James Orr
1740 - Abt 1806 (66 years)-
Name James Orr [1, 2, 3, 4] Birth 1740 [2] Gender Male Will 18 May 1779 Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA 
[1, 3, 5] Mentioned in Father's Will Will 2 Sep 1790 Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA [3] Mentioned in mother-in-law's will Fact 1 1792 Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA [6] Mentioned in Mother's will Death Abt 1806 Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA [2] Will 16 Oct 1806 Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA [4] LW&T Notes - Not sure of who his wife was.
Some trees list his birth as Mecklenburg, NC, but that would not fit with dates of father's history in PA at the time
Person ID I17503 MontyHistNotes_2014 | William Azmon Sample and Esther Garrison Last Modified 1 Jul 2025
Father Nathan Orr, b. 1720 d. 1779, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA (Age 59 years) Relationship natural Mother Mildredge _____, b. 1720 d. 1792, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA (Age 72 years) Relationship natural Family ID F3541 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Hannah Allen, b. 1754, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Marriage 1774 Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Children > 1. Nathan Franklin Orr, Sr, b. 1771, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA d. 22 Aug 1849, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA (Age 78 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]> 2. Agnes Orr, b. Abt 1775, North Carolina, USA [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]> 3. Margaret Orr, b. Abt 1775, North Carolina, USA [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]> 4. John Allen Orr, b. 1783, North Carolina, USA [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F5645 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 1 Jul 2025
- Not sure of who his wife was.
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Event Map 
Marriage - 1774 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA 
Will - Mentioned in Father's Will - 18 May 1779 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Will - Mentioned in mother-in-law's will - 2 Sep 1790 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Fact 1 - Mentioned in Mother's will - 1792 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Death - Abt 1806 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Will - LW&T - 16 Oct 1806 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA = Link to Google Earth
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Sources - [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.
- [S548] Orr, Tess, Genforum posting from Tess Orr, (Name: Location: Genforum; Date: 14 Apr 2010;;), Tess tells about her ancestors, and describes a family tree sheinherited.
- [S650] Richter, Diane, Old Mecklenburg Genealogical Society Quarterly, (Name: Name: Old Mecklenurg Genealogical Society; Location: Charlotte,Mecklenburg, North Carolina; Date: 2002;;), Article Entitled Orr Family Records.
- [S671] Ferguson, Herman White, Will Abstracts 1791-1868, (Name: Ferguson, Herman White; Location: Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA; Date: 1993;), "Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, *Will Abstracts 1791-1868 BooksA-J, *Tax Lists, 17978, 1798, 1799, 1806 & 1807" book located at Charlotte Public Library, ISBN 0-9620770-2-X.
After son James died in 1833, Joseph added a codicil to his will - [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 - [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.
- [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.