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- "Genealogical Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files; Volume I: A-E EMMERT, Frederick or Frederick Emert, Barbara, R3345, PA Line, a son Daniel Emert appl 6 Dec. 1843 in Sevier Cty TN aged 56 and stated that sol d 7 Jan 1829 and wid d 7 Jul 1842 leaving children: Barbary Shultz aged 66, Polly Shields aged 64, Elizabeth Roberts, Frederick Emmert, Jr., Margaret Shields, Daniel Emmert & Katherine or Catharin Evans, one Martain Shultz was a JP for Sevier Cty. TN in 1844 but no relationship was stated.
Sol & wife had m in PA then moved to VA then moved to NC then to TN Also known as Johan Friederich Emmert??? Frederick Emmert, the youngest son of Philip and Maria Catharina Kamm Emmert, was born in Richmond Township, Berks County, PA. Here he lived until his marriage. After his marriage to Barbara Ann Neidig, they settled in Rockland Township of Berks County, PA. Apparently he was apprenticed to learn the art of shoemaking. This was mentioned as his occupation.
Frederick was a soldier of the Revolution. Apparently, he enlisted for a three year term as a private in the Pennsylvania regiment under Colonel Anthony Wayne from Berks County. This regiment was sent to reinforce Colonel Benedict Arnold's retreating army in May 1776. He was stationed at Fort Ticonderoga. Most likely he was in the Battle of Lack Champlain on October 11-13-, 1776. Also he served in the Battle of Brandywine on Thursday, September 11, 1777 and in the Battle of Germantown on Saturday, October 4, 1777 as well as the other battles of the American Revolution. He was present at the Battle of Yorktown when Lord Cornwallis surrendered on Friday, October 9, 1781. He received an honorable discharge for his military service in the Continental army at the close of the American Revolution. His children filed a pension claim on his military service, but it was rejected for an unknown reason.
He was listed on the 1779 and 1780 tax lists for Rockland Township of Berks County, PA. He was only taxed for one cattle. His occupation on the tax lists was "cordwainer."
About 1782, Frederick Emmert and his wife Barbara Ann Neidig took their family to Hampshire County, Virginia (now West Virginia) from Berks County, PA. From there, they migrated through the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia to Sullivan County, State of Franklin (later North Carolina, now Tennessee). They paid a brief visit with his brother, George Emmert and family there. They then went on to Greene County, State of Franklin (later North Carolina, now Tennessee) from Sullivan County. On Thursday, July 12, 1792, he bought 200 acres of land for 30 Pounds currency from John Peeble in Greene County and was located on the watershed of Sinking Creek, a part of Nolachucky River. Then he sold this same tract of land for 100 Pounds currency to Jacob Hise of Greene County. Shortly after last recorded deed in Greene County, Frederick and Barbara Ann migrated to Sevier County, Territory of United States of America South of River Ohio (now Tennessee) sometime in the latter part of 1795. They settled in the Emert Cove and surrounding area, a part of the East Fork of Little Pigeon River. Records from Tennessee State Library & Archives in Nashville show he had made four entries (636 acres, 105 acres, 57 acres and 87 acres) by the right of occupancy in the Emert Cove of Sevier County, TN. These were granted by the State of Tennessee on Saturday, June 23, 1810 and Wednesday, June 27, 1810. Frederick Emmert signed the "1813 Petition From South of Rivers Frenchbroad and Holston to the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee" for the redress on the validity of land claims. - "The Book of Regan/Reagan,"
His tomb stone and military plaques read:
1829
FE
Jan 7
Frederick Emert
Oct. 11, 1754 (PA) - Jan. 7, 1929
Revolutionary War PA line
Placed by the John Sevier Chapter of the
Tennessee Society Sons of the Revolution
2004
Revolutionary
War Soldier
Died on January 7, 1829
placed by
Greater Smokies Chapter, NSDAR
he information presented for Johan Philip Emmert and Maria Catherina Kamm/Kamp was published in "The Book of Ragan/Reagan," written by Donald B. Reagan (pp. 413-416) as being the parents of Frederick E. Emert, Sr.
