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- Valentine Shultz came with his family and his mother, and brothers and sisters
to Sevier County, Tennessee circa 1794/95 from Sullivan County, Tennessee.
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.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 6, 8.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 406.
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