PFAUTZ-FOUTS-FOUTZ NEWSLETTER No. 1

Dr. John Scott Davenport, Editor A Cold, Raw Memorial Day Weekend

University Station Box 7149 along the Wasatch Front,

Provo, Utah 84602 Monday, May 26, 1980

Dear Pfautz-Fouts-Foutz Folk;

This beginning letter has been a long time in coming, and is not being published under the auspices originally planned. It is, in essence, a continuation of the Fouts Folk Newsletters, which began in 1970 on an irregular basis, but we are now including all folk who are descendants of Hans Michael Pfautz, immigrant of 1727; Jacob Pfautz, in Pennsylvania by 1730; Theobald Pfautz (Dewald Fouts, Sr.) , immigrant of 1737; David Pfautz, immigrant of 1749; Conrad Foutz, immigrant of 1752; John Jacob Pfautz, immigrant of 1772; Dorothea Fautz, immigrant of 1787; Michael Pfoutz, immigrant of 1787; and John Pfautz, immigrant of 1816. Others of later immigration will be added as their presence’s become known.

The main thrust of research during the past year was the search of German records in the Genealogical Society of Utah archives for the antecedents of Conrad Foutz, Sr., which was fully funded by the Jacob Foutz Family Association of Farmington, New Mexico. However, the arrangement whereby the Association would publish the Newsletter did not work out. Because of a misunderstanding as to what some church leaders said regarding the responsibility of the Jacob Foutz Family Association to continue research beyond the 4th Generation, financial support for the project nearly ceased. While all the questions have not been resolved completely, we hope to get underway at least with this Newsletter. Hopefully before the next issue comes out we will get some written answers, similar to expressions recently made by other church leaders by phone, that will help everyone feel good about continuing their support.

In the meantime, the Newsletter will be written by Dr. John Scott Davenport, of Orem, Utah, and will be published by Dean R. Foutz of Honolulu , Hawaii. Until further notice, copies of the Newsletter will be distributed without further cost to all donors of the Jacob Foutz Family Association per mailing list provided, as well as to others on Dr. Davenport's Fouts Folk list. For the present, we'll try to bring you up to date on what's been accomplished in PFAUTZ-FOUTS-FOUTZ Research with funds, subscriptions, and donations that you have Previously forwarded---to the Jacob Foutz Family Association.

By way of updating you on PFAUTZ-FOUTS-FOUTZ research, let's run down the various immigrant ancestors and briefly view the current status of each:

Hans Michael Pfoutz, Sr., (1727), of Lancaster Co., Pa,

This family is largely defined insofar as its line of this side of the Atlantic is concerned. The determination, from research in German parish records, that Jacob Pfautz, 1717-1800, buried in the Lutheran cemetery at Strasburg, Lancaster Co., Pa., was the second son---and not the oldest son as land records in Pennsylvania claimed--- has eliminated the remaining identification problem.

The family of "Baron" John Pfoutz, of Pfoutz Valley, Pa., the youngest son of this immigrant ancestor, is not largely defined. Lines out of Pfoutz Valley run to north and northwest Pennsylvania, extreme northeast Ohio, Michigan, and Oregon. One offbeat line was Missouri to pioneering Montana. Another was to Augusta and Rockbridge Cos., Virginia, and from there to Louisiana.

One major finding of the past year was the family of Joseph Fouts, youngest son of Peter Pfoutz. This Joseph Fouts was born in Chester Co., Pa., and lived in Frederick Co., Md.; Montgomery Co. , Ohio; and Henry Co., Indiana before settling in Hamilton Co., Indiana and dying there in 1837. Among Joseph's sons were Peter, Samuel, Michael, and Daniel---Peter and Daniel stuck together, and were in Huntington Co., Indiana; Lancaster Co., Nebraska; and Iron Co., Utah. Samuel and Michael are still elusive.

Several lines of the Hans Michael descent have also been polished up, including Peter D. Fouts, son of Daniel Fouts and Margaret Schaeffer. It took some cross-referencing, but we’ve put the lines straight through until today, and now include several descendants of that line among our Newsletter fo1k.

JACOB PFAUTZ, (1730), OF GERMANY TWP., YORK (NOW ADAMS) CO., PA.

We are no further in identifying Jacob Pfautz, father of Michael Fouts, Sr., of Randolph Co., North Carolina, and his sister, Anna Margaret Fouts Hoover---immigrant ancestress of President Herbert C. Hoover, than we were this time last year, Speculation continues that Jacob was a younger brother of Hans Michael (both named their Oldest sons "Michael," presumably for the paternal grandfather); that Jacob, who sold out in Germany Twp., York (now Adams) Co., Pa., at the same time that his son Michael and son-in-law Andrew Hoover sold out in adjacent Frederick Co., Md., went to North Carolina with his eldest son and eldest daughter. However, at least one of Jacob's daughters, Catherine, who married John Eckert, remained in the area. One known son of Jacob and two daughters are yet to be accounted for.

Insofar as the family of Andrew Fouts (1736-1771) is concerned, there is still much definition to be done among the families of the seven sons---in Brooke Co., Va., (now West Va.), and Morgan Co., Ohio, A grandson, also Andrew, was one of the earliest settlers in Iowa, died of drowning, with portions of his family going to California and back to Morgan Co., Ohio. This family was composed of hard-nosed frontiersmen, and had none of religious reservations of their Mennonite, Dunker, and Quaker cousins of North Carolina. Andrew shifted from Lutheranism to Anglicanism in Virginia (a not uncommon practice---a number of German ministers did it; after all King George III, as the Elector of Hanover as well as the King of England, was the ruling prince of the German Lutherans as well as the English Episcopalians, a fact that most historians have largely overlooked). Anyway, we've still got work to do on defining the lines of the family of Andrew Fouts, son of Jacob Pfautz.

It now appears that Joseph Fouts*(1779-1856) was, after all, a son of John Leonard Fouts, Sr., and not of Theobald Fouts, Jr., and Elizabeth Hoover Fouts---which means that the line is of Theobald Fouts, Sr., and not also of Jacob Pfautz. A rigorous check of census records puts Joseph in another family than Theobald, Jr.'s---and John Leonard was the only other son of Theobald, Sr., on New River waters (Wilkes-Ashe-Wautaga Cos., N.C.) old enough to have been Joseph's father, Peter Fouts, later of Montgomery Co. , Ohio, and Carroll Co., Indiana, was there cl793-1801, but he was the youngest of Theobald, Sr.'s sons, and was 12-years-old when Joseph Fouts of Ashe Co. was born---so that leaves John Leonard Fouts, Sr., by default, Excluding George Fouts, of Joseph, who went to Pike Co., Ky., before 1860, this line was largely wiped out in male lines by the Civil War.

(* = of New River Waters, Ashe Co., North Carolina)

Real progress has been made relative to Andrew Fouts, Sr., second son of Michael Fouts, Sr., both of Randolph Co., N.C.; Andrew, Sr., (1751-1834), was the only Fouts in North Carolina who, by documented behavior, actively aided The American Revolution. He remained in Randolph Co. and died there, with most of his family having moved to Indiana. An Illinois Fouts descendant and a Colorado Fouts-Morgan descendant of Andrew, Sr., are working on the definition of the basic Randolph Co. family---including Osborn and Allen lines, and what happened to Andrew, Sr.'s son William? (Was he the William who was married twice and divorced once in Washington Co., Indiana , in the 1840s and early 1850s?). For those of you who are Keeping family sheets, strike out Rachel LOW as Andrew's wife and enter "Rachel Merrell, daughter of William Merrell." William Merrell had the land adjacent to Andrew, then his son Dan Merrell had it. Andrew, Sr. named Zaza C. Merrell (apparently a nephew) as executor of his estate. There are several documents in the N.C. Archives, Randolph Co. files, which indicate that Andrew and the Merrells cross-bonded each other on occasions. The Merrell connection also explains why Andrew stayed in North Carolina---he had one of the best farms in the "Rich Lands of Uwhary." What Andrew didn't have of those lands, the Merrells had. For those of you who are history buffs, William Merrell was the brother of Captain Benjamin Merrill, the Regulator, who was hung, drawn and quartered by Gov. Tryon in 1771. For those interested, there's a double DAR-SAR certification in this line.

Theobald Pfoutz, Sr., (1738), of Randolph Co., N.C.

We're still working on the Southern extensions of this family. We know that most of the family of Lewis, sixth son of Theobald, Sr., who settled in Cabarrus Co., N.C., before 1800 and returned to Lutheranism, was wiped out by the Civil War. We've still got work to do on the family of Leonard Fouts, Jr., wife Sarah Younce, which moved, in pieces, 1835-43, to extreme southeast Tennessee--- then, by 1850, to Gilmer and Murray Cos., Georgia. The family, as noted above, was located in Wilkes-Ashe Co., N.C., cl785 until it began moving--- not counting a swing of Leonard Fouts, Sr., with some of his family at least, into Kentucky in the mid-1790s and again in 1801-02. Leonard had land in Muehlenberg Co., Ky., and speculated in land in Warren Co., Ky. He also married a daughter Mary, to Joseph Ray, there in 1795.

John Martin Fouts, b. 9 Sep 1781, North Carolina. appears to belong to the Theobald, Sr., line, likely through John Leonard Fouts, Sr. In mid-1820, apparently after the Census was taken, a John Martin Fouts and a man named Anderson appeared in the upper River country of Louisiana. There, on 18 Feb 1821, he married Martha Ware Nelson, a widow, said to have been born in North Carolina, 14 Jan 1790. There were five children in the family: Maria Theresa Fouts, b. 20 Nov 1821; David Cook Fouts b. 20 Jul 1823; John Martin Fouts, Jr. , b. 21 Aug 1830; Thomas Jefferson Fouts, b. 14 Feb 1834; and Martha Jane Fouts, b. 13 Sep 1836. John Martin Fouts died on 19 Feb 18445 in Bienville Parish, Louisiana. There is a possible clue in the oldest son being named David for all of the sons of David Pfautz (1749) by his second wife named their eldest sons David (as did those eldest sons to their eldest sons), but David Pfautz was dead in 1779 when his wife and family appeared in North Carolina records, living adjacent to Andrew Garron on the Rowan (now Davidson) side of the county line with Randolph---less than a mile from the Fouts' of Randolph Co. None of the Widow Fouts' five sons (all born after 1760) were on the tax lists in 1781, meaning they weren't old enough to be taxables, either as householders or unmarried polls, with the possible exception of Nicholas, the eldest---and he only had one son, (his last child born in 1815) naturally named "David". So, it doesn't parse for the David Pfautz line....

... and that takes us back to John Leonard Fouts, the peripatetic Fouts of Wilkes-Ashe Co., North Carolina. John Leonard, Sr., who went by "Leonard" or by "Leonard, Sr.", was a maverick in naming children, having sons George, Leonard, Jr., Joseph, Jacob, and Solomon---all but Jacob being unique among the North Carolina Fouts. He could just as easily have had a John Martin in the group. He would have been born between Joseph and Jacob. Anyway, for the time being, we circumstantially attribute John Martin Fouts to the Theobald, Sr. , line. It became quite a prestigious family in Northwest Louisiana, in medicine, education, and the Baptist ministry.

We've also done some work on further definition of the family of Phillip Fouts, youngest son of John Daniel Fouts (John Fouts, Sr.), eldest son of Theobald, Sr., who died in Randolph Co., North Carolina, in 1803. Phillip was in Randolph Co., North Carolina, in 1810; in Buncombe Co. , North Carolina in 1820 (with a passle of Garrons, Rhodes, and Merrills---all from the Uwharrie); in Shelby Co., Indiana in 1830 (with Arnolds, Absalom and Dougan Fouts---nephews, son of Jacob); in Polk Co., Missouri, in 1840 (with Fouts of Andrew, Sr., of Randolph Co., North Carolina); and his widow and large family, still together, was in Polk Co., Iowa, in 1850. By 1860, the family had scattered to the winds; most had gone on the Oregon Trail in 1852, but one had gone back to Polk Co., Missouri, and then into Kansas; one had gone to Texas, and one had gone gold prospecting in California, We've run all of them down except the one in Texas---he served in Confederate Cavalry, and there's some doubt if he survived.

Anyway, we'll likely be working on Theobald's Fouts for sometime.

Conrad Foutz, (1752), of Washington Twp., Franklin Co., Pa.

By far, most of the funded research during the past year has been in trying to establish the origin of Conrad Foutz, Sr. When he enlisted for military service during the French and Indian war in 1759, Conrad gave Zweibruecken as his birth place on enlistment papers. Robert Jowett, an accredited genealogist (A.G.) specializing in Old German records, spent almost a year in reading through all of the Lutheran parish records of Zweibruecken ---- which was almost a dry hole. It was not until the last batch of parishes---in Northfelden, belonging to the Principality of Birkenfeld, but ruled by Zweibruecken that a Fautz was found. In 1738, Elizabetha Fautz, of Nofelden, was given permission to immigrate to America.

Only the rare ship's passenger- list identified the female passengers, and Elizabeth wasn't on one of those rare lists. But we do know that Theobald Pfautz, Sr., (as Theevia Fautzen), arrived in America in 1738 on the Ship "Davy", being slightly past 16-years-old. Now, was Elizabetha Fautz related to Theobald Pfautz and was Theobald also from that isolated part of Zweibruecken which lay east of the Rhine? Anyway, we have found our first Fautz in the domain of Zweibruecken, and we still have no Pfautz, Fautz, etc., who were living west of the Rhine in any of the records yet searched. The misunderstanding in Farmington (mentioned earlier) occurred just as Mr. Jowett was approaching the Nohfelden parish reading, and the project was shut down. However, the work is being continued---under temporary joint financing by Dean Foutz and Dr. Davenport.

Our current plans are to finish the Conrad Foutz ancestral identification search in the Zweibruecken records---and then to proceed to the identification of the German roots of all of the Pfautz-Fouts-Foutz in America. We know they center around the Neckar River, east of the Rhine, in Baden and Wurtemburg. And much evidence suggests that all Pfautz, etc., have a common ancestry. Anyway, we plan to search it out---and Mr. Jowett is willing to go to Germany, if needs be, to do the search in records which are not available on microfilm in the U.S. (Some Lutheran jurisdictions have refused to allow Mormon microfilming of their records---others have freely shared. So some research may have to be done in Germany.)

John David Pfautz, (1749), of Lancaster, Pa.

In terms of advancement, John David Pfautz, who arrived in America in 1749, has come from the back of the pack and gone out in front in terms of identification. In the early days of the Conrad Foutz search, Mr. Jowett checked out a few "easy" parishes (previously identified as containing Pfautz members), and found a large number of baptisms, for John David Pfautz, who lived in Merchingen, Rhenish Palatinate, for approximately 12 years before emigrating to America. There was a large amount of infant mortality among John David's children, but he, wife Maria Agnes (surname yet unknown), son John Frederick, and daughter Charlotte emigrated to America in 1749. Here, he located in Lancaster Borough, Pa. , where he earned his livelihood as joiner (carpenter). In 1754, daughter Charlotte married John Michael Lenth (Lentz, Links) in Trinity Lutheran Church. On 24 Jul 1759, John David Pfautz, widower, married Anna Barbara Hohn (Hahn, Hawn, Hon), widow, at Trinity Lutheran. In 1762, Frederick Fouts married Susanna Christy (Christig) in the Lancaster Episcopal Church. From here on, Frederick and his father apparently parted company.

We have not yet determined where either Frederick or his father David Pfautz were after 1766. David Pfautz dropped off of the Lancaster Borough tax lists in 1765, and Frederick disappears from the area's records until the late 1770s---when he again appeared on Lancaster Co. tax lists, in Hempfield Twp. So far, we know nothing specifically about David Pfautz until January, 1779, when a "patriot," taking advantage of nonjuring (refused to swear an oath of allegiance) pacifists in Rowan Co., N.C., entered upon the improvements (cabins, outbuildings, cleared land) of Andrew Garron and the “Widow Fouts.” This predatory activity was successful (it was not until the mid-1790s that Peter Fouts, the Widow's second son, was able to buy the land from the "patriot"). Positive identification of the widow did not come until the Census of 1790 where a Frederick Hun (Hawn) was enumerated in the same census group with Nicholas, Peter, and John Fouts, all sons of the Widow. Subsequent tax lists showed that Frederick Hawn was living on Fouts land. Hawn’s will, Rowan Co., N.C. Wills, D:173, notes that he was born May 2, 1744, and died June 9, 1801---and he left three sons: Frederick, Jr., Phillip, and John,

In subsequent years, where the Widow or her sons were, there also were Hawns or Hons. In Rowan (now Davidson) Co., N.C., in Lincoln Co., N.C., and in Indian Creek Twp., Harrison Co., Indiana Territory (and State). There is a cemetery in Bradford, Harrison Co., Indiana, (across from the Catholic Church), wherein are buried numerous Hons and Fouts---including six David Fouts,

The Widow's sons, by order of birth, appear to have been Peter, Nicholas, John, David, and Jacob. Peter (1761-1811) apparently lost a land entry also, in 1784, and the family moved to Washington Co., Md., where Nicholas bought a house and lot in Jerusalem (near the Frederick Co., line) in July, 1786. There were a number of Hawns in the area. In March, 1789, Nicholas Fouts sold the property in Jerusalem and moved back to Rowan (now Davidson) Co., N.C. In the Census of 1790, Peter Fouts was enumerated in Washington Co., Md. But he was also enumerated in Rowan Co., N.C., because the N.C. Census of 1790 was not taken until the first six months of 1791. In June, 1790, Peter pledged a horse and a cow to John Rowland as security for a joint note to John Rickard. Then, he apparently moved back to North Carolina,

In the Census of 1790 (1791) in Rowan Co., N.C., Nicholas, Peter, and John Fouts are enumerated as separate households. David and Jacob are apparently enumerated in Nicholas' household. Allowing for the widow and three wives, the enumeration, indicates only four others in the three households, all female, who could have been either daughters of Nicholas, Peter, or John---or sisters. No evidence has been found that suggests that there were any daughter’s in David Pfautz' second family. Jacob dropped out of sight after 1794, has not been found elsewhere. Peter died in 1811, Nicholas in 1820, both in Rowan (now Davidson). David moved to Lincoln Co., N.C., in 1802, then to Harrison Co., Indiana Territory in 1815---and died there in 1816. John Fouts divested himself of his lands to his sons in the early 1830s---and moved away. All of Peter's family, except eldest son David, moved to Pike Twp., Marion Co., Indiana, in the mid-1830s. Nicholas died in 1820 in the process of moving from Rowan (now Davidson) to Lincoln Co., N.C., leaving eight daughters and a five-year-old son David. In the N.C. Census of 1850 are David of Peter, David of Nicholas, and David of John. David of David is enumerated in Harrison Co., Indiana. Despite naming his eldest son David, John Martin Fouts, of Louisiana, cannot be fitted into this family.

In 1793, Frederick Fouts, of Hempfield Twp., Lancaster Pa., moved to Washington Co., Md., and bought a farm on Conococheage Creek, two miles from the Pennsylvania line and six miles from the Potomac and Virginia. In 1797, David, son of Frederick, moved to Randolph Co., N.C., where he located on vacant land between Andrew Fouts, Sr. (son of Michael, Sr., eldest son of Jacob Pfautz) and John Fouts, Sr. (John Daniel Fouts, eldest son of Theobald Fouts, Sr.)---which, considering that the Widow Fouts was living due west of Andrew, across the county line, about half mile, placed three out of the first five Pfautz-Fouts-Foutz to emigrate to America in the same tight neighborhood. Coincidence it may have been, but it sure looks like kinfolk from the Old Country in a family settlement.

The David Pfautz family was essentially Lutheran until the mid-1810s. In Indiana, the family of David Fouts came under Dunker influence. David Fouts*, was a Dunker minister. Later, both he and George W. Hon became noted exhorters of the Campbellite Disciples of Christ. Nicholas apparented turned Dunker in North Carolina, for in 1808, he left the Lutheran area of Rowan (now Davidson) and moved west into the Reedy Creek Dunker congregation area. The widow Fouts apparently moved with him. A cryptic note in The Moravian Records suggests that she died at an advanced age on Nicholas' plantation in 1817. The Moravians referred to her as the "Widow Fausz." (* = of David)

Most of the Fouts In Central North Carolina today are descendants of David Pfautz' second family. There was a plethora of sons in all families, and while the family sustained, casualties, in both the Union and Confederate ranks during the Civil War, there were many sons left. To the contrary, Frederick Fouts, who died in 1804 in Washington Co., Md., left seven sons, but has few descendants of the surname today. Son Jacob had one son, who had no sons. Henry had one son, has a number of descendants in the area of Cleveland, Ohio, today. Son John appears to have died in 1808---he was included in the first distribution of his father's estate in 1807, appears in a cryptic note as deceased, with Jacob as administrator in 1808---whatever, he was not married. William did not marry until late--- had a family of at least four sons and two daughters---two of the sons died in the Civil War (Indiana regiments). William, Jr., left only one son. Jacob of William left four sons, before his early death, but these lines have all run to girls. What happened to Frederick, Jr., the hatter, is not known---unless he was the John Fouts, hatter, who appeared in, Eastern Ohio in the mid-1820s and established a hat business in Mt. Eaton, Wayne Co., Ohio (which just happened to be the bailiwick of the family of George Pfoutz, son of "Baron" John Pfoutz, of Pfoutz Valley, Pa.). Whatever, John Fouts married in Mt. Eaton and sired four sons and one daughter before dying in 1837. This John was in some manner related to Henry Fouts, of Clear Spring, Md., which is located approximately a mile from where Frederick Fouts, eldest son of David, lived and died in Washington Co., Md. Henry Fouts, of Clear Spring, Md., was a hatter also---and had two sons: Marion and George W.. John Fouts, of Mt. Eaton, hatter, had four sons, Nicholas Martin Fouts, George Washington Fouts, George Jacob Fouts, and John Fouts--the daughter's name was Theresa. The "Nicholas Martin" is significant, for three Nicholas Martins---father, son, and grandson--- in succession served the Conochocheage Dunker congregation (now Broadfording Church of the Brethren) just north of Clear Spring, Md., on the Pennsylvania line.

But the plot has other elements which have other claims---in 1840, Jacob Foutz, grandson of Conrad Foutz, Sr., by son John, did LDS ordinances in proxy for his dead brother John. While there is no direct connection between John Fouts, of Mt. Eaton, and Jacob Foutz, both Jacob Foutz and his brother-in-law Jacob Hess, from the Dunker congregation area of Old Antietam on the Pennsylvania side of boundary with Washington Co. , Md., took up land in Richland Co., Ohio, at the same time and in the same area as did John Fouts, of Mt. Eaton, in 1830. Both Jacob Foutz and Jacob Hess subsequently became Mormon converts, went to Missouri with the Saints, were in the Hawn's Mill Massacre (where Jacob Foutz was, seriously wounded), retreated back to Illinois, settled in Nauvoo, and ultimately went West with the first wagon trains to Utah. Jacob Foutz had a brother John who was dead in 1840. John Fouts, of Mt. Eaton, died in 1837 His family stayed together near Mt. Eaton, Ohio, until the early 1850s, when George Jacob went to Peoria, Illinois, and became a miner. The rest of the family also moved to Illinois---then shortly after the Civil War, settled in Hardin Co., Iowa. John Fouts, Jr. remained on the same land near Mt. Eaton, did not marry until late in life, had one daughter. George W. married in Illinois, had a big family, mostly boys. Nicholas M. was past 50 when he married, but managed to sire two boys and a girl before he died. The family is gone from Hardin Co., Iowa, now---drifted away after W.W.I; most went to Oregon, according to the locals around Eldora, the county seat.

Just who John Fouts, of Mt. Eaton, Ohio, belongs to is still a toss-up. There was a lot of cross association between the Conococheage and Antietam Dunker congregations. The hatter connection and Clear Spring location is heavy circumstance favoring the Frederick Foutz, Jr., connection---but Frederick Foutz sold his interest in the valuable estate of his father Frederick, Sr., to a sister in 1811---and disappears from all further Washington Co., Md., records. Henry Fouts, hatter, of Clear Spring, does not appear in Washington Co. records until 1830, but was indebted to John Fouts before then---per notes in John's estate. Was John Fouts and Jacob Foutz taking up lands in Richland Co., Ohio, a coincidence? John had land in several northern Ohio counties. This one is going to require more documentation---from somewhere.

The Mystery Family of the Month - Can You Identify This Family?

In the search of Civil War records, Marion Jerome Fouts, as Jerome Fouts, was found in Co. A, 1st Battalion, Nevada Cavalry. Marion J. Fouts claimed to have been born on 28 March 1848 in Warsaw, Hancock Co., Illinois. When he enlisted in the Civil War, he was a miner in Nevada. During the War, his duty was entirely in Indian warfare in Oregon, Idaho, and Montana. After the war, he settled near Pauline, Adams Co., Nebraska, where he died on 27 Jul 1933. Thanks to Helen Squire, of Elyria, Ohio, we have the following data on Marion J. Fouts:

PARENTS: Daniel Fouts, b. 1818, married 27 Aug 1843 at Montrose, Iowa, by LDS Elder,

to Emmeline Perry, b. 1825.

CHILDREN: Marion Jerome Fouts b. 1845

David James Fouts b. 1847

John Lewis Fouts b. 1849, Warsaw, Illinois

Laura Ann Fouts b. 1851

Daniel Webster Fouts b. 1853, Hancock Co., Illinois

William Ashley Fouts b. 1855

Lyman Perry Fouts b. 1857

Lyman Perry is presumably the father of the mother. Samuel Fouts, son of Lemen Fouts, grandson of Andrew Fouts (of Brooke Co., now West Va.), married a Perry, but her father was William Perry. The "Ashley" has some family significance, because Marion J. named his eldest son "Henry Ashley." Does anyone recognize any of the elements of this family. Has anyone encountered it anywhere in Census searches? This data came to Mrs. Squire second hand from a cousin in California, who obtained it from a Perry Fouts several years back via a telephone conversation.

Social Notes and Previews of Coming Attractions

MOUNTAIN FOUTS OF NORTH CAROLINA - The descendants of Jacob Fouts (1786-1854), son of Leonard Fouts, Sr., of Theobald, Sr., will hold their five-year reunion on Friday, July 4, 1980, at the Iotla Elementary School near Franklin, North Carolina, starting at 10 a.m. sharp. This is fine affair, held way back in the Carolina mountains on the Little Tennessee River in the Cherokee Country. These folk are mighty hospitable, will welcome fraternal Fouts-Foutz as well as descendants of Jacob Fouts of Leonard. Dr. Davenport spoke at the 1975 Reunion, still hasn't got over the waxing that he took in horseshoes. Write Bob Fouts, Rte 9, Box 974, Franklin, N.C. 28734, or call Fred Fouts, (704) 524-2430 or Vance Fouts, (704) 524-6084. They'll help you with arrangements and tell you what to bring for the potluck.

FOUTS AND FOUTZ IN SALT LAKE CITY---Caroline Fouts Sarver, Helen Silvey, both of Sacramento, California; Shirley Fouts Spencer, of Mesa, Arizona, and Helen Fouts Tremlett, of Cape Canaveral, Florida, met In Salt Lake City, Utah, for a week's work each in the microfilm and records of The Genealogical Society of Utah. While there, they encountered Mildred Foutz, of Holbrook, Arizona, a LDS Genealogical librarian, also on a research tour. On Wednesday, May 14, the ladies hosted Dr. and Mrs. Davenport at dinner at the Hotel Utah. Guess what they talked about?

PFAUTZ-FOUTS-FOUTZ NEWSLETTER No. 2

Dr. John Scott Davenport, Editor A Coolish, Wet Spring Day

1375 Stratford Drive on Waters of Cuyahoga, in

Kent, Ohio 44240 Connecticut's Western Reserve,

25 April 1981 Portage Co., Ohio

A Slight Change- in Location from Provo, Utah

When Newsletter No. 1 was issued last year, more frequent than annual issues were contemplated. However, the Editor listened to the siren's song of advancement and allowed himself to be persuaded to accept the directorship of the School of Journalism, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, on a hurry-up basis. It was a mistake --- too many paranoics from KSU's trauma of 1970, too many concealed administrative ploys (political deals), and a grand strategy of cannibalizing Journalism for the sake of Art. The KSU administration wanted a trained dog act. The Editor was not it. He resigned in late January, returned immediately to freelance writing (pushed out another novel), and resumed genealogy research --- and started job hunting.

Nothing's firmed up at the moment, but holding back on Newsletter issuance pending a new address is too iffy. The backlog of development in Pfautz-Fouts-Foutz data will require three to four Newsletters, at least, to work off. So, other than saying that, at the moment, it is quite likely that the Davenports will be returning to Virginia. Pfautz-Fouts-Foutz Newsletter will proceed. Write the Editor at the Kent, Ohio, address until notified otherwise. That, for sure, will motivate the issuance of another Newsletter in considerably less than the eleven months that elapsed between 1 and 2.

