| b 25 Aug 1762, , York, Pennsylvania | d 1845, , Perry, Alabama | |||
| Johan Velten 'Valentine' Shultz | ||||
| | b ABT 1710 1715 | ||||
| Johan Martin 'Martin' Shults | d 16 Nov 1745 | |||
| |b 1740 | | | Peter Stocker | ||
| |d 1787 | Maria Eva Stocker | |||
| | | b 1716 | Anna | ||
| Valentine K. Shults | ||||
| |Catherine 'Caty'-1 + | Rudolph Stentz | |m 1783 | Heinrich Stentz | |
| | | |b Sep1694 | Eva Barbara | ||
| Juliana Stentz | d 14 Oct 1758 | |||
| b 1741 | | | |||
| Maria Dorethea Bosserth | ||||
| b 1702 | ||||
| 1 | Martin Shults | 2 | Jacob Shults | 3 | < | Kennison Shults | 4 | Joseph Shults | 5 | Shults | 6 | Shults | 7 | Shults | 8 | Shults | 9 | Shults | 10 | Shults | 11 | Shults | 12 | Shults | 13 | Shults |
On 22 August 1799, Valentine Shultz signed a petition asking the Tennessee General Assembly for redress on the validity of land claims in Sevier County, Tennessee. The original petition is in Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee.
Valentine Shultz left Sevier County, Tennessee sometime in 1805/6 for Rhea County, Tennessee.
In 'Tennessee Homesteaders and Landowners, Fourth Surveyors District', compiled by Willis Hutcherson, it is found that Valentine Shultz owned 300 acres of land by the right of settlement, occupancy and pre-emption on Tennessee River including his mill and improvement where he lived. It was entered on 14 March 1808 and recorded on 13 July 1808.
On 4 September 1810 Valentine Shultz entered 120 acres of land on east side of Clear Creek including his house and improvement. This was surveyed on 5 July 1811. The State of Tennessee issued the grant to him on 6 August 1812.
Valentine Shultz bought 230 acres of land at the mouth of Clear Creek from Josiah Danforth on 12 January 1814. this is found in Deed Book 'C', page 209, Rhea County, Tennessee.
On 24 September 1813 Valentine Shultz also bought Lot No. 27 in the town of Washington from the Commissioners for the town of Washington.
It was stated in the family traditions that 'Valentine Shultz went to Bibb County, Alabama.' Valentine Shultz is listed in the 1830 Federal Census of Bibb County, Alabama.
Source: 'Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2', Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 6, 8. 'The Book of Ragan/Reagan', Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 406.