Teets Family & Ancestry

This site contains genealogy information for the Befort, Booth, Conner, de Temple, Gum, Hall, Harclerode, Hughes, Johnson, Lorentz, Lowe, McKinney, Melton, Ours, Raynes, Stansberry, Teets, Woodruff and Wilfong families, as well as many related others. Many of the above families lived in West Virginia, but they are quickly seen to be from much of the northeast, and from all over the United States. My line appears to have come from Germany. Refer to the current Journals page for the latest information, or the Charts page for quick access to some of those lines.

Current thinking on my Teets Line:

According to the "Teets Family History" at the West Virginia Wesleyan College Library, donated by Boone and Greta Teets Proudfoot, and notes taken by Anna Lee Teets Conner:

"The Teets family is of German origin. In Germany, they spelled their name Tietz. Jacob Teets was the first Teets of which we have definite information. His father came to the United States from Germany and settled near Washington D.C. From this point the family scattered. The father seems to have moved to Brandonville West Virginia not far from Aurora, West Virginia in Preston County"

Check out the history of Upshur County where we grew up, or a more complete story on the history of West Virginia as a state. Also see Buckhannon-Upshur High School where many of us went to school, and West Virginia Wesleyan College.

Note: Upshur County is near the middle of the state (in yellow). Hardy and Preston Counties are in the northeast corner of the map at the "V" in the state (in pink).