Thomas Mullins, the Immigrant, of Virginia and North Carolina

Thomas Mullins, the Immigrant, of Virginia and North Carolina

by Cornelius Carroll

First Generation

1. Thomas Mullins b. ca 1714 Gravesend, County Kent, England md Anne (maiden name unknown). He emigrated to America at age 19 as an indentured blacksmith for a period of four years to Peter Simpson of London or his assignees to serve in South Carolina "his Majesties plantation in America." It is believed that he may be the son of Edward Mullins and Margaret Manley who md 16 March 1709 at Maidenstone, County Kent, England, but so far it has not been proven. Thomas and Anne may have married in Virginia where they lived and their oldest children were born prior to migrating to Granville County, North Carolina. Thomas Mullins, the son of Thomas & Anne, was christened 19 July 1741 in Albemarle Parish, Virginia, with Thomas Cotton, John Cotton, and Amy Malone as sponsors. John Mullins, the son of Thomas & Anne, was christened 11 Aug. 1743 in Albemarle Parish, Virginia, with James Brown, James Gilliam, and Mary Brown as sponsors. This would prob. have been in Brunswick County, Virginia. Sponsors were usually grandparents, uncles, aunts, or cousins. Albemarle Parish was created by an Act of the General Assembly of Virginia in 1738. The act provided that the parishes of Southwark and Lawne's Creek shall be divided by the Blackwater River; and those parts situated on the north side of the said river are to be called the parish of Southwark and those on the south side of the river are to be called Albemarle. Thomas Mullins appears in the 1755 Granville County, North Carolina Tax List. In the 1762 tax list of Granville County, Thomas Mullins Sr. paid a tithe on his son John Mullins and Thomas Mullins Jr. was in his own household. The 1771 Bute County, North Carolina Tax List has Thomas Mullins (Jr.?) with 1000 acres more or less and two male negroes above the age of 16. Granville County was formed in 1746 from portions of Edgecombe and the original Glasglow counties. Bute County was formed from Granville County in 1764, but was discontinued in 1779. Bute County was divided into Franklin County in 1778 and Warren County in 1779. Thomas Mullins practiced his black smithy in or near what later became the county seat of Franklin County. Thomas and Anne had the following known children:

2. i. Thomas Mullins Jr. (christened 19 July 1741 Albemarle Parish, Virginia)

3. ii. John Mullins (christened 11 Aug. 1743 Albemarle Parish, Virginia)

4. iii. Clement Mullins b. ca 1750 North Carolina md Anne Hunt

5. iv. Nathaniel Mullins

6. v. Jeremiah Mullins

Second Generation

2. Thomas Mullins Jr. was in Caswell County, North Carolina in 1790.

3. John Mullins (christened 11 Aug. 1743 Albemarle Parish, Virginia) resided on Crooked Creek near the town of Louisburg, North Carolina when he died. His will dated 9 April 1784 is recorded in Franklin County, North Carolina, and names the following children: "sons Julius Mullins, and John Mullins to whom he leaves all of his blacksmith tools." and sons Bud Mullins, Kinchen Mullins, Malone Mullins, Green Mullins, and daughter Nancy Mullins. The will was witnessed by John Cooley and Nathaniel Mullins. In the accounts of allowances made officers and soldiers of the late Continental line of North Carolina by the commissioner of army accounts at Hillsboro, North Carolina, on 1 May 1792, John Mullins received vouchers # 632, 642, and 876 as payment for supplies he furnished to the army and services he performed at his iron monger (blacksmith) shop. John Mullins had the following children:

7. i. Julius Mullins

8. ii. John Mullins

9. iii. Bud Mullins b. ca 1759 - d. Jan. 1857 Paulding County, Georgia

10. iv. Kinchen Mullins

11. v. Malone Mullins b. ca 1756 NC - d. 3 Feb. 1841 Hancock County, Georgia md Elizabeth

12. vi. Green Mullins

13. vii. Nancy Mullins

4. Clement Mullins b. ca 1750 North Carolina md Anne Hunt. Clement sold his land in Franklin County, North Carolina on 26 Nov. 1783. In his Revolutionary War pension application, he stated he lived in Franklin County, North Carolina at enlistment, about 1783, then moved from North Carolina to Georgia, then to Mississippi where he applied 8 Nov. 1832 in Copiah County. They had the following known children:

14. i. Viney Mullins

15. ii. Temple Mullins

16. iii. Madison Mullins

17. iv. Hardy Mullins (became a minister)

18. v. James Mullins

19. vi. Pollard Mullins b. ca 1810 Georgia - d. ca 1857 md Nancy Wilks 2 Aug. 1829 Copiah Co., MS

20. vii. William Norval Mullins md 1) Margaret Parkman, 2) Sarah Granberry

5. Nathaniel Mullins is in the 1785 Randolph County, North Carolina Tax List and 1790 Randolph County, North Carolina Census. Nathaniel Mullins is believed to be the father of Nathaniel Mullins II b. 2 March 1786 Randolph County, North Carolina - d. March 1845 at Barbourville, Cabell County, Virginia, who md Margaret "Peggy" Wilson. No other information available.

21. i. Nathaniel Mullins b. 2 March 1786 Randolph Co., NC - d. March 1845 Cabell Co., VA

6. Jeremiah Mullins is in the 1790 Randolph County, North Carolina Census. He left North Carolina and moved to Jones County, Georgia where his will is suppose to be recorded.

