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
“ ,Frankie Nov 1889 10 “ Daughter
“ ,William Jan 1895 5 “ Son
“ ,Sula Jun 1900 1/12 Indian Terr. Daughter
End Indian Territory, Census of 1900 -
Bible Says Conrad Foutz Was Father of Indiana Mystery
Chloe Foutz of Lincoln, Nebraska, a descendant of Jacob Foutz of Sullivan Co., Indiana, telephoned Farmington from Terre Haute, Indiana, in mid-June to report that she was on the track of a Family Bible which presumably gave the parentage of her ancestor --- who appeared in Sullivan County in the late 1840s, soon married, and who was enumerated as a Broommaker, born in Maryland, in the Census of 1850. Chloe advised that she had not found the elusive Bible as yet, but she had found a transcription therefrom which stated that Jacob was the son of Conrad Foutz and Betsy Baker. Conrad Foutz, Jr., died in Dayton, Ohio, in October, 1843. in his Will, he listed John, Ann, Louisa, Cornelius, and Abraham as his children, but Montgomery Co., Ohio, deed records indicate that he also had an elder daughter Mary, who married Abraham Brandenberg on 30 4ar 1826 in Frederick Co., Maryland. Conrad and family, with the Brandenbergs, moved to Ohio before 1829. The wife or wives of Conrad, Jr., have thus far been unidentified. Of the five children mentioned in the Will, only Cornelius (the Neal Fox who served in the Mexican War and settled in Pike Co., Missouri) and Abraham (who was in Henderson Co., Illinois, in 1850) have been located. Was John a Jacob and Chloe Foutz' ancestor? When last heard from, she was on her way East to check out Cecil Co., Maryland.
JACOB FOUTZ FAMILY ASSOCIATION TO PUBLISH BOOK BY 1984
June, 1984, is publication target-date for a Genealogy of the Descendants of Bishop Jacob Foutz and his wife Margaret Mann, whose descendants pioneered the Inter-Mountain West. During the upcoming year, the list of descendants will be brought up to date and the three missing grandchildren of the Bishop will be traced by Dr. Davenport. Simultaneously, Sheri Arnold (Dewey Foutz' eldest), Box 1048, Kirtland, N.M. 87417, will be collecting photographs, biographical sketches, historical excerpts, etc., to put color and description among all the "begats." Inasmuch as Dr. Davenport's inventory of the family records, reported on at the Foutz Reunion on May 31, indicated that family sheets had not been updated since the mid 1950s, all descendants of Bishop Jacob Foutz are asked to send updated family sheets, or complete sets of their FOUTZ Four-Generation family sheets to Dr. Davenport at 214 West Main St., Farmington, N.M. 87401. Send pictures, articles, biographical sketches, etc., to Sheri Arnold at the Kirtland, New Mexico, address.
FROM MARRIAGE RETURNS INDEX:
Fouts-Foutz Nuptials In Washington County, Maryland
While passing through Hagerstown, Md., in February, 1978, Dr. Davenport stopped off at the Washington County Courthouse to cull Fouts, etc., out of the records. The early marriage records of Washington County were lost in a fire. However, an index of all marriage returns, 1799-1886, provides the basic data on those records which were lost. Some of these Foutz, etc., were residents of Franklin Co., Pa., and lived within ten miles of Hagerstown. Solemnizers (ministers or Justices of the Peace who performed the ceremony) provide a key to identifications. Leatherman, for example, was a Dunker (Brethren) minister.
