George Thomas VARNER

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• FamilySearch ID: GJZL-KDB
• _UID: C14A844B952A48A5808B414F89454B0B4546
• Residence: 1850, Pettis County, Pettis, Missouri
• Residence: 1860, Jim Henry Township, Miller, Missouri

Notes:

Killed by Night Riders early in Civil War with his wife Harriet to secure horses for war.

George is found in Franklin Missouri in 1819. George and a person named Owen placed an ad in the Columbia Missouri Intelligencer about a horse they had found in Rock Fork Township of Boone County.

Record of owning land in 1834 South West of Sedalia. On 5/14/1835 George Varner was granted the patent for the following described property: "SW Quarter of the NW Quarter, Section 12 of Township 49, Range 14 West" This land was sold in 1853 and they came to Miller County, near Tuscumba.

Need Proof of Name/Birthplace. 1880 Census with Nancy Ann says parents born in Tenessee - conflict in memory? Death Certificate filled out by Nancy Ann Varner son Otto, states her father was Thomas Varner. First two sons were Thomas and George... is father possibly Thomas George Varner or George Thomas Varner?

Found in 1850 Census with Nancy as 8 year old child. Occupation - Farmer.
Harriet, wife age 39; Thomas T. son age 14; George W. son age 12; Edward son age 10; Nancy age 8 - daughter; Elizabeth Daughter age 6; Samuel son age 4; Francis son age 2.

Found again in 1860 Tuscumbia Census. Aged 78, with wife Harriet aged 49. Son George W. aged 23, son Samuel aged 15, Son Francis aged 12, son Glenn aged 8, son John aged 5 and Cynthia aged 3... WOW! What an active guy in bed right to the end at age 74 !!

1850 United States Federal Census about George Varner
Name:George Varner
Age:64
Estimated birth year:abt 1786
Birth Place:Virginia
Gender:Male
Home in 1850 (City,County,State):District 68, Pettis, Missouri
Family Number:551
Household Members:
NameAge
George Varner64
Hariet Varner33
Thomas J Varner14
Geo W Varner12
Edward Varner10
Nancy Varner8
Elizabeth Varner6
Samuel Varner4
Francis M Varner2

1860 United States Federal Census about George Varner
Name:George Varner
Age in 1860:78
Birth Year:abt 1782
Birthplace:Georgia
Home in 1860:Jim Henry, Miller, Missouri
Gender:Male
Post Office:Tuscumbia
Value of real estate:View image
Household Members:
NameAge
George Varner78
Harriett M Varner49
George W Varner23
Samuel Varner15
Francis M Varner12
Glenn Varner8
John Varner5
Cynthia Varner3

George married Harriet Nancy OWENS about 1832 in Sedalia, Pettis County, Missouri. Harriet (daughter of Lt. Thomas L. OWENS and Nancy Varner DAVIS) was born about 1811 in Georgia; died about 1861 in Miller County, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Thomas J. VARNER was born on 8 Feb 1836 in Pettis County, Missouri; died on 12 Feb 1906 in Comanche, Stephens County, Oklahoma.
2. George Washington VARNER was born on 3 Jun 1837 in Sedalia, Pettis County, Missouri; died on 16 Jan 1899 in Johnson County, North Carolina.
3. Edward D. "Ned" VARNER was born on 20 Feb 1839 in Pettis, Missouri; died on 6 Jan 1916 in Pottsboro, Grayson, Texas.
4. Nancy Ann VARNER was born on 27 Mar 1841 in Sedalia, Pettis County, Missouri; died on 22 Jul 1934 in Camden County, Missouri; was buried in Pleasant Grove Cemt., Camden Co., Missouri.
5. Elisabeth VARNER was born in Nov 1842 in Millar County, Missouri; died on 25 Dec 1929 in Camden County, Missouri.
6. Samuel Philip VARNER was born in 1846 in Pettis, Missouri; died in 1896 in Tuscumbia, Miller County, Missouri.
7. Francis Marion VARNER was born in Jan 1847 in Pettis County, Missouri; died on 16 Sep 1904 in Miller County, Missouri.
8. Glenn Marion VARNER was born on 29 Aug 1852 in Pettis County, Missouri; died on 10 Mar 1929 in Denison, Grayson, Texas.
9. John D. VARNER was born on 29 Aug 1854 in Tuscumbia, Miller County, Missouri; died on 10 Mar 1929 in Denison, Grayson, Texas.
10. Cyntha Elizabeth VARNER was born on 10 Feb 1856 in Tuscumbia, Miller County, Missouri; died on 3 Mar 1929 in Denison, Grayson, Texas.

