Descendants of
Solomon Collins
1. SOLOMON COLLINS was born Abt. 1799 in
Buncombe Co., NC, and died Bef. 1880. He
married GINCIE GOINS, daughter of JOSEPH GOINS and MILLIE LOVINS. She was born Abt. 1799 in Va or NC.
Notes
for SOLOMON COLLINS:
Solomon
apparently didnt migrate to
Hawkins/Hancock Co until after 1820. He may have been the Solomon
listed on the
1820 Buncombe Co., NC Census, though there were a few other Solomon
Collinses
in the area, including Claiborne Co, TN and Clay Co., KY, both of which
contained populations of Melungeon descent.
Index for land
entries for Solomon Collins:
Sims
grant opened to claims between 1830
and 1840:
Solomon
D. Collins-100 acres on Newman's Ridge-p. 10
Names
on early warrant deeds & land
papers (Grohse papers, Reel 3): Entry
Book #1, Hawkins Co., TN:
S.D.
Collins, #22, p. 10
Solomon
Collins, 1, 169
Solomon's
household was enumerated with 9
"fpc" in the 1830 Hawkins Co., TN Census. In all other censuses that
I've
seen he was counted as white.
Children
of SOLOMON COLLINS and GINCIE GOINS are:
i. RICHARD2 COLLINS.
2.
ii. MAHALA COLLINS, b.
March 30, 1824, Hancock Co, TN; d. 1898, Hancock Co, TN.
iii. FRANKLIN COLLINS,
b. Abt. 1825.
iv. SILAS COLLINS, b.
Abt. 1827; d. March 24, 1863, Triune, TN; m. ORPHA COLLINS.
3.
v. BAILEY COLLINS, b.
Abt. 1828; d. September 22, 1908, Hancock Co, TN.
vi. ENOCH COLLINS, b.
Abt. 1830.
vii. SOLOMON COLLINS, b.
Abt. 1832; d. June 28, 1863, Nashville, TN.
Notes
for SOLOMON COLLINS:
Solomon died during the Civil War. He was
enlisted in the First Tennessee Calvary (Union).
More
About SOLOMON COLLINS:
Burial:
Nashville National Cem., Nashville, TN
viii. LETHIE COLLINS, b.
Abt. 1835.
ix. ELIZABETH COLLINS,
b. Abt. 1837; d. 1916, Hancock Co, TN; m. (1) THOMAS MOORE; m. (2)
MCKINLEY COLLINS;
b. Bef. 1827, Hancock Co, TN.
Notes
for ELIZABETH COLLINS:
The death index for Hancock County lists
"Betty's" age as 67, but she would have been in her 80s, unless she
was the daughter of the younger Solomon who died during the Civil War.
But in
that case, the younger Sol would have had to have been married to a
Jincy, as
Betty's parents were listed as Sol and Jincy.
Notes
for MCKINLEY COLLINS:
McKinley was in the Civil War, Co.
E, 8th TN Cav (Union) from Sep. 23, 1863,
to Jun 29, 1865. The Grohse papers suggest that he may have died from
"Scoleosis from mines".
More
About MCKINLEY COLLINS:
Burial:
Vardy Cem., Hancock Co., TN
x. SALLY COLLINS, b.
Abt. 1839.
4.
xi. AMELIA ANN COLLINS, b.
Abt. 1843.
xii. THALOMAS COLLINS,
b. Abt. 1831.
Generation
No. 2
2. MAHALA2 COLLINS (SOLOMON1) was born
March 30, 1824 in Hancock Co, TN, and died 1898 in Hancock Co, TN. She married JOHN MULLINS Abt. 1840 in Hancock
Co, TN, son of JAMES MULLINS and CLARA MARTIN.
He was born Abt. 1823 in Hancock Co, TN.
Notes
for MAHALA COLLINS:
Mahala is
probably the most famous Melungeon
individual. She was extremely obese, as a result of Elephantiasis, and
was
considered the best bootlegger in the Appalachians, though it is said
that
family members actually made the liquor (apple and peach brandy were
their
specialties), and she only sold it. One humorous event, that was
actually
documented, was when a judge sent a sheriff up the Ridge to arrest
'Haley'.
Well, he could arrest her, but, because of her size, there was no way
they
could get her down the treacherous ridge. After giving up, the sheriff
went
back to the judge. When the judge asked him where she was, the sheriff
replied,
"She's catchable, but not fetchable".
Mahala has become something of a folk
heroine in the Southern Appalachians. Many stories and tales have been
made up
about her, many of them far-fetched and untrue. The following is an
example, a
song taken off of the internet, from
Melungeon-L Rootsweb email list:
Ode
to Aunt Haley
Lois
Gilbert 1984
Aunt
Haley, when she walked this warm sweet earth,
She
said to her Kin folks then,
"I
want to grow forever and spread my girth,
everywhere
that man has been -
everywhere
that man has been.
Chorus
Aunt
Haley, she made the very best shine,
In
her cabin on the side of the hill.
Folks
would come around from the countyside,
For
a
dollar they could drink their fill.
For
a
dollar they could drink their fill.
Chorus
Well,
the Sheriff come to take her in,
He
busted up her still.
Aunt
Haley sat grinning in her great big chair.
"You'll
never get me offin this hill.
You'll
never get me offin this hill."
Chorus
Aunt
Haley, she weighed 500 pounds,
The
Sheriff weighed 252,
He
just walked out the door a shaking his head.
"Make
you mountain dew.
Haley,
make your mountain dew."
Chorus
Aunt
Haley she died one cool spring night,
The
coffin maker done the best he could.
He
just took out his pencil and his measuring tape.
"Where
will I get enough good dry wood?
Where
will I get enough good dry wood?"
Chorus
Well,
the road on the ridge is narrow and steep,
it's
always slipping in.
Well,
the road crew comes to fix it up.
They
say, "Aunt Haley's still growing within.
Aunt
Haley's still growing within."
CHORUS:
There's
a big crooked mountain in East Tennessee.
They
call it Neuman's Ridge.
Aunt
Haley lies buried in her big pine box.
Each
day there's more of that ridge.
Each
day there's more of that ridge.
