Robert Orr

1728 - 1790  (61 years)

• Name	Robert Orr  [1, 2]
  Birth	15 Sep 1728	Houston and Killellan, Renfrewshire, Scotland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	1790	Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA   [1]
  Will	17 Mar 1790	Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  	LW&T
  Person ID	I43868	Rountree Family
  Last Modified	26 Oct 2025

  
  

  Family	Jean Lyle,   b. 25 Sep 1743, Kilmalcolm, Renfrewshire, Scotland
  Marriage	22 Jun 1753	Houston and Killellan, Renfrewshire, Scotland
  Children	> 1. James 1 Orr,   b. 20 Jun 1757, Houston and Killellan, Renfrewshire, Scotland d. Bef 1761 (Age < 3 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. John Orr,   b. 15 Dec 1758, Houston and Killellan, Renfrewshire, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. James 2 Orr,   b. 26 Jun 1761, Houston and Killellan, Renfrewshire, Scotland d. 1761  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. James 3 Orr,   b. 5 Sep 1762, Houston and Killellan, Renfrewshire, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Margaret Orr,   b. 9 Jun 1765, Houston and Killellan, Renfrewshire, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 6. Hannah (Oliver) Orr,   b. 1774, Rutherford, North Carolina, USA d. 2 Apr 1824, Woodbury, Cannon, Tennessee, USA (Age 50 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 7. Alexander Orr,   b. 1774, Norfolk County, Virginia, USA d. 5 Sep 1857, Cannon County, Tennessee, USA (Age 83 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 8. Jane Orr,   b. 1778, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA d. 21 Jun 1829, Union County, North Carolina, USA (Age 51 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   9. Esther Orr,   b. 1780  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 10. Elizabeth Orr,   b. 24 Dec 1782, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA d. 10 Mar 1839, West Lebanon, Warren, Indiana, USA (Age 56 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   11. Rebecca Orr,   b. Abt 1786  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   12. Agnes Orr,   b. Abt 1788  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   13. Robert Davis Orr,   b. 1790, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA d. 1865, Gibson County, Tennessee, USA (Age 75 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F29680	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Oct 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Death - 1790 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Will - LW&T - 17 Mar 1790 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3992] Orr, Berry, Robert Orr Descendants, (Name: Location:http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=SHOW&db=berryorr&surname=Orr%2C+Hannah+%28Oliver%29;;), Family Information posted on Rootsweb by Berry Orr. [S4053] 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. [S4054] 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. [S3993] Orr, Robert, Will of Robert Orr, (Name: Location: Mecklenburg, North Carolina; Date: 1790;;), Will of Robert Orr, Courtesy of Berry Orr. [S4055] 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.