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1790 Census, Pendleton County, SOUTH CAROLINA (p.5 of 11 on Ancestry.com's census images online):
George SHULER: 1 male over 16; 3 males under 16; 2 females
(this was probably our ancestor George, his 3 eldest sons George Jr., Jacob, and John, wife Mary, and daughter Mary).

"Pendleton County was formed six years after the close of the Revolutionary War, in 1789. The county was formed out of land that had been conquered from the Cherokee Nation in 1776 but which had remained largely unsettled until 1783. By the year 1790...Pendleton was the principal frontier area of South Carolina, and was the main SC gateway to what remained of Cherokee territory."
Pendleton County was considered a geographic division only, and didn't have its own government until 1798. It was part of Ninety-Six District until 1791 when it was annexed to Washington District.
In 1798, Pendleton County became Pendleton District and no longer part of Washington District. Then in 1826 Pendleton was abolished by being divided into two new districts - Anderson (south part) and Pickens (north part).

Some of George SHULER's neighbors in the 1790 census were:
George MILLER,
John MAFIELD (MAYFIELD),
William HENDERSON,
Ambrose MAFIELD, Isham MAFIELD,
Adley? HAMILTON,
John OLIVER,
Stephen MAFIELD,
Elijah MAFIELD,
Giddian MARTIN,
Samuel MARTIN,
William INGRAM,
John BURCHFIELD,
Adam BURCHFIELD,
William BRISON,
Daniel BRISON,
Andrew BRISON (BRYSON),
William DICKEY,
Bennett COMBS,
John HAYS.

Some information about George SHULER's neighbors:

  • Bennett COMBS was involved in deed transactions with George SHULER.
    Bennett COMBS was born 10 June 1745 in St. Mary's County, Maryland, and died 4 Mar 1801 in Anderson County, SC.
    He served in the Revolutionary War in Maryland.
  • George MILLER lived next door to George SHULER in the 1790 Census, & his son Isaac MILLER witnessed deed transactions for George SHULER.
    George MILLER was born about 1740/1745, place unknown.
    According to family as well as local Pickens Co. legend, he had been a German soldier who first came into the upstate of SC to assist in fighting the Indians.
    George & his son Isaac were responsible for witnessing statements for many later Germans who came into the area in the late 1700-early 1800's and applied for citizenship.
    The German form of his surname was originally MUELLER.
    (note: as mentioned above, an Elizabeth SCHULER married a Peter MULLER in Frederick Co, MD in 1775. Were they related?).
    George MULLER/MILLER received a land grant on Rices Creek, a tributary of 12 Mile River, in 1792, and had earlier grants in 1771 and 1774.
    His wife Mary may have been Native American.
    Their children included
    Isaac who md. Hester Elizabeth WEAVER and remained in Pickens County;
    Micah/Michael who md. Margaret BOREN;
    Morris who md. Catherine BOREN;
    George;
    Jesse;
    Jacob who md. Rhoda WIMBERLY;
    Adam who md. Betsy TAYLOR;
    Susannah;
    Ana;
    Agnes, a daughter who married Francis or Matthew BOREN;
    and a daughter who married Berryman ROE.
    George MILLER & his wife Mary and most of their children left Pickens Co. in 1804 and moved to Warren Co, KY; his will was filed there 12 Mar 1812.
    (see http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~scroots/sc09111.htm)
  • Elijah MAYFIELD (one of five MAYFIELDS who were neighbors of George SHULER in 1790) was the son of James MAYFIELD who was killed by Indians at Eaton's Station (near the modern city of Nashville, TN) in 1780.
    This same Elijah MAYFIELD filed for a Revolutionary War Pension (file #S2754) in Hickman Co, TN on 15 July 1834, saying that he was born on 10 June 1762 in Amherst Co, VA and moved from there about 1774 to the New River area of southwest VA (later Montgomery Co, VA).
    He enlisted in the First Virginia Regiment in Jan/Feb 1779 and was discharged from the army in Jan/Feb 1780.
    Went to Eaton's Station, TN (probably with his father James & brother Isaac), in about Apr 1780.
    His father was killed by the Indians in July/Aug 1780, and Elijah was taken prisoner by Indians/British and held for over 2 years. He escaped, then moved to the vicinity of the Long Island of the Holston (Sullivan/Washington Co, TN) in early 1784.
    He removed to South Carolina about 1785 and lived there for 17 years, then removed to Shelby/Jefferson Co, KY about 1802, and lived there about 16 years.
    Removed to Hickman Co, TN about 1818 and lived there until at least July 1834 when he made his Rev. War pension application.
    He died 5 Oct 1843 in Maury Co, TN.
    (see http://www.angelfire.com/folk/scmaybields/pendleton_county_sc.htm)
  • Joseph CHAPMAN bought land from George & Mary SHULER in 1790.
    Joseph was born in Halifax County, Virginia on 25 Dec 1745 and served in the Revolutionary War while a resident of Guilford County, NC and Ninety-six District, SC.
    He enlisted four different times and participated in campaigns against the Cherokees.
    After the war he lived near the boundary with the Cherokee Nation, in Pendleton District, SC. This area later became Pickens County.
    He died in 1836 in Pickens County without leaving a will.
    His Revolutionary War pension application contains many interesting details.
    (see http://www.chapmanfamilies.org/bio_joseph.html) ==============================================================


