Andrew Bogle McTeer

Notes:

Andrew Bogle McTeer was a blacksmith by trade and a farmer. He was an officer
in the militia of Tennessee, holding ranks from lieutenant to colonel. During
the Civil War he served as Quartermaster of the 3rd Tennessee Cavalry, U. S.
Volunteers. After the war he was a Postmaster at Ellejoy, Tennessee.

In 1850 Andrew McTeer aged 30 years was a resident in the 13th district, Blount
County; his household included his wife Nancy aged 27 and four children,
William aged 6, Elizabeth aged 5, Hetty aged 3 and Mary aged 7 months.

On 18 September Andrew B. McTeer enlisted at Maryville, Tennessee as a private
in Company A 3rd Tennessee U. S. Volunteers; on 16 November 1863 he was
promoted to 1st Lieutenant and Regimental Quartermaster, a position he held
until his discharge on 26 September 1864. But on 24 September 1864, two days
before the date of his official discharge, while he was with a detachment under
Colonel Wallace Campbell, Lieutenant McTeer was captured at Athens, Alabama, by
Major N. B. Forrest; from that time until he was exchanged on 6 December 1864,
he remained in Confederate hands, and it was the first of the next year before
he was able to get back home. The receipt of his discharge at regimental
headquarters while he was a prisoner-of-war together with the loss at the time
of his capture of all the quartermaster's records, invoices, vouchers and
overdue reports, created such a snafu that Lieutenant McTeer was obliged to
spend all of 1865 and most of 1866 in correspondence with government agents in
an effort to collect his final military pay (from September through December
1864) and to satisfy their inquiries regarding various discrepancies in his
lists of properties, animals (mules and horses), harness, forage, clothing
(down to canteens, shirts and boots) and general supplies (such as inkstands,
camp desks and foolscap paper).

The Invalid Pension Declaration of Lt. Andrew B. McTeer, dated 29 April 1882
reports disability as a result of "Poison and did not get it out of my system.
It occurred in the Barracks at Covington, Kentucky, on or about the last of
November 1862 and rendered me a good portion of my time unfit for service,
sometimes better, sometimes worse ... he rendered me unable for labor and
still growing worse from pains and stiffness of limbs and inward suffering."

Then after the War while the late lieutenant was still struggling with ill
health, arguing with the government over his back pay, and trying to reconcile
his confused accounts, he was receiving also vague threats from the Freedmen's
Bureau citing some alleged mistreatment of the "Col'd people that have been
engaged in working your Mother's farm." A letter of 1 September 1865
continues, "These people will be protected by all the force at the disposal of
the agents of the Bureau in their just rights. ... I am authorized to seize
and rent for the use of the aged, infirm and the young, all Estates from which
the late masters drive away the poor and destitute Col'd people. This
authority I shall use as circumstances demand therefore be carefull what you
do."

Considering the very general rapport between the McTeers and their slaves, both
before and after emancipation, the whole affair now seems a ridiculous display
of bureaucracy, but at the time it must have been one more distressing,
disturbing and frustrating harrassment to the ailing Union veteran.

On 7 September 1885 William A. McTeer was appointed Administrator of the Estate
of Andrew B. McTeer, who had died on 13 June 1885, Nancy McTeer the widow
having declined to act as Administratrix. Bond was set at $2000 with A. B.
McTeer, J. G. McTeer and S. J. McCulloch as sureties.

On 21 October 1885 a committee appointed by the Court set off for Nancy McTeerthe widow's "one year's provisions" as follows: three horses, one milk cow,
two steers, two heifers, one calf, five sheep, four "fatning" hogs, seven
shoats, wheat on hand, present corn crop, hay and fodder on hands, one turning
plow, two small plows, two pair of gearing (harness), one harrow, two
cultivators, one wood saw, all household and kitchen furniture, $25 cash.

