Orr Precursor Generation
Name Unknown
+ Unknown
- Robert Orr (unconfirmed brother of Nathan and James)
- Nathan Orr
- James Orr
Orr Generation 1
Nathan Orr
b. betw. 1700 and 1720
d. betw. 1779-1780, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina;
+ Mildridge (maiden name uncertain)
b. 1720
d. 1792 Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
- James Orr
- William Orr
- Nathan Orr
- Sample Orr
- Catherine Orr
- Isabella Orr
- Mildredge (Mildred) Orr
- Agness Orr
Early Pennsylvania Residency
Tax list Cumberland, Pennsylvania, 1751
North Carolina Community
Final Years
Mecklenburg County, NC, Will Book E, pp 59-61:
Will of NATHAN ORR of the County of Mecklenburg being in my ordinary health of body... to my wife MILDRIDGE ORR, one third part of all my real estate (except the legacy to my son JAMES ORR), one third part of all my personal estate & negro WINE, horse & saddle, etc., to son WILLIAM ORR, £100 to executors to pay to HENRY EUSTACE McCULLOH £30 for sd WILLIAM ORRs land, the remaining £70 to be paid to him;
to son JAMES ORR, all that part of my land south of the line drawn..... & south of the old road leading from my house to JAMES ORRs House..... to son NATHAN ORR, a bay horse & some time afterward said NATHAN with my consent bought a certain plantation from ISAAC ALEXANDER & gave said horse in part of pay for the same, and my bond stands for the remainder, and one wench PHEBE; to son SAMPLE ORR, remainder of my lands....the negro DICK;
to daughters CATHARINE ALEXANDER, ISABELLA BEATY, MILDREDGE, £10 each; to daughter AGNESS ORR a girl named BET, etc.; wife MILDRIDGE ORR, my sons WILLIAM ORR & NATHAN ORR my brothers son, executors. This 18th day of May 1779.
Signed by NATHAN ORR {seal}
Witness: JAMES ORR, Z. ALEXANDER, HEZ. ALEXANDER
[Brent H. Holcomb, C.A.L.S., Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Abstracts of Early Wills 1763-1790 (1749-1790), Greenville, SC: A Press, Inc., 1980]1780 January Sessions of Mecklenburg County Court - the Last will and testament of Nathan Orr proved by the oath of James Orr. [C270:R270] (Doris Futch Briscoe, Mecklenburg County, NC Court Minutes, Book 1 1774-1780, Greenville, South Carolina: Southern Historical Press, 1996)
Orr Generation 2
James "Jockey" Orr
b. abt. 1740
d. betw. Oct. 1806 and April 1808, aged 66
+ Hannah Allen abt. 1770
b. 1754. Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, daughter of John T. Allen and Agness Sample
d. probably bef. 1806
- Nathan Franklin Orr
- Agness Orr
- Margaret Orr
- John Allen Orr
Some trees list James' birth in Mecklenburg County, NC, but that would not fit with dates of father's history in Pennsylvania at the time.
Local government assigned nicknames to distinguish in tax rolls the various men named James Orr. Thus, James "Jockey" Orr is distinct from James "Whistling" Orr and James "Heretick" Orr.
James 'Jockey' Orr appeared in the tax rolls of Mecklenburg County in Capt. Wallis' Company in 1797. I believe he must have been a member of the line of Orrs that lived in the area of Sugaw Creek Presbyterian Church."
—Donna Johnson, Orr genforum post 2302
"In Book E. of Mecklenburg County, NC Wills by Herman A. Ferguson, 1990, Will 415, page 56 of Book E, it gives James (Jockey) Orr's Will dated 16 Oct 1806, probated in Apr 1808. It includes daughters Agness Plummer, Margaret Alexander, and sons John. A Orr and Nathan F. Orr and grandson James W. Plummer. No mention of a Wife, prob. deceased."
