Samuel Rorer^{[1, 2]}

1810 - 1880  (70 years)

• Name	Samuel Rorer  [3, 4, 5, 6]
  Birth	27 May 1810	, , Virginia, USA   [7]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	8 Jul 1836	Fredonia, Caldwell, Kentucky, USA   [5]
  Residence	1842	Hazel Dale, Hopkins, Kentucky, USA   [3]
  Residence	1850	Underwood, Hopkins, Kentucky, USA   [3, 8]
  Residence	1880	Madisonville, Hopkins, Kentucky, USA   [7]
  	Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Self
  Death	6 Jul 1880	Madisonville, Hopkins, Kentucky, USA   [9]
  Probate	2 Sep 1880	, Hopkins, Kentucky, USA   [10]
  Burial	Madisonville, Hopkins, Kentucky, USA   [9]
  Person ID	I9053	Master
  Last Modified	26 Aug 2021

  
  

  Father	Abraham Alexander Rohrer,   b. 9 Jul 1765, Lebanon, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, USA d. 20 Jun 1830, Pullens, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA (Age 64 years)
  Mother	Nancy Elizabeth Cook,   b. 19 Jan 1770, , Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA d. 28 Apr 1861, Pullens, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA (Age 91 years)
  Marriage	11 Aug 1789	, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA   [11, 12]
  Family ID	F2677	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Josephine Earle,   b. 14 Feb 1820   d. 20 Apr 1861, , Hopkins, Kentucky, USA (Age 41 years)
  Marriage	30 May 1839
  Family ID	F9908	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Aug 2021

  
  

  Family 2	Cordelia Johnson,   b. Abt 1853, , , Kentucky, USA
  Marriage	3 Dec 1870	, Gallatin, Illinois, USA   [2]
  Family ID	F9907	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Aug 2021

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 27 May 1810 - , , Virginia, USA Residence - 1850 - Underwood, Hopkins, Kentucky, USA Marriage - 3 Dec 1870 - , Gallatin, Illinois, USA Probate - 2 Sep 1880 - , Hopkins, Kentucky, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Notes for Samuel Rorer: from the Harmon Cook bible Samuel Rorer was born AD 1810 on Friday the 27th March Also in the bible is a note that Samuel Rorer and his wife moved to the Arkansas Territory for a time. A deed from Samuel Rorer to Richard Bennett from Pittsylvania County Courthouse in Chatham, VA in Deed book 34 page 18, 8/4/1832. This Indenture made the fourth day of August in the year of our Lord 1832 between Samuel Rorer of the one part and Richard Bennett of the other part both of the County of Pittsylvania and State of Virginia Witnesseth that the said Samuel Rorer in consideration of the sum of Five Hundred Dollars of lawful money of this commonwealth to him in hand paid by the said Richard Bennett at or before the ensealing and delivery of these presents ( The receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged ) have bargained and sold and by these presents doth bargain and sell unto the said Richard Bennett his heirs and assigns a certain tract or parcel of land, lying and being in the County of Pittsylvania on the waters of Potters Creek, containing two hundred and forty five acres, be the same more or less, and bounded as follows, Beginning at a corner double white oak thence with Craemers line S 26 degrees W 10 poles to Black Jack and pointers S 86 degrees W 152 poles to a red oak N 72 degrees W 50 poles to a white oak thence with John Rorer's line S 38 degrees W 48 poles crossing a branch to a post oak S 5 degrees E 80 poles to a post oak S 60 degrees W 104 poles crossing Potters Creek to a red oak thence a new dividing lone S 75 degrees E 256 poles crossing Potters Creek aforesaid to a post oak thence with Philip Deboes (now Gills) line N 27 degrees W 88 poles to a post oak N 26 degrees E 96 poles to a Spanish Oak S 76 degrees E 28 poles to a forked Chestnut Oak fallen down thence along David Rorer's new dividing line N 5 degrees W 100 poles to the Beginning with all the appertunances thereunto annexed to have and hold forever and the said Samuel Rorer for himself and his heirs doth warrant and defend unto the said Richard Bennett his heirs, administrators, Executors, and assigns a complete right and title in fee simple free from claims of himself his heirs, administrators, Executors and assigns and free from the claim or claims of all and every other person or person whatsoever in witness whereof the said Samuel Rorer hath hereunto set his hand and affixed his seal the day and year first above written. signed sealed and delivered in presents of S Rorer and seal Samuel Berger D G Nowlin William C. Rorer Charles W H Walden At a court held for Pittsylvania County on the 20th day of August 1832 This Indenture from Samuel Rorer to Richard Bennett was acknowledged by said Rorer to be his act and deed, certificates endorsed and ordered to be recorded. Teste, William Tunstall This deed found in the Pittsylvania County Courthouse in Chatham, VA in Deed Book 38 page 40 dated 8/12/1835. This Indenture made and entered into this 12th day of August one thousand eight hundred and thirty five between Samuel Rorer of Livingston County, Kentucky of the one part and Rudolph Rorer of Pittsylvania County, Virginia of the other part Witnesseth that for and in consideration of the sum of one hundred dollars to me in hand paid by the said Rudolph Rorer I the said Samuel Rorer have granted, bargained and sold to the said Rudolph Rorer a certain tract or parcel of land lying in Pittsylvania County Virginia on the waters of Frying Pan Creek bounded as follows TO Wit Beginning at a white oak on the Flag Spring branch called in the Patent Joseph Law corner thence along Smith's line and the line of the said Patent S 32 degrees W 10 poles to a pine fallen down S 50 degrees W 130 poles crossing two branches to a red oak in said line thence a new dividing lines N 2 degrees W 365 poles crossing the Flag Spring branch and several small branches to a red oak N 65 degrees W 156 poles crossing a branch and the Frying Pan Creek to Chas Goard corner pine thence along said line N 40 degrees E 164 poles crossing two branches just above the forks of the pointers two white oaks thence new dividing lines S 62 degrees E 50 poles crossing a branch and the Cider Pond fork of Frying Pan Creek to a pine S 18 degrees E 84 poles to pointers S 69 degrees E 180 poles to a corner pine thence with Patent and ward line S 18 degrees W 259 poles crossing the Flag Spring branch aforesaid to the beginning containing three hundred and forty acres be the same more or less to have and to hold the same tract or parcel of land with the appertunances to him the said Rudoiph Rorer his heirs now and forever free from the claim or claims of all and every person whatever In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand an seal this day and date above written S Rorer and Seal We, James McCowley and Thomas Willis two acting Justices of the Peace for Livingston County, KY do hereby cetrtify that Samuel Rorer personall appeared before us and acknowledged the within deed of conveyance to Rudolph Rorer to be his act and deed Given under our hand and seals this 12th day of August 1835 James McCowley, JP and seal Thomas Willis, Jr., JP and seal The Commonwealth of Kentucky Livingston County and seal I, James I. Dollam clerk of the court for the county and Commonwealth aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing attestation on Messrs James McCawley and Thomas Willis who are Justices of the Peace for said county duly commissioned and qualified is in due form of Law that the signatures are genuine and entitled to faith and credit. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office at salem this 12th day of August 1835 and 44 year of the Commonwealth Jas I Dollam and seal At court held for Pittsylvania County the 21st day of September 1835 This indenture from Saml Rorer to Rudolph Rorer with the certificates endorsed and ordered to be recorded Teste Will Tunstall cc

  
  

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