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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  David Shultz was born 1861 (son of George H. Shultz and Elizabeth Layman).

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 22.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  George H. Shultz was born 16 Apr 1829, Cocke County, Tennessee (son of Jacob Whitten Shultz and Catherine Huff); died 1 Jan 1901; was buried , Cocke County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Listed in 1850 Cocke County, Tennessee census as farmer.

    Buried in Shults Cemetery.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 22.
    http://www.liberty.com/home/hannibal/censuss.txt

    George married Elizabeth Layman 16 Jan 1851, , Cocke County, Tennessee. Elizabeth (daughter of Jacob Layman, Jr. and Susannah Baker) was born 10 Jun 1832, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 26 Jun 1877; was buried , Cocke County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Elizabeth Layman was born 10 Jun 1832, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of Jacob Layman, Jr. and Susannah Baker); died 26 Jun 1877; was buried , Cocke County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Buried in Shults Cemetery.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 22.

    Children:
    1. Preston Shultz was born 7 Oct 1852; died 20 Oct 1852.
    2. Jacob Rankin Shultz was born 22 May 1855; died 21 Mar 1857.
    3. Felix Shultz was born 9 Sep 1857, Cocke County, Tennessee; died 17 Feb 1920, Cocke County, Tennessee.
    4. William Anderson Shultz was born 31 Dec 1859; died 12 Apr 1860.
    5. Susannah Jane Shultz was born 31 Dec 1859, Tennessee; died 24 Apr 1946, Cocke County, Tennessee; was buried 26 Apr 1946, Cocke County, Tennessee.
    6. 1. David Shultz was born 1861.
    7. Margaret Catherine Shultz was born 5 Jun 1864; died 18 Aug 1865.
    8. Lemuel Shultz was born 31 Aug 1868; died 27 Oct 1873.
    9. Harrison Hooper Shultz was born 11 Jul 1873, Cosby, Cocke County, Tennessee; died 25 Dec 1939; was buried , Cocke County, Tennessee.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Jacob Whitten Shultz was born 20 Dec 1800, Tennessee (son of Martin S. E. Shults, Jr. and Barbara Ann Emert); died 22 Jan 1878, Cocke County, Tennessee; was buried Holders Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: MC7S-GT

    Notes:

    They were listed in the 1830 through 1880 Federal Census of Cooke County, Tennessee. They also appeared on the 1839 Tax List of Cocke County, Tennessee.

    In 1850 census listed as farmer with land valued at $1,750.

    Donald Reagan lists J. D. Shults as child of Jacob and Catherine Huff where in fact he is nephew Jesse Derrick, son of Frederick Jackson and Hannah (Lindsey) Shultz.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 16, 22.
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 July 1983, p 9.
    http://www.liberty.com/home/hannibal/censuss.txt

    Jacob married Catherine Huff Abt 1828, , Cocke County, Tennessee. Catherine was born 10 Mar 1798, Virginia; died 19 Aug 1859, Cocke County, Tennessee; was buried Holders Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Catherine Huff was born 10 Mar 1798, Virginia; died 19 Aug 1859, Cocke County, Tennessee; was buried Holders Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Listed in 1850 Cocke County, Tennessee census as unable to read or write.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 16, 22.
    http://www.liberty.com/home/hannibal/censuss.txt

    Children:
    1. 2. George H. Shultz was born 16 Apr 1829, Cocke County, Tennessee; died 1 Jan 1901; was buried , Cocke County, Tennessee.
    2. Barbara Shultz was born 3 Apr 1831, Tennessee; died 1870, Cosby, Cocke County, Tennessee; was buried 1870, Cosby, Cocke County, Tennessee.
    3. John R. Shultz was born 11 Dec 1834, , Tennessee; died 26 Jan 1908.
    4. Shultz was born Abt 1836; died See Notes.
    5. David Rankin Shultz was born 18 Sep 1838, Tennessee; died 5 Jul 1896; was buried Shults Family Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee.
    6. J. D. Shultz was born 1840.

  3. 6.  Jacob Layman, Jr. was born 1809, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of Jacob Layman and Nancy); died 5 Dec 1858, Cocke County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: 39LX-6G

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    James Shults GEDCOM, Jamesshults@worldnet.att.net, July 1996.
    Earl Layman, ELayman814@aol.com, 5 December 1999.

    Jacob married Susannah Baker 1831, Sevier County, Tennessee. Susannah was born 3 Dec 1811, Tennessee; died 26 Jul 1888, Tennessee; was buried Jul 1888, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Susannah Baker was born 3 Dec 1811, Tennessee; died 26 Jul 1888, Tennessee; was buried Jul 1888, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: C583-14

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    James Shults GEDCOM, Jamesshults@worldnet.att.net, July 1996.

