Samuel S. STOUT

Notes:

1870 Census of Blount County, Tennessee
Samuel 45/m/w/farming
Sarah A. 40/f/w/keeping house
Nancy E. 17/f/w/
George W. 14/m/w
Samuel C. 5/m/w

Samuel married Sarah Ann HAMMONTREE on 13 Apr 1843 in Blount County, Tennessee. Sarah (daughter of James HAMMONTREE, Sr. and Nancy HOLLOWAY) was born on 05 Feb 1823 in Blount County, Tennessee; died on 11 Jan 1894 in Blount County, Tennessee; was buried in 1894 in Kagley's Chapel/Friendsville, Blount County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. John A. STOUT was born on 31 Mar 1850 in Blount County, Tennessee; died on 24 Apr 1933 in Blount County, Tennessee; was buried in Kagley's Chapel/Blount County, Tennessee.
2. Nancy Evelyn STOUT was born on 10 Apr 1853 in Blount County, Tennessee; died on 31 Mar 1942 in Blount County, Tennessee.
3. George Washington STOUT was born on 15 Dec 1862 in Blount County, Tennessee; died on 25 Jan 1920 in Blount County, Tennessee; was buried in 1920 in Kagley's Chapel/Friendsville, Blount County, Tennessee.
4. Samuel Carter STOUT was born on 24 Sep 1865 in Blount County, Tennessee; died on 14 Apr 1942 in Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee; was buried in Kagley's Chapel/Blount County, Tennessee.
5. Saraphina F. STOUT was born on 07 Feb 1850 in Blount County, Tennessee.
6. Henry STOUT was born in 1846 in Blount County, Tennessee.
7. James Dove STOUT was born on 20 Dec 1848 in Blount County, Tennessee; died on 30 Sep 1912 in Blount County, Tennessee; was buried in Big Springs Cemetery/Blount County, Tennessee.

Family/Spouse: Sarah Ann HAMMONTREE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"In 1841 Henry Stout Sr. bought land on 6 mile Creek; in 1853 Henry Stout sold to Asa Watson, owner of Mountvale Springs, and an agreement was made that as Watson had $865.00 of his money he should live on it his lifetime using firewood as needed. In 1860 Henry Stout gave 50 acres land to "the wife of Samuel Stout", no name, no claim as to relationship." From Will E. Parham Papers, 11/21/1936, Blount County Public Library, Maryville, Tennessee.

"I have a faint recollection that the boys told me as a boy that their people came from North Carolina" From Will E. Parham Papers, 11/21/1936, Blount County Public Library, Maryville, Tennessee.

WFT #431 states d. October 26, 1860 in Johnson County, Tennessee

Pension Deposition: [Keziah GENTRY WRIGHT STOUT, widow of Henry STOUT, submitted her application to receive a Widow's Pension based on Henry's service in the War of 1812. Abstracted:]
"...November, A.D. one thousand eight hundred and Seventy eight... Kizziah Stout...a resident of Stoney Creek, in the State of Tennessee Carter County...declares that she is the widow of Henry Stout deceased...a private in the Company commanded by Captain William Naileys in the Virginia Regiment of Militia...in the war of 1812...she was married to the said Henry Stout...in 7th Civil District, in the county of Johnson, and in the State of Tennessee, on the 8th day of March A.D. 1861 by one H.P. Murphy...; and that her name before her said marriage was Kizziah Wright; and she further states that said Stout had a former wife by the name of Dolen who died many years ago but don't know when or where and that her said husband Henry Stout, died on Stoney Creek, in the State of Tennessee Carter Co., on the 26th day of October A.D. 1878; and she further declares that the following have been the places of residence of herself and her said husband since the date of his discharge from the Army, viz; in Johnson & Carter County Tennessee since their said marriage before she
cannot state...her said husband was a pensioner...that her residence is...county of Carter State of Tennessee, and that her post office is Carters Furnace Carter County, Tennessee...Kizziah Stout (signed her "x" mark)...[witnessed by] C.C. Collins and Isaac H. Brown."