MARRIAGE RETURNS, 1799-1886
Date of Marriage Parties to Marriage Solemnizer
2 Jan 1802 Jacob FOUTZ-Elizabeth STORM Rahauser
13 Sep 1802 Dorothy FOUTZ-Jacob CROW (Croll) Schmucker
23 Mar 1811 Charlotte FOUTZ-William BRENTLINGER Schafer
10 Jan 1816 William FOUTZ-Eliza EVERSOLE Rahauser
5 Nov 1818 Eve FOUTZ-Enoch BLOOM Kurtz
Date of Marriage Parties to Marriage Solemnizer
27 Mar 1821 Catherine PFOUTZ-Peter KOUTZ Reily
22 Feb 1830 David FOUTZ, Jr.-Magdalon EMMERT Funk
28 Mar 1833 Susan FOUTZ-Jacob BUCK Drane
29 Sep 1835 Elizabeth FOUTS-John BARNHISER Leatherman
5 Apr 1836 Elizabeth FOUTZ-Daniel FAULDER Leatherman
4 Mar 1839 Jackson Foutz - Mary ACKESON Douglas
5 Oct 1846 Magdalena FOUTZ-Samuel LAHMAN Funk
26 Dec 1846 Elizabeth PFOUTZ-John E. MELLINGER Calendar
26 Jun 1855 Susan Katherine FOUTZ-George Andrew WARNER Greenaway
4 Dec 1856 Rosanna FOUTZ-William KURFMAN Anspach
19 Mar 1857 Sarah M. FOUTZ-Elias M. FLINN Anspach
6 Aug 1858 Marion FOUTZ-Mary A. McCOLLISTER Burton
6 Apr 1859 George W. FOUTZ-Caroline WOLF Cranser
17 Nov 1879 Sally A. FOUTZ-Thomas J. NUNIMAKER Alford
There are Fouts, etc., Marriage Returns in Washington Co., Md., after 1886. Time limitations prevented any search beyond those Indexes noted.
INDIANA BOYS IN BLUE:
MANY FAMILY MEMBERS SERVED IN HOOSIER REGIMENTS DURING CIVIL WAR
Continuing our display of Pfautz-Fouts-Foutz, etc., who served in both the Union and Confederate ranks during the Civil War, this issue we present those who served in Indiana Volunteer Regiments:
ALBERT B. FOUTS - Pvt., Co. E, 115th Indiana infantry; enlisted 30 Jul 1863 at Perrysville, Indiana; mustered-in at Indianapolis 13 Aug 1863; ill with fever at Knoxville, Tennessee, from 28 Oct 1863 until regiment mustered-out 25 Feb 1864. In 1888, as a resident of Edgar Co., Illinois, Albert B. Fouts applied for an Invalid Pension stating that he was born in 1850, that he was a farmer by occupation, and that he had contracted lung fever at Blue Springs, Kentucky, while in the Service. Fouts died of a gunshot wound in Audrain Co., Missouri, before his Pension was approved. On 19 Dec 1894, Mary M. Fouts, his widow, applied for a pension, stating that Albert B. Fouts had died on 5 Dec 1894, that she had married him on 11 Apr 1865 in Edgar Co., Illinois, that she was at that time a resident of Audrain Co., Missouri, and that there were no surviving children under the age of 16 years. Her maiden name, per marriage certificate, was Mary E. Miller. The widow died 3 Aug 1921 while visiting in Christman, Edgar Co., Illinois, was buried in Audrain Co., Missouri. [Albert Benjamin Fouts was the son of Henry H. Fouts and Elizabeth Boswell of Edgar Co., Illinois. Ancestry B.]
ALFRED FOUTS - Pvt., Co. L, 3rd Indiana Cavalry; enlisted 9 Sep 1862 at Indianapolis, giving age as 27 years, occupation as farmer, and provided his own horse and equipment. No muster roll in or out, exist for his unit, Was given a disability discharge of 28 Mar 1863 for lung disease (tuberculosis) which medical officers diagnosed as having existed prior to his enlistment.. On 25 May 1880, Louisa E. Fouts, widow of Alfred Fouts, applied for a pension, stating that her husband had died 5 Mar 1880 at Nora, Marion Co. , Indiana, of lung disease, that she had married him on 1 Oct 1857 in Marion County, and that her maiden name was Louisa E. Osborne. Children under age 16 surviving Alfred were Albert Fouts, b. 3 Jul 1865, and Julia C. Fouts, b. 12 Dec 1866. The pensioned widow died 9 Mar 1912 in Marion Co., Indiana, [Alfred Fouts was the son of Jacob Fouts and Susannah ------- both born in Davidson (then Rowan) Co., N.C. Ancestry D, issue of Second Wife.]
