Pfautz-Fouts-Foutz Newsletter
No. 8 October, 1982 No, 8
Published by The Jacob Foutz Family Assn., Inc., 214 West Main St., Farmington , New Mexico 87401
ANOTHER COMPLICATED ANCESTOR:
JOHN DAVID PFAUTZ, IMMIGRANT OF 1749, LEFT TWO FAMILY LINES;
BOTH OF CONSIDERABLE CONFUSION AND A FEW REMAINING MYSTERIES
Like Hans Michael Pfautz, Sr., immigrant of 1727, John David Pfautz, immigrant of 1749, has been found in Lutheran parish records in Germany and in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. But the records are fragmentary in both places and leave as much unanswered as revealed. John David is unique, however, in having had two wives and two families, each of a decidedly different nature and settlement locale.
According to the Lutheran parish records in Merchingen, Baden (Germany), Johann David Pfautz, and his wife Maria Agnes settled in that community before the birth of their son Johann Frederick Pfautz, who was baptized on 8 Jun 1737. Five more infants were born to the couple by late 1746, but all died in infancy: Christian Dietrich Paulus Pfautz, 11 Dec 1739-1 Oct 1740; (b) Friederica Juliana Dorothea Pfautz, 22 Jul 1741-Late 1741; (c) Benedicta Christiana Dorothea Margaret Pfautz, 12 Jul 1743-25 Jul 1743; (d) Reinhard Dieterich Pfautz, 23 Sep 1744-16 Nov 1744; and (e) Johann David Pfautz, 29 Nov 1746-2 Aug 1747. An elder daughter, Charlotte, born before Frederick elsewhere also survived.
David Pfautz arrived in Philadelphia in early October, 1749 on the ship “Christian” from Rotterdam via Cowes, England. The passengers were described as being from Wurtemberg, Alsace, and Zweibreck. (The Pfautz family was located on both sides of the Lower Nekar River, the dividing line between Baden and Wurtemberg.) By 1752, Pfautz was located in Lancaster Borough, Pa., and was engaged in carpentry and cabinet making.
On 6 Jan 1754, Charlotte Pfautz, presumably David's eldest surviving child, married John Michael Lentz at Trinity Lutheran Church in Lancaster Borough. On 24 Jul 1759, Johann David Pfautz, widower and cabinetmaker, married Anna Barbara, Widow Hahn, at Trinity Lutheran. For at least three more years, Pfautz remained in Lancaster Borough and appeared on the tax lists as a renter through 1763. He is yet to be found in records thereafter, but he was quite active. for a number of years to come. We will leave him for the moment.
On 15 Dec 1762 , Frederic Foutz, son of John David, married Susanna Christie St. James Episcopal Church in Lancaster Borough. By the birth of their first child, Nancy Ann, 15 Jun 1763 the Foutz were back in good graces with the Lutherans, for the child was baptized at Holy Trinity 10 Jul 1763. On 18 Nov 1764, the couple baptized their first son Jacob Pfautz, born 4 Sep 1764, at Holy Trinity. Thereafter, they apparently converted Dunker and engaged in no further infant baptisms. Thereafter and until the Revolution, Frederick Foutz drops from readily accessible records.
During the Revolution, Frederick Foutz was a farmer in Earl Twp., Lancaster Co., Pa., and was listed as a Non-Associator, or one who refused to engage in war, participate in the Militia, or to pay war levy taxes. In the Census of 1790, Frederick was enumerated in Hempfield Twp., Lancaster Co., Pa., with a large household. Shortly thereafter, he moved to Washington Co., Maryland, where he bought the first land held in his own name on the waters of Conococheage Creek, a short distance northeast of Clear Spring, just below the Pennsylvania line. Here Frederick Foutz died during the Christmas season, 1806.
Frederick Foutz's estate was substantial. In addition to his wife Susanna, who died in Washington Co., Md., in 1827, age 84, Frederick's heirs and children were: Nancy Ann, m. Balzer DAUM (Thom); Jacob, m. Elizabeth STORM (Sturm); William, m. Eliza EVERSOLE; Elizabeth, m. Jacob ALTER; Henry, m. Susanna GANTZ; John, never married; David, m, Rosanna SMITH (Schmidt); daughter name unknown, m. David STUTZMAN; George, m. Rosanna ?; Frederick, Jr., possibly married three times under name of John Fouts; Mary, m. William CREAGER; and Charlotta, m. William BRENTLINGLR. With the exception of David and John Frederick, the sons all married late and had only one or two children. With the exception of David, all of Frederick's children either remained in the Maryland-Pennsylvania area or settled in Northeast Ohio. David, of Frederick, by 1798 was settled in Randolph Co., N.C., where he had land adjacent to John Daniel and Jacob Fouts, sons of Theobald, immigrant of 1738, who, in turn, were located near or adjacent to Fouts belonging to Jacob, immigrant before 1730. Two miles north and slightly west of David in 1798 was located the Widow Fouts and her Fouts and Hon (Hahn) sons. But the Widow and her family had been in that area of North Carolina, according to the records, for twenty years when David of Frederick appeared from, Washington Co., Md.
