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Federal Census Georgia & South Carolina, 1830
Next, the Federal Census for1830 is taken.
The good part is that all county records of each state are extant.
The more difficult part is with the counties in the northwest corner of
Georgia, comprising what has been referred to later as Cherokee County.
This area of Indian land was not opened up for settlement by whites until
the simultaneous 1832 Gold and Land Lotteries.
In 1830, the census takers were to record whites living on these lands,
and the border counties of Habersham, Hall, Gwinnett, DeKalb, Campbell and Hall
reflected those whites. Because of
this confusion, the following analysis attempts to determine the location of our
MULLINS’ families in 1830. The
1830 census had the following columns for males and females: 0-5, 5-9, 10-14,
15-19, 20-29, 30-39, etc. They are
listed by family, if known, and their believed birth years, with an analysis of
each.
BUD
MULLINS CLAN IN 1830
The names of the family of Bud
MULLINS, followed by county and state of residence, and page number of the
census with the enumeration are listed here, in believed birth order:
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MULLINS, Bud
Campbell County, GA
Pg. 208 (00001000001-0000000001).
This data interprets as one male 20-29, Bud age 80-89, one female,
presumably his wife age 70-79. Since there were so many other mistakes, the male listed as
20-29 could be presumed to be Thomas MULLINS, Bud’s son. In addition, there were three slaves: one male under 10, one
age 10-24, and one female age 36-44. Bud
would have been about 72 years old, being born in 1758.
It was common to have ages rounded during that time, picking the
closest decade, which makes this error possible.
In searching the census, something else is noticed.
Bud was enumerated first on page 208, and the handwriting of the
census taker changed. This
means someone else recorded Bud and those 4 pages or about 100 families that
ended the census in Campbell County. All other family members had been recorded earlier.
It is just interesting. In
addition, there was not a date recorded anywhere on the pages, but the
census was completed and filed on October 8, 1830. |
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MULLINS, Rebecca
(more needs to be entered here)
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MULLINS, Thomas
Campbell, GA
Pg. 208. Thomas is
enumerated above with his father, Bud, but in the wrong age bracket, which
should be 30-39.
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MULLINS, Nancy
(more needs to be entered here) |
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MULLINS, Elias
Campbell, GA
Pg. 203 (01101-11201). He
was enumerated #21 of 26 on page 203. This
data gives Elias and his wife ages between 20-29, which means they were born
between 1800-1809. To already
have six children, would put their birth years closer to 1800.
This is what makes a study of this family so difficult. Elias, if he is Bud’s son, was born about 1794, not
1800-1809. |
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MULLINS, Osborn
DeKalb County, GA Pg. 72 (01000101-121001). This
census taker seemed to be more thorough than others are; he listed the fact
that this family had 1+ children under 14 and deaf & dumb.
In addition, the name is listed as Ozburn, and he is on line 4 of
page 72. He and his wife’s
birth years, according to this census, were between 1790-1799.
The other male, age 50-59, could be his father-in-law.
(this needs more datail) |
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MULLINS, Ausbern
Carroll, GA
Pg. 221 (10001-200001). This
entry is interesting as he is between 20-30, and she is between 30-40, which
was very uncommon at that time. This
would give him a birth year of between 1800-1809.
If this is Bud’s son, we have a problem with the sequence of birth
of the children. (more research
here needed, as to which one of these is Bud’s son) |
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MULLINS, Burgess
Greenville County, SC |
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MULLINS,
Clement
Campbell County, GA
Pg. 199 (010001-00001). He
and his wife were enumerated #17 of 26 on page 199.
He is between 20 and 29 years of age and she is 15 to 20, and they
have one son between 5 and 9 years old.
Some of these census records, if correct, are hard to take. It is much easier to assume error on the census taker’s
part. Clement was born in 1804,
so this seems correct. In about
1827-1828, Clement married Prussia TURNER, the daughter of John Harbinger
TURNER I (b: 1789 in South Carolina) and Heddiah RIVES (b: 1788 in Virginia).