ANDREW J. FOUTZ - Pvt., Co. B, 142nd Indiana infantry; enlisted and mustered-in 11 Oct 1864 at Indianapolis, giving age as 28, birthplace as Morgan Co., (West) Virginia, and occupation as farmer. Enlistment credited to Clay Twp., Carroll County. Listed as sick beginning 27 Feb 1865, then dead of small pox at Nashville, Tennessee, on 18 Mar 1865. On 17 Nov 1865, Elizabeth Foutz filed for a widow's pension, giving her age as 20 and providing evidence that she had married Andrew J. Foutz on 10 Sep 1864 in Jackson Twp., White Co., Indiana, and that there had been no issue of the marriage. Her maiden name was Vinage. Pension granted. Nothing further in file. [Andrew J. Foutz is believed to have been the son of William Foutz and Eliza Eversole of Morgan Co., (West) Virginia --- across the Potomac from Washington, Co., Md. Ancestry D, issue First Wife.]
DAVID R. FOUTS - Pvt., Co. F, 10th Indiana Infantry; enlisted at Lafayette 22 Aug 1861, mustered-in at Indianapolis 18 Sep 1861; mustered-out on completion of enlistment on 19 Sep 1864 at Indianapolis, having engaged in numerous campaigns and battles. Only personal data given in records is age 18 at time of enlistment. No pension file has been located. [From other sources, David R. Fouts was the son of John Fouts and Charity Myers, both born Davidson (then Rowan) Co., N.C., and was a first cousin of Alfred Fouts above. Following the Civil War, he resided in Boone Co., Indiana, where he married (1) Sarah Ann Peppeno, 28 Dec 1865, and (2) Jennie Peppeno, 17 Aug 1885. Death date and family composition unknown. Ancestry D, issue of Second Wife.]
GEORGE D. FOUTS - Pvt. , Co. C, 66th Indiana Infantry; enlisted at Corydon, Harrison Co. , Indiana, 7 Aug 1862; mustered-in at New Albany, 19 Aug 1862; discharged at Washington, D.C., 3 Jun 1865. On 10 Jul 1890, George D. Fouts applied for an Invalid's Pension, stating in various documents at various times that he was born 4 Mar 1844 at Bradford, Harrison Co., Ind.; that he had married Nancy Ann Byerly on 22 Nov 1866 at Corydon, Harrison Co.; and that his children were: Florence E., married name Sheets, b. 2 Nov 1868; Sophia A., b. 26 Dec 1871, and d. before 6 Apr 1915; Elba C., b. 10 Jul 1874; Claude J,, b. 15 Feb 1880; Golda R., b. 31 Oct 18 Della M., b. 20 Jan 1888; Nannie, b. 4 Jan 189L; and Earl J., b. 23 Dec 1893. George D. Fouts: died 27 Mar 1923 at Byrneville, Harrison Co., Indiana. his widow died 11 Mar 1932 in Georgetown, Floyd Co., Indiana. [George D. was the son of John Fouts and Rachel Ellis. John was born in Davidson (now Rowan) Co., N.C., and was a first cousin of the Jacob and John Fouts of Marion County whose sons also served. Ancestry D, issue of Second Wife.]
HENRY H. FOUTS - Pvt., Co. D, 21st Ohio Volunteer infantry (Three Months, 1861); lst Lt., cmdg. Co. E, 57th Indiana Infantry; enlisted 21st OVI 26 Apr 1861 at Ottawa, Putnam Co., Ohio; served with McClellan in West Virginia; mustered-out 12 Aug 1861 at Cleveland, Ohio; enlisted Co. E, 57th Indiana at Richmond, Wayne Co., 14 Nov 1861; mustered-in at Indianapolis 22 Nov 1861; rose from Pvt. to 1st Sgt. during first enlistment; fought in the Battles of Chaplin Hill Ky., and Stone River, Tennessee; re-enlisted as Veteran Volunteer, 1 Jan 1864, at Banes Crossroads, Tennessee; promoted to lst Lt., 6 Nov 1864, at Pulaski, Tennessee; mustered-out 14 Dec 1865 at Victoria, Texas. In 1894, Henry H. Fouts, of Schuyler, Colfax Co., Nebraska, filed an application for an Invalid's pension, stating in various documents that he was born in 1837 in Wayne Co., Ohio; that he married Mary Jane Annen on 25 May 1876 in Fremont, Dodge Co., Nebraska; and that he had no children. Henry H. Fouts died in Schuyler on 20 Apr 1904. While in Nebraska to attend his funeral, his brothers Joseph W. Fouts, of Burlington Junction, Missouri, and Samuel E. Fouts, of Westerville, Ohio, gave a deposition in support of their sister-in-law's application for a Widow's pension. The widow died 30 Oct 1923, also at Schuyler. [This is another of the sons of Henry Pfouts and Fanny Gable of Franklin Co., Pennsylvania, and Wayne-Richland Cos., Ohio. The boys were left orphans in the mid-1840s. All five served in the Union Army. This family held three Civil War military service records: (1) most sons from one family in service; (2) most different units and enlistments: five (5) by Samuel W.; longest period of service: four and one-half years by Henry H. These are "Fouts, etc." records --- all were exceeded by others. Ancestry A.]
