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Our genealogical interest in the ORR family would normally not extend to William Orr who is a paternal uncle of THOMAS ORR, whose daughter, Sarah Ann, married Thomas F. Rankin.  However, William was one reason Thomas Orr came to Pendleton District, if not a major incentive for Thomas' emigration to the United States in the first place.

William Orr arrived in time to be listed as #817 in the 1800 Census of Pendleton District.  His age is given as between 26 and 45 and he is shown to be the owner of no slaves.  I suspect that he lived in the Charleston SC area for a time, as a  "Jones family from Charleston" is listed among the "bad debts" in his estate papers.

He had "made it big" over here as evident by the amount of money owed to him at his death. He also owned three pairs of shoes, 14 bound books, two bedsteads, and an assortment of tableware, two horses and three cows.  This would indicate a man of some means.  He is named as a Merchant; however, he owned/operated a grist mill and from the appraisal/inventory and sale records, his "merchandise" is in the form of various grains and the grinding of them into usable forms. In the inventory there were piles of various kinds of grain in various locations in the barn and at least two patches of corn ready to be harvested.

His death came unexpectedly; a pair of cut-out, but not sewn pantaloons was sold at the estate sale.  He died in the summer of 1803 between court sessions.  The administrators for his estate were appointed the 2nd day of Sept. 1803. 

A lucky coincidence for us is the fact that William and George Rankin's names appear in the lists of purchasers, debtors and as the repairers of the grist mill, which needed enough repairs for them to discount half of their bill. Theirs was one of the larger ones in the account.  The linkage between William and George is even more important to our study of this line as it comes a few years before the marriage of George to his cousin, Mary "Polly" the reputed daughter of William.  But that's another line.

William Orr's estate papers are located in the South Carolina Department of Archives and History on microfilm Roll 525, C 1131. His link with Thomas Orr comes with a bond signed by Thomas Orr promising to protect the court appointed administrators from future claims by heirs to the estate of William Orr after they settle the estate with Thomas.  This appears in Anderson County Deeds, Book H, page 209, C943. Thomas Orr's story will link him to the heirs of William Orr in Ireland.

[I have transcribed the following to the best of my ability.  The handwriting is not the best; the microfilm copy is not as free from smudges and streaks as one would like.  The total number of pages came to 24--far too many to reproduce in total.  I've included those entries of most interest and have tried for a representative sampling of all.  Most is an item by item listing of who owed him how much money, but not for what. Linda Starr]

South Carolina            Know all men by these presents that we
Pendleton District       Andrew Warnock, Thomas Johnston, John
                                    Dickson and James Agnew of P. District
are holden and firmly bound unto John Harris, Esquire, Ordinary 
for the District of Pendleton in the full and just sum  of  two
thousand Dollars . . . the Second Day of September in the Year of 
Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and three and in the twenty
eighth year of American Independence.
     The condition of the above obligation is . . . the above Ad-
ministrators of the Goods, Chattels, and Credits of William Orr
Late of P. District, Deceased, do make a true and perfect Inven-
tory . . . shall truly administor . . . and make a just and true
account of their Actings and Doings Therein . . .

Bill of Appraisement of
the Goods and Chattels
of Wm. Orr Dec'd.
     $469.75

We do hereby certify the foregoing to be a true statement of the
goods and Chattels shown us by the Administrators of the late
William Orr deceased as belonging to his Estate and within our
knowledge--given under our hands September 6th, 1803.
                                   Michael Dickson
                                   Andrew Pickens
                                   Thos. Hamilton
                                   Robert Lemon 

South Carolina Pendleton District, Sept. 19th 1803 Acct. of Sales 
by Auction of Goods & Chattels belonging to the Estate of William 
Orr, Dec'd.
 
 
 

Rent of the place ?firsthand from Basil Halleron Esqr. Wm.
McMahan until 25th DEC 1804 including 1000 Bales to be made at
the expense of the estate.                             $39.00
 

Estate of Wm. Orr dec'd.
Amount Current
    $1597.12 1/3 cts
>From Aug 22, 1803
till Dec 25, 1804

To John Harris Esqr. ordinary paid                     5.00
   Masters Warnock & Hancock for coffin                3.00
   Andrew Warnock parting/pauling the grave pd.       15.00
   Eliasis  Smith for difference of his accts
          attested and C________                       4.68
   D. Smith Sr. for his acct attested                 11.50
              . . . . . . . . . .
   D. Smith Jr. acct attested           $18.00
       also 11 Bls corn credited by Mr. Orr   22.00   40.00
   Wm. Rankin for one half the amt of his Bill
       $178.28 1/3 for repairs on the grist mill after
       deducting one-half of Mr. Orr's Bill $__2.80 1/3
       for the repairs pd for by him                   62.74
   Jesse Jones Jr. his bill attested    2.00
       also for work done before the sale   .75         2.75
   Cash for postage of family Letters                    .67
   Sarah ?Pantaloss pd for M__________                 30.00
   1 1/2 ___ Nails for coffin & 2 quins paper for accts 1.50
   B. Smith & A. Adams their note for 10.20 accts to
       be made in Mr. Orr's place                       5.20 
   Discount with Mr. Guinn on acct of Masters Foreman &
       Williams for Carolina Gazette from June 1st 1801
       till Sept 19th 1803                              8.12 1/2
   Masters Dickson, Perkins, Hamilton and Inman for
        appraising                                       4.00 
   Mr. Warnock Sr. services before Mr. Orr deceased      1.65
        attention to stock plantation ___ since  13.90  15.55
        Summons for Memorandum, viz.

