James
Booker
(Booker)
"Old Booker, Grandsire"
Mullins
Born about in North Carolina
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Son of Sherwood Adkins Jr.
[uncertain]
and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Judith (Stanley) Mullins
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of
Sarah (Unknown) Mullins
— married
about 1787 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
James Mullins, William L. Harrison Mullins, Sherwood Mullins Sr., Joshua Mullins, David Mullins, John Mullins, Pleasant Mullins, Anna (Mullins) Short, Ambrose Mullins, Isham Mullins Sr, Booker Mullins and Solomon Mullins
Died
at about age 102
in Pound, Wise County, Virginia, United States
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Biography
BOOKER MULLINS was born in or near the year 1766 in Franklin County, Virginia.[1] DNA evidence strongly suggests that he was the son of Sherwood Adkins and a daughter of William Mullins, Jr.[2]
James Booker Mullins was fined August 19, 1789 in Montgomery County, Virginia for not attending Muster.
On July 2, 1796 Booker entered 50 acres of land on the south side of Main Toe River and entered an additional 100 acres of land on Main Toe River, including the mouth of Big Bear Creek. This lies in Burke County, North Carolina. Bear Creek empties into Toe River at Penland, now in Mitchell County.
On January 29, 1818, Booker purchased at 200-acre tract of land along Shelby Creek from William James Mayo, Guardian of the heirs of William Morgan.[3]
He passed away about 1864.[citation needed]
Booker Mullins Sr's wife
Booker Mullins Sr.'s wife would be the Sarah mentioned in the death record of Isham Mullins. The name Nancy apparently comes from a mistake in the death record of one of Booker Mullins nieces. I believe Booker Mullins Sr. was only married once and this would probably have taken place ca 1787-1788. The other supposed marriage apparently is taken from an inaccurate record which mistakenly lists a niece as his daughter. Mullins-1478 17:10, 22 February 2015 (EST)
Booker Mullins Sr's children
Booker had 13 children according to the census records (but there is very little documentation and their names must be gathered through a variety of sources):
- James b. ca 1788 md Agnes Little;
- Sherwood "Sherd" b. ca 1790 md Mary "Polly" Roberts;
- David b. ca 1798 md Virginia Jane "Jenny" Short;
- Ann b. ca 1800 md Charles Short;
- William Henry Harrison "Lame Hand" or "Cuddy Bill" b. ca 1790 md Elizabeth Roberts;
- John b. ca 1798 md Mary Hamilton;
- Pleasant b. ca 1799 md Martha "Patsy" Fultz;
- Isham "Isom" b. ca 1806 md Leary Bare (or Kitchen);
- Joshua b. ca 1795 md Mary "Polly" Johnson;
- Thomas b. ca 1799 md Nancy (Mullins?);
- Ambrose b. ca 1802 md Marra "Matty" Mullins;
- Booker Jr. b. ca 1810 md Martha Mullins;
- Solomon b. ca 1815 md Dorcas Kelly.
Additional sourcing is needed to confirm the children listed above! Mullins-1478 17:10, 22 February 2015 (EST)
Census Listings
- 1850 Perry County Census
- HH#99 Mullins, James 64
- Agnes (Little) 58 (md 3-12-1812 Floyd Co.)
- Sarah 12
- Booker 88 VA
- 1860 United States Federal Census about Booker Mullins[4]
- Name: Booker Mullins
- Age in 1860: 96
- Birth Year: abt 1764
- Birthplace: North Carolina
- Home in 1860: Wise, Virginia
- Gender: Male
- Post Office: Pound
- Value of real estate: View image
- Household Members:
- Name Age
- Booker Mullins 96
- Sherrard Mullins 26
- Anna Mullins 22
- Wilson Mullins 3
- Nancy J Mullins 2
Research Notes
From Findagrave.com
NOTE: The FindaGrave site for Booker is full of misinformation and should not be used as proof. Angelee
- James Booker Mullins
- Birth: 1762 Franklin County [which did not exist in 1762], Virginia, USA; Death: 4 Apr 1864 (aged 101–102) Wise County, Virginia, USA; Burial: Levi Cantrell Cemetery, Wise County, Virginia, USA. Memorial #: 33946827.
- Bio: Married: Sarah Unknown He was also known as "Old Booker" "Grandsire." Other possible places of birth: Halifax County, VA. North Carolina. According to the Potter Family Website, he is buried in the Levi Cantrell Cemetery. See: http://yeahpot.com/mullins/jamesbooker.html
- Family Members: [5]
Sources
- ↑ The 1850 Federal Census of Perry County, Kentucky estimates Booker's birth around 1762, while the 1860 Federal Census of Wise County, Virginia estimates his birth around 1764. A posthumous tombstone erected by descendants in the Levi Cantrell Cemetery in Wise County, Virginia, engraved an estimated year of 1767 for Booker's year of birth.
- ↑ YDNA testing shows that his father is an Adkins, most likely the son of Sherwood Adkins since he named his own son Sherwood. (Mullins World Families DNA raw results; no longer publicly available.)
- ↑ Floyd County, Kentucky Deed Book A, pp. 495.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHM7-ZC8 : 13 December 2017), Booker Mullins, 1860.
- ↑ Findagrave.com. Record added 17 Feb 2009. Find A Grave: Memorial #33946827 Accessed 20 April 2019.
See also:
- 1850 Perry County Census HH#99 Mullins, James 64, Agnes (Little) 58 (md 3-12-1812 Floyd Co.), Sarah 12, Booker 88 VA.
