26. Valentine SHULTZ
Valentine apparently moved to Sevier Co, TN for a time, had children there, and maybe married his second wife there. He was definitely in Rhea Co, TN in 1808, being listed in the land records as owning 300 acres "...on the Tennessee River including his mill and improvement..". He apparently had a mill on Clear Creek where it entered the Tennessee River. He, and his neighbors, claimed their land "...by right of settlement, occupancy & preemption....". Among those owning adjoining property were George Winton, Valentine's son-in-law, also Stephen Winton and Samuel Reed/Read.
In 1819 he moved further south, into Bibb County, Alabama. There's SOME uncertainity and difference of opinion as to the names of Valentine's wives, and the birthdates of his children. Don Reagan's booklet, "An Early History of Dr. Martin Shultz" names as children for Valentine - Martin, Jacob, Joseph, Christley, Kennison, Catherine, Peter, Eliza, John, and Valentine. Kennison is named in a newspaper article as a half-sibling to at least Joseph, Kate, and Eliza, and maybe others.
There's also questions regarding Valentine's PLACE of death. Most of his time in Alabama was spent in Bibb Co and he married for the third time, to Abby Lindsey, in Bibb County. But, some time before his death he either moved or the county boundaries shifted because he died in adjoining Perry County. He died intestate and his estate was settled by the Perry County Courts, starting in December 1837, and extending over a period of almost ten years! The only heir to make any claim against his estate was his son Valentine, who received several hundred dollars at the final settlement . It's interesting that his young, third wife, Abigail Lindsey, made no claim and was never mentioned in the court records. I can't find any burial record (headstone) for him in either county. [jrs].
Valentine was in Texas before 1850, as he appears in the 1850 Shelby County census with
occupation listed as "wagoner". He must have moved on to Tarrant County very shortly after
1850. Edmond Achols Shults, Peter's son, was apparently in business with Val hauling freight
from Tarrant Co, TX to Houston. Pleasant Moore, the husband of Peter's daughter, Nancy Jane,
may have been a partner also, as he was the administrator of Valentine's estate and inherited
Valentine's assets. That 'property' included a Peters Colony Land Certificate. Valentine's
"heirs", Pleasant and Nancy Jane Moore, were issued a certificate for 320 acres of land by the
County Court of Tarrant County in 1853. There were apparently two certificates, issued August
1856; one for 120 acres on Deer Creek and one for 200 acres on Village Creek. They sold the land (see court records below).Tarrant Co, Texas Court Records
Estate of Valentine Shults, Deceased
Pleasant Moore and E. A. Shults petition for probate of will of Valentine Shults, decd.
Nuncupative will of Shultz wills all his property, after paying just debts to Pleasant Moore. Dated
1 Feb. 1856. Attest: Joseph L. Purvis and B. F. Thomas. Bond for admrs $5000; surety: Joseph L.
Purvis. Filed 26 Feb. 1856.Inventory and appraisement filed 31 Mar. 1856. Included: one large unpainted road ox wagon,
twelve yoke of oxen, 12 log chains, livestock, plows, etc. and 480 acres of land "if clear title." By
court order, additional inventory made which included one colony certificate of said decedent as a
colonist in Peters Colony* issued by the County Court of Tarrant County for 320 acres. The
headright was sold to Julian Field. 23 Feb. 1857.* Peters Colony was the name for a large empresario grant in North Texas. William Peters led a
group of twenty investors from England and the United States. According to the contract, 200
families had to be settled in 3 years. The empresarios were allowed to keep up to half the settler's
land grant as payment for their services. They had trouble settling the land and requested several
extensions of their contract. When the contract expired in 1848, settlers began to come. The
older settlers began to become angry that the company had half of their land, and demanded that
the Texas government fix the situation. However, this angered the stockholders. A compromise
gave each side more time to claim the land, but the settlers were still unhappy. The compromise
was later amended, but it took more than 20 years for all land titles to be settled.
43. Trimble SHULTZ
In October of 1832 Trimble Shults, Wade H. Shults, and Isaac Tignor were charged in Bibb Co, Alabama court with assault on one Luellen Clements. When the Sheriff tried to serve papers on the three Wade H. Shults and Isaac Tignor were not to be found in the county. Trimble Shults was served papers on 6 Oct 1832. The Court records said Trimble Shults was "... under 21, Valentine Shults being the father is to appear in court as the guardian of said Trimble". In September of 1834 Trimble Shults was found 'not guilty' of the charge.
No further record can be found of Trimble Shults but the court record is definitive proof of his existance and his relationship to Valentine No further record has been found of the Wade H. Shults mentioned in the court records. Valentine's son Martin did name a son 'Wade Hampton' in 1837.
44. Wade H. SHULTZ
See notes for Trimble Shults.