Sometimes it's hard
to distinguish truth from
fiction. When Haley died, it is said that they had to build a coffin
around her
bed (or out of her bed), and take her out of a space in the wall, where
they
were about to build a chimney. I've heard that this was untrue, but I'm
not
sure. She's buried in a family plot near their cabin, which, until
recently
(2000), stood up on Newman's Ridge. It
was moved off of the Ridge, down to the Vardy Valley, where it was
renovated.
More
About MAHALA COLLINS:
Burial:
Newmans Ridge, Hancock Co., TN
Notes
for JOHN MULLINS:
They
lived on Newman's Ridge above Vardy,
in Hancock Co., TN. They had a house that was burnt down by Confederate
raiders, ca.1863, who came looking for 2 of their sons, probably Larkin
and
Jim, and 1 son-in-law, Howard Collins, Union soldiers that were home on
leave.
The story goes as follows:
Howard Collins' wife, Jane Mullins, saw
the bushwackers coming up the Ridge, and screamed to her husband, who
picked up
his gun and took a shot at them. They fell back a little to size up the
situation. Meanwhile, the Mullins boys escaped over a low bluff. The
raiders
came to the bluff, but didn't get to get a shot off. Howard Collins
sprained or
broke a finger while escaping, but they got a shot off at the raiders,
and got
safely away.The sons escaped, but the house was burned, along with most
of
their possesions. They let the family take their burning bed clothes,
but fire
broke out in them again. A light blanket of snow was on the ground, and
the
children were barefooted. Old John was so mad, he loaded up a muzzle
with about
all it could hold. Then, as the raiders were leaving through the
Blackwater
Valley below them, he fired at them from the bluff. But, in his anger,
he left
the ramrod in the gun, and loaded it so heavily, it burst at the end of
the
muzzle. The ramrod, however, flew all the way accross the valley, and
stuck in
a rail fence, near where the Becky Hurley house was, a short distance
west of
Vardy Church.
I've
read somewhere (unfortunately, I
cannot find these notes) that John Mullins was something of a 'Johnny
Appleseed', and planted many apple trees in the areas surrounding the
Cumberland Gap (VA, TN, KY, poss. NC), but I don't know how true that
is, as
I've only read that once.
Children
of MAHALA COLLINS and JOHN MULLINS are:
5.
i. JANE3 MULLINS, b.
1841, Hancock Co, TN; d. January 10, 1913, Hancock Co, TN.
6.
ii. SALLY MULLINS, b.
1842, Hancock Co, TN; d. Abt. 1924, Hancock Co, TN.
7.
iii. LARKIN MULLINS, b.
1844; d. 1915, Hancock Co, TN.
iv. JIM MULLINS, b.
1846.
v. MILLIE MULLINS, b.
1846.
Notes
for MILLIE MULLINS:
Described by the Will Grohse Files as
"Queer - never married". The 1860 Hancock Co Census listed her as
being "fitified".
vi. BURTON MULLINS, b.
1847; d. Bef. 1865, Camp Nelson, KY.
Notes
for BURTON MULLINS:
Burton may have been an adopted son of John
and Mahala. According to the Grohse Papers, Burton was a Union soldier,
and
died at Camp Nelson, KY.
8.
vii. ELBE MULLINS, b.
1848.
viii. RICHARD MULLINS,
b. 1850.
Notes
for RICHARD MULLINS:
According to the Grohse Papers, Richard was
murdered somewhere out west (poss. Oklahoma)
ix. JEREMIAH MULLINS,
b. 1853.
9.
x. MARY ANN MULLINS, b.
1854, Hancock Co, TN; d. October 1937, Hancock Co, TN.
10.
xi. JOHN MULLINS, b. 1855.
11.
xii. REUBEN MULLINS, b.
1856, Hancock Co, TN; d. June 13, 1930, Muskogee, OK.
xiii. OLLIE MULLINS, b.
1858, Hancock Co, TN; d. September 1882, Hancock Co, TN; m. OLIVE
MISER,
February 12, 1880, Hancock Co, TN; b. Aft. 1856, Hancock Co, TN; d.
Abt. 1895.
Notes
for OLLIE MULLINS:
Ollie was killed in a gun duel with Grant
Jarvis (sheriff?) on the Main Street of Sneedville in late 1882.
12. xiv. CALVIN MULLINS, b. 1860,
Hancock Co, TN.
3. BAILEY2 COLLINS (SOLOMON1) was born Abt.
1828, and died September 22, 1908 in Hancock Co, TN.
He married MELISSA RHEA.
Notes
for BAILEY COLLINS:
Bailey was a
Civil War vetran, enlisted in
the 1st TN CAV Co. A (Union).
Children
of BAILEY COLLINS and MELISSA RHEA are:
13.
i. LEE HAM3 COLLINS.
14.
ii. AMANDA JANE COLLINS.
iii. SALLY COLLINS.
iv. WILLIE COLLINS.
v. LIZZIE COLLINS.
vi. COMODORE COLLINS.
vii. LANDON COLLINS.
viii. MARY ANN COLLINS,
m. (1) ? SIZEMORE; m. (2) ? LEWIS.
ix. SOLOMON COLLINS.
4. AMELIA ANN2 COLLINS (SOLOMON1) was born Abt.
1843. She married HAMILTON MISER March
20, 1875 in Hancock Co, TN, son of WILSON MISER and MARGARET COLLINS. He was born Abt. 1853 in Hancock Co, TN, and
died
1908 in Hancock Co, TN.
Notes
for HAMILTON MISER:
From
Will Grohse Papers; "Thrifty,
having no children they saved more than many of their neighbors, so got
ahead
financially."
More
About HAMILTON MISER:
Cause
of Death: TB
Children
of AMELIA COLLINS and HAMILTON MISER are:
i. LUCY3 MISER.
ii. WILLIAM FRANK MISER,
b. November 15, 1876, Hancock Co, TN; d. January 08, 1947; m. DOCIA
COLLINS; b.
January 10, 1867, Hancock Co, TN; d. March 19, 1936, Hancock Co, TN.
Notes
for WILLIAM FRANK MISER:
From Will Grohse Papers; "Thrifty,
having no children they saved more than many of their neighbors, so got
ahead
financially."
More
About WILLIAM FRANK MISER:
Cause
of Death: TB
Notes
for DOCIA COLLINS:
Described in Will Grohse Papers;
"Jolly, fleshy, desided, dark and showing strongly Indian
blood." Docia helped Will Grohse
and Rev. Arthur Taylor compile much of the info that is used on these
Hancock
Co families.
