Genealogy Report: Ancestors of *Louis Charles Teague
Ancestors of *Louis Charles Teague
32.*Samuel Teague, born 02 Mar 1759 in NC; died 26 Feb 1841 in Newton Twp, Miami, Ohio132.He was the son of 64. Capt. *Elijah Teague and 65. *Ailsey (Alice/Alce/Alee) Davis.He married 33. *Rebecca Furnas 01 Mar 1783 in Bush River, Newberry, SC.
33.*Rebecca Furnas, born 19 Apr 1764 in The Ridge, SC; died 27 Jun 1842 in OH.She was the daughter of 66. *John Furnas and 67. *Mary Wilkinson.
Notes for *Samuel Teague:
Estate entered into probate court, Miami, OH:23 Apr 1841Teague, SamuelEstate
Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol V, Hinshawp. 822a lists Samuel & Rebecca Teague & family
Irvin Eli Jay in Centennial Anniversary of West Branch MonthlyMeeting of Friends writes of the descendants of Furnas in Americafrom John & Mary through Rebecca about 11 30 in 1901 (copied by AdaFurnas Thomas) as follows:The account we have of Samuel Teague is.He not being a Quaker wehave no record of the marriage (in Quaker records) he was a soldierin the Revolutionary War and while in that service became convincedthat war was wrong and declined to bear arms any longer.He wastried as a deserter, and would have shared the deserter's fate had not his principal judge been an officer whose life Samuel hadpreviously saved, at the risk of his own.He knew that it was notcowardice, but principle, in the youth whose bravery had been asconspicuous, and the consequence was that he received a dischargefrom the army instead of being shot.He soon joined the Friends atBush River, and for his last dozen years in S.C. was an active memberin the Society.He & his wife Rebecca were for several years eldersin Bush River Monthly Meeting and after moving to Ohio they both hadthe same positions in Union Monthly Meeting.He was born in 1759 andso was 24 years old when he married. He died in Newton Twp MiamiOhio in 1841 lacking 4 days of 82 years. Well do I remember his manly, solid appearance, as, in my boyhood days I used to see himsitting in West Branch Quarterly Meeting. All his children were bornin S.Carolina and his oldest daughter was married there to MosesKelley in the summer of 1800, the only one of the third generationthat married there.
[Regarding moving from SC to OH] The route they likely took (thatmost of the Newberry Quakers took) would have been "up the BroadRiver across western North Carolina through the Aleghany." Samuel migrated from South Carolina to Ohio in 1805,and to Miami County Oh in 1806.Record of him may befound on page 177 of book: "Miami Valley Pioneers" andon page 11 of Furnas Family History by Tanzy Furnas.
Stub Entries to Indents Issued in Payment of Claims Against South Carolina Growing Out of the Revolution Books R-T p. 157 states:
No 319Book S
Issued the 16 of June 1785 to Mr. Samuel Teague
for Two Pounds Seven Shillings and one Penny
half Penny Sterling for 22 Bushel of Corn for
Militia use in 1781 as pr.Account Audited ----------
Principal--£2--7--1½----Annual Interest£0--3--3------
Although I have cited a source for the location of Samuel's birth, I am not certain that this source is accurate.Samuel was probably born in NC in 1759 and moved to SC as a young child.His father, Captain Elijah Teague, is listed on p 640 of the book, "Colonial Soldiers of the South1732-1774" byMurtie June Clark, as having been commissioned as Captain in Rowan Co, NC and serving between the years of 1760 and 1764 (during theFrench & Indian War). It is likely that Elijah & family lived in NC during the French & Indian War and only moved to SC when Elijah became involved in the Regulator movement.Feeling it was unsafe to remain in NC, he relocated to District 96 in SC, which later became known as Newberry County.
The following is information from Beers 1880 History of Miami County Ohio as taken from the Miami County genealogical website (http://www.tdn-net.com/genealogy/stories/hist1880/newton.htm):
"At this period in our history, immigrants began pouring into the township more rapidly than heretofore. The face of a white man, although always beheld with pleasure, was no such a novelty as it had been a few years hitherto, and the sound of an ax did not produce so much astonishment among the settlers as that instrument had been seen to do on a former occasion. In the fall of 1806, the little colony was increased by the addition of three families, originally from South Carolina, but subsequently from Warren County, Ohio, where they had located upon removing from their native State. Upon arriving here, they took immediate possession of three quarter- sections of land, lying in a direct line north and south. The heads of these several families were all brothers-in-law, consequently, as far as family ties were concerned, they formed quite a settlement of themselves. Samuel Teague, the elder, located on the middle quarter, Section 28, Benjamin Pearson on the south quarter, Section 33, while William Furnas took the north quarter, Section 33 the latter died the 21st of December, 1835, and is buried in the cemetery at Pleasant Hill. These men were endowed by nature with a resolute will, which, added to their thrift and unflagging industry, soon enabled them to change the gloomy aspect of the forest, if not into an Eden, - at least into such homes as they learned to love, where they lived happily and prosperously many years with their children, who had located themselves comfortably near them."
Immediately preceding this information, in the same paragraph, is the story of Thomas Coppock's arrival in Miami County.(Thomas Coppock's daughter Jane married Samuel Teague's son Moses.)
The following is taken from "The Family History BookA Genealogical Record" compiled by Arnold Arthur Ditmer (ggg-grandson of Samuel Teague):
"Repeating what has been stated before, the part of this genealogy dealing with Samuel Teague is told in Eli Jay's own words and some is copied verbatim.There is no record other than family lore to tell what Samuel was.(However, a bear trap now in my possession, later donated to the museum of natural history, Dayton, Ohio) was made in South Carolina, either by Samuel Teague or someone close to the family.One belief is it was made by Joseph Furnas.What ever the truth may be, if Samuel Teague was not a blacksmith as well as a farmer he would still have had to be a resourceful person---.
"The exact time the family migrated From South Carolina is not available but from The History of Miami County, page 94, it relates about a Thomas Coppock, also from South Carolina, arriving in 1805.'---one year after Coppock's arrival Samuel Teague, Benjamin and William Furnas took possession of Newton Township land and cleared same.'From this I would assume they arrived in 1806 but they could have been here previously.
"Going back to the time of the actual migration I recall hearing from somewhere an incident about the wagon train which at that time was stopped at Chillicotha*, it had been there for perhaps a year.On hearing a case of small pox was found in the area they hurriedly moved on to Xenia.From there, Samuel Teague with other men of the party went by horseback to investigate the Miami River valley or the part of the river which at that time was called the West Branch of the Miami River (now known as the Stillwater River.)They decided on the Newton Township area for their permanent homes.
"As to the physical appearance of Samuel Teague he must have been the pattern for all his male descendents.I cannot recall any who were less than six feet tall and very few who surpassed two hundred pounds, usually around the one hundred and seventy to eighty pounds.I have been unable to find whether or not he had a beard.He is burried in Old Union Cementery but without a tombstone his grave cannot be located."
"*Through the years there have been three locations in Ohio named Chillicotha.The locality referred to in this is just north of Xenia, Ohio, now called Old Town."
More About *Samuel Teague:
Burial: Aft. 26 Feb 1841, Union Jt Cemetery, Newton Twp, Miami, OH
Estate: Aft. 26 Feb 1841, Miami Co, Case #01116133
Occupation: Farmer
Notes for *Rebecca Furnas:
Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol V, Hinshawp. 822a lists Samuel & Rebecca Teague & family.
The following is taken from "The Family History BookA Genealogical Record" compiled by Arnold Arthur Ditmer (ggg-grandson of Rebecca Furnas):
"The only available information Concerning Rebecca is speculative and even that is meager.My mother, Mary Teague Ditmer faintly remembers some of the generation who lived during Moses' time (Rebecca's son).The recalling is that she (Rebecca) was a small woman in height but became quite heavy later in life.
"Visualizing by facts, she was 18 when her mother died and six months thereafter was married; she induced her husband to join her church, bore eleven children, nine of whom were with the wagon train to the Ohio country.To me this would indicate a reasoning mind, capable of self discipline, but she was content to be led.
"Though I do not know where, she is burried at the north end of Old Union Cemetery."
More About *Rebecca Furnas:
Burial: Aft. 26 Jun 1842, Union Jt Cemetery, Newton Twp, Miami, OH
Children of *Samuel Teague and *Rebecca Furnas are:
| i. | Mary Teague, born 23 Dec 1783 in Bush River, Newberry, SC; died 18 Apr 1825; married Moses Kelley 11 Sep 1800. | |||
| ii. | Rebecca Teague, born 08 Sep 1784 in Bush River, Newberry, SC; died 27 Jun 1842; married William Jay 07 Apr 1824. | |||
| iii. | Laurana Teague, born 01 Sep 1786 in Bush River, Newberry, SC; died 06 Feb 1863; married James Coate 28 Oct 1807; born 23 Jun 1777 in Newberry Co, SC; died 04 Dec 1839. |
| Notes for James Coate: James's brother John married Laurana's sister Esther. |
| iv. | Alice Teague, born 22 Feb 1788 in Bush River, Newberry, SC; died 24 Apr 1865; married John Steddom 27 Feb 1811. | |||
| v. | Esther Teague, born 26 Feb 1790 in Bush River, Newberry, SC; died 01 Feb 1826; married John Coate 30 Aug 1809 in Ohio (?); born 19 Jul 1785; died 07 Aug 1837. |
| Notes for John Coate: John's brother James married Esther's sister Laurana. |
| vi. | Joseph Teague, born 26 Feb 1792 in Bush River, Newberry, SC; died 05 Mar 1809 in Miami, OH. |
| Notes for Joseph Teague: Drowned in the Stillwater River.Read on... The following poem was published in a Miami Co Newspaper 17 & 24 Jan, 1901 and shared with me by Harry Ebeling, who is also a descendant of Moses Teague, brother of Joseph Teague.I have transcribed the poem as accurately as possible, including spelling errors.Having been written nearly 200 years ago, some of the words used appear to be obsolete. "Tragedy" written in 1809 by David Jones & Jacob Waggoner on the occasion of the drowning of William Iddings & Joseph Teague From unipast the news hath fled On I am bid to dwell And hath a woful narrative In prosody to tell. A monument of this event In poems I'll persue, Whose doleful sequel will appear When it does come to view. This sequel course right understood Hath long affected been And from the poet's tragic pen Hath past away unseen. But I recall to memory Some sad intelligence, Which I shall pen in poetry, And on this wise commence. A great disaster happened, Which will be seen below, It was in Miami County, In the state of Ohio. Fair Newton Township was the place Where this event appeared, The state and county heretofore We have already heard. It was on the fifth day of the third [month] In eighteen hundred nine The spring her morning race began In colors green to shine. There were some youthful masculines, Who had to meeting been; And coming to the river deep, As they were coming home again. Stillwater was the river called Or title of its name, Though rapid waters there and then Did far surpass the same. The rain it here descended, The ice in pieces rent And filled the spacious channel, Which waters did frequent. A passage now depended Tough dangers would pursue, For all must needs pass over In a tottery canoe. Yet courage in them ruled And then began to cross Not considering the risk There was in being lost. Some rounds were prosecuted To help the elder class. For there were aged as well as youth Who did ordain to pass. At length the all had crossed but four, Who on the shore remained Awaiting for the ferryman When he returned again. The conductor now arrived And with haste they all jumped in, And started up the river side To take advantage of the stream. One said unto the company Suppose we take a ride, And with consent they all rowed up Along the river side. Some distance up the stream Before they faced about, Attend and you will quickly hear How sad the scene came out. An island they approached After crossing one Of the hasty sluices Which hurryingly did run. No tarry here elapsed The crisis is begun, And soon the driven vessel To the other bias run. No sooner had they arrived With pleasure in their view, Than fate with unrelenting art Did them in haste pursue. For instead of turning down the stream Like prudence would devise, With haste they rushed right straight across Which to their great surprise The canoe top-so-tottery turned Contrary to their act, When all into emersion buried To act a drowner's part. Not long they in submersion lay Anon they all arose But could not swim as here-to-fore For the impediment of clothes. Two of them, for there were five, Caught hold of the canoe And by adjournments down the stream Were saved by much adieu. The ferry-man being near the shore No efforts great received By catching hold upon a tree From whence he was relieved. The news will to the others tell To view the burial scene With aid emploring signs they bring While rolling down the stream. The one had never learned to swim Though now it was too late And soon he sank into the deep He knew not how to row. Where in did muddy torrents run The ordeal to try but soon with transmigration right Of course he did comply. William Iddings was his name, A youth of moral probity And from collegious intercourse Full likely he was free. The other one a swimmer good At first was strangled so And of sensation so deprived He knew not how to row. The want of breath and chilled limbs Did so impouse his strength And all his clothes so heavy grew With water he at length O'ercome by the rapid hurls Which ice and water gave Was by the course of nature free To take a watery grave. But ere this vivid drowner sunk When strength and hope was o'er, He bid them alladieu by saying That he could do no more. An ardinent validiction At such a doleful time of grief When retrobate sorrow mixed with tears Did their distress combine. This last described genus Was Joseph Teague by name A youth of moral probity And had an honest fame. But fate had falsed of this catastrophe And fortune unwillingly has built The fabric which we see. These were two transmigrations made Unto that final form That endless boundary from whence No traveler returned. In which tremendous art may all Of their survivors see How short the transmigration is From time to future flee Though fate in this catastrophe Hath wrought a great deluge And left the mourners all bereft Of permanent refuge. Deep sorrow hath but just begun Their destiny to leave For their lamenting corpse remained In their watery grave. Could David's grief of Job's distress Or Jacob's desolation Compare with this unhappy Or doleful approbation. Though their paternal patriarchs Were oft in grief arrayed Yet that dilementing was as great As nature could pervade. And now to tell how long they lay In this interment state Will fill the hearts with surprise There on the meditate. Full seven days and nights elapsed Before the first was found, At length his cold corps was found In icy shades profound. Alas, what joy and sorrow mixed Of course there must have been To see a lost lamenting son Returned back to view again. Which had so long it there lain Of health and life deprived Yet was his cheeks as blossoms red As when he was alive. But when into the fluid air His slack remains they laid, His cheeks which did with red abound Did soon begin to fade. Hence did the other corpse remain Until the eleventh day Which was by investigation found Close where the other lay. A heavenly meeting now arrived When kindred came to see How boasted fate had triumphed Where consanguinity. Which had so long in there lain A hetrogenious room Yet was his cheeks in ruby bloom As when he lived a son. And was by water still preserved Until the hour came When mother earth received his corpse Unto herself again In which reception was fulfilled That everlasting tone Dust thou art and unto dust Again thou shalt return. A debt which all the human race By tie is bound to pay Before a passage can be made Unto an endless day. A warning for the negligent Through the human race For Kings and Cesar rich and poor Must go into that place. And now the muse is willing To bit them adieu I hope no more to the like Take realms and nations through. |
| 16 | vii. | *Moses Teague, born 06 Feb 1794 in Newberry, SC; died 18 Feb 1871 in Newton Twp, Miami, OH; married *Jane Coppock 31 Jan 1817 in Miami, OH. | ||
| viii. | Furnas Teague, born 26 Jul 1796 in Bush River, Newberry, SC; died 25 Sep 1796 in Bush River, Newberry, SC. | |||
| ix. | Susanna Teague, born 02 Jun 1798 in Bush River, Newberry, SC; died 28 Apr 1871; married Samuel Steddom 18 Nov 1815. | |||
| x. | Rhoda Teague, born 30 Apr 1801 in Bush River, Newberry, SC; died 22 Nov 1838; married John Mote 11 Sep 1822. | |||
| xi. | Samuel Teague, born 21 Aug 1803 in Bush River, Newberry, SC; married Prudence Cooper 02 Jun 1825. |