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Malone Mullins 1754-1841 The amount of documentation available on Malone Mullins is quite extensive. One must be careful though, because he had a relative (I assume his cousin) that had the name Lone Mullins. Of course our Malone did not always get his name recorded right. Besides his correct name he was recorded at various times as: Malone Mullin (1776 - private in NC Continental Line) Melone Mullen (1778 - Member of 2nd NC Battalion) Melone Mullen (1783 - Paid for services as NC Soldier) Milond Mullins (1783 - Records of NC Soldiers)
I believe that Malone Mullins was named after his deceased mother's family. This is certainly not proven and will probably remain an item of contention for quite some time. Thomas Mullins, the former indentured servant and blacksmith, married Anne Malone in Surry County, Colony of Virginia about 1740. Please refer to chapter on John Mullins and Anne Malone Mullins. I also believe that Clement Mullins referred to later was his brother. Malone was born between 1754 - 1756 in Granville County, that became Bute County, now Franklin County, North Carolina. This information was determined from his Revolutionary War Application and various censuses. On April 27, 1776 he enlisted in the Army of the United States in Bute County, NC, where he served for 2 1/2 years giving him a discharge date in October, 1778. For this 30 months of service he was entitled to 228 acres and was recorded in the records of North Carolina soldiers of the American Revolution on October 16, 1783. In the Franklin County Deed Book 9, pg. 72, on November 26, 1792 Malone officially deeded to Robert Goodloe of Granville County, NC, land (no amount listed) in Davidson County, TN. Witnessed by Clement Mullens. (Malone and Clement were living in Green County, Georgia when this deed was executed.) It could be assumed that this is the land given to Malone for his service in the Revolutionary War, and that in his discharge he states "he has not his discharge having placed in the hands of Robert Goodlow in 1784 and has never seen it since." Captain Goodloe (-low) served in the Revolutionary War in Col. Long's Regiment. Clement Mullins also served under Captain Goodloe. In 1832 Malone finally made his application for a pension, #W5396. He filed on February 4, 1832, from his residence county then - Hancock County, GA, and on June 24, 1833 he was awarded a pension of $80.00 per year. From his application he states that he was married on January 23, 1783 in Franklin County, NC. Elizabeth, his wife, states in later censuses that she was born in NC. We believe that Malone, his new wife, and at least Clement Mullins left North Carolina in late 1783 or early 1784 for Georgia. The early path connecting the Carolinas to Georgia and Alabama was called The Occaneechi Path. This trail led through North Carolina and northeastern South Carolina to the present city of Augusta, Georgia. This old Indian trail, over 500 miles long was the main route for immigration for settlers, and was even believed to have been used by DeSoto about 1540. After Augusta the trail enters the area where the Mullins' settled - the future counties of Warren, Hancock, Greene, Washington and Baldwin. By the summer of 1784 they were in Georgia, where all of their children were born. Clement Mullins along with Malone and his family settled on Rocky Creek, a tributary to the Oconee River, in Greene County. In 1789 Malone was on the Greene County tax rolls. In 1793, the southern portion of Greene county became Hancock County. Malone began paying taxes in Hancock County in 1794. From the deed records of the time we learn that Clement and Malone had adjacent properties along Rocky Creek, with Malone also owning 220 acres on Island Creek which he paid taxes on in 1802. From these tax rolls we also learn that other Mullins kin had settled in the area: Tax List for Hancock County, Georgia, 1802 Jeremiah Mullins - 92.5 acres on Island Creek (Brother of Malone) Green Mullins - no property Clemm Mullins - 121 acres on Oconee River (Brother of Malone) Nat Mullins - 64 acres on Island Creek (Brother of Malone) Malone Mullins - 220 acres on Island Creek Malone and his wife attended the Island Creek Baptist Church as early as 1801. His family continued to attend church there until 1885 when the last of his family, in that area died. In 1803 Baldwin County was created from Creek Indian Lands ceeded in June of 1802 and the southern tip of Hancock County, which included a portion of the Oconee River. Jones County, to the west of Baldwin County came into existence in December of 1807 as a former part of Baldwin County. Malone, as well as other family members, participated in the Georgia Land Lotteries. The lottery was used for dispensing land lots in new lands, on what the State of Georgia refers to as "newly acquired lands" from the various Indian Tribes. To be allowed to enter the lottery a person had to register and meet certain rules and qualifications. Extra draws were allowed to individuals based upon their qualifications. If you had lived in Georgia for at least one year you were entitled to one draw, and if your were married and had at least one child under 21 years old, you were entitle to two draws. Under the 1805 Land Lottery, the areas to be given away were 202 1/2 acre lots in Baldwin (Districts 1-5) and Wilkinson Counties, and 490 acre lots in Wayne County in southeast Georgia. "Loan" Mullins was given 2 draws in this 1805 Lottery. In 1807 another Land Lottery was held covering Districts 6-20 in Baldwin County, and again Malone Mullins was awarded 2 draws. At this time, pending further research, we do not know of any land Malone Mullins received in the two Land Lotteries. He did buy on August 26, 1812 from a lottery winner - Ethildred Tarver, 202.5 acres, Lot #45 in 8th District of Baldwin (now Jones ) County. He is recorded as paying taxes on this property in 1813. This same acreage he split up and sold on January 11, 1816, one half, or 101.25 acres to William Ward. Later that year on April 10, he sold 50 acres to Jeremiah Mullins, Jr. One other early land transaction occurred in 1818 in Hancock County were he sold a small portion (42.5 acres) on a small branch of Oconee River to Elijah Harrison. In 1820 Malone also drew for the next Land Lottery, supposedly given a draw as a Revolutionary Soldier. Malone is on the 1830 and 1840 census for Hancock County, Georgia. He died on February 3, 1841, and his wife, Elizabeth, continued to live there when she died on August 03, 1854. Here is a summary of known events in Malone Mullins' life:
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