15.
iii. LOGAN MISER, b.
October 12, 1878, Hancock Co, TN; d. July 11, 1939, Hancock Co, TN.
iv. KITTY MISER, b.
Abt. 1881, Hancock Co, TN; d. 1918, Hancock Co, TN; m. ALBERT GIBSON.
v. CLAY MISER, b.
January 02, 1883, Hancock Co, TN; d. November 02, 1928, Hancock Co, TN;
m. CARRIE
COLLINS, Bef. 1908; b. March 24, 1873, Hancock Co, TN; d. January 15,
1940,
Hancock Co, TN.
Notes
for CLAY MISER:
The Grohse Papers also say that Clay died on
11/12/1925
More
About CLAY MISER:
Burial:
Vardy Cem., Hancock Co., TN
Cause
of Death: Liver diease
Notes
for CARRIE COLLINS:
"Inclined to be slighter than her
sisters." - WGP
More
About CARRIE COLLINS:
Burial:
Vardy Cem., Hancock Co., TN
Cause
of Death: old age
Generation
No. 3
5. JANE3 MULLINS (MAHALA2 COLLINS, SOLOMON1) was born 1841 in
Hancock Co, TN, and
died January 10, 1913 in Hancock Co, TN.
She married HOWARD COLLINS Bef. 1862 in Hancock Co, TN, son of
SIMEON COLLINS
and FRANKIE BUNCH. He was born Abt. 1836
in Hancock Co, TN, and died February 17, 1906 in Hancock Co, TN.
More
About JANE MULLINS:
Burial:
Vardy Cem., Hancock Co., TN
Cause
of Death: old age
Notes
for HOWARD COLLINS:
In the
Will Grohse Papers, Howard was
described as "a forceful, strong, character, tho obstinate;
influential,
fairly well to do.Pvt. Co. E, 2nd TN Cav (Inf?). The Special Census of
Civil
War Vaterans stated that he suffered from chronic diarrhea". Howard would not vouch for his
brother-in-law, Wilson Miser's, service in the Civil War, thus
depriving Wilson
of getting a pension. He was known as "Big Howard".
Another
description from the WGP; " 6 ft 1 in
tall, dark, black eyes and
hair, farmer. A forceful character, strong, determined, fleshy.
Sentenced to
hang for a killing at his watermill. Later pardoned. Was operator of
watermill
on Blackwater Creek."
"All the
Howard Collins children show
marked strains of Indian in them."
More
About HOWARD COLLINS:
Burial:
Vardy Cem., Hancock Co., TN
Cause
of Death: old age
Children
of JANE MULLINS and HOWARD COLLINS are:
i. LAMBERT4 COLLINS,
b. Abt. 1860, Hancock Co, TN; d. April 1870, Hancock Co, TN.
Notes
for LAMBERT COLLINS:
Lambert was killed when a wagon ran over
him in 1870.
More
About LAMBERT COLLINS:
Burial:
Vardy Cem., Hancock Co., TN
16.
ii. MONROE COLLINS, b.
April 04, 1865, Hancock Co, TN; d. June 25, 1913, St. Marks Hospital,
Murray,
UT.
iii. DOCIA COLLINS, b.
January 10, 1867, Hancock Co, TN; d. March 19, 1936, Hancock Co, TN; m.
WILLIAM
FRANK MISER; b. November 15, 1876, Hancock Co, TN; d. January 08, 1947.
Notes
for DOCIA COLLINS:
Described in Will Grohse Papers;
"Jolly, fleshy, desided, dark and showing strongly Indian
blood." Docia helped Will Grohse
and Rev. Arthur Taylor compile much of the info that is used on these
Hancock
Co families.
Notes
for WILLIAM FRANK MISER:
From Will Grohse Papers; "Thrifty,
having no children they saved more than many of their neighbors, so got
ahead
financially."
More
About WILLIAM FRANK MISER:
Cause
of Death: TB
17.
iv. CORAH COLLINS, b.
December 08, 1868, Hancock Co, TN; d. Abt. 1902, Coatesville, Ind?.
18.
v. KYRIE COLLINS, b. March
13, 1870, Hancock Co, TN.
19.
vi. CARRIE COLLINS, b.
March 24, 1873, Hancock Co, TN; d. January 15, 1940, Hancock Co, TN.
vii. MONLACE COLLINS, b.
September 28, 1875, Hancock Co, TN; d. January 03, 1932, Hancock Co, TN.
Notes
for MONLACE COLLINS:
From the Will Grohse Papers - "...died
while loading tobacco 1/1/1932. Store keeper and ran a water mill on
Mulberry.
Kept store with Noah Collins a while on Blackwater. Fairly large man,
pleasant."
More
About MONLACE COLLINS:
Burial:
Vardy Cem., Hancock Co., TN
viii. LAURA COLLINS, b.
July 14, 1877, Hancock Co, TN; d. April 24, 1952, Hancock Co, TN.
More
About LAURA COLLINS:
Cause
of Death: old age
6. SALLY3 MULLINS (MAHALA2 COLLINS, SOLOMON1) was born 1842 in
Hancock Co, TN, and
died Abt. 1924 in Hancock Co, TN. She
married GILBERT DAVIDSON Bet. 1865 - 1867 in Hancock Co, TN.
Notes
for GILBERT DAVIDSON:
Gib and
Sally lived on Newman's Ridge, above
Vardy, at the old homeplace of John & Mahala MULLINS.
Children
of SALLY MULLINS and GILBERT DAVIDSON are:
20.
i. WILLIE4 DAVIDSON, b.
Abt. 1867.
ii. SARAH DAVIDSON, b.
Abt. 1869, Hancock Co, TN; d. TX; m. CAINEY COLLINS.
Notes
for CAINEY COLLINS:
Cainey
and Sarah were said to have moved to TX.
iii. CORNELIA DAVIDSON,
b. Abt. 1871; m. LEMMIE GIBSON.
Notes
for LEMMIE GIBSON:
Lemmie
and Nelia were believed to have moved to Lee Co., VA.
iv. LAURA DAVIDSON, b.
Abt. 1873; m. RICHARD GIBSON.
Notes
for RICHARD GIBSON:
Moved
to TX.
v. MATTIE DAVIDSON, b.
