James Shoults / Shults was born about 1802. He was the son of Phillip Shoults and Elizabeth (Johnston) Shoults. He married Sarah Green daughter of James Green and his wife, Mary. The following account is from the will of James Green:
"Be it remembered that on this twentieth day of March, 1842 I, James Green of Merimack Township, County of Jefferson and State of Missouri, do make my last will and testimony. I will to my son Samuel Green one dollar. To my son Joseph P. Green the land on which he now lives, also one bed and bedding. To my son, James L Green I will the land which I now live on, one wagon and one yoke of oxen and one horse, two sheep, one cow, one bed and bedding, and all the farming utensils. The quantity of land is one hundred and twenty acres. To my son-in-law James Shoults I will one dollar. To my son-in-law Louis Shoults I will one dollar. To my son-in-law Peter L Shoults I will one dollar. To my son-in-law Louis C Williams I will one dollar. To my son-in-law James McMennes I will forty dollars in property. To my wife Mary I will the balance of my property and the third part of the land and produce thereof after all just debts are paid as long as she lives. At her decease she is to dispose of her part of the moveable property as she pleases. Done in presence of Isaac Woods, Jane Woods.
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