James Robert McTeer

b ABT 1796 1798, , Blount, Tennessee  
d 08 Nov 1869, Morganton, , Tennessee James McTeer  
Robert McTeer b 1697  
| b 25 Jan 1740 Margaret Anderson  
James McTeer  d 06 Apr 1824 d ABT 1740 1745  
|b 1763 | William Martin  
|d 1825 Agnes Martin b 1718  
|  b 26 Apr 1740 Margaret  
James Robert McTeer  d 05 Aug 1823  
|Ellen Conner-1 +    
|m 18 Dec 1817    
|, Blount, Tennessee |    
Martha Ferguson  
 b 1770 |    
 d 01 Apr 1842    
   

Children

1 < Martha Montgomery McTeer
2 < James Campbell McTeer
3 < John Montgomery McTeer
4 Sally McTeer
5 Elizabeth McTeer
6 < Henry Ferguson McTeer
7 Nancy McTeer
8 Mary C. (Polly) McTeer

Notes

This Robert McTeer was a blacksmith by trade and for many years a Justice of the Peace for Blount County.

In the 1830 census fo the Western District of Blount County. Robert McTeer was listed as aged 30-40, with sons two 5-10 and one under five years; his wife aged 40-50 and daughters two 5-10 and two under five years. In the 1850 census of Blount County the 1st Civil District, Bobert McTeer, 'B. Smith', aged 52 years is listed with wife Ellen aged 48, daughters Nancy aged 16 and Mary aged 14; all four born in Tennessee.

On 10 April 1878 Esther Mary McTeer aged 45 years, residing in the 6th District, Loudon County, Tennessee, 'widow of Robert McTeer who served the full period of 14 days in the Tennessee Militia during the War of 1812', applied for a widow's pension. She stated that Robert had died at Morganton, Tennessee, on 8 November 1869; J. L. Beaty and Hannah G. McClung attested to her signature and character. This application was rejected on 4 February 1881 on 'Presumptive abandonment' after numerous requests for more data as to the service.

Source: McTeer - Mateer Families of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Frances Davis McTeer, 1975, p 83.


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