When Sarah Orr was born on 26 September 1810, in Williamson, Tennessee, United States, her father, William Orr, was 49 and her mother, Ann 'Annie' Smith, was 26. She married William Sims about 1829, in Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Tennessee, United States in 1870 and Magisterial District 5 Swann, Calloway, Kentucky, United States in 1880. She died on 4 March 1899, in Lynn Grove, Calloway, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Graves, Kentucky, United States.
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War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
During the New Madrid earthquakes of 1811-1812, the Kentucky Bend or New Madrid Bend was created. It is located in the southwestern corner of Kentucky on the banks of the Mississippi River.
The Hermitage located in Nashville, Tennessee was a plantation owned by President Andrew Jackson from 1804 until his death there in 1845. The Hermitage is now a museum.
English: from an unrecorded Middle English personal name Orre (Old Norse Orri, originally a byname meaning ‘black grouse’).
Scottish (southwestern): nickname from Scottish Gaelic odhar ‘dun, of sallow complexion’. This surname is also common in Ireland. It was brought to Ulster from Scotland in the 17th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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