Henry Shultz was a colorful entrepreneur in Northern Germany and the American South.
14 Facts About Henry Shultz
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Henry Shultz left Dahme for the port city of Lubeck at age 16, in time becoming a wealthy trader there and in nearby Wismar.
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Henry Shultz changed his name, escaped his debtors to Altona, near Hamburg, Germany, and finally stowed away on a ship bound for America.
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Henry Shultz came to Augusta, Georgia in 1806 and took up as a laborer on the Savannah River pole boats.
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Henry Shultz ruled the town as its 'proprietor' and worked continuously to improve it by constructing buildings, streamlining its water and road connections, and encouraging the opening of a bank.
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Henry Shultz founded a Mechanics Society, and conducted a Mechanics Festival that amounted to an annual pep rally for his town.
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Hamburg grew quickly, but Henry Shultz was derailed by a series of mishaps.
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Henry Shultz was held in the district jail at Edgefield, and in a sensational trial was convicted of manslaughter.
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Henry Shultz was sentenced to six months' confinement, and then to be branded on the hand with the letter 'M'.
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Henry Shultz had difficulty getting paid for rents and for the sale of lots, and the defaulted Bridge Bills continued to dog him.
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In 1828 Henry Shultz found himself in jail again, this time for bankruptcy.
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Henry Shultz was forced to turn his remaining assets over to his creditors.
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Henry Shultz steadily sold off property in order to maintain himself.
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Henry Shultz died intestate and in poverty on October 13,1851, at the age of 75 in Hamburg, South Carolina.