(Last updated 5 May 2024)
DNA matching of Andrew Mannon (1840-1920) descendants has revealed large DNA
match clusters to the Mullins/Caudill/Tackett families. There are also
lesser clusters to the Poe, Wadkins and Napier families and many others that are
not Mannon but those are not relevant here.
Most of the DNA
matches appear to from descendants of William Mullins and Rutha Foster
(?). Rutha's supposed surname has yet to be verified and only exists in
Ancestry trees. This writer has yet to find the source for that surname.
This old
website gives their children as: Booker Mullins 1795, Nancy Mullins 1797 TN, William
Varner Mullins 1803, Marra "Matty" Mullins 1804, Mary Mullins 1810, Susannah "Susan" Mullins
1812, Andrew "Andy" Mullins 1812, Anna Mullins 1816 KY, Isaac Mullins 1816,
Polly Lavina Mullins 1819, Elizabeth Mullins
1823, Owen Mullins 1823. There is also an unusual gap between Marra
1804 and Mary 1810.
This list is probably based
on ages and proximity more than anything else.
The
website does not go into detail as to why these were selected.
In this examination we
will use DNA matches to figure out a possible family group. The current
theory is that Rutha Foster Mullins was a sister of Mary Foster who married
Andrew Mannon about 1808. This would explain why Mannon descendants have
extensive DNA matches to this family. The grandchildren lines below
that we have DNA matches to are
colored
in blue.
Please don't copy the following as gospel do your
own research and let the DNA matches be your guide.
Father? |
William Mullins was born about 1766 in
Virginia. William died after 1850 in Floyd County, Kentucky. |
|
Mother? | Rutha Foster
was born. Rutha died after 1850 in Floyd County, Kentucky. |
|
| Dau? |
●
Nancy Mullins was born about
1798 in Tennessee. She married Hiram Osborne on 16 Sep 1819 in Floyd
County, Kentucky. Nancy died after 1860.
| |
| Son? |
●
Booker Mullins was born about
1800 in VA, TN or KY. He married Mary "Polly" Johnson on 19
April 1821 in Floyd County, Kentucky. Booker died after 1880.
| |
| Son? |
●
William Varner Mullins was born about
1803 in North Carolina. He married Sarah "Susie" Waltrip on 9
Sep 1824 in Pike County, Kentucky.
| |
| Dau? |
● Massey Mullins was born about 1804 in Tennessee.
She married Ambrose Mullins on 14 July 1822 in Pike County, Kentucky.
Massey died before 1890 in Breathitt County, Kentucky.
| |
| Son? |
●
unknown Mullins was born about
1805-1810. This possible son is recorded on the 1810 Census. | |
| Dau? |
● Mary "Polly" Mullins was born about 1811 in Floyd
County, Kentucky.
She married David Bryant on 28 March 1830 in Pike County, Kentucky. She may
have died shortly after and David remarried to her younger sister Lavina
Mullins.
| |
| Dau? |
● Susan Mullins was born about 1813 in Kentucky.
She married Samuel Estep on 15 Feb 1830 in Pike County, Kentucky.
| |
| Son? |
●
John Mullins was born about
1815-1817 in Kentucky. He married Dorcas Osborne (d/o Nancy
Mullins & Hiram Osborne) on 6 April 1837
in Pike County, Kentucky..
| |
| Dau? |
● Anna Mullins was born 1816-1820 in
Kentucky. She married David Johnson in Kentucky.
| |
| Dau? |
● Lavina "Vina" Mullins was born after 1817 in
Tennessee. She married David Bryant before 1840 in Kentucky. Lavina
died after 1880.
| |
| Dau? |
● Elizabeth "Betsy" Mullins was born 1820-1822 in
Kentucky. She married Elisha Johnson about 1840 [no record].
Elizabeth died after 1870 in Floyd County, Kentucky.
| |
| Dau. |
● Owen Mullins was born about 1825 in Kentucky.
He married Lydia Hall. Owen died after 1880 in Floyd County, Kentucky.
|
| 1810 Federal Census, Kentucky, Floyd County [alphabetical] | |||||
| Frame | Page | Line | Head of household: | Age groups of members of house: | Notes: |
| 5 | 11 | 1 | Elimelech Garrett | 4 males 0-9, 1 male 10-15, 1 male 45 & over, 2 females 10-15, 1 female 16-25, 1 female 45 | [WikiTree] |
| Gabriel Vaughn |
Nov 1810 "... ordered
that Elimleck Garrett, Christian Banks, John Sellard and
Gabriel Vaughn to mark a road from the mouth of Ivy to Clark's Mill..." |
md. Sarah Vaughn | |||
| 12 | 16 | 16 | Ambrose Mullins | 1 male 0-9 [Ambrose 7], 1 male 16-26 [Isham 15], 1 male 45 & over [Ambrose], 1 female 45 & over | |
| 9 | 18 | 15 | William Mullins | 3 males 0-9 [??, William V 6, Booker 9], 1 male 26-44 [William], 1 female 0-9 [Massy 6], 1 female 10-15 [Nancy 12], 1 female 26-44 [Ruth 30] | |
| 9 | 18 | 19 | Joshua Mullins | 1 male 0-9, 1 male 45 & over, 3 females 0-9, 1 females 45 & over | |
The Annals of Floyd County, Kentucky
p. 33, 24 Feb 1817.
