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Note: He was 'elected' Lieutenant in the 11th Regiment of Tennessee Militia in January 1819 in Sevierville. He was apparently involved with the Militia for quite a long time. His election and appointment as Lieutenant were affirmed in a letter to Tenne ssee Governor McMinn by Lt. Col Alexander Preston. [See notes for Philip's brother, Alexander Preston Shults... jrs]
Philip had at least two land grants along Webbs Creek, one of two thousand acres, and one of four thousand acres. At one time he owned most of the land along Webbs Creek, as his property stretched from the Little Pigeon (Greenbriar) River to th e Cocke County line. He had FIVE sons in the Union Army during the Civil War (Perry barely meets the qualification). He moved to Anderson County, TN after the death of his second wife and before marrying Mary, his third wife, and at least the th ree youngest children, Caroline, Noah, and Martha moved with him. Minerva, his second wife, probably died in childbirth, and everyone has thought the child died also. However, that daughter didn't die! In the 1870 Anderson County census, alon g with Philip and Mary was a seven-year old daughter Manila C. Shults! (See her record). After Philip's death his possessions were sold at auction and his children and wife Mary had to purchase any of his possessions they wanted to keep. Som e of the children had to travel from Sevier County to Anderson County, probably at that time a three day trip by wagon, to attend the sale.
Philip's children, Noah and Manilla, wound up in Grayson County, TX. They, and their descendants, remember and refer to Philip as a "Doctor Philip Shultz". Philip was probably an herb doctor and he's probably the source for the Legend of a Dr. Phili p Shultz who was a supposed to be a brother of Dr. Martin Shults (actually Philip's grandfather)!
Black Cemetery, where Philip is buried, was re-located by TVA when Melton Hill Dam and Lake were created. After an EXTENSIVE search my wife and I finally found the cemetery in 1997. A local resident had to 'guide' us to it. The cemetery is ver y inaccesible from the road, it was almost overgrown with trees, and most of the headstones were down, including Philip's. The people who own the adjoining/surrounding property claim the cemetery is on TVA property and that TVA should be responsi ble for it's upkeep. But when I contatcted TVA they claimed it's on private property (I had to draw TVA a map so THEY could locate the cemetery, even though they had put it there they had no idea where it was!). [jrs]
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