Pg 306:During the Civil War, Union troops converged on the Valley--perhaps aiming for the uiron works and the mills. As the soldiers pillaged and plundered, they arrived at the Fouts homestead. During their 4-day stay the soldiers killed attleand hogs, made the women wook round the clodk, took the beds, crowded the fire, burned furniture, abused the children, and hanged Solomon Fouts froma tree in the yard. The soldiers then got into an argument (possibly because one soldier tried to end the mistreatment) and one man was killed. The men discovered that Mr Fouts was not dead and cut the rope so he could bury the dead Yankee. Mr Fouts did so and today the grave can still be seen on the north side of the Fouts Family Cemetery. When the soldiers departted the Fouts family was left with only a calf and a pig. Pg 307, Ben Fouts (l898-l904) was a Justice of the peace. Pg 308: In February 1881 Minerva Fouts deeded land to the trustees of a Methodist church located on the east side of the Conadauga River in Land Lot 161. ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.