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Austin Seminary Archives, Stitt Library ORR (SAMUEL) SERMONS AND WEDDING CEREMONY, 1855 1882 Descriptive Summary Title: Samuel Orr sermons and wedding ceremony Dates: 1855 1882 Accession Number(s): 1993 012 Extent: 1 foot Language: Materials are written in English. Biographical Note 1 : Samuel Orr (1823 1882) was one of the first Presbyterian ministers in Arkansas. Orr was born in Jackson County, Georgia, August 12, 1823, and graduated from Oglethorpe University (1851) and Cumberland Theological Seminary, Lebanon, Tennessee (1854). He received a Certificate of Licensure to preach from the Presbytery of Cherokee meeting at Cartersville, Georgia (1855?). From 1854 to 1858, Orr served as both domestic missionary and stated supply for the Presbytery of Cherokee and preached at several locations in Alabama. Around 1858, he moved to Arkansas where he served as one of the earliest Presbyterian preachers in the state. Under the Presbytery of Ouachita, he was first located at Tulip in Dallas County. Later he lived in Center Point where he preached and taught in Hemstead County (1858 1860). He was ordained Army Chaplain in Ouachita County (1864) and served as stated supply at Pleasant Grove Academy and Church in Dallas County (1863 1869). In 1869 he became the first full time minister and teacher at Carolina Presbyterian Church and Academy in Dobyville, Arkansas, where he stayed until his death. Under Orr, the church grew to sixty three members and two pastors. While at Carolina, he traveled extensively, serving as stated supply for Arkansas churches of Prescott, Marlbrook, Shady Grove, Princeton, and Arkadelphia. In addition to preaching, Orr is rumored to have kept a general store and run a cotton gin. The 1870 census lists him as being a physician. Orr was marred to Ann Elizabeth Baird in 1857, and they had four children. He died suddenly on October 24, 1882 after an accident on a horse. 1 Information for this sketch taken from a biographical account by Orr s great-grandaughter, Florence Logan Moore. A copy of this biography is available from the archivist. For information on this collection, contact the Austin Seminary Archives at 512-404-4875, archives@austinseminary.edu, or visit us at www.austinseminary.edu/archives

Samuel Orr Sermons and Wedding Ceremony, Page 2 of 18 Scope and Contents: This collection consists of 225 handwritten sermons written and preached by Samuel Orr, mostly in the area of Clark County, Arkansas, and spanning the years 1855 1858, 1864 1869, and 1870 1882. Most of the sermons are dates 1856 1957, when Orr preached at Mount Olivet and Sardis Presbyterian Churches in Alabama, and 1874 1882 when he served at Carolina Presbyterian Church in Arkansas. Other Arkansas churches where the sermons were preached include: Mount Hally, Center Point, Arkadelphia, Tulip, Royston, Fayetteville, Pleasant Grove, Washington, Greenwood, Princeton, Prescott, Shady Grove, Oak Grove, Marlbrook, Richland, and Hope. The sermons are arranged chronologically by the date they were originally preached. Orr s sermons are not titled, but are based around particular chapters and verses of the Bible, indicated at the beginning of each manuscript. Although Orr usually documented the places where he preached each sermon, around 25% of the sermons are undated. The Orr papers also include one wedding ceremony, dated 1879. Restrictions: Materials are available by appointment only. Contact the archivist for details. Index Terms: Orr, Samuel, 1823 1882. Presbyterian Church Clergy. Sermons, English Arkansas. Clark County (Ark.) Preferred Citation: Samuel Orr sermons and wedding ceremony, 1855 1882, Austin Seminary Archives, Stitt Library, Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary Inventory: B063 1 Series I: Sermons 225 individual handwritten manuscripts 2 Cor. 5:20, undated Eph. 2:10, undated 2 Cor. 16:2, undated 1 Pet. 2:7, undated 2 John 12:48, undated 2 Cor. 3:18, undated Isa. 55:1 2, undated Ezek. 3:17 21, undated 2 Tim. 1:15: Royston, [1850s?] Pleasant Grove, undated

