Source: Diane Christi.
Thomas Kinion Mullins was born on 16 Jan 1809 in Newburn, Craven Co., North Carolina.6 Births: Thomas Kenan Mullins was born January 16th A.D. 1809 (Newburn, N.C.). [Information copied from Mullins Family Bible]
He was listed as head of household in Census taken in 1840 in Monroe Co., Georgia.7 Total: 7 family members - 2 adults, 5 children under the age of 10 yrs.
He was Methodist in 1850 in Troy, Pike Co., Al,. First Methodist Church of Troy: Organized 1850. Charter members were Zaccheus Nix, John Nix, Urban Jones, Richard F Cook, William Motes, Thomas K Mullins, Judy (a colored woman), & Mary J Allen. An early pastor was A.N. Worthy.
He was a Plantation owner/Farmer from 1850 to 1880 in Pike Co., Al. He was listed as head of household in Census taken on 3 Dec 1850 in Pike Co., Al.
Family #1279 - T K Mullins, 42 yrs (Farmer). Real Estate value - $1000. Birthplace - NC. Also listed as members of the household were Amelia, 37, bn Ga., and 9 children. (See Slave Schedule)
He was listed as land owner on 2 Feb 1852 in Pike Co., Alabama.11 Certificate No. 40,613
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting:
Whereas Thomas K Mullins of Pike Co. Al., has deposited in the GENERAL LAND OFFICE of the United States, a Certificate of the REGISTER OF THE LAND OFFICE at Cahaba, whereby it appears that full payment has been made by the said Thomas K. Mullins, according to the provisions of the Act of Congress of the 24th of April, 1820, entitled "An act making further provision for the sale of the Public Lands," for the East half, of the North East quarter of Section One in Township Nine of Range Twenty, in the District of Lands subject to sale at Cahaba Al.bama containing Eighty acres and Ninety-two hundredths of an acre according to the official plat of the Survey of the said Lands, returned to the General Land Office by the SURVEYOR GENERAL, which said tract has been purchased by the said Thomas K Mullins: NOW KNOW YE, That the United States of America, in consideration fo the promises, and in conformity with the several acts of congress in such case made and provided, HAVE GIVEN AND GRANTED, and by these presents DO GIVE AND GRANT, unto the said Thomas K Mullins, and to his heirs, the said tract above described: To have and to hold the same, together with all the rights, privileges, immunities, and appurtenances, of whatsoever nature, thereunto belonging, unto the said Thomas K Mullins, and to his heirs and assigns forever.
In testimony Whereof, I, Millard Fillmore President of the United States of America, have caused these letters to be made PATENT, and the SEAL of the GENERAL LAND OFFICE to be hereunto affixed.
Given under my hand, at the City of Washington, the second day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty two and of the Independence of the United States the Seventy Sixth
By the President: Millard Fillmore
by M T Fillmore Secretary.
E. S. Terry Recorder of the General land Office.
He was listed as land owner on 1 Dec 1852 in Pike Co., Al. Certificate No. 41,484
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting:
Whereas Thomas K Mullins of Pike county Alabama has deposited in the GENERAL LAND OFFICE of the United States, a Certificate of the REGISTER OF THE LAND OFFICE at Cahaba, whereby it appears that full payment has been made by the said Thomas K. Mullins, according to the provisions of the Act of Congress of the 24th of April, 1820, entitled "An act making further provision for the sale of the Public Lands," for the South West quarter of the North East quarter of Section Twelve in Township Nine, of Range Twenty, in the District of Lands subject to sale at Cahaba, Al.bama, containing thirty nine acres and eighty one and a half hundredths of an acre according to the official plat of the Survey of the said Lands, returned to the General Land Office by the SURVEYOR GENERAL, which said tract has been purchased by the said Thomas K Mullins: NOW KNOW YE, That the United States of America, in consideration fo the promises, and in conformity with the several acts of congress in such case made and provided, HAVE GIVEN AND GRANTED, and by these presents DO GIVE AND GRANT, unto the said Thomas K Mullins, and to his heirs, the said tract above described: To have and to hold the same, together with all the rights, privileges, immunities, and appurtenances, of whatsoever nature, thereunto belonging, unto the said Thomas K Mullins, and to his heirs and assigns forever.
In testimony Whereof, I, Millard Fillmore President of the United States of America, have caused these letters to be made PATENT, and the SEAL of the GENERAL LAND OFFICE to be hereunto affixed.
Given under my hand, at the City of Washington, the first day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty two and of the Independence of the United States the Seventy Seventh.
By the President: Millard Fillmore
by Alex McCormick Asst Secretary.
E. S. Terry Recorder of the General land Office.
He was listed as Grantee on deed(s) filed for record between 1855 and 1879 in Pike Co., Al.bama.12
22 Aug 1855, Book J, pg 105: Johnson, O J & wife, grantor, to Thomas K Mullins,
19 Jan 1856, Book J, pg 274: Brunson, B R & wife, grantor, to Thomas K Mullins,
13 May 1858, Book K, pg 497: Nall, Japes P, Sheriff, grantor, to Thomas K Mullins,
11 Aug 1859, Book L, pg 85: Murphree & Jones, grantor, to Thomas K Mullins,
27 Mar 1860, Book L, pg 316: Smith, Rebecca M, grantor, to Thomas K Mullins,
28 Jan 1860, Book L, pg : Hodges, James M, grantor, to Thomas K Mullins,
4 Dec 1879, Book R, pg 287: Craig, B A & wife, grantor, to Thomas K Mullins,
He was listed as Grantor on deed(s) filed for record between 1855 and 1885 in Pike Co., Al.bama.13
