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- The will of Minerva McTeer, written 16 March 1898, probated 16 May 1898,
bequeathed legacies as follows: to nephew William M. Hood of Knoxville, real
estate in Maryville, $150 and a blue and white coverlet; to grandnephew William
Peter Hood and grandniece Margaret E. Hood a lot on Church Street in Maryville,
and Margaret to have in addition bedroom furniture and bedding; to Francis P.
Hood Jr., a vacant lot in Maryville; to Eliza M. Hood, a bureau and side
saddle; to Mary E. Hood, bedding; these last three legatees were specified as
children of nephew Francis P. Hood; to niece Harriet J. C. Henry, six cane
bottom chairs; to John E. Hood, a blue, red and white coverlet; if the claim
against the U. S. Government is ever paid, that money to nephews Francis P. and
John E. Hood; and remaining money on hand to nephews William M. and John C.
Hood; to niece Minerva Rule, clothing; to Mary A. George, a shawl; to Mary P.
McTeer, a cloak; to Robert N. Hood, pictures and a looking glass; to Mamie
Gillespie, a blanket; to nephew Francis P. Hood, rocking chairs and a blanket.
Executor: nephew A. M. Rule. Witnesses: R. A. Tedford, E. S. Cunningham.
The aformentioned U. S. Government claim was probably in connection with damage
to the Blount County Court House when Federal troops raided Maryville during
the Civil War.
Minerva never married.
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Reference:
McTeer - Mateer Families of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Frances Davis
McTeer, 1975, 56.
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