Most of what is known about Frederick Emert and Barbara Ann Neidig comes from several dispositions taken in 1843, 1844, and 1845 to apply for a Revolutionary War soldier's pension under the Pension Act of 4 July 1836. The application was rejected because the law did not permit heirs to get pensions. Three of Frederick Emert's children testified in the dispositions, Daniel Emert, Barbara Emert, and Frederick Emert, Jr. . (Revolutionary War Pension Application of Frederick Emert, No R3345, National Archives, Washington, D.C.)
EMMERT, Frederick or Frederick Emert, Barbara, R3345, PA Line, a son Daniel Emert applied 6 Dec. 1843 in Sevier County TN, aged 56 and stated that soldier died 7 Jan 1829 and widow died 7 July 1842 leaving children: Barbary Shultz aged 66, Polly Shields aged 64, Elizabeth Roberts, Frederick Emert, Jr., Margaret Shields, Daniel Emert & Katherine or Catherine Evans, one Martin Shultz was a JP for Sevier County. TN in 1844 but no relationship was stated. Soldier & wife had married in PA then moved to VA then moved to NC then to TN
Also known as Johan Friederich Emmert.
Frederick Emert was a soldier of the Revolution. He lived in Pennsylvania prior to and during his service in the Revolutionary War. Apparently he was apprenticed to learn the art of shoemaking. This was mentioned as his occupation. He enlisted for a three-year term as a private in the Pennsylvania regiment. While serving in the American Army, Frederick Emert served under the command of General George Washington and Colonel Anthony Wayne from Berks County, PA.. This regiment was sent to reinforce Colonel Benedict Arnold's retreating army in May 1776. He was stationed at the Lakes in Canada at Fort Ticonderoga. He was in the Battle of Lack Champlain on October 11-13 of 1776. He was also in the Battle of Brandywine on Thursday, September 11, 1777 and in the Battle of Germantown on Saturday, October 4, 1777 as well as the other battles of the American Revolution. After serving a tour of duty, about March/April 1778, he returned home and married Barbara Ann Neidig [Anna Barbara Neidig], daughter of Daniel and Anna Margaretha Neidig, in Upper Hanover Township, Philadelphia County (now Montgomery County), Pennsylvania. Barbara Ann was born on Saturday, 06 May 1758 in Upper Hanover Township, Philadelphia County (now Montgomery County), Pennsylvania. Frederick and Barbara Ann settled in Rockland Township of Berks County, Pennsylvania. He was listed on the 1779 and 1780 tax lists for Rockland Township of Berks County, PA. He was only taxed for one cattle. His occupation on the tax lists was "cordwainer." When he was drafted for a second tour of duty, he hired a substitute in order to stay at home with his new wife. He later re-enlisted and served until the end of the war. He was present at the Battle of Yorktown when Lord Cornwallis surrendered on Friday, October 9, 1781. He received an honorable discharge for his military service in the Continental Army at the close of the American Revolution. In one of the dispositions Elizabeth Henry stated that Frederick Emert and her husband, William Henry, would stay up all night talking about the Revolutionary War and the hard times they experienced. Frederick Emert had a discharge from the Army that was destroyed when his home burned.
About 1782, Frederick Emert and his wife Barbara Ann Neidig took their family to Hampshire County, Virginia (now West Virginia) from Berks County, Pennsylvania.. From there, they migrated through the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia to Sullivan County, State of Franklin (later North Carolina, now Tennessee). They paid a brief visit with his brother, George Emert and family there. George Emert was also a soldier of the Revolution.
