Mullinix Family
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John W. Mullinix and Grady
These excerpts from the History of Fentress County, Tennessee, published by the Fentress County Historical Society in 1987, were transcribed by Michael Allen in 2000. See notes at the end.
Cashier Mullinix
by Pam Mullinix, York Elementary School
Cashier Mullinix was born in Pickett County, TN, in 1906, to Willie Mullinix and Ida Crouch Mullinix. They were farmers all their life. They raised five children: Dora, Dike, Lula, Ruby and Cashier.
Cashier married Essie Williams. They had 7 children and Essie had one son, Elijah Leffew, by an earlier marriage.
Dora became a teacher. She married Hollis Lacy. They had 3 children: Jo, Janice and Frank. She lives in Pine Haven Community now.
Dike was killed in World War II while flying over the Black Sea.
Lula and Ruby became teachers but they died very young.
Cashier and Essie lived in Wolf River where they bought a farm. Essie also had a farm that was given to her by her parents. They lived there until his death in 1961. She had a stroke in 1984 and now lives with one of her daughters. She and their six children still own the farm in Wolf River Community.
Cashier has one half brother, Eugene Mullinix, and one half sister, Geraldine Beaty.
Source: https://homepages.rootsweb.com/~bp2000/fentress/mxcashier.htm
Nathaniel Mullinix
by Roscoe Hollis Wright
Nathaniel Mullinix, my grandmother Wright’s maternal great-grandfather, was born about 1774, in northeast Tennessee, in the Washington-Sullivan-Greene counties area. His great-great-grandfather, Robert Millnor, was born about 1650 in England, and was living in Somerset County, Maryland, about 1672. He was married to Rebecca Boston, daughter of Henry Boston. They have had 13 generations of descendants born in the United States. Over the years, there have been several variations in the spelling of the name “Mullinix.” Robert’s son, John Mullinix, was one of the first to use the present spelling of the name. During the 1690s, John, born about 1675, was married to a woman whose given name was Penelope. They were living in Sussex County, Delaware. Their son William W. Mullinix, born about 1700-1705, married twice in Delaware; in the 1720s and again in the 1740s. The name of his first wife is not known. He had 4 sons and 4 daughters by his second wife, Jean or Jane (Coverdale) Mullinix, who was born about 1730, and died during the 1790s. Her parents were Richard and Elizabeth Coverdale. Their oldest son, Richard Mullinix, born in the late 1740s probably, married Elizabeth Poynter about 1767, in Delaware. Her father was Nathaniel Poynter. About 1770, Richard moved southward with his family. First, to western North Carolina, perhaps, then to northeastern Tennessee; to the Washington Sullivan-Greene County area. There, during the 1770s, Nathaniel Mullinix, the subject of this write-up, and his 3 youngest brothers Eli, William and Levi — were born. Then, about 1780, their sister Sallie was born there. And just before the family group left there about 1802 — and moved to Barren County, Kentucky, Nathaniel married a woman whose given name was Delilah.
The Richard Mullinix family group lived in Barren County about 5 years. And during that time, the two oldest children of Nathaniel and Delilah were born: Nathan John about 1803, and Jane about 1804,. About 1807, the group moved to the Poplar Cove area of what is now Fentress County, Tennessee, which was part of Overton County at that time. Fentress became a county in 1823. Some other children were born to Nathaniel and Delilah in Fentress County. But not much is known about them or the mother (Delilah). In 1820, Nathaniel divorced Delilah for being unfaithful to her marriage vows, and a year or so later, he married a young woman named Sallie Mayberry and had about 3 or 4 children by her, it is thought. Richard Mullinix died about 1820-1830; and his son Nathaniel died about 1835 or 1840. What happened to Delilah after the divorce is not known. I am of the opinion that she may have been part American Indian — maybe a full-blooded Cherokee. I have no proof of this. But from her facial features, her granddaughter Nancy Agnes (Beaty) King appeared to have been about one-fourth American Indian.
