I still struggle with my Sauls line. *sigh*
They were in and around Colleton County, South Carolina, during most of the 19th century, it seems. So, I got a wild hair and decided to look up anyone with the last name Sauls in Colleton County in the U.S. Census. I'm not sure what I thought I would find, but it is interesting.
First of all, there was no Colleton County when the 1790 census was taken. Colleton had one of the three original counties in South Carolina, but it was disbanded in 1769, reformed as within the Charleston District in 1785, disbanded again in 1791, and reformed for the final time in 1800. (1) Whew! Consequently, no Colleton County in the 1790 census. There was one John Saults listed as living in St. Phillips and St. Michaels in Charleston County, and several Saulses, of varying spellings, lived in nearby Beaufort County.
The 1800 census contains no one with the last name Sauls in Colleton County. Some familiar names from the 1790 census show up in the 1800 census in Beaufort County, though.
The 1810 census also contains no one with the last name Sauls in Colleton County. Only two people with the last name Sauls remain in Beaufort County: Benjamin Sauls (spelled Saul) and D Sauls (spelled Saul).
(1) I got this information from https://publications.newberry.org/ahcbp/documents/SC_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm.
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