27. David SHULTZ Sr.
Per Don Reagan's "Early History of Dr. Martin Shultz" David went to Kentucky when he left upper East Tennessee, probably following the death of his father, Dr. Martin Shults. He lived for a time in both Green and Adair Counties of Kentucky before settling in McNairy Co, TN where he remained. A big part of the material shown here is from LDS Ancestral Files and is NOT GUARANTEED! David and his sons, John, Jacob, Jesse, and son-in-law Abednego Baze, are SAID TO HAVE BEEN in the War of 1812. [jrs].
Per Don Reagan this child is questionable as one of David's, is listed here from an LDS Ancestral Chart (jrs).
28. John R. SHULTZ
John apparently moved to present-day Sevier Co, TN (was then North Carolina) around 1795 with his Mother and his brothers, Valentine and Martin. Around 1805 he relocated to Rhea Co, TN and in 1815 moved on to Franklin Co, Illinois. In 1834 he was in Weakley Co, TN and in 1835 in Missouri. He moved to Texas about 1845. Part of the information here on him and his descendants is from Mrs. Tammi Ramsey, Coalinga, CA, and from LDS Ancestral Files. MOST OF THIS INFORMATION ON DESCENDANTS IS UNPROVEN AND SHOULD NOT BE ACCEPTED AS FACT!
The following newspaper article is courtesy of Ms. Vallie Terrell, Marble Falls, TX.
From the "Arkansas Gazette and Democrat" of Friday, 23 Aug 1850 -
"A VETERAN - Judge Schultz of Arkansas County, called on us, a few days ago, and subscribed for our papers, to be sent to his father Major John R. Schultz, residing in Kaufman Co, Texas. Maj. Schultz, we understand, is a Polander, by birth, but emigrated when quite young, to the American Colonies previous to the Revolutionary War, and, with his father, uncle, and four brothers, participated in the Battle of King's Mountain, where the subject of this notice received a slight wound. He also participated in several other battles during that eventful period, as well as in a number of Indian fights. Although upwards of 90 years of age, he possesses the activity of most men, not half his age, and still indulges in his favorite recreation of hunting deer and buffalo, of which he has killed several of both within the last year or two."
The Judge Schultz referred to above was John R's son, John M. Shults. There are several inconsistencies in the newspaper article. I've no idea how John R. came by the title of 'Major'. He didn't immigrate to the Colonies but was born here, and while his father, Dr. Martin Shultz, was at the Battle of Kings Mountain there's NO indication that John or any of his brothers were. The newspaper article refers to John R. residing in Kaufman Co, TX but in the 1850 federal census John R was living in the home of his son-in-law, John Damron, in Henderson Co, TX and his occupation was listed as 'cooper' (barrell maker). [jrs]
57. Jacob SHULTS
Their marriage bond was by John Shults.
29. Jacob SHULTZ
Jacob owned land in Sullivan Co as early as 1793 (at that time it was the Territory South of the River Ohio, now Tennessee). He was listed in the 1796 Tax List of Sullivan Co but in November of 1796 he bought 200 acres on Sycamore Creek in what was then Hawkins County but is now Claiborne Co, TN. Jacob also appears in 1799 in the Tax List of Grainger County but this may have simply been a factor of shifting boundaries as counties were split up. Goodspeed's "History of East Tennessee" lists him as "...among the first settlers in Claiborne County...".
It's not certain where Jacob and Mary died and are buried. Don Reagan, in "Smoky Mountain Clans, Vol 2" says that Jacob and Mary "died and were buried in the Sycamore Creek area, Claiborne County.....". However, no headstones have been found for them (if they ever had headstones it's possible they were destroyed during the Civil War when many Claiborne County cemeteries were demolished!). Earl K. Schultz, in his "An Early American Family", reproduces a letter of Myrtle Braun's, who had copied the family records of Jacob and Louisiana's daughter, Mary Anne. Her records said, writing of Jacob's daughter Catherine (Shults) Hanson moving to Illinois, "Her father Jacob and his wife Mary went with them to Illinois."! However, among the Hanson (and NEIL) descendants today I have found no record, no tradition, no hint, that Jacob and Mary were ever with either of their married daughters in Illinois. [jrs].
68. John SHULTS
Died in childhood.
69. Henry SHULTS
Died in childhood.
30. Martin SHULTZ
After the death of his father in 1787 in Sullivan Co, NC (now Tennessee) Martin, his mother, and at least part of his brothers and sisters moved to the Emerts Cove area of Sevier County. That was probably around 1795, or just before Tennessee statehood. There he met and married Barbara, the daughter of even earlier emmigrants into the area. Martin was a Justice of the Peace and a Captain in the State Militia. In 1843 he was named in an Act of the State Legislature involving a Sevier Turnpike Road.
He received a State grant for 55 acres of land on the East Fork of the Little Pigeon River adjoining Frederick Emert's property. It's not known how much land Martin eventually acquired but he was involved in land dealings in the county for many years. Some reports have Barbara living to be 105 years old but the cemetery dates don't support this. She spent most of her last 20 years with her son, John. She fell and broke her hip and was an invalid in her later years.
She was the head-of-household in the 1830 Sevier Co, TN census, she had two male and one female children. She either remarried or moved away.