Last Updated: September 27, 2020

Jordon Otey

Most notable for being the only Steam Boat Captain in Families of Floyd Co., VA

Otey, Jordan

Parents: Samuel & 1^st wife Jane (Elliott) Otey.

1832 Birth: abt 1832 Montgomery Co., VA.

1850 Residence: Floyd Co., VA, H101:

…… Thrash, Valentine 44 yo w/m, b. Montgomery, $1500, HOH. [thrash]

………… Hariett 44 yo w/f, b. Rockbridge.

………… Mahala 19 yo w/f, b. Floyd.

…… Woodward, James H. 9 yo w/m, b. Pittsylvania, school. [woodward]

…… Puckett, Jacob 22 yo w/m, b. Franklin, $1500, cannot read or write, laborer. [puckett]

…… Otey, Jordan 18 yo w/m, b. Montgomery, laborer.

1864 Death: 6-23-1864 near Marietta, GA

1864 Burial: Marietta National Cemetery, Cobb Co. GA. Plot H8901.

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by solsen8)

Notes found in Find A Grave: Co C 14th Kentucky Infantry Enrolled at Louisa, Ky, Dec 10, 1861, age 29. Occupation: Steam Boat Pilot. Mustered in at Catlettsburg, Ky. Veteran, March 19, 1864. Died of wounds received in action on June 22, 1864, near Marietta, Ga. His grave was marked "Color Sergt".

End Jordan Otey.