    Children:
    1. 3. Elizabeth Layman was born 10 Jun 1832, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 26 Jun 1877; was buried , Cocke County, Tennessee.
    2. Preston Layman was born 13 Sep 1833, Tennessee; died 13 Dec 1909, Arlington, Reno County, Kansas; was buried Arlington Cemetery, Arlington, Reno County, Kansas.
    3. John Layman was born 10 Apr 1834, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 15 Aug 1903, Cosby, Cocke County, Tennessee; was buried Aug 1903, Shults Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee.
    4. Daniel Layman was born 7 May 1851, Tennessee; died 25 Mar 1898; was buried Pigeon Forge Methodist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Martin S. E. Shults, Jr.Martin S. E. Shults, Jr. was born Abt 1773, Tryon County, North Carolina (son of Johan Martin "Martin" Shults and Juliana Stentz); died 11 Nov 1846, Emerts Cove, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Emerts Cove Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: MC7S-CB

    Notes:

    Martin Shults Jr. moved to Sevier County, Tennessee from Sullivan County, Tennessee circa 1794/1795 with his mother, Juliana Shultz, and his brothers and sisters.

    During the period of 1796-1806, records show Martin Shutlz Junior owned lands in the area of Webb's Creek by right of occupancy. He sold it to Joseph Anderson in 1808 prior to the issuance of land grants by the State of Tennessee. The records read in part as follows:

    (1) "State of Tennessee District South French Broad and Holston

    "In pursuance of the law in such cases made and provided and by virtue of a Deputation from Robert Wear Esq surveyor for the district Aforesaid I have surveyed for Martin Shults 11 Acres 1 Rood 1 Chains of land held and Claimed by right of occupancy Situate in Sevier County on the waters of Webbs creek having such form and Boundaries as represented surveyed 2nd May 1807 Given under my hand this 6th day June 1807

    "Variation of the Needle 5 Degs East Laid down by a Scale 40 chs to the inch

    Thomas Price, D S

    "I Martin Shults for and in Consideration of the sum of Twenty five dollars to me in hand paid the Receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged do hereby assign over the within Survey of Lane unto Joseph Anderson In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 4th day February 1808

    Test
    William Freazier Marting Shults (Seal)
    Isaac Love

    "State of Tennessee Sevier County Court February Sesions 1808

    "This was the Execution of the above Transfer of land being duly proven in open Court by the oaths of William Feasher and Isaac Love the subscribing Witnesses thereto and the same is admitted to record

    Test Saml Wear C S C"

    (2) "State of Tennessee District South French Broad and Holston

    "In pursuance of the laws in such cases made and provided and by virtue of a Deputation from Robert Wear Esqr surveyor for the District Aforesaid I have surveyed for Martin Shults 42 Acres 2 roods 3 Chains of land held and Claimed by right of Occupancy situate in the County of Sevier on the water Webbs creek having such form and Boundaries as represented Surveyed 1st May 1807 Given under my hand this 6th day June 1807

    "Magnetic Variation 5 degs Laid down by a scale 40 chs to the inch

    Thomas Price, D S

    "I Martin Shults for and in Consideration of the sum of Seventy five Dollars to me in hand paid the Receipt Whereof is hereby Acknowledged do hereby Assign over the Within Survey of land to Joseph Anderson In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 4th day of february 1808

    Test
    William Freasher Marting Shutls (Seal)
    Isaac Love

    "State of Tennessee Sevier County Court February Sessions 1808

    "This was the Execution of the above transfer of Land being duly proven by the oaths of William Freasher and Isaac Love the subscribing witnesses thereto and the same is admitted to record

    Test Saml Wear C S C"

    There is another land grant for Martin Shultz from the State of Tennessee. He entered 55 acres 1 rood 5 chains on the waters of East Fork of Little Pigeon River. It was surveyed on 29 August 1807 and granted on 9 May 1810. This land joined vacant lands and lands of Frederick Emert in the Emert's Cove area.

    Martin Shultz Junior was commissioned as a Captain in the militia for Sevier County, Tennessee according to Sevier County, Tennessee Surveyors Book #1 - 5,000 Acres of land entry for William Roberts and Isaac A. Miller dated 12th day of May 1830. It reads as follows:

    "State of Tennessee) "By virtue of Entry No. 760 dated 12th
    Sevier County ) day of May 1830

    "I have surveyed for William Roberts and Isaac A. Miller as joint entrees five Thousand acres of land in said County on the waters of Birds Creek and the west fork of little Pigeon River

    "Begining on a Pine at the ford of the Glade Branch near Captain Shults muster ground...Surveyed 23 day of November 1838.

    D. Emmitt )
    & ) C C John Mullendore, Cty Curveyor
    Thos. McCarter)

    In 1813, Martin Shultz Junior signed a petition aksing the Tennessee General Assembly for redress on the validity of land claims in Sevier County, Tennessee. This petition is in Tennessee State Library and Archives,
    Nashville, Tennessee.