A sale notice of 4 September 1886 listed four parcels of land in the 13th Civil
District, Blount County, being "all the real estate owned by Andrew B. McTeer
at the time of his death", to wit: 91 acres adjoining J. A. McTeer, Cal Davis
and others; 84 acres adjoining J. A. McTeer, Gillespie, Graves and perhaps
others (this title in dispute); also revisionary interest of dower to Nancy
McTeer, S. A. McCulloch, Samuel Cameron, Robert Murrin's heirs and perhaps
others. All four tracts were sold to Nancy McTeer for $1605 and conveyed to
her 17 September 1886 by Ben Cunningham, Clerk and Special Commissioner.

After a law suit in April 1888 to quiet title in the case of James A. McTeer
and Nancy McTeer versus Samuel Gillespy, James Gillespy and Ann E. Blackburn,
James A. McTeer and Nancy McTeer (his widowed sister-in-law) divided certain
lands held as tenants in common; Nancy's residual part was 170 acres near the
foot of Chilhowee Mountain.

This last named property known as the "Mountain House Land" together with 84
3/4 acres on Ellejoy near Chilhowee Mountain (the second tract mentioned in the
estate sale above) was deeded on 25 January 1895 from Nancy McTeer to her son
Will A. McTeer. On that same date she deeded to her son Josias G. McTeer and
Alexander B. McTeer, 135 acres more or less, all the remaining land from her
husband's estate. Actually the finincial considerations specified in these
deeds constitute the settlement of Nancy McTeer's estate.
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Reference:
McTeer - Mateer Families of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Frances Davis
McTeer, 1975, p 91-93.

Andrew married Nancy Gamble 1 Dec 1842, Little River, Blount County, Tennessee. Nancy (daughter of Alexander Breckinridge Gamble and Elizabeth Ransbarger) was born 25 Apr 1823, Little River, Blount County, Tennessee; died 15 Jan 1896, Ellejoy, Blount County, Tennessee; was buried Eusebia Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

During the Civil War Will A. McTeer served in Company A 3rd Regiment Tennessee
Cavalry U. S. Volunteers; he enlisted 10 August 1862 at Cumberland Gap and was
discharged on 3 August 1865 at Pulaski, Tennessee; at the time of enlistment
he was 6 feet tall with fair complexion, dark hair and blue eyes. On 4 April
1864 he was promoted from private to 2nd Lieutenant, on 19 July 1864 to 1st
Lieutenant and Adjutant, assigned to duties as Acting Assistant
Adjutant-General of the Brigade and then of the Division. Finally he was
commissioned Major in the same regiment.

After the War, Major McTeer was a lawyer in Maryville, where he held many
public offices, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Blount County, Recorder of the
City of Maryville, and one term in the Tennessee Legislature. He was one of
the organizers and President of the Bank of Maryville, Treasurer of Maryville
College for eighteen years, twenty years United States Commissioner, and thirty
years Superintendant of the Sabbath School of New Providence Presbyterian
Church in Maryville.

It was Major McTeer's effort through personal contacts, Blount County records,
and wide correspondence which resulted in the compilation 1900-1925 of a
manuscript "McTeer Family History," now on deposit in the McClung Collection,
Lawson-McGhee Library, Knoxville, Tennessee.
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Reference:
McTeer - Mateer Families of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Frances Davis
McTeer, 1975, p 124.

William married Mary Tomlinson Wilson 16 Oct 1876, Athens, Tennessee. Mary was born 30 Apr 1852, Beirut, Syria; died 4 Jan 1898, Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee; was buried Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

William married Lucy Tilden 12 Aug 1903, Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee. Lucy (daughter of Allen Sherwood Tilden and Elvira Willis) was born 17 Oct 1860, , Grundy, Illinois; died 24 Dec 1922, Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee; was buried Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Buried in Eusebia Cemetery.
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McTeer - Mateer Families of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Frances Davis
McTeer, 1975, p 124.

Elizabeth married William Houston Gamble 23 Dec 1869. William (son of John E. Gamble and Malvina Williams) was born 21 Dec 1848; died 21 Nov 1891; was buried , Blount County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Buried in Eusebia Cemetery.
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McTeer - Mateer Families of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Frances Davis
McTeer, 1975, p 125.

