Lafayette Mullins (abt. 1845)

Born about 1845 in Missouri, United States

Ancestors

Descendants

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Biography

Lafayette Mullins is the descendant of a Huguenot emigrant.

Name

Name: Lafayette Mullins

Given Name: Lafayette

Surname: Mullins^[1][2][3]

Name: the nickname Lafe

Given Name: the nickname Lafe

Surname: ^[4]

Birth

Date: Abt 1845

Place: Missouri, United States^[5][6][7]

Census

Date: 26 Jun 1860

Place: Prairie, Madison, Arkansas, United States^[8]

Date: 19 Jun 1880

Place: , Jones County, Texas, United States

Note: He was a farmer.^[9]

Residence

Date: 23 Jul 1869

Place: Lamar County, Texas, United States

Note: He appeared on a voter registration list.^[10]

Marriage

Husband: Lafayette Mullins

Wife: Mary J. Armstrong

Date: Abt 1867^[11][12]

Child: John M. Mullins^[13]

Child: Salina A. Mullins^[14]

Child: William Joe Mullins^{[15] [16][17]}

Child: Mary M. Mullins^[18]

Child: Susan M. Mullins^[19]

Sources

1. ↑ Source:#S71 p. 9, dwelling 87, family 90, Lafayette Mullins; NARA microfilm publication T9. Note: This census page contains only Lafayatt and Mary J. The children are on the next census page (pg 10) Enumeration date 19 Jun 1980; Lafayatt Mullins, 35, farmer b. MO, father b KY, mother b SC; Mary J., 34, b TN, f TN, m TN; John M., 12, son, b TX, f MO, m TN; Salina A., 10 dau, b TX, f MO, m TN; Willie Joe, 7, son b TX, f MO, m TN; Mary M., dau, 5, b TN, f MO, m TN; Susan M. 3/12, dau, b TN, f MO, m TN 1880 Jones Co., TX Note: The family starts on this page and finishes on the following Date: 1880
2. ↑ Source:#S244 M653, Prairie (Little Spring P.O.), p. 31, dwelling 204, family 204, Lafayette Mullens, accessed 19 Dec 2011 Enumeration date:26 Jun 1860; Leland Mullens, 45, b KY, cabinet-maker, real property value $500, personal property value $2100; millie, 42, b SC; Henry, 18, b MO; Lafayette, 16, b MO; Jimmy A., 15, b MO, Leland, 11, b MO, Nancy C., 9 b MO
3. ↑ Source:#S593 accessed 25 May 2012), entry for Lafayette Mullins' 1869 voter list; citing Austin County 1867 voter list. Name:Lafayette Mullins, Birthplace:Missouri, Registration date:23 Jul 1869, County:Lamar, Line number:1342
4. ↑ Source:#S727 Pineville, p. 31, dwelling 209, family 209, Melvine E. Painter; NARA microfilm publication T9.
5. ↑ Source:#S71
6. ↑ Source:#S244
7. ↑ Source:#S593
8. ↑ Source:#S244
9. ↑ Source:#S71
10. ↑ Source:#S593
11. ↑ Source:#S71
12. ↑ Source:#S513 Case 531, Celinda Armstrong; microfilm 52< Note: The initiation of probate so many years after her death was evidently meant to clear up some question regarding the property she owned at the time of her death. This record is also available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah (film#1906253) and the Greer County Probate Office at the County Courthouse in Mangum, Oklahoma. This document provides indirect evidence of the relationship between Celinda Armstrong and her daughter Mary A. (Armstrong) Mullins. The W.J. Mullins in the document was son of Mary and her husband Lafayette Mullins. In the County Court, Greer County, State of Oklahoma. In the matter of the estate of Celinda Armstrong, deceased. Now, on June 10, 1919 comes duly and regularly on for hearing the petition of Joseph B. Armstrong for letters of administration to be issued upon the estate of Celinda Armstrong, deceased...finds that Celinda Armstrong died intestate on or about May 1, 1995, near Granite, in Greer County, Oklahoma; and at the time of her death she was a resident of said county and state...that Joseph B. Armstrong, John E. Armstrong, Oliva Armstrong, James M. Armstrong, Thomas H. Armstrong, Annie Lane, Susan E. Evans, are sons and daughters of said Celinda Armstrong, deceased, and Dosea Marshall, a daughter in law, and W.J. Mullins, a grandson, and that the above and foregoing named persons are the sole and heirs at law of said deceased, and that Celinda Armstrong left no husband surviving her...It is therefore ordered by the court that the following persons, to wit:Joseph B. Armstrong; John E. Armstrong; Oliva Armstrong Nixon, also known as Ollivia Nixon; James M. Armstrong; Thomas H. Armstrong; Annis Lane, also known as Annie Lane; Susan E. Evans; Dosea Marshall, also known as Dosia Marshall; and W.J. Mullins, are the sole and only heirs at law of Celinda Armstrong, deceased, at the time of her death. It is further ordered by the court that, there being no residue of said estate, no order of distribution is necessary. Witness, my hand and the seal of said court this, the 21st day of September, A.D. 1943.
13. ↑ Source:#S71
14. ↑ Source:#S71
15. ↑ Source:#S71
16. ↑ Source:#S200 accessed 21 Dec 2011), entry for William J. Mullins' 1946 death; citing California Department of Health Services. Note: Birthdate is incorrect; it should be 25 Nov, 1872 which was given by him for his WWI draft registration. Name:William J. Mullins; birthdate:1 Jan 1872; birthplace:Texas; death date:19 Nov 1946; death place:Los Angeles; mother's maiden name:Armstrong; father's surname:Mullins
17. ↑ Source:#S513
18. ↑ Source:#S71
19. ↑ Source:#S71