JAMES E. FOUTS - Capt. , Co. C, 38th Indiana Infantry; raised Company and was mustered-in as Captain at New Albany, 18 Sep 1861 ; on recruiting duty 8 Feb 1862 to 22 Dec 1862 when rejoined unit; was killed at the Battle of Scone River, Tennessee, 31 Dec 1862. On 14 Mar 1863, Sarah E. Fouts, widow of James, filed for a pension, stating that she was married to the decedent on 28 Feb 1856, that her maiden name had been Sarah J , Porter , and that no child or children survived him. Her pension certificate was issued on 4 Dec 1863, made retroactive to 31 Dec 1862. Thereafter the file is silent, [James E. Fouts was the son of Angus Fouts and Mary Boles of Scott Co., Indiana, Ancestry C.]
JACOB D. FOUTS - 2nd Sgt., Co. A, 82nd Indiana Infantry; enlisted North Madison, Indiana, 15 Aug 1862; mustered-in at Indianapolis, 30 Aug 1862; for Valor in Action was listed on Army's Roll of Honor and assigned to the Light Battalion on 25 Feb 1863 ; mustered -out near Washington, D.C., 9 Jun 1865. On 25 Oct 1911 Jacob D. Fouts, of Ma1aga, Eddy Co., New Mexico, filed for a pension, stating in various documents at various times that he was born in Clark Co., Indiana in 1841, that he had married Martha A. Passwater in Clark Co., Indiana, on [5] Apr 1870; that he had children: Maude, b. 1 Mar 1872, and Everett E., b. 3 Apr 1874; that he had led a nomadic life since the Civil War, living in Indiana, 1865-67; Nebraska, 1867-77; Texas, 1877-80; New Mexico, 1880-83; Kansas, 1883-1909; New Mexico, 1909-1911; back to Kansas; then to Doxey, Beckham Co., Oklahoma, where he died 18 Dec 1927. His wife preceded him in death. [Jacob D. Fouts was the son of Edward Fouts and Martha Stark of Washington Twp. , Clark Co., Indiana, and was a first cousin of Capt. James Fouts above, Ancestry C.]
JOEL A. FOUTS - Pvt. , Co. C, 6th Indiana Cavalry,, enlisted Delphi, Carrol Co., Indiana, 7 Mar 18 . as a replacement for the 5th Indiana Cavalry; assigned to Co. K; left sick at McMinnville Tennessee, and picked up by Co. C, 6th Indiana Cavalry; returned to 5th Cavalry by Army order, was lost in paper work of both regiments; individually mustered-out at Indianapolis, 15 Sep 1865. (There are four different files for Joel in the Indiana Archives --- one with the 5th, one with the 6th, one as a replacement that was never picked up by a regiment, and one that wanders around in quandary, All four files concern the same man.) On 23 Jul 1870, Joel A, Fouts, of Macon Co., Illinois, filed for an Invalid's pension---the file continued for at least sixty years, was still open when the Veteran's Administration took over the files and closed off public access to pension data. [By our own Fouts Data, Joel A. Fouts died 20 Apr 1931 in Napa Co., California, at the age of 84.] By various statements, Joel A. Fouts was born 16 March 1847 in Carroll Co., Indiana; was married to Martha A. Hetler on 2 Mar 1867 in Koskiusko Co., Indiana; had children---,Mary, b. 18 Apr 1868; Lillia, b. 31 May 1870; Jacob M., b. 15 Jan 1874; William, b. 7 Aug 1877; Ola May, b. 26 Dec 1879; Maud, b. 3 Jan 1882; Benjamin, b. 18 Mar 1884; and Gurie V. , b. 22 Jun 1886 (on 23 Nov 1917, Joel A. stated that the three youngest were all dead). No further data. (If Indiana had four files on Joel, guess how many files the Federals had on him? Much of his file space is taken up by a bureaucratic maze of trying to determine where Fouts was for two-thirds of his Civil War service. [Joel A. was the son of Leonard Fouts and Elizabeth Replogle of Carroll Co. , Indiana, who moved to Macon Co., , Illinois, during their son's service. Joel was a blacksheep of sorts --- he was the only one of his large family who broke away from Brethren (Dunker) pacifism, Ancestry C.]