Order of Family Patriarchs within Genealogical Research Purview

For review, ordered herewith are the primary immigrant patriarchs of Pfautz-Fouts-Foutz families that have come within consideration. Those of the Nineteenth Century are additions since the last Newsletter. The alphabet code accompanying each patriarch is the prefix for all genealogical family numberings of descendants. The order is based on date of immigration to America;

A - HANS MICHAEL PFAUTZ. SR., of Lancaster Co., Pa., immigrant of 1727.

B - JACOB PFAUTZ, of Germany Twp.,, York (now Adams) Co., Pa., immigrant before 1730.

C - THEOBALD PFAUTZ (DAVID FOUTS, Sr.)), of Randolph Co., N.C., immigrant of 1738.

D - JOHN DAVID PFAUTZ, of Washingtton Co., Md. (issue of first wire); Rowan (now Davidson) Co., N.C. (issue of second wife); immigrant of 1749.

E - CONRAD FOUTZ, of Washington Twwp., Franklin Co., Pa., immigrant of 1752.

F - JOHN JACOB PFAUTZ, of Philadelphia, Pa., immigrant of 1773.

G - MICHAEL PFOUTS, Sr., of Harrisson Co., Ohio, immigrant of 1787.

H - JOHN FOUTS, of York Twp., Morggan Co., Ohio, immigrant of 1820.

I - ADAM FOUTZ, of Miller Twp., Deearborn Co., Indiana, immigrant of 1854.

J - WILLIAM FAUTZ, of San Francisco, Calif., immigrant of 1855.

K - GOTTLIEB PFAUTZ, of Philadelphia, Pa., immigrant of 1857.

L - WILLIAM FAUTZ, of Norfolk, Va., immigrant of 1865,

There were two known female immigrants:

ELIZABETHA FAUTZ, of Zweibruecken, who was granted permission to emigrate to America in 1738---no record of arrival, but women were only sporadically included on immigration lists (they were not required to take the oaths of allegiance and abjuration);

DOROTHEA FAUTZ, immigrant of 1785, who appears to have been the same Dorothy Foutz who married Jacob Crow in Washington Co., Md., 13 Sep 1802, and who was a close relative (not a child) of MICHAEL PFOUTS (G).

Two additional male immigrants have been identified, neither of whom had children:

ALBERT PFAUTZ, 2nd Lt., 52nd N.Y. Infantry, died 1862 of wounds received in action at Fair Oaks, Va. (Civil War). Pfautz, married in Germany in 1841, immigrated to America in the early 1850s, was age 40 when enlisted in New York City in 1861. Wife died In 1891.

BERNHARDT FAUTZ, Pvt., 17th Missouri Volunteers, badly wounded in right leg during Battle of Atlanta, Through 1880, no evidence has been found that Fautz had a family. He was age 34 when he enlisted for service. No widow applied for a pension following his death, per National Archives records.

Albert PFAUTZ was born in Prussia, Bernhardt FAUTZ was born in Baden.

The Pfautz-Fouts-Foutz immigrants described above are all of those identified thus far to 1880. With the exception of Albert PFAUTZ, all immigrants have come from the Baden-Wurtemburg areas, east of the Rhine, in Germany.

For the purposes of constructing genealogical tables of the families of these immigrants and their descendants, the alphabetic prefix noted will precede all numbers, e.g. A15 = 15th family of the surname descendants of HANS MICHAEL PFAUTZ, Sr., Ef32 = 32nd family of female descendants (surname of husband) of CONRAD FOUTZ, etc. With these prefixes, it is possible to systematically array and order the descendant families minimizing code numbers. When German antecedents are researched, other codes, which can plug into American alphanumerics will be used. Because of the massive size of the project, only paternal lines are pursued. All female lines will be identified in family orders and detail where the mother's maiden name was/is Pfautz-Fouts-Foutz. Etc., but will not be pursued beyond.

FOUTS-FOUTZ WHO SERVED IN THE CONFEDERATE ARMY

While little has appeared in the surname literature concerning the militarists in the family (nonjuring pacifists were in the majority during the Revolution, and the Pfouts, etc., who served in the War of 1812, the early Indian Wars, and the Mexican War can be counted on the fingers of both hands, leaving several digits undesignated), a large number of Pfautz-Fouts-Foutz served during the Civil War, including a number from Dunker (Church of the Brethren) families who had been steadfastly pacifistic until 1861, Leaving the large number of Yankees to be looked at later (Ohio will take up one complete Newsletter by itself), let's look at the family in Confederate service. The records and listing following come from the National Archives, from Confederate military records captured by the victorious Union Army. No Confederates were pensioned by the Federal Government (until only a few were left). Genealogical data usually found in the pension files must be obtained from the individual Southern States, each of whom provided pensions to its own veterans.

VIRGINIA

GEORGE D. FOUTTS, Pvt., Co. B, 58th Virginia Volunteers, born 1841, died 1862 at Monterey, Va. (Father: Daniel Fouts, of Bedford Co., Va.)

GEORGE D. FOUTS, Blacksmith, Co. G, 4th Virginia Cavalry, served through 1864. Enlisted from Stewartsville, Bedford Co. , Va.

GEORGE W. FOUTS, Pvt., Co. K, 58th Virginia Volunteers, born 1841, died 1861 at Staunton, Va. (Father: George Fouts, of Bedford Co., Va.)

GEORGE FOUTS, Co. K, 3rd Regt., Virginia Reserves, enlisted in 1664 in Botetourt Co., Va. Ordered to return to farming (aged, father of GEORGE W. FOUTS, Decd.)

GREEN B. FOUTS, Co. E, 28th Virginia Volunteer Infantry, From Botetourt Co., Va.. No other data. (Moved to Indianapolis, Indiana, in 1870s --- descendants among the Fouts there.)

J. A. FOUTS, Pvt., Capt. Otey's Light Artillery Co., which was composed of employees in Ordnance Depot, Danville, Virginia for local defense and special service. No further data.

J. M. FOUTS, Pvt., Co. B, 157th Virginia Militia Regt., one month's service in Greenbrier Co., 1862. No further data.

JAMES R. FOUTS, Pvt., Co. B, 10th Battalion Virginia Heavy Artillery, enlisted at Richmond in 1863, among those paroled at Appomattox Court House, 9 Apr 1865. No further data.

JOHN 0. FOUTS, Corp., Co. B, 58th Virginia Volunteers, born 1635, served through 1864. Enlisted from Bedford Co. No further data.

JOHN W. FOUTS, Pvt., Co. K, 58th Virginia Volunteers, born 1838, died 1863 at Hugenot Springs, Va. (Father; Daniel Fouts, of Bedford Co., Va.)

THOMAS J. FOUTS, Pvt., Co. B, 10th Battalion Virginia Heavy Artillery, born 1848, served during last months of the War, No further data.

OSBORNE FOUTS, Pvt., Co. F, 23rd Virginia Volunteers, enlisted at Dublin, Pulaski Co., Va.; captured at Winchester, Va., 19 Sep 1864 enlisted in U.S. Army for Indian Service, 14 Oct 1864. (Apparently changed name---is not locatable in U.S. Army records or Censuses, searched thus far, under "Osborne Fouts.")

STEPHEN C. FOUTS, Pvt., Co. D, 28th Virginia Infantry, enlisted from Bedford Co., 1862; registered as "Rebel Deserter," 22 Apr 1865, and transported at government expense to Blairsville, Pa. No further data. (Died in Botetourt Co., Va.,)

WILLIAM H. FOUTS, Pvt., Co. K, 58th Virginia Volunteers, born 1840, died 29 Jan 1862 at Monterey, Va. (Father: Daniel Fouts, of Bedford Co.)

WILLIAM J. FOUTS, Pvt., Co. K, 58th Virginia Volunteers, born 1834, enlisted from Stewartsville, Bedford Co., wounded in action at Battle of McDowell, Highland Co., Va., 8 May 1862 (gunshot wound in face); medical discharge, 31 Dec 1863. ( Died shortly thereafter)

W. M. FOOUTS, Pvt., Co. H, 22nd Virginia Infantry, enlisted at White Sulphur Springs, plagued by illness --- constantly sick either in hospital or at home in Craig Co., Va. No further data.

With the exception of Osborne and W.M., who possibly belonged to FAUTH-FOUT family, all others were grandsons of Jacob FOUTZ, of Bedford Co., Va., believed to have been a son of CONRAD FOUTZ (E).

NORTH CAROLINA

A[lexander] FOUTS, Pvt., Co. B, 49th North Carolina Infantry, born 1631, Davidson Co., N.C.; wounded at Wire Bottom Church, 20 May 1864. apparently died there; listed on N.C. Roll of Honor. (D)

CHARLES A. FOUTS, Pvt., Co. H, 48th North Carolina Infantry, enlisted 8 Aug 1861; wounded and taken prisoner, Battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam); entered Federal Service under another name. No further data. (D)

DAVID FOUTS, Pvt., Co. F, 6th Regt., N.C. Senior Reserves, born in 18l5, enlisted at Asheboro, June, 1864; AWOL 13 Nov 1864 until end of War. No further data. (B)

ERASTUS FOUTS, Pvt., Co. C, lst Regt., N.C. Junior Reserves, born in 1847, enlisted from Davidson Co., among those who surrendered at Greensboro, N.C., May, 1865. Hospitalized. (Died shortly thereafter) (D)

IGNATIUS G. FOUTS, Pvt., Co. I, 5th N.C. Infantry, born in 1838, enlisted at Asheboro, among those who surrendered at Appomattox Court House, Va., 9 Apr 1865. No further data, (B)

JAMES M. FOUTS, Pvt., Co. K, 56 N.C. Infantry, born in 1841, enlisted at Asheboro, killed in trenches near Petersburg, Va., 10 Sep 1864. [Son of Henry Fouts] (B)

JACOB FOUTS, Pvt., Co. E, 6th N.C. Cavalry, born in 1830, resident of Franklin, Macon Co., N.C.; captured 27 Aug 1863 at Jacksonborough, Tenn.; in POW camps in Kentucky, Ohio, and Illinois until 17 June 1865 when took the Oath of Allegiance to U.S. and was released. (C)

JAMES M. FOUTS, Pvt., Co. G, 42nd N.C. Infantry, born in 1846, enlisted at Salisbury, died of wounds received at Petersburg, Va., 24 Jul 1864; father, Daniel Fouts. (C)

JOHN FOUTS, Pvt., Co. A, 6th N.C. Cavalry, born in 1832, enlisted at Franklin, Macon Co.; captured at Jacksonborough, Tenn., 27 Aug 1863; in POW camps in Kentucky, Ohio, Illinois; died at Rock Island, Ill., 17 Dec 1864, from disease. (C)

JOHN D. FOUTS, Pvt., Co. G, 42nd N.C. Infantry, born in 1842, enlisted at Salisbury, Rowan Co.; surrendered at Salisbury, N.C., 19 May 1865. No further data. [The 42nd N.C. was a Prison Guard Battalion, guarded Union prisoners at the Salisbury POW camp.) (D)

JOHN E. FOUTS, Pvt., Co. D, 5th Battalion N.C. Cavalry, born in 1838, enlisted at Jefferson, Ashe Co.; died 9 Oct 1862 at Big Springs, Tenn. No further data, (C)

JOSEPH S. FOUTS, Pvt., Co. B, 6th N.C. Cavalry, born in 1841, enlisted at Jefferson, Ashe Co.; no record after 14 Nov 1864. Signed name as "Joseph S. Phouts." No further data. (C)

PETER E. FOUTS, Lt., Co. F, 59th N.C. Infantry, enlisted at Concord, Cabarrus Co., 17 Jul 1862; died of unknown causes at Richmond, Va., 29 Mar 1863; widow, R. Fouts. No further data. (C)

S. J. FAUTS, Pvt., Capt. John Whitman's Co., 65th Battalion, N.C. Militia, did 17 days duty, 1863-64, signed payroll receipt roll as "S. J. Fouts" with an "X." No further data. [Possibly Sidney J. Fouts, son of Joseph, of Ashe Co., N.C.] (C?)

WILLIAM H. FOUTS, Corp., Co. G, 42nd N.C. Infantry, born in 1841, enlisted at Salisbury, Rowan Co.; captured near Kinston, N.C., 10 Mar 1865; released 26 Jun 1865. No further data. (D)

WILLIAM R. FOUTS, Corp., Co. E., 6th N.C. Cavalry, born in 1838, enlisted at Franklin, Macon Co., N.C.; served through 1864. No further data. (C)

The casualties reflected in the above listing virtually decimated the young male FOUTS population of Randolph, Ashe, and Cabarrus Cos., N.C., left a small group in Rowan and Davidson. Despite their losses, the Mountain Fouts of Macon Co. thrived. But with this casualty report in mind, it is understandable why there were no N.C. FOUTS on the Western Frontier after the Civil War.

GEORGIA

JACOB FOUTS, Pvt., Co. F, 1st Regt., Ga. Local Troops, enlisted at Augusta, 15 Mar 1864. No report after June, 1864. No further data. (C)

J. D. FOUTS, Pvt., Co. E, 23rd Ga. Infantry, enlisted at Camp MacDonald, Ga., 31 Aug 1861; served in Virginia, 1862-63; on sick leave, then deserted at Gilmer Co., Ga., Jan-Feb, 1864. No further data. (C)

J. D. FOUTS, Pvt., Co. K, 11th Ga. Cavalry, born in 1841, enlisted at Athens, Ga., 20 Aug 1864. Occupation: Farmer. Nativity: North Carolina. No further data. (C)

J. P. FOUTS, Pvt., Co. F, 16th Battalion of Cavalry, Georgia State Guards, enlisted Ellijay, Gilmer Co., Ga., 7 Jul 1863, for six months service. No further data. (C)

WILLIAM FOUTS, Pvt., Co. F, 16th Battalion of Cavalry, Georgia State Guards, enlisted Ellijay, Gilmer Co. , Ga., 7 Jul 1863 for six months service. No further data. (C)

WILLIAM FOUTS, Pvt., Co. K, 11th Ga. Cavalry, born in 1820, enlisted at Athens, Ga., 20 Aug 1864. Occupation: Blacksmith. Nativity: North Carolina. No further data. (This appears to be the same William Fouts who served in the Cherokee War of 1838-39.1 (C)

W. P. FOUTS, Pvt., Co. E, 27th Battalion, Georgia Infantry, enlisted at Augusta, 2 May 1864; in hospital at Charlotte, N.C., when captured by Sherman's advancing Union Army. No further data. (C)

These are descendants of John Leonard Fouts, son of Theobald Pfautz (David Fouts, Sr.), by sons Leonard and Jacob. They moved into Cherokee Georgia after the Indians were moved West in 1838-39. One of these descendants broke the line. Gabriel Fouts, of Gilmer Co., Ga., went up to Tennessee and joined the Union Army, but he went back to Gilmer Co. after the war --- and collected his Yankee pension there.

LOUISIANA

M.[artin] V. FOUTS, Pvt., Co. A, Miles Legion, enlisted 1 Sep 1862, Baton Rouge, La.; deserted July,,1863; prisoner of war, 6 Oct 1863; appears to have died 28 Dec 1863 at St. Louis Hospital, New Orleans. (C) [This was a Hoosier from Clark Co., Indiana, who had gone down the Mississippi. His widow sold Martin V's interest in the real estate of Hiram Fouts, Decd., in Clark Co., after the War.]

T[homas] J. FOUTS, Pvt., Co. E, 27th Louisiana Infantry, enlisted 24 Apr 1662, Sparta, a resident of Bienville Parish; captured at Vicksburg, 4 Jul 1863; exchanged 1 Apr 1864; captured at Natchitoches, Texas, 26 May 1865. Listed as "Company Physician." (This was a son of John Martin Fouts, origins yet undetermined who appeared in Lousiana, allegedly from North Carolina, in 1821.)

TEXAS

LEANDER FOUTS, Pvt., Co. B, 31st Texas Cavalry, born in 1832, enlisted in Bosque Co., Texas, 2 Apr 1862, living 100 miles from the Regiment rendezvous. Shown present from enlistment through 30 June 1862. No further data. (C) [This is one of the sons of wandering Philip Fouts--- in Randolph Co., N.C., 1810; in Buncombe Co., N.C., 1820; in Shelby Co., Indiana, 1830; in Polk Co., Missouri, 1840; in Polk Co., Iowa, 1850 --- where Philip died. In 1860 his sons were in Oregon, California, Texas, Kansas, and Missouri.]

R. P. FOUTS, Pvt., Co. G, 29th Texas Cavalry, enlisted 21 Apr 1862 in Lamar Co.. Shown present from enlistment through 30 June 1862. No further data. (This was another son of the unidentified John Martin Fouts, of Bienville Parish, Louisiana.)

KENTUCKY

WILLIAM FOUTS, Jr., Pvt., Co. D, 5th Kentucky Infantry, C.S.A., enlisted at Jackson, Ky., 20 Sep 1862; killed in battle at Dallas, Georgia, 28 May 1864. (This was the son of William Fouts, of Breathitt Co., Ky. If a Fouts, he was either from the Brooke Co., (West) Va., Fouts (B) or the Bedford-Botetourt Co., Va., Foutz (E). But these Kentucky mountains were full of FOUCH, some of whom shifted to the FOUTS surname around this time. A FOUCH, as a FOUTS, from this area served in the Union Kentucky Volunteers.)

FLORIDA

GEORGE W. FOUTS, Pvt. Co. C, lst Florida Cavalry, born in 1836, enlisted at Middleburgh, 17 Oct 1871; on police duty in Knoxville, Tenn., Dec-Mar, 1862-63; captured at Missionary Ridge, 25 Nov 1863; in POW camp at Rock Island, Ill., until June, 1865, when he was paroled at Selma, Alabama. Residence at time of parole given as Clay Co., Fla. No further data. (Identity yet to be established.)

No action has yet been taken to check out any of these Confederate soldiers' ancestry or descendants by researching state records. Anyone who is interested in doing so can write the Editor for assistance.

Persistency Pays Off In Defining Michael Fouts,, Sr., Family

The first family given the Editor when he became interested in identifying Pfautz-Fouts-Foutz more than ten years ago were those unidentified children, listed in a Bible (only the page survived), of a parent who wrote in the German language. It was variously identified --- was obviously incomplete, because listings began at the extreme top of the page. The family sheet in the Mormon Archives at Salt Lake City identified the family as being of "Baron von Pfoutz" and Mary Younce. Later, someone had added another child, an eldest son, to the sheet.

It required considerable research--- the Editor was able to gain access to the original bible page and make his own translations --- but, finally, the names were identified as all the children of Michael Fouts, Sr., son of Jacob Pfautz (B), and Catherine Varner, excepting John, the eldest son, who was apparently listed at the bottom of the preceding (missing) page.

The final items for a definitive family description, excluding death dates, were obtained or deduced within the past year. So, here for the first time, is the researched and documented family, including spouses of children, of Michael Fouts, Sr., and his wife Catherine Varner. It was the North Carolina residuals of the family which long eluded definition:

THE CHILDREN OF MICHAEL FOUTS, Sr.. AND WIFE CATHERINE VARNER,

of Randolph Co., North Carolina

1. JOHN FOUTS, b. 11 Jun 1747, Pipe Creek Waters, Frederick (now Carroll) Co., Md.; m. 13 Aug 1769, Rowan Co., N,C., MARY YOUNCE (JANSS); died ? Nov 1822, German Twp., Montgomery Co., Ohio.

2. CATHERINE FOUTS, b. 2 May 1749, Pipe Creek Waters, Frederick (now Carroll) Co., Md.; m. cl771, Guilford (now Randolph) Co., N.C, LAWRENCE YOUNCE (LORENTZ JANSS); died ? . [Catherine became involved in a scandal during the Revolution, was apparently living in Frederick Co., Md., in 1790. Lawrence and children lived in Lincoln and Wilkes (now Ashe) Cos., N.C., and Muhlenberg Co., Ky. Lawrence died in German Twp., Montgomery Co., Ohio, is buried next to sister Mary Fouts.]

3. ANDREW FOUTS, b. 5 Apr 1751, Pipe Creek Waters, Frederick (now Carroll) Co., Md.; m. cl770, Rowan (now Randolph) Co., N.C., RACHEL MERRILL; died ? Sep 1834, Randolph Co., N.C. (This is the only bonafide Patriot, DAR-type, in this family, Andrew took the oath of allegiance to the State of North Carolina, was among the first in Randolph Co. to receive a land grant. his father-in-law, William Merrill, was a Militia Captain, Justice of the Peace, and fatality of the Revolution. Rachel was the niece of Capt. Benjamin Merrill, who was hung, drawn and quartered by Governor Tryon in The Regulator Affair.)

4. ELIZABETH FOUTS, b. ? Mar 1753, Pipe Creek Waters, Frederick (now Carroll) Co., N.C.; m. cl772, Guilford (now Randolph) Co., N.C., JOHN YOUNT (JUNDT); died ? , Lincoln Co. Tennessee. (This family moved to Waters of Wautaga in Wilkes (now Wautaga) Co., N.C., in 1798, subsequently was in Shelby Co., Ky., and Lincoln Co., Tennessee.)

5. SUSANNAH FOUTS, b. ? Apr 1755, Germany Twp., York (now Adams) Co., Pa.; m. cl772, Guilford (now Randolph) Co., N.C., CUTLIFF HARMON (GOTTLIEB HERMANN); died cl8l5, Ashe (now Wautage) Co., N.C.

6. MARY MAGDALENA FOUTS, b. ? Jun 1759, Germany Twp., York (now Adams) Co., Pa.; m. 25 Dec 1775, MATTHIAS HARMON (HERMANN); died ? , Clark Co., Indiana Territory?

7. JACOB FOUTS, b. ? Aug 1761, Germany Twp., York (now Adams) Co., Pa.; m. cl778, Guilford (now Randolph) Co., N.C., ELEANOR MALINDA WAYMIRE (WEHHEIER); died 1835, Wayne Co., Indiana.

8. JONAS FOUTS, b. ? Nov 1763, Forks of Uwharrie, Rowan (now Randolph) Co., N.C., no further record. (Dead before 1779)

9. ESTHER FOUTS, b. ? Jul 1766, Forks of Uwharrie, Rowan (now Randolph) Co., N.C.; m. c1786, Randolph Co., N.C. JACOB YOUNT (JUNDT); died 1825, Montgomery Co., Ohio.

10. DAVID FOUTS, b. ? Mar 1769, Forks of Uwharrie, Rowan (now Randolph) Co., N.C.; no further record. (Dead before 1800).

Death dates are missing for both Michael, Sr., and his wife Catherine. In 1800, Michael, Sr., was apparently living in household of son Andrew. In the fall of 1803, Michael, Sr., joined with son John and grandson Michael, Jr., to sell off all of the lands they owned, individually and jointly, in North Carolina. It was Michael, Sr.'s last appearance in public records. He my have remained in Randolph Co. with son Andrew or have gone north with John (Jacob moved north in 1801). Whichever, he was not probated.

Mary and Lawrence Younce are believed to have been the children of Frederick Younce, of Hanover, York Co., Pa. John and Jacob Yount were brothers and sons of George Yount. Cutliff and Matthias Harmon were brothers and sons of George Harmon. Rachel Merrill was the daughter of William Merrill. Eleanor Malinda Waymire was the daughter of John Rudolph Waymire. Michael Fouts, Sr., and his wife Catherine were "Dutch Friends," otherwise known as Mennonites. Of the children: John's progeny were largely identified with the Dunkers (Church of the Brethren); Catherine's religious persuasion unknown, but Lawrence Younce identified with the Dunkers; Andrew was Baptist; Elizabeth Yount was Dunker; Susannah Harmon was Baptist; Mary Harmon was Baptist; Jacob was Quaker; and Esther Yount was Dunker.

Considering that this family has been promoted as a "Quaker" family since Lindsey Brien (Dayton, Ohio) found some association with the Presidential Hoover line in the early 1930s, it is easy to understand why they could not be found in Quaker records. Michael, Sr.'s sister Anna Margaretha Pfautz (Margaret Fouts) was married to Andreas Huber (Andrew Hoover, Sr.), and the couple were the immigrant ancestors of the Presidential Hoover line via their son John. Considering all of the erroneous Quaker claims associated with the Hoovers (Andrew, Sr., was a baptized Separate Baptist; Margaret hosted several Quaker evangelists after Andrew's death in 1781, but is not in any Quaker records extant; and a minority of their children were Quakers), it is not surprising that a large amount of fallacious "Quaker genealogy" had to be refuted in order to show both the Hoovers and the Fouts in Randolph Co., N.C., in their true religious milieus.

Time To Start Putting A Genealogy Together

Inasmuch as the definition of the lines of Jacob Pfautz (B) have been more than ten years in research, the Editor feels that it is high time to start putting together a definitive genealogy on that group of FOUTS. Accordingly, he will devote the summer specifically to that project, In essence, Jacob Pfautz had two surviving sons: Michael Fouts, Sr., of Randolph Co., N.C., and Andrew Fouts, Sr., of Brooke Co., (West) Va. Michael, Sr., branched patrinymically through John, of Montgomery Co., Ohio; Andrew, of Randolph Co., N.C,; and Jacob, of Wayne Co., Indiana. Andrew, Sr., branched through David, of Brooke Co., (West) Va.; Lemen, Andrew, Allen, Jacob II, William, Absalom, and Sebastian, all of Morgan Co., Ohio.

With the exception of the female families of Andrew, Sr., and sons, the lines of Michael, Sr., are mostly in hand, require only sustained hours of organization and standardization of data. Substantial gains have made in the identification and definition of the lines of the eight sons of Andrew, Sr., of Brooke Co., (West) Va., but the Editor will spend a week or so in Muskingum, Morgan, Perry, and Athens Cos., Ohio, shortly to clear up loose ends. In the next Newsletter, he will ask help on specific families of Fouts' daughters --- of both lines. Current plans are to complete the "Descendants of Jacob Pfautz" by October 1 upcoming. Following that, either Hans Michael Pfautz (A) or Theobald Pfautz (C) will be completed. Hans Michael (A) would be the simplest, largely a matter of correcting and updating John Eby Pfautz' book of 1882. Work on the other lines will go on, of course, while these patriarchal groups are being put into publishable form.

For the moment, the question of whether to publish individually or collectively is tabled. Through the first five generations of Jacob Pfautz' descendants, there are almost four hundred (400) families. Bringing it up to 1980 will more than double that number, and we're already into a fat book---excluding the other lines. The Editor sees the PFAUTZ-FOUTS-FOUTZ genealogies as a series of publications --- not as a single book. Whatever, a strong start has already been made --- with a target date for completion of October 1, 1981.

Clarification of Pfoutz Valley Folk

We still have some genealogists and family searchers around who are promoting the Baron von Pfoutz, of Pfoutz Valley, Pa., ancestry. For the record, there was never a Baron von Pfoutz (Pfautz, or whatever). The idea was either hearsay or a creation of John Eby Pfautz, of Ephrata, in his writings in the 1880s. John Pfoutz, son of Han Michael Pfautz, Sr., was a tavernkeeper in Strasburg, Lancaster Co., Pa., a loaner of money, and a land speculator---but he was never a Baron. Nor was he ever referred to as such in the literature extant of the period. If anything, it is an insulting, ironical designation, for John Pfoutz lost every piece of land he owned ultimately--by numerous law suits. By 1785, all John Pfoutz had left was his name on Pfoutz Valley --- but the Sheriffs were still levying against him in the early 1790s, apparently on the possibility that he had hidden assets among the land holdings of his son. If you like fiction and find ancestral elation in a phony baronial claim, Baron von Pfoutz is in the literature --- but he never existed.

John Pfouts, son of Michael Pfoutz, of Pfoutz Valley did exist. In late 1808, John forsook Pfoutz Valley in the forks of the Juniata and Susquehanna (Snyder Co., Pa.) and bought land in Connecticut's Western Reserve, in Hartford Twp., Trumbull Co., Ohio. He died there in 1856.

John Pfouts, son of Michael Pfoutz, grandson of John Pfoutz , great-grandson of Hans Michael Pfautz, Sr. (A), was born in Pfoutz Valley, 30 May 1786. His first wife was Elizabeth Wehring, m. cl8O2, by whom he had son Valentine, b. 1803. Elizabeth died 17 Aug 1804, is buried in the Lutheran Cemetery in Pfoutz Valley. Valentine apparently did not go to Ohio with his father, for Michael Pfoutz cut his son John off with one dollar in his will made 16 Sep 1825, probated 8 Aug 1827, but devised his grandson Valetine, son of John, a quarter interest in his Pfoutz Valley estate. What happened to Valentine is an enigma --- he has not been found in the Censuses, is not among the Pfoutz burials in the Valley, and was not in evidence in Trumbull Co. But Pfoutz-Valley without some mystery for genealogists would not be Pfoutz Valley.

