James McTeer

b 1763, , , Pennsylvania
d 1825, , Blount, Tennessee
	James McTeer
	\| b 1697
Robert McTeer	d 16 Feb 1785
\|b 25 Jan 1740	\|
\|d 06 Apr 1824	Margaret Anderson
\|	d ABT 1740 1745
James McTeer
\|Martha Ferguson
\|m 29 Sep 1795	William Martin
\|, Blount, Tennessee	\|b 1718
Agnes Martin
b 26 Apr 1740	\|
d 05 Aug 1823	Margaret

Children

1	<	James Robert McTeer
2	<	John Montgomery McTeer
3		Elizabeth McTeer
4		William McTeer
5		Nancy McTeer
6	<	Henry Ferguson McTeer

Notes

The will of James McTeer, written 25 July 1825, probated September 1825, bequeathed to wife Martha her living and the $16 owed me by my brother Robert for her use in purchasing a saddle; to son Robert, $50 in trade; to daughter Elizabeth, bed and furniture, her saddle and a horse worth $80 in trade; to daughter Nancy, a good saddle at age 18, bed and furniture, and a horse worth $80 at age twenty; his plantation to remain an undivided tract until the death of his wife, then to go to sons henry and Montgomery either jointly or one to buy the other out, and they to pay the legacies; Henry to keep his father's saddle, big coat and hat. Executors: William McTeer and John M. McTeer. Witnesses: William Armstrong, Samuel Hamil.

On 26 September 1825 William McTeer was appointed Executor of the Estate of James McTeer deceased; bond for $1000 was signed by John Hayes and Arch Sloan. On 26 December 1825 John M. McTeer was appointed Executor of this estate; bond was for $2000 with Samuel Cannon as surety.

In 1830 Martha McTier aged 50-60 was head of a household in Western District, Bount County; this household included one female aged 15-20, and two males aged 20-30 and 10-15.

On 1 April 1842 John M. McTeer and Henry F. McTeer, for $300 conveyed to Robert McTeer their interest in 128 acres one rod on Nine Mile Creek, abutting on land of William Armstrong and James C. McTeer, being the same land in Grant #1133 by the State of Tennessee on 16 May 1810 to Littel James McTeer. The grantors signed this deed in Cass County, Georgia.

Source: McTeer - Mateer Families of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Frances Davis McTeer, 1975, 54-55.

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