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• FamilySearch ID: 94JK-DP5
• _UID: 9899C84AF4B74E41AFE4E5093BC3517FCC60

Frederick married Judah "Juda" PFAUTZ about 1782 in York, Pennslyvania. Judah (daughter of Johann Michael "John" PFAUTZ and Eva Katharina WERNER) was born about 1764 in York, Pennslyvania, British Colonial America; died about 1800 in Rowan County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: LK1N-45H
• _UID: 583A99801FAA44779561199CA23ABC37A933

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• FamilySearch ID: LT92-FS2
• Fouts Family of Indiana--soybean Pioneers: Bibliography and Genealogy, 1882 to 2000: ; "Anna Maria Pfautz is the fifth child in this family. She was baptized by the Rev John Caspar Stover, Lutheran Minister. She married before 1775, Johann Adam Varner in York Co, Pennsylvania [See Appendix 1]. He may have been born ca. 1726 [Source: Varn
• Name: Johan Adam VARNER
• Residence: Schorndorf, W?rttemberg, Germany
• Residence: Rowan, North Carolina, British Colonial America
• _UID: DAF9346462A74EDAB2771CB5BEAAB1F09FE8

Johann married Anna Maria PFAUTZ in 1754 in Adams, Pennsylvania. Anna (daughter of Hans Johann Jacob PFAUTZ and Anna Magdalena KUNTZ) was born on 3 Nov 1738 in Skippack Township, Montgomery, Pennsylvania; died in 1814 in Rowan, North Carolina, British Colonial America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: L6VK-232
• Fouts Family of Indiana--soybean Pioneers: Bibliography and Genealogy, 1882 to 2000: ; "Anna Maria Pfautz is the fifth child in this family. She was baptized by the Rev John Caspar Stover, Lutheran Minister. She married before 1775, Johann Adam Varner in York Co, Pennsylvania [See Appendix 1]. He may have been born ca. 1726 [Source: Varn
• _UID: E9D722BAC6E4461FBE2138C731D1BB266C3B

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Fouts Family of Indiana--soybean Pioneers: Bibliography and Genealogy, 1882 to 2000
"Anna Maria Pfautz is the fifth child in this family. She was baptized by the Rev John Caspar Stover, Lutheran Minister. She married before 1775, Johann Adam Varner in York Co, Pennsylvania [See Appendix 1]. He may have been born ca. 1726 [Source: Varner records - Internet]. Their children are John, Frederick, Jacob, Henry and James - born 3 Nov 1738 in Skippack, Philadelphia Co, Pennsylvania. Johann Adam Varner was born in 1732 in Massenbach, Germany; he died before 1783 in Rowan [later Randolph] Co, North Carolina, the son of Johann Adam Werner and Catherine Barbara Sigler."

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• FamilySearch ID: LR14-V8C
• LifeSketch: ; His wife was a mennonite and he converted to that religion.
• Immigration: ; 1726 Ship "William and Mary" came with parents
• Name: John Michael FOUTS
• Name: John Micheal PFAUTZ
• _UID: 9FA01BA493AF4574A272F3BD0320FD300D74

Notes:

John Michael (Pfautz) Fouts
(1722 - 1803)

Michael Fouts, oldest son of Jacob of York County, went under the name of "Michael Fouts", but undoubtedly he was given the double name of Jacob Michael Fouts. There was no Jacob Fouts, or any other male Fouts in the Germany Twp. area, with a wife named Catherana that is unaccounted for.