    Martin Shultz Junior entered numerous land entries in Sevier County, Tennessee during his lifetime. They include: 160 acres-5 August 1824; 15 acres-12 August 1824; 50 acres-28 August 1824; 222 acres-28 August 1829; 69 acres-28 August 1829; 31 acres-28 August 1829; 50 acres-28 February 1832; 31 acres-16
    October 1836; and 113 acres-11 March 1839
    .
    Martin Shultz Junior and his wife, Barbara Ann Emert, were listed in the 1830 and 1840 Federal Census of Sevier County, Tennessee.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 6, 70.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 6, 16.
    "Ownby-Watson Family History", Percival David Park, May 1985, p 32.
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 42.
    "The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 407.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 341.

    Martin married Barbara Ann Emert 1797, Sevier County, Tennessee. Barbara (daughter of Frederick Emert and Barbara Ann Neidig) was born 27 Dec 1778, Berks County, Pennsylvania; died 23 Sep 1875, Emerts Cove, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Emerts Cove Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Barbara Ann EmertBarbara Ann Emert was born 27 Dec 1778, Berks County, Pennsylvania (daughter of Frederick Emert and Barbara Ann Neidig); died 23 Sep 1875, Emerts Cove, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Emerts Cove Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: MC7S-DH

    Notes:

    First name may be Barbary. Barbara Ann Emert, widow of Martin Shultz Junoir, was listed with her children in the 1850 through 1870 Federal Census of Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Lived in Emert's Cove area.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 6, 70.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 6, 16.
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 42.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 196, 341.

    Children:
    1. Phillip S. Shultz was born 26 May 1798, , Sevier County, Tennessee; died 12 Feb 1871, , Tennessee; was buried Anderson County, Tennessee.
    2. 4. Jacob Whitten Shultz was born 20 Dec 1800, Tennessee; died 22 Jan 1878, Cocke County, Tennessee; was buried Holders Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee.
    3. Barbara Shults was born 20 Mar 1803, , Sevier County, Tennessee; died 21 Sep 1834, , Madison, Missouri.
    4. Elizabeth Shultz was born 1804, , Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. Shultz was born 1806, , Sevier County, Tennessee; died 1806, , Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. Mary Shultz was born 1808, , Sevier County, Tennessee.
    7. Martin M. Shultz was born 15 Dec 1810, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 7 May 1841; was buried Huff Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    8. Frederick Jackson Shultz was born 15 Feb 1813, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 11 Mar 1898, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Pigeon Forge Methodist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    9. Pleasant Wear Shultz was born 5 Jan 1815, Emerts Cove, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 11 Mar 1884, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Old Shults Family Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    10. John R. Shultz was born 30 Mar 1817, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 9 Jun 1889, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Old Shults Family Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    11. Shultz was born 1819, , Sevier County, Tennessee; died 1819, , Sevier County, Tennessee.
    12. Alexander Preston Perry Shultz was born 17 Feb 1822, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 12 Nov 1917; was buried Shiloh Methodist Church Cemetery, Grainger County, Tennessee.
    13. Anna Caroline Shultz was born 24 Jul 1826, , Sevier County, Tennessee; died 5 Sep 1902, , Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried , Sevier County, Tennessee.

  3. 12.  Jacob Layman was born 20 Nov 1758, Reading, Burks County, Pennsylvania (son of George Layman and Elizabeth Bleistein); died 1841, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Mount Pleasant, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: 39LV-D7

    Notes:

    Revolutionary War veteran.

    http://members.aol.com/elayman814/history.html
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    Reference:
    Earl Layman, ELayman814@aol.com, 5 December 1999.

    Jacob — Nancy. Nancy was born Abt 1779, Virginia; died 1838, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Mount Pleasant, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  4. 13.  Nancy was born Abt 1779, Virginia; died 1838, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Mount Pleasant, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: 39LV-FD

    Children:
    1. John Layman was born 20 Dec 1803, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 4 Dec 1893, Laclede County, Missouri.
    2. George Layman was born 13 Nov 1805, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 11 Jan 1878, Laclede County, Missouri.
    3. Michael Layman was born 1806, Sevier County, Tennessee; died Aft 1850.
    4. 6. Jacob Layman, Jr. was born 1809, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 5 Dec 1858, Cocke County, Tennessee.
    5. Ambrose Wheeler Layman was born 9 Jun 1810, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 1888, Benton, Arkansas.
    6. Absalom Layman was born 30 Aug 1811, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 24 Jan 1890, Rush County, Indiana.
    7. Nancy Layman was born 1810/1815, Sevier County, Tennessee; died Laclede County, Missouri.
    8. A. Preston Layman was born 14 Jul 1816, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 13 Dec 1892; was buried Cummings Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    9. Mary Layman was born Abt 1817, Sevier County, Tennessee; died Abt 1832, Sevier County, Tennessee.


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