Aged 56 years & 2 months
He was born in Charles Town, now Charleston, SC. and died in the old town of Dorchester on the Ashley River, now part of Summerville, SC. His parents came from Amsterdam, Holland to Charles Town in 1714.
His wife, Mary, and son, John, Jr. are buried in the same plot in St. Georges, Dorchester Churchyard.
Contributor: Elizabeth Waring Noble∼b: ABT JUL 1716 d: 15 SEP 1772 in St George's Church Cemetery, Dorchester State Park, Summerville, South Carolina,
"John Joor, Sr. (Planter and merchant. His marker is the oldest in the cemetery and the only one with a footstone.)
Here lies the body of JOHN JOUR Esqr. who died Septr. 15th 1772 Aged 56 Years & 2 Months".
Town Map 1742
Area below lots 10, 11, 12 between [HIGH] Street to bridge & small slough emptying into river has penciled outline around it with pensiled notation" Marsh Granted to Jno. Jour Esq.". See sketch on index card
South Carolina Deed Abstracts (Langley):
Lease & Release, 8 & 9, July 1764,
In conveyance of lot 11 (James Hunter to John Joor), document states that lot was sold by Ann Charnock to James Hunter and John Thompson with another lot (Lot 12?) by lease and release April 5 & 6, 1762
South Carolina Deed Abstracts (Langley):
James Hunter, for himself & as executor of John Thompson, & Wm. Fair, also executor, sell lot 11 to John Joor, planter of St. George Parish. Ann Charnock sold 2 lots to Hunter & Thompsn on 5/6 April 1762. (Lots 11 & 12) for 125:10:0 pounds current. Hunter sells his half-share of lot; Hunter and Fair as executors sell other half-share for 125:10:0 pounds.
South Carolina Gazette and Country Journal (13 Nov 1772):
Ad for sale of property of late John Joor to be sold Dec. 1. Property includes 1 lot in Dorchester with "a good dwelling house and kitchen; also on the said lot are two rice stores, with four apartments in each, to be sold separately." Note of Dan Bell: Joor bought lot 11 in 1764 from James Hunter & Wm. Fair. Could this ad be for Lot 11?
Gazette of the State of SC (9 Jun 1777):
Joseph Joor places ad for sale of 600-acre plantation some 30 miles from Charleston [apparently land of late John Joor, Sr.?], calling for buyers to treat with himself or John Joor [Jr?] at the Cypress. Ad includes for sale "Four Rice Stores in Dorchester, sufficient to contain 400 barrels: they are well calculated for a Dry Good Store; apply as above." Note of Dan Bell: Lot 11?
John Ioor (85697304)
Suggested edit: John Joor was born in Charleston, SC of Dutch immigrant parents. He married twice. First to Mary (Wallace?) about 1737. Six of their children survived him. He remarried between 1761 and 1768 to Catherine, who survived him. They had no children. His name was always spelled "Joor" with a J. Some of his children took the "Ioor" spelling.
Contributor: Elizabeth Waring Noble (49910602)
John Joor (Ioor) Sr. and his wife, Mary Wallace Joor, had three sons: John Joor Jr, George Ioor and Joseph Ioor. Joseph fought in the Revolutionary War, Caribbean Islands. He was aboard the "Randolph" with Capt. Biddle and 315 men when their ship exploded on March 17, 1778. I don't know if their is a gravestone in his memory. Researching this family has been very challenging because it is spelled so many different ways. It started out as Ioor, but many changed the last name to Joor. I have seen it misspelled as: Jour, Yore, Lore and even Ivor.∼John Joor, Sr. was a planter and merchant. His marker is the oldest in the cemetery, and the only one with a footstone.
He was born in Charles Town, now Charleston, SC. and died in the old town of Dorchester on the Ashley River, now part of Summerville, SC. His parents came from Amsterdam, Holland to Charles Town in 1714.
His wife, Mary, and son, John, Jr. are buried in the same plot in St. Georges, Dorchester Churchyard.
Contributor: Elizabeth Waring Noble∼b: ABT JUL 1716 d: 15 SEP 1772 in St George's Church Cemetery, Dorchester State Park, Summerville, South Carolina,
"John Joor, Sr. (Planter and merchant. His marker is the oldest in the cemetery and the only one with a footstone.)
Here lies the body of JOHN JOUR Esqr. who died Septr. 15th 1772 Aged 56 Years & 2 Months".
Town Map 1742
Area below lots 10, 11, 12 between [HIGH] Street to bridge & small slough emptying into river has penciled outline around it with pensiled notation" Marsh Granted to Jno. Jour Esq.". See sketch on index card
South Carolina Deed Abstracts (Langley):
Lease & Release, 8 & 9, July 1764,
In conveyance of lot 11 (James Hunter to John Joor), document states that lot was sold by Ann Charnock to James Hunter and John Thompson with another lot (Lot 12?) by lease and release April 5 & 6, 1762
South Carolina Deed Abstracts (Langley):
James Hunter, for himself & as executor of John Thompson, & Wm. Fair, also executor, sell lot 11 to John Joor, planter of St. George Parish. Ann Charnock sold 2 lots to Hunter & Thompsn on 5/6 April 1762. (Lots 11 & 12) for 125:10:0 pounds current. Hunter sells his half-share of lot; Hunter and Fair as executors sell other half-share for 125:10:0 pounds.
