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William Orr

Male 1740 - 1797  (57 years)


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  • Name William Orr  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9] 
    Birth 1740  Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Gender Male 
    Will 9 Apr 1765  Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10, 11] 
    Witnessed Will of Alexander Craighead 
    Fact 1 1769  North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    Witnessed Deed w/Joseph Kennedy fm Thomas Polk 
    Fact 1 1778  Sugar Creek, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    Witnessed Deed w/Hez Alexander 
    Will 1779  Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Mentioned in Father's Will 
    Residence 1790  Sugar Creek, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 13, 14] 
    District 4 
    Will 23 Aug 1792  Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Mentioned in Mother's Will 
    Death 16 Mar 1797  North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 12, 13, 15] 
    • Consumption
    Will Apr 1797  Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    LW&T; Probated by Executors 
    Person ID I17481  MontyHistNotes_2014 | JMMM_daughter Rebecca Montgomery
    Last Modified 8 Jan 2025 

    Father Nathan Orr,   b. 1720   d. 1779, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Mildredge _____,   b. 1720   d. 1792, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F3541  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Rebecca Montgomery,   b. 1742, Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Dec 1827, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years) 
    Marriage 1776  Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Catherine Orr   d. Bef 1840  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +2. Mildred Orr,   b. 1772, New Munster, Cecil, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Jan 1828, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +3. Martha Orr,   b. 1774, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 May 1822, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 48 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +4. Jonathan Orr,   b. 1780, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Mar 1828, Providence, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 48 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     5. Agnes Nancy Orr,   b. Abt 1782, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +6. Dorcus Orr,   b. 1795, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1837 (Age 42 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     7. Prudence Orr,   b. Bef 1797, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     8. Isabella Orr,   b. Bef 1797, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F1577  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Jan 2025 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1740 - Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsWill - Witnessed Will of Alexander Craighead - 9 Apr 1765 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsFact 1 - Witnessed Deed w/Joseph Kennedy fm Thomas Polk - 1769 - North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1776 - Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsWill - Mentioned in Father's Will - 1779 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsWill - Mentioned in Mother's Will - 23 Aug 1792 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 16 Mar 1797 - North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsWill - LW&T; Probated by Executors - Apr 1797 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 
    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Documents
    Montgomery, Martha (abt 1715-1799)    		Montgomery, Martha (abt 1715-1799)
    Series of 4 letters written 1797/1799 by Martha Montgomery and 3 children from North Carolina to relatives in Pennsylvania

  • Sources 
    1. [S106] Montgomery, Clark, Clark Montgomery GED file, (Name: Location: Minnesota; Date: 2009;;), Clark Montgomery GED file.

    2. [S107] Montgomery, William Vaughn, Letter from WVMontgomery to JLMontgomery, (Name: Date: 12 Jul 1939;;).

    3. [S135] Montgomery, John, Will of John Montgomery 1778, (Name: Location: Mecklenburg, North Carolina; Date: 1778;;), LW&T of John Montgomery 1778.

    4. [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 William Orr

    5. [S524] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index (R), (Name: Name: Copyright (c) 1980, 2002, data as of September 4, 2010;;).

    6. [S544] Wills of Three Orrs, (Name: Location: Genforum; Date: 20 Dec 1999;;), Wills of James, Nathan, and Robert Orr; posted on Genforum by NancyOrr http://boards.ancestry.com/surnames.orr/100.242/mb.ashx.

    7. [S547] Orr, Mildredge, Will of Mildredge Orr, (Name: Name: Genforum; Location: Mecklenburg, North Carolina; Date: 29 Dec2009;;), Courtesy of Susan Holman, abstracrts wills of Nathan and Mildredge Orr.

    8. [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, Apr 1797, Page 179 also Book 4, Jan 1799, Page 203, NCR 929.3756a M43c 68m F47 v.1; Library Cong 94-62190.

    9. [S3031] Ancestry.com, 1790 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), The National Archives in Washington, DC; Washington, DC; First Census of the United States, 1790.; Year: 1790; Census Place: Mecklenburg, North Carolina; Series: M637; Roll: 7; Page: 354; Family History Library Film: 0568147.
      Record for Wm Orr
      Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over 1
      Free White Persons - Males - Under 16 1
      Free White Persons - Females 7
      Number of Slaves 9
      Number of Household Members 18
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=5058&h=180767&indiv=try

    10. [S580] Holcomb, Brent H, Abstracts of Early Wills, (Name: Name: Cleafield; Location: Baltimore, MD; Date: 1980;;), This book gives abstracts of wills that were recorded in Mecklenburg,NC, between 1763 and 1790.

    11. [S629] McGeachy, Neill Roderick, History of Sugaw Creek Church, (Name: Name: Record Print Co; Location: Rock Hill, SC; Date: 1954;;), "A History of the Sugaw Creek Presbyterian Church", Montgomery landtransactions discussed pages 45-46.

    12. [S382] Marler, Kathleen, Residents of Mecklenburg County North Carolina, (Name: Name: Clearfield; Location: Baltimore, MD; Date: 2005;;), Lists deed and other transaction information between 1762-1790, ISBN-13: 978-0-8063-5285-5 ISBN-10: 0-8063-5285-X.
      William Orr items: Page 265
      Cathey Items: Pages 64-65
      Clark Itmes: 67-69

    13. [S248] Bryan, Mildred, Email from Mildred Bryan 2010 Jan 28, (Name: Location: Iowa; Date: 28 Jan 2010;;), 01/28/2010.

    14. [S560] Ray, Worth S, The Mecklenburg Signers and Their Neighbors, (Name: Name: Clearfield;; Location: Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Date: 2007;), Pages 357-376 US Federal Census of 1790 District 4 Sugar Creek, 13: 978-0-8063-0286=7.
      Reference Book with Historical Facts about Mecklenburg, NC
      a.k.a. The Lost Tribes of North Carolina

    15. [S247] Montgomery, Martha, Martha's 1797 Letters, (Name: Location: Mecklenburg, North Carolina; Date: 1797;;), Letters written by Martha Montgomery and her children to family members back in Pennsylvania.



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