John Pfouts in Ohio married Mary Ann Quiggle, had five surviving children, based on marriage records:

TRUMBULL CO., OHIO, MARRIAGE RECORDS

19 Jan 1826 - Susan Pfouts to George Verne (lQS:296)

05 Jun 1830 - Sarah Pfouts to John Shull (2:66)

21 Sep 1831 - Michael Pfouts to Eliza Waldo (2:99)

19 Nov 1832 - Margaret Pfouts to Henry Fry (2:143)

25 Sep 1835 - Michael Pfouts to Margaret Lafferty (2:264)

24 Nov 1840 - John Fouts to Mary Quiggle (License)*

c1837 - Isaac Pfouts to Ruth E --------

*This appears to be the father and mother getting a marriage license, There was no other John Fouts or Pfouts in the records. When John died, he left his widow Mary A. in the care of Isaac.

The Editor visited Hartford Center and found all of the male Pfouts and a few of the females buried in the cemetery on the SW corner of the village square. In 1888, both Michael and Isaac died. In the last eighty years, there have been only two Pfouts marriages in Trumbull Co., both female. While the Pfouts stones were once well mounted and engraved, they were of soft stone and were faced towards the prevailing winds --- and are now largely eroded, broken, or tumbled down. Isaac's stone has fallen over, could be remounted easily. Likely, there has not been a Pfouts around to do so for forty or more years. This family was well represented in the Civil War --- and took casualties.

A Tentative Identification of Daniel Fouts

In the last Newsletter, help with the identification of the family of Daniel Fouts and Emmeline Perry was requested. No specific help was received, but data collected in the interim has identified Daniel as the son of David Pfoutz, youngest son of John Pfautz, son of Hans Michael Pfautz, Sr. (A). David did not get married until late in life, left six minor children--- including sons John, Lewis, and Daniel --- when he died in Perry Co., Pa., in 1823. Lewis died before reaching his majority. Daniel and John have been lost. John and family appear to be those in Susquehanna Twp., Cambria Co., Pa., Census of 1850. Daniel appears to have been of the Mormon persuasion in 1843 --- he was married by a Latter Day Saint elder. Marion Jerome Fouts, the eldest son --- through whom Daniel was backtracked, served in the lst Nevada Cavalry during the Civil War. Anyone encountered Daniel Fouts and family out West?

PFAUTZ-FOUTS-FOUTZ NEWSLETTER No, 3

July, 1981

Editor: Dr. John Scott Davenport A Sweltering Summer's Day

1375 Stratford Drive on Headwaters of Cuyahoga,

Kent, Ohio 44240 Portage Co., Ohio

Who Does What, Who Pays For What---And Your Options

In response to several queries, be advised that there are three elements to the current PFAUTZ-FOUTS-FOUTZ genealogical research project, Newsletter publication, and proposed book publication: (1) Dr. Davenport, who conducts the field research, collects and systematizes data, edits the Newsletter, and who will edit and write the genealogy books; (2) Dean R. Foutz, President, Foutz Family Research Foundation, 677 Ala Moana Blvd., PH (Penthouse). Honolulu, Hawaii 96813; and (3) The Jacob Foutz Family Association, Inc., P. O. Box 1500, Farmington, New Mexico 87401.

Dean R. Foutz functions as the business manager and publisher for the cooperative effort. After receiving copy from Dr. Davenport, Dean has the Newsletter printed, has computer-printed labels prepared, and has the labeling , stamping, and mailing accomplished. He plans to publish the forthcoming genealogy books under "The Foutz Family Research Foundation" imprint.

The Jacob Foutz Family Association, Inc., is the depository of project funds. A nonprofit corporation with an Internal Revenue Service certificate enabling tax deductibility for donations, the JFA controls all funds, incoming and outgoing. Both Dr. Davenport and Dean R. Foutz send bills to the JFA for a portion of their expenses.

Everyone of known interest in PFAUTZ-FOUTS-FOUTZ genealogy is welcome to the Newsletter. Contributions are strictly a matter of individual choice. Both Dr. Davenport and Dean Foutz are self-supporting, are not paid and do not profit --- beyond the satisfaction and merits of the work itself. The JFA has no paid employees,

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Jacob Pfoutz Descendants Hard at Work; Theobald Next, Then Conrad

Seven generations of the descendants of Jacob Pfautz (B) [see item following] have been blocked out by the Editor---some lines are complete up into the present. Fourteen of Jacob's descendants, from New York to California, are now collaborating to fill in the missing families, particularly those of Fouts daughters.

The Jacob Pfautz work is proceeding so well that the Editor anticipates starting the Theobald Pfautz-David Fouts, Sr. (C) by October 1. Programmed work on Conrad Foutz' descendants should commence by February 1, 1982. In the meanwhile, research is being done on all known Pfautz-Fouts-Foutz lines.

Preparation of copy for publication, however, will lag behind --- as we collect maps, letters, anecdotes, etc., to enliven and flesh out the genealogies. Names and begats will predominate, of course, but the folk will be placed in correct geographical and historical context. Check and double-check with Census enumeration’s, County records, church records, etc., are rigorously followed.

Where there have been holes in the data on file --- or where the Editor has questioned the quality of the abstracts --- the Editor, as time and money permit, will do on-site research. Since the last Newsletter, he has done all Pfautz-Fouts-Foutz, etc., at the following county courthouses: Geuaga, Mahoning, Guernsey, Belmont, Monroe, Noble, Morgan (twice), Perry, Muskingum (twice), Athens, and Meigs Cos., Ohio; St. Joseph and LaPorte Cos., Indiana; Gilmer, Lumpkin, and Murray Cos., Ga.; and Fulton, Stark, Marshall, Henry, Putnam, and Bureau Cos., Illinois. He also made a trip to research historical archives to Eastern Pennsylvania. In contrast to past courthouse visits, all Pfautz-Fouts-Foutz data are now abstracted --- up to and including 1950. After 1900, all branches of the family who had not already forsaken farming began to abandon rural areas and scattered contrary to the earlier western drift.

If you have a particular interest in any one of the counties mentioned, the Editor is glad to share --- but be patient for a reply. And a SASE (self-addressed, stamped envelope) always, please.

Order of Family Patriarchs - Revised

The German PFAUTZ surname and its variations in the United States were initiated by a number of immigrant ancestors---from Wurtemburg, Baden, and Rhenish Prussia. The list continues to grow as research discovers more Pfautz-Fouts-Foutz without previously identified roots. Since the last Newsletter, three more immigrant ancestors have been identified and two more are in a Fouts/Fout (Pfautz/Fauth) sort-out. Within the Newsletter, the alphabetic code is used to indicate the family line, viz., (A) = a descendant of Hans Michael Pfautz, Sr.. of Lancaster Co., Pa., immigrant of 1727, etc.

PFAUTZ PATRIARCHAL ORDER AS OF 1 July, 1981

A - HANS MCHAEL PFAURZ, of Lancaster Co., Pa., immigrant of 1727.

B - JACOB PFAUTZ, of York Co., Pa., immigrant before 1730.

C - THEOBALD PFAUTZ (DAVID FOUTS, Sr.), of Randolph Co., N.C., immigrant of 1738.

D - JOHN DAVID PFAUTZ, of Washington Co., Md. (issue of first wife); of Rowan (now Davidson) Co., N.C. (issue of second wife); immigrant of 1749.

E - CONRAD FOUTZ, of Franklin Co., Pa., immigrant of 1752.

F - JOHN JACOB PFAURZ, of Philadelphia, Pa., immigrant of 1773.

G - MICHAEL PFOUTS, Sr., of Harrison Co., Ohio, immigrant of 1787.

H - JOHN FOUTS, of Morgan Co., Ohio, immigrant of 1820.

I - ADAM FOUTZ, of Adams Co., Pa., immigrant of 1839.

J - JACOB FOUTZ, of Baltimore, Md. , immigrant of 1849.

K - LEWIS FOUTZ, of Montgomery Co., Ohio, immigrant of-1850.

L - ADAM FOURZ, of Dearborn Co., Indiana, immigrant of 1854.

M - WILLIAM FAMZ, of San Francisco, Calif., immigrant of 1855.

N - GOTTLIEB PFAUTZ, of Philadelphia, Pa., immigrant of 1857.

O·- WILLIAM FAURZ, of Norfolk, Va., immigrant of 1866.

In addition to these Patriarchs, there have been two childless PFAUTZ immigrants and two female FAUTZ/PFOUTS recorded. Also, certain FOUTS lines in the United States are known to have originated with Tobias FOUT (Fauth), of Allegheny Co., Md.; Isaac FOUCH, of Morgan Co., Ohio; and Peter FOUGHT (Focht/Vogt), of Richland Co., Ohio. Additional immigrant lines and name-shift identifications are anticipated as research comes forward into 20th Century records,

Four Daughters, One Enigma Found In LaPorte Co., Indiana, Records

Fouts were among the pioneer settlers in Southern and Central Indiana, but few of them were interested in Northern Indiana --- and those that went did not stay. Noah Fouts, son of Frederick, of Montgomery Co., Ohio, tried St. Joseph County, on the Michigan border, in the 1830s, soon moved south to Clinton County. Otherwise, only Nathan Fouts, son of Levi , of Montgomery Co. , Indiana , was a previously documented Northern Indiana settler, being enumerated in LaPorte County, adjacent to St. Joseph, Michigan, and Lake Michigan, in the Census of 1850.

Nathan was a loose-end, so the Editor on a recent field trip to various Illinois counties dropped off at St. Joseph (South Bend) and LaPorte (LaPorte) counties and delved into courthouse records. He found much that he had not expected in both counties, but St. Joseph will be saved for the next Newsletter.

As all genealogical searchers know, because of their low profile in public record and assumption of husbands' surnames, daughters were easily lost into a non-identifiable limbo prior to the Census of 1850 --- when each individual had to be enumerated and separately described. If father did not leave a will or failed to mention his daughters therein if he did make a will (a common occurrence in North Carolina where daughters did not inherit equally with sons prior to the 1820s), then the daughter only appeared in records by her husband's surname, she was easily lost to her own family --- unless genealogical data was left behind.

Nathan Fouts left tracks in LaPorte County, but he was preceded by four ' Fouts females --- all previously unreported and all prior to 1850. Look at these and decide who the Fouts females were. Then, I'll tell you about Nathan and some of the later Foutz.

LaPORTE COUNTY, INDIANA, MARRIAGE RECORDS

Date of Marriage Principals Book/Page

2 Jun 1836 Cynthia FOUTS and Newton WRIGHT A:87

19 Apr 1838 Gincy C. FOUTS and David CAMPBELL A:163

14 Mar 1841 Charlotte E. FOUTS and Vickers PRESTON A:302

3 Oct 1843 Nancy FOUTS and George HALL A:477

12 Mar 1853 Nathan FOUTS and Mary ASHER C:210

2 Feb 1860 Jemima FOUT and Augustus BLOCK D:576

6 Jan 1916 Joseph FOUTZ and Elizabeth SMITH U:502

20 Sep 1916 Charlotte FOUTZ and Walter G. STONE V:139

23 Dec 1916 Earl FOUTS and Marie MULL V:199

7 Jun 1921 Ora FOUTZ and Earl C. WILSON X:288

8 Jul 1923 Charles C. FOUTZ and Mary ESTABROOK Y:340

Okay, who were the first four female Fouts? The Wright marriage is indicative---and the non-German surnames involved in all four marriages point also. However, there were two Fouts who intermarried into the Wrights in North Carolina and who were associated with that family in Indiana and western migrations --- namely Noah Fouts, son of Andrew (B), of Putnam Co., Indiana, and Daniel Fouts, son of Andrew (C), represented by his son Noah. The fact that Noah Fouts, son of Frederick (B), of Montgomery Co., Ohio, muddled in and out of the area also is just another variation of the PFAUTZ-FOUTS-FOUTZ genealogical syndrome-. "If there was any possible way to confound or confuse the family genealogy, our various ancestors did not let the opportunity pass.--

Time ran out before land records could be searched, but the deeds were searched on the return trip from Illinois. The females are most likely the daughters of Noah Fouts, son of Daniel, because of the following items:

Deeds 1:640 - 29 Mar 1839 - Judah Leaming, wife Rosanna, to Eri W. Fouts, all of LaPorte Co., for $250, west part, N½, NE¼, Sec 30, T38N, R2W, of Public Lands sold at LaPorte Land Office... /s/ Judah Leaming, Rosanna Leaming. Wit; J. W. Foster, John Johnson. [This deed is indexed as "Eunice W. Fouts" in both Grantee-Grantor listings.]

Deeds M:81 - 25 Dec 1840 - Erie W. Fouts to Hannah Wright, both of LaPorte Co., for $300, west part, N½, NE¼, Sec 30, T38N, R2W, of Public Lands sold at LaPorte Land Office... /s/ Erie W. Fouts. Wit: Fannie A. Fouts.

Eri W. Fouts was the eldest son of Noah Fouts, son of Daniel (C), and apparently went West shortly after selling out. On 9 Apr 1843, he married Philetha Leaming in Jefferson Co., Iowa Territory. In the Census of 1850, Noah Fouts, of Daniel, was enumerated in Fort Des Moines Twp., Polk Co., Iowa, with son William and daughter Mary still at home, with sons Eri W. and Zimri and their families living adjacent. Noah was blind. After he sold out in Union Co., Indiana, in the early 1830s, he apparently never again took title to land in his own name. Presuming those four Fouts females were Noah's daughters, we have doubled the size of his known family. But who was Fannie A. Fouts?

The other part of the LaPorte County findings is a case in point: How good is/was the family data given in marriage records after statutes were passed requiring personal and family data under oath by marriage license applicants?

Joseph Foutz, above, reported that he was the son of Charles C. Foutz, who was born in Indiana and was the superintendent of the LaPorte Electric Company, and of Mary Munson, who was also born in Indiana.

Charlotte E. Foutz, above, reported that she was the daughter of Charles C. Foutz, who was born in Gilboa [Putnam Co.], Ohio, and was a superintendent, and Etta Munson, who was born in Ohio.

Ora Foutz, above, reported that she was the daughter of C. C. Foutz, who was born in Cedarville [Greene Co.], Ohio, and was an electrical engineer, and of Mary L. Munson, who was born in Bucyrus, Ohio.

Charles C. Foutz, above, was the father of the previous three. Now widowed, he was remarrying. He reported that he was born 15 Jun 1851 in Ohio, that he was a merchant, that he was the son of Lewis Foutz, a native of Prussia, whose occupation and whereabouts were totally unknown to him. His mother's maiden name was Frances Van Horn, also born Ohio, and she was deceased.

In the Ohio Census of 1860, a Lewis Foutz, born Germany, was enumerated in a boarding house in Germantown, Montgomery Co., Ohio. His occupation was that of a waiter. In the Census of 1850, Greene Co., Ohio, is a childless Fouts couple. In the Census of 1860, Putnam Co.,' Ohio, is a Fouts female and Fouts male child. The facts fit the dates and geography --- but there are discrepancies in names and ages to resolve. But at least the data is clustering.

As to Nathan Fouts? The records establish that his wife's name was Asher --- and not Meadows as given in Waymire and LDS records. Nathan did remarkably well in acquiring valuable land in his short life, left his wife wealthy when he died in 1856. He had no sons, for no Fouts ever conveyed the lands, or portion thereof, that were in his estate. But he may have had a daughter or daughters --- but no guardians were appointed in LaPorte County. The only Fouts guardianship in LaPorte County involved John W. Fouts and his brother Thomas F. Fouts, sons of William Davenport Fouts, Jr., Methodist minister-merchant-cavalry captain who was killed by the Sioux Indians in 1865. But that's a part of the St. Joseph story.

Pension and Bounty Land Records Provide Early Family Data

As a matter of national policy, the United States did not encourage a standing Army of an appreciable size, relative to the population, until after World War II, In times of war and national emergency, the various states were expected to supply the required manpower from their militias. Afterwards, the Federal Government by bounty land bonuses and disability or old age pensions recognized the federalized state militia service. Hence, of the records that follow, no claim is made for completeness. If a Pfautz-Fouts-Foutz served, but neither he, his wife, nor his children ever made claims, the record of service may still be totally within a dusty state military archive or locked away on a payroll or a payroll receipt roll of U.S. Army Paymaster Department in the National Archives.

But the following served and they, or their widows, applied for benefits:

WAR OF 1812

JACOB FOUTZ (E), Pvt., Capt. Jeremiah H. Neills Co. of Infantry, 7th Regt. Virginia Militia 4 Aug 1814-4 Feb 1815. On 5 Jun 1878, Hettie (Harriet Spickard) Fouts, widow of Jacob, applied for a pension. She alleged that Jacob was born 11 Jan 1790, was drafted into the Militia in Bedford Co., Va., that she was married to him in Botetourt Co., Va., 18 Dec 1824 by Joel Crumpacker [a Dunker minister], and that he died in Botetourt Co. on 22 Apr 1836. She had received 80 acres of bounty land under the Act of Congress of 28 Sep 1850 and additional bounty land under the Act for Benefit of Widows of 3 Mar 1855. [This is the only War of 1812 Pension-Bounty Land File in the Pfautz-Fouts-Foutz, etc., name. There are several in the Fout (Fauth) name --- both of which are in the Pfautz, etc., files.]

EARLY INDIAN WARS

WILLIAM FOUTS (C), Pvt., Capt. Truit's Independent Co., North Carolina Mounted Militia, Cherokee War. 12 Aug 1892, William Fouts appeared before the Clerk of the Superior Court of Gilmer Co., Ga., and testified under oath that he was 72-years-old, was a resident of Gilmer Co.; that he was married on 10 Mar 1839 to Adaline J. Wild at Burning Town Church Macon Co., N.C.; that he was in the military service of the United States for eleven months in 1837-38, that he "aided and assisted in taking up the Cherokee Indians and carrying them to Fort Lindsey" and that all of his service was "in the Cherokee Nation of Western North Carolina." In 1852, William Fouts received a bounty warrant for 160 acres as a service bonus. He was granted a pension on 28 Feb 1893. He was still collecting a pension seventy-five years ago --- when the statutory bar against disclosure of personal data in the National Archives prevailed.

JOHN P. FOUTS (C), Pvt., Capt. Ankeney's Co., lst Regt., Oregon Mounted Volunteers, Yakima Indian War of 1855-56. On 30 Jun 1902, John P. Fouts appeared before a Notary Public of Multnomah Co., Oregon, and stated under oath that he was 63-years-old, a resident of Carlton, Yamhill Co., Oregon; that he enlisted at Portland, Oregon, on 26 Jan 1856 for three months; that he was 16-years-old on entering the Service, that he was a farmer by occupation, was born in Boliver, Polk Co., Mo.; that he was married on 1 Dec 1859 to Eliza Francis Sappington; and that she was his present wife. On 2 Aug 1902, John P. Fouts provided the Pension Bureau was a list of his seven living children and their birth dates. He died on 3 Jun 1912, No claim for a widow's pension was filed.

JOSEPH LEHT FOUTZ, (E), 2nd Lt., Capt. Jonathan S. Page's Co., Utah Militia ,Cavalry, Utah Blackhawk War (otherwise "suppression of Indian hostilities in Sanpete and Sevier Counties"). On 23 Sep 1919 and again on 6 Jan 1928, Emma E.. Foutz, widow of Joseph Lehi Foutz, filed for a widow's pension based on her husband's Indian War service. She alleged that her husband had enlisted on 3 Jul 1866 at Pleasant Grove, Utah, and was discharged on 25 Aug 1866; that he had died on 19 Mar 1907 at Kirtland, New Mexico. In her 1919 application, she stated that her maiden name was Emma E. Crossland and that she had been married to Joseph Lehi Foutz on 26 Dec 1868 at Salt Lake City by Heber C. Kimball. She also stated chat her husband's first wife was Amanda Childs, married to the soldier on 24 Feb 1857, and who died 8 Feb 1917 at Richfield, Utah. Although Joseph L. Foutz' service was found personable in 1928 and no other widows filed for a pension, the Bureau of Pensions denied Emma E. Foutz' petition, essentially because she was a polygamous wife.

MEXICAN WAR

DANIEL L. FOUTS (C), 2nd Lt., Co. I, 3rd Indiana Infantry. On 3 Dec 1887, Daniel Lambert Fouts was granted a pension for Mexican War service from 22 Jun 1846 to 27 Jun 1847, including participation in the Battle of Buena Vista. On 9 Jun 1893, Maria Fouts, widow of Daniel L, Fouts, filed for a pension, alleging that she had married the soldier on 14 Dec 1856 in San Francisco, Calif., that he had died on 4 June 1893, that her maiden name was Maria Gross, that she was born 19 Sep 1829 at Wiesbaden, Germany. (Daniel L. Fouts was born 28 Jul 1823, Clark Co., Indiana,) No death date for widow is indicated in file available. On 21 Oct 1850, in Washington, D.C., where he was a clerk in the U.S. Senate, Daniel L, Fouts applied for and obtained a bounty land warrant for 160 acres based on his Mexican War service.

CORNELIUS FOUTS. alias NEAL FOUTS, alias CORNELIUS FOX (E), Pvt., Capt., Shepard's Co. A, Col. Easton's Bn., Missouri Infantry. On 12 Dec 1885, Neal Fouts, of Frankford, Pike Co., Mo., applied for a Mexican War pension. He alleged that he had enlisted in April, 1848, at St. Louis, Mo., and was discharged as "Neal Fox" in October, 1848, that his service had consisted of garrison duty at Ft. Leavenworth and Santa Fe, New Mexico, after which he was marched back to Missouri and discharged at Independence. An illiterate, Fouts had enlisted under the name of "Cornelius Fox" and made his mark to that and "Neal Fox". It was apparently a matter of his own pronunciation of his surname, for the Fouts spelling does not appear in Census enumeration’s until 1870. After his death on 30 Mar 1892 in Pike Co., Mo., his widow applied for a pension, alleging that she and the soldier were married 10 Jan 1850 at Hannibal, Mo., that her maiden name was Sarah F. Triplett, that she was born on 10 Jan 1829 at Columbia, Illinois. The petition for a widow's pension was disallowed due to some irregularity in the documentation of marriage. (Who knows what name the marriage license, was in?). On 24 Apr 1849, a bounty land warrant for 160 acres was issued to Cornelius Fox for the service that Neal Fouts performed. [Cornelius Fouts was born 10 Apr 1827 in Dayton, Ohio, and was a son of Conrad Foutz, Jr.]

These are the only Nineteenth Century pension and bounty land files found in the National Archives that were not related to the Civil War, Bounty land warrants ended with Mexican War service. You never know what you will find in the files---because there were no copying means available other than hand copying (an expensive process requiring a legal certification as to accuracy), some people tore pages out of family bibles, sent in letters, that were sent to them by soldiers during their wars and campaigns, or sent in original documents. For example, the Editor found his gg-grandfather's certificate for service in the Black Hawk Indian War (1833-34) in the ancestor's War of 1812 Bounty Land file. In 1852, when a second land bounty was given 1812 veterans, the guardian of the gg-grandfather’s, two youngest sons tried to increase the acreage bounty with the Indian War service. The plot did not succeed---but an important Davenport family document was preserved. Besides, anyone who knows the history of Indiana in the Black Hawk War should be embarrassed --- not rewarded

We'll have a break in the military --- while I tell you about the most colorful Pfouts yet found. And that goes for the Pfautz, Fouts, Foutz, etc.

Father was a Hard Act to Follow, but He Did It

Paris Swayzee Pfouts Sidestepped the Civil War Into Western Fame

In the Editor's collection of Pfautz, etc., data over the years, he has encountered few members of the family of more than regional reputation. Some of the kinfolk have likely sat in state legislatures, but they have not yet been identified. In fact, until Dan started throwing the football, and Ken started to direct major league baseball telecasts on the network, there were no popular, national Fouts reputations.

One man, back in the 1840s was on his way, but was cut down in the prime of life. George Pfouts, Jr., of Mt. Eaton, Wayne Co., Ohio --- he also made waves in adjoining Stark, Holmes, and Tuscarawas counties, is the only member of the family for whom a county historian felt a gratuitous eulogy was demanded. You just know, from reading the following comments, that the Pfouts Family did not pay for it:

From: Ben Douglas, History of Wayne County, Ohio (Indianapolis: Robert Douglas, Publisher, 1878), p. 51

THE MOST SINGULAR MAN

One of the most singular men that ever graced Mt. Eaton was Mr. George Pfouts, who got up a political music band in 1840. He was upbraided for his unwarrantable pretensions to piety, when he asserted it was nothing for him, as he had once been a Brigade inspector, a Representative, a Master Mason, an anti-Mason, a temperance and an anti-temperance man, an advocate of universal as well as partial salvation, a persecuted Christian and an abused infidel, a thrice-broken merchant, sometimes an honest man and sometimes a rascal, and that when he was a lawyer he played aristocrat and democrat a different times. He preferred, like Caesar, to be the first man in the village than the second in the empire; hence wanted Mt. Eaton incorporated, so he could be its Mayor. He was an ambitious fellow, a phrenological puzzle, and withal a clever fellow of high talents and varied learning. He quit Mt. Eaton in disgust in 1853, went to Missouri, and died there.

Considering that George Pfouts [Jr.] (A) quit Ohio in late 1843 and died in late July, 1845, in Holt Co., Mo., and the comments above were written in 1878, he had cut a wide swath. George was the son of George Pfouts, son of "Baron" John Pfoutz, of Pfoutz Valley in the fork of the Susquehanna and Juniata, Pa. George, Sr., left Pfoutz Valley to take up lands in the new State of Ohio in 1804. His four sons divided on whether to be frontiers men with their father --- so George, Sr., gave Simeon and David their inheritances in 1810 while he and younger sons George, Jr., and Reuben proceeded to pioneer East Central Ohio. Simeon returned to Pennsylvania, where he ultimately had his own Pfoutz Valley In Clinton County. David drifted south to Augusta Co., Virginia, where he was a miller.

George Pfouts, Sr.. died in Mt. Eaton in 1832. Both George, Jr., and Reuben were millers --- George in Stark, Tuscarawas, and Wayne, Reuben in Holmes --- both in what is known as the "Sugar Creek area" where the four counties come together. According to the land records, there were few towns platted in the area in which George Pfouts, Jr., did not own key Main Street lots. And as for that political band in 1840, it must have been successful, for George was postmaster of Mt. Eaton in 1841-42.

What George Pfouts' motivations were in pulling up stakes in Ohio and moving to the raw frontier of Northwest Missouri in 1843 are difficult to ascertain, but his daughter Helen married James Craig, a young attorney from Washington Co., Pa., on 22 Aug 1843--and Craig was definitely destined for frontier leadership.

By 1846 and the beginning of the Mexican War, George was dead. James Craig was a Captain of Missouri Mounted Infantry, commanding Ft. Kearney. By the Census of 1850, George Pfouts' family was completely within the household of James Craig, soon to become a railroad president and, later, a Brigadier General of U.S. Volunteers, commanding the Department of the Platte of the Union Army. He served two terms in Congress along the way.

Where George obtained the name of Paris Swayzee for his eldest son defies speculation, but P. S. lived up to it. He's one of the three Fouts-Pfouts enumerated in the gold camps of California in the Census of 1850. [The other two are Pleasant Fouts (C), b. N.C., and William Fouts (B), b. Ohio.] By 1860, P. S. was back in Missouri, as editor of the St. Joseph Gazette which he co-published with his father-in-law, J. H. R. Cundiff, late of Virginia. [There are several Cundiff-Foutz marriages in Bedford Co., Va., prior to 1830.]

The editorial posture and news bias of the St. Joseph Gazette, Buchanan County, Mo., history records, were so flagrantly pro-Southern that at the outset of Civil War hosti1ities , it behooved its owners to flee. J. H. R. Cundiff promptly put himself at the head of a Missouri Confederate regiment.

Considering that his brother-in-law, Brig. General James Craig, was commanding the Union forces of the Dept. of the Platte, and his father-in-law, Colonel J. H. R. Cundiff, C.S.A.. was actively engaged in subverting the Union in Missouri, what do you suppose Paris S. Pfouts did during the Civil War?

He was no fool! He stayed out of it --- went West, first to Denver, then to Montana, and became famous as a Vigilante and a Mason. Here's one report:

From: "Rugged Men Forged Early History of Freemasonry in Montana,” Royal Arch Mason, (Winter 1972-73), X:l2, 359.

PARIS S. PFOUTS

Paris S. Pfouts was the first president of the Vigilantes, first mayor of Virginia City and past master of three lodges. He came to Virginia City from Denver in September 1863 with a distinguished Masonic record. He was raised in St. Joseph (Mo.) Lodges No. 78 and served twice as its master in 1859 and 1860. In St. Joseph he was the co-owner and publisher of the St. Joseph Gazette.. [Details of considerable organizational activity in all branches of Masonry in Northwest Missouri.]