In the Census of 1800, a circle of less than six miles in diameter, centering a mile east of the Rowan (now Davidson)-Randolph County Line near Hoover's Mill would have encompassed Fouts of Jacob (before 1730), Fouts of Theobald (1738), David of Frederick (John David's first wife's issue), and Fouts of John David (including the Widow Barbara, her Hahn children and her Fouts children). Despite this close proximity, we still do not know the relationship between Jacob, Theobald, or John David.
To conclude comments about John David's first family, no tracing has been attempted for Charlotte Pfautz Lentz---but there were Lentz among the Carolina German Lutherans settled just West of the Fouts; the Daums (as Toms) were prominent in Franklin Co., Pa.; Jacob's family seemingly petered out; William had either a small or a large family in Morgan Co., (W) Virginia, just across the Potomac from Washington Co., Md., and was a miller; the Alters were prominent in Cumberland Co., Pa.; Henry's Jacob was a prominent builder in Cleveland, Ohio, and sired the prestigious Fouts of NE Ohio; the daughter who married the Stutzman died before her father and left only one child, Jacob Stutzman; David is mentioned below; George apparently became a Dunker minister and died in Washington Co., Md.; Frederick, of John after 1810, was a hatmaker and had a small family in Washington County before relocating to Jefferson Co., Ohio, where he was married; and widowed without children, then relocated to Wayne Co., Ohio, where he married and had five children --- these were the Fouts of Hardin Co., Iowa; the Creagers remained in Washington County; and the Brentlingers settled in Northeast Ohio also. There are a lot of missing pieces to all of these families.
In 1779, the Entry Taker in Rowan County, N.C., accepted an entry on the waters of Hambys Creek which "included the Widow Fouts’ and Andrew Garren's improvements." Neither the Widow nor Garren had preemption land rights and even if they had been so vested, they could not have stopped the exploitation, for both were recorded nonjuring pacifists, likely of the Brethren (Dunker) persuasion, but there were both Mennonites and Dunkers in the neighborhood. Ultimately, the Widow's sons were able to acquire the land, but it took them more than fifteen years to clear their titles.
By 1792, it was apparent that the Widow had five sons: Nicholas, Peter, David, John, and Jacob. Jacob either moved elsewhere or died in 1792, for he has not been found in the records afterwards. But Nicholas, Peter, David, and John are highly visible in the records --- wherever they went. Full definitions of their families have not been made, but most of the evidence has been collected. There is no indication that there were any daughters in the second family,
Both Nicholas and Peter moved from North Carolina to Washington Co., Maryland, in the mid 1780s, but were located near the Hons on the Waters of Antietam northeast of Hagerstown---the opposite side of the County from where Frederick Foutz later bought land. By 1790-91, both were back on Hambys Creek. Nicholas had a large family of daughters, but his last child, born in 1815, was a son --- who was named David. Peter died in Rowan (now Davidson) Co., N.C., in 1812. By the late 1830s, all of his family, except eldest son David --- who remained in Davidson County, were located in Pike Twp., Marion Co., Indiana.
David Fouts, son of John David and the Widow Hahn, moved to Indian Creek waters in Lincoln Co., N.C., in 1802, then to Indian Creek waters of Harrison Co., Indiana Territory, in 1816, where, he died in 1817. His eldest son David was one of the ministers of the Dunker congregation near Bradford, Harrison County. George Hon, from North Carolina, was another minister. The Hon-Fouts cemetery in Bradford is a long way from Trinity Lutheran in Lancaster, Pa., but it is a direct derivative of the, 1759 marriage.
John Fouts seemingly remained in North Carolina. His eldest son was named David also --- so anyone wondering about the three David Fouts in Rowan-Davidson Cos., N.C. , in the Censuses of 1850, be advised that they were David of Nicholas (the youngest), David of Peter, and David of John. David of David was in Harrison Co., Indiana.
Now, about David Fouts of Frederick who was settled among all the other Fouts in North Carolina in 1800. In 1802, more or less by himself, he moved to German Twp., Montgomery Co., Ohio, but when the rest of the Fouts from Carolina moved there in 1803, David picked up and moved to adjoining Preble Co., Ohio, where he died in the early 1840s. This David's David settled in the Nettle Creek Congregation of the brethren in western Wayne Co. , Indiana, and his Michael settled among the Brethren in Miami Co., Indiana. The rest of his children stayed put in Preble County or move a tad north into Darke Co., Ohio.
There's more to this story, but we're Davided-out at the moment.
MUCH BUCHANAN CO., IOWA, FOUTS MATERIAL NOW IN FILES
Thanks to Karen Finley, Route 1, Brandon, Iowa 52210, who responded to a Fouts Query in the Hawkeye Heritage, we now have a copious amount of data in the files concerning Jacob Fouts and wife Elizabeth Fincher, Daniel Fouts and wife Margaret Shaffer, John Oldfather and his wife Susanna Fouts, and Solomon Yount and his wife Eva Fouts, all of whom played a role in the pioneering days of Buchanan Co., Iowa, particularly in and around Brandon. These Fouts, all children of Michael Fouts and Elizabeth Sinks (born in North Carolina) of German Twp., Montgomery Co., Ohio, moved from Ohio to Warren Co., Indiana; then to Green Co., Wisconsin; then, after the Census of 1850, to Buchanan Co., Iowa. Although the group had been Quaker and Dunker in its North Carolina and Ohio origins, it was prominent in establishing the Disciples of Christ in Buchanan County.
