Paul DIETER

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Biography by Professor Joseph M. Kellogg Paul Teter was born about 1730, probably in Pennsylvania. He lived asa young man for some years in Rowan County, North Carolina, butremoved from there about 1760 with the other Teters and Henkels toAugusta County Virginia. The first mention of Paul Teter on therecords of Augusta County appears to be on August 19, 1766, when heand his brother George proved by their oaths in court the will of oneFelten (or Valentine) Koil (later Kyle). They had been witnesses tothe will which was dated October 11, 1765. It seems likely that theGoil (Kyle) family were relatives or close friends of the Teters (thetwo families continued to be associated in later years). An abstractof the will is as follows: I, Felty Goil, "under a lingering state of health," commends his soulto God, his body to be buried, etc. To loving wife Margaret fifty pounds, one milch cow, and half theproduce of the land, whilst she lives. To eldest son Gabriel, one black horse rising five years old by me howdelivered into his custody and possession, over and above his equalpart of the estate after dividing the moveable part thereof. To son Jacob, one equal child's part of all moveables. To son George, one equal child's part of all moveables. To son Martin, all the freehold land that I claim by right, inquantity 130 acres, providing he pay his sisters Barbary and Elizabethfifteen pounds each, on his entry into possession of the same, withone black horse and one set of plough irons. He to give to his motherand sisters the privilege of living peaceably on sd. land, to wit hismother as long as she lives with the half product of sd. land for hermaintenance whilst she lives, and his sisters to reside till they aremarried or otherwise provided for, and if he prove disobedient or byturbulent means offers to deprive them of peaceable enjoyment is tolose all right of possession, and the land is to devolve to his motherand after her decease to Barbary and Elizabeth. He is likewise tohave two milch cows. To daughter Barbary, 2 milch cows and one mare colt. To daughter Elizabeth, 2 milch cows and one mare colt. This I allow my daughters over and above a child's part. Appoints George Hammer and son George Goil as Executors, and empowersthem to dispose of the estate in the above mentioned manner. Dated October 11, 1765. Signed Felten Koil Witnesses: George Teter Paul Teter George Wooldridge The will of "Valentine Goile, deceased" proved August 19, 1766, by theoaths of George and Paul Teter. The bond of George Coil and George Hammer as Executors is also datedAugust 19, 1766. Sureties were Henry Stone and Sebastian Hoover.(Augusta County Will Book 3. page 452). Tracings of signatures from the original will. [omitted] As can be seen Paul Teter signed his name in German script as "PaullusDieder". The appraisement of the estate - "The prass. of Valentine Gilesdesesed Estate" - was dated Sept. 9, 1766. It was made by JonasFriend, George Dice and Michael Mallow. Returned and recorded on May22, 1767. The total was the comparatively large sum of £186-14-3.Among the items were: to George Teter's acct. £3-0-0; to acct. ofMoses Elsworth £15-12-0; of Youst Henkel £18-0-0. The numerouspersonal accounts suggest that Valentine Koil was a sort of merchantor storekeeper. The settlement of the estate was recorded on August19, 1767. After a long list of payments to various people, includingGabriel and Martin Coyle, there was a balance of £149-9-1 left for theheirs, (Augusta County Will Book 4, pages 14 and 35). On September 10, 1767, Paul Teter was granted a patent for 40 acres ofland on the North Fork at the mouth of Seneca creek. (Virginia landbooks #37, page 122, in Land office at Richmond). On October 29,1767, he had surveyed for himself another 53 acres below the mouth ofSeneca. (Augusta County Survey Book 2, page 124). Survey plotfollows. [plot not available]. Patent for this tract was granted him on March 1, 1773 (Virginia Landbook No. 41, page 269). On October 28, 1773, he also had surveyed another 43 acre tract on thenorth side of the North Fork, beginning at his own old corner etc. [tracing of survey omitted] (Survey Book 2, page 235) Patent for this granted him on July 17, 1783. On March 17, 1768, Paul Teter made oath in the Augusta Court that hehad attended for 5 days as a witness for "Jesse Hancle" in thelatter's suit for slander against Alexander Painter. For this serviceit was ordered by the Court that he be paid 125 pounds of tobaccos,(the common currency of the time). From Augusta County Court Orderbook No. 11, page 518. On April 19, 1773, when a new road was ordered to be made fromTygart's valley to the Mouth of Seneca, Paul Teter was appointedoverseer of the work on the road from the top of the Alleghenymountains to the mouth of "Sinecar". (same Order Book 15, page 457) On January 18, 1775 his name appears in a list of those who madeclaims which appear to have been a result of the Dumore War in 1774(Morton's History of Pendleton County, page 392; also the AugustaCounty Order Book No. 16, page 42) On August 20, 1777, in a list of Tithables taken in the variouscompanies of militia, "Captain Paul Teter's company" is mentioned(Augusta County Order book #16, page 222). Evidently, therefore, PaulTeter was a Captain in the Revolutionary War. (Virginia Militia inRevolutionary War. - J. T. McAllister, page 184). Paul Teter's name also appears among those in Rockingham County whopreferred claims for furnishing supplies to the army during theRevolutionary war. At a Court on Sept. 28, 1782, the claim of PaulTeter, of date August 8, 1778 for "24 Diets" (for soldiers) at 6 penceeach was allowed; also the later claim dated August 3, 1782, for"Pasturage for 36 head of horses 1 night at 3 pence each".(Rockingham County Order Book 1, page 183). At the court on October29, 1782, two further claims of his were also allowed: that dated June5, 1782, for 15 horses and pasture, 1 night at 6 pence each; and thatdated July 29, 1782, for 36 head of horses at 6 pence each in pasture.