ORR-WILSON FAMILY CEMETERY, Anderson County, SC A.K.A. Version 2.3, 1-Dec-2003, A218.TXT, A218 **************************************************************** REPRODUCING NOTICE: ------------------- These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format for profit, or presentation by any other organization, or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. Paul M Kankula - nn8nn Seneca, SC, USA Oconee County SC GenWeb Coordinator Oconee County SC GenWeb Homestead http://www.rootsweb.com/~scoconee/oconee.html Oconee County SC GenWeb Tombstone Project http://www.rootsweb.com/~scoconee/cemeteries.html http://www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery/southcarolina/oconee.html **************************************************************** DATAFILE INPUT . : Paul M. Kankula at (visit above website) in Dec-2003 DATAFILE LAYOUT : Paul M. Kankula at (visit above website) in Dec-2003 G.P.S. MAPPING . : Gary L. Flynn at (visit above website) in Dec-2003 HISTORY WRITE-UP : ____________ at ____________ in _______ IMAGES ......... : Paul M. Kankula at (visit above website) in Dec-2003 LOCATION WRITE-UP: ____________ at ____________ in _______ TRANSCRIPTION .. : Wendy Campbell at wcampbell4@hotmail.com Lowry Wilson & Paul Orr at sclowry@hotmail.com in 1999 CEMETERY LOCATION: ------------------ > Latitude N 34 44.844 x Longitude W 82 30.556 CHURCH/CEMETERY HISTORY: ------------------------ > TOMBSTONE TRANSCRIPTION NOTES: ------------------------------ a. = age at death b. = date-of-birth d. = date-of-death h. = husband m. = married p. = parents w. = wife BROCK, Thomas Orr s/o Chesley H. & Mary S. Brock b. June 27, 1855 d. December 4, 1857 CLARDY, Arthur Edward b. September 23, 1868 d. May 13, 1894 CLARDY, Ester Minnie d/o Walker W. & Vada Clardy b. Nov. 27, 1897 d. June 2, 1899 CLARDY, Margaret Melvina d/o J.F. & M.A. Clardy b. Dec. 28, 1883 d. June 17, 1884 CLARDY, Margaret Orr, 1st w/o J.F. Clardy b. December 27, 1849 d. December 29, 1883 GLASPIE, Sallie L. w/o George W. Elrod & William Glaspie b. Sept. 19, 1844 d. June 15, 1872 MERRETT, Infant of Mr./Mrs. M.M. Merrett b. & d. March 9, 1893 ORR, Elizabeth w/o J.B. Orr b. October 15, 1820 d. January 1, 1897 ORR, J.B. b. February 29, 1824 d. November 25, 1889 WILSON, Thomas C. b. March 12, 1856 d. January 13, 1858 WILSON, William M. b. April 15, 1819 d. May 2, 1859 o----------o ROW 3 - Front to Back WILSON, Willie, "child of RC & LF Wilson", b. MAR 1875, (tombstone is between & shared by both children), d. APR 1875, children of Richard Chelsey Wilson and Lucinda F. Williamson) WILSON, Claudie, "child of RC & LF Wilson", b. 12 AUG 1876, d. 10 JUN 187(8) ROW 4 - Front to Back CLARDY, Ester Marie, "daughter of Walker W. & Vada (EDES) Clardy", b. 27 NOV 1897, d. 2 JUN 1899 CLARDY, Arthur Edward, b. 23 SEP 1868, d. 13 MAY 1894 CLARDY, Margaret Melvina, "daughter of J.F. & M.A. Clardy", b. 28 DEC 1883, (daughter of John F. Clardy & Margaret A. Orr), d. 17 JUN 1884 ORR, Margaret (A.), "1st wife of J.F. Clardy", b. 27 DEC 1849, (died one day after childbirth), d. 29 DEC 1883 ROW 5 - Front to Back MERRETT, "Infant", "child of M.M. Merrett", (Lamb on tombstone), b. 9 MAR 1893, (c/o Miles McDuffie Merritt & Estelle S. Orr), d. 9 MAR 1893 ORR, Elizabeth Wilson, (Elizabeth Ann "Betsy" Wilson), b. 15 OCT 1820, (wife of J. B. Orr), d. 1 JAN 1897 ORR, John B. "J.B.", (son of Thomas Orr & Sarah Wilson), b 29 FEB 1824, d. 25 NOV 1889 LTCA, (rock tombstone), b. MAR 1878 ROW 7 - Front to Back ORR, (rock tombstone) BROCK, Thomas Orr, "son of Chesley H. & Mary S. (Orr) Brock", b. 27 JUN 1855 (box type tombstone), d. 4 DEC 1857 WILLSON, Thos. G. (Thomas), (box type tombstone), b. 12 MAR 1856, (son of William M. Willson & Abigail Orr), d. 13 JAN 1858 WILLSON, William M..(Mattison), (box type tombstone), b 15 APR 1819, (husband of Abigail "Abby" Orr), d. 27 MAY 1859, (Abigail "Abby" Orr Willison is buried in Texas) ROW 8 - Front to Back ELROD, "Infant", "infant son of Sallie L. (Orr) Elrod" ORR, Sallie L., 1st - "wife of George W. Elrod", b. 19 SEP 1844, 2nd - "wife of William Glaspie", d. 15 JUN 1872 1. Data in "__" is on tombstone. 2. Data in (__) is added from known sources. 3. There are actually 10 known rows of graves (Front to Back) in the cemetery. 4. There are 104 marked graves plus an unknown number of unmarked graves. 5. Known graves = 40 children, 30 adults, and 34 (unknown - only one marker rock). 6. Slaves and their descendants were buried in this cemetery. By: Paul Orr (Great grandson of John B. Orr) and Lowry Wilson BROCK, Thomas Orr s/o Chesley H. & Mary S. Brock BROCK, Thomas Orr, "son of Chesley H. & Mary S. (Orr) Brock" Clardy, Arthur Edward b. September 23, 1868 d. May 13, 1894 CLARDY, Arthur Edward, b. 23 SEP 1868, d. 13 MAY 1894 CLARDY, Ester Marie, "daughter of Walker W. & Vada (EDES) Clardy" CLARDY, Ester Minnie d/o Walker W. & Vada Clardy CLARDY, Margaret Melvina d/o J.F. & M.A. Clardy CLARDY, Margaret Melvina, "daughter of J.F. & M.A. Clardy" CLAEDY, Margaret Orr, 1st w/o J.F. Clardy ELROD, "Infant", "infant son of Sallie L. (Orr) Elrod" GLASPIE, Sallie L. w/o George W. Elrod & William Glaspie LTCA, (rock tombstone) MERRETT, "Infant", "child of M.M. Merrett" MERRETT, Infant of Mr./Mrs. M.M. Merrett ORR, (rock tombstone) ORR, Elizabeth w/o J.B. Orr ORR, Elizabeth Wilson, (Elizabeth Ann "Betsy" Wilson) ORR, J.B. ORR, John B. "J.B.", (son of Thomas Orr & Sarah Wilson) ORR, Margaret (A.), "1st wife of J.F. Clardy" ORR, Sallie L., 1st - "wife of George W. Elrod" WILLSON, Thos. G. (Thomas) WILLSON, William M..(Mattison) WILSON, Claudie, "child of RC & LF Wilson" WILSON, Thomas C. WILSON, William M. WILSON, Willie, "child of RC & LF Wilson"