Samuel Orr Sermons and Wedding Ceremony, Page 3 of 18 Washington, undated Richland, undated Richland, undated 1 Cor. 9:20 22: Sardis, [1850s?] John 3:3: No. 3 [1850s?] Sardis, undated B063 3 Luke 14:25 27: Mount Hally, [1856] Marlbrook, undated Richland, undated Arkadelphia, 1875 Matt. 6:10: Carolina, 1872 Richland, undated 2 Cor. 5:20: Sardis, undated Oak Grove, undated Matt. 11:29 30: No. 2, unfinished [Pickens Co., AL], 1855 Carolina, 1870 4 Luke 10:41 42: The One Thing Needful, June 1855 2 John 2:15: No. 3 Pickens Co., AL, [1855] Mount Olivet, December 30, 1855 Carolina, July 1872 Deut. 29:29: No. 4 Pickens Co., AL, [1855] Mount Olivet, January 6, 1856 2 Cor. 4:18: No. 6 [Pickens Co, AL], 1855 Sardis, undated

Samuel Orr Sermons and Wedding Ceremony, Page 4 of 18 B063 5 1 Chr. 16:29: No. 7 Pickens Co., AL, [1855] Carolina, 1870 2 Cor. 10:12: No. 8 Pickens Co., AL [1855] Mount Olivet, January 20, 1856 Oak Grove, undated Ps. 1:1: No. 9 Pickens Co., AL [1855] Sardis, January 27, 1856 Carolina, August 1870 Luke 16:31: No. 10 Pickens Co., AL [1855] Mount Olivet, February 3, 1856 Sardis, February 10, 1856 Center Point, April 8, [1860?] Richland, April 1873 Tulip, 1874 6 2 Pet. 4:18: No. 11 Pickens Co., AL, [1855] Mount Olivet, February 17, 1856 Sardis, undated Royston, 1858 Pleasant Grove [?] Carolina, 1870 Tulip, 1874 John 14:27: No. 12 Pickens Co., AL [1855] Sardis, February 24, 1856 Mount Olivet, May 18, 1856 Fayetteville, undated Oak Grove, undated Mark 2:17: No. 13 Pickens Co., AL [1855] Mount Olivet, March 2, 1856 Sardis, undated Carolina, 1870 John 9:4: No. 14 Pickens Co., AL [1855] Sardis, March 9, 1856 Carolina, 1870

Samuel Orr Sermons and Wedding Ceremony, Page 5 of 18 Tulip, 1874 B063 7 2 Pet. 4:1 2: Mount Olivet, March 16, 1856 Rom. 1:16: No. 15 Pickens Co., AL [1855] Sardis, March 23, 1856 Ps. 61:2: No. 16 Pickens Co., AL [1855] Mount Olivet, April 20, 1856 Sardis, April 27, 1856 Fayetteville, undated Oak Grove, undated Royston, 1858 La [?], 1860 Carolina, 1874 Josh. 24:15: No. 17 Pickens Co., AL [1855] Sardis, undated Marlbrook, undated Pleasant Grove, undated 8 2 Pet. 3:18: No. 18 Pickens Co., AL [1855] Sardis, May 25, 1856 Carolina, August 1873 Washington, 1873 Arkadelphia, 1876 Rom. 5:10: Sardis, June 8, 1856 Carolina, 1871 Washington, 1871 John 6:47: Mount Olivet, July 6, 1856 Num. 14:34: Mount Olivet, August 1856 Carolina, October 1878 Richland, September 1879 9 John 3:16:

Samuel Orr Sermons and Wedding Ceremony, Page 6 of 18 Carolina, 1869 Sardis, undated Pleasant Grove, undated Rom. 8:30: Sardis, undated Greenwood, June 1865 Jer. 17:9: Pleasant Grove, April 3, 1864 Carolina, [October?], 1873 Tulip, undated Arkadelphia, 1875 Ps. 73:25: Mount Olivet, December 21, 1856 Fayetteville, May 31, 1857 Royston, 1858 Oak Grove, undated B063 10 Ps. 90:9: Sardis, December 28, 1856 Pleasant Grove, undated Ps. 36:2: Mount Olivet, 1857 Sardis, 1857 Pleasant Grove, undated Matt. 6:22 23: Mount Olivet, 1857 Sardis, undated Pleasant Grove, undated Richland, undated Carolina, November 1878 Mal. 1:6: Mount Olivet, February 15, 1857 Sardis, February 22, 1857 Pleasant Grove, April 1, 1865 Carolina, December 1877 11 Rom. 10:4: Mount Olivet, March 1, 1857

