SKETCHES
OF THE O’REAR FAMILY
TABLE OF CONTENTS
FAMILY
ORIGINS, HISTORY, AND TRADITIONS
1. The
O’Rear (Orear) Family, 1688-1800 - Virginia, North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee and
Georgia.
2. Deposition of George Washington O’Rear
3. Tradition of Origin - by George M. O’Rear
4. Susan Marshall’s Letter (1900) about
Origins of the O’Rear family.
5. John O’Rear, the Common Man?
6. The O’Rears, A Personality Sketch.
7. How do we spell our name?
8. Possible Location of the O’Rea family in
Ireland - Dennis O’Rear May 1995
VIRGINIA PLANTATION AND MODERN LIFE
9. Neighbor Original Young and the Golden rule
(1792)
10. Elizabeth Marshall Sues John O’Rear - or a
Lesson Why You Should Not Sue Your Neighbor. 1761.
11. Daniel O’Rear’s will
12. Sheriff Benjamin Orear invents the reaper.
13. The Midas of Prince William
14. Until Death Us Do Part
15. John O’Rear, Poet
WARS OF THE REVOLUTION, 1812, AND WITH THE SEMINOLE INDIANS
16. Daniel O’Rear, Revolutionary War Patriot -
as narrated in his pension application.
17. The Winning of the West. The O’Rears help
by John, Jessie and Daniel O’Rear.
18. Daniel O’Rear Goes To War.
19. Major Enoch O’Rear and the War of 1812
20. George Washington O’Rear and the Seminole
Indian War.
CROSSING
THE ALLEGHENEY MOUNTAINS TO BOONESBORO AND OTHER SETTLEMENTS
21. William O’Rear, Tavern Keeper in
Boonesborough, Kentucky in 1786.
22. Politics, the Livestock Market, and General
Andy Jackson in 1828 As Related by Irwin O’Rear.
23. Courtship of John Orear, Mount Sterling
Kentucky - 1836. Narrated by the Principals.
24. Settlement of Georgia and the Cherokees.
25. George O’Rear Goes to Boston.
26. Senator William O’Rear and the Hog Market
(1840).
27. Untimely Death of Albert O’Rear (1850).
28. Joe and John O’Rear make good.
29. Daniel O’Rear’s Carding factory,
Montgomery County, Kentucky.(1865).
30. Believe it or not. -- Ripley’s.
31. Colonel Jerry O’Rear and the camp
Meetings. -- 1840.
32. Gold Rush.
33. Ed O’Rear versus the Licking River --
1882.
THE
CIVIL WAR
34. A Hero of Chaplin River and Stone River --
Lieutenant George Washington O’Rear, C. S. A.
35. Christmas Story.
36. John O’Rear was a Stubborn Man (1865).
37. Memorial to Captain Elisha O’Rear, C. S.
A. by the Blue Eye Baptist Church.
AFTER THE WAR
38. Ed O’Rear and The Circus, 1873.
39. Ed O’Rear – Factual Sketch.
40. Jefferson Davis O’Rear Goes West.
41. The "Arkansas Thomas Cat."
42. My Grandfather’s Grandfather’s Clock.
43. Newton O’Rear goes west.
44. Martin O’Rear Loved His Land.
INTO
THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
45. Leslie O’Rear’s Namesake (The
O’Rear - Leslie Building).
46. John O’Rear, U.S. Minister to Bolivia,
1917.
47. Early
Female Liberation -- Helen O’Rear, First Female to Pilot an Airplane Over New York
City (1915).
48. Stolen Image.
49. Judge O'Rear defends Dock Cockrell.
THE WAR
YEARS AND PEACETIME
50. David Peter O’Rear - POW.
51. The Writing of the Sketches.
52. Antiques I have known. (Eleanor O’Rear and
the Wilderness Trail) A Book Review.
THE
FAMILY TODAY AND TOMORROW
53. Greg O’Rear and the Motorcycle.
54. James O’Rear – Movie and TV
"Star".
55. Kathy O’Rear - Emmy Award Winning
Hollywood Costume Designer.
56. Jim (Wild Horses) O’Rear - Country Western
Musician.
57. Sybil O’Rear – Western Writer.
58. Paddy O’Rear - Astronaut in Training.
59. The Computer Age.
60. O'Rear Professors.
61. Charles O'Rear -- Noted Photographer for the
National Geographic.
62. Legacy.
RETROSPECTIVE
63. A million to one odds -- the recovery of John
O’Rear’s Desk and papers by Colonel John O’Rear (1930).
APPENDIX
– DATA ABOUT THE FAMILY
A. Distribution of O’Rears
B. Orears in the United States.
C. Veterans.
D. Inventors.
E. Key Genealogical Quests.
Last Revision: 08/01/2002 13:12:00
Number Visits: