Amanuensis Monday is a genealogy blogging theme. It was started by John Newmark who writes the TransylvanianDutch blog.
His definition of Amanuensis is:
Amanuensis: A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another.
Today’s subject is a Chesterfield County Land Deed, Duncan Teal to Thos. L. Teal Deed. 1
Transcription:
Duncan Teal to Thos. L. Teal Deed
The State of South Carolina}
Chesterfield County}
Know all men by these presents, That I Duncan Teel of said State and County for and in consideration of the love and affection which I have and do bear toward my son Thomas Lucas Teel, have given, granted, bargained and released and by these presents do give, grant, bargain, release and convey to the said Thomas Lucas Teel, all that tract or parcel of land situate in said County on Jimmy’s Creek, containing One hundred fourteen acres more or lefs, more particularly described in a deed of conveyance from Jane Streater to myself, dated the 9th day of December A. D. 1859 reference being thereunto had will more fully appear together with all my stock of Cattle consisting of nine head, one mare, nine Hogs, Household and Kitchen furniture and farming utensils—Together with all and singular the rights, members, hereditaments and appurtenances to the said premises belonging-To Have and to Hold all and singular the said premises and property to the said Thomas L. Teel his heirs and afsigns forever. And I do hereby bind myself my heirs, executors and administrators to warrant and forever defend the said Land and premises with the other property to the said Thomas L. Teel his heirs and afsigns against myself and my heirs, lawfully claiming or to claim the same or any part thereof. In Witnefs whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this Eight day of July in the year of our Lord One Thousand eight hundred and seventy one. Duncan Teal {Seal}
Signed, Sealed and delivered}
In the presence of}
Isaac Smith}
Hugh Craig}
U. S. Stamps amounting to Fifty Cents properly cancelled
State of South Carolina}
Chesterfield County}
Personally appeared before me Isaac Smith and made oath that he saw the within named Duncan Teal sign seal and as his act and deed deliver the within written Deed and that he and Hugh Craig witnefsed the execution thereof.
Sworn to before me} Isaac Smith
8th July 1871}
T. F. Mulloy}
Clk.}
Auditor’s Office} Recorded Augt 15th 1871 Recorded 15 August 1871
Chesterfield Co.} Sales Book A page 2 Origl Delivd to Duncan Teal
Fees 25¢ T. L. Weston Co. Auditor
Very little is known about Duncan Teal/Teel. The first appearance of Duncan is on 1 Nov 1862 when he enlisted into the 6th Calvary in Chesterfield, South Carolina. After capture on 1 December 1864 and release from prison at Pt. Lookout, Maryland on 20 June 1865 he returned to Chesterfield and married Louisa Ann Boatwright a daughter of Lewis Boatwright, Jr. and his wife Elizabeth Rebecca Davis. We know that Duncan and Louisa were married prior to the death of her father Lewis as shown in this SC Equity record.
[#94] Smith, E.B. Adm. & others vs. Elizabeth Boatwright + others - Bill for partition + c 1864
Lewis Boatwright died intestate 7 March 1863, leaving his widow, Elizabeth [Rebecca] [Davis] Boatwright and children: George R. Boatwright; Louisa Ann intermarried with Duncan Teal; Lucinda Boatwright; and grandchildren: William B. Davis, Elizabeth J. Davis and George R. Davis, the children of a deceased daughter, Elizabeth, intermarried with C. Washington Davis; Catherine J. Davis, Lewis Davis, Margaret Davis and Mary E. Davis, children of a deceased daughter, Mary the 2nd wife of C. Washington Davis; and William Boatwright, Calvin Boatwright, Isaac Boatwright, Nancy Boatwright, and Lucinda Boatwright, the children of a deceased son Samuel Boatwright.
Duncan and Louisa Teal only had the one child, Thomas Lucas Teal, as named in the above Land Deed.
Thomas Lucas Teal married Lucy Teresa Eddins and they had 10 children; 5 sons and 5 daughters.
Duncan Teal died on 12 February 1895; Louisa Boatwright Teal died on 1 September 1902. They are buried in the Pine Grove Baptist Church Cemetery.
Louisa Ann Boatwright Teal, the wife of Duncan Teal, is my 1st Cousin 4 times removed.
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1. 1880 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Court House, Chesterfield, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 005, ; Page: 316A (Stamped); Line 45, Dwelling 121, Family 121, Household of Duncan TEAL; digital images,
Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 3 May 2017); citing National Archives Microfilm T9-1225.
2. Ancestry, "Civil War Service Records" database,
Military Service Records (https://www.fold3.com/ : accessed 12 June 2012), entry for Duncan Teal, Private; 6th Regiment, South Carolina Cavalry (Aiken's Partisan Rangers) (1st Partisan Rangers); Confederate.
3. James C. Pigg,
Index and Genealogical Abstracts of the Chesterfield District Court of Common Pleas: Equity Side, 1823-1869 (Tega Cay, South Carolina: Self-published, 1995), page 130.
4. Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Deed Book 3: pages 451-452, Duncan Teal to Thos. L. Teal Deed; Register of Deeds, Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina.
5. Find A Grave, Inc.,
Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 12 June 2012); Memorial page for Duncan Teal; (1818–12 February 1895); Find a Grave memorial # 18965003, Citing Pine Grove Baptist Church Cemetery; Chesterfield County, South Carolina, USA.