Mrs. Finley is not a Fouts descendant but is the local historian for the Brandon area and has done all of the Fouts and their in-laws because the family was so prominent---as well as numerous---in local history. Mrs. Finley warns that data concerning these Fouts in the President Hoovers Genealogy seemingly stops at 1911 and includes several errors of misidentification. Those interested may obtain copies of Mrs. Finley's material by writing Dr. Davenport at Farmington, N.M..
CENSUS OF 1900;
FOUTS IN THE UPPER MIDWEST AT TURN OF CENTURY
Again thanks to Janet Pease of Arvada, Colorado, we give you those Fouts, etc., who were enumerated in Minnesota and the Dakotas in 1900. These are Soundex directory listings and are, abstracts. Complete data for each entry may be found by referring to the original Census books (on microfilm) per citations given,
Minnesota, 1900
Surname First Name Birth Date Age Birthplace Relationship
Pope County, Westport Twp., 43-251-2-74
FOUTS ,Richard M. Sep 1850 49 Ohio Head of Household
“ ,Ella May 1856 44 “ Wife
“ ,Hazel Jun 1890 9 Minnesota Daughter
“ ,Jennie Apr 1892 8 “ “
Todd County, Bertha Twp., 62-183-4-31
FOUTS ,Charles A. Aug 1852 46 Iowa Head of Household
“ ,Grace P. Jan 1872 28 Kansas Wife
“ ,Vida L. Apr 1893 7 Nebraska Daughter
Kandiyohe County, City of Raymond, 27-68-6-53
FOUTS ,Charley Feb 1867 33 Illinois Head of household
“ ,Viola Oct 1867 30 “ Wife
“ ,Chester Nov 1892 7 “ Son
Surname First Name Birth Date Age Birthplace Relationship
Stevens County, City of Morris, 60-265-21-30
FOUTS ,Dallas Dec 1872 27 Illinois Head of Household
“ ,Helene Sep 1877 22 Vermont Wife
“ ,Gladis May 1897 3 Minnesota Daughter
Kandiyohe County, City of Raymond, 27-68-6-72
FOUTS ,William V. H. Oct 1842 57 Pennsylvania Boarder
South Dakota, 1900
Brown County, Detroit Twp., 2-53-4-46
FOUTS ,Albert B, Oct 1878 21 Michigan Head of Household
,Cora E. Oct 1876 23 Michigan Wife
,Hellen M, Jan 1900 4/12 South Dakota Daughter
KING ,Burt W. Oct 1876 23 Michigan Boarder
Brookings County, Oak Lake Twp., 2-23-8-11
FOUTS ,Mamie Aug 1874 25 Iowa Sister
(In household of Sherman Ibach)
Brookings County, White Village, 2-30-1-56
FOUTS ,Mammie Jul 1876 23 Iowa Lodger
(In household of Hattie S. White)
Brown County, Claremont Twp., 2-51-7-32
FOUTS ,Robert F. Apr 1855 45 Ohio Head of Household
“ ,Caroline L. Aug 1856 43 Michigan Wife
Meade County, Fort Meade, 11-49-1-48
FOUTS ,Clity E. Jun 1877 23 Maryland Soldier
(In Co. G, 1st U.S. Cavalry)
North Dakota, 1900
Foster County, Pleasant Valley Twp., 4-53-5-16
FOUTS ,Chancery Jan 1875 25 Indiana Servant
(In household of Nels Heigg)
SOME EARLY FOUTZ MARRIACES IN BOTETOURT AND BEDFORD COS., VIRGINIA
In the early-to-mid-I790s, a Jacob Foutz of unproven origins but believed to have been a son of Conrad Foutz, Sr., of Dauphin Co., Pa., settled in Bedford Co., Virginia, close to where the Blue Ridge lowers into an easy passage east and west. Accordingly, Foutz' children married in Bedford Co., east of the Blue Ridge, and Botetourt Co., west of the Blue Ridge, prior to 1850. The family is numerous today in nearby Roanoke. Here are some of the earliest marriages:
14 Mar 1818 John FOUTS to Elizabeth SPECKART, daughter of Henry Speckart. Bonded by Henry Speckart in Botetourt Co.
11 May 1821 Phebe FOUTZ to Henry SPECKARD, Bonded by Jacob Foutz in Bedford Co. Married by Elder Joel Crumpacker [Dunker Minister], 15 May 1821,
10 Nov 1823 Abraham FOUTZ to Polly CUNDIFF, with consent of Polly's guardian William Dickerson bonded by Charles Craigh in Bedford Co.
19 Dec 1824 Jacob FOUTZ to Hetty SPICKARD, daughter of Henry Spickard, Bonded by Henry Spickard in Botetourt Co., Married by Joel Crumpacker, 23 Dec 1824.
20 Nov 1826 Daniel FOUTZ to Polly BUFORD, daughter of John Buford. Bonded by John Buford in Bedford Co. Married by James Leftwich [Dunker Minister], 7 Dec 1826,
22 Dec 1826 Betsy FOUTZ to Jeremiah W. Quarles, Betsy the daughter of Jacob Foutz. Bond not in extant files, but indexed in Bedford Co.
2 Feb 1827 George FOUTZ to Milly BUFORD, daughter of John Buford, Bonded by Lawson Lawhorn in Bedford Co. Married by James Leftwich, 27 Feb 1827.