Entering the merchandising business in Denver in 1861, he attended the first meeting of a Masonic lodge held in that city after his arrival. As a result he was elected first master of the Denver City Lodge, U.D., and was installed before his term as master of the St. Joseph lodge had expired. [He had left St. Joseph in a big hurry.] ....

Before leaving Denver suddenly in 1863, for Montana, Pfouts had been elected to a second term as master of the Denver lodge and had organized a Royal Arch chapter and been named its high priest. In Virginia City, Montana, a wide-open, wild, truly lawless mining town, Pfouts quickly organized the Vigilantes and became their president [a few were lynched, read Montana history], was elected Mayor of Virginia City, was active in all Montana Masonic bodies, and organized a Knights Templar commandery at Virginia City. With the end of the Civil War, Pfouts left Montana in 1866 for St. Louis, Missouri, where he entered into a partnership in the merchandising field, and later, according to legend, settled with a son in Dallas, Texas, where he died.

In 1868, Pfouts wrote an autobiography, Four Firsts for a Modest Hero, which the Grand Lodge of Montana published 100 years later. If anyone has a copy, the Editor would appreciate the opportunity to read it. If anyone has come across P. S. Pfouts in Census or history after 1868, the Editor would appreciate the data found.

After the Civil War , J. H. R. Cundiff returned to St. Joseph and resumed publishing The Gazette. There is no further mention of his son-in-law in Buchanan Co., Mo., history --- although there are pages concerning James Craig, whose biographical data seemingly mentions all of the Pfouts except for P. S. and his brother William. William had a similiar Civil War career to P. S., but did not return to Missouri.

Considering the danger inherent in leading a group of Vigilantes in the Montana gold fields in 1863-65, Paris S. Pfouts' sitting out the Civil War had to be a classic case of "prudence being the better part of valor" and not a question of cowardice.

Some Marriage Records of Possible Interest

Here are some surname marriages of possible interest:

County Marriage Date Principals Book/Page

Athens Co., O. 29 Jun 1845 George W. FOUTS-Eliza J. BEYER B3: 94

Athens C6., O. 01 Jul 1847 Simeon FOUTS-Catherine NEFF B3:150

Athens Co., O. 17 May 1880 Arabella FOUTS-James C. KARTIN 6:542

Athens Co., O. 01 Jan 1881 Mary FOUTS-Millard F. RUSSELL 7:110

Belmont Co., O. 12 Sep 1896 William H. FOUTS-Amanda I. VANMETER 16:254

Carroll Co., O. 22 Feb 1838 George FOUTS-Eleanor HEMMING A:108

Carroll Co., O. 10 Jun 1858 Richard H. FOUTS-Ann ARBUCKLE B:261

Carroll Co., O. 07 Jan 1869 John S. FOUTS-Mary DAVIS C:76

Carroll Co., O. 20 May 1869 Lemuel FOUTS-Sarah J. McGEE C:92

Carroll Co., O. 25 Jun 1874 Van B. FOUTS-Lizzie STEMPLE D:147

Carroll Co., O. 02 Mar 1880 Charles D. FOUTS-Hannah ROBY D:180

Geauga Co., O. 15 Feb 1833 Michael PFOUTZ-Anne QUIGGLE B:245

Guernsey Co., O. 06 Oct 1882 Elizabeth FOUTS-Levi SICKS 3:267

Guernsey Co., O. 05 Apr 1883 Charles E. FOUTS-Louiza J. LINN 3:315

Holmes Co., O. 19 Feb 1843 David PFOUTZ-Mary FREED 2:367

Holmes Co., O. 05 Feb 1846 Mary PFAUTZ-Thonias DOWELL 2:273

Holmes Co., O. 31 Aug 1848 Catherine PFOUTZ-Samuel BIEDLER 2:367

Jefferson Co., O. 03 Apr 1804 Rebecca PFAUTZ-Abraham SHANE 1:21

Jefferson Co., O. 12 Oct 1809 Sarah PFAUTZ-Levi EDGINGTON 1:157

Meigs Co., O. 26 Oct 1849 Arsenath FOUTS-William B. VOORHEES 1:380

Meigs Co., O. 15 Nov 1849 Andrew A. FOUTS-Maria E. GARDNER 1:384

Meigs Co., O. 22 Sep 1850 Maria E. FOUTS-G. W. COOK 1:380

Meigs Co., O. 24 Oct 1860 Mary J. FOUTS-Lafayette BARTON 2:380

Richland Co., O. 10 Nov 1842 Jacob FOUTS-Isabella McKIBBAN 4:116

Richland Co., O. 02 Dec 1844 Catherine FOUTS-Daniel FILLOON 5:1

Richland Co., O. 28 Sep 1846 Dr. Jesse FOUTS-Ruth Ann HAZELET 5:31

Richland Co., O. 05 Sep 1850 Reuben FOUTS-Leavina LOSH 5:212

Stark Co., O. 15 Jan 1835 George PFOUTS-Catherine AGER A:296

Stark Co., O. 03 Nov 1853 Daniel B. PFOUTZ-Elizabeth REAMSNYBER C:65

Stark Co., O. 06 Apr 1854 Reuben PFOUTS-Christena GRANT C:93

Stark Co., O. 31 Oct 1856 William PFOUTZ-Sarah GREEN C:173

Summit Co., O. (lst) 07 Oct 1872 Jacob A. PFAUTZ-Kate M. BROWNING 5:212

Summit Co., O. 11 Oct 1872 Elizabeth PFAUTZ-John Z. MOHLER 2:217

Summit Co., O. 11 Mar 1897 Amos PFAUTZ-Etta MILLER 13:554

Tuscarawas Co., O. 13 May 1823 Michael PFOUTZ-Mary,-HEASTAND A:70

Tuscarawas Co., O. 25 Dec 1869 Martha PFOUTS-Oliver DAVIS B6:397

Washington Co., O. 18 Sep 1818 Andrew FOUTS-Polly GREEN 1:104

Washington Co., O. 26 Feb 1824 Lemen FOUTS-Elizabeth JENNINGS 1:132

Washington Co., O. 25 Apr 1824 Caleb W. FOUTS-Mariah H. JETT 1:133

Washington Co., O. 11 Jun 1841 William FOUTS-Electra STULL 2:14

Washington Co., O. 26 Feb 1846 John Wesley FOUTS-Elizabeth A. GRUBB -------

Wayne Co., O. 02 Jun 1826 John FOUTS-Eleanor DAVIS 2:91

PFAUTZ-FOUTS-FOUTZ NEWSLETTER No, 4

OCTOBER 1981

Dean R., Foutz, Publisher

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Edited by:

Dr. John Scott Davenport P. 0. Box 981

Rootstown, Ohio 44272

WELCOME NEW READERS ! We have a number of new readers with this issue, predominately those of the Family name, whatever the spelling variation, or Family genealogical research interest. Inasmuch as this publication is circulated gratis, you may find yourself on our mailing list as the result of the good offices of a relative or friend. If you are not interested in PFAUTZ-FOUTS-FOUTZ, etc., genealogy, drop the Publisher a postcard. But before you make up your mind, read this issue. Receipt of the Newsletter places you under no obligation. If you have friends or relatives who would like to be on our mailing list, send names and addresses to Dean R. Foutz at the Honolulu address above. JSD

DEAN R, FOUTZ ELECTED PRESIDENT OF JACOB FOUTZ FAMILY ASSOCIATION, Inc.

Meeting at Farmington, New Mexico, on Wednesday, October 7, the Board of Directors of The Jacob Foutz Family Association, Inc., elected Dean R. Foutz, of Honolulu, president. Larry Allen, president since May, 1978, was elected chairman of the board.

Dean R. Foutz, general agent for Connecticut Mutual insurance Company in Hawaii, was the prime mover in the Conrad Foutz genealogical research project, initiated in July 1977, subsequently broadened the research effort to include all PFAUTZ-FOUTS-FOUTZ, etc.. In 1980, he undertook the establishment of this Newsletter, which he and Dr. Davenport jointly underwrote until The Jacob Foutz Family Association, Inc., agreed to fund the publication. Since then, Foutz has served as publisher of the Newsletter, has computerized and integrated the JFFA membership list and Dr. Davenport's Fouts Folk list.

Aiding Dean will be Joy Noel, lst vice-president; Bruce Beckstead, 2nd vice-president; William A. Pope, treasurer; Helen Stradling, secretary. Assisting Larry as directors will be Monroe Foutz, Dewey Foutz, R. B. Foutz, Ed Foutz, Val Jolley, DeVere Walker, and Betty N. Payne. With the exception of Dean, all of the officers and directors are residents of northwest New Mexico.

The first action of the new directors was to suggest to subscribers to the JFFA that an annual donation of $25.00 be considered beginning in 1982. JFFA subscribers, in most part, are descendants of Jacob Foutz, 1800 - 1848, who was a pioneer bishop of the Mormon church in Nauvoo, Illinois, and Salt Lake Valley, Utah. Anyone interested in helping support the broad PFAUTZ-FOUTS-FOUTZ genealogical research and Newsletter is welcome to participate. Checks should be made payable to "Jacob Foutz Family Assn., Inc." and mailed to Dean Foutz at Honolulu. Newsletter distribution is not conditioned upon donation to JFFA. Further, the Newsletter will not be a primary vehicle for the solicitation of funds. News and notices of PFAUTZ-FOUTS-FOUTZ family associations will be published. The next issue of the Newsletter will be in January, 1982 --- items should be received by the Editor by December 31, 1981.

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Dr. Davenport Forsakes Academe, Starts Business

Finding himself too old for industry and too cantankerous for the academic life, Dr. Davenport, in association with Dean R. Foutz and Willard Heiss, the renown Quaker genealogist, has founded Family Records, Inc., an Ohio corporation, at Rootstown, Ohio. Family Search, Inc., of Indianapolis, and Family Publications, Inc., of Honolulu, will be subsidiaries of the Rootstown company.

Family Records, Inc., will advertise its product and services in national magazines (the ad to left will appear in the November issue of The Elks Magazine) and will be engaged in promoting current family record keeping, history writing, and memorabilia collection. It will not be engaged in genealogical research. Willard Heiss, C.G., A.G., F.A.A.C., F.N.G.S., one of America's most respected genealogists, will attend to genealogical matters and consolation at Indianapolis. Dean Foutz will expand his role as Newsletter publisher and intended publisher of the PFAUTZ-FOUTS-FOUTZ genealogies to include others.

SIX, SEVEN GENERATIONS BLOCKED OUT:

Descendants of Jacob Pfoutz (B) Held Up by Need for 20th Century Data

On schedule, the compilation of the descendants of Jacob Pfautz (B), Immigrant before 1730, reached its goal of being blocked out by October 1, 1981, Following the patrynimic declination design, that is to say --- only male FOUTS (PFAUTZ) lines were extended; families of daughters were fully described but not extended, succeeding generations were either of the line of Michael Fouts, cl722 - cl8O3, of Randolph Co., N.C., or of Andrew Fouts, 1736 - 1808, of Brooke Co., (West) Va. Ludwig Pfautz, Jacob's son baptized by Lutheran minister John Caspar Stover in 1730 at Skippach, Philadelphia (now Montgomery) Co., Pa., apparently died young,

Michael Fouts apparently married early (in early 20s --- young by German standards) while Andrew Fouts married late (at 36, unless there was an earlier, undocumented marriage --- a tad on the long side, even by German standards). Both had large families, but only three of Michael’s five sons --- John, Andrew, and Jacob --- lived to marry and continue the family line. Andrew had nine sons, eight of whom --- David, Lemen, Andrew, Allen, Jacob II, William, Absalom, and Sebastian---continued the line. Jacob I died in childhood. Michael's first son John was born in 1747, Andrew's eldest David was born in 1773---the generation spread became even more elongated with the passing of two centuries,

In the sixth generation of Andrew's line, including the patriarch Jacob Pfautz, there are veterans of the Spanish-American War, World Wars I and II --- the youngest member of the generation was born in 1929, Spanish-American War veterans are not encountered in Michael's line until the Seventh Generation; World War I servicemen are sprinkled through the Seventh and Eighth generations, World War II veterans likewise in the Eighth, Ninth, and Tenth Generations.

In respect for the privacy of the living, declination of descendants will be brought no further than 1930, except where the detail is provided and released for publication. This policy will be followed in all subsequent PFAUTZ-FOUTS-FOUTZ genealogies. Accordingly, the extension of Jacob Pfautz's descendants will be limited to a full Seven Generation and partial Eight Generation extension for the descendants of Michael Fouts, cl722 - cl8o3, and to Six Generations, complete, of the descendants of Andrew Fouts, 1736 - 1808.

The major project of the Jacob Pfautz group during the coming months will be in filling in the missing families in the Sixth and Seventh Generations, most of whom appear to be in Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, and or Nebraska. Any Fouts in any of those states of descent from Jacob Pfautz are invited to participate. Write the Editor (Dr. Davenport) at Box 981, Rootstown, Ohio 44272. If you do not know your Fouts ancestry, also write -- considering the size of the PFAUTZ-FOUTS-FOUTZ files, we can probably tell you.

Descendants of Theobald PFAUTZ (David Fouts, Sr.), Immigrant of 1738, of Randolph Co., N.C., are advised that work has already begun on blocking out their patrynimic evolvement to present generations. The Editor will be writing a collective letter to the (C) FOUTS group shortly. Address all questions to the Editor at Rootstown.

MISCELLANEOUS IOWA ITEMS

GUTHRIE COUNTY: "DIED --- At the residence of his sister Mrs. W. C. Biggs, in Guthrie Center, Oct. 26, 1906, Isaac H. Foutz, aged eighty-five years, eleven months and fourteen days. The deceased was born near McConnelsville, Ohio, where he spent all of his life except the past eight or ten years which was [sic] spent here. He was the eldest of a family of ten children and the second one to die. In his younger years he was a school teacher and later a contractor and builder. He never married but devoted himself to the care of his mother who died at the age of 98 years. His funeral occurred Sunday afternoon from his late home conducted by Rev. Shipman. Two of his brothers aged 79 and 73, from Central City, Neb., were here for the funeral. He leaves two sisters residents of this place, Mrs. Biggs and Mrs. Borders."

The Guthrian, Guthrie Center, Iowa, 1 Nov 1906, p. 5. (Contributed by Mrs. Helen Squire)

POLK COUNTY: The "Jane" appearing in the Census of 1850, Polk Co., Iowa, in the family of Larkin Fouts, age 36, was Larkin's second wife, married shortly before the Census was taken. Her maiden name was Jane CAVE. She was the daughter of John Smith Cave and Eva Michel. Larkin Fouts, born Randolph Co., N.C., went on the Oregon Trail in 1852 with his first family and the beginning of his family by Jane. In 1860, they were settled in Umpaqua and Yamhill Cos., Oregon. (Cave data contributed by Mrs. Squire)

JEFFERSON COUNTY: Early Marriages---9 Apr 1843, Eri W. Fouts and Philetha Lemings

APPANOOSE COUNTY: Early Marriages ---8 Oct 1854, Moses Wright and Sarah Fouts;

20 May 1855, Charles Barker and Lucinthia Fouts.

YOU ASKED FOR IT! BUT EXPECT TO BE CONFUSED

FOUTS GENEALOGY FRUSTRATED FOR YEARS BY DOUGAN-FOUTS GORDIAN KNOT

Two developments within the past month have brought us to an unavoidable confrontation: (1) W. E, (Gene) Fouts, of Dallas, passed along the documented identification of Isabelle, widow of Thomas Dougan and wife of Jacob Fouts, a long standing enigma; and (2) Alfred W. Johnson, of Evansville, Indiana, has asked that we identify the relationships between the four male Fouts (three named Jacob) who married four female Dougans (mother and three daughters). We worked out the relationships several years back, but, frankly, were avoiding making the explanation. But with the Importance of Isabelle's identification (another Revolutionary certification for those DAR and SAR inclined), we propose to celebrate the occasion by trying to explain the DOUGAN-FOUTS connections.

As to Isabelle, she was the daughter of Edward Sharp, who was one of the Revolutionary War leaders of Randolph Co., North Carolina. The proof is in the following deed, recorded in Dyer Co., Tennessee: (Abstract)

March 5 1827 - Jacob Fouts, wife Eleanor; Lewis Fouts, wife Sarah, Jacob Fouts, wife Mary; William Montgomery, wife Jane; Thomas Dougan, and Edward Fouts, all of Clark County, Indiana, and Angus Fouts, of Scott Co., Indiana, to John Fearney, of Maury Co., Tennessee, and Andrew Smyth, of Laurance Co., Alabama, for- $1300, Quit Claim Deed, for all interests in 5000 acres on waters of North Fork of Forked Deer River in Dyer Co., Tennessee, being a Grant by the State of North Carolina to Edward Sharp, on 10 July 1788 (No. 59). Dyer Co., Tenn., Deeds, B:38.

The females identified as wives were all daughters of Isabelle Sharp Dougan; Thomas Dougan, Edward Fouts, and Angus Fouts were her sons, the latter two by second husband Jacob Fouts. Together, the group composes all of the known children of Isabelle, hence all of her heirs. The 5,000 acres concerned were a North Carolina Land Grant to Colonel Edward Sharp for his services to the State during the Revolution. Fearney and Smyth were first cousins, The children of Edward Sharp were Mary Sharp Fearney, Susanna Sharp Smyth, Isabelle Sharp Dougan, and Michael Sharp.

That will give all of you Dougan-Fouts another line to run down, but our concern at the moment is sorting out all of those Fouts---particularly the Jacobs. And there were not three Jacob Fouts involved, there were five!

First let's identify the Dougans:

THOMAS DOUGAN, 1745 - 1795, Lt. Col. of North Carolina Militia Cavalry during the Revolution, a dashing figure of legendary proportions, and his wife, ISABELLE SHARP, 1767 - 1804. Their children:

SARAH, 1784 - 1852, born Randolph Co., N.C., died Clark Co., Indiana.

MARY, 1788 - 1869, born Randolph Co., N.C., died Clark Co., Indiana.

JANE, cl789 - ? , born Randolph Co., N.C., died Clark Co., Indiana.

ELEANOR, 1790 - 1858, born Randolph Co., N.C., died Fulton Co., Illinois.

THOMAS, 1795 - 1853, born Randolph Co., N.C., posthumously to Father, died Clark Co., Indiana.

In 1800 - 01, the Widow Dougan married Jacob Fouts, 1775 - 1836, and by him had the following children:

ANGUS FOUTS, 1802 - 1851, born Randolph Co., N.C., died Scott Co., Indiana.

EDWARD FOUTS, 1804 - cl856, born Randolph Co., N.C., died Clark Co., Indiana

Isabelle apparently died from complications of Edward's birth. It will be noted that all of the above issue of Isabelle were on the Dyer Co., Tennessee, deed. Now, we shall sort out the Foutses. Prepare yourself, the water starts to get muddy.

First, we are dealing with two Fouts lines: (1) Michael, eldest son of Jacob Pfautz, Immigrant to America before 1730, and (2) David Fouts, Sr., who was Theobald Pfautz, Sr., Immigrant of 1738. (The German diminutive of Theobald was "Dewald" which pronounced with German inflection sounded like "David" to the English-tuned ear. Considering that there were also real Davids among the Germans, there was inherent identification chaos in that dimension.)

Michael Fouts and David Fouts, Sr., were cousins of some degree, settled Pipe Creek waters in Frederick (now Carroll) Co., Md., in the mid-1740s in concert, sold out and moved to Uwharrie waters, Rowan (now Randolph) Co., N.C., in 1762 - 63, and lived out the balance of their lives in close proximity to each other. Michael Fouts, who married Catherine Varner, was a convert to his wife's Mennonite persuasion. David, Sr., who married Catherine Spengel, was a convert to his wife's Dunker religion (or vice versa)

Michael’s role in the Dougan-Fouts connection is the most easily explained. His third son, Jacob Fouts, 1761 - 1835, married Eleanor Malinda Waymire, daughter of John Rudolph Waymire. Jacob of Michael was a Quaker, moved from Randolph Co., N.C., to Montgomery Co., Ohio, in 1801 - 02; then to Dearborn (now Wayne) Co., Indiana Territory, in 1806. [Jacob of Michael's eldest son William married Sarah Davenport, his second daughter Rebecca married Jesse Davenport, both in Randolph Co., N.C., in 1800---which partially explains your editor's involvement (his own Fouts connection comes through two generations of Hoovers)]. In 1810, Jacob Fouts, Jr., 1788 - 1874, second son, left the Fouts Settlement on the Ohio - Indiana border, journeyed to Clark County, Indiana Territory, and married Eleanor Dougan. He took her back to Wayne County --- where they farmed in the Fouts Settlement until 1819, when they moved to Clark County. In 1832, they moved to Fulton Co., Illinois (Buckheart Twp.).

David Fouts, Sr.'s third son was also named Jacob. This Jacob. cl747 - 1829, married Mary Waymire, daughter of John Rudolph Waymire. (Some of the worst Fouts genealogy has been done by well-meaning Waymire descendants). Jacob of David, like Jacob of Michael, named his second son Jacob. This last Jacob, 1782 - 1860, was also known as Jacob, Jr.. In October, 1806, Jacob Fouts, Jr., son of Jacob of David, Sr., married Mary Dougan. Shortly thereafter, in concert with Jacob of David, Sr., and all of his family, they moved to Clark County, Indiana Territory. While Jacob, Jr., lived out his days in Clark County, some of his daughters and their families settled in Fulton Co., Illinois. Jacob, Jr.'s elder brother David moved to Fulton County, Illinois, in 1832 with Jacob Fouts, Jr., of the Michael line. There were a number of intermarriages between the Michael and David, Sr., lines in Fulton County, which were further complicated, after 1851, by the presence of a large number of descendants of Conrad Foutz from Pennsylvania who shifted over to the Fouts spelling. But let's go back to North Carolina.

David Fouts, Sr.'s fourth son (of seven) was Andrew, who married Elizabeth Garren. There are some disagreements with this identification, but the weight of evidence found in Randolph Co., N.C., documents during the past ten years is conclusive. Andrew of David, Sr., died cl782, leaving four sons and two daughters --- in addition to his widow, who was the "Widow Fouts" and "Elizabeth Fouts" in Randolph records, 1782 - 1801. The second son of Andrew and Elizabeth Garren Fouts was Jacob Fouts. 1775 - 1836. In 1800 - 01, this Jacob Fouts married the Widow Isabelle Dougan and became the father of Angus and Edward. After being widowed for several years, and having sold out in Randolph County preparatory to moving to Clark County, Indiana Territory, Jacob of Andrew married Susannah Fouts, youngest daughter of Jacob Fouts, Sr., and Mary Waymire. She was his first cousin---if the identification is correct. [There's two schools of thought about this also.]

The non-Jacob among the Fouts who participated in the confusion was Lewis who married Sarah Dougan, Isabelle's daughter, in 1801, in Randolph County. Lewis was the third son of Andrew and Elizabeth, was the brother of his step-father-in-law at the time. Lewis, 1778 - 1864, moved to Clark County, Indiana Territory, in 1807 also. His son, Thomas Dougan Fouts, 1825 - 1907, commanded an Indiana Regiment during the Civil War---was the Fouts holding the highest rank (Lt. Col.) in the Rebellion, Union or Confederacy.

Okay, you have all the pieces. The five Jacob Fouts enumerated in Indiana in the Census of 1820 were:

Jacob Fouts, Sr. (of Michael), wife Eleanor Malinda Waymire, in Wayne County.

Jacob Fouts, Sr. (of David, Sr.), wife Mary Waymire, in Clark County.

Jacob Fouts, Jr. (of Jacob of Michael), wife Eleanor Dougan, in Clark County.

Jacob Fouts, Jr. (of Jacob of David, Sr.), wife Mary Dougan, in Clark County.

Jacob Fouts, (of Andrew of David, Sr.), wife Susannah Fouts (of Jacob of David, Sr.), widower of Isabelle Sharp Dougan, mother of Eleanor, Mary, and Sarah Dougan, in Clark County.

Others of note in close proximity (1820):

Lewis Fouts (of Andrew of David, Sr.), wife Sarah Dougan, daughter of Isabelle.

Thomas Dougan, Jr. (of Thomas, Sr.), wife Sarah Ann Roe, married 1819.

William Montgomery, wife Jane Dougan, daughter of Isabelle, married 1810.

All enumerated in Clark County.

What the family relationships were among this group is a matter for others to ponder. The editor pleads more pressing matters elsewhere. Henry Hoover, whose mother was a Waymire, whose Grandmother Hoover was a Fouts, called all the elders "Uncle" or "Aunt," called all the younger ones "Cousin." One of his successes as a politician. Of course, one way or another he was related to half the people in Indiana. On the one visit to the Dougan-Fouts of Clark County he recorded, he wisely refused to sort them out.

Remember, Alfred W. Johnson, of Evansville, Indiana, you asked for it!

FRANKLIN COUNTY NATIVES PREDOMINATE!

FAMILY MEMBERS IN Union Army from Pennsylvania

Mostly Used the "Pf" Spelling of Surname

Continuing our display of Civil War records and pension files in the National Archives, Washington, D,C., this month we list the Pennsylvanians:

ADAM FOUTZ, Pvt., lst Pa. Volunteer Reserves, also Pvt., Co. A, 190th Pa. Infantry, b. 1841, Gettysburg, Pa., enlisted Camp Wayne, Pa., 28 Jun 1861; mustered into Federal Service at Baltimore, Md., 28 Jul 1861; deserted while on the march from Lebanon to Frederick, 13 Sept 1862; arrested as Deserter, 30 Oct 1863; Court Martial, 1 Mar 1864, sentenced him to serve balance of enlistment plus all time missed, various fines, then to be dishonorably discharged transferred to 190th Pa. Infantry for said service; deserted for second time, 25 Sep 1864 near Petersburg, Va., but returned by Provost Marshall on 6 Oct 1864 as having been under arrest when listed as a deserter; discharged 1 June 1865. Never filed for a pension. (I)

CHRISTOPHER C. PFOUTZ, Pvt., Co. B, 1st Pa. Reserve Cavalry; b. 1843, Clinton Co., Pa., enlisted at Lock Haven, Pa., 1 Aug 1861; mustered into Federal Service at Washington, D.C., 27 Aug 1861; wounded at Battle of Cedar Mountain, 9 Aug 1862; re-enlisted as Veteran Volunteer at Warrenton, Va., 5 Feb 1864; taken prisoner near Nottaway River, Va., 22 Dec 1864; paroled at Richmond, Va., 15 Feb 1865; hospitalized until discharged at Harrisburg, Pa., 7 Aug 1865. Filed for pension in 1902, stating he had been born 6 Dec 1843 at First Forks of Sinnemahoning, Clinton Co., Pa., that he had never married and was currently a resident of Farrandsville; Pa. died 26 Nov 1921 at Lock Haven, Pa., leaving Miss Susan Pfoutz, sister as next of kin. (A)

FREDERICK S. PFOUTZ, Pvt., Co. L., 21st Pa. Cavalry; b. 1838, Franklin Co., Pa., enlisted at Chambersburg, Pa., 10 Feb 1865; mustered into Federal Service at Chambersburg, 13 Feb 1865; on recruit status until 8 Jul 1865 when unit was mustered-out at Lynchburg, Va.. Widow filed for pension on 27 Jan 1892, stating that she was Harriet E. Pike prior to her marriage to Frederick S. Pfoutz on 11 Feb 1864 at Chambersburg, Pa., that the decedent left two children under the age of sixteen: Lizzie J., b. 19 Jun 1876, and Freddie T., b. 22 Oct 1882, and that she was a resident of New Franklin, Franklin Co., Pa. Whether the widow was pensioned is not indicated by the file --- she had not been able to prove her marriage as of the end of the file. [Prior to 1881, there were no marriage licenses in Pennsylvania---and an affidavit by the officiator or by a witness was required by the Pension Bureau before a marriage would be recognized. It was surely an embarrassing situation, for Frederick S. Pfoutz was the village schoolmaster at the time of his death.] (A)

GEORGE M. PFOUTS, Pvt., Co. D, 7th Pa. Reserve Infantry, b. 1841, Clinton Co., Pa., enlisted at Lock Haven, Pa., 20 May 1861; mustered into Federal Service at Washington, D.C., 27 Jul 1861; missing in action, 5 May 1864, at the Battle of the Wilderness; later found to have been captured while wounded, confined at Florence, S.C., and Wilmington, N.C.; escaped from Wilmington prisoner camp on 22 Feb 1865; individually mustered-out on 26 Jun 1865 [enlistment of regiment was up on 16 Jun 1864] at Camp Parole, Annapolis, Md. Filed for pension in 1883. In 1915, he advised the Pension Bureau that his wife's name was Irma L. Wykoff, that they were married 26 Jan 1872 and that he had eight children, all surviving: Francis B., b. 9 Jul 1872; Julia H., b. 2 Jun 1878; Simeon S., b. 23 Jan 1881; Elizabeth, b. 23 Jan 1881 [marked "dead"]; Charles C., b. 2 May 1884; Donna E., b. 19 Aug 1887; Orva J., b. 1 Mar 1890; and Jesse M., b. 5 Jan 1892. His death certificate, 4 Nov 1932, attested that he had died in East Keating Twp., Clinton Co., Pa., that he was the son of Simeon Pfoutz and Irena L. ?, and that he was widowed. [George M. was the brother of Christopher C. Pfoutz, above.] (A)

GEORGE W. FOUTZ, Pvt., 20th Pa. Cavalry, b. 1843, Cecil Co., Md.; enlisted at Lancaster, Pa., 24 Mar 1864; turned down by Army physicians for muster into Federal Service because of varicose veins; returned to civilian life. No pensionable military service. (E)

HENRY PFAUTZ, Pvt., Co. H, 203rd Pa. Infantry, b. 1834, Lancaster Co., Pa., enlisted and mustered into Federal Service, 3 Sep 1864; mustered out on 22 June 1865 at Raleigh, N.C.. Filed for a pension in 1891 as a resident of Brunnerville, Lancaster Co., Pa.. In 1915, he advised the Pension Bureau that his first wife had been Sarah Kreiter, that they had been married in Lebanon Co., Pa., in 1856; that his second wife's maiden name was Mary Snavely and they had been married on 29 Kay 1894. His children, all by his first wife and all with the middle name of Kreiter, were: Elmira K., b. 15 Aug 1857; Fianna K., b. 8 Sep 1858 (dead); Isaac K., b. 26 Jan 1861 (dead); Henry K., b. 27 Feb 1864; Mary K., b. 27 Apr 1865 (dead); Sarah K., b. 7 May 1870; Abraham K., b. 3 Jan 1873 (dead); John K., b. 31 May 1874; Alice K., b. 23 Oct 1876; Annie K., b. 18 Dec 1877; and Samuel K., b. 27 Aug 1880. Henry Pfautz died in Warwick Twp., Lancaster Co., Pa., 27 Apr 1920. His widow Mary died 4 Oct 1935. [With the exception of Henry's volunteering for military service, this was a strong Church of the Brethren family, descendants of Bishop Hans Michael Pfautz, Jr., of Warwick Twp.] (A)

JACOB PFOUTS, Pvt., Co. H, 203rd Pa. Infantry, b. 1844, Lancaster Co., Pa., enlisted and mustered into Federal Service on 1 Sep 1864; mustered out at Raleigh, N.C., 22 Jun 1865. Never filed for a pension. [May have been brother of Henry Pfautz, above.] (A)

JACOB PFOUTZ, Pvt., Co. M, 102nd Pa. Infantry, b, 1837, Frederick Co., Md., drafted and mustered into Federal Service on 18 Mar 1865 at Chambersburg, Pa.; assigned to the Defenses of Washington, 7 Apr 1865; mustered-out Washington, D.C., 28 Jun 1865. Applied for pension, 10 Apr 1891, while a resident of Richmond Furnace, Franklin Co., Pa. Applications were consistently rejected, because of length of service, until 4 Jul 1905. Jacob died on 12 Jul 1905 before receiving his first pension check. In 1898, he advised the Pension Bureau that his first wife was Rebecca Malone, that he had married her on 3 Feb 1859, that she had died at Richmond Furnace, Pa., 19 Apr 1887. His second wife, married 19 Jan 1888, was Mary E. Butts. Children, all by the first wife, were: William, b. Nov 1859; Elizabeth, b. 9 Aug 1862; Susan, b. 3 Mar 1864; Laura, b. 9 Aug 1866; Mary D., b. 23 Mar 1869; John, b. 7 Oct 1872; and Catherine,b.23 Apr 1876. No widow filed for a pension after Jacob's death.

