James Robert McTeer

Abt 1798 - 1869  (~ 71 years)

• Name	James Robert McTeer
  Born	Abt 1796/1798	, Blount County, Tennessee
  Gender	Male
  Died	8 Nov 1869	Morganton, Tennessee
  Person ID	I7360	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	4 Oct 2009

  
  

  Father	James McTeer,   b. Abt 1763, Pennsylvania ,   d. 1825, Blount County, Tennessee  (Age ~ 62 years)
  Mother	Martha Ferguson,   b. Abt 1776, Ireland ,   d. Aft 1850  (Age ~ 75 years)
  Married	29 Sep 1795	, Blount County, Tennessee
  Family ID	F2789	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Ellen Conner,   b. Abt 1802, , Tennessee ,   d. Abt 1853, , Tennessee  (Age ~ 51 years)
  Married	18 Dec 1817	, Blount County, Tennessee
  Children	+ 1. Martha Montgomery McTeer,   b. 13 Nov 1818, Morganton, Tennessee ,   d. 6 Feb 1886  (Age 67 years) + 2. James Campbell McTeer,   b. Abt 1820, Morganton, Tennessee + 3. John Montgomery McTeer,   b. Abt 1822, Morganton, Tennessee ,   d. 1892  (Age ~ 70 years)   4. Sally McTeer,   b. Morganton, Tennessee   5. Elizabeth McTeer,   b. Abt 1826, Morganton, Tennessee + 6. Henry Ferguson McTeer,   b. 8 Jan 1828, Morganton, Blount County, Tennessee ,   d. 6 Feb 1901, Houk, Blount County, Tennessee  (Age 73 years)   7. Nancy McTeer,   b. Abt 1834, Morganton, Tennessee   8. Mary C. (Polly) McTeer,   b. Abt 1836, Morganton, Tennessee
  Family ID	F2912	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Esther Mary Beatty,   b. Abt 1833
  Married	24 Sep 1865	, Blount County, Tennessee
  Family ID	F2913	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - Abt 1796/1798 - , Blount County, Tennessee Married - 18 Dec 1817 - , Blount County, Tennessee Married - 24 Sep 1865 - , Blount County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• 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. ---------- Reference: McTeer - Mateer Families of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Frances Davis McTeer, 1975, p 83.