—B. Pendergrast, email of 8/1/2009
"George Allen was a neighbor on Sugar Creek. He might be the father or brother of Hannah Allen. He witnessed wills for the Orrs and vice versa. There were adjacent properties between James Jockey Orr and George Allen. Some of the time the John A. Orr, son of Jockey, was mentioned in deeds as Allen Orr."
–B. Pendergrast, email of 8/5/2009
1797 Tax list of Mecklenburg Co NC Taxables for Capt. John Hood's Company
- James Orr 275 acres
1798 Tax list of Mecklenburg Co NC Taxables for Captain Matthew Wallis' Company
- James (Jockey) Orr 275 ac.
1806 Tax list of Mecklenburg Co NC Taxables for Capt. David Kerr's Company (formerly Capt. Smith's Company)
- James (Jockey) Orr 400 ac.
- James (Jockey) Orr 123 ac.
1807 Tax list of Mecklenburg Co NC Capt. Wilson's Company in the Sugar Creek area
- James (Jockey) Orr 500 ac.
1810 Oct Nathl. Alexander Exrs. Vs. JAS ORR (JOCKEY). Jury charged, find the bond declared on to be the Act & Deed of the Defendant, that there is no payment of Set Off, & access the Damage to $247.17.
Orr Generation 3
Nathan Franklin Orr
b. abt. 1771, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
d. Aug. 22, 1849, buried Sugaw Creek Presbyterian Church, burial ground #2, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
+ Catherine (Maiden name unknown)
b. Jan. 1793
d. Aug. 31, 1831, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
- James Robinson Orr, b. Sept. 5, 1818
- Maggie Majay Orr
- Harriett Orr
- Nathan Franklin Orr, Jr., b. Nov. 13, 1824; d. July 16, 1864, Chaffin's Hospital, from wounds in Civil War, Company H, 35th Infantry
- Elizabeth M. Orr (twin), b. April 11, 1829
- Betsy Maria Orr (twin), b. April 11, 1829
- William Washington Orr
1807, Mecklenburg County, NC: Capt. Wilson's Co. in the Sugar Creek area
Agness Orr
b. abt. 1775
+ (First name unknown) Plummer
- James W. Plummer
Margaret Orr
b. abt. 1775
+ (First name unknown) Alexander
John Allen Orr
b. abt. 1783, North Carolina
d. aft. 1850 census
+1) Unknown Mitchell, abt. 1807, daughter of Robert Mitchell, Sr. (b. 1769 Chowan County, North Carolina; d. abt. 1810) and Isabella Russell, m. July 26, 1792, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina (37)
b. abt. 1790, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
d. abt. 1810, Rutherford County, Tennessee
- Unknown Orr, female, b. 1809, Rutherford County, Tennessee
+ 2) Jane Mitchell, Jan. 1811, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, sister of Unknown Mitchell(16)
b. abt. 1791, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina (9, 10)
d. Aug. 1859, Tippah County, Mississippi
- Margaret Jane Orr (twin), b. 1813
- Nancy Louisa Orr (twin), b. 1813
John and Jane provided a home for various lengths of time to several children. Some were grandchildren. Some were born into neighboring homes. Others may have been born into related Orr or Allen families, perhaps households of cousins in North Carolina. In respect for the importance of extended family, all children listed below without known parents will be viewed in this archive as direct descendants of John and Jane Orr.
- male, name unknown, b. 1804-1810, John A. Orr's household of 1820, but not thereafter
- 2 females, names unknown, b. 1820-1825, John A. Orr's household of 1830, but not thereafter
- 1 female, name unknown, b. 1815-1820, John A. Orr's household of 1830, but not thereafter
- Sally C. Orr, b. 1826, John A. Orr's household of 1840 and 1850. Sally does not correspond perfectly to a census age bracket in John's 1830 household; she may have been one of two daughters listed in the next older age bracket (a disparity of only a few years).
- Elizabeth Orr, b. abt. 1831, John A. Orr's household of 1840 and 1850; she could be a daughter of John A. Orr or, more likely, his granddaughter.
- William Newton Carter, b. abt. 1840, son of William Levi Carter and Margaret Orr, said to have been raised by this Orr grandparents per Carter oral history.
