John "Chunky" Mullins

31. John "Chunky" Mullins b. ca 1770 Virginia - d. 1847 Shelby Creek, Pike County, Kentucky md 1) (unknown), 2) Elizabeth Mullins b. ca 1794 NC on 6 June 1822 Pike County, Kentucky. John "Chunky" Mullins is in the 1800 and 1810 Burke County, North Carolina censuses. He moved to Floyd County, Kentucky by 1820 and lived in the section that was broke off to form Pike County in 1822. He is in the 1830 and 1840 Pike County, Kentucky censuses. John "Chunky" Mullins left a will in Pike County, Kentucky in 1847. "I give to my Beloved wife Elizabeth all my real and personly Estate as during her Natural life if she should Marry she should have on(e) third of the Estate during her Natural life and after her deceast I want it to be equally divided between my 2 sons & daughter William & John & Elizabeth." John "Chunky" owned land on Shelby Creek and apparently lived near the mouth of Sookeys Creek. He may be the John Mullins who md Lucy Bohanan (bond dated 3 Sept. 1787 Franklin County, Virginia with William Bohanan as surety). John Mullins Sr. "Buttin' John" sold John "Chunky" Mullins 50 acres "more or less" on Caney Creek on the waters of Shelby Creek in 1824. James Little sold John "Chunky" Mullins 100 acres on Shelby Creek "at the mouth of Long Fork" in 1824. John "Chunky" sold Elisha Johnson 100 acres on Shelby Creek (purchased from James Little) and David Branham 50 acres on Caney Creek (purchased from John Mullins Sr.) in 1825. James Damron sold John "Chunky" Mullins 150 acres on Shelby Creek "beginning on the top of the north side of Shelby Creek thence crossing the creek to the top of the ridge in low gap running with Rubin May's line down said creek to the lower end of the Round Bottom" and William Adkins sold John "Chunky" Mullins 300 acres on Shelby Creek "beginning at a white oak on the north side of Shelby Creek thence crossing the creek to the top of a point with the conditional line between James Damron and said Adkins, thence a strate line to the low gap, conditional line between Damron, May, and Mullins, thence with the lines crossing the corner end of the Round Bottom" in 1828. Alexander Mullins sold John "Chunky" Mullins 222 1/2 acres on Shelby Creek "beginning at a white oak conditional line between Wm. Mulins and Solomon Mullins on the west side of Shelby Creek to a spruce pine below the mouth of Beefhide thence strate across the creek" in 1839. John "Chunky Mullins begins to be referred to as both "Chunky" and "Sr." in records after this date. John Mullins Sr. ("Chunky") and wife Elizabeth sold Reuben May 100 acres on Shelby Creek in 1840 and James Damron 250 acres on Shelby Creek containing 200 acres (purchased from William Adkins) and another tract of 50 acres "lying at the south side of said Shelby Creek on the hill side below said Mullins own house a sort distance below the mut of Suceys branch" in 1844. Solomon Mullins, of Logan Co., Virginia, sold John "Chunky" a tract of land on the Trace Fork of Shelby Creek in 1844. John "Chunky" Mullins sold William Kirk 50 acres on Shelby Creek "beginning at a white oake conditional line between Solomon Mullins and William Mullins...up Shelby Creek to a small drean at the lower end of a clift below said John Mullins dwelling house" in 1844; Jefferson Fleming 50 acres on Shelby Creek "beginning on a spruce pine below the mouth of Beefhide Creek near the banks of Sandy Creek...down said crick with said line to the upper end of the old mil trace then down said mil trace to said crick" in 1847; and Sanders Mullins 100 acres on Shelby Creek "beginning at the mouth of he race branch running...up Shelby Creek to Pelprys branch...to the milhole" in 1847. Sander Mullins sold 75 acres of the land that had been deeded to him by John Mullins to Elizabeth Mullins in 1848 and then Sanders Mullins and Elizabeth Mullins sold the combined 100 acres "beginning at the mouth of the Bale (Bald?) Branch...up Shelby Creek to Pelferies branch...to the mil hole...to Jefferson Fleming's corner...to head of mill race...down Shelby to the beginning" to John Mullins, son of William "Bald Head" Mullins, in 1848. This family has proven to be the most difficult of the early Mullins lines to document. John "Chunky" Mullins is believed to have had the following children:


