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SETTLING INTO OTHER NORTH GEORGIA COUNTIES (1825) To try and gain a perspective on the confusing data coming out of North Georgia during the first half of the 19th century, one must have a firm grasp on the county formation, and boundary lines. Here listed are some counties of importance preceded by the sequential number of their formation by the acts of Georgia Legislature:
Perhaps this picture from 1839[1] will help viewing the areas where Bud and his family settled about 1825. By 1851, county sizes throughout North Georgia had begun to be reduced to allow travel time to the county government to be made in less than two days. In 1851, Cobb County’s size was reduced on both the east and west to allow for that reduction. The eastern boundary was moved over to approximately where the longitudinal line is on the map below between the letters C&O of Cobb. This map shows all roads, post roads, county boundaries, and major rivers, in several surrounding counties, with the Chattahoochee River flowing diagonally across the map.
The first mention that any of the MULLINS’ Clan has moved is a deed in Hall County dated January 17, 1826, where Osborn MULLINS of DeKalb County sells to Daniel HAMMON, of Hall County, land in the County of Hall on the waters of Shoal Creek, formerly Gwinnett, now Hall County containing 125 acres.[2] According to many maps dating from 1820 to the present the boundary of Hall and Gwinnett has remained constant, therefore for this deed to contain the statement “formerly Gwinnett, now Hall County” probably means that the land was on the border between the two and there was early confusion as to its exact position. From this we also know that Osborn is living in DeKalb County and that he formerly owned land in Hall County, and that Osborn, unlike his father Bud, can at least write.
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