They then went on to Greene County, State of Franklin (later North Carolina, now Tennessee) from Sullivan County. On Thursday, July 12, 1792, he bought 200 acres of land for 30 Pounds currency from John Peeble in Greene County and was located on the watershed of Sinking Creek, a part of Nolachucky River. Then he sold this same tract of land for 100 Pounds currency to Jacob Hise of Greene County.
Shortly after last recorded deed in Greene County, Frederick and Barbara Ann migrated to Sevier County, Territory of United States of America South of River Ohio (now Tennessee) about 1793.
Frederick Emert's son, Daniel Emert, stated in the 1850 Federal Census that he was born in 1793 in Tennessee; Frederick Emert's daughter, Catherine Emert Evans, stated in the 1850 Federal Census that she was born in 1794 in Tennessee, however, Frederick Emert's daughter, Elizabeth Emert Roberts, stated in the 1850 Federal Census that she was born in 1783 in Virginia. (1850 Federal census, Sevier Co., TN, p. 400, 407)
They settled in the surrounding area of the East Fork of the Little Pigeon River. This area came to be known as Emert Cove. Records from Tennessee State Library & Archives in Nashville show he had made four entries (636 acres, 105 acres, 57 acres and 87 acres) by the right of occupancy in the Emert Cove area of Sevier County, Tennessee. These were granted by the State of Tennessee on Saturday, June 23, 1810 and Wednesday, June 27, 1810.
In Goodspeed's History of Tennessee it is mentioned that Frederick Emert and Martin Shultz were among the earliest settlers of Sevier County after the Treaty of Dumplin Creek in 1785 in which the Cherokee Indians relinquished their rights and title to the lands embraced within Sevier County. It is mentioned that Frederick Emert and Martin Shultz settled in the area that became know as Emert's Cove. (History of Tennessee, by Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1887 (reprinted in 1991), p 835)
In 1805 Peter Huskey entered 57 acres of land in the Emert's Cove area of Sevier County, Tennessee and held it for a short time. From Tennessee State Library & Archives, Nashville, Tennessee, there is a land grant (No. 1815) for Frederick Emert, assignee of Peter Huskey. By this grant, Peter Huskey sold the 57 acres of land in the Emert's Cove area to Frederick Emert prior to the issuance of the land grant from the state of Tennessee in 1806.
John Huskey had four other land entries dated from 13 Feb 1832 through 1 Oct 1834 in the Surveyor's Book No. 1 of Sevier County, Tennessee (Register of Deeds Office). All these lands were located on the waters of Cove Creek in Wear's Valley of Sevier County, Tennessee. These entries joined the lands of Aaron Crowson, Frederick Emert and Reuben Hatcher as well as his own land.
Frederick Emert signed the "1813 Petition From South of Rivers Frenchbroad and Holston to the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee" for the redress on the validity of land claims in Sevier County, Tennessee. This petition is in the Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee.
Frederick and Barbara Ann continued to live on their farm in Emert's Cove, until their death. Both of them were buried in the family graveyard on their farm. This graveyard was given to the Emert's Cove community as a public burying ground by Frederick's son Daniel and his wife Sarah, and was later named as Emert's Cove Cemetery. This cemetery is located about 3 miles East of Gatlinburg on the old Emert Cove Road in the town of Pittman Center today.
The early Emert settlers spoke with a distinct German brogue. Because of this it is assumed the family originally came from Germany. (Article on Emert Family, Montgomery's Vindicator, Sevier County, Tennessee Newspaper, 31 Jul 1940)
It has been said that the late Edward Emert of Sevierville, TN had a family chest, which was brought to Sevier County, TN from Pennsylvani circa 1795. This chest was given to Barbara Ann by her parents. The handwriting on the chest has puzzled many folks. Probably it is written in "Old German Script" and reads "Barbara Neidigin, Anno 1772." [This is German version of name.]
MILITARY: Private in the Pennsylvania Continental Line during the Revolutionary War.