- Narcissa Carter, b. abt. 1842, daughter of William Levi Carter and Margaret Orr, John A. Orr's household of 1850.
- Nathan Orr, b. abt. 1842, John A. Orr's household of 1850 — if he were the child of John and Jane Orr, then he would have been a late-in-life love child.
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
- John Allen Orr, m. married Jane Mitchell, Jan. 14, 1811
- bondsman: Hankin Alexander, Isaac Alexander
John A. Orr settled near Nashville, Tennessee, between 1807 and 1810. John's listing in the 1810 census indicates that he had an established home, which was large enough to house temporarily a guest family with two adults and two children. It was to this home that John brought Jane Mitchell, after their marriage in 1811 in North Carolina. John's Tennessee household appears in census records through 1840. By 1845, however, he had relocated his household to Tippah County, Mississippi.
1807, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
- Capt. Wilson's Company in the Sugar Creek area
1810 census for Rutherford County, Tennessee, page 68
- 2 males 26 -44 (one of them John A. Orr)
1 female <10
1 female 10-16
1 female 26-44
1820 census for Davidson County, Tennessee, page 68
- 1 male 10-16
1 male 26-45 (John A. Orr)
2 females <10 (twins, Margaret and Nancy Orr)
1 female 26-45 (Jane Orr)
2 persons engaged in agriculture1830 census for Bedford County, Tennessee, page 223
- 1 male 40-50 (John A. Orr)
2 females 5-10 (names unknown)
1 female 10-15 (name unknown)
2 females 15-20 (twins, Margaret and Nancy Orr)
1 female 40-50 (Jane Orr)1840 census for Marshall County, Tennessee, page 191
- 1 male 5-10 (unknown) and 1 male 50 to 60 (John A. Orr)
1 female 5 to 10 (Elizabeth Orr)
1 female 10 to 15 (Sally C. Orr)
2 females 20 to 30 (twins, Margaret and Nancy Orr)
1 female 50 to 60 (Jane Orr).- John Orr may not have physically moved to Marshall County. He could have lived in the part of Bedford County that was organized into Marshall County in 1836.
- Adjacent to the household of John A. Orr was the household of William L. Carter, (future husband of John's daughters, Margaret and Nancy Orr).
1845 State census for Tippah County, Mississippi
- End of page 24, 2 males, 4 females
1850 census for Tippah County, Mississippi
- Orr John A. 67 M Farmer NC
Orr Jane 57 F NC
Orr Sally C. 24 F NC
Orr Elizabeth 19 F Tenn
Orr Nathan F. 8 M Miss
Carter Narcissa 9 F Tenn
1860, Tippah County, Mississippi
- ORR, JANE — Family No. 816, Sou. Div. Tippah Co., died Aug. 1859, age 68 / married / born NC
- ORR, JAMES — Family No. 817, Sou. Div. Tippah Co. / died Sept. 1859, age one year / born MS
Care is needed in interpreting records for men named John Orr in Tippah County, Mississippi. Two men with that name were there then: John A. Orr b. ~1783 NC and John Jehu Orr b. ~1786 NC. Some records published online inaccurately list Jane Mitchel as the wife of John Jehu Orr; his wife was another woman named Jane. The following outline, supplied by David Webb,(20) for the line of John Jehu Orr may help to distinguish the two John Orrs.
Robert Orr
b. bef. 1726 Ballygowan, County Antrim, Ireland
d. 1779, Wake County, North Carolina+ Charlotte Green, b. Maryland
- Bunyan Orr
- Samuel Orr
- Timothy Orr
- Reuben Orr
- Matthew Orr
- Daniel Orr
- Agnes Orr
- Robert Orr, Jr.
