William Pyatt married Angelika (sister to the above Smith sisters) in St. Louis.
The parent of Philip and Christopher was Christoph Schultz (name is always complicated since it was phonetic) who came to St. Louis area around 1790 with his wife, Barbara Charet. A large group of Shoults researchers are busy trying to locate the source of Christophe, but we are not there yet.
Phillip Shoultz was born c1770 in New Jersey to Christopher and Barbara Charet and died c1811 in St Louis County, Missouri. He married December 9, 1800, in St. Charles, Missouri, to Elizabeth Johnson who was born in Pennsylvania to Thomas Johnson Jr and Martha Glenn.
Their children were:
Notes for Phillip Shoultz:
MARRIAGE:
Reference: "St. Charles Borromeo, 200 Years of Faith" by Jo Ann Brown, Patrice Press. 1991. "The year, 1800, the ninth day of December, I, the undersigned, cure of St. Charles of Missouri, have received the mutual consent of Philipe Schuldz, majority age and legitimate son of Chirstophie Schuldz and of Barb Sharen, his wife, native of New Jersey in the United states of America and of the Roman Catholic Religion, on the one hand, and of Elizabeth Johnson, minor and legitimate daughter of Thomas Johnson and of Mathew (Martha?) Glenn, his wife, native of Pennsylvania, also in the United States of America and of the Presbyterian religion. She proceeds under the authority and consent of her said father and mother, on the other hand. Not having discovered any impediment to their marriage, I married them following the orders of his majesty in regard to his non-Catholic subjects established in this colony. They have promised to faithfully fulfill and observe the laws prescribed by the said orders and this in the presence of witnesses, relatives, and friends who have signed with us in Marais des leards (normally referred the current area of Bridgeton, Missouri), dependent on St. Ferdinand (Not sure what this means. St. Ferdinand settlement was in current area of Florissant, Missouri, and area on the opposite side of the Missouri river from St. Charles, Missouri.) in the house of the brother of the groom the said day, month and year above."
Philip Schulds (mark)
Elizabeth Johnson (mark)
Christopher Schultz
Thom Johnston
James Richardson
Barbara Schultz
Martha Johnston
Jon Chitwood
George Gordon
Wm. Musik
F. L. Lusson, Priest Rec. cure of St. Charles
Original Church record in French is filed.
In the "Index to the St. Charles County Missouri Marriages 1792-1863, Recorded in the Saint Charles Borromeo Catholic Church of St. Charles and in the Saint Francis Catholic Church of Portage Des Sioux", Edna McElhiney Olson, reprint 1869, a similar recording of the marriage is presented, but different in a few of the details: "Philip Schultz, Catholic, of St. Ferdinand, son of Christoph Schultz and Barb Sharen, New Jersey, and Elizth. Johnson, d/o Thos. J. & Mattie Glenn, Pennsylvania, Dec 9, 1800, Christoph & Barbara Schultz with good German-English signatures.
PROBATE:
Probate for Philip Shultz, St. Louis Probate files, #85.
Administrator was Elizabeth (Johnson) Shultz, his wife. There is a Probate Bond record dated 2 March 1811 for $1200 posted by Elizabeth Shultz, Thomas Johnson (father of Elizabeth) and William Hebler.
An inventory record was dated 24 May 1811 which included, among others: 9 horses/colts, 14 cattle/cows, 30 hogs, 2 beds and furniture etc. with total appraised value of $540. His land holding was not listed in the inventory.
There appeared to be a record of sale of the above goods (estate liquidation) involving several purchasers, with Elizabeth noted as purchasing 4 mares/colts, saw, lumber, copperware, plates & cups, cupboard, rifle, table with 6 chairs, spinning wheel, saddle, plow, 4 cows and 2 calves, 2 beds and related furniture, 30 hogs.
There was no summary of disbursement of Probate income nor listing of heirs. Children were not mentioned. Location of goods/property could not be determined.
LAND CLAIMS:
MO Land Claim 1:500 dated 27 August 1806. The claim is of great interest since it puts Philip in the St. Louis Territory around 1790. "Philip Shultz claiming under the 2nd Section of the Act, 715 arpents of land situated on a fork of the River Maramak called the Negro Fork, District of St. Louis, produces a survey of the same, dated the 22nd January 1806. John Pyatt being duly sworn says that claimant settled the said tract of land and cleared a garden lot on the same about 15 years ago (about 1791) and that he did make a garden, and resided there with witnesses, that he raised two crops on the land, that in the year 1790 he was driven away by the Indians from said land and remained out until 1800 (the year of his marriage in Marais des Liards), that in 1801 he cleared another garden plot (in the subject property near the Merimac), built a home and planted corn and was again in the spring of 1802 driven away by the Indians and stayed out until the year 1805, that in that year he returned on said land and has actually inhabited and cultivated the same to this day and had on the 20th day of December 1803 a wife and 2 children."
The Board rejected the claim, but see later claim award.