(Same, Book l, page 198). (also see Morton, pages 393, 394). In the Personal Tax lists for Rockingham County in 1782 he is noted ashaving 11 horses and 16 head of cattle (a rather large amount for thatperiod). He appears again in the list for 1784 with 13 horses and 16 cattle.(These Personal Tax lists, which will often be referred to in thesenotes are a long series of Manuscript volumes in the Virginia StateLibrary at Richmond, covering all the counties of the state from about1782 to 1850. They form, of course, immensely valuable sourcematerial for the study of history and genealogy). In the "PropertyBooks" (which show the list of those taxed for land, as distinct fromthe Personal tax lists), Paul Teter appears on the list for RockinghamCounty in 1782, as having 96 acres of land, of an assessed value of 25pounds. (Although this is about 10 acres less than the amount of landowned by his brother Philip Teter, the value of Paul's land is overthree times that of Philip's, showing of course either more fertileland or the presence of more or better improvements on it.) Paul Teter died some time in the year 1784, after the date of takingthe property tax (usually done early in the year) since his nameappears on that list, but before the taking of the second Personal taxlist for that year (published in the volume for Virginia in the seriesof the 1st U. S. Census), where his name does not appear but insteadhis widow Rebecca is given as head of the family. On November 22, 1784, "the last will and testament of Paul Teeter waspresented into Court and proved by the oaths of Joseph Cheverunt andJacob Root, whereupon Moses Elsworth and Geo. Teeter Senr., theexecutors therein named, having complied with the law, certificate isgranted to them to obtain probate in due form." (Rockingham CountyMinute Book 1, page 369). On the same date it was ordered "that YostHenkle, Robert Minnis, Jacob Carr and Isaac, or any three of the thembeing first sworn do appraise the estate of Paul Teeter deceased andmake a return to the next Court." (same. The name of Henkle isprobably what is omitted after "Isaac" above). The actual will booksand the files were long ago destroyed by fire in Rockingham County, sothe original will or a copy, cannot now be seen. Paul Teter married about 1760, probably in North Carolina before theremoval to Virginia, Rebecca Henkel. She was born October 5, 1736,and was the daughter of Justus Henkel Sr. and his wife MagdalenaEschmann. After the death of her husband, Rebecca Teter appears asthe head of the family on the tax records, since their eldest sonGeorge was married and living separately and the other children werestill rather young at the death of their father. In the so-called"Census" of 1784, Rebecca Teter appears as having 7 white souls in thefamily, 1 dwelling and 2 other buildings, (son George appearsseparately). She appears on the Personal tax lists for the years1785-89, and on the Land tax lists for 1787 and 1788. In the lattershe is 2 tracts of land one of 40 acres and the other of 43 acres. Inthe personal list for 1785 she has no male children of age over 16yrs. but under 21 yrs. (she has 2 horses and 4 cattle); but in 1787she has 1 son of such an age in her family (in addition to son George,who appears for himself separately). In September, 1794, "widow Teter" is mentioned in a letter from MosesHenkel in regard to her son Abraham's survey. (Augusta CountyRecords, Chalkley Vol. 1, page 483). On June 5, 1792, Rebecca Teterwas granted 62 acres of land in Randolph County on the Dry Fork of theCheat river. (Land office records, Book #26, page 581). (Her sonGeorge Teter had also obtained land in that neighborhood both beforethis time and again afterward). On March 6, 1797, Rebecca Teter, "relict of Paul Teter", together withAbraham Teter, "land heir of sd. Paul Teter decd" and his wife Mary,made a deed, for a consideration of 400 pounds, to Isaac Henkle, of,apparently, all the land which had been granted to Paul Teeter atvarious times in the vicinity of the Mouth of Seneca. This nowconsisted of 4 tracts as follows: (1) 42 acres granted to Paul Teterdecd. by patent dated September 10, 1767; (2) 53 acres adjoining theabove granted to Paul Teter decd by patent dated March 1, 1773; (3) 43acres also adjoining the above first tract granted to him by patent ofJuly 17, 1783; (4) 130 acres granted to Abraham Teter himself bypatent of July 22, 1794. Abraham Teter signed the deed actually, thetwo women made their marks. The deed was acknowledged in court andrecorded the same date, March 6, 1797. (Pendleton County Deed book 2,page 319) Then on March 29, 1797, Rebecca Teter, "relict of Paul Teter Decd. ofPendleton County" appointed Robert Green of Randolph County herattorney to make a deed for that land of 62 acres in Randolph Countyon the Dry Fork of Cheat which had been patented to her on June 5,1792, he to make the deed to Daniel Ketterman of Hardy County.Rebecca made her mark. Witnesses were George Ketterman, FrederickHedrick and Joseph Teter. Recorded March 6, 1798. (Pendleton CountyDeed Book #3 page 98). Thus all the land belonging to Rebecca and her son Abraham wasdisposed of. This was just prior to Abraham's removal to Illinois.It would seem that the mother Rebecca went with him. There seems tobe no mention of either of them in Pendleton County after this date.We know that the two daughters, Mrs. Barbara Shook and Mrs. HannahMitchell also accompanied Abraham in his removal to the west, andprobably the whole family made a wholesale removal with the exceptionof George who had already gone to Randolph County as so many of thePendleton County families were doing at that time. The date ofRebecca Henkel Teter's death is not known. Probably it was during theepidemic of 1797, at New Design, Illinois.

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