On February 4, 1821, Nathaniel’s daughter, Jane Mullinix, married Thomas Beaty, who was born in 1801, in what is now either Clinton or Wayne County, Kentucky. They had 11 children: Elizabeth, b. 1822; Nancy Agnes, b. 1824; John Andrew, b. 1827; Alexander Green, b. 1830; Nathaniel Priam, b. 1832; Thomas Jefferson, b. 1835; Nina Jane, b. 1838; Martha Ann, b. 1840; William Hagan, b. 1843; Matilda, b. 1846; and Hiram Cyrus Beaty, b. 1849. And, about 1835, Nathaniel’s oldest son, Nathan John Mullinix, married Margaret Wright, who was born in 1812. I don’t know whose daughter she was. They had 6 daughters and 3 sons. All of them were born in Fentress County. Jane’s two oldest daughters, Elizabeth and Nancy, were born in Kentucky; all the others in Fentress County. Ellis Mullinix, who married Ozell Boles and lives at the north edge of Jamestown, is a great-grandson of Nathan John and Margaret and is a third cousin to my father, James David Wright. In 1980, I bought a grave rock from Ozell for my great-grandparents, Mathias and Elizabeth Jane “Betsy” Wright, and Ellis put it up at their graves in the Bailey Bowden Cemetery at Little Crab.
Here is a sample of the 13 generations of Mullinix descendants born in the United States: John Mullinix, born pre-1676, in Somerset County, Maryland, or in Sussex County, Delaware; married Penelope ?, during the 1690s. William W. Mullinix, born about 1700-05, in Sussex County, Delaware, son of John, married during the 17408 to Jean or Jane Coverdale, born about 1730, daughter of Richard and Elizabeth Coverdale. Richard Mullinix, son of William W. and Jean (Coverdale) Mullinix, born during the 1740s, in Sussex County, Delaware, married about 1767, to Elizabeth Poynter, daughter of Nathaniel Poynter. Nathaniel Mullinix, son of Richard and Elizabeth (Poynter) Mullinix, born about 1774, in northeast Tennessee, married about 1802, to Delilah ?. Jane Mullinix, daughter of Nathaniel and Delilah Mullinix, born about 1804, in Barren County, Kentucky; married February 4, 1821, to Thomas Beaty, son of Andrew and Elizabeth (Cooper) Beaty. Nancy Agnes Beaty, daughter of Thomas and Jane (Mullinix) Beaty, born November 14, 1824, in Clinton County, Kentucky; married June 1841, to Robert King, son of Robert King, Sr., or John A. King. Elizabeth Ann King, daughter of Robert and Nancy (Beaty) King, born February 27, 1854, in Fentress County, Tennessee; married in 1869, to John Taylor Wright, son of Mathias Austin Wright and Elizabeth Jane (Wright) Wright. James David Wright, son of John T. and Elizabeth Ann (King) Wright, born June 7, 1872, in Fentress County, Tennessee; married about 1894, to Martha Isabel Choate, daughter of Matilda Emiline Scott and a Choate man (whose name is not known) born in Fentress County, Tennessee. Maude Ann Wright, born January 17, 1896, in Fentress County, Tennessee, daughter of James David Wright and Martha Isabel (Choate) Wright; married December 20, 1912, to Granville Scott, son of Napoleon Bonaparte Scott and Mary Jane (Purdue) Scott, born June 16, 1892, in Fentress County, Tennessee. Edna Emiline Scott, born November 20, 1915, daughter of Maude and Granville, married May 28, 1932, to Lester Odell Bertram, born August 1913, in Casey County, Kentucky; son of Joel Mason Bertram and Sarah Matilda (McFarland) Bertram. Margie Lorene Bertram, born October 23, 1934, daughter of Edna and Lester, married August 22, 1951, to Sam Rodgers, son of Clarence and Sidney (Woodrum) Rodgers. Edna, Margie and Sam born in Casey County. Rosa Carol Rodgers, daughter of Margie and Sam, born January 3, 1955, in Hamilton County, Ohio, married July 22, 1972, to Alan Lester Atwood, born March 15, 1952, in Casey County, son of Shelby and Beulah (Scott) Atwood. Marsha Rose Atwood, daughter of Rosa and Alan, was born November 28, 1978, in Lebanon, Marion County, Ky. Which makes 13 generations of Mullinix descendants born in the United States. My Choate ancestors have had 11 generations born here; my Beatys 10 generations; and my Wrights 9 generations that I know of.
In September 1817, Nathaniel Mullinix owned 386 acres of land in the Poplar Cove area of what is now Fentress County. Some of his descendants remained in Fentress County, while many have scattered to other states, including: Florida, North Carolina, Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas, Texas, Nevada and California. For more details, see the Mullinix book in the Fentress County Library, by Marilyn (Mullinix) Blanck.
