Thank you all for your contributions of time, research, donations, support and feedback.

Many thanks to the good folks at Bassett Historical Center for their input and assistance.

Thank you for visiting our heritage and history.
Please consider making a contribution (any amount is appreciated) to help offset the expense, and help us continually improve the quality and quantity of information.

We Gratefully Accept Yout Old/Odd Bitcoin, and Bit Cents at:
14Q2Cm1pRmUrSGTfn1a66Qe9YbAmdD8Dez

  First Name:  Last Name:
Log In
Surnames
What's New
Statistics

Terms of Use & Privacy
Contact Us
Join Our Community

Rudolph Rhorer/Rorrer[1]

Male 1797 - Yes, date unknown


Personal Information    |    Media    |    Sources    |    All    |    PDF

  • Name Rudolph Rhorer/Rorrer 
    • Rudolph Rorer and Elizabeth Rorer, twins, were born in 1797 on Sunday, 8th day of October.
    Born 8 Oct 1797  Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died Yes, date unknown  Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I18876  My Reynolds Line
    Last Modified 9 Sep 2017 

    Father Abram2 Rhorer/Rorrer,   b. Est 1775, Lebanon, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Nancy Cook,   b. Est 1775, Lebanon, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F6986  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Histories
    Rorrer/Rohrer Family
    Rorrer/Rohrer Family
    Rorrer Family.pdf

  • Sources 
    1. [S107] Family Histories, http://www.rorrer.info/Rorrer%20Family.pdf.
      Rudolph Rorer3 (Abram2, John1 was b. 8 Oct 1797 in Pitts. Co., VA and died in 1883 in Pittsylvania Co., VA He married Millicent Lamb on 5 Mar 1823 in Pitt. VA, d/o John Lamb and Catherine Unknown. She was b. 30 Dec 1795 in VA; and d. 1882 in Pitts. Co., VA
      Children of Rudolph and Millicent Lamb Rorer are:
      Rudolph H. Rorer, b 1823 in P VA d. Competition, Macon Co., Missouri m. Mary Catherine Broadfoot 5 Apr 1848 in Marion, Livingston Co., KY.; (2) Edwin Henry Rorer, b. 2 Jan 1824; (3) Samuel N. Rorer, b abt 1825; (4) Walter Abram Rorer b 24 Jul 1826; d. 30 Nov 1864 in Franklin TN Civil War.

      Elizabeth Rorer3 (Abram2, John1 was born on 8 Oct 1797 in Pittsylvania Co., VA; she married, 15 May 1817, Samuel Smith, s/o Samuel Smith Sr.; Children of Elizabeth Rorer and Samuel Smith are: John Smith b 18 Feb 1818 Pitts. co. VA; (2) Samuel K. Smith b. 7 Sep 1819.(HArmon Cook Bible); (3) Abraham Elizabeth Bowker Smith b 2 Dec 1821 d. 8 Dec 1821 Pitts. Co., VA

      Elizabeth and Rudolph were twins;
      Civil War Condederate Army Officer; Lieutenant Colonel and Commander of the 16th South Carolina Infantry. He was killed during the Battle of Franklin in 1864. He is buried in McGavock Confederate Cemetery, Franklin, Williamson Co., Tennessee. Bio. by Ethan Bishop

      Rudolph Rorer and Elizabeth Rorer, twins, were born in 1797 on Sunday, 8th day of October, under
      the planet LUNA. He apparently owned slaves. In the Pittsylvania County, VA death records there is a record of a slave named Eliza Rorer, owned by Rudolph, who died of cancer at age 39 in June 1861. Rorer's Harpen Creek Mill Rudolph Rorer received title to this forty-one acres as a gift. The Rorers were millers and Abraham Sr. and Abraham Jr. both owned sawmills in the county. The
      elder was a son-in-law of Harmon Cook, who owned at least two mills. Cook built one of these on Tomahawk Creek, and the other he bought from George Jefferson on Turkey Cock Creek.