Hetty married Samuel J. McCulloch 1 Jan 1875, , Blount County, Tennessee. Samuel (son of John A. McCulloch and Martha Hooper) was born 4 Apr 1853; died 7 Oct 1893, , Blount County, Tennessee; was buried , Blount County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Buried in Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Reference:
McTeer - Mateer Families of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Frances Davis
McTeer, 1975, p 126.

Mary — Daniel W. Trotter. Daniel (son of Rev. Isaac Trotter and Mary Angeline "Polly" Emert) was born 22 Apr 1849, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 26 Mar 1930, Blount County, Tennessee; was buried Logans Chapel Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

A. B. McTeer was a physician in Maryville and a charter member of the Blount
County Medical Society in 1887. About 1916, after residing in various
locations in or near Maryville, Dr. McTeer bought a farm at Rockford,
Tennessee, where he lived for the remainder of his life.

Buried in Magnolia Cemetery.
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Reference:
McTeer - Mateer Families of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Frances Davis
McTeer, 1975, p 126.

Alexander married Sarah Magnolia Morton 25 Jun 1890, , Blount County, Tennessee. Sarah (daughter of Dr. Benjamin A. Morton and Martha McCamy) was born 16 Sep 1869, , Blount County, Tennessee; died 10 Feb 1942, , Blount County, Tennessee; was buried Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Never married.

On 1 May 1937 Josias G. McTeer of Blount County was judged incompetent to
manage his own financial affairs and A. E. McCulloch (his nephew) was appointed
guardian of his estate, consisting of 104 acres in the 13th Civil District,
Blount County, valued at $5000 and $1500 in personal property. Very shortly
after this guardianship was established "Uncle Joe" died unmarried and
intestate; A. E. McCulloch and Julian A. McTeer were appointed Administrators
of the estate. The only real property inventoried besides the 104 acres from
his mother was a two acre plot at the ford where the Maryville-Sevierville Road
crossed Little Ellejoy Creek, which land had been a part of the dower of Hettie
(McTeer) McCulloch.

Both these plots were sold in 1938 and the procedes distributed to nieces and
nephews in the following shares; one-fifth each to Dr. W. A. B. Trotter of
Knoxville and Wilson McTeer of Detroit, Michigan; one-tenth each to Will A.
McTeer and Julian A. McTeer of Rockford, Blount County; one-twentieth each to
Mamie Gamble Toole and Sarah Gamble of Blount County, Lutie Gamble Dupes of
Bakersfield, California, and Mallie Gamble Orr of Detroit, Michigan;
one-twentyfifth each to A. E. McCulloch of Maryville, Blount County, Annie
McCulloch and Cora (McCulloch) Caldwell of Riverdale, Maryland, and Stella
(McCulloch) Mitchell of College Station, Texas; finally one-half of
one-twentyfifth each to Dorothy McCulloch and J. Max McCulloch of Maryville,
Blount County, heirs of John A. McCulloch who died while the estate was in
probate.

Buried in Eusebia Cemetery.
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Reference:
McTeer - Mateer Families of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Frances Davis
McTeer, 1975, p 93.

Other Events:

• Census: 1940, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan

Notes:

Wilson McTeer, A. B. Maryville College 1925, Ph. D. University of Chicago 1930,
taught phychology for forty years at Wayne State University in Detroit Michigan
before retiring as Professor Emeritus in 1970. Author in 1972 of "The Scope of
Motivation", Brooks/Cole Publishing Co., Monterey, California.

Living in 1975 in Holiday, Florida.
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McTeer - Mateer Families of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Frances Davis
McTeer, 1975, p 124.

Wilson married Frances Coon Davis 3 Jul 1931, Charleston, Illinois. Frances (daughter of Philip Boutwell Davis and Dora Coon) was born 13 Jan 1907, Barry County, Missouri; died 4 Jan 1985; was buried Magnolia Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Living in Blount County, unmarried in 1938.
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McTeer - Mateer Families of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Frances Davis
McTeer, 1975, p 125.

Notes:

Living in Bakersfield, California in 1938. No children.
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McTeer - Mateer Families of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Frances Davis
McTeer, 1975, p 125.

Rachel — Horace Dupes. [Group Sheet]

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McTeer - Mateer Families of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Frances Davis
McTeer, 1975, p 125.