Samuel Orr Sermons and Wedding Ceremony, Page 7 of 18 [Bathesday?], March 8, 1857 Sardis, March 22, 1857 2 Cor. 6:16 18: Sardis, May 10, 1857 Carolina, June 12, 1870 [Calvary?], October 1870 Dan. 3:16 18: Sardis, May 24, 1857 Royston, undated Center Point, undated John 12:32: Fayetteville, May 31, 1857 Pleasant Grove, May 19, 1867 Carolina, March 1869 Richland, June 1873 Carolina, July 1876 B063 12 Phil. 4:4: Mount Olivet, June 7, 1857 Sardis, June 14, 1857 Carolina, 1871 Carolina, 1878 John 14:1: Sardis, July 1857 Royston and Wilton, June 1858 Washington, August 1865 Mount Hally, 1875 Carolina, May 1875 Rom. 12:1: Mount Olivet, July 1857 Marlbrook, 1870 Carolina, 1870 Washington, 1871 Princeton, 1871 Gal. 6:7: Pleasant Grove, undated Carolina, March 1870 13 2 Cor. 3:18: Undated Heb. 10:23:

Samuel Orr Sermons and Wedding Ceremony, Page 8 of 18 Arkadelphia, 1876 2 Pet. 3:15: Richland, undated Isa. 59:1 2: B063 14 John 6:47 Carolina, February 12, 1871 2 John 2:15: Carolina, September 1871 Prov. 3:9 10: Carolina, 1872 Jer. 17:1: Carolina, 1872 15 2 Pet. 1:21: Carolina, 1873 Jer. 6:16: Carolina, 1873 2 Pet. 3:18: Carolina, 1873 2 Cor. 1:30: Richland, 1873 16 Ps. 119:130: Carolina, 1873 Exo. 34:22: Carolina, December 1873 Col. 3:16: Carolina, December 1873 Richland, February 1880 Prescott, [Donor s note: possibly the last sermon preached by Rev. Orr, who died on November 24, 1882], October 1882 Rom. 5:2: Carolina, 1874 17 Acts 11:23: Carolina, 1874 John 7:17: Carolina, 1874

Samuel Orr Sermons and Wedding Ceremony, Page 9 of 18 Richland, 1880 Marlbrook, 1882 Shady Grove, September 1882 Eph. 1:13 14: Carolina, 1874 Rom. 3:1 2: Carolina, 1874 B063 18 Phil. 1:20: Carolina, 1874 Matt. 5:16: Carolina, 1874 Luke 19:42: Carolina, January 1874 Gen 16:13: Carolina, January 1874 19 1 Cor. 15:56 57: Carolina, April 1874 Rom. 15:3: Carolina, June 1874 Mal. 3:16: Carolina, June 1874 John 2:12: Carolina, June 1874 20 Deut. 12:9: Carolina, December 1874 Acts 24:16: Carolina, 1875 2 Cor. 3:18: Carolina, 1875 2 Pet. 4:6: Carolina, 1875 21 Matt. 5:20: Carolina, 1875 2 Cor. 10:12: Carolina, January 1875 Prov. 3:5 6: Carolina, January 3, 1875 Jos. 1:25: Carolina, January 1875

Samuel Orr Sermons and Wedding Ceremony, Page 10 of 18 B063 22 Rom. 8:13 14: Carolina, February 1875 2 Cor. 2:14: Carolina, February 1875 Phil. 4 6: Carolina, March 1875 Heb. 4:16: Carolina, March 1875 Pleasant Grove, July 1875 Arkadelphia, August 1875 Carolina, August 1879 23 John 8:12: Carolina, April 1875 Eph. 6:13: Carolina, April 1875 2 Pet. 3:15: Carolina, May 1875 Eph. 4:13: Carolina, May 1875 24 Eph. 2:18: Carolina, June 1875 Pleasant Grove, undated Carolina, May 1878 Rom. 14:17: Carolina, June 1875 Ps. 42:8: Carolina, June 1875 Eph. 36:37: Carolina, July 1875 Pleasant Grove, undated Arkadelphia, 1876 Washington, 1880 25 John 3:19: Carolina, July 1875 John 6:39 40: Tulip, August 1875 Isa. 26:3: Carolina, September 1875

