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Teter, Jacob
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The History of Barbour County, West Virginia, 
From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time
by Hu Maxwell
The Acme Publishing Company, Morgantown, W.Va., 1899

Pages 479-480

Jacob Teter. According to the traditions of the family, Jacob Teter
was the first of the name to make his home in what is now Barbour
County, coming from Pendleton and settling near Belington about the
year 1800. However, it is shown by the Virginia land books that
George Teter owned land here as early as 1787; and the same books
show that Teter's Creek was named as early as 1783. It is probable,
therefore, that there were two families of Teters who figured in
the early history of what is now Barbour. Jacob Teter was married
before he came to Barbour, and his son Joseph was born in Pendleton
County, May 8, 1796. The family was represented in the Valley of
Virginia at the close of the Revolution by the Dietricks, which is
the German form of the name Teter. They are said to have come from
Pennsylvania to the Valley of Virginia, whence they entered
Pendleton and crossed into Randolph, now Barbour. Jacob Teter was a
son of Philip, and his children were, Jacob, Joseph, Isaac, James,
Nancy, and probably Mary. At any rate, the records in Randolph show
that in 1803 Mary "Tidricks" was married to Enoch Osborn, the
ceremony being performed by Robert Maxwell. In 1809 Jacob Teter
(son of Jacob, no doubt), was married to Nancy, daughter of Moses
Cade. The ceremony was performed by Phineas Wells. In 1811
Solomon Yeager married Mary, daughter of Jacob Teter, the ceremony
being performed by Simeon Harris. There is no mention in the
Randolph County records of the marriage of any other of Jacob
Teter's children; "but three of them held office in Randolph:
Jacob, who was Justice of the Peace in 1817 and Assessor in 1823;
James, who was Constable in 1819, and Joseph, who was Justice of
the Peace in 1832.

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