Source: https://homepages.rootsweb.com/~bp2000/fentress/mxnathaniel.htm
Robert Milnor
by Bruce Mullinix
This is a history of Frank Edward Mullinix and his ancestors. Much of the information in this brief history is found in the book Mullinil [sic] Families from Delaware to Tennessee and Beyond written and researched by Marilyn Mullinix Blanck of Alhambra, California. We extend our thanks to her for undertaking this work of love that resulted in such a valuable and interesting history of the Mullinix Families.
It is believed that the emigrant who began this Line of the Mullinix Family was named Robert Milnor, and that he lived first near Annamessex, Somerset County, Maryland. He emigrated to America from Great Britain, and interestingly enough, as two widelyseparated branches of the family history tells, was a sailor who jumped ship in the new world. In a 1914 note from Eli Mullinix to his grandson, James Mullinix, the emigrant ancestor, whose name he had forgotten, Landed at Point Comfort, Virginia in the late 1600’s.
Official records of Sussex County, Delaware contain the name of the proven progenitor, John Mullinix, the first to spell the name with an “X”. Analysis of probate records lead to the conclusion that the above named Robert Milnor, first found in Maryland in 1673, is “The Emigrant” and father of John Mullinix.
It is believed that Robert Milnor was a Buaker or $uaker sympathizer and, along withotherdissidents,refusedtopay ataxto support ministers of the Church of England. Maryland was more tolerant of religious nonconformist and, for this reason, Robert Milnor, his wife RebeccaBostonMilnor,and her family, moved to Somerset County, Maryland. Lord Baltimore claimed the land of what is now the coastal region of Delaware and encouraged many Somerset County families to settle there. Records indicate that Robert and Rebecca Milnor lived in Sussex County Delaware for at least two years. His children were (1) William, (2) John, (3) William 11(4) Mercy. John will continue this line. He died in Sussex County, Delaware in the Late 1670’s.
Robert’s son, John Mullinix, Lived in Sussex County, Delaware for some time. He married a girl named Penelope, and his name began appearing in the Land Records of Am ARmdel County, Maryland.
John and Penelope’s home was near Baltimore. He was thought to have been born about 1674 in Delaware and died before 1709 since Penelope was described in a land deed as the widow of John Mullinir. They had four children, Mary, Penelope, William, and John.
William W. Mullinix was born about 1705 in Sussex County, Delaware. In his early adult life he moved inland near the Coverdale Farm. He was later married to Jean Coverdale and they lived for some time in the Cedar Creek Hundred area on the border of Delaware and Maryland. William Mullinix had his property recorded in Sussex County, Delaware, and he paid his tar there. When tax collectors from Maryland came to collect a tax on the land they %aid was part of Maryland, William got into a schuffle with the under sheriff who planned to take him prisoner, but William broke free and escaped. In a later incident, this same undersheriff was killed by John Willey while trying to collect a Maryland Tax. Various indictments were handed down against Mullinix, but he was not prosecuted. William and his wife Jean, continued to live in Delaware, andthey had eight children. His eldest son Richard will continue this line. The rest of William W. Mullinix’s children were William, John, Israel, Ahce, Mary, Jean, Roseanna.
Source: https://homepages.rootsweb.com/~bp2000/fentress/mxmilnor.htm
Richard Mullinix
by Bruce Mullinix
Richard Mullinix, born near 1740 in Susser [sic] County, Delaware, inherited the family dwelling and half the plantation of William W. Mullinix, his father. He married Elizabeth Poynter whose family owned land in Somerset County, Maryland. Records indicate that Richard paid no taxes on this land and by 1776 his younger brother, William, had control of the entire plantation. It is believed that Richard Mullinix and his wife Elizabeth left Delaware for the uplands of North Carolina shortly after their marriage, possibly in the Late 1760’s. Very little is available on frontier families in North Carolina and Tennessee. It is proven that Richard Mullinix lived in Green County, Tennessee during the 1790’s, in Barren County, Kentucky from 1802 to 1807, and thereafter in Fentress County, Tennessee until his death sometime in the 1820’s. Richard and Elizabeth had eight children that were born between 1760’s to 1780’s. Nathaniel Mullinix will continue this line,
Nathaniel Mullinix was born (presumably) in Tennessee in the 1770’s. He and his parents moved to Barren County, Kentucky. Nathaniel met a girl by the name of Delilah — whom he Later married. Records for divorces in Overton show a petition for divorce in 1820. Nathaniel did not show up, and Delilah was granted a divorce. The defendant (Nathaniel) was found guilty of acts and deeds not consistent with the marriage vows. Nathaniel is Listed as a property owner in the 1810 Book of Surveys From 1807-1813. This piece of ground was described as 80 seres in Poplar Cove on the headwaters of Obey River This same land grant was sold by Nathaniel in 1820 which was the same year his wife Delilah sued for divorce. The Federal Census of 1830 showed Nathaniel Mullinix with several small children in his home and a young woman, presumed to be his second wife, Sallia Mayberry. The area in which they lived was called Boatland because of the flatboats that were built to transport tar and turpentine to Nashville and other markets. Nathaniel had, aswellas can be determined, four children. Nathan John Mullinix, his first son, will continue this line.