Michael crossed the Atlantic at age 5, along with his father, mother and older sister, Anna Margaretha. Their arrival in America took place prior to September 1727 at which time the first "Ship Lists and Oaths" were established. However, in the Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s we have the following record:


Name: Jacob Pfautz
Year: 1727
Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Source Publication Code: 1634
Primary Immigrant: Pfautz, Jacob
Source Bibliography: DILLER, CORINNE HANNA. "Immigrant Ancestors of Miami Valley, Ohio, Quaker Families." In Miami Valley Genealogical Society: Genealogical Aids Bulletin, vol. 13:3 (Winter 1984), pp. 64-67.
Page: 66

They settled on the Hillside farm in or near the small German village of Skippack, Philadelphia (now Montgomery) Co., about 20 miles northwest of Philadelphia, where they remained for the next fourteen years.

When Michael was about 14 years of age, a second relative from Germany arrived at Philadelphia and joined his family. Theevia (Theobald/Dewald/David), of about the same age, arrived of the Ship "Davy" in 1738, and came directly to Skippack. The relationship is unknown, but most likely the two boys were cousins, or cousins once removed, and became inseparable friends for the remainder of their lives. Theevia's name has undergone several changes over the years. In the early Maryland/Pennsylvania records he was known as "Theobald" or a nickname "Dewald"; in North Carolina records his name was "Dewald", and as time passed he was simply known as "David". Even his sons, when disposing of his lands in 1793, referred to him as "old David Fouts".

In 1741 Jacob and family, accompanied by David, moved from the Skippack area to Germany Twp., Lancaster (later York) Co., Pennsylvania, about one hundred miles in a southwesterly direction near the Maryland border.

On 30 August 1744, now 20 years of age, Michael obtained his first Land Survey Warrant. He secured a 50 acre tract of land called "Michael's Fancy" on little Pipe Creek.

In the spring of 1746, he married Catherine Varner, daughter of Adam Varner of Germany Twp., Lancaster (later York) Co., Pa. They lived on Little Pipe Creek Waters, Frederick (now Carroll) County, Maryland, 1744-1762. On 11 June 1747 a son John was born, and was baptized by the Rev. J. Waldeschmidt at the St Matthew's Lutheran Church, Hanover, on 23 June 1747. the date is in agreement with the Michael Pfautz "Bible" page contributed by Norman G. Fouts.

Michael stayed on his land, Michael's Fancy" about five years, during which time the land was placed within the bounds of Frederick Co., Maryland. He sold this farm and was granted a Warrant for 91 acres, bearing the date 20 July 1749, called "Clear Meadow", lying on the Great Bear Branch, a draught of Pipe Creek. Michael lived on his second farm about five years when on 28 August 1754, he sold to Henry Cassell.

Michael's third farm, located on Pipe Creek in Frederick (now Carroll) Co., Maryland, was surveyed on 20 February 1761. The 55 acres was first settled and named "Carolina" by Andrew Stiger who had apparently sold or abandoned his claim on the property. Michael's certificate was issued on 11 December 1762. (Hall of Records", Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland.)

Soon thereafter, word reached York County that the Cherokee War was over in Western North Carolina and that the waters of the Uwharrie (Rowan County) was open for settlers. The Pfautz families wasted no time in preparing for this move and in the summer of 1762, as of one mind, Michael, his father Jacob, his kinsman David and Brother-in-law Andrew Hoover, sold all of their holdings in Maryland and Pennsylvania within two months time.

Michael and David, young men in their prime, along with other interrelated families of that area, traveled a wilderness road for a distance of about 400 miles a the crow flies. It was the second time when these faithful companions set forth on a journey in search of a better homeland. At this time Michael and his wife Catherine (Varner), were the parents of 7 children, John 16, Catherine 14, Andrew 12, Elizabeth 10, Susanna 8, Magdalena 4, and Jacob about 18 months. David, married two years prior to Michael, had even more children. Three of his sons - John, Jacob and David Jr. - were 16 or older and looking forward to purchasing their first land at a reasonable price.

On 17 February 1763 the following obtained Henry McCulloh Deeds on the Waters of Uwharrie in Rowan County, North Carolina. Note the English spelling of the names.

