First Families of Orangeburgh District, South Carolina
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Connor (Conner)
WILLIAM CONNOR, the son of PETER CONNOR and ISABELLA ____, was baptized 23 Mar 1744 in Saintfield, County Down, Ireland[3] and died in Orangeburgh District, South Carolina. He married MARY ____ before 1768. She was born abt. 1742[1].
On 23 Feb 1768, William Conor, age 24, and Mary Conor, age 26, stated that they had arrived from Ireland on the Snow Gregg and applied for Bounty for their passage and provisions[1]. On the same date William Conor petitioned for a Warrant of Survey on 200 acres of land, indicating a family size of three[1]. From this we infer that they had one child under two with them as no bounty was paid for children under two. The child is assumed to be William, named after his father.
William's land was surveyed on 23 Apr 1768, granted on 29 Jul 1768, and he filed a memorial on it on 2 Sep 1768[4,5,6]. The land was located in a part of Polk Swamp and Bay Branch, called Clayton's Bay.
There is a monument to William Connor in the Ebenezer United Methodist Church Cemetery in Bowman, SC which says: William Connor Head of the Connor Clan in South Carolina who came from Ireland in the early 1700's and settled near Ebenezer Church[2].
Children of William Conor and Mary _____ are:
a. WILLIAM CONNOR, born 1766-1767 in Ireland, married (1)Barbara Moorer[3,7, 8] and (2)Miss Rush[3].
b. ANN CONNOR, born 1 Apr 1770[9].
c. PEGGY CONNOR, born aft. Feb 23 1768 in South Carolina, married a Mr. Platt (no children)[8].
d. DAVID CONNOR, born 1782 in South Carolina[10], married Elizabeth Myers[8], born 1792 in South Carolina[10].
REFERENCES:
1. Brent Holcomb. Petitions for land from the South Carolina Council Journals, Volume VI : 1766-1770, pp. 169, 171.
2. Orangeburg County Cemeteries, Section II-B, Orangeburg County Historical Society, August 2002, p. 91.
3. Ron Holerand, Personal Communication, 29 Jun 1999. Copy of 1982 Vicarage letter and 1744 Saintfield Baptism record provided via Karl Becker 8 Jun 2008.
4. SC Archives, Colonial Plats (William Conner), Ser: S213184, Vol: 0014 Pg: 00160 Itm: 01, 23 Apr 1768.
5. SC Archives, Colonial Grants(William Conner), Ser: S213019, Vol: 0017, Pg: 00445, 29 Jul 1768.
6. SC Archives, Colonial Memorials(William Conner), Ser: S111001, Vol: 0008, Pg: 00189, Itm: 03, 2 Sep 1768.
7. Monroe Black, Echoes in Time, The Murray, Connor, and Moorer Families, 1997.
8. Leroy H. Gilmore, Two Great-Grands, 1955, p.114.
9. Orangeburgh German-Swiss Newsletter, Vol 1, Nos. 9/10, Summer/Fall 1983, pg. 48.
10. U. S. Federal Census of 1850, Orangeburgh District, South Carolina.
Other references to this surname are found in OSGSG Newsletters: Vol. 1 pp 23, 27, 48, 93, 128; Vol. 2 pp. 68, 151; Vol. 3 pp. 19, 28, 32, 36; Vol. 4 p. 7; Vol. 5 pp. 23, 63; Vol. 6 pp. 77, 137, 146; Vol. 7 p. 8; Vol. 9 p. 21; Vol. 10 pp. 3, 4.
Information provided by Jim Rickenbacker on November 12, 2005. Update by Jim Rickenbacker on May 19, 2009.