Court: "Tuesday morning April Term 1883. The death of Kizaziah Stout was proven by M.P. Elliott and Geo. Oliver." (Carter Co. TN Quorum Court Record No. 1, pg. 553)

Henry married Sarah DOVE on 05 Jan 1809 in Washington County, Virginia. Sarah was born in 1790 in Virginia; died in in Blount County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

BLOUNT COUNTY, TENNESSEE1860 MORTALITY SCHEDULE
Name Gender Age State Born Month Died Cause of Death Occupation
Sarah Stout Female 74 VA March "unknown; sudden"

Cause of Death: "unknwown; sudden"

Cemetery: [NJSB Note: I am assuming that Sarah was buried at the Six Mile Cemetery, approx. 3 mi. from Montvale Rd on Old Piney Rd, left on top of hill, Blount Co. TN. My assumption is that I believe Henry and
Sarah belonged to this church since it is in the near vicinity of where they lived. I have personally visited this cemetery and there are over 100 unmarked graves in it.]

Sources: 1830 Carter Co. TN census; 1840 Johnson Co. TN Census; 1850 Blount Co. TN Census; 1860 TN

Mortality Schedule; "Washington Co. VA Marriage Register 1782-1820" by Fleet page 58; "Bible Records and Marriage Bonds" by Acklen; husband's military record.

Notes:

Captain Daniel or Godfrey Daniel Stout of the Revolutionary War was, according to family tradition, of
German descent and came from Pennsylvania through the Shenandoah Valley to Sullivan County, Tennessee and
settled on the left bank of the Holston River near the mouth of Jacobs Creek; spring on right bank (a Mr. Dogget
lives at the same place now). The house was still standing up to a few years ago. (Date of writing 1933).
On the Register's Books in Carter County deeds are executed by Godfrey Daniel or Daniel Stout, conveying
land to his sons and sons-in-law.
He and his wife, Catherina, are buried in a country cemetery in a community known as "Little Doe". The
cemetery is now called the Asa Shoun Cemetery.

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Godfrey Daniel Stout is buried in "Asa Shoun." On his stone it is written
Godfrey Daniel Stout, born Nov. 23, 1757...died April 2, 1846 Prected by Descendant

Godfrey was enlisted in the Revolution from Pennsylvania. After the war he migrated south through Shenandoah Valley, Virginia to the present Johnson County, Tennessee.

He was a Captain during the Revolutionary War. He took the oath of Allegiance and Fidelity in Frederick County, Virginia in 1777. (Blue Book of Schuylkill County, by Mrs. Ella Zerby Elliot, p. 105. Soldiers & Patriots of the American Revolution Buried in Tennessee, p. 374., DAR no. 195549)

I DO hereby certify, that DANIEL STOUT hath taken and subscribed the oath of affirmation of alleigance and fidelity, as directed by an act of General Assembly intitled An act to oblige the free male inhabitants of this state above a certain age to give assurance of allegiance to the Same, and for other purposes. Witness my hand and seal, this 10th day of August 1777.
Abrm. Smith (STF)
The above is a true copy of the record of allegiance as made by Daniel Stout before Abrm. Smith, who was acting for the government, as evidence by the last three letters which apparently form a seal of some sort. Except 8 for the names and dates the form appears in print. This original paper is in the possession of a descendant of Daniel Stout, J. H. Pierce, County Supt. of Schools, Mountain City, Tenn.

Signed: N. M. Vaught
My commission expires July 17, 1935

A Daniel Stout paid taxes in 1794 in Washington County , North Carolina, later known at Johnson County, Tennessee.

Godfrey Daniel lived in Pandora, Tennessee. They had a large log house on the banks of Doe Creek, which he had deeded to his son, Major David D. Stout.

Godfrey died in the log house. He is buried in the Asa Shoun cemetery on the right of Tennessee highway 67, below Pandora.

World Family Tree #1331 states birth as 11-23-1750 and death as 1-13-1845.
World Family Tree #1091 states birth as 11-3-1750 and death as 1-3-1845.

WFT #1391 - Godfrey changed his German surname Staudt to Stout. Godfrey thought Stout sounded more American. Godfrey's wife left a will in Johnson County, Tennessee (Will book 1, pg 27, dated September 26, 1843, pvd. April term 1846).

1830 Census Carter Co. TN--
STOUT, GODFREY page 31
1 male age 80-89 and 1 female age 70-79.

Godfrey married Catherine Magdalen VOLTZEN on 03 Mar 1772 in Shenandoah, Virginia. Catherine (daughter of Johann Peter VOLTZEN and Maria Elishabetha MENTZIN) was born on 21 Mar 1755 in Shenandoah County, Virginia; died on 26 Sep 1843 in Johnson County, Tennessee; was buried in Stout Cemetery/Little Doe, Johnson County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"Tennessee Records-Bible Records and Marriage Bonds," by Jeannette Tillotson Acklen, Clearfield reprint, Originally published 1933; pp319-320.

CATHERINA BOLTZEN STAUT'S RECORD IN HER BOOK (Records sent by Mrs. Wm. Vaught) English Translations from the German Record recorded in A German Prayer and Sermon Book, published in 1785; Recorded on Inside Front Cover:

Let me be and remain for you my dear God and Lord, nothing will drive me away from you, maintain me in your wisdom, Lord let me abide in you through all Eternity and give me constancy.

Catherina Stauten born Boltzen has received this book from her parents Anno Domoni 1790 September 2nd.

Recorded on the inside Front Fly Lead:
Catherine Stauten born Boltzen, was born in the year 1755, the 21st of March, in the county of Shenandoah, Virginia. Her father is Johann Peter Boltzen and her mother Maria Elishabetha Boltzen, born Mintzin.
The parents are donating this book to their daughter for her memory and to remind her that she shall remember her parents and shall pray incessently to God and shall remember also that she has been baptised, also that she will not betray and will not abandon the truths of God and so that she will not come into wrong doing, for you should have all your life long God before your eyes and in your heart, and you shall be ware yourself not to agree to any sin or act against the commands of God.

Recorded on a Fly Leaf at the beginning of a second section of the book:
Catherine Stauten born Boltzen got married to her husband Daniel Stauten in the year 1772, the 3rd of March.

Note: The above was translated by Dr. Martin Wadewitz, Chief Chemist of the American Glanzstoff Corporation, Elizabethton, Tennessee, August 23, 1933. Dr. Wadewitz is a native of Germany.

WFT #1391 - Godfrey changed his German surname Staudt to Stout. Godfrey thought Stout sounded more American. Godfrey's wife left a will in Johnson County, Tennessee (Will book 1, pg 27, dated September 26, 1843, pvd. April term 1846).

Notes:

WFT #1391

Daniel, along with his family and son Peter (from his first marriage) immigrated to Pennsylvania, America on the ship Glasgow on September 9, 1738. He took the oath of allegiance along with his son Peter. Daniel's age was listed as 45 and Peter's as 17.

Source: "Names of Foreigners who Took the Oath of Allegiance to the Province and State of Pennsylvania 1727-1775, With the Foreign Arrivals, 1786-1808," by William Henry Egle, M.D., Genea. Publ. Co., Baltimore 1976...pp. 151-153.
LIST of Foreigners Imported in the ship GLASGOW, Walter Sterling, Master, from Rotterdam. Qualified Sept. 9, 1738.
Peter STAUDT
Daniel STAUDT
The Oath of Allegiance - Men's names.
Daniel STOUT age 45.
Peter Stout age 17

Daniel's will was dated April 6, 1769, and pvd August 7, 1770 in Fredrick County, Virginia. That part of Virginia later became known as Shenandoah County, Virginia.

