Subject: ORR,Alexander From: nancy erb Date: March 18, 2000 Hello Listers, I am new to the list and would like to post the ORR family I am researching. Included is the family of Alexander ORR as I know them and includes his will. My research has just recently taken me to SC and would hope to hear from anyone also interested in this family or any suggestions from the list on researching in SC. I have ordered the Old Pendleton CD for April Rev. and would like to also find some land records for him. Thank you, Nancy Orr Erb 1. ALEXANDER SR ORR was born Abt. 1750, and died May 28, 1821 in Caldwell Co KY will proved. He married MARTHA Notes for ALEXANDER SR ORR: 1782 Tax List for Rutherford NC----? 1790 Census Pendleton SC as Alexander ORE 1800 Census Pendleton SC as Alexander ORR 1810 Census Caldwell KY as Alexander ORR Caldwell Co KY, book of wills 1809-1834: Alexander Orr Will. Wife: Martha, life interest in livestock and household furnishings. Son: William Orr, tract of land, livestock. Grandsons: William Craig and Alexander Cooper, $30 each to be collected on note from Tacy Cooper. Directs division of balance of estate, exclusive of furniture which daus. Isbell, Polly and Nancy own as their property, into equal shares. One share each devised to sons: Alexander Orr and Hugh Orr; daus: Polly Orr, Nancy Orr, Martha Watson, Peggy Craig, Elizabeth Laughlin, Jane cooper. Exors.: son William, son-in-law John Craig. D: 30Sep1817. P:28May1821, Teste: Jarrett Morse, Jarrett M Walker R: 28May 1821 pp390-391. Children of ALEXANDER ORR and MARTHA are: i. ISBELL ORR. ii. WILLIAM ORR, b. April 21, 1771, (per cemetery record); d. October 22, 1839, Caldwell Co, KY; m. JANE MCVICKER, April 17, 1817, Hopkins Co, KY. iii. HUGH ORR, b. Abt. 1773, (calc from census reports)NC; d. Bet. 1847 - 1850, Graves Co, Kentucky; m. MARY FINLEY, September 30, 1805, Logan Co, KY. iv. MARGARET (PEGGY) ORR, b. 1774, (calc age 78 at death) North Carolina3; d. December 12, 1852, Caldwell Co, KY of pneumonia4; m. JOHN KNOX CRAIG. v. ELIZABETH ORR, b. 1779, (per History of Sangamon Co IL); d. February 1833, Sangamon Co, IL; m. JOHN. LAUGHLIN, South Carolina. vi. ALEXANDER JR ORR, b. 1784, per LDS file. vii. JANE ORR, b. 1786, (calc age 21 at marriage); m. TACY OR LACY COOPER, January 1807, Livingston Co, KY-William Orr gave consent. viii. MARTHA ORR, b. 1788, per LDS file; m. MR. WATSON. ix. POLLY ORR, b. 1796, per LDS file. x. NANCY ORR, b. 1797, South Carolina; d. Aft. 1850; m. JOHN ARMSTRONG, March 25, 1826, Caldwell Co Ky Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Go To: #, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z, Main |