JOHN FOUTZ - Pvt. , Co. F, 154th Indiana Infantry;; enlisted 11 Apr 1865 at Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co.; mustered-in 17 Apr 1865 at Indianapolis; listed as deserter 21 Apr 1865 at Camp Carrington, Maryland; entry subsequently changed to "Malingerer, Left at Home"; discharged 13 May 1865. On 21 Jul 1904, John Foutz of Kingman Co., Kansas, filed for an Invalid's pension. In support of his application, Foutz stated that he was born 20 May 1839 in St. Joseph Co., Indiana; that his first wife was Nettie Leach who he had married in 1860 in Clinton Co., Indiana; that his second wife was Missouri Cauthorn, no date or jurisdiction given; and that he had three children Lewis, b. 1859; Emma, married name Rayl, b. 1860; and Ernest, b. 1878; that he had moved to Kansas from Indiana in 1882; that he was a farmer by occupation. Foutz' pension claim was rejected as being without entitlement; he had not rendered the 90 days of service required. [John Foutz was the son of Daniel Foutz and Catherine Albaugh of Preble Co., Ohio; St. Joseph and Fayette Cos., Indiana. Ancestry A.]
JOHN A. FOUTS - Sgt., Co. E , 29th Indiana infantry ;; enlisted 6 Sep 1861 at Logansport, Cass Co., Indiana; mustered-in to Federal Service 12 Sep 1861 at LaPorte, Indiana; fought in the Battles of Shiloh, Corinth, Stone River, and was wounded at Chickamauga; re-enlisted as a Veteran Volunteer and re-mustered at Chattanooga, 23 Feb 1864, credited to Fulton Co., Indiana; mustered-out 2 Dec 1865 at Marietta, Georgia. On 12 Mar 1868, John A, Foutz, of Rochester, Fulton Co., Indiana, applied for an invalid's pension on the basis of his left leg having been broken and wounded by Confederate rifle fire at the Battle of Chickamauga. in the years that followed, he stated that he had been born 7 May 1844 in Montgomery Co., Ohio; that he had lived in Fulton Co., Indiana, until 1876 when he had moved to Osborne Co., Kansas; that he married M. E. Ferguson on 29 Apr 1881 in Osborne County; that he had children --- Maud, b. 1880, died in infancy; Frank E., b. 11 Mar 1881; Twins (No names given), b. 1883, died in infancy; Roy A,, b. 1889; and Helen, b. 1893. On 26 Dec 1918, Mary E. Fouts filed for a Widow's pension, stating that John A. Fouts had died 28 Nov 1918 in Osborne, Kansas, leaving no children under the age 16 years. The claim was complicated by a previous wife, Nancy Ella Willis, married 13 Feb 187? and divorced prior to moving to Kansas---of whom the Widow had had no prior knowledge. But the pension was granted, and the Widow Mary E. Fouts died 25 Apr 1924 in Osborne, Kansas. [John A. Fouts was the son of David R. Fouts and Sarah Mast, both of whom were born in Ashe Co., N,C Ancestry C paternally, possibly C also maternally.]
JOHN W. FOUTS - Pvt., Co. I, 51st Indiana infantry; ddrafted 19 Oct 1864 from residence in Carrollton Twp., Carroll Co.; sent to Recruit Depot, Bridgeport, Alabama, variously listed as sick in hospital, absent without leave, and as a deserter in another records mess; discharged 26 Aug 1865 under War Dept. Special Orders, never having served one day with his company. On 9 Jan 1890, John W. Fouts, of Clinton Co., Indiana, filed for an Invalid pension, stating that he had been born in 1831 in Preble Co., Ohio. Because of the mix-up in his records, Fouts was unable to obtain a pension prior to his death on 27 Feb 1900. His widow immediately filed for a pension, stating that she had married Fouts on 26 Sep 1872 in Carroll Co., Indiana, under her maiden name of Barbara E. Kirk. There was some delay in granting the pension while Mrs. Fouts explained why she had used the name Kirk when her surname was Kirkpatrick, but there was no mention of John W.'s first wife Amanda J. Cook, which he had married 26 Oct 1854 in Carroll Co., nor was there any mention of children. The pensioned widow died in Carroll Co., Indiana, on 5 May 1916. [John W. Fouts' parentage is yet unidentified. He had left home before the Census of 1850, appears to have been enumerated in Independence, Warren Co., Indiana, in that year, living alone and working as a laborer. The Preble Co., Ohio, birthplace could be either Ancestry A, B, or C. Help with this identification would be appreciated.]