MO Land Claims document 1:483 dated 20 August, 1806. The text is poorly written. Proposed subject/object wording is inserted in parentheses, but other readings are possible: " …. Of John Pyatt claiming 8 by 40 arpents of land _____ situated at Marais des Liard, produces a warrant of survey from Zenon Trudeau dated the 10th March 1797 and a survey of the same dated 25th March in the same year, together with a confirmation of a verbal sale ___ some time in 1801, dated (the sale confirmation) the 18th September 1805. PHILIP SHULTZ being duly sworn says that claimant (Pyatt) cultivated the said tract of land about nine years ago (about 1797) , that he (Philip) knows of the same having been sold to claimant in 1801, that he (Philip) removed (moved) from a tract he has settled on the Meramak to the Marais de Liard, (Philip) raised a crop on said land (in Marais de Liards) and remained there until the year 1801 when he went back to the former tract (on the Merimac) (Philip) having previously sold the same (land in Marais de Liards) to claimant (Pyatt), that when (Pyatt is) engaged in cultivating the same (the claimed land in Marais de Liards) he resides in the village of Marais de Liards where he had built a house.
The Board refect this claim."
The following claim would appear to put George and Philip Shultz in Marais des Liards in the interval 1798 - 1801/2. Note also that Philip was married in the home of his brother in Marais des Liards in 1800. MO Land Claims 3:451, dated 30 Jan 1809.
"James Richardson, assignee of the inhabitants of Marais des Liards claiming 1000 arpents of land. James McDonald sworn says that some 11 years ago (approx 1798), Francois (Tesson) Honore, Louis (Tesson) Honore, Baptiste (Tesson) Honore, Noel (Tesson) Honore, Antoine Barada, John Pyatt, George Shultz, Phillip Schultz, Solomon Pettit (and there was another house said to belong to Jonas Sparks) inhabited and cultivated on the land claimed, had gardens, got their fencing and firewood off of said tract, ___ that year, and lived there and cultivated for several years, witness believes three or four years consecutively, claimant inhabited and cultivated on said land all the time with the ___, and was a syndic (a local, functional judge), claimant has continued to inhabit and cultivate the same ever since."
MO Land Claim 4:444 dated 23 July 1810.
"Phillip Shults claiming 715 arpents of Land see Book No. 1 page 500, book No. 3, page 535. The Board grant to Phillip Shults the above ____ (?) of land provided it does not exceed seven hundred and fifteen arpents under 2nd Section of an Act of Congress entitled "An Act respecting claims for Land" and dated third of March 1807, and under that the same be surveyed conforming to his profession"
TERRITORIAL PAPERS: Philip appears to have signed a petion in Territorial Papers in 1805 in Marais des Liards. See Territorial papers under his father, Christophe C.. Another attestation by Philip, this one apparently from Jefferson Co., in 1810. See text under Christopher, Jr. In Carter, "The Territorial Papers of the United States", xiv, page 361, dated Jan 6, 1810, but with actual survey probably conducted during 1809, residents of Carondelet, along with area jurisdictions, asked Contress to establish a second class territorial government for the Louisiana Territory. The petition was attested by Philip Shulch, Christus Shulch and Jacob Shulch. Christus would be Christopher, son of Christophe C.. The Jacob is probably George Shoultz. Philip must have moved back to Carondelet from his Jefferson Co. property; he died in St. Louis around 1811.
OTHER: "A History of Missouri" by Louis Houck, Vol. II, page 75, in a footnote referenced in an account of the Indian massacre of Adam House in House Springs and those who lived nearby in northern Jefferson County, Houck lists "Philip Shultz (1790), on Negro Fork, apparently a German." On page 74 concerning "The Early Settlers Maramec Settlement" lists 1790 John Pyatt and Philip Schultz
At the date of baptism for son, James, 16 August 1803, Philip would have been in St. Louis (had stayed out of JeffCo from 1802-1805 due to Indian pressure, MO Land Claim 1:500) which may explain the St. Louis Baptism. The same Land Claim text indicated that in December of 1803 Philip had a wife and two children. According to the baptism record, James was born in May of 1802. Charlotte Lewin has provided info that Johnson was born in Dec 1803. This accounts well for the two children referenced in the Land Claim record.
Tentative listing only. See text for brother, Johnson Shoultz for qualifications on this listing.
Data for potential son, Thomas, who appears in same county of STL as son Johnson in the 1840 Census:
1840 MO Census, STL, Bonhomme Twp.
Shoultz, Thomas
Males: 1 @ <5 yrs; 1 @ 5<10 yrs; 1 @ 30<40 yrs
Females: 1@ <5 yrs; 1 @ 5<10 yrs; 1@ 10<15 yrs; 1@ 20<30 yrs; 1 @ 30<40 yrs
The following Shoults/Shultz families can be found near the William Pyeatt family on the 1850 census of Meramac, Jefferson County, Missouri:
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