South Carolina Gazette and Country Journal (13 Nov 1772):
Ad for sale of property of late John Joor to be sold Dec. 1. Property includes 1 lot in Dorchester with "a good dwelling house and kitchen; also on the said lot are two rice stores, with four apartments in each, to be sold separately." Note of Dan Bell: Joor bought lot 11 in 1764 from James Hunter & Wm. Fair. Could this ad be for Lot 11?
Gazette of the State of SC (9 Jun 1777):
Joseph Joor places ad for sale of 600-acre plantation some 30 miles from Charleston [apparently land of late John Joor, Sr.?], calling for buyers to treat with himself or John Joor [Jr?] at the Cypress. Ad includes for sale "Four Rice Stores in Dorchester, sufficient to contain 400 barrels: they are well calculated for a Dry Good Store; apply as above." Note of Dan Bell: Lot 11?
John Ioor (85697304)
Suggested edit: John Joor was born in Charleston, SC of Dutch immigrant parents. He married twice. First to Mary (Wallace?) about 1737. Six of their children survived him. He remarried between 1761 and 1768 to Catherine, who survived him. They had no children. His name was always spelled "Joor" with a J. Some of his children took the "Ioor" spelling.
Contributor: Elizabeth Waring Noble (49910602)
John Joor (Ioor) Sr. and his wife, Mary Wallace Joor, had three sons: John Joor Jr, George Ioor and Joseph Ioor. Joseph fought in the Revolutionary War, Caribbean Islands. He was aboard the "Randolph" with Capt. Biddle and 315 men when their ship exploded on March 17, 1778. I don't know if their is a gravestone in his memory. Researching this family has been very challenging because it is spelled so many different ways. It started out as Ioor, but many changed the last name to Joor. I have seen it misspelled as: Jour, Yore, Lore and even Ivor.∼John Joor, Sr. was a planter and merchant. His marker is the oldest in the cemetery, and the only one with a footstone.
Aged 56 years & 2 months
He was born in Charles Town, now Charleston, SC. and died in the old town of Dorchester on the Ashley River, now part of Summerville, SC. His parents came from Amsterdam, Holland to Charles Town in 1714.
His wife, Mary, and son, John, Jr. are buried in the same plot in St. Georges, Dorchester Churchyard.
Contributor: Elizabeth Waring Noble∼b: ABT JUL 1716 d: 15 SEP 1772 in St George's Church Cemetery, Dorchester State Park, Summerville, South Carolina,
"John Joor, Sr. (Planter and merchant. His marker is the oldest in the cemetery and the only one with a footstone.)
Here lies the body of JOHN JOUR Esqr. who died Septr. 15th 1772 Aged 56 Years & 2 Months".
Town Map 1742
Area below lots 10, 11, 12 between [HIGH] Street to bridge & small slough emptying into river has penciled outline around it with pensiled notation" Marsh Granted to Jno. Jour Esq.". See sketch on index card
South Carolina Deed Abstracts (Langley):
Lease & Release, 8 & 9, July 1764,
In conveyance of lot 11 (James Hunter to John Joor), document states that lot was sold by Ann Charnock to James Hunter and John Thompson with another lot (Lot 12?) by lease and release April 5 & 6, 1762
South Carolina Deed Abstracts (Langley):
James Hunter, for himself & as executor of John Thompson, & Wm. Fair, also executor, sell lot 11 to John Joor, planter of St. George Parish. Ann Charnock sold 2 lots to Hunter & Thompsn on 5/6 April 1762. (Lots 11 & 12) for 125:10:0 pounds current. Hunter sells his half-share of lot; Hunter and Fair as executors sell other half-share for 125:10:0 pounds.
South Carolina Gazette and Country Journal (13 Nov 1772):
Ad for sale of property of late John Joor to be sold Dec. 1. Property includes 1 lot in Dorchester with "a good dwelling house and kitchen; also on the said lot are two rice stores, with four apartments in each, to be sold separately." Note of Dan Bell: Joor bought lot 11 in 1764 from James Hunter & Wm. Fair. Could this ad be for Lot 11?
Gazette of the State of SC (9 Jun 1777):
Joseph Joor places ad for sale of 600-acre plantation some 30 miles from Charleston [apparently land of late John Joor, Sr.?], calling for buyers to treat with himself or John Joor [Jr?] at the Cypress. Ad includes for sale "Four Rice Stores in Dorchester, sufficient to contain 400 barrels: they are well calculated for a Dry Good Store; apply as above." Note of Dan Bell: Lot 11?