JOHN FOUTZ, Pvt., Co. C, 2nd Pa. Heavy Artillery, b. 1836, Franklin Co., Pa., enlisted at Chambersburg, Pa., 18 Oct 1862, mustered into Federal Service 30 Oct 1862, assigned to the Defenses of Washington; deserted at Fort Bunker Hill, District of Columbia, 18 May 1863. Special Order No. 106, Headquarters, Dept., of Washington, 22nd Army Corps, Washington, D.C., removed charge of Desertion on condition that John make good time lost by desertion and pay for the expenses of his apprehension. No evidence in file as to made-good service or reimbursement of expenses. No pension application. (E)

JOHN A. FOUTZ, Pvt., Co. B, 2nd Pa. Heavy Artillery, b. 1843, Lancaster, Pa., enlisted and mustered into Federal Service, 28 Jan 1864, at Philadelphia, Pa.; joined Co. B in Defenses of Washington, 28 Jan 1864; died 27 Mar 1864 at Chapel Spring Hospital, D.C., of pneumonia. Military death certificate states that he was a resident of Rising Sun, Cecil Co., Md., at the time of his enlistment, that his marital status was unknown. No widow or parent filed for a pension. (E)

JOHN T. PFOUTZ, lst Lt., Co. L, 21st Pa. Cavalry, b. 1843, Franklin Co., Pa., enlisted at Chambersburg, 28 July 1862; mustered into Federal Service, 11 Aug 1862, at Harrisburg, Pa.; enlisted as Pvt., promoted to lst Sgt., 5 Jan 1864, then 2nd Lt., 30 Mar 1864, then to lst Lt., 12 Dec 1864; captured near Farmville, Va., 7 Apr 1865; paroled 9 Apr 1865; mustered out of service by Special Orders of the War Department effective 15 May 1865. After the War, John T. Pfoutz could not settle down; he left Franklin Co., Pa., for Canada, then British North America (?), then wandered through the American West. In 1878, back in Franklin Co., Pa., he applied for a pension, alleging that he was several times wounded, had several horses shot out from under him, and had injured a leg in making a dismounted attack. In 1880, he got into railroading and served on various roads in various laboring capacities until his death at Pocahontas, Tazewell Co., Va., in September, 1890. No widow or minor child filed for a pension. (A)

JOSEPH PFOUTZ, Pvt., Co. L, 21st Pa. Cavalry, b. 1846, Franklin Co., Pa., enlisted at Chambersburg, Pa., 1 Aug 1863, for six months service; re-enlisted for three years, 5 Jan 1864, Charlestown, (West) Va., and mustered into Federal Service at Chambersburg, Pa.; mustered out at Lynchburg, Va., 8 July 1865. No pension applications filed relative to Joseph's service.

ST. CLAIR PFOUTS, Pvt., Co. F, 5th Pa. Heavy Artillery, b. 1845, Indiana Co., Pa., enlisted and mustered into Federal Service at Pittsburgh, Pa., 3 Sep 1864; assigned to Defenses of Washington; mustered out at Washington, D.C., 30 Jun 1865. In 1899, as a resident of Wood Co., Ohio, St. Clair Pfouts applied for a pension. In the process of proving his age claim, he filed a verified copy of the family Bible of his father, John Pfouts. [A transcript of same is available to those interested.] In 1915, St. Clair, then a resident of Toledo, Ohio, advised the Pension Bureau that his wife was Sarah Adams who he had married on 6 Dec 1871 in Cambria Co., Pa.. His and Sarah's children were: Theodore A., b. 30 Dec 1874; Gertrude S., b. 23 Aug 1877; and Roy F., b. 7 Mar 1882, d. 12 Nov 1911. St. Clair Pfouts died 22 Sep 1916. Sarah, his widow, died 13 Apr 1925, also in Toledo. (A)

WILLIAM H. PFOUTZ, Sgt. Major, 21st Pa. Cavalry, b. 1842, Franklin Co., Pa., enlisted 11 Jul 1863 at Chambersburg; mustered into Federal Service, 15 Jul 1863, at Harrisburg, Pa.; promoted to Regt. Commissary Sgt., 22 Feb 1964, to Sgt. Major 10 Nov 1864; mustered out at Lynchburg, Va., 8 Jul 1865. No pension applications were filed relative to (A)

- End of Pennsylvanians in Union Army -

Frederick, John T., Joseph, and William H. Pfoutz were all sons of Joseph Pfoutz, son of Henry Pfoutz, who was a grandson of Bishop Hans Michael Pfautz, Jr., noted minister of the Dunker (Church of the Brethren) congregation at Conestoga (Warwick Twp., Lancaster Co., Pa.) before The Revolution. Henry Pfoutz, of Washington Twp., Franklin Co., Pa., was a nonjuring pacifist, but three of his sons jumped the fence. Joseph married Lutheran, died before the Civil War, had four sons in the Union Army. Henry, Jr., moved to Ohio in the early 1830s, where both he and his wife died suddenly in the early 1840s, leaving five sons---all five of those sons served in the Union Army, and all five of those grandsons of Henry dropped the “P,” and went by Fouts. John Pfouts, Henry's youngest son, went to Cass Co., Indiana, where he married and fathered three sons before his death in 1851. All three of those sons served in the Union Army, one was killed at Shiloh.

Of the other Pennsylvanians, Adam Foutz was the son of Adam Foutz, Immigrant of 1839. Christopher C. and George M. Pfouts were the sons of Simeon Fouts, who was a grandson of John Pfoutz, founder of Pfoutz Valley, Pa., and a brother of Bishop Hans Michael, Jr.. George W. Foutz, John Foutz, and John A. Foutz are tentatively identified as descendants of Conrad Foutz, Immigrant of 1752. Henry Pfautz and Jacob Pfouts were also descended from Hans Michael, Jr.. St. Clair Pfouts' ancestry is yet a matter of conjecture, but he was most likely a near cousin of Christopher C. and George M. with common Pfoutz Valley roots.

FOUTS-FOUTTS-FOUTZ In California Death Index, 1905-1929

Thanks to Helen Fouts Haney, of Walnut Creek, California, we have the following new data for those looking for missing links and wandering relatives. From 1905 thru 1929 the following deaths were registered at Sacramento:

Date of Death Name Age County of Death File No.

16 Jan 1907 Edward FOUTS 50 Sonoma 2801

22 Feb 1907 Samuel H. FOUTS 49 Sonoma 5283

28 Jan 1908 Mary A. FOUTS 57 Los Angeles 1315

01 Apr 1908 Nellie M. FOUTS 35 San Benito 9807

9 Nov 1908 George S. FOUTS 46 San Francisco 28888

10 Nov 1908 Evelyn FOUTS 19 Sonoma 32622

31 Oct 1909 Luzena FIOUTZ 25 Sacramento 25290

17 Oct 1910 Arthur E. FOUTS 43 Alameda 24976

6 Mar 1911 Louis FOUTS 54 San Francisco 8448

1 Dec 1911 Harvey J. FOUTS 65 Napa 33683

Date of Death Name Age County of Death File No.

20 Feb 1912 Ray R. FOUTS 33 Napa 5082

6 Mar 1912 Louis FOUTS 38 Sonoma 10080

9 May 1912 Ray FOUTS 31 San Benito 14165

1 Nov 1912 Eliza FOUTS (Wife of J.) 73 Los Angeles 32173

15 Nov 1912 Clara A. FOUTS 63 Sonoma 34353

30 Aug 1913 John F. FOUTS 84 Alameda 24712

10 Oct 1913 C. E. FOUTS 26 San Bernardino 35393

1 Dec 1914 Abraham FOUTS 93 Mendocino 37160

20 Nov 1915 Martha J. FOUTS (Wife of S.E.) 49 Stanislaus 36567

1 Jul 1916 I. FOUTZ (Wife of J.N.) 67 Los Angeles 21762

28 Oct 1916 Manuel S. FOUTS 23 Merced 31965

21 Jun 1917 Sarah FOUTS 84 San Francisco 22085

11 Jul 1919 Martha A. FOUTS (Wife of J.A.) 72 Los Angeles 28207

24 Aug 1919 Dortha M. PIOUTZ 4 Fresno 31216

11 Oct 1919 J. W. FOUTS 89 San Bernardino 39122

16 May 1920 Mary G. FOUTZ (Wife of C.R.) 29 Fresno 19860

23 Aug 1922 Mearl FOUTS (Husband of S.) 88 Santa Barbara 40807

10 Sep 1922 Isabelle FOUTS (Wife of N.) 82 Los Angeles 38316

17 Jan 1923 Florence M. FOUTS (Wife of .P.) 46 Sacramento 3156

9 Mar 1924 William B. FOUTS (Husband of M.) 62 Sacramento 14361

15 Mar 1924 Susan FOUTS (Wife of M.) 86 Santa Barbara 35547

3 Apr 1924 Matilda FOUTS 75 Alameda 16379

2 Aug 1924 Frank FOUTS 52 Sonoma 40177

27 May 1925 Alfred FOUTS (Husband of B.) 49 Sonoma 25764

9 Aug 1925 Erastus J. FOUTS (Husband of N.L.) 63 San Francisco 39124

11 Feb 1927 Nora FOUTS 34 Sacramento 9366

30 Jan 1928 Frank FOUTS 57 San Francisco 4985

6 Apr 1928 Frank M. FOUTTS (Husband of E.E.) 75 Orange 20787

6 Jun 1928 David P. FOUTS (Husband of M.F.) 93 Santa Clara 33202

18 Jun 1928 Jacob G. FOUTS (Husband of L.) 67 San Francisco 32653

30 Aug 1928 Violet M. FOUTS (Wife of J.H.) 20 Siskiyou 48522

6 Nov 1928 John E. FOUTZ 77 Los Angeles 64533

28 Nov 1928 Frederick FOUTS (Husband of C.) 52 Sonoma 60355

6 Mar 1929 Rebecca FOUTZ 77 San Joaquin 17728

Anyone interested in obtaining any of the above death certificates can obtain same for $3.00 each from: Vital Statistics Section, State Department of Health, State of California, 410 N Street, Sacramento, CA 95814. Inasmuch as the numbers are annual serials, be sure and state the year of death as well as the number when ordering.

The two oldest on the list are Abraham Fouts, 93, who was the son of Isaac Foutts and Harriet Garetson, of Columbiana Co., Ohio, and David P. Fouts, 93, who was the son of Henry Pfoutz and Fanny Gable, of Richland Co., Ohio.

SOME MARRIAGE BONDS FROM NORTH CAROLINA

In the Southern Colonies prior to the Revolution, men intending to marry who did not have their banns read in church, supposedly the Anglican State Church, were required to obtain marriage bonds and to provide a surety (bondsman) that they would go through with the ceremony. After the Revolution, banns were no longer required, but both a marriage license and a marriage bond were required. Because there was no return on licenses --- that is to say, solemnizers were not required to certify marriages to a county official, marriage bonds are best evidence that a wedding took place. The date of the wedding was not necessarily the date on the bond. After the Civil War, North Carolina adopted the standard marriage license procedure of the northern states. The following are the only FOUTS marriage bonds yet found, probably represent less than five percent of the known marriages. Then too, both Michael Fouts and David Fouts, Sr., of Randolph Co., N.C., were German sectarians --- and prior to 1800 neither the Mennonites nor the Dunkers favored paying the State a fee for the holy ordinance of matrimony. David Fouts [Sr.'s] appearance as bondsman to his son Jacob in 1772 below was a political matter --- The Regulator troubles had just ended and Provincial authorities were cracking down on those who avoided or refused paying state fees. William Draper, the witness on the bond, was the local Militia captain and justice of the peace. As a nonjuring pacifist, David Fouts, Sr., would have had no association with Draper other than that which Draper forced upon him. The extant bonds:

Bond Date County Principals Bondsman Witness

31 Aug 1769 Rowan John FOUTS and Mary YOUNCE Daniel Little Th. Frohock

1 May 1772 Guilford Jacob FOUTS and Mary WAYMIRE David Fouts Wm. Draper

14 Jan 1786 Randolph Catherine FOUTS and Jacob SHEETS David Fouts J. Harper

1788 Randolph Lewis FOUTS and Mary GALLIMORE [Co. License Receipts]

1789 Randolph Mary FOUTS and John ANDERSON [Co. License Receipts]

1790 Randolph Hannah FOUTS and John GARREN [Co. License Receipts]

5 Jan 1797 Cabarrus Lewis FOUTS and Christena LINGLE David Wesner Jos. Shinn

13 Jun 1800 Randolph Rebecca FOUTS and Jesse DAVENPORT Joel Davenport J. Harper

19 Aug 1800 Randolph William FOUTS and Sarah DAVENPORT Jesse Davenport A. Gray

21 Jan 1801 Randolph Lewis FOUTS and Sarah DOUGAN Jacob Fouts J. Harper

26 Jun 1803 Randolph Andrews FOUTS and Hannah FOUTS John Fox John Allen

30 Sep 1806 Randolph Jacob FOUTS and Mary DOUGAN Thomas Beard ?

7 Jan 1808 Randolph Jacob FOUTS and Elizabeth PLUMMER Philbert Wright J. Hale

12 Jun 1811 Cabarrus Sally FOUTS and Peter WAGGONER Paul Carker J. Phifer

30 Mar 1814 Rowan Elizabeth FOUTS and Dan SEACHREST Danl Seachrest Chr. Seachrest

7 Nov 1815 Rowan Nelly FOUTZ and Martin MILLER Dawalt Lentz Jno. Giles

15 Dec 1815 Rowan Elizabeth FOUTS and Philip HEPLER Michael Myers Silas Peace

19 Sep 1817 Rowan Polly FOUTZ and Nedam TEMPLES Isaac Leatherman ?

7 Sep 1819 Rowan John FOUTS and Cathy LENTZ Andrew Richart Milo A. Giles

13 Dec 1819 Rowan Jacob FOUTS and Molly LONG Philip Hepler Silas Peace

16 Nov 1821 Rowan David FOUTS and Eleanor SULLIVAN P. J. Campbell Silas Peace

PFAUTZ-FOUTS-FOUTZ NEWSLETTER

No. 5 January, 1982 No. 5

This NEWSLETTER is published quarterly by THE JACOB FOUTZ FAMILY ASSN. Inc. , Farmington, N.M., Dean R. Foutz, pres., and is issued gratis to all interested in PFAUTZ-FOUTS-FOUTZ Family. Business matters should be sent to Mr., Foutz at the address on the mailing face. Dr., John Scott Davenport, PO Box 981, Rootstown, Ohio, 44272, is editor.

Order of Immigrant Ancestors

For reference as well as for the information of our new readers, we repeat the PFAUTZ-FOUTS-FOUTZ Ancestor List in order of emigration from Germany to America to identify the subject matter within the purview of this Newsletter. There have been no additions since the list issued on July 1, 1981:

(A) Hans Michael PFAUTZ, Sr., of Lancaster Co., Pa.; Immigrant of 1727.

(B) Jacob PFAUTZ, of York Co., Pa.; Immigrant before 1730.

(C) Theobald PFAUTZ, (David Fouts, Sr.), of Randolph Co., N.C.; Immigrant of 1738.

(D) John David PFAUTZ, of Washington Co., Md., (issue of first wife); Rowan - Davidson Cos.,

N.C. (issue of second wife), Immigrant of 1749.

(E) Conrad FOUTZ, of Franklin Co., Pa.; Immigrant of 1752.

(F) Johann Jacob PFAUTZ, of Philadelphia, Pa.; Immigrant of 1773.

(G) Michael PFOUTS, Sr.. of Harrison Co., Ohio; Immigrant of 1787.

(H) John FOUTS, of Morgan Co., Ohio; Immigrant of 1820.

(I) Adam FOUTZ, of Adams Co., Pa.; Immigrant of 1839.

(J) Jacob FOUTZ, of Baltimore Co., Md.; Immigrant of 1849.

(K) Lewis FOUTZ, of Montgomery Co., Ohio: Immigrant of 1850.

(L) Adam FOUTZ, of Dearborn Co., Ind.; Immigrant of 1854.

(M) William FAUTZ. of San Francisco, Calif., Immigrant of 1855.

(N) Gottlieb PFAUTZ, of Philadelphia, Pa.; Immigrant of 1857.

(0) William FOUTZ, of Norfolk, Va.; Immigrant of 1866.

In the Seventeenth Century (1600s) the PFAUTZ were located on both sides of the Neckar River, east of the Rhine, in what is now Baden and Wurtemberg States, Germany.

END OF A LONG QUEST IN PENNSYLVANIA:

PROBATE OF "BARON" JOHN PFOUTZ FOUND IN LYCOMIING COUNTY

HANS MICHAEL PFAUTZ, Sr., FAMILY FINALLY CORRECTLY DEFINED

On Friday, October 9, 1981, your editor had the opportunity to do Pfoutz research in Tioga (Wellsboro) and Lycoming (Williamsport) counties, Pa. He was primarily concerned with identification of the family of John Leonard Pfoutz, eldest son of "Baron" John Pfoutz, who died on Pine Creek waters of the West Branch of the Susquehanna near Jersey Shore, Lycoming Co., on 13 Jun 1813. But in wading through the Lycoming records, he found the long missing probate of the "Baron" himself, to wit,.

Lycoming Co., Pa,, Orphans Court Docket PQ:

4 May 1796 - Estate of John Pfoutz, Decd., Sebastian Shade, administrator; bonded by John Chatham, William Baird, sureties. (p. 55)

Finding of the docket entry, however, could not be extended. While Lycoming County was erected out of Northumberland County on 13 Apr 1795, Lycoming Orphans Court Minutes do not begin until July, 1796, and there are no papers of any kind relative to John Pfoutz, Decd., extant in the Williamsport courthouse. Tax papers remain uninventoried, However, recourse to the Federal Census of 1790 for Pennsylvania lists one Sebastian Shade among the enumeration group for Pfoutz Valley in Cumberland County, while both a John Chatham and William Baird are listed near, apparently in the same group, as the John Fouts enumerated in Northumberland County. Further, there are two deeds in Curnberland County, both relative to Pfoutz Valley land, that tie Sebastian Shade and John Pfoutz, Sr. (the "Baron"), together.

Cumberland Co., Pa., Deeds:

21 Jul 1786 - John Pfoutz, Sr., by Sheriff's deed, to Sebastian Shade, ╘131, 100 acres, being a tract of land adjoining George Pfoutz and others in Greenwood Twp. [Pfoutz Valley] sold in execution of a judgment obtained by George Firebach, lately of Cumberland Co., at April Court Term 1785 in amount of ╘218 against John Pfoutz the Elder, said Pfoutz having no goods or chattel in the bailiwick ... /s/ Samuel Postle, Sheriff, Cumberland Cc, Recorded at Carlisle, 2 Dec 1790, (Book X-1:383)

3 Nov 1797 - John Pfoutz, Sr., by Sheriff' deed, to Sebastian Shade ╘12, two tracts in Greenwood Twp.: (1) 113 acres bounding George Pfoutz and Peter Kauffman, and (2) 12 acres bounding George Pfoutz and John Long, sold in execution of a judgment obtained by Jacob Kerr against John Pfoutz, Sr., in Common Pleas Court, April Term 1784.../s/ Jacob Craver, Sheriff, Cumberland Co. Recorded 27 Dec 1797. (M-1:447)

At the time of its creation in 1795, Lycoming County included Most of North Central and Northwest Pennsylvania. The major settlements, however, were along the West and East branches of the Susquehanna River. John Pfoutz, Sr., was located on the north side of the West Branch near the confluence of Pine Creek in Mifflin Twp., Northumberland Co., in the Census of 1790 --- based on comparison of Lycoming land records with the Census of 1790. This was the same area where John Pfoutz, Jr., and family settled---from Pfoutz Valley --- in 1804. In the same area were Quiggles, who settled Trumbull Co., Ohio, with John Pfouts, son of Michael Pfoutz and grandson of John Pfoutz, Sr., in 1808, and Cranes, who were intermarried with John, Sr.'s family by 1771. In terms of a present-day locale, they were in and around Jersey Shore, Pa.

At the time of his death, John Pfoutz, Sr., was obviously a bankrupt, based on the lawsuits lost and judgments outstanding in Cumberland County. Sebastian Shade was most likely a creditor, for otherwise one of John's four identified sons, assuming no widow survived, would have qualified as administrator. in those days, it was customary to award administration of an estate to the principal creditor of the decedent on the basis of primary interest, particularly where few assets existed.

John Pfoutz, Sr., has been dubbed "Baron" because of a bit of fantasy engaged in by John Eby Pfautz in the first Pfautz Family genealogy published in 1881. John Eby Pfautz undertook to define the descendants of John Michael Pfautz --- and missed completely on dates and locations and got one out of six children right. He did not connect John Pfoutz, Sr., to his father John (Hans) Michael Pfautz. Instead he offered this bit of whimsy:

"In the year 1757, about 50 years after the landing of out ancestor John Michael Pfautz, a man named BARON von PFAUTZ, from the vicinity of the Hartz Mountains in Germany, emigrated to this country, and settled with his four sons Michael, Simon, John and George, somewhere in Pennsylvania.

Many of the descendants of this Baron von Pfautz living in Pfautz's valley, who were the first settlers in that valley, are living in Jersey Shore, Pa.; some are in Luzerne County, Pa.; .some in St. Louis, Mo.; some in Dallas, Texas; some in Philadelphia, Pa.; and some at other places. They were staunch patriots during the revolution. During that time they changed their name from "PFAUTZ" to "PFOUTZ," after that they changed again from “PFOUTZ" to "PFOUTS," and now they all write their name "PFOUTS." I conversed with some of them, and corresponded with many of them.---So much of the descendants of Boron von Pfautz.”

One hundred years ago, John Pfoutz, Sr.'s descendants apparently preferred the baronial ancestry to the truth---John Eby was dealing with members of the fourth and fifth generations --- but it has made for a royal mess during the past four decades of Pfautz-Fouts-Foutz research. We use the "Baron" title with John Pfoutz, Sr., to indicate that he and his descendants were those to whom John Eby Pfautz referred when he said "So much of the descendants of Baron von Pfautz." John Pfoutz, Sr., was the third son of John (Hans) Michael Pfautz, Sr.

And while we are at it, let's get the family Hans Michael Pfautz, Sr., immigrant of 1727, straightened out. According to research sponsored by The Jacob Foutz Family Assn., Inc., among German records, the Pennsylvania records structuring Hans Michael Pfautz, Sr.'s family are wrong. The following is the correct composition of the first known PFAUTZ family in America;

THE FAMILY OF HANS MICHAEL PFAUTZ, Sr.

PARENTS: Johann Michael PFAUTZ, b. 1682, Rohrbach kris Sensheim, Rhenish Palatinate [Germany], son of Johann Michael PFAUTZ, the mayor of Rohrbach; m. 10 Feb 1702, Ursula MUEHLENHAUSER, daughter of Hans Jacob MUEHLENHAUSER; emigrated to America in 1727; died Feb 1741/2, Strasburg Twp., Lancaster Co., Pa. Widow Ursula died 14 may 1772, Strasburg Twp., Lancaster Co., Pa. Johann (Hans = Jack) Michael Pfautz was an innkeeper in both Germany and America. Hans Michael, Sr., was Lutheran. Ursula was German Reformed.

CHILDREN

(1) Johann (Hans) Michael PFAUTZ, Jr., b. 1709, Rohrbach kris Sensheim m. cl733, Catherine SCHLAUCH (Slough); d. 14 May 1769, Warwick Twp., Lancaster Co., Pa.; converted from Lutheranism to German Baptist (Dunker), became a bishop;

(2) Anna Margareta PFAUTZ, b. 1712, Rohrbach kris Sensheim; m. cl732, Augustine WITHER; d. Jan 1781, Strasburg Twp., Lancaster Co., Pa.; Lutheran;

(3) Anna Barbara PFAUTZ, b. cl7l4, Rohrbach kris Sensheim; m. 23 Jun 1734, Jacob HELLER; d. Dec 1790, Leacock Twp., Lancaster Co., Pa., Dunker and Reformed;

(4) Hans Jacob PFAUTZ, b. 24 Feb 1717, Rohrbach kris Sensheim; m. 22 Nov 1748, Eve Elizabeth ECKMAN (widow of Lorenz Schliermacher); d. 7 Nov 1800, Strasburg Twp., Lancaster Co., Pa.;

(5) Johannes PFOUTZ, b. 9 Mar 1719, Rohrbach kris Sensheim; m. (1) cl740, Anna Klein, (2) cl769, Margaret ------ ; died cApr 1796, Mifflin Twp., Lycoming Co. Pa.;

(6) Johann Andreas (Andrew) PFAUTZ, b. 10 Feb 1726, Rohrbach kris Sensheim; was still alive in 1737 when father wrote authorities in Germany, but was dead when father's estate was settled in late March 1742.

Any questions about this now proven family structure should be addressed to the editor at P.O. Box 981, Rootstown, Ohio 44272. This differs from the family structure given by the editor in the December, 1975, issue of National Genealogical Society Quarterly.