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDZ8-TML :12 April 2016), Lafayette Mullins in household of Leland Mullins, Lawrence county, Lawrence, Missouri, United States; citing family 112, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.:National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M875-FFX :13 December 2017), Lafayette Mullen in entry for Lelard Mullen, 1860.
• Source:S244 1860 U.S. census, Digital images Author: Arkansas, Madison Publication: Ancestry.com:National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
• Source:S593 "Texas Voter Registration Lists, 1867-1869," database, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc Author: Texas State Library and Archives Publication: (www.ancestry.com :2011)
• Source:S71 1880 U.S. census Author: Texas, Jones Publication: Washington D.C.:National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
• Source:S727 Letter. 14 Mar 1958 to Kathy Bray. Privately held by Bray. Author: Loy T. Lane (8179 North Druid St; Portland, Oregon) Text: Dear Kathleen, Your letter read, contents noted. You are interested in genealogy. I was too, many years ago. I contacted Maud to see if my mother had any old letters of Grandma Lane's in her old trunk, but unsuccessful. Now I am afraid I can't help you any. Only verbal reminiscing from parents. The Armstrongs came from East Tennessee crossing Miss. river on a flat boat, negros driving mules, lashing them, whips, the boss cursing them, saying "hurry up" to make the landing as big logs were coming down the river. Settled in MO, I think, thence to Texas, 4 miles out from Paris. 9 children John, Joe, Mat, Tom, Willie, Sarah, Annis (born 1845 my grand), Susan and Ollie. Sarah or Mary married Lafe Mullins. Later with 5 children started west in wagon. Went as far into Ariz or W. Texas, dry sand dunes, taken sick, parents died, the oldest child could remember Grandpa Armstrong in Texas where lived. Neighbors wrote back and Grandpa Armstrong went out there brought the children back and raised them. My father James Lane went to Texas from Ark, visited and met Johnny. (Annis married Zimri Lane 1865, went to Ark.) My father liked Johnny very mujch, talked about him often, wondering where he was. My father born Feb 11, 1867, Paris Texas. Uncle Joe visited in Ark once, he lived in Granite Okla. Children, Annis Lizzie, Jack. Annis was school teacher, lovely girls. Aunt Susan married Evans in Tallihani, Okla. two lovely girls, uncle Willie, Mat and Tom dead. John lived near Paris. Lafe Mullins was related to uncle Bennie Timberlick in Ark. This may not be accurate. You could write the county seat for information. Armstrongs are Irish, plenty temper, but staunch and firm with pride. Lanes were English, temper, staunch, firm and proud. Sorry, I can't help you more. Write Jack or family, Granite Oklahoma c/o P.M. Love to all, I am 71. Not very good. Loy Note: Grandma Lane is Annis Armstrong Lane; Armstrongs went from Tennessee to Arkansas, then to Missouri, then to Texas; Lafayette (Lafe) and Mary Mullins and five children were in Jones County, Texas in 1880 per the census; Grandpa Armstrong would be James Madison Armstrong, Annis Lane's father, who lived near Paris Texas; Johnny may be John E. Armstrong, Annis's brother;Armstrongs were actually Scots-Irish. Letter from Loy Lane, pg 1 Date: 14 Mar 1958 Letter from Loy Lane, pg 2 Date: 14 Mar 1958 Scrapbook: Y Type: PHOTO

Notes

Research:Don't know what happened to this family after 1880, with the exception of WillieJoe and John M. I've searched everything I can think of. There was an epidemic of smallpox in almost all areas of Texas and in Indian Territory fm Dec 1898 until at least Jan 1900 according to a NYT article, but no info on Jones County, itself. Looked for him in ancestry, using just Mullins and birth year with okla & texas as residence in 1900 census. No hits. Also checked Idaho and Oregon, since sons were there that year. Nothing

Lafe, Mary and their five children were last seen together in Jones County, Texas. According to relatives, Lafe and Mary "took sick and died." The oldest child was able to tell neighbors that his grandfather, James M. Armstrong, lived near Paris, Texas, whereupon the grandfather took the children back home with him and raised them.

Mullins-1824 was created by Jim Protz through the import of GED for WIKI.ged on Mar 14, 2014.