(David Sr. & Jr. lands were consolidated)
David Fouts - 292 acres
David Fouts (Jr.) - 230 acres
Jacob Fouts - 200 acres (16 year old son of David Sr.)
Michael Fouts - 260 acres
John Barnhart - 200 acres
Andrew Hoover - 275 acres (Bro-in-law of Michael)
John Mast - 233 acres
William Merrill - 245 acres
Jacob Schwartz - 200 acres
Sunbright Heltzell - 200 acres
Adam Varner - 289 acres (Bro-in-law of Michael Fouts)


22 February 1763 Andrew Hoover bought an additional 289 acres

This is your earliest Uwharrie Dutch Settlement with the exception of William Merrill. The Uwharrie until 1771 were located in Rowan County. In 1771, they, in most part, were taken within the newly erected Guilford County. In 1779, the southern portion of Guilford, wherein they resided, was included in the newly formed Randolph County.

Dr. Davenport secured an area Map Maker who, from the deeds, plotted the land of the early Fouts on the Uwharrie. He secured over 3,000 land entries or deeds (property bought and sold) of the early Fouts and related families, covering Rowan, Davidson, Guilford and Randolph Counties. I have over 300 in my file that are related, in some manner, to Michael and his son Andrew. Sufficient to say, Michael, Sr. owned land on the Uwharrie at the junction of the Rich Fork and North Fork and along both sides of North Fork. the following may be of interest - Guilford County Land Entry No. 1632, made 7 May 1778, by James Allen is described as "a tract or parcel of land containing 100 acres lying in between Michael Fouts' Mill and Harmon's improvement"...Inasmuch as the Fouts Mill does not appear in Randolph County records, we can assume that it was not a public mill, but was used privately. That it was a grist mill is evidence by the designation of "John Fouts, miller" in 1792 (Michael's oldest son). If it was a saw mill, he would have been a "sawyer", and if a fulling mill, he would have been a "fuller".

Old David appears to have been the leader of the Uwharrie German community, for he was appointed "overseer of the Trading Road, from the Painted Springs east across the Uwharrie to Caraway Creek", by the Rowan County Court in 1768 (Rowan County, North Carolina Court of Pleas & Quarter Session Minutes, 2:17) He was the only German to be so recognized before 1771.

Bro. George Soelle, the Moravian Missionary from old Salem made 12 visits (46 days) on the Uwharrie and recorded in his Diary that he "never got south of Michael Fouts' place." He held his first meeting at Dewald (David) Fouts, Sr.'s place on 18 November, he wrote in his Diary -- "...This is a unique species of people. They appear to me like Aesop's crow which inflated itself with other birds' feathers. They have Moravian, Quaker, Separatists, Dunker principles, know everything and know nothing, look down on others, belong to no one, and spurn others. Just one soul inspired some hope in me, with whom I was also able to converse, namely, Dewald's wife, whose frivolity is getting to be a burden to her and often oppresses her. (This could be his second wife). She, also was the only one there who asked me to visit more frequently when I should return to that region...This Dewald has a lot of children who have been blind from birth." (David, Jr.'s children)...Old David Fouts was a hardheaded German according to Soelle who wrote that he "met stubborn resistance when I tried to enlighten him". Soelle stayed at David's one night when he "lost his way to Hoover's and had to turn back at Michael Fouts". On another occasion he wrote, "I often experience among such folks what Soloman says, "A fool often asks more questions than a wise man can answer". In general, he thought the Uwharrie Germans a "Course lot".

Within Michael, Sr.'s family there was a great diversion of religious faiths. Michael and his wife , Catherine were both "Dutch Friends", otherwise known as Mennonites. His son John's progeny were largely identified with the Dunker's (Church of the Brethren); daughter Catherine's religious persuasion unknown, but her husband, Lawrence Younce, was identified with the Dunker's; Andrew was a Baptist; Elizabeth Yount was a Dunker; Susanna Harmon and Mary Harmon were Baptists; Jacob was Quaker and Esther Yount was Dunker. For many years "old David Fouts" was considered un religious but in his later years he was called on the the "New Borns" of the Separate Baptist Church. The Baptist Historical Society identifies the Separate Baptists as practicing nine ordinances emphasizing - plainness of dress, espousing pacifism, eschewing oaths, and preaching in a peculiar sing-song manner, all of which were done also by the Dunker's.

