Johns parents died within a week of each other when he was 5 years old. He then was raised by Deacon Robert Walker until the age of 14.
He married 12/18/1771 Jane Smith and they had 5 sons, 3 daughters. Jane died in 1786. He then married, 5/20/1788, Sarah Houston. They had 4 daughters and 3 sons.
John fought in the Revolutionary War and on 8/16/1777 was shot in his knee, leaving him lame for many months and with a wound that would never fully heal.
He married 12/18/1771 Jane Smith and they had 5 sons, 3 daughters. Jane died in 1786. He then married, 5/20/1788, Sarah Houston. They had 4 daughters and 3 sons.
John fought in the Revolutionary War and on 8/16/1777 was shot in his knee, leaving him lame for many months and with a wound that would never fully heal.
Johns parents died within a week of each other when he was 5 years old. He then was raised by Deacon Robert Walker until the age of 14.
He married 12/18/1771 Jane Smith and they had 5 sons, 3 daughters. Jane died in 1786. He then married, 5/20/1788, Sarah Houston. They had 4 daughters and 3 sons.
John fought in the Revolutionary War and on 8/16/1777 was shot in his knee, leaving him lame for many months and with a wound that would never fully heal.
He married 12/18/1771 Jane Smith and they had 5 sons, 3 daughters. Jane died in 1786. He then married, 5/20/1788, Sarah Houston. They had 4 daughters and 3 sons.
John fought in the Revolutionary War and on 8/16/1777 was shot in his knee, leaving him lame for many months and with a wound that would never fully heal.
Inscription
Sacred to the memory of the Hon. John Orr, who died Dec 22, 1822, Æt. 74. He possessed great independence of mind regulated by exact justice both in public and private life. He esteemed moral excellence above all other qualities of character, and was more desirous of that, than of any other attainment. His life was true to his sentiments. As an officer in the church of Christ, he was distinguished by a discriminating judgement, by uncommon dicision, candor and meekness. He lived and died in an unshaken practical adherence to the faith once delivered to the saints.
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Husband of Sarah Houston Orr.
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