    Land Transactions:

    18 Mar 1790: George SHULER and Mary his wife of Pendleton County, Planter, convey to Joseph CHAPMAN, Planter, for five shillings & 200 pounds sterling, 305 acres on both sides of South fork of Saluda River, bounding on land granted to Joseph STRABEL by his Excellency Benjamin GUERARD on 16 July 1784.
    Witnessed by Bennett COMBS, Isaac MILLER, John PENDERGRASS.
    Bennet COMBS made oath 30 Mar 1791.
    Recorded 31 May 1791. (Conveyance Book A, p. 278-282)

    (more to be added later)



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    1800 Census, Pendleton District, SOUTH CAROLINA
    (p.79 of 125 on Ancestry.com's census images online):
    #976 George SHULER,
    3 males under 10,
    1 male age 10-15,
    1 male age 16-25,
    1 male over 45,
    1 female age 26-44
    (Total = 7)



    George Shuler apparently moved his family to Buncombe County, North Carolina in 1801, just after this census was taken. He had already purchased land in Buncombe County prior to 1800.

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    1810 Census, Haywood County, NORTH CAROLINA
    (Haywood Co. split off from Buncombe in 1808)

    George SHULER,
    2 males age 10-15,
    1 male over 45,
    1 female over 45
    (Total = 4)

    (This was George Shuler, Sr.)

    (George's two sons George Jr. and John lived nearby.
    George Jr.'s household was 1 male age 26-44 and 1 female age 16-25.
    John's household was 1 male age 16-25, 1 female age 16-25, and 1 female under 10)

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    1820 Census, Haywood County, NORTH CAROLINA
    p.14 of 27 on Ancestry.com's census images online:

    SILAR, Jacob (not sure if this was Jacob SHULER),
    2 males age 18-26,
    1 female age 16-26

    SHULAR, Manuiel,
    1 male age 10-16,
    1 male age 18-26,
    1 female age 0-10,
    1 female age 16-26

    SHULAR, David,
    1 male age 0-10,
    1 male age 18-26,
    1 female age 0-10,
    1 female age 16-26

    SHULAR, George Senr.,
    1 male age 0-10,
    1 male age 10-16,
    1 male over 45,
    1 female over 45

    p.20 of 27:

    SHULAR, John,
    1 male age 18-26,
    1 female age 0-10,
    1 female age 16-26,
    1 female age 26-45

    SHULAR, Georg,
    3 males age 0-10,
    1 male age 18-26,
    1 female age 0-10,
    1 female age 16-26,
    1 female age 26-45,
    1 female over 45

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    Two unknown SHULERS (Manson and Zeke) were living in Haywood County, NC in 1820:

    From a history of Jackson Co NC by Max R. Williams, editor:
    "Much earlier, in 1820, John Bryson, Andy Cathey, Oliver Painter, Peter Long, Thomas Henson, MANSON SHULER, Hugh Bryson, Silas Watson, William Watson and Enoch Underwood organized a subscription school near Cullowhee to guarantee the salary of teacher ZEKE SHULER who had been hired to teach their 16 sons and daughters in the small log house owed by Maj. Hamilton Bryson."