At the beginning of the Revolutionary war, in 1775, each Poll was expected to take the Oath of Allegiance to the State of North Carolina, serve in the Militia, agree to bear arms, and pay taxes for the support of the war effort. The German's with few exceptions took the stance of "Pacifists" and refused to take the Oath, etc. As a result they lost their Civil Rights, which included purchasing land, until the end of the was when they were restored in 1787. Michael and his children, with the exception of Andrew who married into the very patriotic Merrill family, were pacifists. During the 12 year interim many of the Germans lost, or were literally pushed off, their lands. I was not a happy place for the non-conformists -- the Mennonites, Dunker's, Quakers and Moravians.

When the Uwharrie Dutch, with large families, needed more acreage, they were forced to seek out lands in the mountainous country of Wilkes-Ashe Counties, N.C. in the 1780's; in Kentucky in the 1790's and in the Northwest Territory (Ohio) in the late 1790's and early 1800's.

Old David, Sr., a staunch pacifist, and his son David, Jr., moved from the Uwharrie to Wilkes (now Ashe) Co. before 1789,where he bought and sold land. David apparently died there, for his sons were deeding away his Uwharrie lands in 1793.

In the fall of 1803, Michael, Sr. joined with his son John (the miller) and grandson, Michael, Jr., to sell off all the lands they owned, individually and jointly, in N.C. It was Michael, Sr.'s last appearance in Public records. It is believed that Michael, Sr. died in 1803, or soon thereafter, in Randolph County, N.C. Likewise it is possible that he went with his oldest son John and grandson, Michael, Jr. to German Twp., Montgomery Co., Ohio, where they made their Entries in the summer of 1804. Death dates are missing for both Michael, Sr. and his wife Catherine (Varner). He was not probated in either Randolph County, North Carolina or Montgomery County, Ohio.


Source: 5 Generations of the Pfautz - Fouts Family
Complied and Published by Audrey L. Woodruff, C.G.R.S., 1987

Johann married Eva Katharina WERNER in 1746 in Benjamin's German Lutheran and Reformed Church at Pipe Creek, Westminster, Frederick, Maryland, British Colonial America. Eva (daughter of Johannes Adam WERNER and Catharina Barbara SIGLER) was born on 15 Dec 1727 in Massenbach, Schwaigern, Heilbronn, Baden-Wurttemberg; was christened on 15 Dec 1727 in Massenbach, Brackenheim, W?rttemberg, Deutschland; died on 24 Sep 1803 in Asheboro, Randolph, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: L2FX-YSQ
• _UID: AA87213EC5A346E08412DB032D62BE3716B2
• Taufe: 15 Dec 1727, Massenbach, Massenbach, Brackenheim, W?rttemberg, Deutschland
• Emmigration to Philadelphia: 8 Sep 1732; Eva Catherina Varner emmigrated to Philadelphia on 8 Sep 1732 on the ship "Johnson" with her parents Hans Adam and Catherina. She was born in Massenbach, which is about 8 miles east of Rohrbach.
• Immigration [wikitree]: 18 Sep 1732, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; "Katarina Verner (girl under 14), with her father Hans Adam Verner and mother Katharina Verner and brother Adam Verner are listed on the passenger list of the "Ship Johnson of London, David Crockat, Master, from Rotterdam, but last from Deal, as by Cleara
• Minutes of the Provincial Council of Pennsylvania, Vol. 3: 19 Sep 1732, Pennsylvania; "At the Courthouse aforesaid, Sepr 19th 1732. PRESENT: The Honourable the Govenor. The Mayor & other Magistrates. One hudnred & twelve Palatines, who with their families, making in all Three hundred & thirty Persons, were imported in the Ship Johnson of

