James Orr

Male 1740 - Abt 1806  (66 years)


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  • Name James Orr  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Birth 1740  [2
    Gender Male 
    Will 18 May 1779  Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 5
    Mentioned in Father's Will 
    Will 2 Sep 1790  Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Mentioned in mother-in-law's will 
    Fact 1 1792  Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Mentioned in Mother's will 
    Death Abt 1806  Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Will 16 Oct 1806  Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [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
    Last Modified 17 Nov 2023 

    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 Hannah Allen,   b. 1754, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 1774  Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Nathan Franklin Orr, Sr,   b. 1771, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Aug 1849, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)  [Father: natural]
    +2. Agnes Orr,   b. Abt 1775, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]
     3. Margaret Orr,   b. Abt 1775, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]
    +4. John Allen Orr,   b. 1783, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]
    Family ID F5645  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Nov 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1774 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsWill - Mentioned in Father's Will - 18 May 1779 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsWill - Mentioned in mother-in-law's will - 2 Sep 1790 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsFact 1 - Mentioned in Mother's will - 1792 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Abt 1806 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsWill - LW&T - 16 Oct 1806 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [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.

    2. [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.

    3. [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.

    4. [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.

    5. [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

    6. [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.