Abt. 1875; m. ORVIN HORTON.
Notes
for ORVIN HORTON:
Mattie
and Orvin lived on Briar Creek.
21.
vi. ELIZA DAVIDSON, b. Abt.
1876.
22.
vii. MONROE DAVIDSON, b.
Abt. 1877.
7. LARKIN3 MULLINS (MAHALA2 COLLINS, SOLOMON1) was born 1844, and
died 1915 in
Hancock Co, TN. He married SARAH COLLINS
September 09, 1875 in Hancock Co, TN, daughter of SIMEON COLLINS and
FRANKIE BUNCH. She was born June 12, 1832
in Hancock Co,
TN?, and died March 14, 1920 in Hancock Co, TN.
Notes
for LARKIN MULLINS:
Larkin and
"Aunt Toney" lived on the upper part of
Blackwater Valley,
near Mulberry Gap Road, in Hancock Co, TN. Larkin was a Union soldier
during
the Civil War (Pvt. Co. I, 8th TN Cav). Larkin was supposedly named
Samuel, but
they called him Larkin to distinguish him from the other Samuel Mullins.
Notes
for SARAH COLLINS:
"Aunt
Toney" was very religious,
and would easily shout and sing when at church or at meetings at home.
After
"Aunt Toney's" 1st husband, Shep Gibson, died in the Civil Warm she
married Larkin Mullins, another Civil War Vet.
More
About SARAH COLLINS:
Burial:
Vardy Cem., Hancock Co., TN
Cause
of Death: old age
Children
of LARKIN MULLINS and SARAH COLLINS are:
23.
i. WILLIAM4 MULLINS, b.
Hancock Co, TN.
24.
ii. ANDREW JACKSON MULLINS,
b. October 01, 1870, Hancock Co, TN; d. November 13, 1920, Hancock Co,
TN.
8. ELBE3 MULLINS (MAHALA2 COLLINS, SOLOMON1) was born 1848. He married (1) NANCE GIBSON July 20, 1871 in
Hancock Co, TN. He married (2)
ELIZA SEALS
Abt. 1878 in Hancock Co, TN.
Notes
for ELBE MULLINS:
Elbe and
Eliza lived on the Panther's Creek
side of Newman's Ridge. I believe the following article from the
Morristown
Gazette is refering to this Elbe/Eli;
Morristown
Gazette July 20, 1877
Hancock
Eli
Mullens, who had been in the moonshine whiskey business in Hancock
County, and
who last January received a year sentence to the Albany penetentiary,
has just
been pardoned by Pres. Cleveland on the grounds that he has ten
children, and
tht his wife had sold a pint of brandy.
Children
of ELBE MULLINS and NANCE GIBSON are:
25.
i. HOWARD4 MULLINS, b.
Abt. 1871, Hancock Co, TN; d. August 1972, Hancock Co, TN.
26.
ii. WILLIE MULLINS, b.
Abt. 1872.
27.
iii. LATHEM MULLINS, b.
Abt. 1873; d. April 24, 1958.
iv. ALICE MULLINS, b.
Abt. 1874.
Notes
for ALICE MULLINS:
Alice
married "her employer's husband".
v. KINLEY MULLINS, b.
Abt. 1875.
vi. CHARLIE MULLINS, b.
Abt. 1876.
vii. THOMAS MULLINS, b.
Abt. 1878.
Notes
for THOMAS MULLINS:
According to Elaine Hatch, a descendant of
Nance Gibson and Madison Mullins, Thomas killed his step-brother,
Keener
Mullins, and was sent to the penitentiary.
Children
of ELBE MULLINS and ELIZA SEALS are:
viii. JOHNNY4 MULLINS,
b. Abt. 1880.
ix. ROSIE MULLINS, b.
Abt. 1882.
x. MAHALA MULLINS, b.
Abt. 1884.
9. MARY ANN3 MULLINS (MAHALA2 COLLINS, SOLOMON1) was born 1854 in
Hancock Co, TN, and
died October 1937 in Hancock Co, TN. She
married (1) GEORGE H ROBERTS. She
married
(2) APP MINOR. She married (3)
HAINES
MISER February 20, 1879 in Hancock Co, TN, son of WILSON MISER and
MARGARET COLLINS. He was born Abt. 1855.
Notes
for MARY ANN MULLINS:
She may have
been m. to Rev. George ROBERTS,
according to IGI archives, and possibly m. a third time. She supposedly
had son
George before she met Haines. Mary Ann helped raise her niece, Hattie
MULLINS,
daughter of brother Calvin.
More
About MARY ANN MULLINS:
Cause
of Death: old age
Child
of MARY MULLINS and HAINES MISER is:
i. GEORGE4 MULLINS.
Notes
for GEORGE MULLINS:
George was drinking and tried to take a girl
from Tony MITCHELL near Clinch River, when they were coming from
Church. He
stepped on Tony's heels, and Tony turned around and shot and killed him.
10. JOHN3 MULLINS (MAHALA2 COLLINS, SOLOMON1) was born 1855. He married (1) MAGGIE LOVINS.
He married (2) JULIA ANN GIBSON February
26, 1877 in Hancock Co, TN, daughter of SAM RHEA and SALLY GIBSON.
Child
of JOHN MULLINS and JULIA GIBSON is:
i. JOHN WAYMAN4 MULLINS.
11. REUBEN3 MULLINS (MAHALA2 COLLINS, SOLOMON1) was born 1856 in
Hancock Co, TN, and
died June 13, 1930 in Muskogee, OK. He
married ELIZABETH GIBSON in Hancock Co, TN, daughter of KEENER GIBSON
and BETTY
?.
Notes
for REUBEN MULLINS:
They lived
on Newman's Ridge, but later
moved west, (Colorado, then Muskogee, OK).
Children
of REUBEN MULLINS and ELIZABETH GIBSON are:
i. LONZO4 MULLINS.
ii. JEROME MULLINS.
iii. MAMIE MULLINS.
iv. DORA MULLINS.
v. WENT MULLINS.
vi. DAUGHERTY MULLINS.
vii. ISAAC MULLINS, d.
OK?; m. SARA BUSBY, Muskogee, OK.
12. CALVIN3 MULLINS (MAHALA2 COLLINS, SOLOMON1) was born 1860 in
Hancock Co, TN. He married (1) FRANCIS
MARTIN October 08,
1883 in Hancock Co, TN. He
married (2)
COOSE LAWSON Abt. 1886 in Hancock Co, TN.