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• FamilySearch ID: K457-GVV
• Occupation: ; Became a prosperous farmer in America .......and all his children were above average
• Occupation: ; Was a Highway Commissioner in 1755 in York, PA. He also served as Overseer of the Poor, Constable and Tax Collector in the same County.
• _UID: F69E2CA549B9459AB81D516D60E88A1AC5DE
• Heirat: 1 May 1725, Massenbach, Massenbach, Brackenheim, W?rttemberg, Deutschland
• Will Synopsis: 27 Jul 1775, York, Pennsylvania; "In the Name of God Amen I Adam Warner of Germany Township in the County of York and Province of Pennsylvania yeoman... Do make and Declare this my last Will and Testament... I Give and Devise to my Son Jacob Warner the Plantation whereon I now Live Sittu
• MilitaryService: 11 Sep 1777, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Notes:

Johann Adam Werner (Varner)
BIRTH2 Sep 1708
Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany
DEATH26 Jul 1775 (aged 66)
York County, Pennsylvania, USA
BURIALUnknown Add to Map
PLOTPennsylvania
MEMORIAL ID81279212 ?

Johann Adam Werner was born before 1709 in Germany. He married Maria Catharina Sigler in Germany, and their older children's births are recorded in the Evangelische Kirchbuch of Massenbach, Schwaigern, Wuerttemburg, Germany. They immigrated in September, 1732, on the Johnson of London.

Family Members

Parents
Hanns Jerg Werner
1661? 1734

Maria Ursula Ries Werner
1671? 1734

Spouse
Maria Catherana Sigler Werner
1698? 1764

Children
Jacob Werner
1741? 1820

Johannes married Catharina Barbara SIGLER on 1 May 1725 in Massenbach, Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany. Catharina (daughter of Hans Bernhard Martin SIGLER and Maria Barbara MEYSACHK) was born on 8 Mar 1698 in Nordheim, Heilbronn, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany; was christened in in Nordheim, W?rttemberg, Germany; died on 21 Aug 1764 in Elk Mt Poca, Pendleton County, Virginia Colony; was buried in 1764. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: LTVC-NQ5
• Name: VARNER
• _UID: 4AB8386AAABD44E38B43FC137135B70571DE
• Taufe: 22 Mar 1699, Nordheim, Brackenheim, W?rttemberg, Deutschland

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• FamilySearch ID: L697-WPW
• _UID: 9866A34DC2AE4B09A722437907BB41F52FF7
• Immigration: 1727, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Notes:

Johann Jacob Pfautz

(c1700 - c1762) Pfau is German for "peacock"

http://www.retracing-our-family-legacy.com/notes_pfautz_jacob.html 5/21/2010

Jacob, his wife and children, Anna Margareta and Michael, arrived in Pennsylvania c.1726, prior to when the "Ship Lists & Oaths" were established, and are known to have settled in Skippack, a German village about 20 miles northwest of Philadelphia, (now Montgomery County),

Pennsylvania. They remained in the Skippack area until 1840-41. It was sometimes many years before a church building was established in a frontier community, and the only church records wee the Journals and Diaries of the traveling ministers. The Rev. John Casper Stover, a Lutheran minister, recorded in 1730 the baptism of LUDWIG PFAUTZ at Skippack, and identified Jacob Pfautz, the father, as "am de Bergfarmen - of the hill settlement". (Church Records and Minutes for the Evangelical Lutheran Congregation Beginning in 1730", complied by John Casper Stover.

Microcopies of the "original" German and English translation, Lancaster County Historical Society.)

It is believed that Ludwig died young, and there may be other children missing within the six years between Ludwig's birth and the two other children; or the possibility that Jacob's wife had died and Magdalena was his second wife. (Please understand that this is merely speculation.) We know that two additional children were born in the Skippack area between 1730- 1740.

On 29 October 1734, Jacob took out a Survey Warrant for 150 acres on the southwest side of Perkiomen Creek, bounded by Wyatt Tul, Gerard Zin and Christion Stinebough. On 7 March 1738 the tract was surveyed. (Philadelphia Co., "New Returns, 1734-1758, Warrants & Surveys of the Province of Pennsylvania including 3 lower Counties 1758', Vol. 9:55 & 56.)

