In the 1790 North Carolina census, there are three separate Furr families.

The sons of Heinrich and Rosina Furrer:

Mecklenburg County -- Henry, John, Paul Furr

Rowan County --Tobias Furr

The sons of Heinrich Furrer, and their descendants, are well documented and definitively proven by DNA.

Moore County -- Leonard Furr and Joseph Furr

Leonard Furr and his descendants are likewise well documented. DNA has definitively proved he is not a son of Heinrich Furrer but is definitely related, exactly how is unknown.

Joseph Furr and his descendants are not well documented and have no related DNA analysis. Morgan Jackson, a possible descendant, speculates, “I am becoming more and more convinced that my ancestor Charles Furr [see below] was a son of Joseph Furr based on several pieces of circumstantial evidence. Several things pointing in this direction:

[1] Joseph Furr was listed in the 1790 Census with 4 males under 16 years of age. From all accounts Charles Furr was born c1780.

[2] Charles named his son Joseph which is very customary with tradition to name a son after your father.

[3] Joseph and Charles can be found residing in the same area in Moore County, NC. The area is located east of McLendons Creek, roughly half way between Carthage, NC and Glendon, NC. This area is several miles from the traditional location of Leonard Furr's family south of Robbins, NC. This is the biggest connection to me as we have always wondered about their connection but land records prove that they lived in same area and that it was a different area than Leonard and family."

The only descendant of Charles Furr that may having living direct male descendants as of 2022 is William Riley Furr (b. Nov 1820, North Carolina, d. ?) who moved to Alabama, Mississippi, and then Texas and changed his name to Farr. I tried to contact four of his direct male descendants requesting they do Y-DNA testing, but did not hear back from any of them.