Notes
for CALVIN MULLINS:
Calvin was
described as 'A fine looking man
with resolute look, regular features, slight beard.' I believe all of
Calvin's
children were with Coose. Calvin is buried in Mullins cemetary (Little
Black
Cemetary) "on the old George Swiney place on Newman's Ridge".
More
About CALVIN MULLINS:
Burial:
Little Black Cem., Hancock Co., TN
Child
of CALVIN MULLINS and COOSE LAWSON is:
i. HATTIE4 MULLINS,
b. February 18, 1887, Hancock Co, TN; d. September 30, 1970, FL; m.
ROBERT BALES.
Notes
for HATTIE MULLINS:
Hattie may have lived to an old age, and
lived in FL after splitting with Bob.
Hattie was raised mostly by her Aunt Mary Ann (MULLINS) MISER.
Notes
for ROBERT BALES:
Robert was born on 27 Oct 1860. Hattie and
Bob lived on Blackwater. Bob was a merchant. He served in the 2nd Inf.
in the
Phillipines during the Spanish American War period. Apparently, he and
Hattie
split, Bob moving to Medora or Clear Springs, Indiana, where he died,
and
Hattie ending up in Fla.
13. LEE HAM3 COLLINS (BAILEY2, SOLOMON1)
He married CARRIE COLLINS, daughter of HOWARD COLLINS and JANE
MULLINS. She was born March 24, 1873 in
Hancock Co,
TN, and died January 15, 1940 in Hancock Co, TN.
Notes
for CARRIE COLLINS:
"Inclined to
be slighter than her
sisters." - WGP
More
About CARRIE COLLINS:
Burial:
Vardy Cem., Hancock Co., TN
Cause
of Death: old age
Children
of LEE COLLINS and CARRIE COLLINS are:
i. BERTHA4 COLLINS.
28.
ii. DORA COLLINS, b.
November 22, 1892, Hancock Co, TN; d. May 07, 1982.
14. AMANDA JANE3 COLLINS (BAILEY2, SOLOMON1)
She married JOHN JOHNSON September 07, 1879 in Hancock Co, TN.
Children
of AMANDA COLLINS and JOHN JOHNSON are:
i. CARRIE4 JOHNSON,
b. Abt. 1880.
ii. FRANKLIN JOHNSON,
b. Abt. 1882, TN; d. May 11, 1956, Knoxville, TN.
iii. ADA C JOHNSON, b.
Abt. 1883.
iv. DAISEY JOHNSON, b.
Abt. 1885.
v. SUSAN JOHNSON, b.
Abt. 1888.
vi. WILLIAM S JOHNSON,
b. Abt. 1890.
vii. MARY J JOHNSON, b.
Abt. 1892.
viii. AMOS JOHNSON, b.
Abt. 1894.
ix. BAILEY JOHNSON, b.
Abt. 1895.
x. MINNIE MYRTLE JOHNSON,
b. 1898, Hancock Co, TN; d. September 14, 1962, Kingsport, TN; m.
WILLIAM MCKINLY
VAUGHN.
xi. EMMA JOHNSON, b.
Abt. 1900.
xii. GEORGE ALLEN
JOHNSON,
b. 1903; d. January 09, 1903, Hancock Co, TN.
15. LOGAN3 MISER (AMELIA ANN2 COLLINS, SOLOMON1) was born October 12,
1878 in Hancock
Co, TN, and died July 11, 1939 in Hancock Co, TN. He
married NANCY COLLINS August 25, 1898 in
Hancock Co, TN, daughter of BATY COLLINS and CYNTHIA COLLINS. She was born August 15, 1881 in Hancock Co,
TN, and died December 06, 1961 in Sparta, Ill.
Notes
for LOGAN MISER:
"Logan
was medium tall, thin,
blue-eyed, but fairly dark." (WGP)
More
About LOGAN MISER:
Burial:
Vardy Cem., Hancock Co., TN
Cause
of Death: TB
Notes
for NANCY COLLINS:
Nancy
was described as "medium tall,
fleshy, light or red complexioned, plenty of brown hair, grey eyes".
(WGP). She died in Sparta, Ill while on a visit, from a stroke and
diabetes.
More
About NANCY COLLINS:
Cause
of Death: Diabetes
Marriage
Notes for LOGAN MISER and NANCY COLLINS:
Logan
and Nancy spent the first 11 years of
their married life with Logan's uncle, Frank Collins, at his farm on
top of
Newman's Ridge.
Children
of LOGAN MISER and NANCY COLLINS are:
i. CHESTER LOGAN4 MISER,
b. March 10, 1924; d. December 16, 1925, Hancock Co, TN.
More
About CHESTER LOGAN MISER:
Burial:
Vardy Cem., Hancock Co., TN
Cause
of Death: measles
ii. GRACE LOIS MISER,
b. July 30, 1899, Hancock Co, TN; m. ARTHUR TAYLOR, September 15, 1917;
d.
November 01, 1949, Swanwick, Ill.
Notes
for ARTHUR TAYLOR:
Rev. Taylor was a graduate of Lane
Theological Seminary in Cincinnatti, OH, and was a Presbyterian
minister. When
in Hancock Co, Taylor compiled a genealogical study of many Melungeon
families,
which is where much of this information comes from. He was killed by a
large
truck in front of his home at Swanwick, IL on Nov. 1, 1949.
iii. LILIAN MARGARET
MISER,
b. April 08, 1901, Hancock Co, TN; d. November 08, 1973, Hancock Co,
TN; m. WILLIAM
PAUL GROHSE, October 10, 1931, Hancock Co, TN.
iv. ROY BROUTOM MISER,
b. December 19, 1902, Hancock Co, TN; m. LEONA TUDOR, November 25, 1926.
v. MAE THOMPSON MISER,
b. February 22, 1905, Hancock Co, TN; m. (1) BENJAMEN WELCH; m. (2)
PETER KNOKE,
November 19, 1929.
vi. OPPIE NEALSON MISER,
b. Abt. 1907.
vii. WALTER NEALSON
MISER,
b. November 25, 1909, Hancock Co, TN; d. August 06, 1964, Litchfield,
Ill; m. DORA
CANDLE, Abt. 1931, Chester, Ill.
viii. EDITH MISER, b.