    Unless there is an error in the date, Manson and Zeke must have been in their 20's or older in the year 1820, and apparently Manson Shuler had some children old enough to attend school then.
    Manson and Zeke (or Ezekiel) do not appear in the census or other records. Could these have been middle names or nicknames for some of George Shuler's sons? Quite likely, because no other Shulers lived in this part of North Carolina in 1820....

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    Marriage 1 Mary "Polly" b: 1755/1760 in of SC & NC, USA
    Married: ABT 1776 in ,, Maryland?, USA

    Children
    Mary SHULER b: ABT 1778 in ,, Maryland?, USA
    George Jr. SHULER b: ABT 1781 in ,, Maryland, USA
    John SHULER b: ABT 1784 in , Ninety-Six District, South Carolina, USA
    Jacob SHULER b: ABT 1787 in , Ninety-Six District, South Carolina, USA
    David SHULER b: ABT 1790 in , Pendleton County, South Carolina, USA
    Emanuel SHULER b: 20 Oct 1793 in , Pendleton County, South Carolina, USA
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    ID: I411
    Name: Mary "Polly"
    Given Name: Mary "Polly"
    NPFX: *
    Nickname: Polly
    _MARNM: SHULER
    Sex: F
    Birth: 1755/1760 in of SC & NC, USA
    Death: AFT 1850 in , Macon, North Carolina, USA
    Note:
    !Mary was also known as "Polly". Some researchers say that her maiden name may have been DICKEY (from Ireland), but I have seen no evidence for this. She was more likely of Swiss/German ethnicity.

    !Widow and heirs of George Shuler, deceased, sold land 21 June 1830.

    !She was listed as age 90 in the Census of 1850, Macon Co, NC, birthplace unknown.

    Connection not proven, but there was a marriage record for a Georg SCHULER & Maria Elisabeth NIEKOMMIN (without the German suffix denoting a female, and without the Latinized spelling, that would be Mary Elizabeth NIEKOM) -- at the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Middletown, Frederick County, Maryland, on 20 Feb 1776. See IGI.

    Note that in the 1860 Census, George SHULER Jr., eldest son of George & Mary, gave his birthplace as Maryland.

    The NYCUM genforum site says that this was a German surname, spelled many different ways including NIEKUMM, NICKUM, NICKOM, NICCUM, NICHAM, etc.

    Leonhard NIEKUMM married Barbara KEYSERS 10 June 1680 at Evangelisch, Kusel, Pfalz, Bayern and his descendants later immigrated to Pennsylvania then went into Maryland. Johann Leonhard NIEKOM, son of Johannes George NIEKOM & Anna Maria (ZOLLINGER), was christened 24 July 1774 at the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Middletown, Frederick County, Maryland (same church where Georg SCHULER married Mary NIEKOM in 1776).

    This Johannes George NIEKOM (b. 5 Jan 1748/49 in Frederick Co, MD) was the son of Johann Peter NICKOM (b. 3 Nov 1715 Germany, d. 1766 Frederick Co, MD) & Anna Maria SANGER (b. 1720 Germany, d. 1767 MD), who arrived in PA on 27 Aug 1739 aboard the ship "Samuel." Maria Elisabeth NEIKOM (b.1760/1766) who married Georg SCHULER was probably also a daughter of Johann Peter NEIKOM. This NEIKOM family had ties to PA, MD, VA & later OH.

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    1850 Census, Deep Creek, Macon County, NORTH CAROLINA (date: 11 Sep 1850)
    p.345-346 (p.7-8 of 10 on Ancestry.com's census images online);
    dwelling #411; family #420:

    George SHULAR; age 60 male; occupation: Farmer; value of real estate: $1000; cannot read & write; birthplace: Macon County
    Kizziah SHULAR; age 50; female; birthplace: Macon County
    ***Polly SHULAR; age 90; female; birthplace: unknown; cannot read & write
    Humphrey SHULAR; age 20; male; occupation: Laborer; birthplace: Macon County
    Alfred SHULAR; age 18; male; occupation: Laborer; birthplace: Macon County
    Elvira SHULAR; age 16; female; birthplace: Macon County
    Polly L. SHULAR; age 23; female; birthplace: Macon County; cannot read & write
    Nancy BRADSHAW; age 10; female; birthplace: Macon County
    John SHULAR; age 8; male; birthplace: Macon County

    Information Compiled
    by Karen Bray Keeley

    INTERNET Adaptation
    by Sandra Shuler Bray