Pfautz Documentation - Genealogy Notes for Jacob Pfautz Page 1 of 4

While living on Perkiomen Creek, Jacob and his family were joined by a young lad, DAVID PFAUTZ, IMMIGRANT OF 1738. David's name has gone through many and varied changes in the records that remain. On the Passenger List 61A of the SHIP DAVY, William Patton, Mar., from Amsterdam, in October 1738, his name is recorded as THEEVIA (?) FAUTZEN "doubtful name". (Strassburger & Hinke, Vol. II, pp. 255). The name appears on the "list of men certified to the number 94. The name was not included on the second list (61B) where the men age 16 or older signed the Oath of Allegiance, thus he was 15 or younger (born C.1723). He was not accompanied by another male Pfautz. THEEVIA, being aural English spelling of a German pronounced German name, can be transliterated phonetically as "Thebehd", which is recognized as "Theobald". From there he was nicknamed "Dewald"' and finally "David". (National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 63, Dec. 1975, pp.253-4).



The kinship of Jacob and David is unknown, but they were closely related. Jacob being a generation older than David, was perhaps an uncle showing concern for a nephew, or he could have been a cousin, once removed. From the very beginning Jacob's oldest son Michael and David became fast friends. The young men purchased adjoining property on the same day, witnessed one another's deed and followed the same migration trails.

It would be impossible to tell the story of Michael, and exclude the roll that David played in his life.Several years had passed since Jacob took out his warrant and had his land surveyed, but he did not follow through on the procedure required for Patent. On 21 April 1741 all his rights under Philadelphia County Warrant were forfeited and his tract was patented to Jacob Free. (Philadelphia Co., "New Returns, 1734-1758".)

Undoubtedly Jacob had made his plans well in advance. Prior to 21 April, when he relinquished his rights to his farm on Perkiomen Creek, he had moved his family over 100 miles in a southwesterly direction and settled along the Pennsylvania/Maryland border, near Hanover, in Lancaster (later York) County, Pa. It is reasonable to believe that young Michael and David had journeyed to the new area seeking land and Jacob, perhaps dissatisfied with his hill farm, was ready for a change. From later records, we learn that they were living in Lancaster (later York) Co., prior to 1 March 1741, perhaps in 1740.

The 226 acre farm, in Germany Twp., that Jacob selected was on the Pennsylvania/Maryland border joining the property lines of Peter Cline (in Pennsylvania), John Yengling (in Maryland) and George Stevenson, a surveyor. The area on the border then hotly contested by the two governments, is now located Adams County, Pa. They could be called "squatters" because Jacob lived on the land about 10 years before he took out a Pennsylvania Survey Warrant. Meanwhile, Jacob went about improving his frontier farm.

Jacob took communion at the Conewago Lutheran Church (later St. Matthew's Lutheran Church) near Hanover, on 2 October 1743, and received a certificate for doing so. He appeared before a Maryland Provincial Court to present the certificate and took the required Oath of Loyalty and Abjuration.

On 18 October 1743 the Provincial Court of Maryland issued an order of naturalization to Jacob "Fauz", making him an English subject. (Jeffery and Florence L. Wyand, "Colonial Maryland Naturalizations", Baltimore Genealogy Publishing Company, 1975, pp.15, item 6.)

Jacob's oldest son Michael, now 20 years old, is ready to strike out on his own, in the company of his kinsman, David (Theobald) Pfautz. Both took out land on Pipe Creek waters along the Maryland border, not far from Hanover.

Recorded at the St. Mathew's Lutheran Church, Hanover, Lancaster (later York) Co., on 4 December 1743, Jacob's youngest daughter, Maria Elizabeth, was baptized with Jacob Kuntz and his wife, Maria Elizabeth, standing as sponsors. (Registry of St. Matthew's Lutheran Church, Hanover, 1743-1865, manuscript translation). Jacob appeared in the Lutheran and reformed records in the area from 1741-1751 when he and Magdalena were sponsors at the baptism of their grandchild, Andrew, son of Michael and Catherina Pfautz.

On 10 September 1750, describing himself as "Jacob Fauts of York County", he took out a Pennsylvania Survey Warrant adjoining Peter Cline (in Pennsylvania), John Yengling (in Maryland), and George Stevenson, including his improvement in Germany Twp. The Warrant provided that he was to pay interest on the purchase price of the land and arrearages in quit rents back to 1 March 1741-2. In 1755 the land was surveyed for 226 acres and a return was made to the Lord Proprietors' Land Office. (York Co., Warrant No. 4, 10 Sept. 1750, Pa. Land Office; also Pennsylvania Patents, AA, 6:509-510. Pennsylvania Land Office.