April 03, 1911, Hancock Co, TN; m. (1) EDGAR ROTH, Chester, Ill; m. (2)
CLYDE RADFORD.
ix. ERNEST RANDALL MISER,
b. July 09, 1913, Hancock Co, TN; d. February 23, 1954; m. PEARL TRENT,
August
24, 1933, Hancock Co, TN?.
x. CLARIBEL GARRON MISER,
b. November 07, 1915, Hancock Co, TN; m. DANIEL BOONE HORTON, Aft. 1931.
Notes
for DANIEL BOONE HORTON:
Dan was a Spanish-American War Vet.
xi. GLADYS RECTOR MISER,
b. March 13, 1918, Hancock Co, TN; m. RUDOLPH FEEGLE, Chester, Ill.
xii. CARL MISER, b. June
06, 1920; d. March 03, 1921.
More
About CARL MISER:
Burial:
Vardy Cem., Hancock Co., TN
Cause
of Death: measles
xiii. FLORENCE MARIE
MISER,
b. May 06, 1921, Hancock Co, TN; d. June 14, 1936, Hancock Co, TN?; m.
HENRY FORD
WILLIAMS.
xiv. CECIL RANKIN MISER,
b. January 15, 1928, Hancock Co, TN; m. POLLY HORTON, November 03,
1948,
Tazewell, Claiborne Co., TN.
Generation
No. 4
16. MONROE4 COLLINS (JANE3 MULLINS, MAHALA2 COLLINS, SOLOMON1) was born April 04, 1865 in Hancock Co, TN, and died
June 25, 1913
in St. Marks Hospital, Murray, UT. He
married ELIZABETH ANN DAVIES in Salt Lake City, UT.
Notes
for MONROE COLLINS:
Monroe
(under the name William James
Collins) served in The Spanish American War. Enlisted 5-5-1898 Utah
Light
Artillery Battery B.
More
About MONROE COLLINS:
Burial:
Murray City Cem., Murray, UT
More
About ELIZABETH ANN DAVIES:
Burial:
Murray City Cem., Murray, UT
Children
of MONROE COLLINS and ELIZABETH DAVIES are:
i. HOWARD MONROE5
COLLINS,
b. June 01, 1902, Murray, UT; d. April 19, 1976, Murray, UT; m.
PRISCILLA HARRIET
YATES, October 06, 1926, Lehi, UT.
More
About HOWARD MONROE COLLINS:
Burial:
Murray City Cem., Murray, UT
ii. ORVAL COLLINS, b.
August 07, 1905, Murray, UT; d. June 13, 1912, Murray, UT.
Notes
for ORVAL COLLINS:
Orval was ran over by a train and had his
legs cut off while trying to hop on the train.
More
About ORVAL COLLINS:
Burial:
Murray City Cem., Murray, UT
iii. ELVIRA COLLINS, b.
November 20, 1908, Murray, UT; d. December 17, 1988, Murray, UT.
Notes
for ELVIRA COLLINS:
Described in the Will Grohse Papers; "...pretty,
dark haired, inclined to be
thin as a child..."
More
About ELVIRA COLLINS:
Burial:
Murray City Cem., Murray, UT
iv. HARVEY COLLINS, b.
April 11, 1914, Murray, UT; d. December 14, 1992, Murray, UT.
Notes
for HARVEY COLLINS:
Harvey
had no children.
17. CORAH4 COLLINS (JANE3 MULLINS, MAHALA2 COLLINS, SOLOMON1) was born December 08, 1868 in Hancock Co, TN, and died
Abt. 1902
in Coatesville, Ind?. She married (1) BOYD
STEWART. She married (2) LUCAS
COLLINS
November 20, 1886 in Hancock Co, TN, son of ELCANA COLLINS and MINERVA
GOODMAN. He was born Aft. 1855 in Hancock
Co, TN, and
died 1900. She married (3) ELMER STEWART
Aft. 1901.
Children
of CORAH COLLINS and LUCAS COLLINS are:
i. BOYD5 COLLINS.
ii. JOHN COLLINS.
iii. MACK COLLINS.
iv. PAIGE COLLINS.
v. RILLY COLLINS.
vi. PEARL COLLINS, b.
Aft. 1886.
18. KYRIE4 COLLINS (JANE3 MULLINS, MAHALA2 COLLINS, SOLOMON1) was born March 13, 1870 in Hancock Co, TN.
She married TENNESSEE GOINS February 15, 1893
in Hancock Co, TN, son of LYDIA ?.
Notes
for KYRIE COLLINS:
"Shorter,
slighter than her sister
Docia" - WGP.
"Kyrie
Collins Goins showed Indian blood strongly.
After her son Mathias was killed, Kyrie's whole personality
changed. She was mad at everybody,
particularly any of the Presbyterians.
"Tennessee
and Kyrie were divorced, and she was remarried to an 80-year-old man
from
Knoxville. Following the death of her
son, she was never right in
her
mind afterward. At times she would do
some bad things, such as the time she urinated on one of the girls of
the
community. She was sentenced to 60 days
in
jail for this. She served about half of
the sentence. She would publicly curse
anyone who showed friendship for the Wardell Collins family." - Rev. Arthur Taylor
Notes
for TENNESSEE GOINS:
"He
was a farmer-carpenter, light
complexioned, fairly tall, heavy shoulders, prominent nose. He was inclined to play very mean tricks on
anyone he came
in
contact with, especially Mr. and Mrs. George Allen Johnson. - Rev. Arthur Taylor.
Tennessee
and Kyrie were later divorced.
More
About TENNESSEE GOINS:
Cause
of Death: Phlebitis & old age
Children
of KYRIE COLLINS and TENNESSEE GOINS are:
i. FLORA5 GOINS, b.
February 12, 1893; d. October 31, 1960, St. Charles, VA; m. LUTHER
DAVIDSON; d.
April 06, 1938, Hancock Co, TN.
Notes
for FLORA GOINS:
Flora died on Halloween night, about 1960,
according to William P. Grohse.
"Some boys scared her, and she fell over dead.
She was fair, had blue eyes and black
hair."
Notes
for LUTHER DAVIDSON:
Luther Davidson died of pneumonia April 6,
1938, and his brother Hobert Davidson also died of pneumonia on the
same day.
