Dr. Johan Martin Schultz

Juliana probably met her husband Johan Martin Shultz through her father. Martin’s father, Johan Veltan (Valentine) Shultz had brought his family to Philadelphia from the Palatine area of Germany two years before the Stentz family had arrived. They had come aboard the sailing ship Pennsylvania Merchant, part of a group of 175 passengers. They landed 10 Sep 1731 in Philadelphia and signed the lists 11 Sept. The Shultz family had not come alone, but with a large extended family. Later, this safety in numbers would probably influence Martin when he and Juliana left Philadelphia and moved South. They took with them a number of other families who had been friends of theirs in PA.

As a young man, Martin learned the art of shoemaking and was apprenticed to a cordwainter to learn his craft. Cordwainers were considered on a higher standing than cobblers or shoemakers. They dealt in fine leathers and expensive shoes. Since Julia’s father Heinrich was a shoemaker—and perhaps a cordwainer—he probably knew young Martin. In fact, it is not impossible that Martin was apprenticed to Heinrich. There is, however, no documentation to back up this supposition at this time. (See Ancestor of the Month for March, 2006 Dr. Martin Shultz for more information) Both Juliana and Martin were born in America, and Martin, like his two brothers-in-law Philip and Johan Leonard, participated in the Revolutionary War. By the 1770’s Martin had become a doctor to serve a need on the frontier where there were few if any doctors. He was a private under Col. John Sevier as part of the Over Mountain Men in the Battle of King’s Mountain. He also served as a surgeon during the war.

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Martin was a cordwainer (shoe maker) in Pennsylvania and became a self-taught doctor after moving to central North Carolina around 1763. He later moved to upper East Tenn, in what is now Sullivan County, TN (was then North Carolina). He was in the Revolutionary War, serving with John Sevier and the Over Mountain Men in the battle of Kings Mountain in South Carolina. Pat Alderman's "The Over mountain Men" list a 'Martin Shults' among the officers and men. He was probably the only physician available to treat the American wounded. His burial site has never been found. Many different 'locations' are listed in the various genealogies of Martin Shults. The area in Pennsylvania where his parents settled, and he was born, was originally Lancaster County. It became York County in 1749 when York as formed from Lancaster County. The area where Martin lived in North Carolina, and where his children were born, went through SEVERAL name changes and different researchers list many different names, leading to STILL MORE confusion. To help understand those place names the following is provided: Mecklenburg County was formed from Anson County in 1762, roughly the time Martin arrived in the area. Tryon County was formed from Mecklenburg in 1768. Tryon was named for William Tryon, a former Royal Governor of North Carolina. Since Royal Governors weren't very popular during and after the American Revolution the name "Tryon" was discontinued in 1779 and Lincoln and Rutherford Counties were formed from what had been Tryon. Lincoln County was further split into Cleveland, Catawba, and Gaston Counties. The area where Martin lived, the Leepers Creek/Lick Run area, was in present day Lincoln County.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12879488/martin-s_e_-shults

Martin S.E. Shults, Sr BIRTH 1772 Tyrrell County, North Carolina, USA DEATH 1 Nov 1846 (aged 73–74) Pittman Center, Sevier County, Tennessee, USA BURIAL Emerts Cove Cemetery Pittman Center, Sevier County, Tennessee, USA MEMORIAL ID 12879488 · View Source

In Goodspeed's History of Tennessee it is mentioned that Frederick Emert and Martin Shults were among the earliest settlers of Sevier County after the Treaty of Dumplin Creek in 1785 in which the Indians relinquished their rights to land, part of which included the area of Sevier County. It is mentioned that Frederick Emert and Martin Shults settled in an area which is today known as Emert's Cove, in Sevier County, Tennessee. Martin married Fredericks daughter Barbara Emert in 1797. Martin Shults Junior was commissioned as a Captain in the militia for Sevier County, Tennessee. Emert's Cove is now called Pittman Center.

Family Members Parents Photo Julianna Stentz Shultz 1746–1810

Spouse Photo Barbara Ann Emert Shults 1770–1875

Children Photo Phillip S Schultz 1798–1871

Photo Barbara Shultz Reagan 1802–1834

Photo Jacob Whitten Shults 1804–1878

Photo Elizabeth Shults Leatherwood 1808–1887

Photo Martin M Shults 1810–1841

Photo Frederick Jackson Shults 1813–1898

Photo Pleasant Wear Shults 1814–1884

Photo John Rudisill Shults 1817–1889

Photo Alexander Preston Schultz 1822–1917

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GEDCOM Note

One World Tree - Dr. Martin Shults was the only surgeon at the Battle of King's Mt. in the AM. REV. He came from PA to Sullivan CO. TN. when settlers first entered TN.
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One World Tree - Source: Smoky Mountain Clans Vol. 2 by Donald B. Reagan

The progenitor of the Schultz/Shultz/Shults families in Sevier County, TN is Dr. Martin Shultz. Martin Shultz was born circa 1735/40 in Germany, probably in Witten, Westphalia. Here in Germany he was educated and trained as a physician and surgeon before he came to America.