MARRIGE: 1778 in Upper Hannover Twp. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
BURIAL: Frederick and Barbara Ann were buried in the family graveyard on their farm. Emerts Cove Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee
Sources: Genealogical Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files; Volume I: A-E
'Smoky Mountain Clans', Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 65,67,68. 'The Book of Regan/Reagan,' Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 414-416.
Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 42.
'In the Shadow of the Smokies', Smoky Mountain Historical Society, 1993, p 404.
'Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage', 1994, 332.
! (1) "Heritage Quest," Issue 48 (Nov/Dec 1993), "In Search of our "Puzzling" Emmert Ancestors," by Nancy J. Emmert and Patricia Emmert Manning, p.47-53. Cites: (a) Family Bible records in possession of Helen Hewitt, Mercer Island, WA. (b) Greene Co., TN Deed Bk 2, p.204/Deed Bk D, p.186, courthouse, Greeneville, TN. (c) Hampshire Co. Personal Property Tax Lists, VA State Archives, Richmond, VA. (d) Research by Helen Hewitt of Mercer Island, WA; church records of Delongs Reformed Church and Christ Lutheran Church of Berks Co., PA. (e) Jeannette Range Papers, Elizabethon, TN. (e) "Selected Tax Records of Berks County, PA," comp. by Patricia Emmert Manning.
Sources: ! Birth: (1) s/o Johann Philip EMMERT. Family papers in TN describe him as a relative of George EMMERT's family. (1a) 11 Oct 1754.
Marriage to Anna Barbara NEIDIG: (1d) By 1779.
Death: (1d) 7 Jan 1829, Sevier Co., TN.
Sources: (1d) late 1770's: Frederick EMMERT had two children baptized, Berks Co., PA. In the 1760's-1770's, Philip EMMERT, Jacob EMMERT, Peter EMMERT and Frederick EMMERT baptized children, Berks Co., PA, in many cases using each other as sponsors.
(1e) Lived in Berks Co., PA until 1780.
(1c) 1782: Frederick EMMERT taxed, Hampshire Co., VA.
(1e) 1790: Appears in eastern TN.
(1b) 1795: Purchased land in Greene Co., TN.
(1) Removed to Sevier Co., TN.
Ancestral: File #: MC7N-9F
Sources: Author: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Title: Ancestral File (TM)
Publication: June 1998 (c), data as of 5 JAN 1998
Repository:
Name: Family History Library
Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA
Helen Hewitt, descendant,
6900 S.E. 33rd St.
Mercer Island, Washington 98040
Helen has family Bible.
Johan Frederick Emmert served in Revolution from Pennsylvania
for three years under Generals Wain and Washington. He was at
the Battles of Brandywine and Gulock and at the surrender of
Cornwallis. His discharge was destroyed when his house burned.
Dates for death of him and his wife, Barbara, established by an affidavit in his Revolutionary War file (No. R3345). That
affidavit was executed by their daughter, Barbara Emert Shults,on 2 NOV 1844. The affidavit also states that Frederick and Barbara were married in PA, then moved to VA, and then to North Carolina before finally moving to Tennessee.
Burial: Emert's Cove Cemetery, Sevier Co., TN
Sources:
Dennis W. King.Ftw (5386 S SALIDA CT, AURORA CO, USA 80015).
Greater Smokies Chapter, NSDAR
http://irishmurr57.com/getperson.php?personID=I2986&tree=001
http://peckandshults.familytreeguide.com/getperson.php?personID=I1955&tree=T1
http://www.smokykin.com/tng/getperson.php?personID=I691&tree=Smokykin
In the Shadow of the Smokies, Smoky Mountain Historical Society, (1993), 404.
John Sevier Chapter, Tennessee Society Sons of the Revolution
King.Ged (Date of Import: Dec 13, 2001), Date of Import: Dec 13, 2001.
Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 42.
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, 196, 332.
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 65, 67, 68.
"The Book of Regan/Reagan," Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 413-416.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
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Barbara Ann Emert, b. 26 Mar 1777, Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States 