- Christopher Orr
Robert Orr, Jr.
b. Wake County, North Carolina
d. abt. 1822, Shelby County, Alabama+ Nancy, North Carolina
d. Shelby County, Alabama
- John Jehu Orr
- Elizabeth Orr
John Jehu Orr
b. 1786 North Carolina
d. 1869, Tippah (now Union) County, Mississippi+ Jane (maiden name unknown), abt. 1809, probably North Carolina
b. 1792 North Carolina
d. Aug. 1859, Tippah (now Union) County, Mississippi
- John Orr, b. 1810 Anderson Co SC, d. aft. 1860 prob. Little Rock, AR; + Margaret
- Jefferson Orr, b. 1812 SC, d. aft 1880 Union Co MS; + Margaret Campbel
- William Orr, b. July 4, 1813, Pendleton Dist SC, d. Nov. 21, 1871, Flintville, TN; + Terrisa Lee,
- Robert Orr, b. 1817 TN, d. Tippah (non Union) Co MS; + Martha Crowson
- Anderson Orr, b. 1819 TN, d. aft. 1860; Lucinda
- Emaline Orr, b. 1821, d. aft. 1880 MO; + John W. Stone
- Madison Orr, b. 1824 Morgan Co AL; + Ephinius
- George Dillard Orr, b. 1828 AL, d. aft. 1861; + Cassandra "Cassie" Stephens
- Frances Orr, b. Nov. 20, 1832, Shelby Co AL; + Thomas J. Newton
- Ellen Orr, b. Nov. 20, 1832, Shelby Co AL; + Thomas Reaach
Orr Generation 4
Unknown Orr, female
b. abt. 1809, Rutherford County, Tennessee
+ Unknown, male
- Sally C. Orr — speculated, unconfirmed
- Elizabeth Orr — speculated, unconfirmed
- Martha Orr, b. abt. 1835 — speculated, unconfirmed
- Nathan Orr, b. abt. 1842 — speculated, unconfirmed
These four children may have originally been known by the surname of their father, but were listed in 1850 Federal census records for Tippah County, Mississippi, with the Orr surname simply due to their presence in the John Orr household. That argument, however, is weak, as John A. Orr's Tippah County household then includes John's grandchild with a Carter surname. A stronger argument may be that the four children were born outside of a marriage and assumed their mother's Orr surname.
Orr Generation 5
Sally C. Orr
b. abt. 1826, North Carolina (1850 census)
Elizabeth Orr
b. abt. 1831, Tennessee
d. aft. 1870
+ 1) John Alexander Shannon (liaison) — highly probable per y-DNA testing, undocumented by paper-based records
b. 1823, Tennessee
d. aft. 1860
Per 19th Century protocol, Robert Orr, as a child born outside of a marriage, took the surname of his mother.
+ 2) William Levi Carter (liaisons, subsequent marriage)
b. abt. 1813, South Carolina (1850 census) or abt. 1815, Alabama (1870 census)
d. aft. 1870
Per 19th Century protocol, the following three children — born outside of a marriage — took the surname of their mother. They are listed with Carter surname in William Carter's household in the 1870 Federal census, Prairie County, Arkansas.(22) However, subsequent records of these children appear with the Orr surname.(23)
- William R. Orr
- Nancy Ann Orr
- Milly C. Orr
Elizabeth Orr was known as Betty. She is listed as Betty Carter, mother of Robert W. Orr, in his death certificate.
