Last updated: January 1, 2026
Person
Jordan, Moses
NPS
Quick Facts
Significance:
Sergeant - 9th United States Cavalry, D & K Troop
Place of Birth:
Madison Georgia
Date of Birth:
ca. January 1865
Date of Death:
October 12, 1947
Place of Burial:
Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Cemetery Name:
Stones River National Cemetery
Moses Jordan was most likely born in January of 1865 and in Madison, Georgia. He enlisted as a private in the 9th U.S. Cavalry on June 17, 1889, in Memphis, Tennessee beginning an eight-year term of service as a member of one of the regiments that became known as the Buffalo Soldiers. Jordan served as a laborer during this first art of his service. The 9th U.S. Cavalry patrolled through South Dakota during the army's 1890-1891 campaign against the Lakota Sioux that was punctuated by the Wounded Knee Massacre. Jordan and his regiment were not at Wounded Knee, but they were the last regiment to leave the Pine Ridge Reservation at the end of the campaign.
Jordan reenlisted in 1894 and rose to the rank of sergeant while serving in Companies/Troops D and K. He received an honorable discharge in 1897. He passed away in 1947 and is buried in grave Q-6260 in Stones River National Cemetery.