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Pleasant L. Shultz

Male 1872 - 1939  (66 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Pleasant L. Shultz was born 16 Mar 1872, Tennessee (son of Archibald McNulty Shultz and Lania Williams); died 22 Feb 1939; was buried Spurgeon Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Buried in Fowler Cemetery.
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    Reference
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 38.
    James Shults GEDCOM, Jamesshults@worldnet.att.net, July 1996.

    Pleasant married Cassandra "Cassie" McCarter 30 May 1901, , Sevier County, Tennessee. Cassandra (daughter of William Mitchell McCarter and Eliza Evans) was born 23 Dec 1883, Tennessee; died 27 Mar 1917, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 27 Mar 1917, Spurgeon Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Myrtle M. Shults was born 24 Oct 1903, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 3 Dec 1951; was buried Shults-Whaley Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. Algia Jane Shultz was born 25 Feb 1909, Tennessee; died 16 Oct 1997, Monroe County, Tennessee.
    3. Von Lewis Shultz was born 29 Jul 1912, Tennessee; died 2 Jul 1972; was buried Fowler Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Pleasant — Harriet Louise Freeman. Harriet (daughter of Joseph Freeman and Elizabeth Reams) was born 10 Dec 1880, Tennessee; died 9 Jul 1963; was buried Webbs Creek Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Arch Shultz was born 4 Jan 1918; died 4 Jan 1918; was buried Clear Springs Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. Joseph Monroe Shultz was born Abt 1920, Tennessee.
    3. Edith Shultz was born 14 Jun 1923, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 27 Dec 2004; was buried 29 Dec 2004, Webbs Creek Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Archibald McNulty Shultz was born 24 Feb 1846, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of Pleasant Wear Shultz and Anna Duggan); died 12 Apr 1894; was buried Fowler Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Listed with brother Daniel Shults in 1870 Sevier County Census.
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    Reference
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 36, 38.

    Archibald — Lania Williams. Lania was born Jul 1854, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Lania Williams was born Jul 1854, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Name also listed as Lou and Loni.

    1900 Census lists Lanie with six children at home. She apparently died between
    1900 and 1910 and the remaining children went to live with married siblings.
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    Reference
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 36, 38.
    James Shults GEDCOM, Jamesshults@worldnet.att.net, July 1996.

    Children:
    1. Nancy Ann Shultz was born 4 Dec 1870, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 13 Feb 1947, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 14 Feb 1947, Fowler Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. 1. Pleasant L. Shultz was born 16 Mar 1872, Tennessee; died 22 Feb 1939; was buried Spurgeon Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. Harriet C. Shultz was born 1877, Tennessee.
    4. Charles C. "Charlie" Shults was born 12 Jun 1879, Tennessee; died 13 Mar 1930, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 14 Mar 1930, Stafford Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. Shultz was born Abt 1881; died See Notes.
    6. Carson Tillman Shults was born 4 Feb 1882, Tennessee; died 12 Apr 1962; was buried Waters-Large Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee.
    7. Easley L. Shultz was born Sep 1885.
    8. Louvicia Shultz was born Nov 1888.
    9. Shultz was born Abt 1890; died See Notes.
    10. Sarah A. Shultz was born Nov 1892.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Pleasant Wear ShultzPleasant Wear Shultz was born 5 Jan 1815, Emerts Cove, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of Martin S. E. Shults, Jr. and Barbara Ann Emert); died 11 Mar 1884, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Old Shults Family Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: MC7S-P2

    Notes:

    Listed in the 1840 though 1880 Federal Census of Sevier County, Tennessee.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 16, 36.
    Beulah Linn Family Group Sheets, 1968.
    "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 75.

    Pleasant married Anna Duggan Abt 1836, , Sevier County, Tennessee. Anna (daughter of Daniel C. Duggan, Jr. and Mary "Polly" McMahan) was born 4 Oct 1819, Tennessee; died 21 Dec 1859; was buried Old Shults Family Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Anna Duggan was born 4 Oct 1819, Tennessee (daughter of Daniel C. Duggan, Jr. and Mary "Polly" McMahan); died 21 Dec 1859; was buried Old Shults Family Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 16, 36.
    Beulah Linn Family Group Sheets, 1968.