	Descendants of John "Chunky" Mullins 31. John "Chunky" Mullins b. ca 1770 Virginia - d. 1847 Shelby Creek, Pike County, Kentucky md 1) (unknown), 2) Elizabeth Mullins b. ca 1794 NC on 6 June 1822 Pike County, Kentucky. John "Chunky" Mullins is in the 1800 and 1810 Burke County, North Carolina censuses. He moved to Floyd County, Kentucky by 1820 and lived in the section that was broke off to form Pike County in 1822. He is in the 1830 and 1840 Pike County, Kentucky censuses. John "Chunky" Mullins left a will in Pike County, Kentucky in 1847. "I give to my Beloved wife Elizabeth all my real and personly Estate as during her Natural life if she should Marry she should have on(e) third of the Estate during her Natural life and after her deceast I want it to be equally divided between my 2 sons & daughter William & John & Elizabeth." John "Chunky" owned land on Shelby Creek and apparently lived near the mouth of Sookeys Creek. He may be the John Mullins who md Lucy Bohanan (bond dated 3 Sept. 1787 Franklin County, Virginia with William Bohanan as surety). John Mullins Sr. "Buttin' John" sold John "Chunky" Mullins 50 acres "more or less" on Caney Creek on the waters of Shelby Creek in 1824. James Little sold John "Chunky" Mullins 100 acres on Shelby Creek "at the mouth of Long Fork" in 1824. John "Chunky" sold Elisha Johnson 100 acres on Shelby Creek (purchased from James Little) and David Branham 50 acres on Caney Creek (purchased from John Mullins Sr.) in 1825. James Damron sold John "Chunky" Mullins 150 acres on Shelby Creek "beginning on the top of the north side of Shelby Creek thence crossing the creek to the top of the ridge in low gap running with Rubin May's line down said creek to the lower end of the Round Bottom" and William Adkins sold John "Chunky" Mullins 300 acres on Shelby Creek "beginning at a white oak on the north side of Shelby Creek thence crossing the creek to the top of a point with the conditional line between James Damron and said Adkins, thence a strate line to the low gap, conditional line between Damron, May, and Mullins, thence with the lines crossing the corner end of the Round Bottom" in 1828. Alexander Mullins sold John "Chunky" Mullins 222 1/2 acres on Shelby Creek "beginning at a white oak conditional line between Wm. Mulins and Solomon Mullins on the west side of Shelby Creek to a spruce pine below the mouth of Beefhide thence strate across the creek" in 1839. John "Chunky Mullins begins to be referred to as both "Chunky" and "Sr." in records after this date. John Mullins Sr. ("Chunky") and wife Elizabeth sold Reuben May 100 acres on Shelby Creek in 1840 and James Damron 250 acres on Shelby Creek containing 200 acres (purchased from William Adkins) and another tract of 50 acres "lying at the south side of said Shelby Creek on the hill side below said Mullins own house a sort distance below the mut of Suceys branch" in 1844. Solomon Mullins, of Logan Co., Virginia, sold John "Chunky" a tract of land on the Trace Fork of Shelby Creek in 1844. John "Chunky" Mullins sold William Kirk 50 acres on Shelby Creek "beginning at a white oake conditional line between Solomon Mullins and William Mullins...up Shelby Creek to a small drean at the lower end of a clift below said John Mullins dwelling house" in 1844; Jefferson Fleming 50 acres on Shelby Creek "beginning on a spruce pine below the mouth of Beefhide Creek near the banks of Sandy Creek...down said crick with said line to the upper end of the old mil trace then down said mil trace to said crick" in 1847; and Sanders Mullins 100 acres on Shelby Creek "beginning at the mouth of he race branch running...up Shelby Creek to Pelprys branch...to the milhole" in 1847. Sander Mullins sold 75 acres of the land that had been deeded to him by John Mullins to Elizabeth Mullins in 1848 and then Sanders Mullins and Elizabeth Mullins sold the combined 100 acres "beginning at the mouth of the Bale (Bald?) Branch...up Shelby Creek to Pelferies branch...to the mil hole...to Jefferson Fleming's corner...to head of mill race...down Shelby to the beginning" to John Mullins, son of William "Bald Head" Mullins, in 1848. This family has proven to be the most difficult of the early Mullins lines to document. John "Chunky" Mullins is believed to have had the following children: 122. i. William "Chunky Bill" Mullins b. ca 1796 North Carolina md Temperance Blaylock 123. ii. John Henry "Jack" Mullins b. ca 1795 North Carolina md Lucinda "Lindy" Cook 124. iii. Alice Mullins b. ca 1800 North Carolina md Jacob Goode 125. iv. Polly Mullins b. ca 1800 North Carolina md Lazarus Damron 15 Feb. 1821 Floyd County, KY 126. v. (male) b. ca 1804-1810 Burke County, North Carolina 127. vi. (female) Elizabeth? who is named in the will b. ca 1800-1810 Burke County, North Carolina 128. vii. Sanders Mullins b. ca 1811 Floyd County, Kentucky md Mahala Morgan 129. viii. Jacob Mullins b. ca 1814 Floyd County, Kentucky md Jane Mullins 8 April 1833 Perry Co. 130. ix. Letty Mullins b. ca 1827 Pike County, Kentucky md 1) Andrew Hall, 2) Jefferson Fleming 131. x. Nancy Mullins b. ca 1823 Kentucky md William Kirk 2 March 1835 Pike County, Kentucky To send additional information or corrections click the following link: cornelius@kymail.com