30 Apr 1855, Book J, pg 105: Mullins, T K to Joel D Murphree, grantee,
21 Sep 1859, Book L, pg 172: Mullins, T K to Joel Winslett, grantee,
5 Jan 1866, Book M, pg 445: Mullins, T K to William T Shanks, grantee,
21 Feb 1867, Book N, pg 112: Mullins, T K to B A Craig, grantee,
25 Feb 1871, Book O, pg 166: Mullins, T K to Jos Minchner, grantee,
5 Feb 1871, Book O, pg 415: Mullins, T K to Jos Minchner, grantee,
29 Feb 1872, Book O, pg 431: Mullins & Minchner to Mobile & Girard RR Co, grantee
8 Jan 1883, Book S, pg 514: Mullins, T K to Joel D Murphree, grantee
24 Mar 1883, Book S, pg 551: Mullins, T K to E S Whaley, grantee
9 Jun 1885, Book U, pg 360: Mullins, T K to B M Talbot, grantee,
He was listed as head of household in Census taken on 29 Jun 1860 in Pike Co., Al. Eastern Div. Family #344: Thomas K Mullins, 51 yrs (Farmer & Tanner). Value - RE $3650. Value - Property/Personal $11995. Also listed were Amelia H - 47 yrs, and 3 children.
He was listed as head of household in Census taken on 8 Jul 1870 in Pike Co., Al. Family #252: Thomas K Mullins, 61 yrs (Farmer). Value - RE $4000, Value - Personal Property $4000. Also listed were Amelia - 57 yrs and 2 children.
He was Church Organizer in 1878 in Troy, Pike Co., Al. "The Second Baptist Church - this church was organized during the year 1878, Rev. William A. Cumbie being her first pastor. The following were the organizers: W. D Wood and wife, Mary L. Wood; A. Y. Cosby and wife, Jane Cosby, T. R. Mullins and wife, A. H. Mullins, Josiah Jernigan, A. M. Jones, Rev. J. L. Youngblood and wife, Margaret Youngblood and Lizzie Youngblood."
He was listed as head of household in the Census taken on 24 Jun 1880 in Pike Co., Al.bama.17 Family # 319: Thomas Mullins, 71 yrs (Farmer) widowed. Daughters (2), Grandchildren (4), Servants (2).
He died on 3 Dec 1886 in Troy, Pike Co., Al. Dec 3, 1886: T K Mullins, b: Ga.. Age: 77 yrs., md, wht male, farmer. d: Malrial fever, Beat #1. brd: Pke Co. J P Allred, MD. He was the subject of an obituary article on 16 Dec 1886 in "The Troy Messenger".
T. K. Mullins
Thomas Kinian Mullins was born in the State of North Carolina on the 16th, of January 1809, and had he lived until the same date next month, he would have been seventy-eight years of age. His father emigrated from North Carolina to Georgia about the year 1817, when the subject of this sketch was only eight years old, and settled near Milledgeville, once Georgia's famous captiol. After Mr. Mullins reached the age of maturity, and entered the world as a soldier to fight his own battles, he went to Greensboro, Ga.., where he met, wooed and won Amelia Brockman, to whom he was married on the 9th, of December, 1830. Eleven children came to bless this wedlock, eight of whom live to mourn the departure of one of the best of fathers. After his marriage he was for some years a resident of first Monroe and then Lee counties, in Georgia. It was in the latter county that he was first impressed with the fact that he had a Saviour, who had died that he might live, and whose laws should be obeyed. Accordingly he joined the Baptist church about the year 1845. Setting the grand example of a man in the full pride of his strength and manly dignity, consecrating his life to the God who created him. In 1849 he moved to Pike county, Al., where he has since resided until his death, which occurred at his residence near this city on the 3rd, inst. Shortly after settling in Pike he connected himself with the Antioch Baptist church, and about the year 1852 assisted in organizing the First Baptist church of Troy, of which he remained a member until the organization of the Second Baptist church, where he continued his membership until the day of his death. His good wife, and the mother of his offspring, died on the 31st, of March, 1880, after which he married Mrs. Eliza Battle, who survives him. The life of T. K. Mullins is worthy of emulation, and if the rising generation of young men would only strive to be just as upright in all their dealings, and just as devoted to home, native land and the God of heaven as was T. K. Mullins, the world would be left much happier and better than when they found it. Long life to the memory and eternal peace to the soul of such a man, are sure and just rewards.
He has Ancestral File number BZK6-KT. [FAMILY NOTES: Name "Thomas Knox Mullins". Was of Irish ancestory. Moved to Alabama in about 1849. Died in 1885 or 1886
RESEARCH NOTES: Middle name "Kinion/Kenan"(?) instead of Knox per LDS Family History Records.]
"Across the road from the Allred plantaton was the plantation of Thomas Kinion Mullins. He was born in North Carolina on January 16, 1809, and moved to Georgia with his father in 1817. He married Amelia Brockman in Green Co., Georgia, on December 9, 1830. They moved to Pike Co. in 1849. Thomas K. Mullins was an important figure in the Baptist church in Troy. He had been a member of the church at Hephzibah from 1860 to 1865, when he and his wife moved their memberships to the First Baptist Church in Troy. He was largely responsible for the organization of the Second Baptist Church in Troy, and the church disbanded soon after his death.
Thomas K. Mullins was the father of eleven children. Three of his daughters became widows and returned to the plantation to live with their parents. These three were Fannie Mullins Perdue, Mary Mullins Talbot and Nan Mullins Ruffin. Another daughter, Ursula Antoinette Mullins, married Joel D Murphree, Sr., on January 18, 1855.
After the death of his first wife in 1880, Thomas K Mullins married a widow, Eliza Battle. Mullins died in December 1886." ("One Hundred Fifty Years in Pike Co. Al.bama 1821 - 1971")