Nathan John Mullinix was born in Barren County, Kentucky. At this time his father Nathaniel owned 100 seres on the East Fork of the Big Barren. As stated above, his parents moved from Kentucky back to Tennessee to the Boatland area. Nathan John met and married Margaret Wright in 1835. They lived and worked in Fentress County and both died in Fentress County. Nathan John died in 1872 and his wife died in 1987. They had nine children. The children were Caroline, Joel, John W., Mary, Nancy, Zilpha, N. Anderson, Margaret, and Melinda. These children were born to Nathan John and Margaret between 1836 and 1857. Nathan’s position on the Civil War is not known, but his cousins and nephews from ELi’s family were enlisted in the Union Army. Two of these soldiers starved to death on Belie Island, and one was moved to Andenon Prison until the war ended. The Mullinixes, it is believed, did not own slaves as was the case with most families of this area, and their position on slavery is not known. Fentress County, however, was badly polarized over this issue. The history of John W. Mullinix will continue this line.
Source: https://homepages.rootsweb.com/~bp2000/fentress/mxrichard.htm
John W. Mullinix
by Bruce Mullinix
John W. Mullinix was born in the Boatland area of Fentress County in 1843. He met Amanda Choate, daughter of Thomas and Polly Choate. They were married on November 25th, 1869. The children of John W. and Amanda were George A. 1871, Joseph 1872, N. Thomas 1873, Johnny B. 1874, Hiram 1876, Mary C. 1878, Margaret Clementine 1880, James Columbus (Snowball) 1884, Porter Alien 1882, Franklin MacDow (Mac) 1886. They continued to live and work in Fentress County as a farmer growing much of the food that the family would eat.
John W. Mullinix is found in the Deed Records as buying a 75 acre tract of land from A.B. Hull on January 1, 1861. It is not known how long he owned this land. They settled on a little mountain farm between Boatland and Manson. They never accumulated great wealth but were very richly blessed with deep love and respect for each other. John W. Mullinix and Amanda were of the Methodist Faith. John W. Mullinix was a member of the Masonic Lodge. The following is a list of his children and who they married. (1) George married Sina Cooper, (2) Joe married Nora Beaty, (3) Johnny to Lee Ann Beaty, (4) Hiram to Willetta Beaty, (5) James (Snowball) Columbus to Ethel Bertram, (6) Porter to Helen Wright, (7) Mary to Cull Whited, and (8) Margaret to Jim (Ecker) Smith. (9) Thomas never married and died of tuberculesis while still a young man, and (1) Franklin MacDow married Vada Pennycuff. John W. and Amanda Mullinix’s grandchildren were (1) Children of George and Sina Mullinix: Rosie, Grady, Ralph, Ellis, Shelly, Amold, Homer, Petty, (2) Children of Joe and Nora Mullinix: Willie and Thelma, (3) Children of Johnny and Lee Ann Mullinix: Verden, Willard, Eula, Berniee, Oma. (4) Cull and Mary Whited: Carson, Dave, Lena, and Auda. (5) James (Snowball) and Ethel Mullinix: Odell, Jack and Joel Bertram (J.B.). (6) Porter Alien and Helen Mullinix, Fred, Zola, Vergie, Beulah, Frank, Grace, Blanche. (7) Franklin MacDow (Mac) and Vada Mullinix; Ruby, Clyde, Ilene, John Edd, Grady, Kenneth, Dixie, Billy Joe, and Steve. (8) Hiram and Willetta Mullinix: No children. (9) Margaret and Jim Smith: Beaulah, Mack and Ave. (10) Thomas: Never married.
John W. and Amanda were blessed of God with a host of children, grandchildren, and friends. John died in 1926.
Porter Allen Mullinix will continue this line.
