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Name: Richard Teeters
Alias: Dick Erton
Place of Birth: Jefferson KY
Year of Birth: 1841
Occupation: Laborer
Eyes: Black Hair: Black Complexion: Black
Height in Feet: 5 Inches: 6.5
Enlistment Date: June 3, 1864
Enlistment Place: Owensboro
Enlistment State: KY
Document: View
Congressional District:
Company: A
Regiment(s): 100th Regt USCI
Mustered Where: Owensboro, Kentucky
Mustered Out Date: December 19, 1865
Rank at Muster Out: Private
Notes:
Erton’s enslaver was Minor Erton (who appears in census records as Urton).
Died in war? No
Military Death Date:
Military Death Location:
Military Cause of Death:
Death Date: January 13, 1904
Cause of Death: Acute Bright’s disease
Death Certificate
Pension Card Link: Pension Card
Pension Application Date: January 5, 1866
Application No.: 99348 Certificate No.: 190367
Alternate First Name: Richard Alternate Last Name: Teeters
Widow Pension Card: Pension Card
Widow Application Date: April 18, 1904 Application No.: 804447
Certificate No.: 671665
No other family pension card found
Pension File:
Pensioners:
Pensioner County: Pensioner State:
Number of Pages:
Pension Notes:
No Freedman’s Bank information found
No Freedmen’s Bureau Documents found
Mother First Name: Rachel Mother Maiden Name: Raymon
Father First Name: W Father Last Name: Teeters
Siblings:
Wife #1 First Name: Emma Welch Maiden Name: Owsley
Wife #2 First Name: Maiden Name:
Wife #3 First Name: Maiden Name:
Children: Louis Levi Teeters 1872
Ruth 1877
Family Notes:
Dick Erton (aka Richard Teeters) mentioned his son, Levi Teeters, in his will.
Family Tree: View
1870 Census information not found
1880 Census Link: View
1880 Profession: Laborer
1880 Live with/near former enslaver? No
1880 Ability to Read? Unknown Ability to Write? Unknown
1880 Census Notes:
In 1880 the soldier lived in Indianapolis under the name Richard Teeters with his wife Emily (aka Emma). In 1880 Emily’s parents Nelson and Charity Owsley lived in Boyle County, Kentucky.
1890 Census information not found
1900 Census Link: View
1900 Profession: Day Laborer
1900 Ability to Read? Can read Ability to Write? Can write
1900 Own/Rent: Own 1900 Home Free/Mortgage: Free 1900 Farm/House: House
1900 Census Notes:
Richard and his wife were listed in the 1900 census in Indianapolis.
1910 Census Link: View
1910 Profession:
1910 Ability to Read? Can read Ability to Write? Can write
1910 Own/Rent: Own 1910 Home Free/Mortgage: Unknown 1910 Farm/House: House
1910 Census Notes:
In 1910 and 1920 Emma and her mother resided together in Indianapolis.
1920 Census Link: View
1920 Profession:
1920 Ability to Read? Can read Ability to Write? Can write
1920 Own/Rent: Own 1920 Home Free/Mortgage: Unknown 1920 Farm/House: House
1920 Census Notes:
Emma lived alone in 1930, but in 1940 a lodger lived with her. In 1940 Levi Teeters, Richard’s son, lived with his wife Ruth in Indianapolis.
Name: Minor Erton
Location: Jefferson County, Kentucky
Previous Enslaver:
Enslaver Notes:
The link to the 1850 slave schedule is for Catharine Erton (Urton in the census). Minor Erton was listed in her household. (Perhaps she is his mother.) She owned 15 slaves. In 1860 Minor Erton/Urton owned 16 slaves, including 2 males aged 19 and 21, one of whom may be Richard.
The 1870 link is to Minor’s wife and children. He has not been located in the 1870 or 1880 census records.
1850 Census Link: View
1850 Slave Schedule Link: View
1850 Number of Enslaved: 15
1860 Census Link: View
1860 Real Estate Value: $2,500
1860 Personal Estate Value: $6,400
1860 Slave Schedule Link: View
1860 Number of Enslaved: 16
1870 Census Link: View
1870 Real Estate Value: $1,000 1870 Personal Estate Value: $600
1880 Census information not found
Compensation Application not found
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