Samuel Orr Sermons and Wedding Ceremony, Page 11 of 18 Ps. 67:3: Carolina, October 1875 B063 26 Heb. 7:25: Carolina, December 1875 Carolina, November 1879 Prescott, June 1881 Arkadelphia, May 1882 Marlbrook, July 1882 Jer. 29:13: Carolina, 1876 1 Cor. 1:7 9: Carolina, 1876 John 21:22: Carolina, January 1876 Mount Hally, 1882 Marlbrook, July 1882 Shady Grove, August 1882 B064 27 John 9:39: Carolina, February 1876 Phil. 4:13: Carolina, February 1876 1 Cor. 1:18: Carolina, February 26, 1876 John 3:3: Carolina, April 1876 28 Eph. 5:17: Carolina, April 1876 2 Cor. 7:1: Carolina, April 1876 Eph. 2:7: Carolina, April 1876 Gal. 1:4: Carolina, May 1876 29 1 Pet. 3:22: Carolina, June 1876 Matt. 3:12: Carolina, June 1876 Eph. 4:1 3: Carolina, June 1876

Samuel Orr Sermons and Wedding Ceremony, Page 12 of 18 Rom. 5:1: Carolina, August 1876 B064 30 Rom. 5:2: Carolina, August 1876 Rom. 6:4: Carolina, August 1876 John 10:14: Carolina, August 1876 Heb. 8:19: Carolina, September 1876 31 Phil. 2:15: Carolina, October 1876 Matt. 10:42: Carolina, October 1876 Rom. 12:2: Carolina, October 22, 1876 John 10:9: Carolina, November 12, 1876 32 Acts 10:42 43: Carolina, December 2, 1876 Titus 2:14: Carolina, December 1876 James 4:7: Carolina, December 1876 2 Chron. 20:20: Carolina, January 1877 33 Matt. 25:34: Carolina, January 7, 1877 Isa. 62:1 2: Carolina, January 14, 1877 2 Pet. 2:3: Carolina, January 21, 1877 2 Cor. 1:9: Carolina, February 1877 34 John 14:15 17: Carolina, February 1877 Titus 2:11 12: Carolina, February 11, 1877

Samuel Orr Sermons and Wedding Ceremony, Page 13 of 18 Rom. 12:21: Carolina, February 1877 John 13:34 35: Carolina, April 1877 Hope, April 28, 1877 B064 35 Prov. 3:5: Carolina, April 1877 Heb. 13:14: Carolina, April 1877 Matt. 6:21: Carolina, April 1877 2 Pet. 3:9: Carolina, May 1877 36 John 15:10: Carolina, May 1877 Tulip, April 1879 2 Cor. 5:1: Carolina, June 1877 Richland, June 1877 Luke 12:37: Carolina, June 1877 37 Mark 1:15: Carolina, July 1877 Hosea 13:9: Carolina, July 1877 Col. 1:27: Carolina, July 1877 Rom. 8:33 34: Carolina, August 1877 38 Eph. 1:14: Carolina, August 1877 2 Cor. 5:17: Carolina, August 1877 Matt. 5:14: Carolina, September 1877 John 16:14: Carolina, September 1877 39 Luke 7:35:

Samuel Orr Sermons and Wedding Ceremony, Page 14 of 18 Carolina, October 1877 Matt. 7:21: Carolina, December 1877 Matt. 16:24: Carolina, December 1877 Luke 12:32: Carolina, December 1877 B064 40 1 Cor. 3:23: Carolina, 1878 Richmond, 1878 2 Chron. 14:2: Carolina, January 1878 Tere. 13:23: Carolina, January 1878 Matt. 7:13 14: Carolina, January 1878 41 Eph. 6:10: Carolina, February 1878 Ps. 139:23 24: Carolina, February 1878 1 Pet. 2:3: Carolina, February 1878 Prov. 8:34: Carolina, March 1878 42 2 Chron. 31:21 Carolina, March 1878 Heb. 10:14: Carolina, March 1878 2 Pet. 1:1: Carolina, March 1878 Acts 17:31: Carolina, April 1878 43 Hab. 2:1 Carolina, April 1878 Arkadelphia, September 1878 Jas. 3:17: Carolina, May 1878 Arkadelphia, September 1878 Tulip, January 1880