Source: https://homepages.rootsweb.com/~bp2000/fentress/mxjohn.htm
Porter Allen Mullinix
by Bruoe F. Mullinix
Porter Alien Mullinix was born on Allred Mountain in the Boatland area of Fentress County on May 27, 1882. As was very common then and now, Porter met a young girl of the immediate area. Her name was Helen Wright, whom he married on December 10, 1905. On March 15th, 1920 Porter and Helen acquired 300 acre tract of property in Glenoby where nearly all their children would be born. Porter and Helen had seven children. They were by age (1) Fred married to Hazel Linder, (2) Zola who died in 1953 before marriage, (3) Vergie who married Sheldon Compton, (4) Beulah who died at age 12 in 1926, (5) Frank who married Lillie Edna Hood, (6) Grace who married William Matthews, (7) Blanche who married ELmo Wright.
Porter was well known and well liked by many in Fentress County. He was especially known for his ability to drive right down the middle of the road. This gave other motorists the opportunity to pass on either side.
Porter and family lived in Overton County for a year or two before moving back to Lick Skillet. They later moved to the Jane Beaty place in Glenoby. The kids would help with crops since most of their food was grown on the farm. The family would raise chickens and sell eggs for things they needed. In the spring Mn. Mullinix would sell several chickens and all the children would get a brand new pair of slippers and cloth for a new dress. In the fall after “Taters” were dug and holed up, the sweet “Taters” put in the loft, the fodder was pulled and put in the shed, they would sit around after supper and pick seeds out of the cotton. Mrs. Mullinix always made her own batting for quilts, and Porter would work on rafting pins he would later use to hold the logs together as they were floated down river to Celina to the mill. The logging would be done in the winter, and the logs would be snaked to the river or run down a log chute. When the Obey River flooded in Spring from heavy rains, Porter and his crew of men would assemble the logs into rafts and begin their journey to the mill. They usually walled back. Porter always brought the kids hack candy on his way back home. Life was hard, times were tough, but love for one another and a good sense of humor gave their life many good memories and enjoyable times.
Porter was once involved in a minor fender bender on the square of Jamestown. The other vehicle belonged to a preacher of the area. After assessing the damage, Porter began going around town literally passing the hat to repair the preacher’s car because “Someone” had run into the preacher’s car. The Life and times of Porter and Helen Mullinix are still remembered and enjoyed by many today. Frank Edward Mullinix will continue this line.
Porter Mullinix died on December 19, 1955 and Helen Mullinix died on June 20, 1961.
Source: https://homepages.rootsweb.com/~bp2000/fentress/mxporter.htm
Frank Edward Mullinix
by Bruce Mullinix
Frank Edward Mullinix was born, the 5th of seven children, on March 7, 1917. He was bornintheBoatlandareaandspentmostof his early years on the family farm in Glenoby. His early schooling was at the Bowden School, and he usually got there by way ofa trail through the woods along the river. Frank attended and graduated from the Stockton Valley Academy.
Frank, being the youngest boy, would be given the semi-annual task of rounding up the sheep from the hills and hollers around the farm. Often sheep and cattle would roam at will foraging for food through the woods of the area. Frank would then begin the task of shearing the sheep and removing cuckleburrs from the sheared wool. Many long hours also would be spent in chopping the long rows of corn or preparing the fields for planting. Being able to drive a good team of muleswas a needed attribute for Frank and most other boys who grew up on a farm.
Frank left the farm and joined the Air Force to serve his country in the Warto end all wars. He was trained as a Flight Engineer during his tour of duty. It was at this time that Frank met the love of his life. She lived on top of the mountain with her parents Porter and Gertie Hood. Frank and Lillie Edna were married on March 27, 1944.
Finding work that paid well was difficult in Jamestown, so Frank moved his family to Detroit, Michigan for a threeyear stay. You might take the boy out of the country but you can’t take the country out of the boy is a true statement where Frank was concerned. His love for hunting and fishing, family and friends, brought Frank and his family back to Jamestown.
Frank worked at the shift factory, water plant, and in county government as Tax Assessor for eight years. He is now retired and Living on Star Point Road in Jamestown.
Frank and Lillie Edna are the parent of five children. They are (1) Steve who married Ruth Criswell and have two children, Julie and Porter, (2) Rosemary who married Wendell Sexton and have two children, Larry and Karen, (3) Carol who married Ted Peercy and have two children, Angels and Allison, (4) Bruce who married Marilyn Russell and have one child, Derek, (5) Frank Alien who married Doris Wright and have two children, Mendy and Heather.
