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John James Orr (County Atty., Carroll Co.)

b. 1832-05-21 d. 1909-07-27

Carroll County, Kentucky, attorney. Ghent, Kentucky, native. Son of John B. Orr and Eliza Scott Orr. Married Rowena Sanders Orr. Father of Emmett Orr and Felicia Orr. Attended law school at the University of Louisville. Admitted to the bar in 1857. Attorney in Ghent in 1860. County Attorney of the Carroll County Court in Carrollton, Kentucky, in 1862.

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White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Carroll County, Ghent Magistrate District District No. 1, p. 14; Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Carroll County, Carrollton, p. 5; "Judge Orr Dies at Carrollton," Louisville Courier-Journal July 28, 1909, p. 8; Find A Grave, "Judge John James Orr (1832 - 1909)," Memorial #22773786, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=22773786 (accessed 7 May 2017).

Citation

Orr, John James. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32208069 (November 12, 2026).

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