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John Mullins I 1743-Aft 1784 John Mullins is clearly the son of Thomas and Anne (Malone) Mullins. This will become evident in the documentation to follow. John was born in 1743 in Albermarle Parish, Surry County, Virginia. It was recorded in that Parishes' record that exists to this day. He was the second son, the first being Thomas Jr. As far as we can determine, Thomas Jr. may have gone with his step-brothers to Georgia. It is my belief that John moved with his father and his new step-mother Anne (Clement) Mullins to North Carolina about 1747, a date we are comfortable with as his younger half-brother Jeremiah was born there in 1748. It is my assumption that John lived on his father's land as he was never recorded as buying or selling his own property. He did pay taxes, along with his father in Bute County in 1771, but there was no mention of his assets. Genealogy research is quite confusing at times due to the name and boundary changes as well as formation of new counties. The changes we are interested in are: 1746 - Granville County formed from Edgecome County 1764 - Bute County formed from Granville County 1779 - Warren and Franklin Counties formed from Bute County (Bute County ceases to exist but the records of Bute remain in the Warren County seat at Warrenton, NC.) John is believed to have married Mary Green, the date unknown. John must have been in poor health, unlike his brothers who lived to very old ages. Perhaps it was because of the genes he received from his mother who died at an early age. On April 9, 1784, not yet at the age of 41, he writes his will. Nathan (x) Mullins witnessed the document. He died before October, 1798, when the Franklin (formerly Bute) County will was probated. He left to his wife Mary "my land and plantation whereon I now live", and after Mary died he awarded it to his two youngest sons - Lone and Green Mullins. He left all of his blacksmith tools "to my oldest sons, Julius Mullins and John Mullins...for use of the plantation until my son Julius is twenty one...". Also mentioned were his daughter Chany and sons Bud and Kintchen (Kinchen), all under 21 years of age. From this document we learn that he was a blacksmith just like his father, and he passed that training on to some of his older sons - John and Julius, and Nathaniel. Also he inherited some of his father's land and passed it on to his two youngest sons - Lone and Green. Lone disposed of his portion in 1807. Green on the other hand held his until 1820 when while living in Jefferson County, Georgia, the sale was recorded in Franklin County, NC, and witnessed by Kinchen Mullins, his older brother. A final document was recorded in the Franklin County Will Book on October 5, 1798. Recipients of his estate were recorded as Chaney Mullins, Bud Mullins, Kinchen Mullins. John Mullins (Jr.) mentioned as due his part of the estate. Jabin (should be Julius) Mullins appeared to have received his due share already. For John and Julius, they are obviously referring to the blacksmith tools. Lone and Green were not mentioned, which means that this document is dividing up the property of the late John Mullins, not his land. Here are the known events in the life of John Mullins I:
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