Frederick County, Virginia; Will Book 4 WILL OF DANIEL STOUT; dated 26 Oct 1769 proved 7 Aug 1770. In the name of God, Amen, I DANIEL STOUT of Frederick County in the Colony of Virginia being weak in body and of sound memory this twenty sixty day of October, in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven and sixty nine make and publish my Last Will and Testament in manner following (that is to say) first I give to my three sons Viz GOODFRIED DANIEL, JOHN & GEORGE BENJAMIN STOUT my Tract of Land situated on Stony Creek in Frederick County in the Colony of Virginia to each of them one hundred & fifty acres more or less and first I give to my son GEORGE BENJAMIN STOUT his heirs Executors Administrators or Assigns one hundred & fifty acres of Land more or less it being the upper part of my Tract of Land whereon I now live in Frederick County in the Colony of Virginia from Godlip Links line down Stony Creek with all Buildings and Improvements that is thereon and my Wife, ELIZABETH STOUT, & my two sons, JOHN & GEORGE BENJAMIN STOUT shall keep house together also on that Part of the Land whereon I now live as long as they can agree and my Wife is Willing to keep house and also, I give all my Personal Estate Chattle and household goods and the grain that is now in the field to my Wife ELIZABETH STOUT and to my two sons JOHN and GEORGE BENJAMIN STOUT and if my Wife cant keep house any longer, my son GEORGE BENJAMIN STOUT his heirs Executors and Administrators or Assigns or whoever has possession of the Land I give him, shall give to my said Wife ELIZABETH yearly and every year During her natural life, five bussels of Wheat and six bussels of Rie and fifty pounds of corn and Sow a Quarter of an acre of ground with flax seed and keep her proper use one mare become on his own proper cost and my wife ELIZABETH STOUT send my two sons JOHN and GEORGE BENJAMIN STOUT to school until they have sufficient Schooling. Also I give one hundred & fifty acres of land more or less to my son JOHN STOUT, his heirs Executors Administrators or Assigns next to my son GEORGE BENJAMIN STOUT's land and from his line down Stoney Creek and also I give to my son GOODFRIED DANIEL STOUT, to his Executors Adaministrators or Assigns one hundred and fifty acres of Land more or less beginning at my son JOHN STOUT's line down Stoney Creek to the lower line of my said Tract of Land and my wife ELIZABETH STOUT and my sons JOHN STOUT and GEORGE BENJAMIN STOUT shall give to my son PETER STOUT the value of Five Pounds Virginia Currency in good and chattel after my Decease and they shall also give the value of Twenty Shillings Virginia Currency in goods to each of my two grandchildren, ELIZABETH COFFIELD and DANIEL COFFIELD to be Paid when they come of age or are married & my wife ELIZABETH STOUT shall demand all the money that is due to me and shall therewith Pay all my Debts. And I make and Ordain her my said Wife ELIZABETH STOUT and JACOB WOLF, JUNR. Sole Executrixe of this my Will in Trust for the Intents & purposes on this my Will contained to take care and see the same performed according to my True Intent & Meaning. In Witness whereof the said DANIEL STOUT have to this my Last Will & Testament set my hand & Seal the day & Year above Written, Signed Sealed & delivered by the said DANIEL STOUT as and for his Last Will & Testament in the presence of us who were present at the Signing & Sealing Whereof,
Curtis Sink (?Link), George Weaver, John Cremvine
his
Daniel X Stout (LS)
Mark

At a Court held for Frederick County August 7th 1770 this Last Will and Testament of DANIEL STOUT Dec'd was Proved by the Oathes of Curtiss Sink & George Weaver witnesses thereto and ordered to be Recorded at the Motion of Elizabeth Stout the Executrixe who made Oath thereto Certificate granted her for obtaining a Probate thereof in due form the giveing Security Whereupon she together with Curtis Sink & Jacob Wolf Junr. entered into & acknowledged a Bond in the Penalty of Two Hundred Pounds conditioned for her due and faithful Administration of said Estate. By the Court, Ta Keith (Seal)

The Estate of DANIEL STOUT, Frederick Co., VA dated March 6th 1770 and Dec. 3rd 1770.