Samuel Orr Sermons and Wedding Ceremony, Page 15 of 18 1 Tess. 5:12 13: Washington, A Charge to the People of Washington, May 1878 John 8:31 32: Carolina, May 1878 B064 44 Ps. 72:7 8: Carolina, May 5, 1878 Job 14:14: Carolina, May 30, 1878 Prov. 3:1 2: Carolina, June 1878 Rom. 13:11: Carolina, June 1878 Rom. 14:17: Carolina, June 1878 45 Matt. 8:34: Carolina, July 7, 1878 Heb. 10:36: Carolina, August 1878 Heb. 13:15: Marlbrook Carolina, August 6, 1878 1 Cor. 10:12: Carolina, August 11, 1878 46 Ps. 119:162: Carolina, September 1878 Ps. 122:6: Carolina, September 1878 2 Sam. 12:22: Carolina, September 1878 John 9:41: Carolina, September 1878 47 Prov. 8:36: Carolina, October 1878 Acts 9:6: Carolina, November 1878 Mal. 3:17: Carolina, November 1878 Pet. 46:1:

Samuel Orr Sermons and Wedding Ceremony, Page 16 of 18 Carolina, December 1, 1878 Prescott, July 1882 Marlbrook, August 1882 Shady Grove, September 1882 B064 48 Ps. 51:6 Carolina, December 1878 Rom. 13:14: Carolina, 1879 2 Cor. 8:7: Carolina, January 1879 49 Acts 17:27: Carolina, February 1879 Malvern, 1880 Marlbrook, 1882 Prescott, 1882 1 Cor. 2:5: Carolina, February 1879 2 Chron. 7:14: Carolina, February 1879 Shady Grove, September 1882 Marlbrook, undated 1 Cor. 2:2: Carolina, February 16, 1879 50 Gal 4:5: Carolina, March 1879 Rom. 8:14: Carolina, March 1879 Neh. 8:1: Carolina, March 9, 1879 Col. 3:1: Carolina, April 1879 51 Isa. 11:13: Carolina, April 1879 Rom. 10:14: Carolina, May 1879 Eph. 8:?: Carolina, May 1879 1 Cor. 12:27: Carolina, May 1879

Samuel Orr Sermons and Wedding Ceremony, Page 17 of 18 B065 52 Eph. 4:15: Carolina, May 1879 Ps. 1:1 2: Carolina, June 1879 Tulip, January 1880 Arkadelphia, October 1880 Prescott, July 1882 Shady Grove, August 1882 Marlbrook, August 1882 Richland, August 1882 Deut. 4:29: Carolina, June 1879 Malvern, 1880 Gen. 45:28: Carolina, June 1879 53 Eph. 2:13: Carolina, June 1879 Heb. 11:16: Carolina, July 1879 Arkadelphia, May 1882 Prescott, June 1882 Shady Grove, June 1882 Marlbrook, July 1882 Rom 1:18: Carolina, August 1879 Heb. 12:14: Carolina, September 1879 54 2 Cor. 5:19: Carolina, September 1879 Ps. 56:12 13: Carolina, October 1879 Isa. 1:18: Carolina, October 1879 Phil. 2:5: Carolina, November 1879 55 1 John 1:3 4: Carolina, November 1879 Jer. 50:6: Carolina, November 1879

Samuel Orr Sermons and Wedding Ceremony, Page 18 of 18 Heb. 12:1 2: Carolina, December 1879 Washington, October 1880 Ps. 27:14: Carolina, December 1879 Ps. 66:16: Tulip, 1880 Marlbrook, 1882 Shady Grove, [1882] Rev. 2:10, funeral for Robert C. Little: Carolina, January 20, 1880 B065 56 Series II: Wedding Ceremony Julia Ann Arminda and Harrison Alexander, one handwritten manuscript Wedding ceremony, 1879