    Children:
    1. Mary E. Shultz was born 1838, Tennessee; died 1 Feb 1865.
    2. Barbara M. Shultz was born 1840, Tennessee; died Feb 1860.
    3. Mitchell Duggan Shultz was born 26 Jan 1842, Tennessee; died 16 Aug 1919; was buried Fowler Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. Daniel J. Shultz was born 1844, Tennessee; died 10 Dec 1874; was buried Old Shults Family Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. 2. Archibald McNulty Shultz was born 24 Feb 1846, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 12 Apr 1894; was buried Fowler Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. Sarah Catherine Shultz was born 1 May 1847, Tennessee; died 19 Aug 1930; was buried Ridings-Williams Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    7. Pleasant Wear Shults, Jr. was born 25 Nov 1849, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 23 Jul 1932, Cocke County, Tennessee; was buried 24 Jul 1932, P. W. Shults Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee.
    8. David A. P. Shultz was born Dec 1851, Tennessee.
    9. Anna Isabella Shultz was born 1854, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 10 Nov 1941; was buried Walnut Grove Cemetery, 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. 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. 4. 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. 10.  Daniel C. Duggan, Jr.Daniel C. Duggan, Jr. was born 14 Feb 1793, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of Daniel Duggan); died Jan 1870; was buried Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    War of 1812.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 36, 50.
    "McMahan Family Tree", Glenn F. McMahan, 10 March 1932, p 1.
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 July 1983, p 56.
    Beulah Linn Family Group Sheets, 1968.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and its Heritage", 1994, p 190.

    Daniel married Mary "Polly" McMahan Abt 1817. Mary (daughter of Archibald McMahan and Elizabeth Byrd) was born 14 Feb 1801, Buncombe County, North Carolina; died 1872; was buried Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Mary "Polly" McMahan was born 14 Feb 1801, Buncombe County, North Carolina (daughter of Archibald McMahan and Elizabeth Byrd); died 1872; was buried Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 36, 50.
    "McMahan Family Tree", Glenn F. McMahan, 10 March 1932, p 1.
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 July 1983, p 56.
    Beulah Linn Family Group Sheets, 1968.
    "In the Shadow of the Smokies", Smoky Mountain Historical Society, 1993, p 23s.

    Children:
    1. Elizabeth Duggan was born 16 Jan 1818, Tennessee; died 27 Jun 1897; was buried Allen Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. 5. Anna Duggan was born 4 Oct 1819, Tennessee; died 21 Dec 1859; was buried Old Shults Family Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. James Mitchell Duggan was born 26 Jan 1821, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 6 Feb 1895; was buried Henry's Crossroads Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. Archibald McMahan Duggan was born 11 May 1823, , Sevier County, Tennessee; died 14 Dec 1907; was buried , Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. William Duggan was born 8 Nov 1825; died INFANT.
    6. Mary Ann "Polly" Duggan was born 13 Jul 1826, Tennessee; died 20 Mar 1903; was buried Sims Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    7. Sarah Jane Duggan was born 28 Mar 1828, Tennessee; died 20 Apr 1893; was buried Shady Grove Cemetery, Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee.
    8. Susannah Duggan was born 27 Mar 1830, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 22 Jun 1914, Knox County, Tennessee; was buried 23 Jun 1914, Thorn Grove Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.
    9. Manurva Jene Duggan was born 7 Jun 1833, Tennessee.
    10. George McCowm Duggan was born 26 Apr 1836, Tennessee.
    11. Catherine Duggan was born 26 Apr 1836, Tennessee; died 26 Oct 1925; was buried Rose Hill Cemetery, Greene County, Missouri.
    12. Daniel Wilson Duggan was born 27 Aug 1838, Tennessee; died 3 Mar 1868; was buried Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    13. Nancy Malissa Duggan was born 2 Jun 1841, Tennessee; died 13 Mar 1879; was buried Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.


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