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The foundation is all that is left of the Jordan House stood during
the beginning of the Petersburg siege, a few hundred feet southwest of Confederate Battery
Five. During the siege, the house was dismantled by Union
troops.
The Josiah Jordan house was owned in the late eighteenth century by William
Cole, and called "Clermont" estate. It can be seen in a survey of May
179, and was some of the most valuable land in the county. The Estate
was sold, and eventually ended up in the hands of Rebuke Jordan, the widow of Josiah Jordan,
to whom he left the estate in his will.
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picture of the attack on Battery Five, behind and to the right
The 1837 county map shows two structures with fence-enclosed yards on
what was then known as the "Roane" property as Rebuke had remarried.
She outlived her second husband as well, and left the land to her son, the younger Josiah Jordan.
Josiah Jordan also owned 16 adult slaves as recorded for
tax purposes in 1860, and was the owner of the then 525 acre plantation
until it was destroyed in either 1864 or 1865..
The site of the house is right behind the visitors
center and a cemetery, or "old burial ground" associated with
it is in the woods near the site of Confederate Battery 6. Reference
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Overall view of Battery Five, from what would have
been close to the Jordan house (with some examples of
the various cannon tubes used by both armies during the siege of
Petersburg).
The Jordan House stood about 80 feet to your immediate left. The
Confederate parapets, long since obliterated, ran along to the right. |
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