OHIOANS (LESS MORGAN CONTY) IN THE CIVIL WAR:

NUMBER OF BUCKEYE FOUTS (Etc.) EXCEEDED ALL OTHER STATES COMBINED

IN SERVICE IN UNION ARMY

At the beginning of the Civil War (1861), the center of Pfautz-Fouts-Foutz presence in the United States was clearly in Ohio. Although many of the Pfoutz-Fouts of Montgomery, Preble , and Darke counties were pacifists of the German Baptist (Dunker) persuasion, there were still more members of the Gross Pfautz (Greater Fouts, etc.) Family in Ohio Volunteer regiments than there were from a other states in the Union Army combined.

This analysis will exclude the Fouts of Morgan County, Ohio, all descendants of Andrew Fouts, of Brooke Co., (W) Va., who, having a fighting tradition in Ohio River Indian warfare beginning before The Revolution as well as a lusty history of river boating and pioneering (they were in Oregon by 1850), plunged in to the Civil War with a fervor. They joined Union Virginia (later West Virginia) regiments as well as Ohio units, They also provided the only Fouts in Oregon's regiment. In recognition that they all were descendants of one Fouts ancestor (except for one ringer who was a FOUTCH who passed for a Morgan County FOUTS), they shall receive separate treatment in a later issue.

With the Morgan County Fouts removed, analysis of the following records suggests that Northeast Ohio provided most of the other Pfautz-Fouts-Foutz who served in the Union Army, Those who served, in alphabetical order according to baptismal names, were:

DANIEL FOUTS - Pvt., Co. E, 48th OVI (Ohio Volunteer Infantry), mustered into Federal Service 19 Sep 1861; wounded at Shiloh; on Provost Guard duty at Cincinnati on orders of Secretary of War; rejoined regiment in field Sept 1862; died at Memphis, Tenn., 2 Mar 1863 of fever. At time of enlistment was 18, gave birthplace as Miami Co., Ohio, occupation as farmer. [Daniel was the son of John Fouts and Rosanna Waymire, of Union Twp., Miami Co., Ohio. Ancestry D]

DANIEL PFAUTZ - (Served as "Daniel Poutz") Pvt., Co., K, 76th OVI, enlisted 12 Nov 1862 for nine months service; mustered into Service 12 Nov 1862 at Camp Mansfield; mustered out on expiration of enlistment 4 Aug 1863 near black River, Mississippi. At time of enlistment was 33, give birthplace as Lancaster Co., Pa., occupation as laborer. On 22 Jul 1899, Elizabeth Pfoutz nee Reamsnyder applied for a widow's pension based on Daniel’s service, documenting that she had married Daniel B, Pfoutz on 3 Nov 1853 at Canton, Stark Co., Ohio, that said Daniel B. Pfoutz had died 13 Jul 1899 at New Berlin, Ohio. Pension records state that Elizabeth, widow of Daniel Pfautz, died 4 Jun 1922 at New Berlin Stark Co., Ohio. [Daniel was the son of Joel Pfautz and Lydia Ann Royer, of Warwick Twp., Lancaster Co., Pa. Ancestry A. Variations in surname spelling due to illiteracy of both Daniel and Elizabeth. Some descendants retain the original German spelling of Pfautz.]

DAVID FOUTS - Pvt., Co. H, 93rd OVI, enlisted 28 Jul 1862 at West Alexandria, Preble Co., mustered into Federal Service 20 Aug 1862 at Dayton; spent most of service as Provost Guard for supply trains; mustered out 8 Jun 1865 at Nashville, Tenn.. At time of enlistment was age 20, gave no further information. Documents in pension file state that David was born 12 Aug 1840 in Preble Co., Ohio, that he was the son of Jonas Fouts and was a farmer. He died 16 Dec 1913 in Lyon Twp., Cherokee Co., Kans.. In 1898, David Fouts stated that he had married Charlotte Roland in Nov 1883 at Galena, Kans., that they were the parents of then (1898) living children: Jesse, b. 4 Sep 1884; Margaret E., b. 16 Dec 1886; Edward and Ada (twins), b. 16 Jul 1889. In a pension application made 27 Dec 1926, Charlotte Rowland Fouts, stated she was born 16 Dec 1851 in Gosport, Indiana, that she had been married twice prior to marrying David Fouts: (1) Joseph A. Easter, 1866. Bourbon Co., Kans., who died 15 Sep 1873 in Polk Co., Mo.; (2) Scott Butler, Jul 1875, Bourbon Co., Kans., who divorced her in Jasper Co., Mo. She married David Fouts, 1 Oct 1883 in Cherokee Co., Kans.. If Charlotte was granted a pension, it was for the service of her first husband in the 70th Indiana Volunteers. David and Charlotte's marriage license and return, 7 Nov 1883, gives her name as Lotte Wilson. [David was the son of Jonas Fouts and Margaret Swisher, of Lanier Twp., Preble Co., Ohio, Ancestry D, issue of first wife.]

DAVID PFOUTS - Pvt.. Co. L. 2nd OV Cavalry, noted on "Descriptive List of Deserters" as having been returned from desertion on 15 Aug 1863, being gone again at Lighthouse Point, Virginia, 8 Jul 1864; no description; no other data,

DAVID N. FOUTS - Pvt., Co. D, 48th OVI, enlisted 12 Dec 1861 at Sabina Clinton Co., mustered into Federal Service same day; discharged 26 Sep 1862 for medical reasons. At time of enlistment was age 21, gave birthplace as Clinton Co., Ohio, was a merchant. David's pension file documents his birth date as 9 Dec 1839 in Clinton Co., Ohio; his marriage 27 Jul 1865 in Case Co., Indiana, to Abigail Miller; two children who survived in 1899: (1) Frank Q. Fouts, b. 16 Dec 1866; (2) Emma Eldora Fouts, b. 13 Nov 1868; his occupation as a physician; and his death on 3 May 1914 at Royal Center, Case Co., Indiana. The widow Abigail Fouts died 11 Dec 1923 at Royal Center. Dr. Fouts' disability appears to have been incurred at the Battle of Shiloh. [David N. Fouts was the son of David K. Fouts and Sarah Mast, of Randolph Twp., Montgomery Co., Ohio, and Rochester Fulton Co., Indiana. Ancestry C.]

DAVID P. FOUTS - Corp., Co. C, lst OV Cavalry, enlisted and mustered into Federal Service 29 Sep 1862; consistent and dedicated service until mustered out, 19 Jun 1865, Nashville, Tenn.. At time of enlistment was age 27, gave birthplace as Wayne Co., Ohio, was a teacher. Pension file documents birth date as 19 Jan 1835 in Wayne Co., Ohio; his marriage 28 Nov 1886 in Sacramento, Calif., to Mary F. Siler; one child: Florence Fouts, b. 28 Dec 1887; his occupation as a teacher and his death on 6 Jan 1926 in San Jose Calif. The death of David's widow is not documented in his file, possibly because of her inability to prove the death of her first husband, William Wilson, who disappeared into the Oregon mountains in 1872. [David's death certificate gives his name as David Pierce Fouts, declares both of his parents "Unknown." He was the son of Henry Pfouts and Fanny Gable, of Quincy Twp., Franklin Co., Pa., and Perry Twp.. Richland Co., Ohio, Both parents died cl842, leaving David and his four brothers orphans. David apparently adopted the "Pierce" middle name to provide for the "P" he had left when he dropped it from his Pfouts surname and started using it as a middle initial. Ancestry A.]

DAVIS FOUTS - Corp., Co. L. 8th OV Cavalry, enlisted 26 Feb 1864 at Urbana, Champaign Co., Ohio; mustered 27 Feb 1864; spent most of duty with remount camp in Shenandoah Valley. Va.; mustered-out 30 Jul 1865 at Clarksburg, West Va. At time of enlistment was 18, gave birthplace as Miami Co., Ohio, and his occupation as a farmer. Davis' pension file is on file with the V.A., not the National Archives, is not available for public inspection. From other sources, Davis married Priscilla Hill, 7 Sep 1867, Miami Co., Ohio. No further data. [Davis was a son of John Fouts and Rosanna Waymire of Union Twp., Miami Co.., Ohio. Ancestry B]

EDWARD PFOUTS - Pvt., Co. A, 41st OVI, enlisted 10 Aug 1861 at Hartford (Trumbull Co.), Ohio; mustered 26 Aug 1861, Camp Wood, Ohio; seriously wounded and taken prisoner at Battle of Stone River, 31 Dec 1862; paroled at Richmond, Va., 27 Jan 1863, hospitalized at Camp Dennison [Cincinnati, 0.]; disability discharged 17 June 1864, Columbus, Ohio. At time of enlistment, was age 20; no other personal data. Pension file documents that Edward Pfouts married Emmaline Glendenning on 27 Jun 1867, that he was fifty percent disabled from the time of his discharge and so pensioned, that he died on 6 June 1888, leaving daughters Cora, Jennie E., and Ellnora, all age 16 or older, and sons Edward E. Pfouts, b. 24 Nov 1876; John L. Pfouts, b. 27 Sep 1878; and Garfield Blaine Pfouts, b, 11 July 1881. There is nothing in the pension file after 1891. [Edward was the son of Michael Pfouts and Margaret Lafferty of Hartford Twp., Trumbull Co., Ohio, Ancestry A]

ENOS FOUTS - Corp., Co. B, 156th ONG (Ohio National Guard) infantry (100-day service), mustered 15 May 1864 at Eaton, Preble Co., Ohio; discharged 1 Sep 1864 at Camp Dennison (Cincinnati); served as company clerk. At time of enlistment was age 26, gave birthplace as Darke Co., Ohio, his occupation as a farmer. Pension file reveals that he was born 8 Nov 1837 in Darke Co.; that he married (1) Rachel E. Pearce, 18 Aug 1859, in Darke Co.; (2) Sarah K. Hetzler (widow of Wm. R. Hetzler), 24 Dec 1891; that his children, all by first wife, were: William, b. and d. 1 Jan 1863; Benjamin F., b. 1862; Charles W., b. 21 Feb 1864, d. 3 May 1869; Curtis, b. 19 Jul 1866, d. 4 Apr 1867; Oliver A., b. 25 Dec 1867, d. 28 Aug 1884; Clarence, b. 17 Dec 1869; Edward L., b. 24 Apr 1873; John S., b. 24 Oct 1879; that Enos Fouts died 21 Sep 1924 in Union City (Randolph Co.), Indiana. No widow survived him. [Enos was the sun of Benjamin F. Fouts and Susanna Coblentz of Butler Twp., Darke Co., Ohio. Ancestry B]

GEORGE W. FOUTS - Drummer, Co. A, 80th OVI, enlisted and mustered-in 24 Oct 1861 at Camp Meigs; re-enlisted as Veteran Volunteer at Huntsville, Ala., 4 Jan 1864; mustered out 13 Aug 1865 at Little Rock, Ark.. At time of enlistment was age 18, gave birthplace as Carroll, Co., Ohio, his occupation as a merchant. Pension file documents birth as 22 Feb 1847; parents as George Fouts and Eleanor Henning; marriage on 14 Sep 1869 in Coe Twp. Isabella Co., Mich., to Mary E. Estee; occupation as mill owner and lumber dealer; one child, Free L. Fouts, b. 28 Feb 1875; death 2 Apr 1914 at home of brother Van Buren Fouts in Cleveland, Ohio. His widow Mary E. Fouts died 29 Sep 1921 in Shepherd, Isabella Co., Mich. [Ancestry D. issue of first wife.]

HAMMET PFOUTS - Pvt., Co. F, 19th OVI, enlisted 7 Sep 1861 at Trease's Store [Stark Co.], mustered 25 Sep 1861 at Alliance, Ohio; died 18 Sep 1862 at Huntsville, Ala., of typhoid pneumonia. At time of enlistment, he was age 19, gave birthplace as Mt. Eaton, Wayne Co., Ohio, occupation as farmer. In 1888, Hammet's mother Catherine [Ager] Fouts Hess applied for a Dependent Mother's pension alleging that Hammet's father, George Pfouts had gone to California with his sister's family in 1852, but left the party in Panama to return home and never arrived; that she had married Jacob Hess, a crippled watchmaker, on 12 Jan 1860 in Stark Co., 0. Catherine Pfouts Hess was granted the pension, died 3 May 1901 at Wilmont Ohio. [Ancestry A]

HENRY FOUTS - Pvt. , Co. D, 147th ONG Infantry, enlisted and mustered 16 May 1864 at Milton, Miami Co., Ohio; mustered out 30 Aug 1864, Camp Dennison. At time of enlistment was age 26, gave birthplace as Miami Co., occupation as farmer. Pension file documents that he was born 13 May 1838 in Union Twp., Miami Co., that he married Alice Whiteman on 20 Oct 1885 in Auglaize Co., Ohio; that he had two living children (1898): Anna Laura, b. 28 May 1887, and Robert John, b. 20 Mar 1889; that he was a farmer; and that he died l Aug 1910 at West Milton [Miami Co.]. His widow Alice died prior to 17 Jun 1941, when her pension check was returned marked "Deceased," [Henry was another son of John Fouts and Rosanna Waymire of Union Twp., Miami Co., Ohio. Ancestry B]

HENRY C. FOUTS - Pvt. , Co. G, 150th ONG Infantry, enlisted and mustered 5 May 1864 at Cleveland [Cuyahoga Co.]; mustered out 23 Aug 1864 at Cleveland. At time of enlistment, was age 18, gave birthplace as Cleveland, occupation as clerk. Pension file documents that Henry was born 22 Oct 1845 at Cleveland; that he was married to Gussie Galloway (date not given); that he was divorced in Indianapolis ("about" 1887-88); that he was a railroad baggage agent in Cincinnati, Indianapolis, and New York; that he died 10 Sep 1809 at the Southern Branch, National Home for Disabled Veterans, Hampton, Va., and that his next of kin was his sister: Mrs. Hattie E. Kechum, Whitestone, Long Island, N.Y.. [Henry was the son of Jacob Fouts and Harriet E. Cleckner of Cleveland. Family records say that Henry's wife was Augusta Solloway and that they were married 19 Dec 1866, that there were no children, Ancestry D, issue of first wife.]

JACOB B. FOUTZ - Sgt. , Co. C, 18th OVI (New), enlisted and mustered 26 Aug 1861 at Hamilton [Butler Co.] in Co. C, 35th OVI; re-enlisted as Veteran Volunteer, 16 Jan 1864 at Chattanooga, Tenn.; transferred to 18th OVI (New), 10 Nov 1864, and promoted to Sergeant-Regimental Color Bearer; mustered out 9 Oct 1865 at Augusta, Ga. At time of enlistment, was age 24, gave birthplace as Preble Co., Ohio, occupation as wool factor. Pension file documents that he was twice married; (1) Lydia Jane Oswalt "about 1865," divorced "about 1880" in Wabash, Ind.; (2) Regina Hess , 10 Nov 1883, who survived him, that he had three surviving children (1898): by (1), Anna M., married name Carruthers, and by (2) Bertha Flo, b. "about 1886," and (3) James Osa, b. "about 1888."; that Jacob B. Foutz was a laborer by occupation; that he died 28 Jan 1904 near Eaton [Preble Co.]. Regina Fouts' widow pension file documents that she was born 31 Jul 1843 in Franklin Co., Pa. [Attention FOUTZ-HESS, Ancestry E], that she was previously married to Jacob J. Thomas, who died 26 Apr 1875; that she married Jacob B. Foutz under the name of Virginia Thomas, 10 Nov 1883; that she died 6 Aug 1925 in Eaton. [Jacob B. was the son of Martin Foutz and Hannah Banta, of Lanier Twp., Preble Co., Ohio. Ancestry A]

JACOB N. FOUTS - Pvt. , Co. E, lst OVI (Three-Month Regiment) , enlisted Cleveland, O., 9 Apr 1861, mustered in at Lancaster, Pa., 29 Apr 1861; discharged 1 Aug 1861. At time of enlistment was age 20; no other personal data. Never filed for pension. [Jacob N. was the son of Jacob Fouts and Harriet E. Cleckner, of Cleveland. Family records say that he was born 26 Jun 1841; married Julia Solloway, 20 Mar 1867; and died 6 Jul 1870 at Cleveland. No issue indicated. No widow or minor child pension application filed, Ancestry D, issue of first wife.]

JEREMIAH N. FOUTZ - Pvt.. Co. C. 75th OVI. enlisted and mustered in at Eaton, Ohio, 17 Oct 1861; served in Maryland and Virginia, 1861-62; taken prisoner at Battle of Fredericksburg, 4 Jan 1863, and paroled; taken prisoner again at Battle of Chancellorville, 3 May 1863, and paroled at City Point, Va., 15 May 1863; deserted from Camp Parole, Md., 23 Jun 1863 but returned voluntarily 28 Aug 1863; again captured at Gainesville, Fla., 17 Aug 1864 [One must wonder about Jeremiah's heart not having been in the fighting]; paroled 31 Mar 1865 at Northeast Ferry, N.C., sent to College Green Barracks, Md.; mustered out individually, 21 Apr 1865 at Columbus, Ohio. At time of enlistment, was age 17; no other personal data. Pension file documents birth date as 7 Oct 1844 at West Alexandria, Preble Co., Ohio; marriage on 6 Dec 1866 to Mary Isyphene Sponceler at Hagerstown, Wayne Co., Indiana; his children as Clarence A., b. 18 Dec 1867; Frank C., b. 24 Nov 1869; Sarah Lulu, b. 1 Jun 1872; Cora, b. 22 Sep 1875; Martin A., b. 20 Jan 1878; Chester L., b. 20 Sep 1880; and Jere Lowell, b. 6 Feb 1894; and Jeremiah's death on 19 Mar 1933 at the Veterans Administration Hospital, Sawtelle, Los Angeles Co., Calif. No wife survived. Between his Civil War service and his death, Jeremiah had farmed near Hagerstown, Ind. ; Virgil City. Mo.; and Vacaville, Visalia, and Anaheim, Calif.. [He was the son of Martin Foutz and Sarah Vorhees Stover, of Lanier Twp., Preble Co.. Ohio. Ancestry A]

JOHN B. FOUTS - Pvt., Co. D, 5th OVI, enlisted and mustered 12 Feb 1864 at Cincinnati; wounded at New Hope, Ga., 25 May 1864; assigned to Co. A, 8th Veterans Reserve (prison guards), Chicago, Ill., while invalid; returned to active duty, 4 May 1865; mustered out near Louisville, Ky., 26 Jul 1865. At time of enlistment, John B. was age 18, gave birthplace as Miami Co., Ohio, occupation as farmer. Pension file documents that he was born 1 May 1846 in Miami Co.; that he was married twice: (1) Martha Jenkins, 16 Feb 1870, who died 19 Mar 1874; (2) Anna Bianca Winget. 21 Jan 1877 ; that he had three children: by (1) Willis Albert Fouts, b. 22 Sep 1871-d. 23 Mar 1872, and by (2) Edgar Winget Fouts, b. 18 Nov 1877, and Estella Winget Fouts, married name Zingenfelder, b. 18 May 1880; that he was for many years the Clerk of Courts of Miami County, Ohio; that he died 1 Nov 1915 in Piqua. His widow Anna survived, applied for a pension in 1915, but file is silent further. [John B. was another son of John Fouts and Rosanna Waymire of Union Twp., Miami Co., Ohio. The editor has a copy of John B. Fouts' own narrative of his Civil War service written to his son Edgar in Columbus, Ohio, in 1911 (18 pages, single spaced) available to anyone interested and who will pay copying costs and postage. Ancestry B]

JOHN N. FOUTS - Pvt., Co. C, 133rd ONG Infantry, enlisted and mustered 6 May 1864 at Westerville, Franklin Co., Ohio; mustered out 20 Aug 1864 at Columbus, Ohio. At time of enlistment, was age 18, gave birthplace as Franklin Co., Ohio, occupation as clerk. Pension file documents that John N. Fouts was married to Elizabeth Purdy on 22 Mar 1866 in Highland Co., Ohio; died 18 Dec 1873 at New Madison, Darke Co., Ohio, leaving a widow and two minor daughters; Edith P., b. 20 Nov 1868, and Edna B., b. 11 Nov 1870. John's pensioned widow died 5 Apr 1927 at Martinsville, Clinton Co., Ohio. [John Nelson Fouts was the son of Frederick Fouts and Catherine Coblentz and was born in German Twp., Montgomery Co., Ohio. Ancestry B]

JOHN W. PFOUTS - Pvt., Co. G, 50th OVI, enlisted Auglaize Co., Ohio, 12 Aug 1862; mustered in 27 Aug 1862-at Camp Dennison; entire service was on detached duty with regimental or brigade headquarters as hostler, wagoner, orderly, cook, musicians provost guard; mustered out 26 Jun 1865 at Salisbury, N.C. At time of enlistment, was age 27, gave birthplace as Auglaize Co., Ohio, occupation as farmer. Pension file documents that John Wesley Pfouts was born 1 Jun 1834 at Hampden, Geauga Co., Ohio; that he was married twice: (1) Anna Boyer, who died "about 1875," and (2) Eliza Cook, 24 Feb 1881, at Six Lakes, Montcalm Co., Mich.; that he had two surviving children (1898): John, b. 8 Jul 1881, and William Henry, b. 26 Aug 1883; that he died 20 Dec 1916 in Six Lakes, Mich. No application was made for a widow's pension. [John Wesley Pfouts was the son of Michael Pfouts and Ann Quiggle, of Hampden Twp., Geauga Co., Ohio, and Thornapple Twp., Barry Co., Mich. In 1904, the Family Bible of Michael and Ann Pfouts was in the possession of a grandson, Seneca F. Fouts, of Multnomah Co., Ore., who provided sworn testimony therefrom in behalf of his Uncle John's pension claim. Ancestry A]

JOSEPH W. FOUTS - Pvt., Co. F, 131st ONG Infantry, enlisted and mustered 2 May 1864 at Dayton, Montgomery Co., Ohio; spent entire tour of duty as cook at Post Hospital, Camp Chase, Columbus, 0. At time of enlistment, age not recorded, gave birthplace as Stark Co., Ohio, occupation as baker. Pension file documents that he was born 12 Sep 1832 at Massillon, Ohio; that he married Anna Dolen on 16 Feb 1859 in Linn Co., Iowa; that he had no children; that he deserted his wife on 1 Nov 1899 and moved to South St. Joseph, Mo., then to South Dakota, and finally to San Bernardino, Calif., where he died 11 Oct 1919. His deserted wife tried unsuccessfully to obtain half of his pension in 1900, apparently did not survive him. No application was made for a Widow's pension. [Joseph W. was another of orphaned son of Henry Pfouts and Fanny Gable, of Perry Twp., Richland Co., Ohio. Ancestry A]

LEMUEL FOUTS - Pvt., Co. G, 187th OVI, enlisted and mustered 7 Feb 1865 at Alliance, Stark Co., Ohio; discharged 30 May 1865 at Camp Dennison Cincinnati, Ohio. At time of enlistment, was age 18, gave birthplace as Mississippi, occupation as laborer. A hospital certificate in his military file, dated 2 Apr 1865. Camp Chase, gives his residence as Minerva, Carroll Co., Ohio, and his next of kin as his mother Ann Fouts. Pension file documents that he was born in Rankin Co., Miss., on 1 Jan 1840; that he was a lifelong illiterate; that he married Sarah J. McGee an 20 May 1869 in Carroll Co.; that his living children (1903) were Anne Bolden, age 32; Frank, age 29; Lola, age 27; Flora Lucas, age 22; Leroy, age 20; Russell, age 17; Lafa, age 12; and Willard, age 10; that he was laborer by occupation; that he died 7 Jul 1912 at the National Military Home, Dayton, Ohio. His widow Sarah died 27 May1932 at Steubenville, Jefferson Co., Ohio. [Lemuel's father has not been identified. His mother Ann Fouts has not been found to date in any other records. Minerva, Ohio, sets astride the Carroll-Stark county line--the Fouts in Carroll Co. were Ancestry D, issue of first wife. The Pfautz-Fouts of Stark Co. were Ancestries A and E]

LEONARD PFOUTS, - Sgt., Co. C, 2nd OV Cavalry, enlisted 4 Oct 1862 at Brookfield, Trumbull Co., Ohio; mustered into Federal Service 31 Dec 1862 at Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio; combat service, cook, remount sergeant at Pleasant Valley, Va.; mustered out 11 Sep 1865 at Benton Barracks, Mo.. At time of enlistment, was age 18, gave birthplace as Hartford Twp., Trumbull Co., gave occupation as farmer. Pension file documents that Leonard Pfouts was born 16 Dec 1843 in Hartford, Trumbull Co.; that he was married to Evaline Rosella Doud on 20 Sep 1870 at Vienna, Trumbull Co.; that his children, all of whom survived childhood, were Carrie Pfouts Slifer, b. 24 Jul 1871; Willard, b. 16 Feb 1873; Alta Pfouts Darnold. b. 21 Nov 1874; and Roy, b. 29 Oct 1876; that he died 29 Aug 1929 In Clarksburg Harrison Co., West Va. His widow, the daughter of Lucas Doud and Sarah Hartness, died 28 May 1936 at Nutter Fort, Harrison Co., West Va. [Leonard PFOUTS was the son of Michael Pfouts and Margaret Lafferty of Hartford Twp., Trumbull Co., Ohio. Ancestry A]

TO BE CONTINUED IN NEXT ISSUE

MORE DATA FROM CALIFORNIA:

FOUTS-FOUTZ IN GOLDEN STATE DEATH INDEX, 1930-39

Thanks again to Helen Fouts Haney of Walnut Creek, California, for providing new data for the surname file. This list is continuation of the Death Index 1905-1929 published in NEWSLETTER No. 4, October, 1981:

Date of Death Name of Decedent Age County of Death File No,

24 Jan l930 Alice E. FOUTS 72 Los Angeles 2191

4 May 1930 Emma FOUTS (Wife of D.) 66 Fresno 24348

11 Aug 1930 Mary F. FOUTS (Wife of D.P.) 77 Santa Clara 45249

24 Nov 1930 Lula FOUTS (Wife of J.L.) 58 San Francisco 60938

27 Mar 1931 H. FOUTS (Spouse of S.) 72 Stanislaus 24282

20 Apr 1931 Joel A. FOUTS 84 Napa 22050

3 Aug, 1931 Clarence FOUTZ (Husband of 0.) 55 Solano 46466

27 Sep 1931 Larry F. FOUTS 69 Alameda 46968

19 Mar 1933 Jeremiah N. FOUTZ 88 Los Angeles 16493

15 Apr 1933 Gerald G. FOUTZ 4 Los Angeles 22080

7 Sep 1933 Edward R. FOUTS (Husband of A.E.) 72 Los Angeles 48399

27 Sep 1934 Jefferson FOUTS 91 Los Angeles 49269

3 Jan 1935 Lucy A. FOUTS (Wife of H.L.) 87 San Francisco 5197

15 Jan 1935 Kellar FOUTS (Spouse of B.) 37 Los Angeles 3789

28 Feb 1935 Wiley B. FOUTS (Husband of E.B.) 78 Los Angeles 9264

5 Mar 1935 William R. FOUTS (Husband of A.S.) 66 Los Angeles 16688

11 Jul 1935 Anna E. FOUTS (Wife of J.) 68 Siskiyou 43418

10 Nov 1935 Albert R. FOUTS (Husband of R.) 32 Sonoma 67109

14 Nov 1935 Charles F. FOUTS 70 Santa Barbara 66740

29 Nov 1935 John L. FOUTS (Husband of L.) 86 San Francisco 72550

14 Jul 1936 Stella M. FOUTS (Wife of M.E.) 54 San Diego 44047

28 Jun 1937 Lorrin FOUTS (Husband of J.) 37 Santa Barbara 43850

29 Jul 1937 Benjamin FOUTS 71 Los Angeles 46832

4 Feb 1938 George FOUTS (Husband of L.) 71 San Francisco 12155

1 Nov 1938 Jess C. FOUTS (Husband of H.) 49 Los Angeles 67303

24 Sep 1939 Clarence FOUTS 69 Los Angeles 60694

Anyone interested in obtaining any of the above death certificates should write: Vital Statistics Section, State Dept. of Health, State of California, 410 N Street, Sacramento, CA 95814. Numbers are annual serials, so be sure and state the year of death as well as the file number where ordering. Enclose $3.00, payable to the State of California. for each certificate desired.

Excerpt from The Butte (Mont.) Miner, Saturday, June 18, 1910

WILLIAM G. PFOUTS, PIONEER, IS DEAD

"A remarkable career ended in this city last evening when William George Pfouts, pioneer merchant and mining man, who had made and lost a dozen fortunes, died at the age of 70 years, after a lingering illness. Surrounded by his wife and son and daughter, death came peacefully at the family home, 506 West Aluminum Street.”

"Mr. Pfouts has been a resident of this state since 1863, when he came to Virginia City from Colorado. Later he was in business in Pony and had been a resident of Butte since 1880. He was married to Miss Hettie Morris in St. Louis in 1876 and they were the parents of one son, Elmer, a surveyor, and two daughters, Mae and Helen, the latter residing in Butte.”