Dr. Martin Shultz was married some time in the late 1750's or early 1760's in Germany to Juliana ________. Juliana was born circa 1740/45 in Germany. It has been proven that most, if not all, of their children were born in Germany.

Family traditions 'handed down' for generations state that Dr. Martin Shultz and his family migrated to the British Colonies (not yet the United States of America) before the outbreak of Revoloutionary War. One source indicated that they came to Orage County, North Carolina via York County, Pennsylvania. Another source indicated that they came and settled first in Virginia. No record has been found in either place to verify this.

But, from Germany, or one of the locations above, Dr. Martin Shultz and his family did migrate to Washington County, North Carolina (now Tennessee) circa 1777/1778. He appeared on the 1779 tax list of Washington County, North Carolina with 200 acres of land, value of land - 150, 6 horses, value of horses - 650, 6 cattles, value of cattles - 60, ready money - 60 pounds 6 shilling 0 pence, and total value 920 pounds 6 shillings 0 pence. Also on the same tax list of Washington County, North Carolina, Edward Little entered in Dr. Martin Shultz's name - 150 acres of land, value of land - 20. After this date, he and his family lived in Sullivan County, North Carolina (now Tennessee) and appear in the county records there.

Family traditions say that Dr. Martin Shultz was a German surgeon. In 'Memoirs of John H Reagan', he said "His wife [John H. Reagan is talking about his grandparents, Richard Reagan and his wife, Julia Ann Shultz], whose maiden name was Shultz, was the daughtere of a German surgeon of that name, who served as such in our Revoloutionary army during most of the war."

A record to verify that Martin Shultz was a doctor was found in the Washington County, Tennessee Court Minutes. It is as follows:

(1) Page 192 - "At a Court begun and Held at the Court House on Monday the 3rd day of Feby. 1783" Page 197 - "Wm. Davis Garnashee at the suit of John Briant Hart vs. Benjamin Grubb being sworn Garnashee Sayeth that Benj. Grugg Left a sick Negro fellow in his possession to be Cured with injunctions that Said Negro be kept in his possession Until he was paid the expense he should be at for cureing said negro, & sayeth that he have pato Doctor Shults twenty two pounds Eighteen Shillings in Old Trade as hard money and have Receipt for the same."

Also in Sullivan County, Tennessee Deed Book 1, the North Carolina Grant to Samuel Smith indicated that Martin Shultz was a doctor. It is as follows:

(2) Page 150 - "North Carolina Grant No. 92 to Samuel Smith, 50 Shillings per 100 acres - 250 acres in Sullivan County on the south side of Holston River on Hickory Creek; on side of ridge thence on Doctor Shoult's Line; adjacent to John Webb's line and Weaver's line. Oct 23, 1782."

Another family tradition says " Dr. Martin Shultz was in the Battle of King's Mountain, serving under Colonels Shelby and Campbell in the capacity of a surgeon. He attended the wounded soldier at the battle along with the other doctors there. It stated 'gangrene had set up in many cases...many limbs had to be amputated...the army had little or no anesthesia...whiskey and manpower were used in performing the operation'."

To verify this, it is found in THE OVERMOUNTAIN MEN -EARLY TENNESSEE HISTORY 1760-1795 by Pat Alderman that MArtin Shultz is listed in "An Incomplete Listing of the officers and men that participated in the King's Mountain Campaign" as a private.

Also, from pages 261 and 262 of THE REAR-GUARD OF THE REVOLOUTION by James R. Gilmore, it is found that:

"...A terrible night followed the terrible day of the battle. The cold was intense, and a strong wind swept across the mountain. The wounded lay where they had fallen, upon the bare ground, among the unburied dead, with no shelter but the gray sky above them. There were no splints for their shattered limbs, no bandages for their flowing wounds, and only one surgeon amonthe entire two hundred and fifty. Said one who witnessed it, 'The scene was heart-rending in the extreme---the groans of the dying, and the constant cry of the wounded for 'water!' 'water!'."It indicated that surgeon was in colonel John Sevier's Company [250 men], and it is believed that surgeon was our Dr. Martin Shultz.

Probably Dr. Martin Shultz was a witness to the written agreement between Evan Shelby and John Sevier which was made at a meeting at Samuel Smith's house in Sullivan County, the State of Franklin (now Tennessee) on March 20, 1787. Dr. Shultz and Samuel Smith were adjoining landowners. Record of the meeting is found on pages 138-139 of HISTORY OF THE LOST STATE OF FRANKLIN by Samuel Cole Williams.

Dr. Martin Shultz died in "Fall of 1787", as stated in the familt tradition, in Sullivan County, the State of Franklin (now Tennessee). He left a last Will and Testament in late 1787 naming his wife Juliana Shultz as Executrix, and his son David Shultz as Executor, according to the Deed book of Sullivan County, Tennessee. But, his last Will and Testament was lost in the courthouse fire of 1863 at Blountville, Sullivan County, Tennessee. So only the following land records survive.

