Slaves of John McTeer, Virginia

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Contents 1 Slaves of John McTeer, Wythe, County Virginia 1.1 Cohabitation Records 1.2 Probate Records 1.3 Census Records: Slave Schedules 1.3.1 1850 1.3.2 1860 2 Sources

Slaves of John McTeer, Wythe, County Virginia

This page is for collecting sources and information for the purpose of identifying the slaves of John Montgomery McTeer (abt.1824-1892) of Wythe County, Virginia.

Cohabitation Records

The following people listed John McTeer as their last owner before emancipation in the cohabitation register on 27th February 1866 in Wythe County.^[1] Note that the children listed are assumed to have had the same last owner as their mother, but that is not necessarily the case.

• Samson Carpenter (abt.1794-aft.1870) & Nelly (Lyons) Carpenter (abt.1796-aft.1870), both born in East Virginia and their children:
  • Frank Carpenter (abt.1815-bef.1870)
  • Robert Carpenter (abt.1822-aft.1880)
  • Mary Carpenter (abt.1826-aft.1880) & her husband,Richard Robinson (abt.1808-aft.1880) and their children:
    • Susan E Robinson (abt.1840-aft.1866)
    • Winton S Robinson (abt.1842-1932)
    • Samson Robinson (abt.1846-1882) (h/o Jane Fowler, Free Woman)
    • Charles F Robinson (abt.1847-1933)
    • Mary H Robinson (abt.1850-aft.1870)
    • John W Robinson (abt.1852-aft.1870)
    • Charlotte Robinson (abt.1856-aft.1880)
    • Dicey Robinson (abt.1859-aft.1870)
    • James Piper Robinson (abt.1861-bef.1940)
  • Elizabeth "Betsy" Carpenter (abt.1831-1873) and her children
    • Mary F Smith (abt.1847-aft.1870)
    • James T Smith (abt.1853-aft.1870)
    • Henderson McTeer Smith (abt.1856-aft.1870)
    • John B Smith (abt.1864-aft.1870)
  • Henderson Carpenter (abt.1831-aft.1889)
  • Charles Carpenter (abt.1832-aft.1880)

Probate Records

Census Records: Slave Schedules

No names appear on the slave schedules. Names have been added as best guesses based on known ages.

1850

Has not been located in the 1850 Census. He was probably living in Blount Co, TN, as he married there in September 1850. In the 1840 Census in Blount County, there are no slaves listed in his household.

1860

John was recorded in a slave schedule in 1860 in Wythe, Virginia, United States as a slave owner listed with 17 slaves^[2]

Name	Sex	Age
John M McTear
Samson Carpenter (abt.1794-aft.1870)	M	67 years
Nelly (Lyons) Carpenter (abt.1796-aft.1870)	F	66 years
	F	52 years
Frank Carpenter (abt.1815-bef.1870)	M	44 years
	F	39 years
Robert Carpenter (abt.1822-aft.1880)	M	37 years
Mary Carpenter (abt.1826-bef.1880)	F	34 years
	M	16 years
Samson Robinson (abt.1846-1882)	M	13 years
	F	10 years
	M	8 years
	M	7 years
	F	6 years
	F	5 years
	F	4 years
	M	4 years
	F	1 years

Sources

1. ↑ Wythe County (Va.) Register of Colored Persons of Wythe County, State of Virginia, cohabiting together as Husband and Wife on 27th February 1866. Local Government Records Collection, Wythe County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23219[1].
2. ↑ Slave Schedule: "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1860"
   citing Page: 10; Line: 15; Digital film/folder number: 005171766_023_M9N3-SCW; FHL microfilm: 000805397; Image number: 10
   FamilySearch Record: W2XR-5DT2 (accessed 23 October 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GBSN-6TW
   John M McTear, slave owner, in 1860 in Wythe, Virginia, United States.