Godfrey Daniel STOUT, Sr.

1757 - 1846  (88 years)

• Name	Godfrey Daniel STOUT  [1]
  Suffix	Sr.
  Born	23 Nov 1757	Bucks County, Pennsylvania   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Buried	1846	Asa Shoun Cemetery, Johnson County, Tennessee
  Died	02 Apr 1846	Little Doe, Johnson County, Tennessee   [3]
  Person ID	I60432	TAP
  Last Modified	17 Feb 2014

  
  

  Father	Johann Daniel STOUT,   b. 1693, Ober Bosenbach, Palatinate Region, Germany ,   d. 07 Aug 1770, Shenandoah Valley, Frederick County, Virginia  (Age 77 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Mother	Anna Elizabeth KELLER,   b. Abt 1718, Essweiler, Western Palatine, Germany ,   d. Aft 1779, Shenandoah Couny, Virginia  (Age > 62 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Married	27 Nov 1736	Essweiler, Western Palatinate, Germany   [1]
  Family ID	F60268	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Catherine Magdalen VOLTZEN,   b. 21 Mar 1755, Shenandoah County, Virginia ,   d. 26 Sep 1843, Johnson County, Tennessee  (Age 88 years)
  Married	03 Mar 1772	Shenandoah, Virginia   [4]
  Children	1. George Peter STOUT,   b. 03 Aug 1773, Shenandoah County, Virginia ,   d. Abt 1860, Johnson County, Tennessee  (Age 86 years)  [Natural]   2. Mary Magdalen STOUT,   b. 06 Jan 1774, Shenandoah County, Virginia ,   d. 1860, Johnson County, Tennessee  (Age 85 years)  [Natural]   3. Magdalen Molly STOUT,   b. 1780, Virginia ot Tennessee  [Natural]   4. Henry T. STOUT,   b. 25 May 1780, Shenandoah County, Virginia ,   d. 26 Oct 1878, Carter County, Tennessee  (Age 98 years)  [Natural]   5. Godfrey Daniel STOUT, Jr.,   b. 09 Aug 1781, Shenandoah Valley, Frederick County, Virginia ,   d. 21 Dec 1861, Woodway, Lee, Virginia  (Age 80 years)  [Natural]   6. John STOUT,   b. 16 Dec 1783, Virginia  [Natural]   7. Thomas STOUT,   b. 02 Oct 1792, Johnson County, Tennessee ,   d. Campbell County, Tennessee  [Natural]   8. Catherine STOUT,   b. 1785, Tennessee/Virginia ,   d. 1850, Tennessee  (Age 65 years)  [Natural]   9. Sarah May STOUT,   b. 08 Jul 1789, Virginia  [Natural]   10. David D. STOUTT,   b. 11 Nov 1790, Sullivan, Tennessee ,   d. 11 Apr 1888, Johnson County, Tennessee  (Age 97 years)  [Natural]   11. Abraham Carter STOUT,   b. 23 Jul 1791, TN   12. Mary Sarah STOUT,   b. 08 Jul 1787, Shenandoah County, Virginia ,   d. Aft 1860, Johnson County, Tennessee  (Age > 74 years)  [Natural]
  Family ID	F60267	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents

  Godfrey Daniel Stout, Sr Last Will and Testiment

  
  

  Headstones

  Godfrey Daniel Stout Headstone

  
  

• 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. _____________________________________ 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.

  
  

• Sources

  [S60067] Family Tree Maker.com - Descendants of Diebold/Theobold Staudt. [S60067] Family Tree Maker.com - Descendants of Diebold/Theobold Staudt. Blount County Library Article World Family Tree #1091 states as 11-3-1750 [S60067] Family Tree Maker.com - Descendants of Diebold/Theobold Staudt. Blount County Library Article [S60121] Oblevins.com. Blount County Library Article