I found a marriage bond for the marriage between Jordan Lee, Junior and Caroline Goodwin. Several online family trees had Caroline Goodwin as the second wife of Jordan Lee Senior, but there was no evidence to prove that Jordan had a second wife. The marriage bond was posted and Jordan Lee Junior and John H. Strange posted the two-hundred-dollar bond. John H. Strange is the son-in-law of Jordan and Lydia. Margaret their youngest known daughter married John H. Strange.  After analyzing the three records for Jordan Lee Junior, the 1850 Beat 15, Randolph County, Alabama Census, and linking John H. Strange to the Lee family I concluded that Jordan Junior was the son of Jordan and Lydia Lee.

The newly discovered marriage records were recently added online. The Lee family has been researched for fifteen years and I haven’t seen those records online previously. DNA is also a great tool in verifying family connections. I have DNA tested several family members and cousins and manage their accounts. One of my paternal Lee second cousin whose DNA account I manage has a DNA Circle with a descendant of Jordan Lee Junior in it with a robust family tree. That was a great find!

Jordan Lee, Junior died about 1864 in Tennessee. Was he killed in the War Between the States? He would have been the age to serve in the military. Sot the search continues. The image is for his widow Caroline Lee and Jordan is listed on the certificate. Caroline and Jordan's daughter Lucy's husband was the informant for the death information. 

Jordan and Lydia (Hodge) Lee probably have other children that I have not discovered in my research. There is a large gap between the births of Burrell and Jordan Junior, and Margaret and Zachariah. Therefore, the research is ongoing for the Jordan Lee family.