Jordan and Figgat (Rockbridge County, Va.)

Jordan and Figgat was a partnership formed in 1850 by Samuel F. Jordan and William L. Figgat. The partnership was contracted by Junction Valley Turnpike Company to build sections of the Junction Valley Road between Buchanan, Virginia, and Staunton, Virginia.

Samuel Francis Jordan was born on 9 January 1805. He was the son of Col. John Jordan and Lucy Winn of Rockbridge County, Virginia. He married 1) Hannah Weaver Davis and 2) Elizabeth Leibert Keen. Samuel F. Jordan was engaged in the production of iron, and owned furnaces in Allegany, Amherst, Bath, Botetourt, Louisa, and Rockbridge Counties. He died on 8 June 1872.

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