24 Jan 1842 William W. FOUTZ to Elizabeth BAKER Bonded by William Baker and Henry Baker in Botetourt Co.
4 Nov 1844 Greenville FOUTS to Sarah Ann Lehman, daughter of John Lehman. Bonded by John Lehman in Botetourt Co. [Greenville's parentage still undetermined --- he moved family to Indianapolis after Civil War and died there.]
15 Dec 1845 - John FOUTZ to Priscilla WEAVER, daughter of Gabriel Weaver. Bonded by Green Dean in Bedford Co. Married by William Harris, 18 Dec 1845.
20 Mar 1848 Green B. FOUTS to Mary L. P. EDWARDS, bonded by Peter M. Wright in Bedford Co.
29 Dec 1848 Martha Ann FOUTZ, to Benjamin ZIMMERMAN, daughter of Jacob, Decd., Bonded by Greenville FOUTZ in Botetourt Co.
29 Dec 1849 Green B, FOUTS to Martha A. OVERSTREET, Bonded by Isaac L. James in Bedford Co. Married by Thomas C. Coggins, 3 Jan 1850.
11 Mar 1850 Jacob FOUTZ to Emeline HARKRIDER, Bonded by John Thrasher in Roanoke Co.
24 Nov 1851 William W. FOUTZ, son of Abraham Foutz, to Frances ANDERSON, daughter of William Anderson. Bonded by LeRoy C. James in Bedford Co. Married by Clark R. Campbell, 2 Dec 1851.
10 Feb 1853 Frances E. FOUTZ, daughter of Daniel Foutz, to Edward W. DEARING. Bedford Co. Marriage Return.
11 Aug 1855 Judah FOUTZ, daughter of Daniel Foutz, to James W. GRAY. Bedford Co. Marriage Return.
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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.
CIVIL WAR RECORDS CONTINUED;
THE LAST OF THE HOOSIERS; THEN FOLLOWS THOSE FROM ILLINOIS
Picking up where we left off in July (No. 7), here are the rest of the Fouts, etc., who wore Union blue in Indiana volunteer regiments during the Civil War
SAMUEL FOUTS - Pvt., Co. D, 81st Indiana Infantry; eenlisted 2 Aug 1862 at Austin, Scott Co., Indiana; mustered-in at New Albany, 29 Aug 1862; died of typhoid fever at Bowling Green, Ky., 21 Nov 1862. The Company D descriptive book listed Fouts as age 28, born in Morgan Co., (W) Virginia, and a farmer by occupation. On 2 May 1863, Rosetta Fouts, of Vernon Twp., Jackson Co., Indiana, filed for a widow's pension, stating that she had married Samuel Fouts on 30 Oct 1857, that her maiden name was Rosetta Elliott, that Fouts had left three infant daughters: Rose Isabell, b. 24 Sep 1859; Mary Louisa, b. 22 Sep 1860; and Sarah Jane, b. 3 Mar 1862. Subsequently, the widow filed a Marriage Certificate recorded in Jennings Co., Indiana, attesting that the couple had been married on 30 Oct 1851 [sic]. On 11 Dec 1866, the Widow Rosetta Fouts amended her pension claim, stating that Fouts' children were: Mary L., b. 22 Sep 1852; and Rose Isabella, b. 24 Sep 1859. On 7 Jun 1875, Catherine L. Lewis and John H. Cole, both of Jackson Co., Indiana, attested that Rosetta Fouts had died on 2 Feb 1874, That Rosa I. Fouts was the only surviving child of Samuel Fouts, Decd., of less than sixteen years, and that Sarah Jane Fouts, mentioned in the Widow's first pension application, had died on 14 Jun 1863. Thereafter file is silent. (Purely on the basis of location, Samuel Fouts appears to have been the son of William Foutz and Eliza Eversole of Morgan Co., (W) Va. Ancestry D, issue of first wife.)
THOMAS B. FOUTS - Sgt., Co. I, 31st Indiana a Infantry ; enlisted 5 Sep 1861 at Terre Haute; mustered into Federal Service on 20 Sep 1861 ; seriously wounded and taken prisoner at Battle of Stone River 31 Dec 1862; immediately exchanged and hospitalized; re-enlisted as Veteran volunteer on 1 Jan 1864 at Bridgeport, Alabama; mustered-out with Company on 8 Dec 1865 at Victoria, Tex. On 4 Sep 1886, Sarah A. Reid, of Washington Co., Indiana, applied for Child's pension for her daughter Emma I. Fouts, setting forth that she (Sarah) had married Thomas B. Fouts on 21 Feb 1864, that Emma had been born on 7 Nov 1866, that Thomas B. Fouts had died on 13 Aug 1867, and that she had married James H. Reid on 15 Dec 1869. On 26 Sep 1898, Emma I. Wallraven, daughter of Thomas B. Fouts applied for the portion of a Child’s pension that had been due her prior to her mother's filing in 1886. The claim was denied on the basis of no entitlement (a child was, entitled to a pension only if there was no surviving parent --- Emma's mother had waived the entitlement by remarrying). [Thomas B. FOULS Was the son of David Fouts and Lavina Tadlock, of Washington Co., Indiana. Ancestry B.]
