David Orr, Sr
1753 - 1830 (67 years)-
Name David Orr [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9] Suffix Sr Birth 1753 Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA 
[3, 4] Gender Male Military 1776 Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA [3, 10] Capt Charles Polk's Company Land 1 Mar 1778 Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA [3] Purchased 250 Acres Twelvemile Creek Residence 1790 Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA [1, 9] Salisbury District 16 Land 12 Dec 1791 Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA [6] 250 Acres to David Moore Residence 1800 Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA [5] Salisbury District Will Oct 1804 Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA [3] Administrator to will of John Orr Residence 1810 Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA [3, 8] Capt D Moore Relocated 1818 Pendleton, Anderson, South Carolina, USA [3] Residence 1820 Pendleton, Anderson, South Carolina, USA [3, 7] Death Between 1820 and 1830 Tennessee, USA [3] - Might be South Carolina
Notes - Dutch Dodd indicates three possible brothers: James, Robert, and George
Person ID I13107 MontyHistNotes_2014 Last Modified 1 Jul 2025
Family Catherine Sample, b. 1757 d. Bef 1850, Tennessee, USA (Age < 92 years) Children 1. Margaret Orr, b. North Carolina, USA d. Tennessee, USA [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]2. James Orr [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] 3. Howell Orr, b. Abt 1773, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA d. Aft 1850, Fayette County, Alabama, USA (Age > 78 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]> 4. Elizabeth Orr, b. 1779, Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA d. 1860, Lewisburg, Marshall, Tennessee, USA (Age 81 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]5. David Orr, Jr, b. 1781, North Carolina, USA [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]> 6. John Orr, b. 1783, North Carolina, USA d. Oct 1804, North Carolina, USA (Age 21 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]> 7. Alexander Orr, Sr, b. 1786, North Carolina, USA d. 12 Jul 1858, Edwards County, Illinois, USA (Age 72 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]> 8. Nathan Orr, b. Abt 1794, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA d. 1829, Maury County, Tennessee, USA (Age 35 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]> 9. Sample Orr, b. 12 Dec 1795, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA d. 18 Sep 1870, Hopkins, Texas, USA (Age 74 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F6323 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 1 Jul 2025
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Birth - 1753 - Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA 
Military - Capt Charles Polk's Company - 1776 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Land - Purchased 250 Acres Twelvemile Creek - 1 Mar 1778 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Residence - Salisbury District 16 - 1790 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Land - 250 Acres to David Moore - 12 Dec 1791 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Residence - Salisbury District - 1800 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Will - Administrator to will of John Orr - Oct 1804 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Residence - Capt D Moore - 1810 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA 
Relocated - 1818 - Pendleton, Anderson, South Carolina, USA Residence - 1820 - Pendleton, Anderson, South Carolina, USA 
Death - Between 1820 and 1830 - Tennessee, USA = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Sources - [S560] Ray, Worth S, The Mecklenburg Signers and Their Neighbors, (Name: Name: Clearfield;; Location: Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Date: 2007;), Reference Book with Historical Facts about Mecklenburg, NC a.k.a. The Lost Tribes of North Carolina, 13: 978-0-8063-0286=7.
- [S1105] Dodd, H L Dutch, Email from Dutch Dodd 22 Sep 2010, (Name: Date: 22 Sep 2010;;), Dutch sent me two attachments with sketches on this family he hasprepared.
- [S1106] Dodd, H L Dutch, Bio Information on David Orr, (Name: Date: 4 Jan 2001;;).
- [S374] Godfrey Memorial Library, comp., American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI), (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:1999;;), Database online.
Record for David Orr - [S3032] Ancestry.com, 1800 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Database online. Year: 1800; Census Place: Salisbury, Mecklenburg,North Carolina; Roll: ; Page: ; Image: .
Record for David Orr - [S669] Ferguson, Herman White, Minutes of the Court 1780-1800, (Name: Name: Herman W Ferguson; Location: Rocky Mount, North Carolina; Date:1995;;), "Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, Minutes of the Court of CommonPleas and Quarter Sessions, 1780-1800:", book on file at Charlotte Public Library Court Minutes Book 4, Jul 1799 #177, Page 212, NCR 929.3756a M43c 68m F47 v.1; Library Cong 94-62190.
- [S4483] Ancestry.com, 1820 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), 1820 U S Census; Census Place: Pendleton, South Carolina; Page: 216; NARA Roll: M33_120; Image: 281.
Record for David Orr
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1820usfedcenancestry&h=975185&indiv=try - [S1936] Ancestry.com, 1810 United States Federal Census, (Name: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations,Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - Third Census of the United States, 1810. (NARA microfilm publication M252, 71 rolls). Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. Nationa;;), Year: 1810; Census Place: Capt D Moore, Mecklenburg, North Carolina; Roll: 42; Page: 499; Image: 00087; Family History Library Film: 0337915.
Record for David Car
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1810usfedcenancestry&h=398142&indiv=try - [S3031] Ancestry.com, 1790 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1790; Census Place: Mecklenburg, North Carolina; Series: M637; Roll: 7; Page: 380; Image: 548; Family History Library Film: 0568147.
Record for David Orr
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1790usfedcen&h=180759&indiv=try - [S215] American Revolutionary War, (Name: Date: 1775-1783;;), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War.
- [S560] Ray, Worth S, The Mecklenburg Signers and Their Neighbors, (Name: Name: Clearfield;; Location: Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Date: 2007;), Reference Book with Historical Facts about Mecklenburg, NC a.k.a. The Lost Tribes of North Carolina, 13: 978-0-8063-0286=7.