John George Morr

1761 - 1817  (56 years)

• Name	John George Morr  [1]
  Birth	3 Aug 1761	Northumberland County, PA
  Gender	Male
  Death	20 Oct 1817	Centre County, PA
  Burial	Zion-Morr Lutheran Church Cemetery, Freeburg, Snyder County, PA
  	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10517548/john-george-morr John George married Catherine Dieffenbach; he was a private in the Revolutionary War and was at Chadd's Ford during the Battle of the Brandywine, 11 September 1777. On 28 May 1792 they purchased a tract of land in Northumberland (Potter Twp.) (Now Centre Co,) PA. 100 acres & 78 perches. The property called "Morr Hall". On 1 April 1794 they sold it and moved to near Freesburg PA. and on 19 Nov. 1808 they repurchased the old farm and added 113/4 acres to it. On 28 May 1813 they purchased the Hostetter Farm so he could carry on his business. The panic of 1815-1825 put him in insolvency and George Meyers bought the farm in 1827. They were members of the Lutheran Church at Freesburg PA. He and Catherine had twelve children. In 1828 Catherine went to Ashland Co. OH. with her son Andrew. Catherine is buried in Pleasant Valley Cemetery in Ashland Co., OH.
  Person ID	I2795	Kreider Moyer
  Last Modified	5 Jan 2023

  
  

  Father	Pvt Andrew Morr,   b. 20 Apr 1727, Baden-Baden, Germany d. 18 May 1801, Sunbury, Northumberland County, PA (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Catharina Elizabetha Renninger,   b. 17 Apr 1732, Baden-Baden, Germany d. 1795, Freeburg, Snyder County, PA (Age 62 years)
  Family ID	F86	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Anna Catherine Dieffenbach,   b. 28 Mar 1766, Berks County, PA d. 18 Jan 1843, Ashland, Ashland County, OH (Age 76 years)
  Family ID	F1015	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Jul 2020

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 3 Aug 1761 - Northumberland County, PA Death - 20 Oct 1817 - Centre County, PA Burial - - Zion-Morr Lutheran Church Cemetery, Freeburg, Snyder County, PA  = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  John George Morr was the older of the two sons of Andrew Morr. He was born August 3, 1761; died October 18, 1817. He was young in years when the war of the Revolution began, and was among the first to show his patriotic ardor. In that period of our country's danger, he joined the army as a drummer boy, and went through the battle known as Chad's Ford along the Brandy wine, September 11, 1777. [1]

  
  

• Sources

  [S48] Calvin F. Moyer, Genealogy of the Morr Family, (https://hiltner.com/genealogy/showmedia.php?mediaID=382), 315.