THOMAS D. FOUTS - Lt., Col., cmdg., 137th Indiana infantry (100-days regiment); joined 27 May 1864; assumed command 6 Jun 1864; mustered-out 21 Sep 1864. Strangely, although listed as a regimental commander, Fouts never was made accountable for any equipment, arms, or quartermaster stores although the regiment did duty in Tullahoma, Tennessee. On 11 Dec 1888, Thomas D. Fouts of Wichita, Sedgwick Co., Kansas, filed for a disability pension. Subsequently, Thomas D. (Dougan) Fouts told the Pension Bureau that he was married on 1 Oct 1849 to Clarinda Jane Adams in Clark Co., Indiana, that he had three living (1898) children: Eugene P. Fouts, b. 3 Aug 1850; Louis M. Fouts, b. 22 Jul 1854; and Wiley B. Fouts, b. 1 May 1857. Col. Fouts died 26 Jail 190? in Wichita. No widow apparently survived. [Thomas Dougan Fouts was the son of Lewis Fouts and Sarah Dougan. Ancestry C.]
WESLEY FOUTS - Corp., Co. D, 116th Indiana infantry; mustered-in 7 Aug 1863 at Lafayette; mustered-out 1 Mar 1864. In 1884, Wesley Fouts of Waynetown, Montgomery Co., Indiana, applied for a disability pension. Subsequently, he advised the Pension bureau that he had married Emeline Mitchell on 9 Aug 1864 near Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co., Indiana, and had one daughter living (1898): Dora, b. 12 Aug 1868. Wesley Fouts died 18 Apr 1898. His Widow died 29 Apr 1911. Both in Montgomery Co., Indiana, [Wesley Was the son of Eli Fouts and Mary Ann Blackford. Ancestry B.]
WILLIAM PFOUTZ - Corp., Co. B, 46th Indiana Infantry; enlisted Waverly, Cass Co., Indiana, 2 Oct 1861; mustered in 5 Nov 1861 at Logansport, wounded in action at Champion Hills, Mississippi 17 May 1863, died 23 May 1863. By Company Descriptive Book, Pfoutz was born in 1843 in Cass Co., Indiana, and was a farmer by occupation. No pension claim was made for this service. [William Pfoutz was the son of John Pfoutz and Eliza Martin, of Cass Co., Indiana , but originally of Franklin Co., Pa. Ancestry A.]
FRANKLIN PFOUTZ - Pvt. , Co. B, 46th Indiana Infantry; enlisted Logansport 2 Oct 1861 ; served in Provost Guard and Pioneer Corps of Division, mostly in Louisiana; muster-out 1 Dec 1864 on expiration of enlistment. No pension claim was ever made for this service. [Franklin Pfoutz was a brother of William Pfoutz, above, was another son of John Pfoutz and Eliza Martin of Cass Co., Indiana. Ancestry A.]
WILLIAM D. FOUTS - Surgeon, 81st Indiana Infantry; commissioned 30 Aug 1862 and joined regiment 18 Oct 1862 near Crab Orchard, Ky., as Asst. Surgeon; mustered-out 20 Dec 1863 at Bridgeport, Alabama; re-mustered as Regimental Surgeon 31 Jan 1864; mustered-out at Camp Harker, Tenn., 13 Jun 1865. Was taken prisoner by Confederates while in charge of Battlefield Hospital at Chickamauga, Sep-Nov 1863. Paroled at City Point, Ill., 24 Nov 1863. On 3 Apr 1890, Ellen Fouts of Jeffersonville, Clark Co., Indiana, widow of Dr. William D. Pouts applied for a Widow's pension, informing that Pension Bureau that Dr. Fouts had died on 18 Jan 1890, that she had married him in Scott County, Indiana, on 20 Apr 1847 under her maiden name of Eleanor Loughran, that he left no surviving children under the age of sixteen years. The file is silent as to whether a pension was granted. [Dr. William D. Fouts was the son of Angus Fouts and Mary Boles of Scott Co., Indiana. Ancestry C.]
FOUTS, ETC, IN ILLINOIS REGIMENTS
DAVID FOUTS -Pvt., Co. E., 103rd Illinois Infantry; enlisted on 12 Oct 1862 at Peoria, being listed as Age 18, a resident of Banner Twp., Fulton Co., Illinois, and a farmer by occupation. Listed as absent without leave in May, 1863 and as lost to service by improper muster In June, 1863. On 8 Jn 1902 David Fouts of Lewis County, Washington, filed for an invalid pension, alleging that he had contracted rheumatism while serving at Waterport, Mississippi, in January, 1863. A review of Army records showed that Fouts had gone AWOL, on 16 May 1863 but had never been declared a deserter. He had made no application for amendment of the record or for all honorable discharge --- although he did have a service hospitalization record which would have qualified him for a disability pension. Fouts abandoned the pension claim. [David Fouts was the son of Emsley Fouts and wife Lavina of Fulton Co., Illinois. Ancestry C.]
DAVID W. FOUTS - Pvt., Co. H, 44th Illinois Infantry; mustered in 28 Sep 1864 at Danville, Ill, mustered-out 15 Jun 1865, having never served one day with his company. Was sick in hospital at Chattanooga for entire service. Company descriptive book lists him as a Draftee, age 21, born in Vermillion Co., Indiana, a farmer, and resident of Young America, Edgar Co., Ill. On 18 Jun 1912, David W. Fouts of Edgar Co., Ill., filed for a pension. Subsequently, he states that he was born in Clinton, Indiana, 4 Mar 1843, that he had married Rebecca Kelley on 29 Feb 1872, that he had two children: Florence K., b. 17 Nov 1875, and Bert B., b. 28 Jun 1877. David William Fouts died 21 Jul 1926 in Chrisman, Edgar Co., Ill.. His widow died 5 Jan 1929, also in Chrisman. [David W. Fouts was the son of Henry Harrison Fouts and Elizabeth Boswell. Ancestry B.]