Johann married Anna Elizabeth KELLER on 27 Nov 1736 in Essweiler, Western Palatinate, Germany. Anna (daughter of Johannes KELLER) was born about 1718 in Essweiler, Western Palatine, Germany; died after 1779 in Shenandoah Couny, Virginia; was buried in Shenandoah County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Notes for ANN ELIZABETH KELLER:
Shenandoah Co. VA Deed Abstracts.
Deed Book B (1774-1777)
pp.246 - 25 Sep 1775 (Lease) Between ELIZABETH BERGER, Godfrid Daniel STOUT, John STOUT and George Benjamin STOUT of County of Dunmore, to Nathaniel SIRON of same place....consideration of Five Shillings.... Tract of land containing one hundred and fifty acres lying on Stoney Creek... being part of a greater tract of 450 acres of land granted to DANIEL STOUT & ELIZABETH his wife During Their lives and after their Decease to their three sons...by deed from Proprietors Office 16 Sept 1761...rent of one pepper corn on Lady day next....
Wit.: Samuel (SK) Knizly
signed: Elizabeth (X) Berger
Jacob Rinker, Junr.
Godfrey Daniel (+) Stout
recorded 26 Sept 1775
John (H) Stout
page 247 - 26 Sept 1775
(Release) Between ELIZABETH BERGER, Godfred Daniel Stout and Catharine his wife, John Stout and Catharine his wife and George Benjamin Stout and Mary his wife of County of Dunmore to Nathaniel Siron of same place...consideration of Twenty Seven pounds Current money...150 acres (same as above)...
one witness signed in German
Elizabeth (X) Berger
Jacob Rinker, Junr.
Godfrey Daniel (X) Stout
Catharine (+) Stout
John (H) Stout
Catharine Stout
Geo. Benjamin (+) Stout
Mary Stout

Deed Book B
pp.334 - 16 March 1776
Article of Agreement made and agreed upon between John BERGER and ELIZABETH his wife of County of Dunmore and George STOUT of same place.. Witnesses that said John Berger and Elizabeth his wife have given up all their rights and Dower of the land and Plantation that formerly belonged to DANIEL STOUT, dec'd. viz that part George was to have after his mothers deceased and the said John Berger and Elizabeth his wife reserve the following part thereof...the house that was built for the said John Berger and Elizabeth his wife...six bushels of wheat and six bushels of Rye...
Wit: Jacob Rinker, Junr
Johan Berger
Geo. Rinker
Elizabeth (signed in German)
George (X) Stout

Deed Book C (1777-1782)
pp. 165 - 27 April 1779
(Lease) Between ELIZABETH BERGER late ELIZABETH STOUT of Shando County in Commonwealth of Virginia and DANIEL STOUT of Rockingham County, JOHN STOUT and GEORGE STOUT of said Shanando to Adam SMITH of aforesaid county of Shanando... Consideration of Five Shillings... certain Tract of land containing one hundred and fifty acres granted to DANIEL STOUT and his wife ELIZABETH for and during their lives and after their decease to there three sons (viz: Daniel Stout, John Stout and George Stout) by Deed from Proprietors Office dated 16th Sept. 1761...said ELIZABETH, Daniel Stout, John Stout and George Stout having conveyed one hundred and fifty acres to Nathaniel SIRON and conveyed one hundred and fifty acres to Ulrick WAGGONER and now the residue to said Adam Smith. .... rent of one pepper corn on Lady next...
wit: none
Elizabeth (X) Berger
recorded 29 Apr 1779
John (H) Stout
George (X) Stout
pp.166 - 28 Apr 1779
(Release) Between ELIZABETH BERGER late Elizabeth STOUT of county of Shando , Daniel STOUT and Catharine his wife of Rockingham County, John STOUT and Catharine his wife and George STOUTand Mary his wife all of aforesaid county of Shanando to Adam Smith of aforesaid county of Shanando
Consideration of Five Hundred Pounds current money of Virginia.. 150 acres (same as above)
wit: none
Elizabeth (X) Berger
proved 27 Jan 1785 John (H) Stout
by oaths of: Catharine (X) Stout
John Ratsmiller and George (X) Stout
John Entsminger Mary (X) Stout