Frank has a great love for hunting and usually has a top flight coon dog. He is now 69 years old and still goes “huntin” as often as the opportunity presents itself. He enjoys fishing and frequents the lakes and ponds of the area often. Frank has a bad habit of continually trying to help the Braves win a pennant. His sense of humor, as was his dad’s, make Frank a very enjoyable person to spend some time with.
Frank and Lillie Edna never accumulated great riches but are wealthy in terms of love of one another and family and friends.
Bruce Frederick Mullinix will continue this line.
Source: https://homepages.rootsweb.com/~bp2000/fentress/mxfrank.htm
Bruce Frederick Mullinix
by Bruce Mullinix
Bruce Frederick Mullinix was born the 2nd son and fourth child of Frank and Edna Mullinix on {redacted on this site}. Bruce spent his boyhood days at his parents home 2% miles south of town across the road from his maternal grandparents home, Porter and Gertid Hood. He attended York Elementary and York Institute where he was exposed to many very good teachers to whom he is extremely grateful.
Bruce’s boyhood was spent doing a few small chores and playing with his younger brother Frank and his cousins, Marshal, Gene AUen, Butch and friends. His dayswere filled with exploring, hiking, swimming in Manson Turner’s pond, riding ponies and bikes, and playing countless hours of basketball and softball. Many times at night a long game of hide and seek would polish off a good day.
Bruce worked part-time at Hood’s Texaco and Wright’s Store and gained not only monetarily but learned a lot about life as well. He later attended Tennessee Tech in Cookeville where he trained to be a teacher. Bruce returned to Jamestown and began his career in teaching at Pine Haven Elementary in 1971. It was at this time he met Marilyn Russell whom he later married. Marilyn is the daughter of Ben and Evelyn Russell of Jamestown. A son was born to Bruce and Marilyn on December 18th, 1972 and was named Derek Russell Mullinix. Derek, bythe way, is the eleventh Mullinix in direct descent mentioned, heal Mullinixes and Millsaps back together. Derek’s ancestor, Eli Mullinix, served under Derek’s great, great, great grandfather Captain Mitchell Curtis Millsaps, during the Civil War.
Bruce served in County Government for five years as the county School Superintendent and is still working in the Education Department here in Jamestown. Bruce and his family live on Star Point Road here in Jamestown and enjoys music and sports quite abit.
The histories of John W. and Porter were assembled with the help of Mrs. Grace (Marg) Matthews to whom much thanks is given.
Shown below is a list of the eleven generations of Mullinixes from Robert to Derek. The Ilth. generation of Robert Milnor can not be proven positively, but the evidence points strongly to him as “The Emigrant” from Britain who fathered John Mullinix, the proven progenitor.
(11) Robert Milnor (ca. 1650-1679), m. Rebecca Boston; (10) John Mullinix (ca. 1674-1705), m. Penelope; (9) William Mullinix, (ca. 1705-1762) m. Jean Coverdale; (8) Richard Mullinix, (ca. 1740-1820’s) m. Elizabeth Poynter; (7) Nathaniel Mullinix, (ca. 1774-1830’s) m. Delilah –, Sallie Mayberry; (6) Nathan John Mullinix (1805-1872) m. Margaret Wright; (5) John W. Mullinix (1843-1890’s) m. Amanda Choate; (4) Porter Alien Mullinix (May 27, 1882 – Dec. 19, 1955) m. Helen Wright; (3) Frank Edward Mullinix (March 7, 1917) m. Lillie Edna Hood; (2) Bruce Frederick Mullinix ({redacted on this site}) m. Marilyn Russell; (1) Derek Russell Mullinix ({redacted on this site}).
Source: https://homepages.rootsweb.com/~bp2000/fentress/mxbruce.htm
Eli and Sarah Mullinix
by Novella S. Cravens
Son of Richard Mullinix and Elizabeth Poynter, Eli is thought to have been born in the eastern most part of TN during the 1770’s.
Eli’s name is 1st found in public record in 1880 when he witnessed a Greene Co., TN, deed for property which his father purchased. (Greene, Co., TN D. Bk. 6, p. 413, 1 Nov 1800). Next he is listed as a taxpayer of Barren Co., KY, living near his father and brothers, Nathaniel and Levy, on the East Fork of Big Barren River.