More
About LUTHER DAVIDSON:
Burial:
Vardy Cem., Hancock Co., TN
ii. MOLLIE GOINS, b.
July 20, 1895.
iii. JULIA GOINS, b.
June 1897.
iv. MATHIAS GOINS, b.
November 1900; d. 1932, Hancock Co, TN.
Notes
for MATHIAS GOINS:
Was shot and killed by Wardell Collins,
according to the Grohse Papers.
More
About MATHIAS GOINS:
Cause
of Death: shot to death
v. LILLIE GOINS, b.
Abt. 1902.
Notes
for LILLIE GOINS:
Lillie was killed in a car accident,
according to the Grohse Papers.
More
About LILLIE GOINS:
Cause
of Death: car wreck
19. CARRIE4 COLLINS (JANE3 MULLINS, MAHALA2 COLLINS, SOLOMON1) was born March 24, 1873 in Hancock Co, TN, and died
January 15,
1940 in Hancock Co, TN. She married (1)
LEE HAM COLLINS, son of BAILEY COLLINS and MELISSA RHEA.
She married (2) CLAY MISER Bef. 1908, son
of HAMILTON MISER and AMELIA COLLINS. He
was born January 02, 1883 in Hancock Co, TN, and died November 02, 1928
in
Hancock Co, TN.
Notes
for CARRIE COLLINS:
"Inclined to
be slighter than her
sisters." - WGP
More
About CARRIE COLLINS:
Burial:
Vardy Cem., Hancock Co., TN
Cause
of Death: old age
Notes
for CLAY MISER:
The Grohse
Papers also say that Clay died on
11/12/1925
More
About CLAY MISER:
Burial:
Vardy Cem., Hancock Co., TN
Cause
of Death: Liver diease
Children
are listed above under (13) Lee Ham Collins.
20. WILLIE4 DAVIDSON (SALLY3 MULLINS, MAHALA2 COLLINS, SOLOMON1) was born Abt. 1867. He
married (1) NANCE GIBSON, daughter of KEENER GIBSON and BETTY ?. He married (2) LINDY MOORE.
Children
of WILLIE DAVIDSON and NANCE GIBSON are:
i. HOBERT5 DAVIDSON,
d. April 06, 1938, Hancock Co, TN; m. SALLY JOHNSON.
Notes
for HOBERT DAVIDSON:
Hobert died the same day as his brother
Luther.
More
About SALLY JOHNSON:
Burial:
Vardy Cem., Hancock Co., TN
ii. LUTHER DAVIDSON,
d. April 06, 1938, Hancock Co, TN; Stepchild; m. FLORA GOINS; b.
February 12,
1893; d. October 31, 1960, St. Charles, VA.
Notes
for LUTHER DAVIDSON:
Luther Davidson died of pneumonia April 6,
1938, and his brother Hobert Davidson also died of pneumonia on the
same day.
More
About LUTHER DAVIDSON:
Burial:
Vardy Cem., Hancock Co., TN
Notes
for FLORA GOINS:
Flora died on Halloween night, about 1960,
according to William P. Grohse.
"Some boys scared her, and she fell over dead.
She was fair, had blue eyes and black
hair."
21. ELIZA4 DAVIDSON (SALLY3 MULLINS, MAHALA2 COLLINS, SOLOMON1) was born Abt. 1876. She
married (1) ARTHUR ROBERTS, son of GEORGE ROBERTS and FRANCIS COLLINS. She married (2) ? SMITH.
Child
of ELIZA DAVIDSON and ? SMITH is:
i. GOLDIE5 SMITH.
Child
of ELIZA DAVIDSON is:
ii. DANA5 DAVIDSON.
22. MONROE4 DAVIDSON (SALLY3 MULLINS, MAHALA2 COLLINS, SOLOMON1) was born Abt. 1877. He
married ? in KY.
Child
of MONROE DAVIDSON and ? is:
i. BURTON5 DAVIDSON.
Notes
for BURTON DAVIDSON:
Fought
in WWI.
23. WILLIAM4 MULLINS (LARKIN3, MAHALA2 COLLINS, SOLOMON1)
was born in Hancock Co, TN.
He married ETHIE COLLINS, daughter of ARDELL COLLINS and SARAH
COLLINS.
Notes
for WILLIAM MULLINS:
William was
killed when a log rolled over
him.
Children
of WILLIAM MULLINS and ETHIE COLLINS are:
i. CONNECTICUT5 MULLINS.
ii. HASSIE MULLINS.
24. ANDREW JACKSON4 MULLINS (LARKIN3, MAHALA2 COLLINS, SOLOMON1)
was born October 01, 1870 in Hancock Co, TN, and died November
13, 1920 in Hancock Co, TN. He married
ALICE
MULLINS Abt. 1905 in TN01, daughter of JEREMIAH MULLINS and OLIVE MISER. She was born June 27, 1887 in VA, and died
October 13, 1962 in Harrogate, Claiborne Co., TN.
Notes
for ANDREW JACKSON MULLINS:
Andrew was
shot and killed.
More
About ANDREW JACKSON MULLINS:
Cause
of Death: gunshot
Children
of ANDREW MULLINS and ALICE MULLINS are:
i. MATTIELEE5 MULLINS,
b. June 27, 1906, Hancock Co, TN; d. January 15, 1996, Harrogate,
Claiborne
Co., TN; m. (1) PAUL MAPLES; m. (2) WILLIAM BOLINGER.
ii. WILLIAM HENRY
MULLINS,
b. Abt. 1908, Hancock Co, TN; d. January 15, 1998, Harrogate, Claiborne
Co.,
TN.
iii. NOLA MAE MULLINS,
b. January 01, 1910, Hancock Co, TN; d. April 04, 1999, Harrogate,
Claiborne
Co., TN.
iv. BONNIE GOLDIE
MULLINS,
b. February 07, 1912, Hancock Co, TN; d. April 18, 1982, Toledo, OH; m.