John Ioor (85697304)
Suggested edit: John Joor was born in Charleston, SC of Dutch immigrant parents. He married twice. First to Mary (Wallace?) about 1737. Six of their children survived him. He remarried between 1761 and 1768 to Catherine, who survived him. They had no children. His name was always spelled "Joor" with a J. Some of his children took the "Ioor" spelling.
Contributor: Elizabeth Waring Noble (49910602)
John Joor (Ioor) Sr. and his wife, Mary Wallace Joor, had three sons: John Joor Jr, George Ioor and Joseph Ioor. Joseph fought in the Revolutionary War, Caribbean Islands. He was aboard the "Randolph" with Capt. Biddle and 315 men when their ship exploded on March 17, 1778. I don't know if their is a gravestone in his memory. Researching this family has been very challenging because it is spelled so many different ways. It started out as Ioor, but many changed the last name to Joor. I have seen it misspelled as: Jour, Yore, Lore and even Ivor.∼John Joor, Sr. was a planter and merchant. His marker is the oldest in the cemetery, and the only one with a footstone.
He was born in Charles Town, now Charleston, SC. and died in the old town of Dorchester on the Ashley River, now part of Summerville, SC. His parents came from Amsterdam, Holland to Charles Town in 1714.
His wife, Mary, and son, John, Jr. are buried in the same plot in St. Georges, Dorchester Churchyard.
Contributor: Elizabeth Waring Noble∼b: ABT JUL 1716 d: 15 SEP 1772 in St George's Church Cemetery, Dorchester State Park, Summerville, South Carolina,
"John Joor, Sr. (Planter and merchant. His marker is the oldest in the cemetery and the only one with a footstone.)
Here lies the body of JOHN JOUR Esqr. who died Septr. 15th 1772 Aged 56 Years & 2 Months".
Town Map 1742
Area below lots 10, 11, 12 between [HIGH] Street to bridge & small slough emptying into river has penciled outline around it with pensiled notation" Marsh Granted to Jno. Jour Esq.". See sketch on index card
South Carolina Deed Abstracts (Langley):
Lease & Release, 8 & 9, July 1764,
In conveyance of lot 11 (James Hunter to John Joor), document states that lot was sold by Ann Charnock to James Hunter and John Thompson with another lot (Lot 12?) by lease and release April 5 & 6, 1762
South Carolina Deed Abstracts (Langley):
James Hunter, for himself & as executor of John Thompson, & Wm. Fair, also executor, sell lot 11 to John Joor, planter of St. George Parish. Ann Charnock sold 2 lots to Hunter & Thompsn on 5/6 April 1762. (Lots 11 & 12) for 125:10:0 pounds current. Hunter sells his half-share of lot; Hunter and Fair as executors sell other half-share for 125:10:0 pounds.
South Carolina Gazette and Country Journal (13 Nov 1772):
Ad for sale of property of late John Joor to be sold Dec. 1. Property includes 1 lot in Dorchester with "a good dwelling house and kitchen; also on the said lot are two rice stores, with four apartments in each, to be sold separately." Note of Dan Bell: Joor bought lot 11 in 1764 from James Hunter & Wm. Fair. Could this ad be for Lot 11?
Gazette of the State of SC (9 Jun 1777):
Joseph Joor places ad for sale of 600-acre plantation some 30 miles from Charleston [apparently land of late John Joor, Sr.?], calling for buyers to treat with himself or John Joor [Jr?] at the Cypress. Ad includes for sale "Four Rice Stores in Dorchester, sufficient to contain 400 barrels: they are well calculated for a Dry Good Store; apply as above." Note of Dan Bell: Lot 11?
John Ioor (85697304)
Suggested edit: John Joor was born in Charleston, SC of Dutch immigrant parents. He married twice. First to Mary (Wallace?) about 1737. Six of their children survived him. He remarried between 1761 and 1768 to Catherine, who survived him. They had no children. His name was always spelled "Joor" with a J. Some of his children took the "Ioor" spelling.
Contributor: Elizabeth Waring Noble (49910602)
John Joor (Ioor) Sr. and his wife, Mary Wallace Joor, had three sons: John Joor Jr, George Ioor and Joseph Ioor. Joseph fought in the Revolutionary War, Caribbean Islands. He was aboard the "Randolph" with Capt. Biddle and 315 men when their ship exploded on March 17, 1778. I don't know if their is a gravestone in his memory. Researching this family has been very challenging because it is spelled so many different ways. It started out as Ioor, but many changed the last name to Joor. I have seen it misspelled as: Jour, Yore, Lore and even Ivor.∼John Joor, Sr. was a planter and merchant. His marker is the oldest in the cemetery, and the only one with a footstone.
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Here lies the body of/ JOHN JOOR Esqr./ who
died Septr. 15th 1772/ Aged 56 Years &/ 2
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