1870 census for Cedar Township, Clark County, Arkansas (18)
- W L Cater, Male, 55, Alabama
Elizabeth Cater, Female, 40, Tennessee
William R Cater, Male, 15, Mississippi
Nancy A Cater, Female, 14, Mississippi
Milly C Cater, Female, 13, Mississippi
Orr Generation 6
Robert W. Orr
b. Oct. 3, 1850, Ripley, Tippah County, Mississippi
d. Feb. 9, 1936, DeRoche, Hot Spring County, Arkansas
+ Tabitha Caroline Bray Hughes, February 12, 1873, Clark County, Arkansas
b. Apr. 9, 1837, Henderson County, Tennessee
d. Jan. 10, 1926, Donaldson, Hot Spring County, Arkansas
- See details and children in the Robert W. Orr line
William R. Orr
b. abt. 1854, Mississippi
Nancy Ann Orr
b. Sept. 3, 1855, Mississippi
d. Jan. 13, 1940, Hot Spring County, Arkansas, buried Neighbours Cemetery, Midway, Hot Spring County, Arkansas
Backrow: Nancy Ann Carter, her husband William Johnson Crow, and his children by a prior marriage
Nancy Ann Orr Crow tombstone, Neighbors Cemetery
+ William Johnson Crow, July 24, 1898, Honey, Hot Spring County, Arkansas, (23) son of Zachariah H. Crow b. abt. 1815, Spartanburg District, S.C., and Nancy Casey, b. S.C. (24, 26)
b. Oct 26, 1855, Georgia
d. Sept. 3, 1918, buried Neighbors Cemetery, Midway, Hot Spring County, Arkansas (25)
"Nancy Ann had no children with William Crow, but she raised his children by a previous marriage to Harriet Hall: (19)
- Rose Etta, f., b. 1885, married Crawford Sherwood
- Willis S. Crow, b. 1886
- James Franklin Crow, b. 1888
- Zada (or Gader or Izader) Crow, b. 1889, married Dale Parsons
- Georgia A. Crow, b. 1893, married Harry Johnson
- R.E. Crow, m., b. 1895, died young
1880 census for DeRoche Township, Hot Spring County, Arkansas (31)
- David Montgomery, Self, Male, 32, Virginia
Millie Montgomery, Wife, Female, 22, Arkansas
Charles Montgomery, Son, Male, 7, Arkansas
Elizabeth Montgomery, Daughter, Female, 3,Arkansas
James Montgomery, Son, Male, 2, Arkansas
Sarah Carter, Mother-in-law, Female, 40, Arkansas*
Nancy Orr, Sister-in-law, Female, 25, Arkansas1900 census for Antioch, Hot Spring County, Arkansas (27)
- William J Crow, Head, Male, 47, b.Georgia
Nancy N Crow, Wife, Female, 45, b. Mississippi
Rosaetta Crow, Daughter, Female, 16, b. Arkansas
Willie Crow, Son, Male, 14, b. Arkansas
James Crow, Son, Male, 12, b. Arkansas
Gader Crow, Daughter, Female, 10, b. Arkansas
Georgia A Crow, Daughter, Female, 7, b. Arkansas1910 census for Prairie Township, Hot Spring County, Arkansas (28)
- William J Crow, Head, Male, 54, b. Georgia
Nannie A Crow, Wife, Female, 52, Arkansas1930 census for Prairie Township, Hot Spring County, Arkansas (29)
- Charlie M Hughes, Head, Male, 42, b. Arkansas
Kattie B Hughes, Wife, Female, 41,b. Arkansas
Marry J Hughes, Daughter, Female, 12, b. Arkansas
Ralph C Hughes, Son, Male, 6, b. Arkansas
Nanie Crow, Aunt, Female, 75, b. Mississippi
Milly Melissa Orr
b. 1858,(30) Mississippi
d. May 12, 1937, Hot Spring County, Arkansas
+ David Reed Montgomery, Apr. 13, 1876,(30) son of Alexander Montgomery
b. Apr. 16, 1848, Rockingham, North Carolina
d. Mar. 25, 1923, Hot Spring County, Arkansas
- Elizabeth Montgomery
- James Monroe Montgomery; + Ida Penelope Hughes, daughter of William Sherman Hughes; their daughter: Irene Montgomery, + Ragan
- Sarah Frances "Fannie" Montgomery; + Walter Bray; their daughter, Merle Bray, +Cox
- Lee Alexander Montgomery
- Katie Belle Montgomery (twin), + Charles Monroe Hughes
- William David Montgomery (twin)
- Dayton Hale Montgomery
- George Washington Montgomery, + Dovie Jackson, step-daughter of James Edward Hughes
- Mary Ellen Montgomery
"Dave Montgomery had been married before to Rhoda Hardage and had one son, Charles Hayden Montgomery, by her. Charles death certificate in CA gives his birth as 1870, but they did not marry until 1872. Later census makes him born around 1874, and I think that is more likely." (19)
— Helen Hughes, Nov. 4, 1998, Little Rock, Arkansas
The 1880 census identifes David Montgomery's mother-in-law as Sarah Carter, age 40, born in Arkansas. This record is not an accurate record for David Montgomery's mother-in-law, Mississippi-born Elizabeth Carter, age 49-50 in 1880. Nor does can this record match Elizabeth's sister, Mississippi-born Sally C. Orr, whose age would have been about 54 in 1880 This census record bears further research.
