Here is a letter of interest to some of you Teal/Teel Researchers. December 3, 1937 Mrs. J. S. Kirkpatrick Belle Meade Drive Nashville, Tennessee (Reference) BA-J/EEL Emannuel Teal-R.10440 Dear Madam: Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Jacob and Emanuel Teal or Teel, of North Carolina, Levy Theal, of the Virginia Line and William Teal of Virginia. There are no claims for pension or bounty land on file based upon the military service in the Revolutionary War of a Jacob, Levy or William Teel, Theal or Teal. Such claims are the source of the data furnished by this office. It is suggested that as a possible means of obtaining information in regard to the military service of those soldiers, you apply to The Adjutant General, War Department, this city, who is custodian of military records. The record of Emanuel Teal follows as found in the claim for pension, R. 10440, based upon his military service in the Revolutionary War. The date and place of birth and names of the parents of Emanuel Teal are not shown. Emanuel Teal married Patsy McHenry. The marriage bond was dated September 3, 1818, in Anson County, North Carolina. The date and place of birth of Patsy are not shown. The soldier died in Henry County, Georgia, January 1, 1830, as stated by his daughter or January 10, 1833, as stated by his widow. October 16, 1855, at which time she was aged seventy-one years and a resident of Carroll County, Georgia, Martha (as she signed) Teal, applied for the pension that might have been due on account of the service of her husband, Emmanuel Teal, in the Revolutionary War and alleged that her husband enlisted in Pitt County, North Carolina, and served in Captain Hogan's North Carolina Company; she gave no dates of service but alleged three years service. Her claim was not allowed as she failed to furnish proof of srvice as required by the pension laws. The date of the widow's death is not shown but she was deceased in 1859. The only name of a child of the soldier that is given is daughter, Mary Northan, who, in 1868 (1863?) was aged about seventy-four years and resided near Atlanta, Georgia. The name of her husband was not stated. In 1904, Nathaniel Teal, of DeQueen, Arkansas, stated that he was a grandson of the Revolutionary War soldier, Emmanuel Teal and in 1905, Allen Teal, of Pittsburg, Texas, stated that he was, also, a grandson. Neither gave names of their parents. Very truly your A. D. Hiller Executive Assistant to the Administrator.