- 1860 United States Federal Census about Booker Mullins Name: Booker Mullins Age in 1860: 96 Birth Year: abt 1764 Birthplace: North Carolina Home in 1860: Wise, Virginia Gender: Male Post Office: Pound Household. "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (13 December 2017), Booker Mullins, 1860.
- Carol Brown (47051739), “James Booker Mullins,” Findagrave.com. Record added 17 Feb 2009. Find A Grave: Memorial #33946827 Accessed 20 April 2019.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Booker by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Booker by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Rick Webb
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 37 markers, haplogroup I-P37, FTDNA kit #B73026 - William Mullins :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 37 markers, haplogroup I-P37, FTDNA kit #AM39533
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~3.12%
Sue Christian :
23andMe, GEDmatch M277473 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA
-
~3.12%
Lois (Mullins) Little :
23andMe
-
~3.12%
Bob Christian :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A896944 [compare]
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder
-
~1.56%
Deborah Woolard :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A579933 [compare]
-
~1.56%
Brenda Brown :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Brownpi1
-
~1.56%
Sherrie Buck :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A448115 [compare], Ancestry member gammaw33
-
~1.56%
David (Munger) Kennedy :
AncestryDNA
-
~1.56%
Rhea (Evans) Bretz :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member m0656433
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch 5094502 [compare], FTDNA kit #B62663
-
~1.56%
Mary Miller :
AncestryDNA
-
~1.56%
Rita (Waugh) Harris :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Layne2012
-
~1.56%
Paula Slemp :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member rlcool81
-
~1.56%
Betty Cantrell :
AncestryDNA
-
~1.56%
Rhonda Kendall :
AncestryDNA, yourDNAportal XYZ12345ab6, Ancestry member RhondaKendall
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~1.56%
Sheri Havens :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch JD3148549 [compare], FTDNA kit #953806
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~1.56%
Penni (Kendall) Lynch :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #MK1400
-
~0.78%
Richard Shockey :
23andMe
-
~0.78%
Eugonda (Jolly) Fryman :
23andMe
-
~0.78%
Bruce Parman :
23andMe
-
~0.78%
Micheal Woolridge :
23andMe
-
~0.78%
A Manns :
23andMe
-
~0.78%
Michelle Marion :
AncestryDNA
-
~0.78%
Cynthia (Thornburg) LeTullier :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A505288 [compare]
-
~0.78%
J Bryant :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member kalijen
-
~0.78%
Corinna Mills :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch JS5560768 [compare], yourDNAportal COR55cb273e, Ancestry member Redskyluv
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~0.78%
Shane Short :
AncestryDNA
-
~0.78%
Marcia Robinson :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member elcium
-
~0.78%
Angela Young :
AncestryDNA, yourDNAportal ANG835eeaa9
-
~0.78%
~3.12%
Sean Downey :
AncestryDNA
-
~0.78%
Nancy Gill :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T456636 [compare], FTDNA kit #N30075
-
~0.78%
William Mullins :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch KS5855281 [compare], FTDNA kit #AM39533
-
~0.78%
Wendell Dingus :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch WB2901299 [compare]
-
~0.78%
Melodie (Combs) Patton :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch PR9140805 [compare], yourDNAportal MEL7f002dab
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~0.39%
Marlena Fryman :
23andMe
-
~0.39%
Roy Wallace :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member AK4ml_FCC
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder
-
~0.39%
Josh Wright :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch VU626427C1 [compare], Ancestry member Jtwright0813
-
~0.39%
Samantha Link :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch SJ9452381 [compare]
-
~0.39%
Ashley Powers :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member powersa0503
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Unmerged matches › William M Mullins II (1775-1845)
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There was a Judith Stanley who was the wife of William “Bald Head” Mullins and I don’t believe her parents have been discovered via sources, but I’m not sure. There was a Judith Stanley who was the wife of Booker “Little Book” Mullins and her parents were William Stanley and Nancy Mullins (researched by a descendant at the LDS Library).
edited by Katlynn (Wright) Bond
edited by Nina Reauveau
edited by Nina Reauveau
Cheers, Liz
I found two at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-D4GS-3GN? (Booker Jr on that page, Dad Booker W. Mullins on the previous page, born October 1858 with wife Eliza born July 1847 [sic - from image of census page]... 1900 census for Kanawha County, WV. Lots of Mullins families.
Would you be interested in working on such a page?
William Mullins left the area and settled in Pike County, Kentucky. The mortality schedule of 1850 shows a Judy Mullins dieing in August 1849 in Pike County, Kentucky.
There does seem to be more than one Judith Stanley in the same time period in Franklin County, Virginia. There is another marriage bond for a Judith Stanley on the same document page but she was married to Bowker Mullins on 17 May 1803 in Franklin County, Virginia. (Source: "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRQ6-Q5G : 29 January 2020), Bowker Mullins, 1803. [1].) That marriage bond has a listed surety of Joseph Stanley. I think these are two different Judith (Stanley) Mullins.
It should be noted that the Booker Mullins in Franklin County, Virginia has a woman named Judith in his 1850 and 1860 census households. It does not appear that the family left the County so I doubt that this family is the same as the profiled who should have been in other locations from previous research during those census years.
the marriage date - married 12 May 1803 in Franklin, Virginia - seems like it would be appropriate for the Booker Mullins who married Judith Stanley & who never left Franklin County (from comment on Space:Two Mullins Men).
Sources on Nancy Jane Stanley's profile (Stanley-8702) would be helpful.
In the meantime, I think she needs to be detached from this James Booker Mullins.
Any objections?
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