Colonel George Jordan was one of Surry County, Virginia's most prominent citizens.  He was in the House of Burgesses at intervals for nearly 30 years, serving in the sessions of 1646-47, 1658-59, 1674-76.  He was a Justice in Surry County in 1652 and afterwards was Attorney General for Virginia from 1667 to his death in 1678.

Apparently, George Jordan arrived in Virginia in 1637.  Greer's "Early Virginia Immigrants" says that George Jordan was imported 1637 by Capt. Henry Browne of James City County.

In 1673, the Surry Court granted George Jordan a certificate showing his right to have land (head-rights) for the transportation of 38 persons, among whom was Fortune Flood, his sister, who married John Flood; Arthur Jordan, his brother; Charles and William Jordan; John Cary, Robert Lee and William Thompson.