Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 7282, for James Orr, North Carolina
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
N.C.
Orr, James
NUMBER
S.7282
Born in Penn.
Carded
CONTENTS
[Blank]
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3982
North Carolina
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James Orr
of Mecklenburgh in the State of North Car. 
who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Mebane - of the Reg't commanded 
by Col. Irvin in the N. Car. 
line for 9 monhs from 1776
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Inscribed on the Roll of North Carolina
at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 7th day of Jan'y '33 and sent to Hon. H. W. Conner. House of Reps.
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Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1832  34.99
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 Mar:33  11.67=
$46.66
{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk 
Book D Vol. 5 Page 38

Let 1 Feb'y 1835 Hon. H. W. Conner

[note - no death date]
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James Orr
North Caroina
No. 10.925

from 1776 private
7 months
$23.33/100


Conner
Ho. of Reps.

2333
1166 =
3499
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BRIEF in the case of James Orr of Mecklenburg County of in the State of  North Carolina 
(Act 7th June 1832.)
1.Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?

3. How old is he?  82 years

4. State his service as directed in the form annexed.

[Headings]
Period. | Duration of Service. | Rank. | Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.

1780 drafted | 2+ mos. | Private | Gen. Rutherford Capt. Mebane

1776 Volunteer | 5 mos. | Private | Col. Irvin

in 1776 | [blank] | [blank] | [blank]

= 7 mos.

5. In what battles was she engaged? 

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Mecklenburg County North Carolina

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? one living witness input & testimony

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
[Signature]
C Litle
Examining Clerk.

1776 feb'y Capt. Polk 1.12 to x creek
1777 Capt. Hicks 1.12 cav'y
1780 Nov. 3 - " & wag. master
1780 - ilex'r 1 -
            "       1 - Cav.'y
                    ___
                     7   24
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State of North Carolina} SS.
Mecklenburg County}  On this 25th day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight Hundred and thirty Four personally appeared before the County Court for the County of Mecklenburg and State of North Carolina now sitting. James Orr a resident of the County of Mecklenburg and State aforesaid aged Eighty four years the 5th day of March last who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed the 7th June 1832. That he was born in the State of Pennsylvania on the Sasquahanna River the County not recollected in the year, 1750, that he removed to the County of Mecklenburg in the State of North Carolina at Two years of age where he has resided in since that time. That he entered the service of the United States as a volunteer in the Infantry in the year 1776 in the month of Feb'y under the following named officers and served as hereafter stated (viz) The first term of service was under Captain Thomas Polk. Col. Charles Polk, General Rutherford was the commanding officer, this was a six weeks term against the Torries at Cross Creek that he was then discharged but that he has lost his discharge, that he entered the service of the United States again as a volunteer in the Cavalry in the year 1777 - under the following officers Elaby was Captain, Hicks was Colonel this was called the Snowery Campaign and the service was performed in the State of South Carolina and was a Tour of Six weeks. That he entered the service of the United States again in the year 1780 in Nov'r. as a volunteer in the Cavalry under Colonel Davidson a part of the time he was waggon master. This was a three months tour. That he entered the Service of the United States again as a volunteer in the year 1780. That Capt. William Alexander was his captain. That in this last mentioned tour he was at the Ransom Battle & Rutherford was General then that he was one month served again a volunteer in the service of the United States in the cavalry under Captain William Alexander Col. Davis and that he was serving under the same officers
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when the British came to Charlotte in Mecklenburg County North Carolina. This last was in one months tour. Your petitioner states that he received a discharge in every instance but that he lost them all. Petitioner would further state that he has previously applied for pention under the act of Congress passed 7th June 1832, but at that time he was unable to establish all of his services during the Revolutionary war nor indeed is he now able to do so as to all - but the last mentioned services he is confident he did perform and he knows many persons who have not served anything like the time which he did who drew twice as much as he does. Since the filing of his last declaration he has procured other Testimony which he hopes will be staisfactory as to the balance of his service in conclusion the petitioner is unable to say as in other instances would be required (viz) that he relinquishes all claim to any other pension since this but prays that this his claim may be considered and if the department should be of the opinion that he is entitled to something more. that both may be considered as one and that he be permitted to forward his present certificate and that they may be consolidated and your petitioner will ever pray." Sworn to & subscribed before the court Nov. 25th 1834.[Signature] James Orr

The following are the interrogatories profounded by the Court. (viz)

Where & in what year were you born? 
Answer I was born in the State of Pennsylvania in the year 1752.

Have you any record of your age and if so where is it? 
Answer My age is recorded in my Father's family Bible now in my possession.

Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, & where do you now live. 
Answer When called into the service I was living in the county of Mecklenburg State of North Carolina where I have lived ever since and where I now live.
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State of North Carolina}
Mecklenburg County} On this day of 1834 personally appeared before me one of the subscribing Justices of the Peace for the County of Mecklenburg William Alexander who was a captain in the service of the United States during the Revolutionary War) and made oath in due form of Law, that the Tours of Service of the petitioner are set forth in his petition are true so far as they came within his own knowledge and them that do not come within his own knowledge he declares to be true. Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written.
[Signatures]
[illegible]
Dan Alexander
[may be Wm. Alexander]

State of North Carollina}
Mecklenburg County}
On this 25 day of November 1834 personally appeared before me an acting Justice of the Peace for the county aforesaid, Robert Robinson who was a Soldier in the Revolutionary War and made oath in due form of Law that the term of service of the petitioner as set forth in his petition are true so far as they came within his knowledge and those that do not come within his own knowledge he believes to be true.
[Signature]
Robert Robison
Sworn to & Subscribed before me this 25th day of November 1834
[Signature]
P. Thompson J. P. 

State of North Carolina}
Mecklenburg County} I John Robison A Clergyman residing in the County of Mecklenburg hereby certify that I am well acquainated with James Orr the applicant named in the foregoing petition. I believe him to be Eighty four years of age past. that he is reputed & believed in the neighbourhood where I reside to have been a soldier of the Revolution and I concur in that opinion. Sworn to & subscribed before said court the 25th day of November 1834.
[Signature]
Jno. Robinson
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State of North Carolina} Court of Pleas & 
Mecklenburg County} Quarter Sessions for the County of Mecklenburg
The said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that he above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states & the court further certifies that it appears to them that John Robison who has signed the proceeding certificate as a Clergyman resident in the County of Mecklenburg is entitled to full credit.
I Brady Oats Clerk of the County Court of Mecklenburg do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of James Orr for a pension.
In Testimony whereof I have herewith set my hand and seal of office this 25th day of November 1834.
[Signature]
B. Oates Clerk of
Mecklenburg C. Court
[Seal]
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10925.
Sep 25
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State of North Carolina} Court of Pleas &
Mecklenburg County} Quarter Sessions August Term 1832

On this 29th day of August 1832 appeared before the Justices of the said Court now sitting James Orr a resident of the County & state aforesaid aged eighy two years who being duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the  benefit of the act of Congress passed June the 7th 1832 that he was born in the state of Pennsylvania on the Susquehannah river and came to the county of Mecklenburg state of North Carolina when about two years old, that he was born in the year 1750 and that he has been a resident of the said county of Mechlenberg ever since he removed to it that he was United States service under Capt. William Alexander in 1780 that he was drafted for a three months tour that in consequence of the sickness of his wife he hired a substitute by the name of Hutchinson who was killed at the battle of the Hanging rock. That he first entered the service in the state troops of North Carolina under Capt. Mebane who commanded a company of mounted riflemen and marched to Cross Creek now known as the town of Fayetteille and from thence he marched under the same Captain to Wilmington to the assistance of Gen'l Ashe & Moore of the continental line in thist tour he served two months and was regularly discharged this was in the year 1776 that in the same year he volunteered as a private under the same Captain and marched from Charlotte to the Quaker Meadows on the head of the Catawba river and from thence across the Blue Ridge into the Cherokee nation against the Indians of the same name. That the Colonel was Robert Irwin Adam Alexander & Phifer the commanding officer was General Rutherford that he was regularly discharged and served out on this tour five months that the said James Orr further declares
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that he was frequently ingaged in the service for short periods of time some times for one day at others for a longer period but this service was rendered irregularly as the situation of the country required. That the whole time he was out in the service of the United States for which he sets up any claim under the act aforesaid is about sseven months. That he hereby, relinquishes every claim in test case to a pension or an annuity except the present and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state, that he has no documentary evidence by which he can prove that he served as aforesaid having lost his discharges where they were given in writing and avers that they were verbal, here not given as aforesaid. He refers to the certificates here in after set forth of Captain William Alexander. that he did so serve and as to his character for veracity he refers to the certificates aforesaid and also to the certificate hereunto appended of the Reverent Hall Morrison - that he has a record of his age in his father's Bible at home Sworn to and subscribed this 29th day of Aug't 1832
[Signature]
James

We Robert Hall Morrison resides in the county aforesaid and William Alexander residents of said county hereby certify that we are well acquainted with James Orr who has subscdribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be eighty two years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion. Captain William Alexander further swears that the said James Orr was drafted and found a substitute as alledged by him and that he was in the tour against the Cherokee Indians and served for the time that he
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declares
[Signatures]
Rob't Morrison
William Alexander W his mark.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states - And the Court further certifies that it appears to them Robert Hall Morrison who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the said county of Mecklenberg and that William Alexander is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.

I Isaac Alexander Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the county of Mecklenberg and state aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of James Orr for a pension In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 29th day of August 1832
[Signature]
Isaac Alexander CMC
[Seal]
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section

July 12, 1926.