From North Carolina Department of State, Raleigh, North Carolina, and Sullivan County, Tennessee Deed Book, Blountville, Tennessee, Dr. Martin Shultz had entered 160 acres of land and recieved a land grant from the state of North Carolina. It is as follows:

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA No. 440

"To all To whoom these present Shall Come Greetings. Know ye that we for and in consideration of the Sum of fifty Shillings for every hundred acres hereby Granted and paid for into our Treasury by Martin Shultz have Given and Granted and By these present do give and Granted unto the Said Martin Shults a tract of Land containing one hundred & Sixty acres lying and being in our county of Sullivan on the South Side of holston river adjoining Samuel Smith's line.

"Beginning at three white oak on the said of a ridge in Samuel Smith's line then along said Smith's North fifty five West thirty eight poles to a white oak thence along Smith's North thirty East fifty two poles to white oak and hickory thence North six East thirty poles to a white oak thence North eight East forty poles to two small white oak on Webb's line thence North fifty East two hundred poles to a stake thence South thirty two West two hundred and sixty six poles to a stake and thence to the Beginning as by the plat hereunto annexed.

"Doth appear together with woods waters mine minerals heredetiments and appurenances to the said land belonging or appertaining to hold to the said Martin Shults his heirs and assigns forever yeilding and paying to us Such sum of Money yearly or otherwise as our General Assembly shall from time to time shall direct provided always that the said martin Shults shall cause this Grant to be Registered in the Registers office of said county of Sullivan Within twelve months from the date hereof otherwise the Same Shall be void and of the effect.

"In testimony Whereof we have caused our letters to be made pattent and Great Seal hereunto affixed.

"Witness Richard Caswell Esqr Governor Captain General and commander in chief at Kingston the ninth day of August in the twelfth year of our independence and in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Eighty seven.

"By his Excellency Com Jas Glasgow, Sec. Richard Caswell"

It was registered 20th August 1789.

In Sullivan County, Tennessee Deed Book 1, pages 282/283, is found:

"Martin Shults, Dec. by Executors to Nicholas Martin

"This INDENTURE made this tenth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty eight by and Between Juliana Shults and David Shults, Executors of the Last Will and Testament of Martin Shults Deceased and by virtue of an instrument of writing obligating on the said Marting Shults in his lifetime of the one part and Nicholas martin of the County of Sullivan and the state of North Carolina of the other part..."

"...160 acres...on south side of the Holston River..."

"Witnesses: Her John Vance Juliana j Shults (Seal) Jas. Martin Mark David Shults (Seal)

"Registered August 20th 1789."

Sullivan County, Tennessee Deed Books revealed two land transactions involving Juliana Shultz, wife of Dr. Martin Shultz. They are:

(1) "This INDENTURE made this tenth day of June one thousand seven hundred and eighty eight Between John Hall of Sullivan County, State of North Carolina of the one part and Juliana Shults of the said state and county aforesaid..."

"40 pounds ...100 acres on the bank of Holston River..."

"Witnesses" Her John Scott Juliana J Shults (Seal) Stephen Boutwill Mark

"Registered May 1st 1793."

Juliana Shultz, widow of Dr. Martin Shultz, and her family moved to Sevier County from Sullivan County, in the territory aforesaid. They settled in the Emert's Cove area along with Frederick Emert, Richard Reagan, Peter Huskey, and John Roberts.

It is believed that Juliana Shultz lived the remainder of her life in Sevier County, Tennessee with her son Martin Shultz, Jr. and her daughter, Julia Ann Shultz Reagan. It is also believed that Juliana Shultz was buried in the Emert's Cove.

Family of Dr. Martin and Juliana (_______) Shultz:

1. David Shultz b ca 1760 Germany m 2. ________ Shultz b ca 1762 Germany m 3. John Shultz b ca 1764 Germany m 4. ________ Shultz b ca 1766 Germany m 5. Valentine Shultz b ca 1768 Germany m 6. Jacob Shultz b 1770 Germany m Mary Gross 7. Martin Shultz, Jr. b 1772 Germany m Barbara Emert 8. Julia Ann Shultz b 1775 ? ? m Richard Reagan

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References:

Shultz Family Traditions and Records 1779 Tax List of Washington County, North Carolina (now Tennessee) "Memoirs of John H. Reagan, ETHS Publication, #34, 1962 Washington County Court Minutes, Jonesboro, Washington County, Tennessee Sullivan County, Tennessee Deed Books, Blountville, Sullivan County, Tennessee THE OVERMOUNTAIN MEN - EARLY TENNESSEE HISTORY by Pat Alderman THE REAR_GUARD OF THE REVOLOUTION by James R. Gilmore Land Grant, North Carolina Department of State, Raleigh, North Carolina

GEDCOM Source

OneWorldTree www.ancestry.com Ancestry.com. One World Tree (sm) [database online]. Provo, UT: MyFamily.com, Inc.

GEDCOM Source

OneWorldTree www.ancestry.com Ancestry.com. One World Tree (sm) [database online]. Provo, UT: MyFamily.com, Inc.