Third Generation

9. Bud Mullins b. ca 1759 North Carolina - d. January 1857 Paulding County, Georgia. Bud and Malone are in the Spartanburg District of South Carolina in 1800. Bud is in the 1819 Gwinnett County, Georgia tax list; 1820 Hall County, Georgia Census; 1830 Campbell County, Georgia Census; 1840 & 1850 Cobb County, Georgia censuses; and 1851 Cobb County, Georgia Tax List. The will of Bud Mullins is dated 1857 and recorded in Paulding County, Georgia. In his Revolutionary War pension application, Bud Mullins stated he lived in Chatham County, North Carolina at enlistment and afterwards moved to Jackson County, Georgia, then to Campbell County, Georgia, then to Cobb County, Georgia which became Paulding County, Georgia, where he applied 5 June 1854. Bud Mullins had the following known children:

22. i. Nancy Mullins b. ca 1794 South Carolina md _____ Mires

23. ii. Reuben Mullins b. ca 1795 South Carolina md Rebecca Powers 4 Oct. 1829

24. iii. Elias Mullins b. ca 1796 South Carolina

25. iv. Rebecca Mullins b. ca 1797 South Carolina md _____ Childers

26. v. Thomas Mullins b. ca 1798 South Carolina

27. vi. Benjamin Mullins b. ca 1803 South Carolina

28. vii. Clement Mullins b. ca 1804 South Carolina md Prussia Turner

29. viii. Osborn Mullins b. ca 1805 South Carolina

30. ix. Samuel Mullins b. ca 1810 Georgia md Rachel Gray 29 Dec. 1829 Campbell County, Georgia

31. x. Mahalia Mullins b. ca 1812 Georgia md Copeland Hickman

11. Malone Mullins b. ca 1756 North Carolina - d. 3 Feb. 1841 Hancock County, Georgia md Elizabeth (maiden name unknown) b. ca 1761 - d. 1854 Hancock County, Georgia on 23 Jan. 1783 Franklin County, North Carolina. Malone Mullins is in the 1820, 1830, and 1840 Hancock County, Georgia censuses and his widow Elizabeth Mullins is in the 1850 Hancock County, Georgia Census. The will of Malone Mullins is dated 1841 and recorded in Hancock County, Georgia. In the Revolutionary War pension application of Elizabeth Mullins, widow of Malone Mullins, she stated that Malone lived in Bute County, North Carolina at enlistment. Malone and Elizabeth had the following children:

32. i. Claborn Mullins b. 19 July 1784

33. ii. Cloah Mullins b. 16 Jan. 1786 md John Gandy

34. iii. Harvey Mullins b. 30 Oct. 1788

35. iv. Alsey Mullins b. 21 March 1791

36. v. Dred Mullins b. 20 Aug. 1794

37. vi. Patsey Mullins b. 11 Feb. 1797

38. vii. Burkley Mullins b. 16 March 1800

39. viii. Elizabeth Mullins b. 8 Sept. 1802

31. Nathaniel Mullins b. 2 March 1786 Randolph County, North Carolina - d. March 1845 at Barbourville, Cabell County, Virginia, who md Margaret "Peggy" Wilson b. 6 April 1790 North Carolina - d. 15 May 1865 Logan County, West Virginia, daughter of Boyd & Nancy (Sluder) Wilson, on 16 Oct. 1807 Rowan County, North Carolina. Nathaniel Mullins is in the 1820 Cabell County, Virginia Census; the 1830 Logan County, Virginia Census; and 1840 Logan County, Virginia Census. Nathaniel received a land grant for a tract of land on the waters of Buffalo Creek 10 May 1825. The land was sold in 1846. In 1790, Nathaniel Mullins paid 10 pounds for a 70 acres on the Deep River, Coleridge Township, Rowan County, North Carolina. Nathaniel and Margaret had the following children:

40. i. Precious Mullins b. 25 April 1809 Rowan County, North Carolina md John Burgess

41. ii. Hiram Mullins b. 6 Oct. 1811 Rowan County, NC - d. 16 July 1893 md Jane Riggins

42. iii. Boyd Wilson Mullins b. 8 March 1814 Rowan Co., NC - d. Aug. 1870 md Eveline White

43. iv. Nancy Mullins b. 25 Dec. 1816 Rowan County, North Carolina md John D. Cook

44. v. Andrew Jackson Mullins b. 12 Jan. 1820 - d. 12 Nov. 1904 md Elender Sally Cook

45. vi. Nathaniel Mullins Jr. b. 9 March 1822 - d. 10 July 1896 Wyoming Co., WV md Martha Morton

46. vii. Milton Addison Mullins b. 9 April 1824 Cabell Co., VA - d. 29 March 1920 md Sarah Ellis

47. viii. Margaret "Peggy" Mullins b. 14 Dec. 1826 Logan Co., VA md ______ Clark

48. ix. John Robert Mullins b. 21 Dec. 1828 Logan Co., VA - d. 11 Sept. 1912 md Rhoda Baisden

49. x. Anthony L. Mullins b. 31 July 1833 Logan Co., VA - d. 19 May 1904 never married

50. xi. Henry Harrison Mullins b. 15 March 1836 Logan Co., VA - d. 30 March 1891 md Luvica Ellis