The earliest proof of residence in the Overton/Fentress Co. area is found in Hutcherson, Homesteaders and Landowrners, Fourth Surveyors District of Tennessee, Overton, Tennessee. Eli Mullinix is listed as a “certified carrier of the chain” in an 1808 survey of lands of Jacob Cooper, in Poplar Cove on Obey’s River, Overton Co.
Eli and his wife and children had moved to the area from Barren Co., KY, along with his father Richard and brother Nathaniel. First mention of Fentreas County property of Eli’s is in Deed Book A, pg. 179, 24 Sept. 1829, which records his purchase of 151/A, part of the McIver lands, Donelson, Cove Tract. This property he deeded to his son Isham on 14 Mar 1838 (D. Bk. C, p. 200). The family lived in what later became known as the Boatland Community of Fentress County.
Eli is thought to have died around 1842 in Fentress County.
Eli’s wife Sarah was the daughter of William Dykes and Sarah Haley Dykes. The parental families lived in the area where the boundaries of Hawkins, Greene, Sullivan and Washington Counties meet — the Dykes families near Beech Creek and the Mullinixes near Lick Creek. The Dykes family are traceable to Goochland County, VA., and it appears that they are of English origin.
Sarah Dykes Mullinix survived Eli by many years, and is Last found in public record on 1860 Census, in the home of her son, Nathaniel. By 1870 she is presumed deeeased.
Eli and Sarah’s children were: Nathaniel (1800 – d. after June 1880) mar. 1) Elizabeth Pritchard, 2) Betsy Wright; Nina (b. ca 1805 -d. 1850/60) mar. Joel Hinds; Polly (b. ca 1807 – d. ) mar. William West — they moved to Missouri; Margaret (ca. 1808 -) mar. William Winton; Anna (b. ca 1810 – d. 1845/50) mar. John Pulse; Elizabeth (b. ca 1813 – d. 1870/80) mar. Charles Smith; Isham (b. ca 1810- d. 1854/60) mar. 1834- Lavina Boswell.
Nathaniel and Elizabeth’s children were: Sarah mar. Sabe Choate; Isham mar. Nancy (or Nine) Pulse; William – unmarried; Eli mar. 1) Sarah Moss, 2) Arminda Eberhardt; Anna mar. William Storie; Themes mar. Hattie Elizabeth Brock; Celia mar. John Davis; Catherine C. mar. Christopher Choate; Andrew Jackson mar. 1) Elizabeth –, 2) Katherine Beaty; ELizabeth – unmarried; Isaac Tindal – unmarried; Nancy Jane mar. Sabe Choate (his 2nd marriage); Nathaneil; John Preston mar. Martha Elinor Loyal; David- unmar.; Vine- unmar.; Abigail mar. 1) Hiram Pogue, 2) John Hicks; and Marion -unmar.
Nina and Joel Hinds’ children: fly; Polly; Simeon mar. Elizabeth Smith; Joel; Ferry mar. Elizabeth Allred; Jane; and John (?).
Polly and William West’s children: James; Isham; Sarah A.; John; Frances M.; Nancy J.; and Mary J.
Anna and John Pulse (see John and Anna Pulse story).
Elizabeth and Charles Smith’s children: William; Celia; Barton; Cintha; Tilda; Polly; Margaret (or Mary) (same as Polly?); Sarah; Inglintine; David; Amanda and Granville.
Isham and Lavina Boswell’s children: Nathaniel mar. Margaret — ; Sarah Jane mar. William Conatser; Eli Foster mar. Thursa Evelyn Richardson; BurceLia mar. John Sherrill; Andrew unmar.; Sampson – unmar.; Samuel Winton mar. Cumanza Huddleston; William Dyke mar. Abbie Wood; and Nina mar. Levi Norris.
(Information source: Mulllinix Families from Delaware to Tennessee and Beyond by Marilyn Mullinix Blanck, Aug. 1983)
Source: https://homepages.rootsweb.com/~bp2000/fentress/mxelisarah.htm
On January 24, 2022, the story for W. I. Mullinix and Ida Ellen Crouch was “not found” on the server where these stories are housed.
Transcriber’s note: Most, but not all, [transcribed] excerpts relate to Beaty families. Don’t forget the first rule of genealogy — everything should be backed by primary documentation — This book was written by the Fentress Co. Historical Society. It’s mainly a collection of personal histories told from memory and family tradition with little documentation, and should be taken as such.
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