Subject: Shoults genealogy- Descendants of Heinrich Christoff SHULTZ
To: joe@joepayne.org
Date: Friday, November 18, 2011, 4:47 AM
Hi Joe,
Stumbled across your info on Heinrich Shultz, while researching my family. I am a descendant of Charles Gains Shoults:
Charles Gains SHOULTS B: Feb 1814 Tennessee D: 25 Feb 1901 Alabama who married- Martha BUSH B: Jun 1822 Georgia M: 1845 Alabama D: 1870 Alabama
I am from Bibb County, Alabama, where many of Valentine Shultz family ended up. We have evidence that Charles Gains Shoults, my great, great grandfather lived with John Wesley Shults in Tallegega. I have looked at your info on the descendants of Heinrich Christoff Shultz and can't figure where Charles Gains fits in. He is not listed with your info. We're stuck on his parentage. His wife Martha Bush is the sister of Jasper Bush, who married Nancy Ann Shults, John Wesley Shults daughter. I have teamed up with a relative from Florida, a relative from Grayson Valley, AL and a friend from Chilton Co. AL in researching our Shoults ancestry. I have copied "in a nutshell" info here that my friend Sue has written, though we have extensive info on the descendants. Charles Gains is believed to have lived with John Wesley Shults in Talledega AL before coming to Bibb Co. Noticed you have George W. Shults/Shoults listed as Peter's son, but according to our info he is Charles Gains' son. The birth dates match and so does the first name of his wife.
GENERATION 1 CHARLES GAINS-GAINES aka C. C. SHOULTS (spellings vary) BORN CIRCA 1814-20 TN aka AL, PARENTS BORN TN. (The book I have which includes his Civil War Service has him as C. C. Shoults born Feb. 1815 TN. he served in the Confederate Service during the War from Bibb County, AL. The Home Guard, Hagler's Company. He died 25 Feb, 1901 Chilton County, AL. and is buried at Pleasant Grove Cemetery #2 in Chilton County, AL., along with his wife Martha (Bush) Shoults born about 1822 GA to John Bush and Mary (Holley) Bush. Charles Gains Shoults and Martha (Bush) married 19 May, 1843 Talladega, Talladega County, AL.
Just prior to their marriage, I have good reason to believe that Charles Gains was living with a close Relative, John Wesley Shoults and his wife Elizabeth (LaRue) Shoults in the 1840 Talladega Co, AL. census. This Family changed the spelling to Shults and ended up in Clay County, AL. John Wesley named a Son Gaines and a Son Charles, and His Daughter Nancy Ann married Martha's Brother, Jasper Bush. A mere 3 years after the census, he married Martha in that same area and they remained through the 1850 census.
{In the 1850 census there are 3 children named with Charles and Martha in Talladega Co, AL., Geo. W., Mary L. and Colonel M.}
Next I found Them in Rockford, Coosa County, AL. in 1860. They are living next door to another of Martha's Brother's, Hiram Bush. He died in 1864 and I feel sure it was during the Civil War in Kentucky.
{In the 1860 census Mary and George are there but Colonel M. is missing. He most likely passed away between 1850-60} {3 Children have been added to the brood, they are G, a male (census taker spelled Joseph with a G), M. (this is Matthew Wood Shoults), a male, Mary (a second female spelled Mary but she was Missouri "Meary" or "Mouri"), and lastly a son named Thos. Shoults. He was born circa 1859 and does not show up on later census records...assumed died before 1870.}
{Note that C. C. Shoults serves in the Civil War in Bibb County, AL. and this could be Baker Co-Chilton Co, AL., as Baker was formed from parts of Bibb, Shelby, Perry and Autauga Co, AL. by 1870 and then changed to Chilton Co, AL. by 1880.}
In 1870 the Family is found in Baker County, AL. (now Chilton County, AL.) {Children are now Wood (M in 1860 as he was Matthew Wood), Joseph N. (actually Joseph H. and he was G. in the 1860 census), Missouri (called Mary in 1860), Virginia, Clarke, Martha}
In 1880 They are in Randolph, Bibb County, AL. Only 1 new son, Wilton born about 1862. However, to their left is their daughter Martha and her husband Joseph Monroe Selman and to their right is their son Joseph Shoults and his family.
This is as far as I've gotten with the census search...haven't done 1900 yet. So...thus far I have these confirmed Children of Charles Gains-Gaines C. C. Shoults and Martha (Bush) Shoults:
1 George W., 2 Mary L., 3 Colonel M., 4 Joseph Hampton, 5 Matthew Wood, 6 Missouri, 7 Thomas, 8 Virginia, 9 Clarke Weldon, 10 Martha, 11 Wilton Shoults.
You have such extensive info on this family! If you could shed any light on our ancestor Charles Gains Shoults, we would greatly appreciate it.
Thanks very much.
Sincerely,
Jenny Shoults Cottingham
Centreville, Bibb Co. Alabama
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