"Mr. Pfouts was born in Mount Eaton, Wayne Co., Ohio, Dec. 8, 1842. His parents were George and Sarah (Clark) Pfouts. He received an education in the public schools of his native county and when 16 years of age, in 1858, he left home on a small pacing mule, and in eastern Kansas joined a large party of emigrants bound for Colorado. After many thrilling encounters with hostile Indians the party arrived at a point near Denver in the winter of 1858.......”

Those interested in Pfouts family history are cautioned to take the story of William G. Pfouts' career, more than a column in length in the obituary, with some doubt. According to Census and other records, William G. Pfouts moved, as an infant, with his parents to Holt Co., Missouri, in 1843 where his father shortly died. In 1860, William G. Pfouts was working for his brother Paris Swayze Pfouts (see NEWSLETTER No. 3) on the rabidly proslavery St. Joseph (Mo.) Gazette. In 1861, when a pro-Union mob sacked the pro-Confederate newspaper, William G. fled with his brother to Denver. They were in Denver for only a short while when they again were forced to flee, due to their Southern sympathies, to Virginia City, Montana. After the Civil War, both brothers returned to St. Louis, where William G. again clerked for Paris S.---in the mercantile business. Prior to 1880, the business was liquidated and Paris S. moved to Dallas, Texas, where, by 1881, he was a co-owner of The Dallas Morning News, while William G. returned to Montana. Paris S. died in Dallas, also in 1910.

Also from Eaton, Ohio:

SOME FOUTS MARRIAGES FROM HARDIN CO., IOWA

George Pfouts, father of Parts S. and William G. above, was the son of George Pfoutz, third son of "Baron" John Pfoutz, of Pfoutz Valley, Cumberland (now Perry) Co., Pa. George Sr., moved to Ohio in 1804 with his sons Simeon, David, George, and Reuben. By 1810, the two elder sons had minds of their own, were given their inheritances by their father. Simeon went back to Pennsylvania (Clinton Co.). David settled in Augusta Co., Virginia. George, Sr., and son George, Jr., were active land speculators in Tuscarawas, Stark, Wayne and Holmes Co., Ohio (a four-corners area known as "Sugar Creek" now famous for its Amish settlement). Mt. Eaton, in the extreme southeast corner of Wayne County, was their trading center. George, Jr., was active in Mt. Eaton politics, was postmaster there in 1841-43, before moving to Holt Co., Missouri.

In 1825, a John Fouts, a hatter by trade, appeared in Mt. Eaton. This John Fouts had some connection to Henry Foutz, also a hatter, of Clear Spring, Washington Co., Maryland. He, seemingly, also had some connection to Jacob Foutz, of Franklin Co., Pa. (which bounds Washington Co., Md.) and Richland Co., Ohio, who became a Mormon convert in 1834 and moved to Missouri where he was among the wounded in Hahn's Mill Massacre, subsequently moving to Nauvoo, Illinois, then was in the first party into the Salt Lake Basin in 1846. Jacob Foutz was a grandson of Conrad Foutz (Ancestry E). Henry Foutz, of Clear Spring, Md., was a descendant of John David Pfautz (Ancestry D, issue of lst wife). But who was John Fouts, hatter, of Mt. Eaton? John died in April, 1838, in Mt. Eaton, leaving his widow Eleanor, nee Davis, and children Nicholas M., Theresa F., John, George Jacob, and George Washington (whether Pfouts or Fouts, they liked the name "George"), all born after 1826.

After the Census of 1850, John's family, excepting John, Jr., moved to DuPage Co., Illinois. John never left Wayne Co., Ohio. In 1864, the family, excepting George Jacob, who disappeared somewhere, moved to Hardin Co., Iowa. The following marriages, all from courthouse records at Eldora, county seat of Hardin, involved descendants of John Fouts, hatter, of Mt. Eaton, Ohio:

1 May 1889 Kate E. FOUTS and Sherman W. IBUCH, at Eldora E:87

14 Mar 1891 Fred E. FOUTS and Hattie E. SHUMWAY, at Knott E:133

1 Dec 1892 George FOUTS and Ona E. HAINES, at Mt. Pleasant E:156

11 Oct 1897 Mrs. Ona FOUTS and Frank FISK, at Steamboat Rock F:144

8 Oct 1899 George W. FOUTS and Mary A. PETRIE, at Cleves F:234

26 Mar 1901 Miss Minnie FOUTS and Chris CHISTENSEN, at Bride's home G:5

5 Nov 1902 Hayes R. FOUTS to Ida M. GUNER, at Abbott G:79

22 Dec 1902 Miss Emmaline FOUTS to Arthur M. GUNER, at Bride's home G:89

17 Feb 1903 Elmer FOUTS to Josie RIPPBERGER, at Abbott G:96

1 Oct 1903 Homer B. FOUTS and Myrtle GOULD, at Eldora G:122

12 Nov 1904 Homer B. FOUTS and Myrtle GOULD, at Eldora [?] F2:89

27 Mar 1907 Miss Frances Isabelle FOUTS and Stephen L. GILE,at Abbott G:287

Earlier records were being bound when JSD visited Eldora.

PFAUTZ-FOUTS-FOUTZ NEWSLETTER

No. 6 April, 1982 No. 6

Published by The Jacob Foutz Family Assn., Inc., 214 West Main St., Farmington, New Mexico 87401

OPERATIONS CONSOLIDATED AT FARMINGTON:

FAMILY RESEARCH CENTER RELOCATES FROM OHIO

EFFECTIVE APRIL 1, 1982

In a move negotiated by Dean R. Foutz, president of The Jacob Foutz Family Assn., Inc., of Honolulu, and authorized by JFFA's Board of Directors in early February, while Dean was on the Mainland for business and genealogical matters, Dr. John Scott Davenport, C.G., was named Director of Research with the understanding that he would relocate to Farmington, New Mexico, and establish the Pfautz-Fouts-Foutz Research Center there.

Effective April 1 (but more like April 15 in terms of getting files sorted and books shelved), the Pfautz-Fouts-Foutz Family Research Center is located at 214 West Main Street, Farmington, New Mexico 87401. All of Dr. Davenport's massive files concerning the family --- in all its spelling variations and throughout the United States --- are now located in the Center and will be available to family researchers. In 1978, the Genealogical Society of Utah microfilmed Dr. Davenport's Pfautz-Fouts-Foutz data collection, taking up three rolls of film, but the present collection is approximately five times that size. Dr. Davenport also brought his microfilm reader and large collection of public and census records on film to the Center.

Prior to relocation, Dr. Davenport's office was in his home between Kent and Rootstown, Ohio, and his research was largely self-supported.

For those who wish to visit the Center in Farmington, it is located first door west of the Allen Theater. For the present, it will be open only when Dr. Davenport is in Farmington, where he and Mrs. Davenport now reside at 2309 Western Avenue, with public hours of 9-to-5. As soon as an extension can be installed, Dr. Davenport may be reached during the working day at (505) 325-9211 or 325-9313, both of which will be answered "Allen Theaters." The Allen receptionist will connect you with Dr. Davenport or take messages. During the evenings and on weekends, Dr. Davenport may be reached at (505) 326-1044, his home phone.

Larry Allen, president of Allen Theaters, Inc., is Chairman of the Board of JFFA, Inc., and immediate past president of the family group,

The NEWSLETTER will be edited and composed by Dr. Davenport in Farmington but will continue to be published by Dean R. Foutz in Honolulu. Please send all address changes, etc., relative to NEWSLETTER distribution to Dean in Honolulu, but all questions, data exchanges, and contributions should be sent to the Farmington address. All donations and contributions should be directed to the attention of: Betty N. Payne, Treasurer, at the West Main address,

JFFA REUNION SET FOR MONDAY, May 31 (MEMORIAL DAY):

RAY-PHOUTS GROUP PLANS THREE-DAY EVENT AT

LONGVIEW, TEXAS, June 11-13

Monday, May 31, the Memorial Day holiday, has been set as the date for this year's Annual Reunion and Business Meeting of the Jacob Foutz Family Association, Inc. The all-day affair will be held at the Elmer F. Taylor Park, immediately north of the LDS Stake Center in Farmington, New Mexico, beginning at 10 a.m. with a Business and Genealogy session for the adults and organized activities (horseshoes, softball, etc., for the youngsters and those not interested in either the business or the genealogy). Deep-pit barbecue plus fixings and other stuff will be served at 12:30. At 2:00 p.m., there will be a Family Program and organized activities (for the youngsters and those adults who are just coming to eat and play).

Dr. Davenport will be the featured speaker at the morning session---and will be available all day for consultation. Dewey Foutz and Bruce Beckstead are co-chairman this year.

DOWN IN TEXAS, the Joseph and Mary (PHOUTS) Ray Association will hold a three-day reunion at the Globe Trotter Motel, 1300 Marshall Avenue, Longview, on Friday-to-Sunday, June 11-13, according to Marvin B. McCarley. There will be banquets both Friday and Saturday evenings. Reservations should be made directly to the Motel (Zip 75601). Registrations of $18.00 a head should be made to Connie Foster, 8132 Riggs Lane, Overland Park, Kansas 66204.

No detail on the program, but Ray-Phouts group always have a good program,

Pfautz-Fouts-Foutz folks who would like to attend either affair are welcome. No advance notice needed for Farmington, but make reservations for Longview. Anyone who has a Fouts, etc., reunion planned can have it publicized in this NEWSLETTER. Anything after July 20, 1980, is welcome now --- our next issue should be out before then.

An Apology to John Eby Pfautz:

A CUNNING POLITICIAN., SOME WILD STORY TELLING CLOUDED PFOUTS HISTORY

One of the continuing enigmas in Pfautz-Fouts-Foutz research is how John Eby Pfautz, the pioneer genealogist of the family who published his description of the family of John Michael Pfautz in 1881, could have been so fastidious and correct relative John (Hans) Michael Pfautz, Jr., and his descendants and yet so outrageously wrong relative to family patriarch. John Michael, Sr., and the rest of the family.

After more than a decade of studying the family, Dr. Davenport has developed a theory which largely excuses John Eby Pfautz and which is three-fold in attributing the cause of error: (1) Only Hans Michael, Jr., converted from Lutheranism to Dunker and his descendants, including John Eby Pfautz, through 1900 largely remained faithful to that fellowship, which was essentially closed and limited in number---particularly prior to 1850; (2) Senator Simon Cameron, of Pennsylvania, had a political liability in his Mormon cousins from 1840-on, and purposely claimed his Foutz connections (his Mother was a daughter of Conrad Foutz) to have been among the Brethren Pfautz of Lancaster Co., Pa., and the Lutheran-Methodist Pfoutz of Perry and Lycoming counties, Pa.; and (3) the descendants of George Pfouts, of Wayne-Holmes counties, Ohio, namely one Paris Swayze Pfouts, who were given to gilding the lily--- if not indulging in creative genealogy.

As a Dunker during the period prior to 1881 while he was collecting material for his Pfautz genealogy, John Eby Pfautz had both communication and confidence in the reliability of the data obtained in communication with his Dunker kinfolk, but he erred when he extended that same confidence to Senator Cameron's representations or to Paris Swayze Pfouts. Doubtless only Cameron's motives were ulterior. Fanciful genealogy and history seems to have run among the sons and grandsons of George Pfouts, Sr., of Ohio (who was a son of John Pfoutz, the "Baron” of John Eby's book). Grandsons Paris S. and William left behind interesting historical accounts which were highly creative in parts --- Paris tended to overblow and gild while William largely indulged in creative history. Their various roles in frontier Missouri, Colorado, Montana, and Texas need to be corroborated by impartial evidence. But back in Holmes Co., Ohio, cousin David Pfouts, a miller and farmer, suffered from the same malady. in 1889, David gave out the following story;

“ ... George Pfouts, the great-grandfather of [David Pfouts], a native of Italy, emigrated to America at an early day, and located in Pennsylvania, near the present city of Philadelphia. He was very friendly with the Indians at that period, and spent several weeks each fall in fishing and hunting with them. As a token of their friendship, they presented him with a tract of several thousand acres of land, on which he settled, and which today is known by the name of Pfouts Valley. His son, George Pfouts, the grandfather of [David] was a surveyor by profession and a soldier in the War of the Revolution..."

David Pfouts' great-grandfather was John Pfoutz, who was born in Germany. The Indian story has no corroboration in fact. John Pfoutz was a tavernkeeper in Strasburg Lancaster Co., Pa., who got into the land business largely by lending money and taking land as security.

Senator Cameron's prestige obviously dominated in John Eby Pfautz's inclusion of Conrad--erroneously --- as a son of John Michael Pfautz, Sr., but if one of the most prestigious politicians of these days claimed to be a cousin of yours, would you look a gift horse in the mouth? John Eby had both deckstackers and exaggerators to contend with.

Order of Immigrant Ancestors

For reference as well as for the information of our new readers, we repeat the PFAUTZ-FOUTS-FOUTZ Ancestor List in order of emigration from Germany to America to identify the subject matter within the purview of this Newsletter. There have been no additions since the list issued on July 1, 1981:

(A) Hans Michael PFAUTZ, Sr., of Lancaster Co., Pa.; Immigrant of 1727.

(B) Jacob PFAUTZ, of York Co., Pa.; Immigrant before 1730.

(C) Theobald PFAUTZ, (David Fouts, Sr.), of Randolph Co., N.C.; Immigrant of 1738.

(D) John David PFAUTZ, of Washington Co., Md., (issue of first wife); Rowan - Davidson Cos.,

N.C. (issue of second wife), Immigrant of 1749.

(E) Conrad FOUTZ, of Franklin Co., Pa.; Immigrant of 1752.

(F) Johann Jacob PFAUTZ, of Philadelphia, Pa.; Immigrant of 1773.

(G) Michael PFOUTS, Sr.. of Harrison Co., Ohio; Immigrant of 1787.

(H) John FOUTS, of Morgan Co., Ohio; Immigrant of 1820.

(I) Adam FOUTZ, of Adams Co., Pa.; Immigrant of 1839.

(J) Jacob FOUTZ, of Baltimore Co., Md.; Immigrant of 1849.

(K) Lewis FOUTZ, of Montgomery Co., Ohio: Immigrant of 1850.

(L) Adam FOUTZ, of Dearborn Co., Ind.; Immigrant of 1854.

(M) William FAUTZ. of San Francisco, Calif., Immigrant of 1855.

(N) Gottlieb PFAUTZ, of Philadelphia, Pa.; Immigrant of 1857.

(0) William FOUTZ, of Norfolk, Va.; Immigrant of 1866.

In the Seventeenth Century (1600s) the PFAUTZ were located on both sides of the Neckar River, east of the Rhine, in what is now Baden and Wurtemberg States, Germany.

CENSUS OF 1900:

FOUTZ-FOUTS IN ARIZONA AND UTAH AT TURN OF CENTURY

Thanks to Janet K. Pease of Arvada, Colorado, who has ready access to the Regional Records Center at Denver and who has located all Fouts, etc., enumerated in the United states as living in states west of the Mississippi in the Census of 1900, we give you following Soundex listings for Utah and the Arizona Territory, The complete data for each enumeration may be found by referring to the original Census books, per citation given.

ARIZONA TERRITORY

Surname, First Name Birth Month, Year Age Birthplace Relationship

Navajo County, Winslow, 3-41-10-42

FOUTS, Dellilah Unknown ?? Utah Lodger

(in household of John D, Woodyman)

Yavapai County, Prescott Precinct: 5-60-4-71

FOUTES, John R. Nov 1866 33 Arizona Head of Hshld

“ , Reitta C. Jun 1884 15 “ Wife

(plus eight boarders)

Coconina County, Navajo Indian Reservation: 5-753-41-64

FOUTZ, Joseph L. Mar 1837 62 Missouri Head of Hshld

“ , Emma E. May 1853 47 Iowa Wife

“ , Maud Dec 1879 20 Arizona Daughter

“ , Alma L. Mar 1882 18 “ “

“ , Altha July 1885 14 “ “

“ , Lois May 1887 12 “ “

“ , Jocy Nov 1889 10 “ “

“ , Elmer Aug 1893 6 “ Son

“ , Hervey Apr 1896 4 “ “

Coconina County, Navajo Indian Reservation: 5-755-40-69

FOUTZ, Lehi J. Sept 1877 22 Utah [Blank]

(in household of Charles H. Algert)

Navajo County, Winslow: 3-41-16-50

FOUTZ, Mary J. Nov 1869 30 Utah Lodger

(in household of Otis S. Reeder)

UTAH

Sevier County, Richfield Precinct and City: 8-35-8-72

FOUTZ, Amanda Mar 1839 62 Ohio Head of Hshld

“ , Cassie Nov 1873 26 Utah Daughter

Sevier County, Richfield Precinct and City:. 8-35-8-11

FOUTZ, Esbind E. May 1863 37 Utah Living Alone

Garfield County, Panguitch Precinct and City: 2-95-7-33

FOUTZ, Esbon A. May 1862 38 Utah Head of Hshld

“ , Eliza A. Jul 1870 29 “ Wife

“ , Alonzo J. May 1890 10 Arizona Son

“ , Harold B. Sep 1892 7 “ “

“ , Earl Apr 1895 5 Utah “

“ , Nadine Aug 1897 2 “ Daughter

Surname, First Name Birth Month, Year Age Birthplace Relationship

Utah County, Provo City: 9-63-21-37

FOUTZ, Frank Feb 1869 31 Missouri Head of Hshld

“ , Aura Oct 1866 33 Illinois Wife

“ , Eva G. Sep 1892 7 Utah Daughter

“ , Gladys J. Apr 1898 2 “ “

“ , Nancy Dec 1832 67 Indiana Mother

Utah County, Pleasant Grove Precinct and City: 9-162-7-51

FOUTZ, Jacob Aug 1845 55 Illinois Head of Hshld

“ , Sarah A. Oct 1844 55 England Wife

“ , Maggie Jul 1880 19 Utah Daughter

“ , George T. Sep 1882 17 “ Son

“ , James H. Aug 1887 12 “ “

“ , Merle Feb 1889 11 “ “

If any known Foutz-Fouts, etc., were missed, they may have been Soundex coded as Fonts. The u and n in script were easily confused by the coders. Fouts is Soundex Code F32, while Fonts is F532. This is being checked. Ultimately, we hope to give you all the Pfautz-Fouts-Foutz, etc., enumerated in the Census of 1900 as located by Soundex.

VARIOUS HOOSIER COUNTIES:

SOME EARLY FOUTS MARRIAGES (Before 1860)

These are largely drawn from Indiana counties where there was not a large Fouts, etc., presence:

Marriage

Date of Marriage Parties County Record

31 Mar 1846 Margaret J. FOUTS and James B. ALLYN Adams B: 15

29 Jul 1847 Rachel FOUTS and John CRIPE Clinton 2:131

16 Oct 1842 Lewis C. FOUTS and Laura A. HEDRICK Franklin 4:187

15 Nov 1831 Hawkins C. FOUTS and Lydia SHARP Fountain 1: 98

25 May 1834 William FOUTS and Lydia WORTHINGTON Fountain 1:166

3 Mar 1838 Susan FOUTS and John COOK Fountain 1:337

1 Apr 1841 Eli FOUTS and Mary Ann BLACKFORD Fountain 2: 31

21 Mar 1846 Susan FOUTS and John ARD Lawrence C: 59

13 Jan 1849 Mary Ann FOUTS and William FORBY Lawrence C:177

14 Oct 1836 John FOUTZ and Priscilla SOUT[?] Monroe B:139

19 May 1844 William D. FOUTS and Charity WHARTON St. Joseph 2:371

25 Dec 1851 Hiram J. FOUTS and A. A. ETHELL Floyd 3:387

21 Feb 1851 Joseph FOUTS and Mary COAN Fulton A:239

6 Mar 1851 Young FOUTS and Martha GRIMES Greene E:244

12 Mar 1853 Nathan FOUTS and Mary ASHER LaPorte C:210

8 May 1853 William R. FOUTS and Elizabeth SKELTON Putnam [?]

2 Oct 1855 Frederick FOUTS and Jane Ann ROSS White 2: 97

29 Jan 1823 Angus FOUTS and Mary BOLES Scott 1: 45

19 Jan 1843 Lemon 0. FOUTS and Evaline REED Scott 2:133

20 Apr 1847 William D. FOUTS and Eleanor LOUGHRAN Scott 2:263

Date of Marriage Parties County Record

7 Apr 1844 Harriet FOUTS and Angus McNEAL Jennings C:300

1 Oct 1853 Lewis FOUTS and Sarah HUCKLEBERRY Jennings F:208

3 Dec 1846 Susan FOUTS and John IMBLER Marion 4:213

1 Oct 1857 Albert FOUTS and Louisa OSBORN Marion 6:628

26 Sep 1850 Samuel FOUTS and Nancy IMBLER Boone 2:296

29 Nov 1858 Louisa Jane FOUTS and John W. ESTEP Boone 3:374

5 Aug 1837 Betsey FOUTS and Joseph WINTERS Hamilton A:[?]

29 Jul 1839 Martha FOUTS and Thomas STAFFORD Hamilton A:[?]

16 Sep 1848 Charlotte FOUTS and Amos P. CASLER (Kessler) Hamilton 1:251

6 Jun 1855 Catherine FOUTS and William R. CHAPMAN Vigo 1:235

9 Apr 1856 Emily FOUTS and Reuben PEARCE Vigo 1:350

24 Jul 1856 Susan FOUTS and Robert CHAPMAN Vigo 1:383

9 Oct 1856 Jame FOUTS and Lovicy JOHNSON Vigo 1:412

16 Aug 1821 John FOUTS and Peggy LINDSEY Pike A: 9

27 Dec 1827 Daniel FOUTS and Nancy SIMPSON Pike A: 26

19 Feb 1831 John FOUTS and Nancy McCREARY Pike A: 41

20 Apr 1840 David FOUTS and Christine TRAYLER Pike A: 88

30 Nov 1844 Leonard FOUTS and Elizabeth REPLOGLE Carroll 1.282

3 Jun 1847 George FOUTS and Barbara OAKS (Okerson) Carroll 1:(?)

23 Oct 1847 Daniel FOUTS and Mary PIPPENGER Carroll 2: 12

12 Jun 1848 Henry FOUTS and Mary GROW Carroll 2: 60

12 Sep 1850 John FOUTS and Esther ULERY Carroll 2:193

4 Nov 1840 John PFOUTZ and Eliza MARTIN Cass # 470

9 Sep 1848 Susan PFOUTS and David KNOYER Cass #1024

23 Nov 1843 Eliza FOUTS and Joseph MULL Miami 1: 7

OHIOANS (LESS MORGAN COUNTY) IN THE CIVIL WAR:

BUCKEYE FOUTS, PFOUTS, Etc., WHO SERVED IN UNION ARMY - Concluded

Picking up where we left off in January (No. 5), here are the rest of the Fouts, etc., who wore the Union blue in Ohio regiments during the War between the States:

LOUIS C. FOUTS -Asst. Surgeon, 94th Ohio Volunteer Infantry; Surgeon, 2nd Tennessee Mounted Infantry. Entered service with 94th Ohio, 21 Aug 1862, became ill in the field, resigned at Murfreesboro, Tennessee, 18 Apr 1863. Recovered from illness (acute dysentery), re-entered service 14 Jun 1864 at Nashville, Tennessee, as Surgeon, 2nd Tennessee Mounted Infantry, with which he served until mustered out 17 May 1865. Most of Tennessee service was detached from unit, serving as Post Surgeon at Tennessee Barracks, Nashville, and as Staff Surgeon at Army Hospitals at Clifton and Johnsonville, Tennessee. Dr. Fouts was 45-years-old at the beginning of his second tour. Prior to service, Dr. Fouts practiced medicine in Troy, Miami County, Ohio. The dysentery which ended his first tour was never cured and caused him to ultimately give up his practice and retire as an invalid to Laurel, Franklin Co., Indiana, where he died 19 Jun 1876. His widow, nee Laura A. Hedrick, who he married 15 Dec 1842 in Franklin Co., Ind., was granted a widow's pension. She died 26 Feb 1899. [Dr. Fouts was the son Andrew Fouts and Sarah Hawkins. Ancestry C.]

LYCURGUS PFOUTS - Pvt., Co. F, 19th OVI (Ohio Volunteer Infantry), mustered-in 25 Sep 1861, Alliance, Ohio, as age 18, a blacksmith by trade, and born Milton, Stark Co., Ohio; re-enlisted as a Veteran Volunteer Jan 1864 at Flat Creek, Tennessee; mustered-out at San Antonio, Texas, 24 Oct 1865. On 31 Jan 1887, Pfouts applied for a disability pension and so qualified. Subsequently, at various times, he advised the Pension Bureau that he was born 10 Aug 1844, that he had married Rachel C. Hurraw in Stark Co., Ohio, on 24 Jan 1867, that he spent his entire life after service in or near Wilmot, Stark Co., Ohio, and that he had five children, three of whom: Varene, b. 18 Oct 1867; Ion M., b. 1 May 1875; and Mary Catherine, b. 31 Aug 1884, survived infancy. He died 17 April 1915 at Wilmot. His widow apparently died as her pension application was being processed. [Ancestry A.]

MATTHIAS H. FOUTTS - lst Sgt., Co. A, 115th OVI; mustered-in 18 Sep 1862 at Massillon, Stark Co., Ohio; served on detached service with the Army of the Cumberland; mustered-out 22 Jun 1865 at Murfreesboro, Tenn. At the time of enlistment, he was age 22, a native of Columbiana Co., Ohio, and a school teacher by occupation. During his service, he was recommended for a commission with the U.S. Colored Troops which he refused to accept. Following the Civil War, Foutts was active in manufacturing and politics in East Liverpool, Columbiana Co., but was stricken in mid-career by mental illness. He died 29 Sep 1886 at Cleveland. In her application for a pension, Matthias' widow proved that they had been married 12 Jan 1875 at East Liverpool, that her maiden name was Sabina Bloor, and that she had previously been married to and divorced from Lewis C. Wylie, and that their only child was Robert Tilden Foutts, b. 11 Aug 1876. Matthias' widow died 19 Oct 1926 at East Liverpool, [Ancestry E?]

ROBERT B. FOUTTS - Corp., Co. B, 12th Ohio Cavalry; 1st Lt., Co. B, 72nd U.S. Colored Infantry; mustered-in 24 Nov 1863 at Cleveland; discharged 29 Sep 1864 to accept commission in U.S. Colored Troops. Was age 24 at time of enlistment, a native of Columbiana Co., Ohio, and was a school teacher by occupation. [Brother of Matthias.] Mustered-out of service 16 Aug 1865 at Louisville, Ky. Never applied for a pension. [Both Matthias and Robert B. Foutts were son of Thomas Foutts and Rebecca Flowers. Ancestry E?]

RICHARD H. FOUTS - lst Lt., Regimental Quartermaster, 32nd OVI; later (1884) was placed on Army lists as Capt., Co. I, 32nd OVI, effective 17 Jul 1864; enlisted 12 Jul 186L at Carrollton, Carroll Co., Ohio, as Pvt.; subsequently rose through the ranks; mustered-out 2 Nov 1864 at Chattanooga, Tenn. Captured at Harpers Ferry, Va., 15 Sep 1862, and immediately paroled. Never filed for a pension, nor did a widow file for a pension. [Son of George Fouts and Eleanor Hemming. Was a merchant in Carrollton at outbreak of Civil War. Ancestry D, issue of first wife.]

SAMUEL FOUTS - Pvt. , Co. D, 4th OVI, Corp., 15th OVI; Sgt., 136th ONG (National Guard) infantry [a 100-day regiment]; Corp., 187th OVI, Mustered-in for three months service, Camp Dennision (Cincinnati), 4 May 1861; mustered-out 18 Aug 1861 at Patterson, Hardin Co., Ohio. Mustered-in 15th OVI, Mansfield, Ohio, 11 Sep 1861; in hospital 13 Feb 1862 until 22 Oct 1862 when given medical discharge. Mustered-in 23 May 1864, 136 ONG Infantry; mustered-out 31 Aug 1864 at Camp Chase (Columbus), Mustered-in 14 Feb 1865, 187th OVI, at Camp Chase, promoted to Corporal and assigned as Clerk, Freedman's Bureau, Macon, Ga., where served until mustered-out there on 20 Jun 1866. Enlistment papers give Samuel's birthplace as Morrow Co., Ohio, his age at last enlistment as 24, by occupation a farmer. On 14 Feb 1890, Samuel E. Fouts, of Westerville, Franklin Co., Ohio, filed for an invalid's pension. Subsequently, he advised the Pension Bureau that he was born in Richland Co., Ohio, 13 Apr 1839; that he had married Julia A. Shanck 17 Feb 1863 in Morrow Co., Ohio, and that he had four children: Rosabelle, b. 12 Jan 1864; Edith L., b. 15 Dec 1866; DeWitt S., b. 31 Jul 1868; and Albert C., b. 2 Jan 1874, of whom DeWitt S. did not survive until 1897. Samuel E. Fouts died in Westerville, Ohio, 9 Nov 1915. If a wife survived, she did not file for a pension. [Samuel E. held the record for serving in most regiments. He was another of orphaned sons of Henry Pfouts and Fanny Gable. Of all those sons, only Samuel E.'s son Albert C. carried the surname into the next generation. Ancestry A.]