Jacob Pfautz took no part in the governmental affairs of York Co., or Frederick Co., Md. He sat on no juries, served in no elected capacities. He did, however, serve a term as a Road Overseer. His only court appearance was on 17 January 1756 when he appeared before the York County Orphans Court and joined Francis Bardt to qualify as executors of the estate of Martin Bardt, dec'd. (York Co., Pa., Will Book A:128). It has been noted in other parts of the Colonies that the inability of the Germans to speak and understand the English language was a barrier to both civil duty and military service - just simply being unable to communicate.

In 1762 a very unusual set of circumstances, that could hardly be called coincidental, took place. Within 2 months time, Jacob Pfautz, his son Michael, kinsman David and son-in-law Andrew Hoover sold all their lands in Maryland & Pennsylvania.

It is recorded that on 2 July 1762 - Jacob Pfautz of Germany Twp., York Co., Pa., deeded to Jacob Feezer, of the same place, both farmers, 226 acres in Germany Twp., bounded by John Yengling, George Stevenson and Peter Little (Cline) being a grant to the said Pfautz from the Lord Proprietors Land Office dated September 1750.../s/Jacob Pfauts. (York Co. Deed Book A:568).

To all appearances Jacob's wife, Anna Magdalena, had died in Hanover Twp., York County, prior to 1762. (now Adams Co., Pa.)

The Cherokee War was finally over in Western North Carolina by midsummer 1761 and the Land Agents of Henry McCulloh were only waiting that event in order to move their clients to Uwharrie. By late 1762 and early 1763 they were deeding lands to settlers.

Most of Jacob's family, with the known exception of one daughter, Catherine Eckert, was heading for North Carolina in the company with other interrelated German families. On 17 February 1763, all of the following obtained Mc Cullon deeds on the waters of Uwharrie in Rowan County, N.C.

(Deed Book 5) David Fouts, 292 acres (pp.332) David Fouts, Jr. (son of David Sr.), 230 acres (pp.335) Michael Fouts, 260 acres (pp.335) Jacob Fouts, 200 acres (pp.334) Andrew Hoover, 213 acres (pp.342) & 200 acres (pp.483) Adam Varner, 289 acres (Michael's bro-in-law) (pp.415) Also, many others from the York Co., Pa. area.

Why would Jacob Pfautz, now a widower in his early 60's have sold out unless he intended to accompany them? A word of explanation is necessary - Jacob Fouts who made the deed for 200 acres in Rowan Co. was the 16 year old son of Theobald (David, Sr.) In 1807 when Jacob sold the tract he said in the Deed that he "had taken title from Henry Eustace McCulloh". (Randolph County Deeds, Book 21).

Jacob's deed in 1762 was his last appearance in the York County (now Adams) records and he did not purchase land in Rowan County, North Carolina. He died after 1762, however, no probate has been found in either place, or in Frederick County, Maryland.

Source: 5 Generations of the Pfautz - Fouts Family, Compiled and Published by Audrey L Woodruff, C.G.R.S., 1987

Hans married Anna Magdalena KUNTZ about 1719 in Rohrbach, Birkenfeld, Rheinland, Germany. Anna (daughter of Johann Hans Jacob CUNTZIN, Kuntz and Eva Catharina SCHUMACHERS) was born on 20 Jun 1705 in Rohrbach, Sinsheim, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, Baden-W?rttemberg, Deutschland; was christened on 20 Jan 1706 in Evangelisch, Birkenfeld, Oldenburg, Deutschland; died on 29 Sep 1762 in Hanover, York, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• FamilySearch ID: GDK6-8D9
• _UID: 9A95A5873B154886BFCC1B90C9CA601EC0CB
• Baptism: 20 Jan 1706, Birkenfeld, Birkenfeld, Birkenfeld, Oldenburg, Deutschland

Notes:

Birth baptism record confirms father Hanss Jacob Cuntzin and mother Eva Catharina.