Barbara Ann (Emert) Shults (1770 - 1875)

Born 26 Mar 1770 in Berks County, Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Wife of Martin Johan Shultz — married 1797 in Sevier County, Tennessee, United States

Descendants

Died 23 Sep 1875 at age 105 in Pittman Center, Sevier, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Barbara Ann Emert is the daughter of Frederick Emert and Barbara Anna (Neidig) Emert. "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." ^[1]

All of the children of Barbara Ann and Martin were born in Sevier County, Tennessee:

• Phillip S. Shults, b. 26 May 1798, d. 12 Feb 1871, (Age 72 years)

• Jacob Whitten Shults, b. 20 Dec 1800, d. 22 Jan 1878, Cocke County, Tennessee (Age 77 years)

• Barbara Shults, b. 20 Mar 1803, d. 21 Sep 1834, , Madison, Missouri (Age 31 years)

• Elizabeth Shults, b. 1804

• Shults, b. 1806, d. 1806

• Mary Shults, b. 1808

• Martin M. Shults, b. 15 Dec 1810, d. 7 May 1841 (Age 30 years)

• Frederick Jackson Shults, b. 15 Feb 1813, d. 11 Mar 1898, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee (Age 85 years)

• Pleasant Wear Shults, b. 5 Jan 1815, d. 11 Mar 1884, Sevier County, Tennessee (Age 69 years)

• John R. Shults, b. 30 Mar 1817, d. 9 Jun 1889, Sevier County, Tennessee (Age 72 years)

• Shults, b. 1819, d. 1819

• Alexander Preston Perry Shults, b. 17 Feb 1822, d. 12 Nov 1917 (Age 95 years)

• Anna Caroline Shults, b. 24 Jul 1826, d. 5 Sep 1902, (Age 76 years)

Martin died November 1, 1846, and Barbara is found living with their son John R. Shults in 1850 census of Emert's Cove. Barbara died September 23, 1875 and is buried in Emert's Cove Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. There is a photograph of her headstone on her Find A Grave memorial here: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12879437/barbara-ann-shults#view-photo=2436869

Sources

1. ↑ https://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=12879437

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LZ33-DW1

• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD89-TJ6 : 12 April 2016), Barbary A Shutts in household of J W Shutts, Tennessee, United States; citing p. 9, family 58, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,058.

• Find A Grave Memorial# 12879437