Name: BranchWilliamson

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  1. Catherine "Kate" Shults: Birth: ABT 1786 in Tennessee. Death: in Polk County, AR

  2. Eliza Shults: Birth: ABT 1790 in Tennessee. Death: ABT 1849 in Polk County, AR

  3. Martin S. Shults: Birth: ABT 1793 in Tennessee. Death: ABT 1854 in Navarro County, TX

  4. Jacob Shults: Birth: 1795 in Tennessee.

  5. Joseph R. "Joe" Shults: Birth: 11 OCT 1797 in Tennessee. Death: 11 JUL 1880 in Llano County, TX

  6. Kennison Shults: Birth: ABT 1798 in Blountville, Sullivan County, TN. Death: 8 OCT 1843 in Polk County, AR

  7. Christley W. Shults: Birth: ABT 1799 in Tennessee. Death: 1888 in DeWitt County, TX

  8. John Wesley Shults: Birth: 11 MAR 1803 in Tennessee. Death: 3 SEP 1884 in Clay County, AL

  9. Peter Shults: Birth: 4 MAY 1805 in Tennessee. Death: 12 FEB 1868 in Bell County, TX

  10. James B. Shultz: Birth: ABT 1807 in Tennessee. Death: 1853 in Tarrant County, TX

  11. Trimble Shultz: Birth: BEF 1811 in Rhea County, TN.

  12. Valentine K. Shults: Birth: ABT 1811 in Tennessee. Death: 1853 in Tarrant County, TX

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a. Note:   Valentine apparently moved to Sevier County, TN for a time, had children there, and maybe married his second wife there. He was definitely in Rhea County, TN in 1808, being listed in the land records as owning 300 acres "...on the Tennessee River including his mill and improvement..". He apparently had a mill on Clear Creek where it entered the Tennessee River. He, and his neighbors, claimed their land "...by right of settlement, occupancy & preemption....". Among those owning adjoining property were George Winton, Valentine's son-in-law, also Stephen Winton and Samuel Reed/Read.
 In 1819 he moved further south, into Bibb County, Alabama. There's SOME uncertainty and difference of opinion as to the names of Valentine's wives, and the birthdates of his children. Don Reagan's booklet, "An Early History of Dr. Martin Shultz " names as children for Valentine - Martin, Jacob, Joseph, Christley, Kennison, Catherine, Peter, Eliza, John, and Valentine. Kennison is named in a newspaper article as a half-sibling to at least Joseph, Kate, and Eliza, and maybe others.
 There's also questions regarding Valentine's PLACE of death. Most of his time in Alabama was spent in Bibb Co and he married for the third time, to Abby Lindsey, in Bibb County. But, some time before his death he either moved or the county boundaries shifted because he died in adjoining Perry County. He died intestate and his estate was settled by the Perry County Courts, starting in December 1837, and extending over a period of almost ten years! The only heir to make any claim against his estate was his son Valentine, who received several hundred dollars at the final settlement. It's interesting that his young, third wife, Abigail Lindsey, made no claim and was never mentioned in the court records. I can't find any burial record (headstone) for him in either county. [jrs].

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