GEORGE FOUTS - Pvt., Co. F, 48th Illinois Infantry ; mustered- in 28 Oct 1861 near Springfield; re-enlisted as Veteran Volunteer 1 Jan 1864 at Scottsboro, Alabama; mustered-out at Little Rock, Arkansas, 15 Aug 1865. On 2 Dec 1876, George Fouts, a resident of Jefferson Co., Illinois, but with post office of Walnut hills, Marion Co., filed for an invalid pension. Thin on family details, Fouts' pension file includes only certification of his marriage to Catherine Breeze on 4 Mar 1852, certification of his death on 24 Oct 1901 at Walnut Hills, Ill., and certification of her death on 3 Jul 1910 at Little Grove, Jefferson Co., Ill. There is no mention of children [George Fouts was the son of John Fouts and Mary Copple of Jefferson Co., Illinois. Ancestry C.]
JAMES T. FOUTS - Pvt., Co. C, 38tli Illinois Infantry; joined as a bounty substitute for Louis Wetzel on 26 Jan 1865 at Danville, being age 18, born in Indiana, and a farmer. Mustered-out at Victoria, Texas, 20 Mar 1866. No pension was ever claimed for this service. [,James T. Fouts was the son of Henry Harrison Fouts and Elizabeth Boswell of Edgar Co., Illinois. Ancestry B.]
War:
JOHN C. FOUTS - Pvt., (New) Co. L, 12th Illinois Cavalry; enlisted 23 Dec 1863 at Prairie City, McDonough Co., Ill., being age 18, a native of Blair Co., Pa., and a farmer; died at U.S. Genera Hospital, Baton Rouge, La., 23 Nov 1864. On 10 Jan 1865, Catherine Fouts of Lee Twp., Fulton Co., Ill., (P.O., Prairie City), filed for a Dependent Mother's pension, stating that John had been her whole support since the death of her husband Samuel Fouts who had died in Lee Twp., in May 1863, leaving besides the widow John C.; Samuel, age 15; Elizabeth, age 13; William, age 11; and Alice, age 5. She further certified that she had married Samuel Fouts in Blair Co., Pa., on 15 Jul 1840. The pensioned Catherine Fouts died at Riverton, Tremont Co., Iowa, on 4 Jul 189? [Samuel Fouts was the son of Michael Fouts and Catherine Kuln of Lee Twp., Fulton Co., Illinois. Ancestry E.]
JOHN H. FOUTS - Pvt., Co. B, 136th Illinois infantry;; mustered-in 16 May 1864; mustered-out 22 Oct 1864. Company Description gives age as 18, birthplace as Clark Co., Indiana; occupation as farmer. On 11 Feb 1892, John H. FOUTS Of Bates Co., Missouri, filed for an Invalid's pension. Subsequently, he certified that his first wife had been Sarah Alice Perdue, who died in Greenwood Co., Kansas, on 21 Jul 1881; that his second wife was Mary Eliza Sayers Robinson who he had married 6 Jan 1882 at New Washington, Clark Co., Indiana; and that he had three living (1898) children: Orion L., b. 17 Sep 1873; Lillie Lois, b. 21 Aug 1879; and Minnie Pearl, b. 22 Jan 1888. John H. Fouts died 9 Jun 1906 near Siloam Springs, Benton Co., Arkansas. His widow died 21 May 1936 at Florence, Fremont Co., Colorado, [.John H. Fouts was the son of Lemon Fouts and Eveline Reed of Jefferson Co., Illinois. Ancestry C.]
LEMON FOUTS - Capt., Fouts' Company, 80th Illinois Infantry; raised the Company in Jefferson and Marion counties in early August, 1862. However, at mustering-in for Federal Service at Camp Centralia on 25 Aug 1862, Capt. Fouts, age 48, was found physically disqualified for Federal Service and was not mustered-in. No pensionable service. [Lemon Fouts was the son of Jacob Fouts and Mary Dougan of Washington Twp., Clark Co., Indiana. Ancestry C.]
LEMON FOUTS - Pvt., Co. H (Capt. Fouts' Co.), 80th Illinois Infantry; mustered-in at Camp Centralia, 25 Aug 1862; served as Brigade Teamster until 11 Aug 1863 when detailed to Heavy Artillery at Nashville, Tenn.; detailed as Regimental Teamster Jan 1865 until death from small pox at Nashville, Tenn., on 28 May 1865. On 14 Jul 1865, Margaret Fouts of Jefferson Co., Ill., filed for a Widow's Pension, certifying that she had married Lemon Fouts, Jr., under her maiden name of Margaret Copple on 11 Jan 1855 in Jefferson County, and that the Deceased had left one surviving child; Lewis McCord Fouts, b. 9 Nov 1857. On 15 Nov 1868, the Widow married Benjamin Harvey, who became guardian to the Lewis M. and obtained a Minor's pension in his name, the widow having relinquished by remarriage. Thereafter the file is silent. [Lemon Fouts, Jr., was the son of John Fouts and Mary Copple and was born in Fulton Co., Illinois. Ancestry C.]