     Notes unpaid                         772.25
     Accounts "                           339.81 1/4
     Executions & Judgments unpaid        203.03 3/4 1315.10
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                                                     1597.12 1/2
 
 
 

       Bill Sale Dec 25, 1804 In Acct. Current with Adminr. 
Cash left at the time of his death      3.81 1/4
By Sundry appraised Inventory         409.75
       Amt. of nnotes ?returned       381.58 1/2
       Amt Executions    "            286.36 1/4
        "  Accts         "             92.01 3/4   1233.53 1/4
Amt sales over the appraisement                     119.12
By the following notes accts to which was _______ found or ______ 
after the first return was made viz.
     Wm. Newtons acct                                 5.87 1/2
        . . . names and amounts some with interest . . .
     By Tall his C____at the  mill before 19 SEP 1803
          Thomas Johnston  8 bushel wheat $1          8.00
          Jack Carvick  1/2 bushel      Do.            .50
          Andrew Hamilton  1 Bushel Malt              1.00
     By Tall from SEP 19, 1803 till DEC 21, 1804
          Andrew Warnock at 12 1/2 Bls corn @1.50 18.75
                     3 1/2 Bushels wheat @75 2.63 1/3   25.37 1/2
          William Rankin  14 Bushels wheat $14.00
                    6 1/2 Bls corn at 2$  13.00       27.00 
     By Interest Earned on Sundry Notes paid say      33.33 3/4
                                                  --------------
                                                  $  1597.12 1/2

Estate of William Orr
Memorandum of
Notes, Acctrs, Executions
Judgments ___ Dec'd.
   Dec 21st 1804
    $1315 10/100

  Principals         Securities          Notes    Accts     Due
Agnew, James        Jno. Blair           21.50    8.12 1/3
Anderson, Robert    Wm. Forbes           31.50
Dickson, Capt Jno                                52.95
Doss, William       (Georgia)             8.23        Aug 20 1807
Harwick, Nicholas                        10.25        Jul 13 1802
McMahan, William                                  1.31 1/4
Perkins, Andrew Jr.                      65.00
Rankin, William                                  27.00
Rankin, George      Wm. Rankin            3.83
Warnock, Andrew Jr. James Dickson        35.25    2.50
Warnock, Andrew Jr.                       5.00   46.22 3/4
Wilson, John Jr.    Andrew Blair          3.00
                                        ---------------------
                                      746.05 1/3  330.61 1/4 

There were several entries under Execution and Judgments, the
last of which were given to Constables to collect. The total
came to:
    $203.03 3/4 under the column Execution and Judgments.
At the bottom of the page we find:
     Viz of the foregoing Notes, Accts, Judgments & Executions
Amounting to #1315.10 cts.  It is not very probable that more
than one thousand Dollars can ever be collected.---Notes not par-
ticularises when due, were drawn at 14 Months dated Sept 19th,
1803.

William Orr Dec'd.
Notes not used for 381.58 1/2
Executions & Judg. 286.36 3/4
Open Ac             92.01.3/4
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                  $759.97

Notes due the Estate of William Orr Deceased
   Names               Date           When Due           Amt
James Blair        Dec 22, 1802    3 days after date    18.50
David Smith Jr     Jany 28, 1802      at 30 days         3.25
Jno Smith          Sept 5, 1802       at 10  "           2.41
Andrew Warnock Sr. May 14, 1803    Nov 1, 1803           5.00
Peter Vandegriff   Feby 11, 1802   May 31, 1802          2.16
Wm Rankins         Dec 31, 1802    at 3 days            26.87 1/2
James Agnew        Jany 15, 1802   at 120 days          85.06 1/4
                                    Int from date
                                                       ----------
                                                       381.58 1/2

Executions and Ballances of ditto unpaid to the Estate of Wm.
Orr, Deceased.  Robert McCann Esqr. and John Wilson Esqr adjudged 
amounts.  This was followed by names and amounts they decided
were due the estate.  At the end of this column:   $286.36 3/4

Open Accts and Ballances of Ditto due the estate of William Orr,
Deceased.  More names and amounts listed with the following nota-
tion at the end:
     The foregoing Notes, Executions, Judgments and Accounts are
all that has come within my knowledge, several of these may be
looked upon as bad Debts and a great number of them as desperate. 
Sept. 10th 1803.
                                      Thomas Johnston Admnr. 

This ends the Estate papers of William Orr, Deceased, of
Pendleton District, South Carolina.  The following is a bond be-
tween the Administrators of William Orr's estate and  our  THOMAS
ORR.

South Carolina      Know all men by these presents that I Thomas 
Pendleton District  Orr of the District of Pendleton and state of
                    South Carolina and late of the County of Ar-
magh in Ireland am held and firmly indebted to Andrew Warnock
Senr., John Dickson, and Thomas Johnston all . . . administrators 
to the Estate of William Orr, late of the District and state 
aforesaid, Merchant, deceased, in the sum of two thousand dollars 
which payment will and truly to be made unto the said  .  .
.(administrators) . . . I do hereby bind myself, my heirs, (etc)
. . . this sixteenth day of July in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and five and the thirtieth year of the In-
dependence of the United States of America.  The condition of the 
above obligation is . . . that  Thomas Orr shall keep the above
named . . . (administrators) . . .[free] . . .from all who may  .
. . claim the whole or part of the estate or property belonging
to the said William Orr . . 
     Sworn to and subscribed this second day of October 1805.