SAMUEL FOUTS - Corp., Co., E, 131 ONG Infantry [ 100-days ]; mustered- in 14 May 1864 at Camp Chase, Ohio; mustered-out 25 Aug 1864, same place. Apparently spent entire tour of duty guarding lighthouses on Lake Erie. On 27 Jun 1892, Fouts filed for an invalid's pension, Subsequently, he advised the Pension Bureau that he was a resident of Germantown, Montgomery Co., Ohio, at the time of his enlistment; that he married Mary J, Williamson on 10 Oct 1861 in Montgomery Co.; and that his only issue was Calvin Courtney Fouts, b. 18 Jan 1863, He died 29 Aug 1900 in Middletown, Butler Co., Ohio, His pensioned widow died 18 Sep 1920 at the same place. [This Samuel Fouts was the son of John Fouts and Mary Judy, of German Twp., Montgomery Co., Ohio. Ancestry B.]

SOLOMON FOUTZ - Pvt., 3rd Independent Battery, Ohio Light Artillery; Mustered-in 17 Jan 1862 at Hanoverton, Columbiana Co., Ohio; on detached duty as Provost Guard at Cincinnati, July-August, 1862; died 15 Oct 1863 at Army General Hospital, Memphis, Tenn. Discharge (by death) Certificate states that Foutz was born in Jefferson Co., Ohio, was age 22, and was a laborer by occupation. [Solomon was the son of Israel Foutts and Harriet Garretson, of Jefferson Co., Ohio. Ancestry E?]

THOMAS FOUTS - Pvt., Co. I, 23rd OVI; mustered-in 11 Jun 1861 at Camp Jackson, near Columbus, on enlistment at Cleveland; sickened in November, 1861, and hospitalized thereafter at Cincinnati, Charleston, Wheeling, Raleigh (Va.); then served as hostler for General officers at Brigade and Divisional headquarters; mustered-out 30 Jun 1864 on expiration of enlistment Army records state he was age 19 at time of enlistment, was born in Hampden, Geauga Co., Ohio, and was a farmer by occupation. On 20 Mar 1888, Thomas Fouts, of Montcalm Co., Mich., filed for an invalid pension. Subsequently, he told the Pension Bureau that he was born 1 Oct 1840 in Geauga Co., Ohio, that he was married 16 Oct 1867 to Lydia Ann Babcock at Thornapple, Barry Co. , Mich. , and that his only children were Addie Kay Fouts (married name Leasia) , b. 17 Sep 1868, and Frank Ernest Fouts, b. 30 Aug 1876, who died between 1898 and 1915. Thomas F. Fouts died 23 Jun 1927 at Soldiers Home, Michigan. If a widow survived, she did not file for a pension, The following affidavit of interest is included in Thomas Fouts' pension file in the National Archives:

State of Oregon )

) : ss.

County of Clackamas )

I, Darius Fouts, being duly sworn on oath say:

That I reside in Clackamas County, Oregon, and that I am a brother of Thomas Calvin Fouts, who resides in Howard City, Michigan, whom I personally know was a member of Co. I, 23 Ohio Vol.

That I have in my possession a book known as Dr. Doodridge's Family Expositor, of which I cannot state the date of printing, the date of publication being torn out of same, but I personally know that it was the family bible and record, kept by my father, Michael Fouts, and that I have had it in my possession since said Michael Fouts died, and have known of it and see it from my childhood up to the present time as being the family record of birth and death in our family.

That it contains the birth of my mother and father and shows that my mother was born Oct. 15th, 1811, and my father was born May 1, 1809.

The record also shows that my brother Thomas Calvin Fouts was born on the 1st day of Oct. 1840, and I was born Nov. 30, 1844.

Affiant states that he knows of his own knowledge that the record above referred to is the true record of the date of birth of said Thomas Calvin Fouts and that the same is contained in the family bible now in my possession, and that the writing therein is in the hand writing of my father and the father of said Thomas Calvin Fouts, and was written by him.

/s/ Darius Fouts

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 11th day of November, A.D. 1910.

/s/ E. L. Moulton

Notary Public for Oregon

[Both Thomas C. and Darius Fouts were the sons of Michael Pfouts and Ann Quiggle, who moved from Geauga Co., Ohio, to Barry Co., Michigan, shortly before 1860. Michael was the grandson of "Baron" John Pfoutz, of Pfoutz Valley in the forks of the Susquehanna and Juniata rivers, Pa.]

THOMAS J. FOUTS - Corp., Co. I, 136th ONG infantry [ 100-Days]; mustered-in 13 May 1864, Camp Chase, O.; mustered-out 31 Aug 1864 at same place. Was age 18 at time of enlistment at Johnsonville, Morrow Co.. Ohio. No other data. Never filed for a pension. [This was another of the orphaned sons of Henry Pfouts and Fanny Cable of Richland Co., Ohio, previously of Washington Twp., Franklin Co., Pa. Ancestry A.]

WILSON B. FOUTS - Pvt. , Co. B. , 156th ONG Infantry [ 100-Days]; mustered-in 17 May 1864, Camp Dennision [Cincinnati]; mustered out I Sep 1864, same place. Military data includes age 18 at enlistment, born Darke Co., Ohio, enlisted Eaton (Preble Co.), Ohio, occupation as shoemaker. On 7 Jul 1890, Wilson B. Fouts, of Union City, Randolph Co., Indiana, filed for an invalid's pension. Subsequently, he told the Pension Bureau that he was born 20 Mar 1846 in Preble Co., Ohio; that he was married 19 Sep 1867 to Minera Rynearson at Ithaca, Darke Co., Ohio, who died on 4 Mar 1890; that he then married Esther Gettinger 18 Jun 1891 near Union City, Randolph Co., Indiana; and that he was the father of four children, all by his first wife: Orion, b. 14 Aug 1869; Dell, b. 20 Feb 1871; Earl, b. 19 Sep 1872, and Wade, b. 20 Apr 1876-d. 30 Sep 1876. Wilson B. Fouts died 4 Sep 1925 at Centerville, Wayne Co., Indiana, The date of his widow's death is not included in the Pension file available to the public. [Wilson B. Fouts was the son of Benjamin Fouts and Susanna Coblentz of Butler Twp., Darke Co., Ohio. Ancestry B.]

This concludes the Pfautz-Fouts-Foutz, etc., who served in the Union Army from Ohio, except for all of those from Morgan County, who--with one exception --- were all descendants of Andrew Fouts and Ann Lemen. We will rest on Ohio for an issue or so --- and consider family members who served from other states. Such as:

CALIFORNIA

ANDREW J. FOUTS - Pvt. , Co. I, lst California Infantry; enlisted 17 Aug 1861 at Marysville; mustered-in 26 Aug 1861 at Presidio, San Francisco; deserted while on detached duty, Mesilla, Arizona Territory, 10 Nov 1862. Military data includes age of 29 at time of enlistment, birthplace as Union Co., Indiana, and occupation as ranchero. Rather unusual data in Company Descriptive Book states that Fouts was bow-legged, had traveled 195 miles to join regiment, and that his next of kin was Lydia Searl, of Portland, Jay Co., Indiana. No pension claim was filed relative to this service. [He was the son of Hawkins Fouts and Lydia Sharp, and a nephew of Dr. Lewis C. Fouts supra. Hawkins Fouts died on the way to California before 1850. His widow married Elijah Searle in Jay Co., Indiana, in 1860. Ancestry C.]

NEVADA

MARION J. FOUTS - Co. A, lst Bn, Nevada Cavalry; mustered-in 17 Aug 1663 at Fort Churchill, Nevada Territory; duty as Indian scout, railroad guard, overland express rider, in Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, and Utah; mustered-out 17 Jul 1866 at Camp Douglas, Utah Territory. On 12 Jul 1890, Marion J. Fouts, of Pauline, Adams Co., Nebraska, filed for an invalid pension. Subsequently, he told the Pension Bureau that he was born 22 March 1845 and 22 Mar 1848 (each date was given twice at various times over a 20-year period) in Warsaw, Hancock Co., Ill.; that he was married 21 Feb 1876 to Maria Jane Wissvell in Pauline, Adams Co., Nebr.; that he had eight children, all living (1915): Ashley H., b. I Nov 1876; Grace F., b. 19 Jul 1879; Laura E., b. 25 Mar 1882; Daniel W. and Don C., b. 10 Nov 1884; Nora J., b. 10 May 1889; Logan, b. 3 Feb 1896; and Marion J., Jr., b. 24 Jun 1902. Marion J. Fouts died 27 Jul 1933 at Pauline, Adams Co., Nebr. His widow apparently did not Survive him. [He is believed to have been the son of Daniel Fouts and Emmeline Perry, but documentation is still lacking. Ancestry A?]

KANSAS

ZIMRI M. FOUTS - PVL.., Co. E., 1lth Kansas Cavalry; mustered-in Fort Leavenworth, 13 Sep 1862.; sick in hospital at Fort Scott, Jan-Feb 1863; died at home in Coffey Co., Kansas, 1 May 1863. At time of, enlistment, Fouts gave his age as 41, his birthplace as Fayette Co., Indiana, and his occupation as a farmer. On 13 Aug 1865, his widow Catherine married William Morrow in Coffey Co., Kans. In 1869, Catherine Morrow filed for a pension for her Fouts children. She had divorced Morrow by this-time. She provided documentation that she had married Zimri M. Fouts on 10 May 1846 in Wapello Co., Iowa, that her maiden name was Catherine McMahan, and that she and Fouts had been the parents of four children: Lettissa Jane, b. 21 Mar 1849; William Henry, b. 16 Jan 1853; Martha Malinda, b, 10 Jul 1857; and Dora Alice, b. 13 Mar 1860. No further data. [Zimri N. Fouts was the son of Noah Fouts and Phebe Nelson of Taylor Co., Iowa, and Union Co., Indiana. Ancestry C]

NEW YORK

ALBERT PFAUTZ - 2nd Lt., Co. F, 52nd New York Infantry; mustered-in New York City, 1 Nov 1861; seriously wounded at Battle of Fair Oaks, Va., 1 Jun 1862; died 18 Jun 1862 at Philadelphia. In filing for a pension, his widow provided documentation [in German] that Otto Albert Willibald Pfautz and Louisa Amalie Maurer (herself) were married on 25 Nov 1846 in a Catholic ceremony in Prussia, both parties being natives of that State, and that there had been no children. On 19 Mar 1895, Amelia Pfautz, of New York City, was dropped from the Pension rolls because of her failure to claim her pension since 4 Nov 1891. [Albert Pfautz was the son of Benjamin Frederich Pfautz of Prussia. No descendants.]

GEORGE W. FOUTS - Pvt., Co. D, 122nd New York infantry; recruited by bounty promoters in Fulton Co., Ill., mustered-in at Syracuse, N.Y., 17 Mar 1864; became sick, was hospitalized at Washington, New York, and Rochester until discharged 23 Jun 1865. Was age 21 at time of enlistment, gave birthplace as Blair Co., Pa., occupation as a farmer. In 1892, Fouts filed for an invalid pension. Subsequently, he advised the Pension Bureau that he was born 19 Nov 1842 in Blair Co., Pa.; that he had moved from Fulton Co., Ill., to Tremont Co., Iowa, in 1869 and resided therein at Riverton since; that he had married Mariah Pigley, 4 Jul 1869 at St. Augstine, Knox Co., Ill., and that she had died 1 Nov 1881 at Riverton; that there were no children; and that he had not remarried. Fouts died 8 Apr 1922 at Riverton, still a widower. [George W. Fouts for many years was the Postmaster at Riverton, Tremont Co., Iowa. He was the son of Samuel Fouts and Catherine -------, of Blair Co., Pa., and Fulton Co., Illinois. Ancestry E.]

- STILL TO COME: Civil War Pension Abstracts for Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, and Maryland -

NOTES, COMMENTS, AND QUERIES

Beginning with the next issue, No. 7, July, 1982 (deadline June 20), we will include queries relative to the PFAUTZ-FOUTS-FOUTZ Family. There is no charge for same, but all queries are subject to editing. If the query can be answered from Research Center files, it will be answered by return letter. Send all Queries to Editor, NEWSLETTER, at the JFFA address.

We are sorry to report the death of Ralph D. Foutz, 81, of Tiffin, Ohio, on March 16, 1982 at Toledo. Mr. Foutz was a retired newspaperman who was an early correspondent of the old Fouts Folk Newsletter. He was born in West Alexandria, Preble Co., Ohio, and was a descendant of Hans Michael Pfautz, Jr. For the last 37 years of his life, he was a volunteer weather observer for the U.S. Government and was active in nature and ecological programs.

A special thanks to Helen Fouts Haney, of Walnut Creek, California, for her work in compiling Fouts-Foutz, etc., deaths in California and in obtaining all the Fouts marriages in Davis County, Iowa.

Special accolades to David P. Fouts, of Stanfordville, N.Y., who has volunteered to attack the problem of identifying Jacob Pfautz, Immigrant before 1730. Dave plans on spending the better part of the summer, as work permits, in ransacking the historical and genealogical archives in the Philadelphia area in trying to get a better handle on Old Jacob. This Jacob Pfautz, via his daughter Ann Margaretha, was an immigrant ancestor of President Hoover,

We welcome the addition of Harriet Smith, of Pekin, Indiana, to our group. Mrs. Smith, whose husband is a descendant of John David Pfautz, Immigrant of 1749 --- issue of second wife, has supplied considerable Clark, Harrison, and Floyd counties, Indiana, Fouts data for the files. For those interested, thanks to Mrs. Smith, we now have a complete set of tombstone readings for the Fouts Cemetery, near New Washington, Indiana.

If you have written Dr. Davenport and have not yet received a reply, please be patient. With the move to New Mexico, correspondence has fallen three weeks behind --- you will get a reply.

Mrs. Irene J. Wilson, who was responsible for getting Dr. Davenport involved in Fouts genealogy --- on a dare --- in 1970, is still actively engaged in searching out family data. Her current project is to compile all Fouts marriages in Indiana before 1920. Mrs. Wilson resides in Plainfield, Indiana.

Neil E. Pfouts, of North Chili, N.Y., advises that he plans to sort out Pfoutz Valley in Perry Co., Pa., after he retires on May 19, 1982. Neil knows that his roots are traceable back to Pfoutz Valley, but he is still trying to identify which of the sons of "Baron" John Pfoutz was his ancestor --- Michael or David? John Leonard and George have already been eliminated.

PFAUTZ-FOUTS-FOUTZ NEWSLETTER

No, 7 July, 1982 No, 7

Published by The Jacob Foutz Family Assn., Inc., 214 West Main St., Farmington, New Mexico 87401

ANOTHER FOUTS CONFUSION:

JOHN LEONARD PFOUTZ STARTED AS "LEONARD," ENDED AS "JOHN, JR,,"

WHILE JOHN LEONARD FOUTS STARTED AS "JOHN," ENDED AS "LEONARD, SR."

Kinfolk and Friends, we have another of those cases of mistaken PFAUTZ roots --- and this one may have some of our Southern cousins high and dry, particularly if they are descendants of Joseph Ray and Mary Fouts and have obtained membership in the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution based on the military service of Leonard Fouts of Pennsylvania. Naturally, we cannot have more confusion without Pfoutz Valley being involved. But let's layout the two men in question;

(1) JOHN LEONARD PFOUTZ, oldest son of "Baron" John Pfoutz and his first wife Anna Klein, born 1742 in Strasburg Twp., Lancaster Co., Pa.; moved in late 1760s with father to Pfoutz Valley in the forks of the Susquehanna and Juniata rivers; married 1773 Mary Ann Crane; died 1813 in Jersey Shores, Lycoming Co., Pa. His children, order uncertain, were Leonard, John T. , Jacob W., Benjamin, Elizabeth, Leah, Margaret, Sarah, and Rachel.

(2) JOHN LEONARD FOUTS, fifth son of David Fouts, Sr. (otherwise Theobald Pfautz, Sr. immigrant of 1738) and Catherine Spengel, born cl755 on Pipe Creek waters, Frederick (now Carroll) Co., Md.; moved with family to Main Fork of Uwharrie, Rowan (now Randolph) Co., N.C., in 1762-63; married cl777 Catherine Shearer; died c18O5 in either Ashe Co., N,C., or on Green River waters, Kentucky. His children, order approximate, were Leonard, Mary, Joseph, George, John Martin (or John and Martin) Jacob, and three additional daughters yet unidentified.

Relative to the Revolutionary War, PFOUTZ was an active patriot, was Captain of the Pfoutz Valley Militia Company and did active duty with the Continental Establishment. He is certified as Pvt. John (P)Foutz by the DAR. As to FOUTS, he was a pacifist, most likely of the Dunker persuasion; was listed in Randolph Co., N.C., in 1778 as a nonjuror (refused to take the oath of allegiance to the new State of North Carolina) and subject to four-fold taxation (refused to bear arms, refused to cooperate in levying taxes for the conduct of the War), FOUTS was among those who were deprived of all Civil Rights, 1778-1787, because of their sectarian pacifism. He is not a candidate for DAR certification.

Considering the differences and distances, how you may well ask did the two get confused? How did FOUTS descendants get themselves SAR memberships on PFOUTZ' service record? The answer is that they did not--- for there was a Leonard Fouts in the Pfoutz Valley Militia Company. The tax lists for Greenwood Twp., Cumberland Co., Pa., including Pfoutz Valley, included a Leonard Pfoutz as well as a John Pfoutz, Jr., 1778-1780. Captain John Pfoutz was John Pfoutz, Jr.

None of John Pfoutz, Sr.'s sons was old enough to have had a son of Militia age by 1778 --- and John, Sr.' sons have been repetitiously proven to have been John Leonard (John, Jr.), Michael, George, and David. Period. In this instance, John and Leonard were not two different sons.

The matter is further confused by the fact. that a Leonard Fouts was listed on the rolls of the 2nd Company, 7th Battalion, Cumberland Co., Pa., Militia in 1780 and served a tour of active duty --- which would qualify his descendants for membership in either the NSDAR or NSSAR. This Leonard was also a resident of Greenwood Twp. (Pfoutz Valley), Were the John Fouts, who served in the 2nd Company, 4th Battalion, in 1777 and the Leonard Fouts who served in 1780 one and the same person. Other evidence suggests that they were.

Deed evidence is clear that John Leonard Pfoutz used the name Leonard through 1771---and thereafter used the name "John, Jr.," except for the 1778-80 period when he either used both names, and was assessed and paid taxes under both, and answered the Militia draft under the name that did not have prior service, or there was a misidentified Leonard Foust or Fought in Pfoutz Valley. However, all attempts to make two Pfoutz out of the John and Leonard tax listings of 1778-80 and the two service certificates, 1777 and 1780, have resulted in failure. Only one PFOUTZ, John, Jr., who was John Leonard, emerges.

Those who recall the history of "Baron" John Pfoutz will remember that he engaged in a large number of land speculations prior to the Revolution and was involved in a large number of litigations relative to land titles, illegal and fraudulent land warrants, etc., after 1775 --- and lost all of his lands, before and after his death, to Sheriff 's Sales in execution of judgments taken or rendered against him. John, Jr., was closely associated with his father in these activities after 1771 and owned no land himself when he died in 1813. The use of the two names, 1778-1780, may have been a ploy to distract creditors---the "Baron" had used the trick before --- and the tax rolls of 1785 seemingly included the taxables that Leonard was charged with in 1780 as assessment to John, Jr., while John, Sr., was charged with what John, Jr., had listed five years earlier. There was some sort of hanky-panky going on --- which the Courts apparently saw through.

As to FOUTS, he was "John Fouts, son of David" in Randolph Co. , N.C. , records in 1778, and John Fouts in Rowan Co., N.C., records, 1782-85, and also John Fouts in the mountain fastnesses of Wilkes (now Ashe) Co., N.C., in the late 1780s. There, he and his brother Peter both used the name "John" at various times. (Their eldest brother, John Daniel Fouts, of Randolph Co., went by John, Sr., his entire life.)

In late 1793 or early 1794, FOUTS moved to Kentucky. On 24 Mar 1794 at Harrodsburg, Mercer Co., Ky., he gave his approval to the marriage of his 15-year-old daughter Mary to Joseph Ray. The witnesses were Jurdan Gibson and John Anderson. North Carolina connections are circumstantial but plentiful. The Fouts and Rays were closely associated on the Forks of New River in Wilkes (later Ashe) Co., N.C., for the next Fifty years. A Jurdan Gibson was enumerated in the same militia company with John Fouts in Wilkes Co., N,C. A John Anderson was married to a niece of Leonard's and owned land on the Forks of New River in Carolina. In 1821, John Martin Fouts and John Anderson, from Carolina, settled on the Upper Red River in Louisiana.

Leonard Fouts had a land warrant in Muhlenberg Co., Ky., which he deeded to his son-in-law Joseph Ray and returned to North Carolina. In 1799, he made several land entries in newly erected Ashe County, but completed none of the surveys. No evidence of his existence has been found after 12 Feb 1800 when he made Entry No. 17 in Ashe Co., N.C. In 1809, Leonard, Jr., came into the picture:

July 7, 1809 - Heirs of Peter Eller, Decd., to Leonard Fouts, all of Ashe Co., N.C., in fulfillment of covenant made, 77 acres, being part of a tract of 200 acres belonging to Peter Eller, Decd., and where Andrew Baker gave to John Fouts the tract where Luke White now lives ... /s/ Peter Eller, Jacob Eller, George Koons, William Pennington, Wit; Thomas Calloway. (Ashe Co., N.C., Deeds, B:255)

Leonard Fouts, Jr., was an illiterate and married Sarah Younce, daughter of John Younce. He died in Murray Co., Georgia, in 1850. His brother Joseph, in Ashe County records in 1805, witnessing a deed of John Younce's to Frederick Black (the Dunker minister) died in Ashe County in the late 1850s. Jacob Fouts, another brother, married Mary M. Baker, daughter of the Andrew Baker, a Baptist minister, who had given John Leonard Fouts the land in the late 1780s. [The Editor has a complete, tedious, highly documented proof that John Fouts and Leonard Fouts, Sr., were one and the same man available to those interested. It covers seven pages --- send 35 cents and a SASE with 37 cents, postage thereon please.]

The bottom line is that there is no evidence that Leonard Fouts of Pennsylvania ever existed; that John Pfoutz, Jr., christened John Leonard, ever had a daughter named Mary; that John, Jr., was ever in Kentucky. To the contrary, Leonard Fouts of North Carolina was a documentable reality, had a daughter named Mary (who left a record of her brother George---and a George Fouts is in the Wilkes-Ashe Cos., N.C., records), and was in Kentucky --- holding land in the same Dunker settlement with a number of other North Carolinians.

But FOUTS was a nonjuring pacifist during the American Revolution.

Looks like the wrong man has been hung.

Order of Immigrant Ancestors

For reference as well as for the information of our new readers, we repeat the PFAUTZ-FOUTS-FOUTZ Ancestor List in order of emigration from Germany to America to identify the subject matter within the purview of this Newsletter. There have been no additions since the list issued on July 1, 1981:

(A) Hans Michael PFAUTZ, Sr., of Lancaster Co., Pa.; Immigrant of 1727.

(B) Jacob PFAUTZ, of York Co., Pa.; Immigrant before 1730.

(C) Theobald PFAUTZ, (David Fouts, Sr.), of Randolph Co., N.C.; Immigrant of 1738.

(D) John David PFAUTZ, of Washington Co., Md., (issue of first wife); Rowan - Davidson Cos.,

N.C. (issue of second wife), Immigrant of 1749.

(E) Conrad FOUTZ, of Franklin Co., Pa.; Immigrant of 1752.

(F) Johann Jacob PFAUTZ, of Philadelphia, Pa.; Immigrant of 1773.

(G) Michael PFOUTS, Sr.. of Harrison Co., Ohio; Immigrant of 1787.

(H) John FOUTS, of Morgan Co., Ohio; Immigrant of 1820.

(I) Adam FOUTZ, of Adams Co., Pa.; Immigrant of 1839.

(J) Jacob FOUTZ, of Baltimore Co., Md.; Immigrant of 1849.

(K) Lewis FOUTZ, of Montgomery Co., Ohio: Immigrant of 1850.

(L) Adam FOUTZ, of Dearborn Co., Ind.; Immigrant of 1854.

(M) William FAUTZ. of San Francisco, Calif., Immigrant of 1855.

(N) Gottlieb PFAUTZ, of Philadelphia, Pa.; Immigrant of 1857.

(0) William FOUTZ, of Norfolk, Va.; Immigrant of 1866.

In the Seventeenth Century (1600s) the PFAUTZ were located on both sides of the Neckar River, east of the Rhine, in what is now Baden and Wurtemberg States, Germany.

CENSUS OF 1900:

FOUTS-FOUTZ IN THE INDIAN TERRITORY AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY

Thanks to Janet K. Pease, usually of Arvada, Colorado, but who is spending this summer in Moline, Illinois, we give you Fouts, etc., who were enumerated in the Indian Territory (within the present State of Oklahoma) in the Census of 1900. There was a separate enumeration for the, territory of Oklahoma --- which will be displayed in a later issue. These are Soundex (director listings and are abstracts. Complete data for each enumeration may be found by referring to the original Census books (on microfilm) per citations given.

INDIAN TERRITORY, 1900

Surname, First Name Birth Month, Year Age Birthplace Relationship

Creek Nation, Muscogee 15-60-21-77

FOUTS, Cora Jun 1871 28 Arkansas Head of Household

“ , Nora Aug 1892 7 Indian Terr. Daughter

HURST, James Apr 1872 28 Texas Boarder

Choctaw Nation, Twp. 2N, R25E, 12-87-16-25

FOUTS, Solon Jan 1877 23 Georgia Step-son

“ , Minnie Feb 1883 17 Arkansas Step-daughter

“ , Pearl Apr 1885 15 “ “

“ , Oscar May 1887 13 “ Step-son

“ , Lillie May 1891 9 “ Step-daughter

“ , Daisy Jan 1895 5 “ “

(In Household of John BEAMAN)

Cherokee Nation, Muldrow, 5-45-36-1

FAUTS, Elmer May 1868 32 Kansas Boarder

(In Household of William S. OLIVER)

Surname, First Name Birth Month, Year Age Birthplace Relationship

Cherokee Nation, T20N, R17E, 3-30-9-8

FOUTS ,Frank S. (No Personal Data Given) Laborer

(In Household of William L. McDANIEL)

Cherokee Nation, Twp. 13, 5-99-8-99

FOUTS ,H. E. Apr 1871 29 Indian Terr, Head of Household;

“ ,E. L. Nov 1895 4 “ Son

“ ,Maggie M. Jan 1899 1 “ Daughter

MORRIS ,Feby May 1881 19 “ Sister

Cherokee Nation, T20N. R15E, 3-31-5-1

FOUTS ,Jacob Oct 1849 50 North Carolina Head of Household

“ ,Lucinda Sep 1847 52 “ Wife

“ ,James Mar 1881 19 Georgia Son

“ ,Clemmie May 1884 16 “ Daughter

STEARNS ,Joseph Feb 1880 20 Kansas Boarder

Cherokee Nation, Twp. 13, 5-44-8-94

FOUTS ,Jacob Jun 1830 70 North Carolina Head of Household

“ ,Sam Aug 1868 31 Tennessee Son

BATEMAN ,M. M. Jun 1854 45 North Carolina Daughter

“ ,Maujo Sep 1885 14 Indian Terr. Grandson

“ ,James Nov 1887 12 “ “

Cherokee Nation, T20N, R15E, 3-31-5-6

FOUTS ,John May 1874 26 Georgia Head of Household

“ ,Virginia Mar 1878 22 Missouri Wife

Cherokee Nation, T27N, R13E, 1.10-23-29

FOUTS ,Julius Mar 1861 39 Kansas Head of Household

“ ,Minnie Nov 1871 29 Indian Terr. Wife

LONGBONE,Ray Aug 1890 9 “ Step-son

BEAVER ,Lizzie Nov 1854 46 Kansas Sister

LEE ,John Jul 1882 17 Indian Terr. Nephew

BEAVER ,Nellie Jul 1885 14 “ Niece

“ ,Ollie Jul 1887 12 “ Niece

“ ,Dalton Jun 1893 7 “ Nephew

(This is an Indian household)

Cherokee Nation, T25N, R22E, 1-7-18-86

FOUTS ,Noah Sep 1859 40 Missouri Head of Household

“ ,Ella Dec 1863 36 “ Wife