"...pioneer settlers of Pike Co., natives of Georgia....."

He was married to Permelia (Amelia Antoinette) Howard Brockman (daughter of Bledsoe Brockman and Elizabeth Landrum) on 9 Dec 1830 in Greene Co., Georgia. Marriages: Thomas K Mullins & Amelia Howard Brockman his wife were married December 9th A.D. 1830. (copied from Family Bible)

GEORGIA, Green Co.}
TO ANY MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL, JUDGE, JUSTICE OF THE INFERIOR COURT, OR JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, TO CELEBRATE.
These are to authorise and permit you to join in the Honorable State of Matrimony Thomas K Mullins of the one part, and Permelia H Brockman of the other part, according to the rites of your Church, provided there be no lawful cause to obstruct the same; and this shall be your authority for so doing.
Given under my hand, as Clerk of the Court of Ordinary of the Co. aforesaid, this 9th day of December, 1830. Thomas W Grimes C.Co;G.C.

I do hereby certify, that Thomas K Mullins and Permalia H Brockman were joined together in the Holy Bands of Matrimony, by me, on the 9th day of December 1830. John Chew J.P. Recorded 10th day of December 1830 Thomas W Grimes Clk.
Permelia (Amelia Antoinette) Howard Brockman was born on 22 Jun 1813 in Georgetown, Quitman Co., Ga..25 She was baptized in 1847 in Baptist Church at Botsford, Sumpter Co., Georgia. She died on 31 Mar 1880 in Troy, Pike Co., Alabama. Thomas Mullins listed as "widowed" in 1880 US Census. She has reference number BZK6-L1. IGL records list her as "Amelia Howard Brockman".

Name per marriage records: Pamelia H Brockman.