Mrs. E. D. Smith,
603 E 4th St/
Chattanooga, Tenn.

Madam:

have to advise you, that from the papers in the
pension claim, S. 7282, it appears that James Orr was born March 5, 1750, or 1752, in Pennsylvania, place not stated.
While living in Mecklenburg County, N.C. he enlisted and served as a private in the North Carolina Troops, at various times amounting in all to fifteen months, between February 1776 and November 1780, under Captains Thomas Polk, Mebane, Elaby and William Alexander and Colonels Polk, Robert Irwin, Alexander, Phifer, Hicks, Davie and Davidson. He was in the battle at Ramsour's.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 29, 1832, while living in Mecklenburg County, N. C. He was married prior to 1780, name of wife not stated and
there is no further data on file as to family.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT,
Commissioner.
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1911, Mar 30 Hist let Mrs. J. Y Sage
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1922 May 10 Hist to Hon. Thos E. Watson (Senor) mi Elisha Wilkinson, Va. S.32078
1926
July 12 Hist. To Mrs. E. D. Smith. aw
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1939 Sept. 7 Hist. to Mrs. Virgil Idol. A.D.Y.

7282
INVALID.
Rev War
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File No. 7282
James Orr 
Priv. Rev. War
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Act: June 7th 1832
Index:-Vol. 1st, Page 281
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of James Orr which require further proof or explanation. 

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?  Yes

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes

III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?  -

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the periods of the war when he served? Yes

V. *Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amout [amount] of pension he is entitled? Yes

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under who he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes

X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes
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XI. has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? Yes

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? -

XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, as he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?  One living witness in part

XIV. +If the applican has produced a witness as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are person of credibility? Yes
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? Yes

XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? Yes

XVI. ++Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? Yes
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EXPLANATORY NOTES.
*Quere V.  In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:  "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned a Justice of the Peace, &c. A.B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____year _____months, and _____days, I served as a ______ For ______months and _____days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension.
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service.  The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service.  This form of a declaration is highly objectionable.  It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.

(+) QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.

(++) QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
[hand pointing right] In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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J. L. Edwards Esq'r. 
Com. Pensions.

N.C. Feb 10

Hon. H. W. Conner
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Hon. H. W. Conner

J's Orr
Dec:
NC.

[left side of paper folded over]
ds Esq'r.
Com. Pensions
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Washington 8th Feb'y 1835

J. L. Edwards Esq'r.

Sir

I enclose you the application of Jas. Orr for an increase of his pension - having obtained additional evidence of his service - he as well as all the others whose names as deponents or officers are personally known to me to be credible & legaly respectable persons. 
Very respectfully,
[Signature]
Henry W. Connor.
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Aragon Hotel
Atlanta, Ga.
Mch 22-1911

Com. of Pensions
Washington, D. C. 

Dear Sir: Will you please send me the record of service of the Revolutionary Pensioners -
"John Bird, Lieut. in S. C. Con. Line of Union Co. S. C. 1818" and

"James Orr of Mechlenburg Co. N.C. in 1833", with all family connections that may be contained in their papers and greatly oblige
Yours very  Truly
[Signature]
 Mrs. J. Y. Sage
Aragon, Hotel
Atlanta
Ga
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603 East 4th Street
Chatanooga Tenn
May 14th 1926

To
Rev & 1812 War Section
U.S. Bureau of Pensions
Washington D. C.

Dear Sir

I wish the Rev. war record of James Orr S. 7282 who was a resident of Macklenburg County North Carolina when he enlisted in 1776 and served at various times until 1780, and was pensioned in Macklenburg County North Carolina 1832.
Resp't
[Signature]
Mrs. Edwin D. Smith
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603 East 4th Street
Chattanooga Tennessee
March 10th 1926

To the Department of 
Interior Bureau of Pensions
Washington D. C. 

Will you please have the records examined for the military services of James Orr of North Carolina in the Revolutionary war 1776 - 1783 The State records of North Carolina Vol 22 page 79 show that he drew pensions in the state under  the acts of 1818 and 1832 as reported by the Secretary of State to Congress in 1835. Will appreciate any additional information. His wife was Amelia Sample Thanking you and with best wishes
I am 
cordially yours
[Signature]
Mrs. Edwin D. Smith

[stamp - U. S. PENSION OFFICE R MAR 12 1926]
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Atlanta, Georgia -
August 3, 1939 -
Please refer to B-J/ady-

Mr. A. D. Hiller
Veterans Administration
Washington, D. C.

