McTeer

Notes:

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Reference:
McTeer - Mateer Families of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Frances Davis
McTeer, 1975, p 116.

Notes:

In the 1850 census, 3rd Civil District, Blount County, James was described as a
blacksmith aged 30, wife Mary aged 25, children Elizabeth aged 7 and Calvin
aged 3.

During the Civil War Calvin McTeere lost his index finger as the result of a
wound suffered 14 May 1864 at the Battle of Recaca, Georgia, while he was
serving as a private soldier in Company I 5th Regiment Tennessee Volunteers; he
enlisted at Sale Creek, Tennessee on 1 October 1863 and was mustered out at
Nashville, Tennessee on 30 Jun 1865. After the War he was a blacksmith in
Gordon County, Georgia (1878), Ranger, Georgia (1915) and his last years were
spent at the home of his daughter in East Point (a suburb of Atlanta, Georgia).
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Reference:
McTeer - Mateer Families of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Frances Davis
McTeer, 1975, p 116.

Calvin married Ellen Belzorah Taylor 20 Mar 1866, , Blount County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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Reference:
McTeer - Mateer Families of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Frances Davis
McTeer, 1975, p 116.

Notes:

James C. McTeer was a blacksmith at Morganton, Tennessee. Morganton, a part of
Blount County until 1879, but now an abandoned location in Loudon County,
Tennessee, once supported a thriving economy based on the transfer of goods
between boats on the Little Tennessee River and wagons on Morganton Road
leading north to Maryville and Kingston, Tennessee.

On 7 February 1848 William Kerr conveyed to James C. McTeer, both of Blount
County, for $40, a half-acre lot (#11) in Morganton; the next year on 18 July
1849 James C. bought at a tax sale the lot in Morganton where his blacksmith
shop was located; and on 5 February 1850 he bought still another lot in
Morganton for a house.

In the 1850 census, 3rd Civil District, Blount County, James was described as a
blacksmith aged 30, wife Mary aged 25, children Elizabeth aged 7 and Calvin
aged 3.
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Reference:
McTeer - Mateer Families of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Frances Davis
McTeer, 1975, p 83, 116.

James — Mary. Mary was born Abt 1825, , Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

In the 1850 census, 3rd Civil District, Blount County, James was described as a
blacksmith aged 30, wife Mary aged 25, children Elizabeth aged 7 and Calvin
aged 3.
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Reference:
McTeer - Mateer Families of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Frances Davis
McTeer, 1975, p 116.

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

James married Ellen Conner 18 Dec 1817, , Blount County, Tennessee. Ellen was born Abt 1802, , Tennessee; died Abt 1853, , Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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