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:

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. 

MULLINS, Rebecca      (more needs to be entered here)

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.

MULLINS, Nancy          (more needs to be entered here)

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. 

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)

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)

MULLINS, Burgess Greenville County, SC

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.

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.[1]  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. 

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. 

MULLINS, Mahalia Campbell County, GA     Pg. 202 (?)  By 1828, she has married Copeland C. HICKMAN and they had, by census time, one or two boys. 

OTHER MULLINS IN GEORGIA, 1830

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.

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.

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.

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.[2]

MULLINS, John      Hall County, GA       Pg. 87 (112001-11101).  This John may be a junior and son of John enumerated below.

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.

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.?). 

 

[1] Early Georgia Marriages, Hall County, www.ancestry.com

[2] Early Georgia Marriages, www.ancestry.com

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