Indenture from Alexander Lackey to Gabriel Vaughn in the amount of $100 for 30 acres of Sandy River opposite the mouth of Prater Creek.
p. 52, Feb 1809. Mark Foster exonerated from the levy of 1808 and
future levies.
p. 69, November 1810 Term
On the motion of John S Baisden, ordered
that Elimleck Garrett, Christian Banks, John Sellard and Gabriel Vaughn
to mark a road from the mouth of Ivy to Clark's Mill.
p.85, March 1813
Term
John Sullards, Elimlech Garrett, James Layne and John Branham to mark a
road from the narrows below Solomon Stratton to Tandy Stratton.
p. 98, Sep 1814
Court
Solomon McGuire is appointed surveyor of the road from the marked sugar
trees below the mouth of Prater to the bridge at the school house to replace
Elemileck Garrett. Hands from Gabriel Vaughn's to the Widow McGuire to
assist.
p. 103, June 1815 Term
Gabriel Vaughn paid 50 cents as witness
p. 182, Nov 1819 Term
Commonwealth VS Joseph Ford. Gabriel Vaughn
part of jury.
p. 207-208. May 1823 - Testimony of John Mullins regarding
Revolutionary Service,
p. 226. May 1826 - On the motion of Thomas
Johns, ordered that Moses Meade, John Sellards, Jessie McGuire and Stephen
Howell to view a road and mark the best way for a road from John Wilson's into
the road below widow Garratts.
p. 251, Deed Book B. 6 Oct 1825.
Deed of gift from Gabriel Vaughn and Nancy, his wife, to John P Vaughn and
America Vaughn in consideration of the natural love and affection they bear
toward their children... [property list] and tract on Abbott Creek.
Descendants of William "Coonie Bill" & Rutha (Foster) Mullins
From
https://members.tripod.com/cornelius_carroll/Mullins/id38.htm
47.
William Mullins Sr. b. ca 1776 Virginia - d. late 1856 or early 1857 Floyd
County, Kentucky, md Rutha "Ruth" (Foster?) b. ca 1780 Virginia/North Carolina
(census records say Virginia but death record says North Carolina) - d. May 1860
Floyd County, Kentucky. The Ben Osborne manuscript states he was known as
William "Coonie Bill" Mullins. William was in the 1810 and 1820 Floyd County,
Kentucky censuses. He lived in the section of Floyd County that was broke off to
form Pike County in 1822. William is in the 1830 Pike County, Kentucky Census.
He moved to Beaver Creek in Floyd County 1833-1834. At that time, Beaver Creek
was "a wilderness full of wild beasts and all kind of game." It was necessary
"to build wild pounds to put" the "cows in over night to keep the bears,
panthers, and wolves from killing them." The early settlers would kill "meat
from the woods" and clear "a small bottom to raise corn enough for bread, and
ground" the "corn into meal between two flat rocks cut from the native
cliffs..." The "sifter was a dressed deer skin with holes made in it with a hot
awl." It was hard to raise corn. They "would build fires all around" their
"field to keep the bears and deer from eating it up during the night." There
were "deer and turkeys in long droves all over the woods." They sometimes had
"to go fifty miles for salt, coffee, and other goods." There "were plenty of
snakes and fish...but there was lard to fry" the fish "in only when" the settler
"would kill a fat bear or a wild hog." [The Autobiography of James Clayburn "Claibe"
Jones] On 8 July 1839, William purchased a tract of land on Bull (Mire) Creek.
On 25 Oct. 1853, he sold the tract, along with the tract of his son Andrew
Mullins, on Bull Mire Creek on the south side of Licking River to James
Whitaker. William and Ruthie died on Beaver Creek but were taken to Indian
Creek, Pike County, Kentucky, and buried on the farm where their daughter Nancy
and her husband Hiram Osborne lived. However, their tombstones were removed many
years later and the cemetery was plowed and used as a garden. There is no trace
of the graves left. William and Ruth are believed to have had the following
children:
206. i. Booker Mullins b. ca 1795 VA - d. prior to 1880 Floyd
Co., KY md Mary "Polly" Johnson
207. ii. Nancy Mullins b ca 1797 TN - d.
1860-1866 Indian Creek, Pike Co., KY md Hiram Osborne
208. iii. William
Varner Mullins b. 24 Nov. 1803 TN md 1) Sarah Waltrip, 2) Elizabeth A. Caudill
209. iv. Marra "Matty" Mullins b. ca 1804 TN md Ambrose Mullins 14 July 1822
Pike County, KY
210. v. Mary Mullins b. ca 1810 KY md William Bryant 31 July
1828 Pike County, KY
211. vi. Susannah "Susan" Mullins b. ca 1812 KY md
Samuel Estep 17 Feb. 1830 Floyd County, KY
212. vii. Andrew "Andy" Mullins b.
ca 1812 KY - d. Magoffin Co., KY never married
213. viii. Anna Mullins? b. ca
1816 KY - d. ca 1852 KY md David Johnson 29 July 1836 Perry Co., KY
214. ix.
Isaac Mullins b. ca 1816 KY md Polly Wireman 18 April 1835 Floyd County, KY
215. x. Polly Lavina Mullins b. ca 1819 TN md David Bryant 28 March 1830 Pike
County, KY
216. xi. Elizabeth Mullins b. ca 1823 KY md Elisha Johnson 22
Sept. 1840 Pike County, KY
217. xii. Owen Mullins b. ca 1823 KY md Lydia Hall
27 May 1841 Floyd County, KY