Mary married Cowan Toole 22 Dec 1900. Cowan was born 11 Feb 1877, Knox County, Tennessee; died 10 Dec 1973, Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Living in Detroit, Michigan in 1938.
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Reference:
McTeer - Mateer Families of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Frances Davis
McTeer, 1975, p 125.

Malvina married Henry Singleton Orr 1902. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Died in infancy.
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Reference:
McTeer - Mateer Families of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Frances Davis
McTeer, 1975, p 125.

Notes:

John Alexander McCulloch was a physician in Maryville. His will written 12
August 1915, bequeathed all property to his wife Grace Whit McCulloch, she to
have powers of disposition for her maintenance or for the care and education of
the children; at her death the remaining property to be divided between the two
children, John Max and Dorothy McCulloch; he also requested his wife to assist
"my brothers and sisters in looking after the welfare of my mother Hettie C.
McCulloch." Executrix: Grace White McCulloch. Witnesses: William Wine, W.
P. Seaton.

Buried in Grandview Cemetery.
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Reference:
McTeer - Mateer Families of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Frances Davis
McTeer, 1975, p 125.

John married Grace Badgett 27 Dec 1905. Grace (daughter of James Newman Badgett and Lucinda C. McBath) was born 3 Jun 1886, Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Buried in Grandview Cemetery.
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Reference:
McTeer - Mateer Families of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Frances Davis
McTeer, 1975, p 125.

Cora — Joseph S. Caldwell. Joseph was born 31 Oct 1878; died 18 Feb 1952. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

A. E. McCulloch had a jewelry store in Maryville, Tennessee.

Buried in Grandview Cemetery.
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Reference:
McTeer - Mateer Families of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Frances Davis
McTeer, 1975, p 125-126.

Andrew married Mary Freddie Goddard 1910, Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee. Mary (daughter of John L. Goddard and Eva Fulkerson) was born 14 Oct 1884; died 20 Aug 1970; was buried Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

She was a teacher in Maryville for many years.

Buried in Grandview Cemetery.
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Reference:
McTeer - Mateer Families of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Frances Davis
McTeer, 1975, p 126.

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McTeer - Mateer Families of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Frances Davis
McTeer, 1975, p 126.

Stella married John Weems Mitchell 20 Sep 1911, Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee. John (son of Andrew Jackson Mitchell and Minerva Kinney) was born 25 Sep 1876, , Greene, Tennessee; died 16 Jan 1945, Houston, Texas; was buried Bryan, Texas. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

He attended Maryville College and Pennsylvania State University, served as an
officer in the AEF in France during World War I, and was for fifty years an
optometrist in Knoxville. One son.
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Reference:
McTeer - Mateer Families of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Frances Davis
McTeer, 1975, p 126.

William — Bessie. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Will A. "Billy" was a lawyer, Judge of the Blount County Court of General
Sessions, and County Historian.

No children.
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Reference:
McTeer - Mateer Families of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Frances Davis
McTeer, 1975, p 127.

William married Anna Belle Tedford 27 Dec 1943, , Blount County, Tennessee. Anna was born Abt 1905. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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Reference:
McTeer - Mateer Families of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Frances Davis
McTeer, 1975, p 127.

Julian married Mayme Sue Bond 6 Apr 1947, , Blount County, Tennessee. Mayme was born Abt 1917. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Census: 1940, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan

Notes:

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McTeer - Mateer Families of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Frances Davis McTeer, 1975, p 124.

Lucy — Brusic. [Group Sheet]

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McTeer - Mateer Families of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Frances Davis McTeer, 1975, p 124.

Mary — Ullmer. [Group Sheet]

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McTeer - Mateer Families of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Frances Davis
McTeer, 1975, p 125.

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Died unmarried.
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McTeer - Mateer Families of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Frances Davis
McTeer, 1975, p 125.

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McTeer, 1975, p 125.

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McTeer, 1975, p 125.

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McTeer, 1975, p 125.

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Of College Station, Texas.
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McTeer, 1975, p 126.

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McTeer, 1975, p 126.

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McTeer, 1975, p 127.

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McTeer, 1975, p 127.