"Dear Brother Graves: It becomes my painful duty to record the death of my beloved wife Amelia Howard (Mrs. Amelia Howard Brockman Mullins) which occurred on the 31st of March at 11 o'clock p.m. from an attack of paralysis in her sixty seventh year. She left a disconsolate husband and eight children beside many grandchildren to mourn her loss, but my dear brother, we mourn not as one having no hope.

While I pen these few lines with a nervous hand I have the assurance that her mortal spirit is basking in the Paradise of God where troubles and trials never reach her and I also have the assurance that ere long we shall be reunited in that blessed world of spirits where our happiness will be complete.

The subject of this notice was born in Greene Co., Georgia, the 22nd of June 1813, and became my wife December 9, 1830, was baptized by Elder Thomas H Murphy in the fellowship of the Baptist Church at Botsford, Sumpter Co., Georgia, 1847, moved to Pike Co. Alabama 1849 and during 1850 attached herself to the church at this place. Being separated from her relatives for a number of years and not being in correspondence with many of them, I desire to give some names so that they may more readily call her to mind. She was the daughter of Bledsoe and Elizabeth Brockman and granddaughter of *Colonel Thomas Landrum of Oglethorpe Co., Georgia and first cousin of Sylvanus Landrum late of Memphis and now of Savannah.

Thomas K. Mullins
P.S. Index and Baptist, Atlanta will copy and send bill to me and oblige.
TKM
Troy, Al.bama
April 13, 1880

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Mullins Family Connections

Thomas' parents are once again an unknown factor. Contact with descendants &/or fellow researchers of Lewis Mullins (27 Apr 1815-23 Jun 1868 Dale Co., AL) led us to believe they were brothers. Both were born in North Carolina & made the trek in childhood to Georgia. Both immigrated to Alabama about 1849 -- Lewis stopping in Dale Co. and Thomas in Pike Co. There is some similarity in Thomas' & Lewis' children's names, i.e.:

Mary Ann America Mullins (bn. 17 Dec 1839) & Mary A Elizabeth "Betty" Mullins (bn. 13 Jan. 1837);

Nancy Catherine Turner Mullins (bn 7 Nov 1835) & Nancy Katherine Mullins (bn 18 Jan 1846);

John Loftin Mullins (bn 4 Nov 1837) & John Loftin Mullins (bn. 19 Jan 1841);

Henrietta Frances Mullins (bn. 19 Apr 1842) & Henrietta Jane Mullins (bn. 22 Mar 1855); and

William Bledsoe Mullins (bn 25 Oct 1854) & William H Mullins (bn 22 Mar 1852).

A cover letter on a 1945 newspaper article about a reunion of Lewis Mullins (younger) family refers to "Great uncle Tom Mullins" who had moved near Troy when he came from Georgia. And refers to Joel D Murphree, Thomas K's son-in-law. Initial contact with Catherine Grimes Thacker and Mary Reynolds also led me to believe that Thomas & Lewis' parents were found in Talbot Co., GA, -- Lewis & Bridget Mullins. We all assumed that Lewis (the elder) & Bridget left North Carolina ca 1817 & moved first to Baldwin Co., GA, and while Thomas & Lewis started their families in Monroe & Randolph counties, Lewis (elder) ultimately ended up in Talbot or Taylor Co. and died between the 1850 & 1860 census reports. It was after I had found information identifying Bridget as a "Layfield" and after further research into the Layfield family that it became harder to prove a parental relationship existed between Thomas, or for that matter, Lewis (younger) and the Talbot Co. Mullins. It became evident that Lewis & Bridget moved to Georgia before 1811, long before the family was reported to have left NC -- 1817. Lewis is found in Jones Co. documents at that time & is there for the 1820 Census. And there are no children in Thomas' age range for that census period.

Other researchers in Lewis (younger) Mullins line reached the same conclusion at about the same time. There is some possibility of their parents having been William & Nancy (Quinn) Mullins [children are reported to have been Austin, John, Thomas, Lewis, Jerry, and Mary]. However, I'm not sure what led them to believe the connection existed. Lewis named his first son Sampson "Quinn/Quinton" Mullins and the use of Quinn in his name somewhat points in their direction. William & Nancy came to Baldwin Co., GA, at about the right time -- ca 1817. However, the birth years of neither Thomas nor Lewis match what is known of this Mullins family.

William Mullins died ca 1819 & Nancy remarried a "Bartlett Simms". Further research into this family may yield a connection at some time in the future. I have unlinked Thomas from assumed relationship to Lewis & Bridget (Layfield) Mullins & will leave him alone until such time as there is more tangible evidence as to his parents' identity.