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 wife); 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?