Orr Generation 4 cont.
Margaret Jane Orr, twin of Nancy
b. abt. 1813, Tennessee
d. abt. 1841, Hardeman County, Tennessee(no.)
+ William Levi Carter
b. abt. 1813, South Carolina (1850 census) or abt. 1815, Alabama (1870 census)
d. aft. 1870
- William Newton Carter
- Narcissa Carter
- Treoisis Carter
Orr Generation 5
William Newton Carter
b. 1840, Hardeman County, Tennessee
d. aft. 1909, buried Eureka Cemetery, Eureka, Navarro County, Texas
+ Martha Mahalia Igarther McCall, April 26, 1860
b. June 11, 1839, Mississippi
Foster upbringing
Per McCall family oral history, William Newton Carter and his sister Margaret Carter were raised by their Orr grandparents.
Census record
William Newton Carter's household appears in the 1860 census for Prairie Township, Hot Spring County, Arkansas, as W. N. Carter, age 21 b. TN, and Martha M. Carter, age 21, b. TN, married within the year, no children. Their neighbors were L. A. McCall (Martha's older brother) and James L. McCall (Martha's father).
Military record
William Newton Carter enlisted 17 July 1861 Co. C, 11th Arkansas Infantry, Confederate States Army. He was discharged at Shreveport, Louisiana. Confederate veteran pension application number 15689, for W. N. Carter, was dated and approved Aug. 2, 1909, in Henderson County, Texas. The application states that W. N. Carter lived in the town of Baxter in Henderson County. A witness to his pension application was William R. Thornton.
Narcissa Carter, twin, f.
b. abt. 1841, Tennessee
Narcissa appears in the household of her maternal grandfather, John A. Orr, in the 1850 census for Tippah County, Mississippi.
"Treosis" Carter, twin, f.
b. abt. 1841, Tennessee, possibly died young
Orr Generation 4 cont.
Nancy Louisa Orr, twin of Margaret
b. abt. 1813, Tennessee
+ William Levi Carter, after the death of Nancy's twin, Margaret; separated or divorced between 1850 and 1870
b. abt. 1813, South Carolina (1850 census) or abt. 1815, Alabama (1870 census)
d. aft. 1870
- Margaret Elizabeth Carter
- Thomas Jefferson Carter
- Susan Jane Carter
Orr Generation 5
Margaret Elizabeth Carter
b. June 5, 1843, on a plantation near Ripley, Tippah County, Mississippi
d. Feb. 4, 1900, Catfish, Henderson County, Texas; buried Davis Cemetery, Athens, Henderson County, Texas
+ John Dorris McCall, Apr. 19, 1857, Clark County, Arkansas
b. Oct. 8, 1837, Louisvile, Kentucky or 1838, Alabama
d. Mar. 1, 1920, Eureka, Navarro County, Texas
Thomas Jefferson Carter
b. abt. 1846, Tippah County, Mississippi
Susan Jane Carter
b. aft. 1850, Tippah County, Mississippi
Orr Generation 2 cont.
William Orr
b. 1740, Paxtang, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
d. March 16, 1797, consumption, North Carolina, aged 57
William Orr witnessed these documents:
- The will of Alexander Craighead, Mecklenburg County, NC, April 9, 1765
- A deed with Joseph Kennedy from Thomas Polk, 1769
- A deed with Hez Alexander, Sugar Creek, Mecklenburg County, NC, 1779
Nathan Orr
b. abt. 1750, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
Some records indicate that Nathan Orr had two sons, James and Sample.