John and his family were recorded living nearby (pg. 200) in this
census. Clement and Prussia’s
first son James Middleton MULLINS had been born March 16, 1829, so the
census taker certainly missed getting this one year old in the right column.
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MULLINS, Reuben
Hall County, GA
Pg. 99 (00001-00001). This gives Reuben and his wife birth years between 1800-1809,
which needs to be determined, to fix more closely the date Bud moved from
South Carolina to Georgia. Reuben
was just married on October 4, 1829 to Miss Rebecca Powers in Hall County.
Why Reuben remained in Hall County is uncertain.
He was enumerated between two families – William ALRED and Elias
ALRED, but no association is assumed from that. |
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MULLINS, Samuel
Campbell County, GA
Pg. 201 (00001-0001). He
is listed on page 201, line #20 of 26, and is between 20-30, with his wife
15-20. Samuel was born in 1810,
which agrees (barely) with the census, and his wife was born about 1814 in
Georgia. Her name is Rachael A.
GRAY and they were married on December 29, 1829, in Campbell County,
Georgia. |
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MULLINS, Mahalia
Campbell County, GA
Pg. 202 (?) By 1828, she
has married Copeland C. HICKMAN and they had, by census time, one or two
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OTHER MULLINS IN GEORGIA, 1830
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MULLINS, Thomas
Talbot County, GA (2100001-21101-9).
This reference is the only Thomas MULLINS listed anywhere in Georgia
in 1830. Is this Bud’s son?
This Thomas is enumerated in the main town – Talbotton.
This census does show that Thomas is between 40-49, giving him a
birth year of between 1780-1789, which does not fit our Thomas who was born
in 1791. In addition, the
oldest female is between 20-29 years, which would lend more to it being his
child, and not his wife. There
were also nine slaves enumerated, a large number, not reached by any other
of Bud MULLINS’ children. Another
reason to believe this is not our Thomas, is that in 1820 he is believed to
have been enumerated with Bud in Hall County, his age then being 29, and
unmarried. It is not likely
that he could have married, had seven children, one of them at least ten
years old, in the ensuing 10 years. Besides this, both Thomas’ are in the 1832 Gold Land
Lottery, residing exactly where they were in this 1830 census. It is likely that this Thomas moved here from Jones County,
Georgia in 1827, along with his brother Elias MULLINS who were the sons of
Thomas MULLINS II and Lucy MULLINS who settled in Wilkes County, Georgia by
1787 where Bud MULLINS had located at that time. |
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MULLINS, May
Carroll County, GA Pg.
230 (1021201-1022001). May and
his wife, both ages between 40-50 have 11 children by 1830. The names of these children have not been ascertained, but it
is believed that they had at least two more after 1830. May is the son of Lone MULLINS, who probably died about 1801
in South Carolina. |
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MULLINS, John
DeKalb County, GA Pg. 73
(110001-2101). This enumeration
lists seven people, no slaves, on line 14, page 73.
It is also likely that John’s wife has died.
What is also interesting is that on the page before is Ozburn
MULLINS, and they are the only two enumerated in DeKalb County in 1830. The children are all under 10 years of age giving them birth
years from 1820-1829. |
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MULLINS, Burton
Hall County, GA
Pg. 74 (10001-0). He has
no wife, just a young son. Burton
had married Susan WILSON on March 12, 1827, and she had evidently died prior
to 1830. Burton then married Nancy STRINGER on June 13, 1833, both
marriages taking place in Hall County, GA. |
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MULLINS, John
Hall County, GA
Pg. 87 (112001-11101). This
John may be a junior and son of John enumerated below. |
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MULLINS, John
Hall County, GA
Pg. 113 (0000100001-00010001. He
is 70-79; she is 60-69 years of age, giving him a birth year range of
1751-1760. There is a
possibility that this John is closely related to Bud, and that he is the
father of John (Jr.?), Burton, and William, all enumerated in Hall County in
1830. |
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MULLINS, William
Hall County, GA
Pg. 68 (001001-000001). They
are 30-39 years of age. It is
possible that he is the son of John (Sr.?). |
Early Georgia Marriages, www.ancestry.com
Mullins Index |