Notes:

WILL OF PETER VOLTZ
dated 5 June 1807
Shenandoah County, Virginia; Will Book H, page 122

In the Name of God Amen, I, PETER VOLTZ of the County of Shenandoah and State of Virginia, being weak and infirm in my body, but of sound mind and disposing memory (for which I thank God), and calling to mind the uncertainty of human life, and being desirous to dispose of all such worldly estate as it has pleased God to bless me with... I give and bequeath the same in manner following that is to say, I give and bequeath unto my son GEORGE VOLTZ his Heirs and assigns forever, all my plantation and lands whereon I myselft and my son GEORGE now live in the county of Shenandoah on the drains of Stony Creek containing two hundred and eight acres to be the same more or less..to wit.. two tracts or surveys the one containing one hundred and forty eight acres and the other sixty acres..it being the same plantation and lands which I purchased of Michael SHOEMAKER, with, all and singular the apurtenances thereunto belonging, subject nevertheless to the payment of the specific legacies which I shall herein-after give to my nine daughters and to the children of my daughter ELIZABETH STICKLY, dec'd. Item I give and bequeath unto each of my daughters to wit, MARY the wife of John WILLFANG, CATHARINE the wife of DANIEL STOUT, MARGARET the wife of George DELLINGER, MAGDALENE the wife of Emanuel DELLINGER, SUSANNAH the wife of Henry HOSHAUR, ROSINAH the wife of Jacob HELSLEY, Junr., and BARBARA the wife of George ANDERICK and their Heirs the sum of ten Dollars and I also give ten Dollars to the Children of my daughter ELIZABETH STICKLY, dec'd. to be equally divided amongst them and my son son GEORGE VOLTZ or whosoever possess the plantation and lands, I have hereby given him as above mentioned shall pay the same in the following manner to wit: ten dollars which I have given my eldest daughter MARY WILLFANG he shall pay within twelve months after my decease, and then he shall pay ten dollars that is to say one legacy every year afterwards untill the whol ten legacies are fully paid always perferring the eldest of my said daughters before the younger in paying the said legacies. But if either of my said daughters should die no Child or Children after her death, then my said son GEORGE VOLTZ his Heirs and assigns Shall not be obiled to pay that legacy if he has not paid it before such death. Item all my wearing apparel and my Books I give and bequeath unto my three sons namely, JOSHUA VOLTZ, JOSEPH VOLTZ, and the said GEORGE VOLTZ to be equally divided amongst them, and after payment of what nature or kine 'soever it may be, not herein before particularly disposed of, I desire may be equally divided among all my Children herein before named which I give to them their Heirs Executors Administrators or Assigns forever. And Lastly, I do hereby constitute and appoint my said son JOSHUA VOLTZ sole Executor of this my last Will & Testaments by me heretofore made, Ratifying this and no other to be my last Will & Testament. In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal this fifth Day of June in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Seven.
Johan Peter Voltz

Signed Sealed Published & declared as
and for the last Will & Testament of the
above named PETER VOLTZ in presence of us
Jacob Rinker
Absolom Rinker
Godfriedd Mill__

Johann married Maria Elishabetha MENTZIN about 1748 in Shenandoah County, Virginia. Maria was born about 1730 in Germany; died about 1811 in Shenandoah County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Death: Their last child was born in 1774. Catharina's prayer book says that she recieved the book from her parents on 02 Sep 1790. Since she isn't mentioned in Peter's will, it can be assumed that Elisabeth died after September 1790 but before 05 Jun 1807.