WOODROW
FOWLER, October 16, 1937, Monroe, MI; b. October 29, 1912, Harrogate,
Claiborne
Co., TN; d. October 21, 1993, Leesburg, Lake Co., FL.
v. LUTHER POE MULLINS,
b. December 10, 1915, Hancock Co, TN; d. April 27, 1948, Tazewell,
Claiborne
Co., TN; m. DELLA COSBY, April 08, 1939.
vi. OLEN QUINTEN MULLINS,
b. July 20, 1920, Hancock Co, TN; d. September 06, 1984, Toledo, OH.
vii. MARY LEE MULLINS,
b. June 21, 1921, Harrogate, Claiborne Co., TN; m. FLOYD PANTHER,
December 26,
1953, Flat Rock, Monroe Co., MI.
25. HOWARD4 MULLINS (ELBE3, MAHALA2 COLLINS, SOLOMON1)
was born Abt. 1871 in Hancock Co, TN, and died August 1972 in
Hancock Co, TN. He married BERTHA ?.
Notes
for HOWARD MULLINS:
Howard was
said to have been over 110 yrs
old when he died. The Knoxville News Sentinel did an amusing story on
him. Here
is an excerpt;
Knoxville
News-Sentinel
April
24, 1972
By
Willard Yarbrough
SNEEDVILLE,
Teen. (AP)--Spring air was nippy along Blackwater Creek in
Vardy
Valley.
So
chilly, in fact, that Howard Mullins lifted his hands with palms
exposed
to coal-fed flames of the open fire.
Such
delicate hands, calloused from 100 winters spent in isolated hill
country--where
necessities of life long since have become luxuries to a
mysterious
people to whom Mullins belongs.
He
is
one of the last of the Mulungeons, oldest of them all in Hancock
County,
which has been home for them for 200 years.
Those
left--in Snake Hollow, Blackwater, Vardy and Mulberry--are few in
number. Most have left the hills.
They seek jobs in cities far and
near.
Back
at Howard Mullins' open fire, Mrs. Mullins, 72, said she never
heard
the word until five years ago when she read a book about
Melungeons. These hill people, now intermixed with
non-Melungeon mates,
simply
know it's a bad word which their white neighbors once used to
frighten
their children: "Better be good or
the Melungeons will get
you."
"How
has Grandpap Mullins lived to be 100?
"He
was drunk most of his life," she said.
"That might have helped
preserve
him. He quit drinking 20 years ago, but
there were many times
I'd
have to take the mule and sled and find him passed out drunk up a
hollow."
"We
both chew tobacco. I do because I don't
want to smell his breath,"
she
said, point to her now-blind husband as he chewed, at the
[unreadable]
"
(Will) Grohse, a German who settled in Vadry because he married a girl
who is
the
great-great-great-granddaughter of Vardy Collins, said the 1880
Census
listed Howard Collins' age at that time as 7.
If so, that would
make
him 99, not 110. But Mullins says he's
relative, reported he had
learned
that Vardy Collins' wife was known as "Spanish Peggy."
(snip)
Notes
for BERTHA ?:
Excerpts
from the 1972 Knoxville
News-Sentinel article;
"
Mrs. Howard Mullins
remembered
the Depression when she obtained a WPA job at the courthouse
here
as charwoman.
"I
walked eight miles across Newman's Ridge to Sneedville everyday," she
lived
next door to Howard Mullins, whom she later married.
"Howard
would fire up his still and I'd build up my fire under my
washpot. I guess I'd wash three or four times a week,
or pretent to,
and
hang my clothes on the line to hide Howard's still from sight."
"We
both chew tobacco. I do because I don't
want to smell his breath,"
she
said, point to her now-blind husband as he chewed, at the
[unreadable]"
Child
of HOWARD MULLINS and BERTHA ? is:
i. BURKETT5 MULLINS,
b. 1890, Hancock Co, TN; d. October 1977, Hancock Co, TN; m. FRANCIS
COLLINS.
Notes
for BURKETT MULLINS:
Burkett was a member of the Hancock County
Court for 42 years.
26. WILLIE4 MULLINS (ELBE3, MAHALA2 COLLINS, SOLOMON1)
was born Abt. 1872. He
married HESTA MULLINS, daughter of WALLACE MULLINS and MARGARET MULLINS. She was born 1872.
Children
of WILLIE MULLINS and HESTA MULLINS are:
i. MAUD5 MULLINS, m.
CROFF COLLINS; d. 1925.
Notes
for CROFF COLLINS:
Croff and Maude lived near Pennington Gap,
In Lee Co, VA. They had several children. Croff was shot and killed,
after
drunkingly throwing rocks at a man's house. The man ordered him away,
but he
refused, so he shot him. This happened in 1925.
ii. QUINNEY MULLINS.
27. LATHEM4 MULLINS (ELBE3, MAHALA2 COLLINS, SOLOMON1)
was born Abt. 1873, and died April 24, 1958. He
married (1) ELIZA MASSENGILL. He
married (2) SARAH GIBSON.
Children
of LATHEM MULLINS and ELIZA MASSENGILL are:
i. FRANK5 MULLINS, m.
VIOLA BUTTRY.
Notes
for FRANK MULLINS:
Lived
in MD.
ii. DRURY MULLINS, m.
STELLA BURDINE.
iii. OLIVER MULLINS.
iv. SARAH MULLINS, m. BOB
MISER.
Notes
for SARAH MULLINS:
Sarah
left Bob and ran away, No one knows where.
Notes
for BOB MISER:
Bob
was married to Patsy first. After she died, he married Sarah Mullins.
28. DORA4 COLLINS (LEE HAM3, BAILEY2, SOLOMON1) was
born November 22, 1892 in Hancock Co, TN, and died May 07,
1982. She married GROVER MULLINS, son of
JEREMIAH MULLINS and OLIVE MISER. He was
born June 03, 1888 in Hancock Co, TN.
Children
of DORA COLLINS and GROVER MULLINS are:
i. JOSEPHINE5 MULLINS,
m. JERRY STALTS.
ii. NAOMI CONSTANCE
MULLINS,
m. THOMAS CHANNING THOMPSON.
iii. FRED MULLINS.
iv. JASPER MULLINS, b.
March 06, 1911; m. MARGARET MULLINS.
v. ROSALIE MULLINS, b.
January 01, 1916; m. MARTIN GLACIER.
vi. HAZEL MULLINS, b.
April 05, 1918.
vii. ARTELLA MULLINS, b.
January 08, 1921; m. ROBERT LEE.
viii. CHESTER F MULLINS,
b. 1923; d. 1945.
ix. LEONA MULLINS, b.
April 11, 1925; m. ? ROCK.