Moody McTeer

Notes:

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Reference:
McTeer - Mateer Families of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Frances Davis
McTeer, 1975, p 123.

Notes:

Joseph Tedford McTeer served in the Confederate forces during the Civil War, as
a private and sergeant in Company I, Colonel Ashby's 2nd Tennessee Cavalry and
also as a private in Company E 4th Battalion, Branner's Tennessee Cavalry.

Throughout most of his life Joseph T. McTeer was engaged in the clothing
business, first as a travelling salesman and later with a retail store in
Knoxville.

He was twice elected mayor of Knoxville.
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Reference:
McTeer - Mateer Families of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Frances Davis
McTeer, 1975, p 122.

Joseph married Amanda Morgan White 15 Jul 1869, Knox County, Tennessee. Amanda (daughter of George M. White and Sophia Moody Park) was born 5 Sep 1844, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee; died 21 Jul 1943. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Amanda was a lineal descendant of the founder of Knoxville.
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Reference:
McTeer - Mateer Families of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Frances Davis
McTeer, 1975, p 122.

Notes:

On 4 February 1858 William McTeer and wife Margaret J. McTeer of Knox County,
Tennessee, deeded to W. S. Porter of Blount County, Tennessee, for $657.40,
lands in the 8th Civil District, Blount County, formerly owned by Joseph
Tedford.

In youth William McTeer was apprenticed to a tailor; later he became a merchant
and hotel keeper in Maryville. He served as Postmaster there, as Trustee for
Blount County, and as major of the local militia.

In the 1850 census of Blount County, 9th Civil District, William McTeer aged 34
years was listed as a tailor, with wife Margaret aged 33 years, and six
children aged one to twelve years. In addition to the McTeer family, this
household included four more "tailors" as well as other tradesmen and lodgers
to a total of 27 persons.

About the close of the Civil War William and his family moved to Baltimore,
Maryland, where they remained until 1876, when they returned to Knoxville,
Tennessee, and were thereafter engaged in the wholesale clothing business.
Much information on activities and descendants is abstracted from newspaper
clippings filed under the name McTeer in the McClung Collection, Lawson-McGhee
Library.
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Reference:
McTeer - Mateer Families of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Frances Davis
McTeer, 1975, p 90.

William married Margaret Jane Tedford 25 May 1837, , Blount County, Tennessee. Margaret (daughter of Joseph Tedford and Mary McNutt) was born 4 Feb 1817, Tennessee; died 29 Nov 1900; was buried Magnolia Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

On 4 February 1858 William McTeer and wife Margaret J. McTeer of Knox County,
Tennessee, deeded to W. S. Porter of Blount County, Tennessee, for $657.40,
lands in the 8th Civil District, Blount County, formerly owned by Joseph
Tedford.

In the 1850 census of Blount County, 9th Civil District, William McTeer aged 34
years was listed as a tailor, with wife Margaret aged 33 years, and six
children aged one to twelve years. In addition to the McTeer family, this
household included four more "tailors" as well as other tradesmen and lodgers
to a total of 27 persons.

About the close of the Civil War William and his family moved to Baltimore,
Maryland, where they remained until 1876, when they returned to Knoxville,
Tennessee, and were thereafter engaged in the wholesale clothing business.

Much information on activities and descendants is abstracted from newspaper
clippings filed under the name McTeer in the McClung Collection, Lawson-McGhee
Library.
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Reference:
McTeer - Mateer Families of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Frances Davis
McTeer, 1975, p 90.
Blount County Marriages, Brenda Jordan Raymond.

Notes:

Colonel.
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Reference:
McTeer - Mateer Families of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Frances Davis
McTeer, 1975, p 122.

George — Sophia Moody Park. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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Reference:
McTeer - Mateer Families of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Frances Davis
McTeer, 1975, p 122.

Notes:

Buried in the Baptist Burying Ground.

Robert McTeer, Jr., was a farmer and lived the greater part of his life at
Ellejoy, Tennessee. "He owned the lands known as the 'Lower Place', where he
made his home. We have but little either by record or tradition of him, either
personal appearance, traits or habits. One thing regarding him indicates that
he had an intensity of feeling in standing by a friend. ... A brother-in-law,
Mr. Sherrill, became involved in debt. Robert McTeer first conveyed his lands
to him and then made a joint mortgage to secure the indebtedness of Mr.
Sherrill. the mortgage was foreclosed, and Robert lost all. Grandfather
William McTeer bought in the land and owned it at the time of his death."

Legal notice of Robert McTeer's death is found in the Blount County, Tennessee
Probate files, when on 25 March 1833 his son Montgomery McTeer was appointed
guardian for his brother William McTeer with Samuell Sherrill as surety in the
amount of $500.
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Reference:
McTeer - Mateer Families of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Frances Davis
McTeer, 1975, p 55.
Blount County Marriages, Brenda Jordan Raymond.

Robert married Mary Sherrill 22 Mar 1798, , Blount County, Tennessee. Mary (daughter of Samuel Sherrill and Altha) was born 19 Sep 1779; died 13 May 1825; was buried , Monroe, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Buried in Hopewell.
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Reference:
McTeer - Mateer Families of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Frances Davis
McTeer, 1975, p 55.
Blount County Marriages, Brenda Jordan Raymond.

Notes:

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Reference:
McTeer - Mateer Families of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Frances Davis
McTeer, 1975, p 90.

Joseph — Mary McNutt. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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Reference:
McTeer - Mateer Families of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Frances Davis
McTeer, 1975, p 90.