According to information gathered from Allie Moore (dau. of William Dean Moore) in Rosemary Moore West's notes, Abraham Utter fought in the Revolutionary War. He enlisted about age 14 in Apr. or May of 1779. He served 6 mo. as a private under Captian Daugherty, State of Pa. Elisted July or Aug. 1780 or '81 for 2 mo. as a private under Capt. McCollister, State of Pa. He enlisted in March 1782 for 2 months 14 days under Capt. Herrold, State of Pa. For his Revolutionary War service, according to Joni Utter-Anderson, he was granted 300 acres in what was then Washington County, NC (later Blount Co. Tennessee near Maryville). He and his family were members of the Baker Creek Presbyterian Church in that locality.
According to notes by Joni Utter-Anderson (a gggg grandaughter of Abraham of PA and Bount Co. TN through Abraham, Jr.), Abraham Utter of Blount County, Tennessee and his family withdrew their membership from that church on Oct. 15, 1831 to move to Thorntown, Boone Co., Indiana where some of the older Utter relatives (i.e. older children?) had gone as early as 1812. Joni also affirms that the photograph of Abraham which accompanies this page was provided by her great uncle, James Russell Utter.
Abra[ha]m Utter appears on a transcript of the 1840 census of Boone County, Indiana (sheet 175, line 9). He is listed as between 70 and 80 with a woman listed also as 70 to 80. His son Abraham, Jr. (listed as A Jr., Utter) also appears on the same census, sheet 176, line 1. This is available on the Web 12/31/2004 at the following URL:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~cenfiles/in/boone/1840/p175.txt
Probably from _Tennessee Deeds 1815-1833_, p. 1011: (4:111-12) John Cromwell (first party), Abraham Utter (second party) to Jesse KERR (third party): 19 Feb 1830, 100 ac on waters of Baker's Creek adj lands of Robert Thompson and Nathaniel HARRISON, John Hall and others (not named); part of a 212 ac Grant to Abraham Utter on 7 June 1809.
Available at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~harrisonrep/thblount.htm on April 21, 2006.
Abraham Utter is mentioned, among other persons, as present "at a Court of pleas & Quarter Sessions opened & held for the County of
Blount at the Court House in Maryville on the second Monday of March 1797" (_BLOUNT COUNTY, TENNESSEE COUNTY COURT RECORDS, BOOK 1, 1795-1804_, available at http://www.geocities.com/blynnfitzz/BlountCoCourtRecI.html as of 21 April, 2006).
Abraham Utter 