Sample Orr
d. bef. 1792 (not mentioned in his mother's will of that year)
It would be a major accomplishment to keep track of the various men out of North Carolina with this name. The name occured as the Sample and Orr families married regularly.
"My gggGrandfather was Sample Orr, b 1797 NC. I have found one Sample Orr born that date in Mecklenburg who married Hester Salts... I have Hester Salts' mothers' maiden name as Sample... There may be at least two other Sample Orrs in the same area at that time; one going on to Iredell Co. NC; the other to Pendleton Co. SC (adjacent to Meck. and once part of NC). Others (same? or other generation) have been located in Mo., Georgia, and Ala... I do suspect them to be all related. We'll know more if we can find the "Sample". "
— Beverly Brandon Sweeney, Orr Genforum post, May 28, 1999"I have been looking for ORR-SAMPLE marriages for several months to help explain the origin of my GGGgrandfather's name Sample Orr b 1793 NC... This is the third Orr-Sample marriage I have found, and there are about 4 to 5 Sample Orrs out there. Sample was first "Semp-Hill", then Semple, then Sample. Orr was believed to originated in the name AYR, pronounced "ORR". There were Semples who married Ayrs from the Ayr region of Ireland, whose later generations married Orrs in US...
— Beverly Brandon Sweeney, Orr Genforum post #782, July 26, 1999
Sample Orr, b. 1793, who married Susan Parrott, moved several times. Destinations included Pendelton County, South Carolina (1820); Lafayette County Alabama (1830-40); Pontotoc County, Miss., and finally Hunt/Hopkins Counties, Texas. This Sample Orr appears in the 1850 census for Pontotoc Co MS, as follows:
- David Oar 21 M Farmer AL
Sample Oar 56 M Farmer NC
Susannah Oar 50 F NC
Andrew Oar 19 M AL
Clarenda Oar 16 F AL
Jane 14 F AL
Rufus 12 M AL
Elija 8 M AL
Elisha 8 M AL
Catherine Orr
d. bef. 1792 (not mentioned in his mother's will of that year)
+ Isaac Alexander
b. Jan. 18, 1749, Mecklenburg County, NC
d. Dec. 2, 1833, Mecklenburg County, NC
- Albert B. Alexander, b. 1777, d. Oct. 1785, Mecklenburg County, NC
Isabella Orr
+ (First name unknown) Beaty
Mildredge (Mildred) Orr
b. Sept. 6, 1762
d. Oct. 12, 1815, Cabarrus, NC
+ Josiah Alexander
b. Sept. 2, 1755 Mecklenberg County, NC
- Azariah Alexander, b. 8 May 1780
- Elihu Alexander, b. 16 Apt 1782
- Prudence Alexander, b. 20 Dec 1784
- James Sample Alexander, b. Jan 8, 1787
Agness Orr
Orr Generation 1 cont.
James Orr
b. abt. 1700-1720
d. 1778 (11, 12)
+ Unknown
- William Orr
- Nathan Orr, tax list of 1807, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
- Jean Orr
- James Orr, Jr, tax list of 1807, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
- Charles Orr
Mecklenburg County, NC, Will Book E, pp 48-49:
Will of JAMES ORR of the County of Mecklenburg, being weak in body.......to son WILLIAM ORR, five shillings, to son NATHAN ORR, one bay mare, cow, heifer, one yearling steer; to JEAN MITCHEL, my daughter, one sorrel mare, one cow...;
to son CHARLES ORR, £10 two years after my decease, but if not, this legacy to be divided between my two sons NATHAN & JAMES ORR; to son JAMES, all of the tract of land on which I live.
Executors: sons NATHAN & JAMES.
Signed: JAMES ORR
Witnesses: NATHAN ORR, AGNESS ALLEN, HEZ. ALEXANDER
Written: 16 Feb 1778
Proved: 15 Apr 1778
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- LDS, http://www.familysearch.org/
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- Not used.
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