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- The following records referring to Jacob Shultz have been found:
On 10 August 1793, Jacob Shultz bought 100 acres of land between the Holston
and Watauga Rivers for 28 Pounds from John Scott in Sullivan County, Territory
of the United States of America South of the River Ohio (now Tennessee)
Jacob Shultz was listed on 1796 Tax List of Sullivan County, Tennessee with 100
acres of land and one white poll.
On 17 November 1796, Jacob Shultz bought 200 acres of land on Sycamore Creek,
the waters of Clinch River, for $200.00 from Robert King of Hawkins County,
State of Tennessee.
On 3 January 1797, Jacob Shultz sold 100 acres of land between Holston and
Watauga Rivers for $250.00 to Henry Wagoner in Sullivan County, Tennessee.
Jacob Shultz was also listed on 1700 Tax List of Grainger County, Tennessee
with 220 acres of land and one free poll.
On pages 1144-45 of "Goodspeed's History of East Tennessee", Goodspeed
Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois, 1887, Jacob Shultz is mentioned as "then
was among the first settlers in Claiborne County..." Jacob Shultz owned the
lands on the waters of Sycamore Creek at the creation of Claiborne County,
Tennessee in 1801.
Jacob Shultz is mentioned in an 1803 petition from Claiborne County, Tennessee
to Tennessee General Assembly. The original petition is in the Tennessee State
Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee.
Jacob Shultz and his family had numerous land transactions in Claiborne County,
Tennessee. Among these land transactions, there is one deed that indicated the
family's religious faith. It is as follows:
"Claiborne County, Tennessee
Deed Book 'K', pae 568
"Jacob Shultz Sr. to Trustees of Methodist Church"
"This indenture made this twenty third day of June one thousand eight hundred
and twenty five Between Jacob Shultz Cer (SR) of the County of Claiborne and
State of Tennessee of the one part, Benjamin Cloud, Michael Pearson, William
Clark, Abraham Murphy, Archibald Cooper, William Hooper, William Houston, John
Pearson, & John Rhea Trustees for the M. E. Church of the other part...
"$1.00 - a certain tract or parcel of land lying in said County on the waters
of Sycamore Creek containing four acres more or less, being a part of
100 acres entry granted by the State of Tennessee to the said
Shultz..."
"Test
Jacob Shultz Junr Jacob Shultz (Seal)
His
John X Hanes
Mark
"Registered 10th May 1835."
Jacob Shultz was listed in the 1830 Federal Census of Claiborne County,
Tennessee. He was buried in the Sycamore Creek area.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 6, 10-11.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 407.
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Abt 1771 - 1834 (~ 63 years)