REUBEN B. FOUTS -Corp., Co. F, 79th Illinois Infantry; enlisted 1 Aug 1862 at Martinsville Clark Co., Ill.; mustered-in at Camp Terry, Ill., 28 Aug 1862 as 5th Corporal; on detached duty as ambulance driver, 24 Jan 1863-30 Sep 1864; on detached service as baggage guard at Chattanooga, 24 Oct 1864-31 Dec 1864; mustered-out 12 Jun 1865 at Nashville, Tenn. On 7 May 1887, Reuben B. Fouts of Jefferson Twp., Richland Co., Ohio, applied for an Invalid's pension, subsequently certifying that he had married Lavina Losh in Richald Co., Ohio, on 5 Sep 1850, that he was born in Columbiana Co., Ohio, in 1838, that he had three children living (1898): Marilyn Fouts Snider, b. 30 Dec 1850; Madison M. Fouts, b. 20 Aug 1853; and Angeline Fouts Toben, b. 10 Jul 1859. Fouts was dead in January, 1909, when his widow filed for a pension. Lavina Losh Fouts died 12 Aug 1918 in Unity, Richland Co., Ohio. [Reuben B. Fouts was not a Fouts. He was the son of Jacob Fouts (Vocht-Focht-Fought) and wife Hannah, of Worthington Twp., Richland Co., Ohio. Jacob was the son of Charles Fouts-Focht-Fought of Columbiana Co., Ohio, who was from Berks Co., Pa. Only Jacob, of Charles' sons, used the Fouts surname. Other sons either used Fought (Ohio and West Virginia) or Focht (Pennsylvania),]
WASHINGTON FOUTS, alias LOUIS W. FOUTZ - Pvt. , Co. A, 14th Illinois Cavalry; enlisted Chicago, 28 Sep 1864, identifying self as age 30, born in Indiana, and a farmer; sick in hospital for most of service; mustered-out at Nashville, Tenn., 12 May 1865. On 1 July 1890, Louis Washington Fouts, age 56, of Grant City, Worth County, Missouri, applied for an Invalid's pension based on his service with the 14th Illinois Cavalry. He qualified for the pension and certified to the Pension Bureau that he was born in Jay County, Indiana, 28 Jun 1834; that he had married Anna Keegen on 2 Aug 1863 at St. Joseph, Mo.; that he and his wife were childless; and that he was a resident of Worth Co., Mo., from time of mustering-out until 1892 when he moved to Maryville, Nodaway Co., Mo.. On 30 Jun 1909, in attempting to have his pension increased, Fouts advised the Pension Bureau that he had also served in Co. B, 11th Missouri Cavalry. That was his undoing. LEWIS W. FOUTS had enlisted in Co. B, 11th Missouri Cavalry, on 12 Mar 1863 at Maryville, had been mustered-in at St. Joseph, 28 Mar 1863, and had served on detached service at Platte River Bridge, then detached service at St. Louis, and had deserted, taking his weapons, on 1 Mar 1864 at Rolla, Mo. Investigation by the Pension Bureau determined that Fouts had received an unusually large enlistment bonus from both a Ward and the City of Chicago, which far exceeded what he would have been paid for the completion of his original enlistment, and, therefore, declared him to have been a Bounty Jumper (one who deserted in order to re-enlist to get a bounty) and disqualified him from all further pension eligibility. Fouts' pension was canceled on 4 Aug 1909 --- he did not appeal the cancellation.. [Lewis Washington Fouts was the son of Hawkins Fouts and Lydia Tharp of Jay Co., Indiana. Ancestry C.]
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EARLIEST FOUTS MARRIAGES IN MORGAN CO,, OHIO
There were two Fouts families in Morgan Co., Ohio, in the 1820s: (1) the Widow, sons, and in-laws of Andrew Fouts, 1736-1808, of Brooke Co., (W) Virginia, and (2) John Fouts, who arrived in America from Wurtemberg, Germany, in 1820. Both used the Fouts spelling without variation.
Here are the earliest of their marriages in Morgan County:
Date of Marriage Principals Marriage Record
5 Apr 1821 Samuel FOUTS and Hannah MURREY A: 28
9 Mar 1825 Elizabeth FOUTS and Absalom KOUNS A: 73
27 May 1828 Sebastian E. FOUTS and Sarah WELLS A:137
1 Jan 1829 Margaret FOUTS and Austin N. HAMBLIN A:144
24 Feb 1831 Elizabeth FOUTS and John M. GILLESPIE A:179
25 Oct 1832 Nancy FOUTS and Ezekiel DEVOL A:215
13 Jun 1833 Ruth Ann FOUTS and Isaac H. ROLAND A:233
19 Dec 1833 Sarah FOUTS and Elzey COX A:254
13 Mar 1834 Thomas FOUTS and Silvey Ann ELLIS A:262
23 Nov 1834 Jacob FOUTS and Christena SILBER A:236
21 May 1836 Jemima FOUTS and William HALL A:310
14 Mar 1837 Amanda FOUTS and John LYON A:337
14 Mar 1837 Jacob FOUTS and Nancy GILLESPIE A:337
13 Jun 1837 William FOUTS and Lydia ELLIS A:345
22 Nov 1837 Elvira FOUTS and George F. HAYWARD A:358
29 Nov 1838 Ann FOUTS and Herbert JOHNSON A:398
29 Jan 1839 Mary Ann FOUTS and Cydnor B. TOMPKINS A:406
24 Mar 1839 Susanna FOUTS and Levi PURDY A:412
24 Jun 1841 Silas H. FOUTS and Elizabeth LEHEW B:12
25 Jul 1841 Drusilla FOUTS and George W. FISHER B:15
20 Jan 1842 John FOUTS and Jane SILVER B:37
25 Oct 1842 Solomon H. FOUTS and Rachel M. O'DELL B:64
8 Jun 1843 Margaret FOUTS and William BARRELL B:?
30 Nov 1843 Rosanna FOUTS and Richard McILHINEY B:?
3 Nov 1844 Harriet FOUTS and Benjamin T. F. CAKE B:?
QUERIES
Seek descendants of Mary Fautz Oakey (Fouts Okey), daughter of Benjamin Franklin Fouts of Morgan Co., Ohio, and Worth Co. , Mo., last known near Des Moines, Iowa, 1890-19??; had children named Cora, Wilbur, Jerry and Addie (m, Andrews). Also seek descendants of Alexander Fouts, brother of Mary and son of Benjamin F. Fouts. P. Michaux, 7529 Spring Lake Drive, Bethesda, MD. 20817.
Seek identification of parentage of George A. Fouts, b. Iowa, 1860, who married Anna Graham at Quincy, Adams Co., Illinois, in July 1881. In Census of 1900, George and family are located in Lee County, Iowa, and brother Samuel W. Fouts and family was located in Scotland Co., Missouri. Mrs. Clarice Fouts Ranney, 576 South Camman, Coos Bay, Oregon 97420.
MISCELLANEOUS
For those who have made a donation to the Jacob Foutz Family Assn., Inc., and wish to take a deduction on their Income Tax returns, be advised that the IRS Non-Profit Research Corporation number for the JFFA is 85-0298782.
We appreciate the efforts of Lois Rasar, of Macon, Georgia, who has taken on the Fouts of the State of Georgia as a personal project. So far as early settlement is concerned, the Fouts of Gilmer and Lumpkin Cos., Ga., were descendants of Leonard Fouts, via his sons Leonard, Jr., or Jacob, and the Fouts of Dawson Co., Ga., were of the family of John Fouts, son of Andrew Fouts and Hannah Fouts of Randolph Co., N.C.. By ancestry, the Leonard Fouts descendants were Ancestry C, while John Fouts himself was both Ancestry B and C.
Those Fouts who show up in South Carolina in the Census of 1820 appear to be of the line of a Christian Fouts --- who shows as "Foust" in earlier censuses. This may be the Christian Fouts who was the Lieutenant Colonel in the Lancaster Co., Pa., militia during the Revolution --- and who deserted to the British. There are no Fouts among the British Empire Loyalists of Nova Scotia, and South Carolina was not an uncomfortable place after the Revolution for those who had served with the British. These Fouts, after 1820, trace to Florida in 1850---then to Texas after 1900 --- and were prominent in the Baptist ministry.
Our thanks to Judy Pirtle, Sullivan, Indiana, for copies of the pages of the Family Bible of Albert B. Fouts, which included birthdates for Albert's grandparents David Fouts and Lavina Tadlock and their family; and his parents Henry Harrison Fouts and Elizabeth Boswell and their family. Judy also sent some material from the Sullivan County Historical Society by Ruth Jane Foutz, who, it now appears, traces back to Conrad Foutz, Jr., and his wife Elizabeth Baker. We also now have all of the Sullivan Co. Fouts-Foutz marriages.
Frederick T. Newbraugh, Berkeley Springs [,Morgan Co.], West Virginia, advises that we have made him extremely happy by ridding him of a "pasted-on" Hans Michael Fouts, Sr., ancestry which had never made sense. From information in the PFAUTZ-FOUTS-FOUTZ files plus what Mr. Newbraugh had developed, his ancestry is now clearly from William Foutz, son of Frederick of Washington Co., Md.. There are still a lot of missing pieces relative to the Fouts of the south side of the Potomac, but we have fewer now than we had this time last Newsletter.
We appreciated the data provided by LCdr. Charles E. Foutts (Ret.), Green Valley, Arizona, and Marjorie Fought, Elizabeth, West Virginia. It now appears that William Foutts, ancestor of all the Columbiana Co., Ohio, Foutts was the son of Philip Fought (pronounced "Fout") of Washington Co., Pa. It was William Foutts' eldest son Phillip who married Mary Duke and who is identified as a "Fouts" in the Duke, Shepherd, Van Metre Genealogy. The antecedents of Philip Fought (who appears as "Fouts" in the earliest Redstone, Pa., area records) are unknown---but, like Conrad Foutz, Sr., he was an illiterate, so his correct name in German may have been Pfautz. There are striking similarities between Philip and Conrad and in their families. Nothing definitive, but lots of circumstantial evidence. This means that those Fouts of Carroll Co., Ohio, were also of Phillip Fought ancestry. George Fouts of Carrollton, Ohio, was the youngest son of Philip Foutt and Mary Duke.
All PFAUTZ-FOUTS-FOUTZ data will be appreciated. Send in what you have for the central files,