Life History

Other facts

Notes

• Several sources say that there is a family tradition that Elvira was part Cherokee Indian from NC.  A descendant Mike Wilson reports that there are indications, though not specific evidence, that her mother was a full-blood Cherokee.
  
  I originally learned this name as Mary Elvira, and found it that way in the first genealogy I saw.  However, some census entries have her as Elvira M.  Most genealogy and family sources refer to her as Elvira.  The 1850 census lists her as Elvira M Mullins.  The 1860 census has E Mary.  This seems to confirm the order of her names.  But the 1900 census have Mary E.
  
  Mike Taylor, a direct descendant and thorough Mullins researcher, has told me the family knows her name as Mary Elvira.  Her nickname was Vera.
  
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  "Her given name was Mary Elvira "Vera" Bailey.  She went by "Vera".  She was my GG Grandmother.  Several veteran benefits documents has her as Mary Elvira both inside the document and where she signed.  Also my mom understood her name to be Mary Elvira as told by her mom.  No grave has ever been located for her or for George Ross, her husband."
  --  Mike Taylor, Notes on this genealogy at Our Family Genealogy (Gurganus), http://www.gurganus.org/ourfamily/browse.cfm/Mary-Elvira-Bailey/f39627
  
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  The 1870 census spells her name Evira.  1880 has Elvira. George and Elvira were enumerated in the Truckwheel District of Pickens County, Georgia.
  
  1870 Federal Census, Pickens County, Georgia, 11 July, Truckwheel, PO Jasper, page 74, Hse #573, Fam #573
  Mullins, George R 50 M W Farmer South Carolina
  Mullins, Evira [Elvira] 51 F W Keeping House North Carolina
  
  In the 1880 census George Ross and Elvira are in the same household with their son Sanford Giffin Mullins in Bosque County, Texas.  They moved to Texas with Giffin and his family about 1875-6.
  
  1880 Federal Census, Bosque County, Texas, 11 June, District 14, page 30B, Hse #267, Family #274
  S G Mullins Age 36 Farmer b GA, father b SC, mother b NC
  Trip Ann Mullins Age 31 Wife b GA, father b SC, mother b SC
  George R Mullins Age 61 Father b NC, father b SC, mother b SC  [b abt 1819]
  Elvira M Mullins Age 62 Mother b NC, father b VA, mother b SC
  
  In 1900, Widowed Mary is living in the household of her grandson Lindsey Carr Mullins in Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory.  She is listed here as Mary E, which would seem to indicate the name Mary Elvira, though other sources seem to indicate the name order was Elvira Mary, as in 1880.  Lindsey is the son of Sanford Giffin Mullins.
  
  1900 Federal Census, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, 25 June, Township 4 North Range East, District 102, page 12B, Hse/Fam #207
  Mullins, Lindsey C Head  W M Apl 1877 23 married 3 years  GA GA SC Farmer Rents
  Mullins, Tillie S  Wife W F Febry 1882 18 married 3 yrs 2 children/2 living TX KY KY
  Mullins, Letie R  W F June 1887 2  Single Ind Terr GA TX
  Mullins, Ida May  W F May 1900 1  Single Ind Terr GA TX
  Mullins, Mary E  Grand Mother W F Nov 1818 81 Widow 4 children/3 living NC VA SC

Sources

• 1. 1850 Federal Census, Cherokee County, Georgia
  • Household #654
• 2. 1870 Federal Census, Pickens County, Georgia
  • 11 July, Truckwheel, PO Jasper, page 74, Hse #573, Fam #573
• 3. 1900 Federal Census, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory
  • 25 June, Township 4 North Range East, District 102, page 12B, Hse/Fam #207
• 4. Mullinnix Files by Dorothy
• 5. 1880 Federal Census, Bosque County, Texas
  • 11 June, District 14, page 30B, Hse #267, Family #274
• 6. 1850 Federal Census, Cherokee County, Georgia
  • 28 August, Division 15, page 897, Hse #604, Family #656
• 7. 1860 Federal Census, Pickens County, Georgia
  • 25 June, Sharp Top, P O Marble Works, page 953, Hse #627, Fam #534
• 8. Mullins-Mullinax Marriages, Mike Taylor Compilation
  • Name: http://pages.sbcglobal.net/mike_in_katy;
• 9. Loretta Gregory Gay, Personal Communication
• 10. Ancestry Trees
  • http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=*v26t1588&id=I0642
• 11. Ancestry Trees
  • http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=caworley&id=I1424
• 12. Mullins Genealogy
  • Name: Name: Includes Info from Mike Taylor and Will Pearson; Location: no longer online;
• 13. 1860 Federal Census, Cherokee County, Georgia
  • 5 June, Canton District, P O Canton, page 15 (scan 673), Hse #101, Fam #108
• 14. 1850 Federal Census, Cherokee County, Alabama
  • 28 August, Division 15, page 897, Hse #604, Family #656
• 15. 1900 Federal Census, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory
  • Township 3, District 120, page 67A
• 16. 1880 Federal Census, Pickens County, Georgia
  • 8 June, Truckwheel District, Enumeration District 162, page 13, Hse/Fam #112
• 17. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 18. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
• 19. 1870 Federal Census, Pickens County, Georgia
  • 8 July, Truckwheel Township, PO Jasper, page 65, Hse/Fam #506
• 20. 1900 Federal Census, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory
  • 23 July, Township 4, District 120, page 53A, Hse/Fam #960
• 21. Mullinnix Files by Dorothy
  • http://www.gencircles.com/users/annmull/1/data/4942
• 22. 1910 Federal Census, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma
  • 19 April, Asher Ward 1, District 194, page 3A, Hse/Fam #44
• 23. Mike Taylor Genealogy Database
  • Name: Name: http://pages.sbcglobal.net/mike_in_katy;;
  • http://pages.sbcglobal.net/mike_in_katy/Mullins/JohnMMullinsJr.html
• 24. Mike Taylor Genealogy Database
  • Name: Name: http://pages.sbcglobal.net/mike_in_katy;;
  • http://pages.sbcglobal.net/mike_in_katy/Mullins/GeorgeRossMullins.html