JOSEPH FOUTS - Pvt., Co. C, 31st Indiana Infantry; eenlisted 5 Sep 1861 at Terre Haute; mustered into Federal Service 20 Sep 1861 at Terre Haute; fought in Battles of Fort Donelson, and Shiloh; deserted; returned from desertion and taken prisoner at the Battle of Stone River, confined at Libby Prison, Richmond, Va.; exchanged 21 Jan 1863; died of gunshot wound to the head in Indianapolis on 5 Jun 1863 while on exchanged prisoner parole. The investigating officer's report stated that Fouts was fishing in the White River at Indianapolis, while awaiting transportation to rejoin his regiment, when he was shot and robbed by assailants unknown. On 15 Jun 1863, Abbey Fouts, a resident of Belair, Clay Co., Indiana, filed for a widow's pension, alleging that she was married to Joseph B. Fouts on 9 Apr 1863, at Belair, Clay Co., that her maiden name was Abbey Harmon. Abbey's illiteracy and an alleged son, William Fouts, born 20 Aug 1862 prior to the marriage complicated the claim. After a full disclosure in 1866, the Widow apparently abandoned the claim. (She remarried in 1871.) [Joseph B. Fouts was the youngest child of George Washington Fouts and Sarah Wilson, of Riley Twp., Vigo Co., Indiana. Ancestry B.]
PHILLIP FOUTS - Pvt., Co. C, 65th Indiana Infantry; eenlisted Pike Co., Indiana, 15 Jul 1862. mustered-in 20 Aug 1862 at Camp Lewis, Evansville; in continuous combat with Army of Cumberland until 15 Jan or 1 Feb 1864 when he was admitted to the Army Hospital at Knoxville, Tenn., with a gunshot wound in the right thigh, subsequently contracted small pox, but died of wound complications 12 Mar 1864. Fouts' records became mired in a confusion with Phillip Fout, of the same regiment who had small pox in the same hospital at the same time; with Phillip Foust, 2nd Indiana Cavalry, who also suffered a gunshot wound in the right thigh and died the same day in the same hospital. This was the way that the Army had it until 19 Apr 1884 when Nancy Ann Dunning, age 70, mother of Phillip Fouts, applied for a Dependent Mother's pension, stating her son had died 19 Sep 1877 in Pike County, Indiana, of chronic diarrhea --- which he had contracted while in service near Ramsey in the State of Kentucky. The Mother stated that she had married Phillip's father.[unidentified] in Pike County on 20 Feb 1831, that said father had died 1 Nov 1840, and that her second husband, Henderson Dunning had died 5 Dec 1867, and that thereafter she was totally supported by her unmarried, childless son Phillip until his death. The Adjutant Generals Office had to take the time to straighten out the name confusion--subsequently reported that Phillip was the one admitted to the hospital on 1 Feb 1863 and had apparently returned to his regiment without having been officially released by the hospital (No "exit" record) --- hence the misidentification and "death" (Phillip Foust, the Cavalryman, was the wounded man who died); and that he had served until the expiration of his enlistment and been mustered-out with his unit on 22 Jun 1865. The mother was still pressing the claim in 1886, either died or abandoned the effort thereafter. [Phillip Fouts was the son of John Fouts and Nancy McCreary of Clay Twp., Pike Co., Indiana. Ancestry C.]
(INDIANA BOYS IN BLUE TO BE CONTINUED IN NEXT ISSUE)
We apologize for the long-winded nature of these sketches, but none of these Hoosiers did simple service. There are seven files remaining --- and each is as distinctive, or as colorful as those given above. Of the seven remaining, five died in the service or shortly thereafter.'
Queries --- Fouts, Etc., and Related
FOUTZ-PFAUTZ and ALLEMAN: My ggg-grandfather Conrad Alleman, b. 16 Jun 1783, d. 28 Sep 1844, both Dauphin Co., Pa., m. Mary Sellers, b. 20 Feb 1783, d. 8 Mar 1858. Both buried Shenks Union Meeting House Cemetery, Deodate, Conewago Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.. Conrad's parents were Henry and Anna Maria Alleman. Is my ggg-grandfather Conrad Alleman the same Conrad Alleman born to Henry and Anna Maria (Pfautz) Alleman on 15 Jan 1783, baptized 15 Jun 1783? Anna Maria was a daughter (the eldest) of Conrad Pfautz or Foutz, Sr., of Derry Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa., later of Franklin Co., Pa.. First Conrad Alleman dates taken from tombstone. Second set of dates taken from Register of Marriages and Baptisms Kept by The Rev. Taugott Frederick Illing, E.W.A. Parthemore (ed.), Harrisburg, Pa.: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1894. Does anyone know of the whereabouts of the Rev. Illing's original records? Daniel F. Theurer, 151 East Penning Ave., Wood River, Illinois 62095.
FOUTS-HOOVER: Jacob Pfautz, Sr., Ancestor B, was father of Anna Margaret Pfautz, b. 1722, who married Andreas Huber/Andrew Hoover, Sr.. The Hoovers had 13 children, born in Maryland and North Carolina. Would like to correspond with any and all Fouts (Pfautz)-Hoover descendants, especially those in Southwestern Ohio who married into FRIEND, PEARSON, and other Quaker families. Susannah Hoover, b. 1790, North Carolina, was my ancestor. Corinne Hanna Diller, 8072 Ravenswood Circle, Apt. 551, Houston, Texas 77055.
Queries are run on a space available basis and are without charge. Queries must be related to the Pfautz-Fouts-Foutz Family --- and are subject to editing. If a query can be answered from the Pfautz-Fouts-Foutz Research center files, it will be answered by return letter. Send all queries to Editor, NEWSLETTER, at the JFFA address on the front page.
Queries received by September 1 will be published in the October NEWSLETTER (No. 8)
NOTES AND COMMENTS
Dr. Davenport may now be reached by telephone without going through the Allen Theaters switchboard. Phone (505) 327-9263. The telephone is answered only by Dr. Davenport. If no answer, he is not in the office. The Pfautz-Fouts-Foutz Research Center-Dr. Davenport's office in Farmington is easily found on Main Street. The door is aspen yellow and the black lettering can be read from across the street on a cloudy day. The street light in front is on all night.
Mrs. Henry Pochmann (Virginia Ruth Fouts) of Nacogdoches, Texas, advises that she has established a Fouts-Pochmann Scholarship at Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, honoring her husband Henry Pochmann and brother Wilbur Courtland Fouts, both, of whom were distinguished in academia and business and who died in 1972-73. Mrs. Pochmann was one of the pioneer Fouts family searchers. Her book, Some Early Texas Families, including the Fouts, was published almost thirty years ago. Her Fouts notes have been especially helpful to later researchers.
VOLUNTEERS WANTED! If you are a descendant of Theobald Pfautz (David Fouts, Sr.), Immigrant of 1738, and are willing to help put together a genealogy of Theobald's descendants, please advise Dr. Davenport at 214 West Main Street, Farmington, N.M. 87401. There Is still much South Carolina, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas work to be done. Much to be done in North Central Indiana also. (The Theobald family started from the largest base and scattered the farthest and soonest of any of Pfautz-Fouts-Foutz. It's a heck of a collection job.)
Elwood Walker of Caldwell, New Jersey, in a letter to JFFA President Dean Foutz, has wondered why the NEWSLETTER could not be published on 8 ½ x 11 paper --- so it could be punched and collected in notebooks. The 8 ½ x 14 size, Elwood correctly states, does not lend itself to easy notebook management. The answer --- blame it on the U.S. Postal Service. In order to avail ourselves of the timeliness of First Class Mail delivery and still to keep the weight to one ounce (20 cents in postage), we found that our optimum size was four sheets of 8 ½ x 14 paper per issue, lithographed on both sides, which, with staple, came to precisely one ounce. Five sheets of 8 ½ x 11 would actually give us too much weight, less copy space, and 25% more printing cost. But, as Woody Walker admitted, 8 ½ x 14 does reduce down nicely to 8 ½ x 11 if you have access to a Copier.