My dear Mr. Hiller -

I wrote some time ago asking for information on James J. Orr a soldier in the American Revolutionary rolls -
In your reply to my request you ask for approximate dates of birth and death, places residence at reenlistment and after services etc.
James J. Orr applied for a pension from Orange County North Carolina. At  this time (1840) he was 80 years old. The date of his death according to this information was 1760. Place of residence at time of enlistment in either Orange or Caswell County North Carolina
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I am very anxious to obtain any family data that may have been filed with his application, also his war record. I also wish any family data and war record of James Orr who applied for a Revolutionary War pension from Mecklenburg County North Carolina.
Will you kindly give this your most prompt attention -
Yours very truly
[Signature]
Anne Wilson Idol-
(Mrs. Virgil Idol -)
1355 Peachtree Street 
Atlanta - Georgia.
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Sections
MMH&F
3-1865
_________
UNITED STATES 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSION
WASHINGTON

May 10, 1926

Mrs. Edwin D. Smith
603 East Fourth St.,
Chattanooga, Tenn.

Madam:

I have to advise you that from the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau it appears that one James Orr, S. 38976, enlisted in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
in 1776, served seven years, was pensioned in 1818 in Caldwell County, Kentucky and in 1822 was living in Bedford County, Tennessee, (and another James Orr, S. 7282, was a resident of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina when he
enlisted in 1776 and served at various times until 1780 and was pensioned in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina in 1832.)
Please designate which of the above pensioners whose history you desire and same will be furnished you.
Please return all of this correspondence with your reply.
Respectfully,
[Signature]
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
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and N. DIVISION 
3-525.


DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C. , ........................, 190....

In reply to your request of , received for a statement of the military history of James Orr a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his  application for pension on file in this Bureau.

[Headings]

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. | LENGTH OF SERVICE. | RANK. | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. | STATE.

Feb. 1776 | 6 wks. | Pvt. | Capt. Thomas Polk Col. Polk | N.C.
1776 | 2 mos. | Pvt. | Capt. Mebane's commanding riflemen | N. C. 
1776| 5 mos. | Pvt. | Capt. Mebane Col.s Rob't Irwin, Alexander & Phifer | N. C. 
1777 | 6 wks. | Pvt. | Capt. Elaby | Col.Hicks | N. C. 
1780+ | 1 mo. | [blank] | Capt. William Alexander | [blank] | N. C. 
1780 | 1 mo. | [blank] | Capt. William Alexander | Col. Davis } N. C. 
Nov. 1780 | 3 mos. | [blank] | [blank| Col. Davidson | N.C.

Battles, engaged in, Ramsours

Residence of soldier at enlistment, Mecklenburg Co. N. C. 

Date of application for pension, Aug. 29 1832 - cl. al

Residence at date of application, Mecklenburg Co. N. C. 

Age at date of application, b. Pennsylvania Marc. 5 1780 or 1782

Remarks: Soldier was married prior to 1780 - name of wife not stated. No further family data.

Very Respectfully,

Commissioner.

31793b5m10-07
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September 7, 1939.
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BA-J/ady
James Orr
S. 7282

Mrs. Virgil Idol
1355 Peachtree Street, N. E.
Atlanta, Georgia

Dear Madam:

The data contained herein were obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, S.7282, based upon the military service in that war of James Orr.
James Orr was born March 5, 1750 or 1752, on
the Susquehanna River, in Pennsylvania, and when two years old came to Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. The names of his parents are not given.
While a resident of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, James Orr enlisted and served as private in the North Carolina troops at various times, amounting to fifteen months in all, from February 1776 to November 1780, under Captains Thomas Polk, Mabane, Rlaby and William Alexander and Colonels
Polk, Robert Irwin, Adam Alexander, Phifer, Hicks, Davis and Davidson and was in the battle of Ramsour's Mill.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 29, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. He was married prior to 1780, name and age of wife not stated. There are no further family data.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of
pension, the name of person paid and possibly the death date of soldier, you should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., and cite the following data:
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"James Orr, Certificate No. 3962, issued January 7, 1833, rate $23.33 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, North Carolina Agency".
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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September 7, 1939.
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BA-J/MMHF/ady
James Orr
S.7282

Mrs. Virgil Idol
1355 Peachtree Street, N. E.
Atlanta, Georgia

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you
furnish further information in regard to the James Orr in whom you are interested.
You state that James J. Orr applied for a
pension from Orange County, North Carolina, in 1840, and was then aged eighty years and that James Orr applied for pension from Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.
The Census of Pensions of 1840, evidently the
volume from which your citation in regard to the James Orr, aged eighty years, was taken, shows that pensioner to have been a resident of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, and residing with James J. Orr (who is not recorded as a pensioner). There is no claim for pension or bounty land on file based upon service in the Revolutionary War of a James Orr of Orange County, North Carolina.
There are only two claims for pension on file
based upon service in the Revolutionary War of
soldiers with the name James Orr of any southern state. They both were from North Carolina, and their records are furnished you herewith.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator